Discover The End of The Sun #1: Slavic Fairy Tale

Hello folks, As the release of The End of The Sun draws near, weve decided to ramp up our news section and give youespecially new usersa closer look at what our game is all about: its world, setting, and what you can expect from the experience. In the coming weeks, we plan to ignite your imagination, just like Svarog. So lets get started. What can you expect from The End of The Sun? Were here to explain!

Step into a Slavic Fairy Tale

Experience the Magic

Get ready to embark on a journey through a world that blends myth, folklore, and the supernatural. The End of The Sun invites you into a Slavic fairy tale where reality and legend intertwine. Inspired by rich Slavic mythology, the game brings to life a mysterious village where timeless stories, ancient rituals, and haunting myths await.

Explore a World

In The End of The Sun, players take on the role of an Ashtera wise sorcerergifted with the power to travel through time. Each season brings new insights, secrets, and stories, unfolding in a beautifully crafted open world. Move through time uncovering mysteries hidden across the seasons. Actions in the past will ripple forward, reshaping the future and deepening your connection to the characters and their fates.

Witness True Love

Amidst exploration and adventure, youll discover the threads of a touching love story, woven into the fabric of this mythical village. From festivals celebrating life and nature to encounters with spirits and folklore, the narrative immerses you in the world of the ancients, where love and fate are often intertwined.

Mark Your Calendars

With its captivating Slavic fairy tale setting, detailed world-building, and a storyline that resonates, The End of The Sun is a must-play for fans of exploration, folklore, and narrative-driven games. Add The End of The Sun to your wishlist now, and prepare to enter a realm where myth and reality converge this January 2025! Dont miss outfollow our Steam page for more updates, exclusive teasers, and insights into the making of this mystical adventure.

Check out our earlier dev Update:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/912840/view/4456967897002016852

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Thanks for all your ongoing support! The End of the Sun Team

[ 2024-11-05 17:20:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

Revealing the Release Month!

Hello, adventurers! We're thrilled to announce that The End of The Sun will officially release in January 2025! Stay tuned for the exact date and the premiere of our brand-new trailer, coming soon!

Whats the current stage of development?

Our main development phase is now complete! The End of The Sun is fully playable from start to finish. Both the English and Polish versions are finalized and thoroughly tested, and feedback from early testers has been overwhelmingly positive. They describe the game as uniquely atmospheric, full of surprises, and visually captivating. Were beyond excited to hear this!

So, what are we working on now?

Great question! Polishing is essential and takes time. Heres what were currently focusing on:

Translating The End of The Sun into additional languages.
Fine-tuning gameplay for a smooth, immersive open-world experience. Small tweakslike adding a road sign or hintcan make exploration even more engaging.
Adding a final Easter egg with a bonus storyline.
Testing compatibility with Mac and Linux platforms.
Integrating Steam achievements and other Steam features.
Were aiming to have all development complete by the end of November.

Why is the release scheduled for January?

While development is wrapping up, we want time to perfect our marketing efforts. Creating a high-quality trailer takes around a week, and as a small, dedicated two-person team, we sometimes need to account for personal responsibilities. Well announce the exact release date as soon as we're sure everything is polished and ready for launch. Our vision is to deliver the immersive journey of The End of The Sun exactly as we dreamed it seven years ago when we began this adventure!

Check out our earlier dev Update:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/912840/view/4201371495621352091

3 steps to do in 1 minute to help us in marketing:

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Click THUMB UP under this update. With more thumbs, more players will see it.

FOLLOW and WISHLIST our game.

[color=#1155cc]Follow us on TikTok HERE[/color][color=#1155cc].[/color] This is really important for us. https://store.steampowered.com/app/912840/The_End_of_the_Sun/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2201430/The_End_of_the_Sun/ Check out the period drama with a murder mystery and great Easter Europe climate from our friends: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2695260/The_Crimson_Maid/

Thanks for all your ongoing support! The End of the Sun Team

[ 2024-10-31 13:55:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

We're closer than ever - Testing underway! - Developer Update

Hello everyone! We have some great news to share! :) "The End of the Sun" has entered the testing phase and is in its almost final shape. We're currently working on fixing bugs and implementing improvements based on feedback from our testers. They've given us really positive feedback, especially about the story and atmosphere. Testers are also very impressed by the game's variety. We're incredibly excited to see people enjoying a game we've worked on for 7 years!

Here's what we need to do before the release:

- Localize the entire game (English and Polish versions are already ready, and we'll fully outsource all other languages so it won't take our development time). - Record the English narrator voice-over (Now after first tests we're sure there's no need for additional lines.) - Polish the game and fix bugs found during testing. - Add achievements, trading cards, and other features related to Steam, Gog, and Epic stores. - Create some Easter eggs. (But you could be sure it'll be something that won't break your immersion) :) - Ramp up our promotional efforts by preparing trailers, new screenshots, and other marketing materials. (We have been developing "The End of the Sun" for 7 years, with 6 years dedicated to full-time job development. Therefore, we need to focus on creating effective marketing strategies. And yes we are going to share much more than 1 trailer. :) For example, the game will also feature sung songs, which you will probably hear in promotional materials :) ) Well be sharing new materials soon! Meanwhile, have a sneak peek below! :)

Game release: When?

Our current goal is to launch in late October or early November. We can't give a certain date as it all depends on how much polishing we need to do after game tests. What we could say after the first bunch of tests is that everything is really great, we didn't encounter big problems (but small things like moving some objects a little bit here and there to make gameplay smoother also take some development time :) ) Hopefully we will share certain date together with Release game trailer soon! Keep your fingers crossed!

Check our our earlier dev Update:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/912840/view/4201371495621352091

3 steps to do in 1 minute to help us in marketing:

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FOLLOW and WISHLIST our game.

Thanks for all your ongoing support! The End of the Sun Team

[ 2024-09-07 12:26:22 CET ] [ Original post ]

We're part of Wholesome Games Steam Celebration

Hi folks!

We're really happy to be a part of Wholesome Games Steam Celebration!

Check out Wholesome Games Festival for a cozy celebration where you can find video games that inspire optimism, joy, and introspection! Check out here Don't miss it - it runs from 15-21 August

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3 steps to do in 1 minute to help us in marketing:

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[ 2024-08-15 17:20:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

We're part of Time Masters Festival!

Hi folks! Let's celebrate time manipulation games together!

We're really happy to be a part Time Masters Steam Festival.

As you know Time travel is one of our main features. In The End of the Sun you can teleport between four main seasons far away from each other by many years and get to know the stories of the same heroes at different stages of their lives Don't miss it - it runs from 22 - 29 July Check out Festival page!

