Dear players,
I am quite impressed with the reception of the game so far. When I started it in my cave back in 2014, I made it just for myself. But it's quite heartwarming to see so many people enjoying the game for what it is. As a result, I got motivated to add some more stuff in, so I decided to work on some of the things I abandoned before release. You can consider these (early) "Easter eggs".
With this update, which should download automatically, there are finally enough books in the game to fill the shelves entirely. They will appear throughout the caves after enough time has passed. Most are not that hard to find.
There are some new items to put in your home: for example, you can learn to weave carpets made out of moss. The other things will be left to you to find out.
Of course, the update also includes several bug fixes (and probably new bugs as well...). For example, the flipping of crystals is finally saved correctly. Also achievements should now hopefully work on all Macs.
Regarding the translation of books, we are still working on a neat Steam Workshop integration, where you can download/upload translations or new texts in your native languages and replace the ones in the game with them. This should be done hopefully sometime this month.
Oh, and we have finally managed to release the soundtrack! It features original tracks made by Lord Redstone for the game and various old tracks by other dungeon synth artists, such as Vindkaldr, Erang, Spectral Kingdom, Erdstall and Dungeontroll:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1275730/THE_LONGING__Soundtrack/
Greetings from isolation,
Anselm
PS: If you have finished the game already and want to jump back in to find the easter-eggs, there is most likely a way to restore your old save. I will give instructions for this via email: anselm.pyta@studioseufz.com
[ 2020-04-04 13:34:37 CET ] [ Original post ]
- :THE LONGING: Linux [5.02 G]
A unique idle-adventure game.
You play as the last servant of a king, who once ruled an underground kingdom.
Now his powers have faded and he falls asleep for 400 days to regain his might.
It is your duty to stay in the cave alongside the king until he awakens.
In utter loneliness, miles below the surface,
it is now your task to... wait.
Wait...
For 400 days.
In real-time.
:THE LONGING: is part idle and part adventure game. As soon as you start, the game counts down the 400 days you need to wait - even when you stop playing and exit the game.
It is now up to you to decide what to do with your solitary existence beneath the soil.
Features:
- Ultra slow-paced cave exploration
- Dungeon Synth music
- Various endings
- Handcrafted 2D graphics
- Solitude
- OS: Ubuntu 16.04+. SteamOS+
- Processor: 1.2 GHzMemory: 4 GB RAM
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1024MB VRAMNetwork: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 5 GB available space
- Graphics: 1080p Resolution Supported
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