Space Tail: Every Journey Leads Home (tuxdb.com)

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Ciacco is a creature inhabiting the planet Gula, which you had the pleasure (or the pain?) of meeting if you played the Space Tail demo or the prologue Lost in the Sands. It is a voracious beast, one of the last members of its species to inhabit this exploited, desert planet.
The original script design was about meeting a big, winged, voracious pig. Early scribbles on the pages are remnants of early conversations about this design. Not all ideas were finally used - as in the picture in the middle, where Ciacco puts his ear to the wall and reaches up into the cave to find the fugitive. All ideas, however, were united by the assumption that Bea, as a small creature, would use her senses, agility, and narrow cave corridors to lose the monster. After some discussions, documentation was created, often with simplified drawings to give an overall picture of the sequence.
The first level blockout was also created. The sequence was already playable - and the simplified, geometric Ciacco reacted to our scent in real time. Visually, however, it left much to be desired.

Meanwhile, graphic designers created the first concepts of a terrifying pig. However, we still had a lot of work to do before such a beautiful-looking monster would chase Bea in the game.
Based on the final sketch, an exact 3D model was created. Now the only thing left is to put textures on the model, animate it and implement it to the level that awaits in the game engine. Sometimes the animations needed to be prepared for a quick reference - like the one below, where Ciaccio wakes up and tries to catch Bea when she's right under his nose!
After adding the animation, Ciacco was ready to hunt for Bea. You can meet him today by running the demo. And if you want even more Ciacco - play the full version of the game, which will be released on November 3!
P.S. The aforementioned sequence, when we sneak into Ciaccio's lair to retrieve the teddy bear, is not the first time that we can see the creature in the demo. Observant players could see him before, in one of the first areas. Do you know which moment we are talking about?

[ 2022-10-30 11:00:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

Space Tail: Every Journey Leads Home

Enjoy Studio S.A. Developer

Longterm Games S.A. Publisher

2022-11-03 Release

Indie Casual Singleplayer Tags

Game News Posts: 19

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🎮 Full Controller Support

Positive (47 reviews)

https://spacetail.com

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[7.29 G]

Space Tail is a 2.5D adventure platformer, which immerses the player in a deep, emotional plot, and lets him explore new planets and interact with alien civilizations.

Every journey changes the point of view – it grows with the traveller. Our game tells a story about self-exploration, transformation and understanding the world around us.

The plot of the game is inspired by real events, when people began their conquest of space by sending animals to the stars. We intended it to be a kind of a tribute to all the animals that paved the way for humans to go into space. Most of these animals - the first astronauts, did not survive the journey. Our story tells of the adventures of a dog named Bea, who... managed to beat the odds.

Bea is a cheerful and courageous character, but the player must remember that she is just a... dog. She has all the characteristics of a mongrel - she barks, likes to chase her own tail, and learns about the world through her senses. Bea can sniff, listen and observe. These are the main mechanics of detective mode which will help her in exploring and understanding her environment.

Bea travels through space discovering more planets. Each planet is different and has its specific inhabitants, who can either become friends of the main character or be very unfriendly towards her. We are convinced that exploring this amazing world together with Bea will give the player a lot of satisfaction and pleasure.

Key Features:
- Become an astronaut dog and experience an extraordinary space adventure
- Follow your canine senses to traverse expansive levels and discover secrets hidden on wondrous planets
- Communicate with extraterrestrials using a unique “dialogue system” relying solely on the dog’s body language: jump, wag your tail, bark, growl, etc.
- Enlist the help of the space companions you meet along the way – a comet and a robot – and acquire new skills like double-jump and telekinesis to move heavy objects
- Solve unusual and sophisticated logic puzzles
- Test your agility by overcoming the dangers lurking on alien planets
- Explore the intriguing and thought-provoking story of the universe
- Immerse yourself in the stirring original soundtrack
- Find the way home

MINIMAL SETUPProcessor: i5 4460 / AMD FX 4100Memory: 6 GB RAM
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: GTX 950 / AMD R7 370  - other dedicated cards with 2GB of VRAM.
Storage: 8 GB available space
RECOMMENDED SETUPProcessor: i5 6400 / AMD Ryzen 1700Memory: 8 GB RAM
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: GTX 970 / AMD Radeon RX 570 - other dedicated cards with 4GB of VRAM.
Storage: 8 GB available space

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