Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles
Dead Drop Studios LLC Developer
Dead Drop Studios LLC Publisher
2018-04-02 Release
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🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🎮 Full Controller Support
🎮 Full Controller Support
Mixed
(83 reviews)
The Game includes VR Support
Public Linux Depots:
- Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles Linux [4.05 G]
Available DLCs:
- Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles - Chapter 2
- Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles - Chapter 3
- Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles - Chapter 4
- Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles - Season Pass
Weekly Dev Update - 5/5/2018
It has been an absolute whirlwind the last two months. Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles has now launched on both Steam and Xbox One (to pretty good reviews I'd say!). As such, a lot of my time has been spent preparing for those releases, working through cert and handling all of the "non-dev" parts of being an indie developer. I pushed a PC-side Steam patch a few weeks back and all of those fixes made it into the Xbox One version that was released a few days back. But with those releases behind me... it's time to think about the future...
Chapter One saw Lydia's story continue as she survived the events of The New Nightmare and now found herself alone in a manor. Well, spoiler alert, but she survived Chapter One as well. Chapter Two picks up almost immediately after the end of the first chapter, with her exploring even further beneath the manor. She's going to find all new horrors down there and gameplay is taking a bit of a shift... There will be some new locations, but I don't want to spoil them too much in the screenshots here.
The theme of Chapter Two is going to be darkness. Let's just say near the start of Chapter Two, there's going to be a bit of a power loss in the underground section. As such, Lydia will need to rely on her trusty flashlight to find a way back to the surface alive. Anywhere she isn't looking, will be pitch black. Think of this as a loving homage to Silent Hill...
With darkness being so prominent in Chapter Two, it made sense to make some lighting upgrades. Lydia's flashlight and chest light will now have volumetric light beams. This greatly helps in illuminating the darkness, but you'll also notice them subtly added to Chapter One. They're far more prominent in pitch black. You'll face this darkness in the next set of Battle Mode rooms as well...
It's going to be a while. I'm a solo dev working on the game in my limited free time. I'll try to keep sharing updates and I hope it won't be too long, but let's say we'll aim for sometime during the summer if things go well. I would imagine the Xbox release will trail Steam in general for The Nightmare Chronicles as I can release faster on Steam. Stay tuned for more details. Thank you to everyone who has purchased and played any games in the Outbreak series! It has been an awesome ride and the feedback and support is amazing. It's awesome to have such a great community and COME JOIN US ON DISCORD!
[ 2018-05-05 20:04:53 CET ] [ Original post ]
The irony of calling these updates "Weekly" is not lost on me...
You never write... You never call...
It has been an absolute whirlwind the last two months. Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles has now launched on both Steam and Xbox One (to pretty good reviews I'd say!). As such, a lot of my time has been spent preparing for those releases, working through cert and handling all of the "non-dev" parts of being an indie developer. I pushed a PC-side Steam patch a few weeks back and all of those fixes made it into the Xbox One version that was released a few days back. But with those releases behind me... it's time to think about the future...
Chapter Two
Chapter One saw Lydia's story continue as she survived the events of The New Nightmare and now found herself alone in a manor. Well, spoiler alert, but she survived Chapter One as well. Chapter Two picks up almost immediately after the end of the first chapter, with her exploring even further beneath the manor. She's going to find all new horrors down there and gameplay is taking a bit of a shift... There will be some new locations, but I don't want to spoil them too much in the screenshots here.
Being Alone in the Dark...
The theme of Chapter Two is going to be darkness. Let's just say near the start of Chapter Two, there's going to be a bit of a power loss in the underground section. As such, Lydia will need to rely on her trusty flashlight to find a way back to the surface alive. Anywhere she isn't looking, will be pitch black. Think of this as a loving homage to Silent Hill...
Graphics Improvements
With darkness being so prominent in Chapter Two, it made sense to make some lighting upgrades. Lydia's flashlight and chest light will now have volumetric light beams. This greatly helps in illuminating the darkness, but you'll also notice them subtly added to Chapter One. They're far more prominent in pitch black. You'll face this darkness in the next set of Battle Mode rooms as well...
So when is Chapter Two coming out?
It's going to be a while. I'm a solo dev working on the game in my limited free time. I'll try to keep sharing updates and I hope it won't be too long, but let's say we'll aim for sometime during the summer if things go well. I would imagine the Xbox release will trail Steam in general for The Nightmare Chronicles as I can release faster on Steam. Stay tuned for more details. Thank you to everyone who has purchased and played any games in the Outbreak series! It has been an awesome ride and the feedback and support is amazing. It's awesome to have such a great community and COME JOIN US ON DISCORD!
[ 2018-05-05 20:04:53 CET ] [ Original post ]
As the city burns and the countryside is engulfed by the epidemic, you're now alone and forced to live with this new reality. Monstrous beasts and disfigured remnants roam freely with their numbers increasing rapidly. Scattered and separated from your fellow survivors, you've fled into a large manor estate to escape the relentless horde. Your only goal now is survival. Explore the manor, locate supplies and find a way to wake from this nightmare. But somehow... you know your fate is already sealed.
Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles is an episodic unforgiving survival horror experience that takes place within the Outbreak universe. Death lurks behind each door as you fight to survive with the limited supplies at your disposal. Search rooms thoroughly and make the right choice when to fight - or flee - from the monstrosities. Featuring classic hardcore survival horror gameplay in a directed single-player experience, you'll need to stay on your toes to stay alive. You have a limited inventory and you'll need to leverage supply caches to store your equipment for use later. Saving your game is also highly restrictive and you'll need to locate the means to record your progress as you explore. Lydia's adventure is just the beginning... can you survive the chronicles and determine the fate of the other survivors?
Episodic: New chapters available over time. Buy only what you want to play.
Story Mode: Survive through a classic single-player survival horror experience.
Battle Mode: Tough as nails action mode where you scrounge and fight to reach the exit.
Cinematic: Experience your last moments through fixed cameras and beautiful environments.
Explore: Search rooms and read logs to find keys and solve puzzles to survive.
Fight or Flee: Engage threats directly or run away to safety in another room.
Classic: True hardcore classic survival horror with a limited inventory and deadly foes.
Progress: Saving is limited and restricted. Find floppy disks to record your progress.
Storage: Manage your limited inventory by finding and storing items in caches.
Difficult: Play across multiple difficulty modes, including the one hit kill Nightmares mode.
Defense: Utilize numerous firearms and melee weapons against the undead.
Alone: Play solo even without an internet connection.
Controller: Customizable gamepad, mouse and keyboard controls.
MINIMAL SETUP
- OS: Ubuntu (64-bit)
- Processor: Core i3Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD 5000
- Storage: 6 GB available space
- OS: Ubuntu (64-bit)
- Processor: Core i5Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce 750 Ti / AMD Radeon R7 370
- Storage: 6 GB available space
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