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[ 2024-07-23 12:14:56 CET ] [ Original post ]

We're part of the Dev.Play - Indie Festival!

We're incredibly excited to be a part of Dev.Play - Indie Festival in Platformer & Puzzle category!

The Festival is even featured on the main Steam store page (visible in the following countries: Romania, Poland, Serbia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Hungary, Moldova, Albania, North Macedonia, Georgia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Turkey)!! Don't miss it - it runs from June 4th to 5th.

Our game will be featured alongside loads of amazing indie titles. A special stream highlighting our game will be broadcast on YouTube, Twitch, and the top Steam festival page on June 4th at 18:00 EEST (Eastern European Summer Time) / 17:00 CEST (Central European Summer Time). Don't forget to visit our store that day to give our game some extra visibility! [hr][/hr]

3 steps to do in 1 minute to help us in marketing:

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[ 2024-06-04 15:04:42 CET ] [ Original post ]

Big Developer Update!

Hello folks It's been quite a long time since our last update so today we have a lot of news for you! We divided it into sections so you could easily find the information that you are looking for.

What is the development progress?

The progress of development is huge, we are after the first inside-game tests and as developers, we are very happy. Maybe it sounds weird but after 6 years of development it's really hard to have fun playing your own game, however testing it ourselves has been an absolute thrill, and we can't wait for you to play it. Now we are sure the game will be something big, especially in the adventure/mystery games category! But let's make a short general list that better describes development progress:

What we accomplished in the last months:

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We are after our inside dev game tests. That means we went through the whole game and pointed out elements of the puzzle, story, texts etc. that need to be improved. We are now working on it(improvements). In most cases, these are like 10-minute fixes but its still a job to do before main game tests. Overall these inside dev tests were mainly to improve the game difficulty level and to write proper tip texts. Those are texts of the main protagonist and investigation texts that lead the player through the game. After your remarks about the demo, we decided to put focus on that. Those texts are almost impossible to write before playing the game in the advanced stage, this is why we waited so long to create them.

We finished writing all the narrator and interactive game texts. We could start translations of the game and narrator voice-over recordings now.

We improved a lot of game elements that werent intuitive. We want to provide you with as smooth an experience as possible. When we watched some lets plays from the demo we noticed that some puzzles were hard not because of their difficulty level but because it was not intuitive enough for modern players. We improved all puzzles in the game to keep some standards. Our game prioritizes exploration and story, so puzzles are intentionally easier. We emphasize the riddle's quality and its connection to the narrative over difficulty.

We visited the bee farm museum called Sdecki Bartnik in Stre. We scanned there amazing old-fashioned beehives, but there will be a whole update about that soon. HERE you could read our Behind the scenes blog where we write more about the photogrammetry method that we use to scan objects.

All cutscenes are ready, as well as all facial animations and emotions. Also, we finally finished and improved all mocap animations. Of course, all these elements are part of cutscenes, but it's important to mention how many elements stand behind it.

We spend a lot of time on improving our Steam page, but it's related more to the release date, so I will write more about it in the next sections.

There were so many small elements from our to-do list completed in the last months that it's hard to write about every single one so Ill point out just a few of them like:

Improving some elements of design to create a more unique atmosphere of a Slavic fantasy world.
Fixing a big bug of volume light. It was really a miracle that we were able to so fast fix some crucial bugs that were strongly dependent on how the engine is working but now youll be able to enjoy beautiful volume light without any flickering. I'm pointing this out as this kind of bugs very often happens in gamedev and you just can't predict what problems youll encounter during the game tests.
Aging the buildings and some items. At an early stage of development that wasn't in plans at all, but the quality of the game is now so high that we decided we have to do this. So now the influence of time will be also visible on buildings.

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What job left to do before the game full release:

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Fixing small bugs and problems that appeared after inside test

Translating game to all languages(That will be done by external translators but still English translations needs little bit of our attention)

Recording main protagonist voice overs(again something external but needs our small engagement)

Creating the last kickstarter easter egg and we must say itll be a really interesting one. (another one is already in game and its big too! )

Making an additional part of the story? One of the in-game missions is ready to play but we have a fantastic idea how to make it much better. There is a question mark here, as itll depend on our available time and pressure related to the game release date.

Preparing Steam achievements, cloud saves and trading cards.

Making final tests of the game(Win, Mac, Linux) .

Game release :) If you would like to read more about certain changes implemented in the full version of the game, there is our earlier update: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/912840/view/3655289207381292254 [hr][/hr]

When will the game be released?

That's probably the most common question asked to any game developer. As you can read in the earlier section there is an enormous number of elements during game development you can't predict. (and not even mentioned there things related to everyday office work) The game will be for sure ready for June, but the release probably will be moved to Q3 2024 and this is why: [list=1]

We analyzed our Steam wishlist situation. At this moment the game has about 15500 wishlists. That's great for an indie game. Unfortunately as mentioned above we have been developing The End of the Sun for over 6 years so we need more sales than a typical Indie studio to be able to stay in business. Also, it seems Steam isnt the best place for adventure/mystery/walking sim games. Some genres like city builders or RTS get much more organic traffic from Steam without making any special marketing. This is because the Steam audience is more hardcore and that's ok, the problem is somewhere else. Even if there is a huge niche for adventure games and story rich games, the Steam algorithm isn't optimized to give traffic to niche instead it gives traffic to genres that are popular even if some players like only Indie games. This is why niche genres creators have a harder life on Steam. For example, even if you like and play only adventure games Steam still will recommend you huge triple A RPGs even if there is only one similar tag with the adventure game you played. We can't do anything about that. Providing outside Steam traffic is only one way to be noticed by the Steam algorithm and that needs a lot of marketing work, and this just slows down smaller teams' development process. You can notice huge wishlist spikes on the chart below. These are moments when we spend all our time on marketing (Kickstarter, New Trailers, Updates, Steam Next Fest).

For the last few weeks, we got some better organic traffic because we improved our Steam store. We prepared a new capsule (more about it in the next section), re-montage trailer, improved tags etc. But still, it's quite small visibility if you compare it to other genres, like horror, survival or strategy games. It is what it is so let's go to the next point.

We are considering cooperation with a publisher, not only to be able to get better marketing but also to be able to add more languages to the game. As our game is story driven this is a very important thing. So we are now between self-release and a publisher's help. We have to make some decisions.

All of it forces us to make a big marketing campaign before the game's release. We would like to fully finish the game development at first and then start marketing. So when we finish game development in June we need at least 2 months to make proper marketing. We are aiming to have a minimum 20 000 wishlist 2 weeks before the game release. Follow Us On TikTok. Seems like it's nowadays the best marketing tool for video games.

