[quote]"Write a truth in a book that no-one reads. Then drop dead. No-one knows what you wrote. Unless the truth is numen."[/quote] We've just emailed a bunch of new and existing testers to confirm the release of our final and most lore-heavy beta, NOCTURNAL. Unless we run into significant bugs we're not expecting, this beta will only run for one week (we'll remove access from everyone on Monday 24th July), and will be BOOK OF HOURS' last beta release. Get your early access while stocks last! Having a beta build live is fantastic for catching issues but adds a support and development burden to us for the duration. So we want a short sharp pinch of testing to make sure the game's still holding up okay, then focused dev time in the run up to launch so we can get stuck into final content passes, technical optimisations and all the little baubles that make an inanimate fir tree you've stuck in a pot into a magical Christmas tree.
What's in NOCTURNAL?
LOADS. Everything but the underground 'Dawn' area is available to visit. Most of the content, grace notes, polish, bug fixing, achievements (!), most of the endings (just not the ones that need access to the underground caves)... you name it, there's probably some of it in there.
What happens next?
Well, the teeny LAUNCH will happen on LAUNCH DAY which as I'm sure you all know is THURSDAY 17th AUGUST. Did I mention I'd love you to burn this into your memories and those of everyone else you know? Thank you kindly. I'll probably post a final update on game dev progress next week, when we hit our internal 'release candidate' milestone, and we'll have some pre-launch reveals over the course of the next month. For now, I leave you with news that we recently completed all our Numen cards - 'truths so powerful that they, tentatively, believe themselves' - and there is one I particularly want you to meet:
BOOK OF HOURS
Weather Factory
Weather Factory
June 2023
RPG Simulation Singleplayer
Game News Posts 91
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
Very Positive
(2634 reviews)
http://weatherfactory.biz/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1028310
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For fifteen centuries, Hush House was a fortress of knowledge. Until the fire. The collection is ruined, and the last Librarian is gone. Only one with your unique talents can rebuild the library.
BOOK OF HOURS is an elegant, melancholy, combat-free RPG set in an occult library, from the creator Fallen London, Sunless Sea and the double BAFTA-nominated Cultist Simulator.
Enjoy the sweet peace of organising books and customising your new home, all while unpeeling centuries of history from the occult stones about you.
The Librarian's influence extends far beyond the walls of Hush House. It's up to you to determine how history is written.
In this 20 - 40 hour game, you'll:
◆ ACQUIRE, RESTORE and CATALOGUE occult books, scrolls and curiosities.
◆ STUDY the nine Wisdoms, and conquer the nine Elements of the Soul.
◆ GUIDE visitors who come seeking your assistance, choosing their paths and stories.
◆ EXPLORE the Secret Histories and the pantheon of Hours that rules them.
◆ RESTORE a vast crumbling edifice built on the foundations of an ancient abbey.
◆ WREST your past from obscurity. Choose from nine different Legacies which determine who you are. You might be a Magnate, abandoning wealth to seek peace. Or an Archaeologist, fleeing the curse you awoke. Or perhaps your origins are more esoteric, like the Symurgist, or Twiceborn? Each playthrough offers different opportunities.
Weather Factory is a two-person dev team supported by many brilliant freelancers. BOOK OF HOURS was partially funded by the European Union's Creative Europe Programme - MEDIA. Thank you, Europe! We love you. ♥
- Processor: 2GHz or betterMemory: 1 GB RAM
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1280x768 minimum resolution. OpenGL Core. post-2012 integrated graphics
- Storage: 500 MB available space
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