Hello ghost hunters, We have now reached the last month of the year and we want to reveal a short and preliminary summary for 2023 and our preliminary plans for 2024. All we want to say here is that this is a preliminary report and not yet a final report. Plans for 2024 are also only preliminary. We have already experienced that minor bugs often lead to unexpected delays for our small team. If anything changes to our report at the turn of the year or if there are general changes to our plans, we will be happy to let you know via a dev blog.

The year 2023

The year 2023 went well, apart from small delays. We organized smaller discount campaigns and events that were well received by you. We had small discussions with you and received some requests for improvement and feedback, which we would of course like to implement. We have been working intensively with the KOOP since October 2023. Unfortunately, between the end of November and the beginning of December, we realized that the KOOP was taking more time than originally planned.

The year 2024

The Basics of the Game

Since the basics of the game (gameplay, player animations, sounds, and much more) have not yet been fully implemented into the game, we will be working hard on these mechanics. Unfortunately, the basis of the game is very extensive, so we still need a little more time.

The CO-OP mode

Since the CO-OP mode continues to be an important part of the game, we will continue to focus on the CO-OP mode in 2024. The basics have already been developed in 2023, so that the CO-OP mode can be released in 2024, at least that is the current plan. We have also planned to work more closely with you in the area of CO-OP mode. We want to create our own branch especially for the KOOP test. This will be a closed testing area and you all have the chance to apply for it. We want to run the KOOP test in several test phases because we want the KOOP mode to work really well for you. We have planned the following test phases:

• Internal and very small tester groups
• Extension to the test groups for streamers
• Extension for everyone with an application

Since our branch will be encrypted with a password, we will give you the password after your application and if we have accepted you.

Events

Like in the current year, we have written events on our list. The events will take place in single player mode and in CO-OP. We will let you know which events we have planned as soon as possible.

Levels

We have received some suggestions for levels that we think are very good. We will continue to implement these in 2024. Among them is a metro, temple, church, cemetery, different size of buildings and much more. The levels will have different obstacles that will challenge you. Cooperative play in CO-OP mode will be helpful if you have to solve certain obstacles and tasks as a team that can only be solved as a team. That's why only certain tasks that can only be solved in a team will only be unlocked in CO-OP mode or these tasks will be simplified if we also unlock them in single player.

Implementation on PS5

We also considered implementing it on another platform. We have been cooperating with Sony since the end of 2022 and have therefore taken the opportunity to consider implementing it on the PlayStation. We try to eliminate general bugs that already existed on the Windows version in the PlayStation before the release, so that you don't have the same bugs on the PlayStation at the time of release. We can't yet say exactly whether it will be implemented for the PS4. We will announce this shortly. Do you have any questions? Then come to our Discord server and receive support directly from the developers. We look forward to your messages. Your MS Games and Software

[ 2023-12-06 22:45:55 CET ] [ Original post ]