All these circumstances lead to the conclusion that the game release probably will take place during the Summer Holiday. Soon you'll see Q3 2024 in the store page. We will for sure announce the date together with a new awesome trailer soon! [hr][/hr]

New game promo banner!

As you probably noticed The End of the Sun main promotion banner and Steam capsule has changed. Capsule on Steam is shown to thousands of players every day. That image has to say as much about the game as possible. Our earlier graphic was just a screenshot from the game and after asking players about it, their first thought was that our game is a crafting or exploration genre but for sure not a fantasy or story rich. The new capsule is higher quality and contains fantasy elements and some characters which shows that this is a people-related mysterious story, not just an exploration game without gameplay. The new capsule brings more attention from players who like fantasy mystery adventures. It works and it gives us a much bigger click-through rate than ever before.

Hope you like the new banner as even creating such a simple element as a capsule took us over 3 days of long work. Thanks to all of you for your remarks about it! [hr][/hr]

Polish Constitution Days Steam Festival!

We are proud to announce that The End of the Sun will be part of the Polish Constitution Days Steam Festival. Itll be featured on the main Steam store page. We hope that itll bring additional attention to our game and many awesome games created in Poland that you probably never heard about before. The Festival starts on May the 3rd. The End of the Sun is a perfect fit for the festival as it is also based on old Polish legends and myths. Don't forget to visit our store that day to give our game some additional traffic! Lets celebrate together! [hr][/hr]

3 steps to do in 1 minute to help us in marketing:

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Click THUMB UP under this update. With more thumbs, more players will see it.

FOLLOW and WISHLIST our game.

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[ 2024-04-30 14:39:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

Our soundtrack on Spotify and Apple Music & Progress of work Developer Update

Hello folks! We're excited to announce that we've finished the development of the last mission in our game. This is a major milestone for us, and we're proud of our team's work. Now we're moving on to polishing the game's elements. At this time, we are not yet able to announce the precise release date for the game. Everything depends on how the game tests go. We want to make sure that the game is ready to be released and that it meets the expectations of players. You probably noticed that we changed the release date to Q2 2024. For sure the game is much better than we expected when we started development and we are sure it will meet your expectations :) We will be publishing a more detailed update soon, in which we will inform you about the progress of work on the game and the planned release date. This update is just to let You know that we are working hard and development is going great! We appreciate your patience!

We are pleased to announce that a few tracks from our soundtrack are now available on Spotify and Apple Music

Check out!

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/album/0LRCndVe5ef6vGLg5eo7kx

Apple Music:

https://music.apple.com/pl/album/the-end-of-the-sun-official-game-soundtrack-single/1725511944 Enjoy listening!

What You could do to help? :)

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[ 2024-01-26 21:01:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

New Features & Progress of work Developer Update

Hello folks! We havent written any updates for a long time, but thats only because weve been working hard on the project. Today we would like to summarize everything weve improved and created over the past few months. Many of these elements are improvements and features created based on your requests and will be available in the full version of the game
The same Update with high-quality video + sound (instead of GIF) is available here on our Webpage.

Improvements and new features based on your remarks:

1. Map and inventory:

Weve added a cool world map and an inventory system, two of the most requested features. The map will gradually uncover as you explore, and it will show all fireplaces in the game, as well as their state. It will also help you orient yourself in the world but not in a direct way. The map is super unique and immersive. We worked a lot to give it some physical feeling and animations.

2. Making player experience smoother and less confusing:

Weve implemented a bunch of new features to make the game smoother and less confusing. Here are some highlights: - Fireplace call the player: Now after completing all tasks belonging to the fireplace, the player will see sparks and sounds calling the player to make an action.

- Cutscene attention grabber: We heard you were confused about where some cutscene characters were, so now sparks will lead you to the starting position of the cutscene, even if theyre hidden in the environment.

- Different colours for stable Faith Path sparks: We know it was confusing that the sparks of finished Faith Paths were the same red colour as the sparks of incomplete ones. Now, the sparks of stable Faith Paths will be yellow/golden and show calmer behaviour, so its easier to distinguish them. - New icons and text reorganization: We added new icons for some special actions, like Object Put Back and Use Magic. We also changed some text and action names to make things more clear. For example, Stabilize is now the clear mouse hint name for Faith Paths instead of Inquire. This will make it easier for players to understand what they need to do.

- Fireplace border indicator: We know you wanted a visible border when youre about to lose connection to a fireplace, so now theres a video and sound effect to let you know. This will help players avoid losing connection to a fireplace by accident.

- Video effects no longer affect icons: We fixed a bug where video effects were affecting items icons, which made it difficult to see them when moving fast. This is a big improvement for players who like to move quickly through the game.

3. Better and more immersive walking animation and head bob:

Weve improved the ashters (players) head animation a lot. It now looks much more natural and has more impact.

4. Special light for objects hidden in the dark:

Previously, when a player picked up an item hidden in the dark, it would be totally invisible. We have added a weak artificial light that emanates from the player, which will now illuminate the object, making it easier to see.

5. Game Settings new options and Improvements:

We made a lot of changes to the game settings: - Hints: Now every advanced feature has its own hint text, so even the most advanced option should be easy to understand. - Auto Save toggle: You can now disable autosave, so your manual saves wont be overwritten. - Motion Sickness Options: We added an option to disable the head bob animation, which can help players who suffer from motion sickness. - Rebinding Input: This is a highly requested feature. According to our survey, 65% of you think its very useful, and 30% of you said you wouldnt buy the game without it. Weve now fully implemented this feature, and you can rebind keys not only for keyboard and mouse but also for gamepads! (It was quite time-consuming to do especially as we had to prepare all custom style icons for every button of the keyboard and gamepad)

- Motion blur and Antialiasing independent from graphic presets: Weve reorganized the video settings so that motion blur and antialiasing are no longer tied to the graphic presets. You can now change the graphic preset independently of these settings. We made this change because many players disable these features, so keeping them together with the graphic presets wasnt the best way to go. Its also helpful for players who suffer from motion sickness. - Minor reorganization of video settings: Weve made some minor reorganizations of the video settings to make them easier to understand.

- Simple Font: Weve added an option to change the subtitles font to a simpler font thats easier to read. - Subtitles Size: This is an important option for players who like to play story-driven games on large TVs or sit far away from their computers and play with controllers. It is also a good option for players with vision problems. You can now increase the size of the subtitles so theyre easier to read.

- Bug Fixes: Weve fixed a lot of bugs and made other minor changes. We cant even remember them all! You could also read that Steam update to see what we improved (based on Your remarks) in the earlier update.

Progress of game development and new content that we cant share yet:

Of course, the elements we mentioned above are just a small part of what we did last month, but they still took us quite a while to implement. It may seem strange, but some of these features forced us to reimplement some core mechanics of the game code. Either way, we spent most of our time working on the full version of the game Keep in mind that we already have like huge amount of new content in the game. We just dont want to make new screenshots and videos as we are keeping the best parts for final marketing. This is why we are sharing with You only 2 new screenshots now

Sorry we cant share more screenshots with You, for now, we are keeping the best ones for the final promotional time before the game release.

The End of the Sun a map of the world, with intentionally blurred elements. The map will be uncovered with the progress of the game

Here are the main things weve been working on for the past few months:

- We finished translating all the story text and recording all the English voiceovers. You may think this is an easy task, but recording voiceovers remotely is hard work. Very often, even a single word has to be fixed or recorded differently to keep the cutscene in the right mood. The only one last element that we have to record is the narrators voiceover, but this is because an ashter (narrator) gives hints to the player, so some text may need to be corrected after game testing. You may read blog post about how we recorded voiceovers here. - We finished 75% of the cutscenes and puzzles for the game. Its worth mentioning that we created 50% of this in the last 2.5 months. (More information below.) [ You could also read some making of about one of the game characters here ]

What we still have to do before starting game testing:

We need to finish the last 25% of the puzzles and cutscenes. Keep in mind that this is not 25% of the whole game development, its just 25% of the final work of putting everything together into puzzles and cutscenes (elements prepared earlier, such as animations, voiceovers, models, etc.). Based on our calculations, it seems like we can do this in the next 2-3 months. Then the game will be ready for testing. (And then, depending on the tests, we will know if the release will be in Q4 2023 or Q1/2 2024. It all depends on the tests.) When the game testers will be working, we will send the game script for translation into other languages and record the narrators voiceovers. We have been working on the game 6 days a week for the whole summer holiday, often for 10 hours or more a day. We decided to write this update now because we want to take a little break and have a 2-week holiday. Of course, we understand that you cant wait for the release, but we think the demo should give you some peace of mind that the game will be a high-quality piece of art. As we mentioned before, it is impossible to say the release date for such a complex project before the proper testing full version of the game. However, in the next 2-3 months, everything should become much clearer. Hope You understand that! We are really glad that we get so much positive and valuable feedback from You on our Steam Discussions, Discord and other social media. Thanks!

What You could do to help? :)

We are a small indie team so appreciate any help. Thanks! 1. Click Thumb Up under this Update (Steam will show the update to more players) 2. Add our game to Your Wishlist and Follow. https://store.steampowered.com/app/912840/The_End_of_the_Sun/ 3. Leave Comments and thumbs up on our trailers on YouTube. 4. Share Update or trailers on Your social media. [previewyoutube=Nicr_Ir45a8;full][/previewyoutube] [previewyoutube=nNNLW-_-LQs;full][/previewyoutube]

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[ 2023-09-08 13:48:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

Demo Mac OS Update + Great G.Round feedback!

Hello players! We should post that update 3 weeks ago we were just focused on Full Game development :)

Mac update of the Demo!

We are happy to announce that The End of The Sun demo is now fully tested on all Mac computers with Silicon processors (M1 / M2). We have in our studio a Mac mini with 16GB RAM and M2 CPU now. We were able to find and fix all problems related to that version of Mac! What's more, we prepared a special dedicated silicon processors game version so now the game isn't emulated from the intel version and should work faster and more stable! We upgraded the game to a newer version of the Unity engine which means that the full version of the game also will have a dedicated M1/M2 Mac CPU version + Intel version. (Your Mac will choose it automatically)

Great feedback and reviews on G.ROUND!

G.Round (Game Round) is a portal where players could test demos of games and early game versions and leave feedback for developers. The End of The Sun Demo is available on G.Round until the end of April. We are extremely happy as we are getting amazing feedback and opinions there (152 reviews for now) We are going to improve a lot of elements because of that feedback as it shows us that most of the G.Round remarks are very similar to what we get from You on the Steam discussion. You could Check out reviews of The End of The Sun Demo on G.Round HERE

We are really glad that we get so much positive and valuable feedback from You on our Steam Discussions, Discord and other social media. We are improving the full version of the game based on Your feedback now! [previewyoutube=Nicr_Ir45a8;full][/previewyoutube]

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About The Demo:

The demo is quite long and should give You over 1 hour of fun! We did everything to make it as best as possible but keep in mind that the whole game is still in development, so We are open to remarks as we are still improving some elements. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2201430/ ------------------------------

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[ 2023-04-19 14:47:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

Over 11 000 Demo Downloads! | Refreshed Trailer

Hello players! We are really glad that we get so much positive and valuable feedback from You on our Steam Discussions, Discord and other social media. We are improving the full version of the game based on Your feedback now!

Over 11000 Downloads of the Demo!

We are happy to announce that until now The End of The Sun Demo was downloaded by over 11500 users on Steam!

Refreshed Game trailer

Last week we shared the refreshed game trailer of the game. (we improved the quality of the game a lot since we shared the trailer the first time so we decided to give it a second life) We need Your help. Please leave the Thumb Up on Youtube so the Video will get the best codec quality (That is available only for videos with more than 1000 views) [previewyoutube=Nicr_Ir45a8;full][/previewyoutube]

Demo Update based on Your Remarks!

In the last update of the demo, we improved gameplay elements according to Your remarks in our discussion section. Here You can read more about changes in the newest Demo Update: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/912840/view/3657521891380731868

Thank You!

To say "Thank You" for Your positive feedback we prepared a graphic with some of Your opinions and comments! (Yes! There is much more!) This is Awesome! You could check out more about it in our earlier update: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/912840/view/3657521891379700569 About Macintosh M1/M2 Demo problems: We tested the demo on the earlier intel mac version before releasing the demo and it was working great. Unfortunately, there are some specific M1/M2 mac version problems. We'll soon have I-Mac with an M2 processor in our studio. :) So we'll debug all specific M1/M2 problems and we'll fix them. We hope to do that at the end of this month. At the same time, we will prepare a dedicated apple silicon build.

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About The Demo:

Don't forget to add the full game to Your wishlist!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/912840/The_End_of_the_Sun/ If You like our update - Rate it up! It's just one second of Your time, and a huge help to our indie team :)

[ 2023-03-11 15:07:08 CET ] [ Original post ]

Thank You for amazing opinions about the demo!

Hello players! Today we would like to say "Thank You" to all who played our demo and shared remarks and feedback! For the last 3 weeks, we received a huge number of positive opinions about the demo. We are now motivated and ready for further work on the full version of the game! Thank You for that!

Demo Update based on Your Remarks!

Yesterday we shared another update of the demo, where we improved gameplay elements according to Your remarks in our discussion section. Here You can read more about changes in the newest Demo Update: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/912840/view/3657521891380731868

Thank You!

To thank You for Your positive feedback we prepared a graphic with only some of Your opinions and comments! (Yes! There is much more!) This is Awesome Thanks again!

Feel free to share the image or whole update To Your friends!

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About The Demo:

Don't forget to add the full game to Your wishlist!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/912840/The_End_of_the_Sun/ If You like our update - Rate it up! It's just one second of Your time, and a huge help to our indie team :)

[ 2023-02-14 14:57:56 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Demo UPDATE 2!

Hello folks! Here we are again! With the next demo Update. This time it is focused on improving gameplay and adding more hints! Some Of you let us know that You didn't pass throw the first part of the demo as You didn't know where to search for Quern Stone. Now it should be Easier! Also, some players with ADHD reported to us that they have problems with riddles that have voiceover but are not written down somewhere. We Improved that too. Thanks for reporting that. We'll remember that design for the full version of the game! Thanks for Your Feedback!

The End of The Sun Demo - Version 13.02.2023. Change list:

Cutscene changed to give more hints about the quern stone puzzle
Added more sparks falling from the sky to focus better player's attention.
The barn riddle is now written on a piece of paper. It appears after the first mistake. Now players who have problems with focusing just on voiceover (Which could be hard with that kind of riddle with a lot of information) could just read the riddle on a piece of paper.
Added watermark information "Press to change to Custom" in video settings, as we had reports that it was unintuitive to click a grey rectangle to set custom settings.
The barn riddle objects are now activated after hearing the riddle the first time.

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About The Demo:

Don't forget to add the full game to Your wishlist!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/912840/The_End_of_the_Sun/ If You like our update - Rate it up! It's just one second of Your time, and a huge help to our indie team :)

[ 2023-02-13 22:09:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

Devs BROADCAST | Steam Next Fest!

Hi!

Join us on 11 February (Saturday) at 6 PM CET ( 9 AM PST) on our second Livestream!

We will play The End of the Sun Demo and talk about the development process, our inspirations and the technology behind it! We are not native English speakers but we hope you will be ok with that :) Answering Your question on chat will be a part of the live stream so we'll be waiting for Your comments!

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About The Demo:

Don't forget to add the full game to Your wishlist!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/912840/The_End_of_the_Sun/ If You like our update - Rate it up! It's just one second of Your time, and a huge help to our indie team :)

[ 2023-02-09 09:44:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Steam Next Festival Starts Now! | Free Demo

Hello folks!

Steam Next Festival just started!

Enjoy The End of The Sun Demo and other awesome demos on Steam! The mythical place with the "Tree of life" in the middle that you can see below is one of the locations in The End of the Sun. :) We spend a lot of time designing its look and multi-layer meaning. You could try out the demo and explore it on Your own.

Developer Live Stream

During the festival, we will live-stream the demo and talk about the development process, our inspirations and the technology behind it. :) We will start the first live stream Tomorrow (7 February) at 7 pm CET. You could set up a reminder Here. P.S We are not native English speakers so we hope you will forgive us our language mistakes during the live stream :) https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/912840/view/3657521257913535203

Behind The Scenes

We shared a "Behind the scenes" video where You could see How our work on the game looked like. We visited a lot of interesting places to scan objects into our game, but that's not all! You could watch the video here. [previewyoutube=Z_w3yvjwp8c;full][/previewyoutube]

The Demo Teaser has almost 8000 views!

To be honest we didn't expect that! Thank You for all your Thumbs up and shares! [previewyoutube=nNNLW-_-LQs;full][/previewyoutube]

Play the Demo!

Why wishlists are so important for Indie Developers?

Small indie teams like ours (3 people / 2 full-time) in most cases do their marketing on their own. We are not different here, We spend days and weeks promoting our game otherwise, creating the game would have no sense. (without a final audience) The steam wishlist is used by steam algorithms to show the game to more players. Basically if you are adding the game to Your wishlist in some way you Vote for it. Adding our game to wishlists gives us more exposure and we could spend more time on developing the proper game and less on marketing. :) https://store.steampowered.com/app/912840/The_End_of_the_Sun/ ------------------------------ If You like our update - Rate it up! It's just one second of Your time, and a huge help to our indie team :)

[ 2023-02-06 17:54:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

Developers LIVESTREAM | Steam Next Fest!

Hello! Steam Next Fest is starting this Monday, so we have great news!

Join us on 7 February ( Tuesday ) at 7 PM CET ( 10 AM PST) on our Livestream!

We will play The End of the sun Demo and talk about the development process, our inspirations and the technology behind it! We are not native English speakers but we hope you will be ok with that :) Answering Your question on chat will be a part of the live stream so we'll be waiting for Your comments!

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[ 2023-02-04 17:46:57 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Demo Update! Over 4000 Downloads!

Hello! folk! We are surprised at how much positive feedback we get from You on our discussion section! Thank You! Because of your feedback, we could improve the game even more before the full Release! The Demo has now over 4000 downloads! Thank You for that we are waiting for further remarks and opinions! :) This is just a starting point as we are right before Steam Fest! Hige festival of game demos on Steam. In the new version of the demo, we improved and fixed some elements basing on Your feedback! The Demo is now also available On MacOS!

The End of The Sun Demo ver 30.01.2023. Change list:

FIXES:

Fixed problem with volume light on mac Ventura 13! Because of that, the game was unplayable on that macOS version. Now everything is working correctly. Read more here
Fixed the shaky (up and down) player camera movements when using vsync. Read More Here.
Fixed problem with clouds taking too much space at a special level when clouds quality was set on high or highest.
Fixed problem with the screen resolution option. It wasn't saved between the main menu and the gameplay (That could make confusion about performance.)
Fixed the rare problem of locking the character camera in a low position when investigating an object during a mission state change.
Fixed the rare problem of the rainbow video effect when using investigate object very often.

IMPROVEMENTS AND NEW OPTIONS:

Added an "invert Mouse Y-axis" option - It's now together with the invert gamepad option in the controls menu.
Added alternative controls - You could control movements with arrows on the keyboard as an alternative for WSAD (If You would like to see other configurations let us know, we are considering adding the option of key bindings to the full version if there will be more requests about it)
Minimum mouse/gamepad sensitivity could be now set to 0.1 (earlier minimum was 0.5)
Some localizations and text fixes.
Credits list update.

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[ 2023-02-02 19:51:35 CET ] [ Original post ]

Free DEMO available Now!

Hello folks! We have amazing news for You! After 5 years of development, we just released a FREE DEMO version of The End of the Sun! We are extremely happy. We hope You will like it. We are also waiting for Your opinions.

Demo Teaser:

At the same time, we would like to share with You a short Teaser of the demo version! Please leave a thumb up under the video HERE.

About The Demo:

The demo is quite long and should give You over 1 hour of fun! We did everything to make it as best as possible but keep in mind that the whole game is still in development, so We are open for remarks as we will be still improving some elements. Also, we will try to fix any problem You will report. [previewyoutube=nNNLW-_-LQs;full][/previewyoutube] Why there is no macOS Version of the demo? We temporarily disabled the option to download the macOS version of the demo. We are working on a fix for a problem on MacOs Ventura 13. Here You could read more about it. We will try to fix it Before Steam Next Festival. ------------------------------ Don't forget to add the full game to Your wishlist! https://store.steampowered.com/app/912840/The_End_of_the_Sun/ If You like our update - Rate it up! It's just one second of Your time, and a huge help to our indie team :)

[ 2023-01-24 16:33:33 CET ] [ Original post ]

Free Demo on the 24th of January! & Participation in Steam Next Festival!

Hello folks! We would like to share with You one of the most important pieces of information during our 5-year-long development process.

Free demo Release!

We are extremely happy to announce that The End of the Sun free demo version will be released on steam on the 24th of January, 2023! :) The demo will contain a small part of the full game but as we tested, it still has 50-60 minutes of gameplay. (it's quite long for a demo, some small fully released indie games very often have like 1 hour of gameplay ) The Demo will also be a part of the Steam Next Festival 2023 February edition. The Demo will include English and Polish full audio language versions. The full version of the game will be available in 9 languages of course.

We have been working on the demo the whole last month (12h per day and sometimes even more. / A demo of the open-world game is a hard thing to prepare.) It'll be something really worth checking out. It'll contain an improved mission that You could watch on our gameplay video + another unrevealed mission.

Do you want to become the Demo tester?

The demo is ready, we just make the final closed tests and fixes. After the new year, we will be looking for testers. Contact us at endofthesungame@gmail.com if you want to take a part in tests! (We are looking for Linux and mac testers too!) --------------------------------------------------------------

We need 1 minute of Your time to help us with marketing! :)

If You have a Twitter or Facebook account please, share and retweet the below posts. It will help us a lot in promoting and it'll take You less than a minute :) 1. SHARE TWITTER POST 2. SHARE FACEBOOK POST Thank You for Your help! ---------------------------------------------------------------

Check Out also Game from Our Friends:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1185740/Mira/

If You like our update Rate it up. It's just one second of Your time, and a huge help for our indie team :)

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[ 2022-12-29 17:12:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

Sound of hero - Recording voiceovers for Indie Game - Making of

Hello folks! The last update was posted a while ago. Sorry for that but we have been developing a few elements of the game simultaneously. Today we have for you better news than in the earlier update. :) In that update, we'll be writing mainly about recording Polish language voiceovers to The End of the Sun but also about working on puzzles and missions.

Recording voiceovers - job harder than you could think

Some may think that we just click the record button and then the actor says some words to the mic and it's done. It's much more complicated than that. :) We described the whole process in Update.

In The Update, You could find a lot of final samples of voiceovers, videos from the studio and in-game videos with dialogues. Please If You like it share the update with Your friends! :)

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READ THE WHOLE LONG UPDATE HERE

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What we have been working on for the last few months?

-We recorded almost all Polish voiceovers (only outsourced narration that won't take our time directly is still waiting for records), which took us over 2 weeks. Then we spent 4 weeks choosing proper versions of voiceovers and processing them by mastering and effects.

-We already fully finished the creation of 4 missions - We still have to finish the creation of 15 missions, but don't worry good news here is that preparing a single mission is taking us about 1 week. All systems are ready now and assets are done so basically connecting everything together is ultra-fast comparing it to the whole development process. To be honest, connecting everything (graphics, voiceovers, scripts, systems) into missions/puzzles is like 15% of the whole development. (Of course in our case)

-We created the whole Main menu, Settings Menu and Pause menu - It took us over a month. Seems like something easy to do but it's the opposite way. Basically, we had to code everything from scratch to fit our game. We added options for language settings like choosing subtitles and voiceovers independent way (something you ask us to implement) We also coded fully gamepad support, and really advanced graphics settings (allowing You to set even Such details as the rate of global illumination refreshing time. We also implemented Save profiles so You could start a new game without losing actual progress. In the menu, You will also find cool "Credits place" with a fire theme. This is where Kickstarters supporter's names will be shown!

-We made many minor fixes and changes and made the gameplay a better experience. Polishing the game is always a lot of work impossible to predict in any way. Also, there are many features that we have been working on, but it's just hard to write about every single one here.

What do we have to do before release?

We have to finish the creation of the rest of the missions as we already mentioned. Test the game and basically, that's it! Of course, we still have to record English voice actors and translate the game to all languages but outsourcing creators will prepare it so basically, it won't take us our work time. It will be done simultaneously with game tests. The problem is that we don't know what problems we will be dealing with after testing the game so we still can't say anything about the specific Release date. For now, we still won't change our predictions and aim to Release the game this year, if we decide to move Release we will inform You about it in Update.

Thank You for Your understanding

As We mentioned in Earlier Updates the situation in the world and especially in our country isn't perfect. This is why we are even more thankful for Your understanding, the love and the warm words You are sending to us! The Summer holidays are coming so... have a great time! The End of The Sun Team

READ THE WHOLE LONG UPDATE HERE

https://store.steampowered.com/app/912840/The_End_of_the_Sun/

Check Out also Game from Our Friends:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1185740/Mira/

If You like our update Rate it up. It's just one second of Your time, and a huge help for our indie team :)

[ 2022-06-02 14:19:54 CET ] [ Original post ]

Artists drawings in our game! / Your opinions influence the game design!

Hello folks! We have for You new and full of images and information game dev diary!

What exactly you will find in this update?

Today we would like to share with You some amazing drawings from great artists that we started to cooperate with!
We also would like to talk a little bit about what we have been doing for the last 3 months and what is game development progress. :)
Well share with you also few NEW environmental screenshots from The End of The Sun!
Whats more, we prepared for You -15% FOR ALL SUPPORT TIERS AND REWARDS on our webpage until The end of the Autumn!

READ THE FULL UPDATE HERE

We established cooperation with 2 Artists (painters). Both of them create amazing art and specialize in paintings with Slavic myths, legends and creatures themes. You will be able to find these paintings in the game world, take a closer look at them and sometimes listen to Ashter(Zhrets) comments. What will be even more interesting is that some of the paintings will be connected to The End of The Sun game story!

In The Update, we also show how Your comments influence the game design! It's really worth reading.

READ THE FULL BLOG POST UPDATE HERE

Almost 8000 players wishlisted The End of The Sun.

We are very happy that many players add our game to their Steam Wishlist every day! For now, 7747 people added The End of The Sun to their Wishlists. Keep in mind that we even didnt start proper game promotion so these are great numbers for the indie game like ours. (We are making whole our marketing on our own) Wishlists are very important for the game release and We are aiming to get a minimum of about 15 000 20 000 wishlists before the game Release. So please if you havent added Our Game to your Wishlist yet You could do it below:

ADD The End of The Sun to Steam WISHLIST HERE.

Please also share that update with Your friends

THANK YOU for your support!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/912840/The_End_of_the_Sun/

Collecting wishlists is very important for small indie teams like ours. More people wishlist the game = more people will get single notification about game full Release. If You would like to help us even more You could click FOLLOW so You will get a steam notification about the most important updates about our game.

The new teaser that You may not have seen yet

In the last update, we shared New short Teaser of the game. If You havent seen it yet. You could check it out below. Remember to leave THUMB UP and comment :) It will help us with promoting our game a lot. Thanks! [previewyoutube=664AmQuerNc;full][/previewyoutube]

SPECIAL OFFER until the end of the Autumn!

Use code SLAVICMYTHS2021 to get -15% for all support Tiers! :)

The End of The Sun Kickstarter has ended Successfully! Now, as the campaign is over, we can offer you to pledge via Paypal and still grab some of the special Kickstarter rewards! :) It's a great time to support us and get for example T-Shirt (that will be delivered in 2-3 weeks) or an additional copy of the game for Your friend! :)

If You have any questions ask us in the comments section or Join our Discord.

Game from our friends is now Released on Steam Store!

The Gamedec - a game made by our friends (They supported us a lot with their updates during the Kickstarter campaign) is now Released on Steam Store! :) Remember to leave Steam Review if You will like the game :) It's important for devs to hear Your opinion. They put a lot of effort to polish and release Gamedec. :) https://store.steampowered.com/app/917720/Gamedec/

If You like our update Rate it up. It's just one second of Your Time, and Huge help for our indie team :)

[ 2021-10-05 19:11:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

New Video Teaser - "Children of Water" & Making Of!

Hello Folks! We would like to share with You new teaser that presents part of the game-play. It's focused on fantasy creature called "Child of Water" In addition, we prepared making of blog post how this creature was designed and created. :) We also moved the release date of the game from June 2021 to 2021/2022. More detailed info about release date and teaser You could read on our blog post.

NEW TEASER!

You could watch Teaser on Youtube here or below. Dont forget to leave a comment and THUMB UP on Youtube if You like it.

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GAMEDEV DIARY:

This blog post diary is about one of the fantasy creatures (connected to Slavic legends) that You will meet at The End of The Sun a monster called Child of water. READ WHOLE ARTICLE HERE

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JOIN TO OUR DISCORD CHANNEL

Please encourage Your Friend to The End of The Sun Game To Wishlist on Steam.

This is very important for Indie Developers to have a lot of Wishlists before game release. Until now over 7300 players added The end of the Sun to Wishlists! Thank You for Your Support!

Stay Tuned for Next Developer Update Soon!

Click THUMB UP if You like our updates :)

[ 2021-05-27 18:37:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

January Developer Update!

Hello folks! Cause It's been 3 months since the last update and many of You requested another one... it's here! :) Before we will start We would like to invite You to ourDISCORD server where You will have more direct contact With us and You could also chat with other supporters and players. :)

The End Of The Sun DISCORD CHANNEL

Please also don't forget to tell Your friend about wishlist The End of The Sun :) We are really close to 7000 wishlists! It Is Really Important for better steam positioning for a small indie team like ours to have as much as possible wishlists before Release. SHORT ABOUT UPDATE: We are writing what we have achieved in the last 3 months. We Show some new Scanned 3d assets as well as improvements to cutscenes system, characters, walking system and more.

TECH INFO:Unfortunateley Steam don't support GIFs larger than 3 MB this is why We posted the whole article on our Official Webpage

READ THE DEVELOPER UPDATE HERE

LEAVE THUMB UP if You like our Updates! :)

[ 2021-01-30 17:51:59 CET ] [ Original post ]

Tree of Veles God of Underworld Halloween Update!

Hello! For Halloween We have for You some special Making of material with Veles Tree Model Uploaded to Sketchfab so You could see effect of our work in Full 3d. Also We Would Like to Share with You Making off about that.

FULL MAKING OF BLOG POST IS AVAILABLE HERE

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Veles Tree 3D model on SketchFab:

Veles Tree 3d Model For You to Look from every angle and play with is Available HERE on Sketchfab (Full Screen Recommended)

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3d Facebook Photo - Haloween Screenshot:

Also We prepared Special 3d Screenshot For Slavic Halloween (Called in Slavic Culture Dziady") You could Watch it on Depthy HERE (Move Mouse over Image there and You will see the Effect) We posted it on Facebook So Your friends Could See It directly there. Here is that Post. But If You would like to share it on Your own profile not share from Ours. You could Download That Image and That Depth Map Image and just Drag and drop to Your Facebook. It Will Automatically Create 3d Photo from That. If You would like to know more how Halloween is connected with The End of The Sun and Slavic Culture Read more on our full blog post HERE

FULL MAKING OF BLOG POST IS AVAILABLE HERE ------------------------------------------- Please encourage Your Friend to add Our Game To Wishlist on Steam. This is very important for Indie Developers to have a lot Wishlistsbefore game Relelase :) There is almost 7000 of us already!

Thank You for Your Support! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Stay Tuned for Next Developer Update Soon!

Click THUMB UP if You like our updates :)

[ 2020-11-01 19:35:56 CET ] [ Original post ]

4 months after Kickstarter - Dev Update!

Hello Players! First of all Thanks that You Wish-listed Our Game :) Wishlists are very important nowadays for indie games like ours so Please encourage Your friends to add The End of The Sun to Wish-list!

Almost 7 Thousand players Wish-listed The End of The Sun already! :)

What About Progress in game development?

We are still working on last 2 locations and We are improving Characters look. We're changing things like Size of eyes (that was not proper for some of characters), skin details, clothes textures, eyes textures and adding clothes details. We added Ambient Occlusion/roughness/specular/skin subsurface textures to Characters.

Last Weeks We are working hard not only on Creating New Characters but also on improving existing ones. We polished Nadimir's Face, changed topology, added skin details, facial hair, fixed clothes bugs and many other tiny elements that Gives overall better look :)

We also implemented movement of eye Lid that follow eyes of Characters now. Big Thanks to Rogo Digital (Creators of LipSynch System that We are using To handle our characters lips synchronization and facial emotions and now also Eye Lid control) for help in implementing that element. Yes We know it seems strange that We focus on such a small details now but It gave much more natural look to game Characters. The End of The Sun is story based game so high quality Characters are important for us. You could judge results on gif below :)

CLICK TO WATCH GIF HERE (Sorry for low Gif Quality because of compression)

Some of You noticed that facial expression of characters can be improved so We implemented Eye Lid movement of Characters. On that Gif You could notice that now If character is looking down or up, Eyes lids are rotating according to eyes what makes much more natural look.

Today We fully finished last character 3d Model (Nadimir's Father). We are going to Share Screenshots of that character in the future. We just would like to give some promotional aspect to that new Character. This is Why We won't share It With standard update. We probably share it together with next "Gamedev Diary" Or new Teaser. But ... We could share something related to that new one character - part of his clothes that We already created :)

Part of clothes that belongs to new not announced yet Character (Nadimir's Father) (Remember That characters in The End of The Sun have 3-4 version of itself - young - middle age - old) This is why creating One Character could take us even 1 month or more! :) But good news are that We just Finished almost all characters planned in game scenario (Ok ok.. We just need to create "Nadimir" child version and textures to some fantasy creatures (not exactly human characters) :) ) So We are really close to finish work on game heros and focus only on development of cutscenes and gameplay elements :) In The Same time We are working on making some elements of game world that We are unable to scan by photogrammetry cause it just don't exist in real World, like statues, items and fantasy elements of the world :)

Work In Progress - Small Statue of Weles - god of underworld Sorry We can't show more for now but many elements of the game is not something That could be simple shown(example improving save system, optimizations, gameplay mechanics) also We don't Want To Reveal story spoilers. When some new location or game play mechanics will be Fully ready We will then prepare some bigger update and blog post To Inform You About it :) (trust us We have to share things very carefully to don't make spoilers, sometimes sharing even one item could reveal too much from the core of game story )

What About Svarog's wooden figurines?

Sculptor who made Svarog's Figurine that we scanned into The End of The Sun game just finished work on all Figurines that were available on Kickstarter:) Below you could see Photo of that Figurines Army! :D

Also We have 1 additional figurine left (We made mistake and ordered too much) So This is Last chance for You to get Last figurine!!! :) Just contact us on endofthesungame@gmail.com and let us know that You would like to get last figurine. It will be the same cost as it was on our Kickstarter. Remember That You could still get Additional T-shirt / box edition / digital version of the Game on Our Webpage HERE

Stay Tuned for Next Developer Update Soon!

Click THUMB UP if You like our updates :)

[ 2020-10-17 16:57:15 CET ] [ Original post ]

Support us on our website and get rewards! 150% funded on Kickstarter

WE DID IT TOGETHER!

The End of the Sun is 150% funded by AMAZING 741 backers!

BIG BIG BIG Thanks for all support! It wouldnt be possible without you!

Last Few months were really hard but amazing in The same time! We started preparing our campaign about 5 months ago With only 2 people organizing campaign there was a lot of work to do. We get many positive opinions and remarks from You! It was awesome We didnt expect to get such a huge Support!

LAST COUNTDOWN 18 000$ Stretch Goal Funed in Last minutes! It was so exciting! Thank You!

Late For Campaign?

Support and Get Rewards via PayPal NOW AVAILABLE!

Kickstarter campaign was very short and before it ended, we received a lot of messages from people asking if there is another way they can support us. Some people only discovered our campaign after it has ended. Therefore, we decided to give a little extension of our campaign by opening Pledge and Get Rewards on Our Webpage

You could Support on Our Webpage by PAY PAL get the game and other Rewards!

CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT AND GET THE GAME!

Thank You for support!
[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/912840/The_End_of_the_Sun/]

Social Media Link are below:

-FACEBOOK -INSTAGRAM -TWITTER -YOUTUBE -OFFICIAL WEBSITE -STEAM STORE The End of the Sun Team

[ 2020-06-26 18:51:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

LAST 48 HOURS TO SUPPORT ON KICKSTARTER!

LAST 48 HOURS TO SUPPORT OUR GAME ON KICKSTARTER!

This is last chance! :D We have over 126% of Goal on Kickstarter! 655 Amazing People Supported us already!

SUPPORT NOW ON KICKSTARTER HERE

We JUST REACHED the 15k$ Stretch Goal and we will add more stories into the game! Thank you!

LAST 48 Hours have huge power on Kickstarter cause every follower get Reminder. So Basically 866 people interested in supporting us will be Notified! :) Hoping Some of You will decide to support us in these last hours! :) Thanks For Your Support! :)

There is a chance to Reach Next Goals!

SUPPORT NOW ON KICKSTARTER HERE

[ 2020-06-05 15:59:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

600 backers and 115% FUNDED on Kickstarter LAST DAYS to SUPPORT!

Hi Folks!

Awesome NEWS! 115% FUNDED on Kickstarter and still 6 days till campaign end!

LAST HOURS TO GET GAME IN SPECIAL 14$ PRICE!

Today We have International Childrens Day. On that Occasion We would like to give every supporter additional in-Game Reward! Your name will be not only in Credits of the game (that all rewards contain) But also All Supporter list will be placed inside the game in the hidden Book as the list of Secret Guild of Knights & Sorceress SUPPORT HERE ON KICKSTARTER

SUPPORT HERE ON KICKSTARTER

[ 2020-06-01 17:49:13 CET ] [ Original post ]

WE DID IT!!!100% FUNDED on Kickstarter!

Hi Folks!

WE DID IT!!!100% FUNDED on Kickstarter! We are extremely happy!

THANK YOU for all support!

So, now its time to collect our STRETCH GOALS! You could still get the game in lower price 14 $ (time limited tier, end 1 June)

[url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/endofsun/the-end-of-the-sun]

SUPPORT US HERE

[ 2020-05-28 16:42:50 CET ] [ Original post ]

96% FUNDED! Only 4% Left to Initial Goal Success!

Hi Folks!

Great NEWS! 96% FUNDED on Kickstarter and still 11 days till campaign end!

Also last chance to get the game in lower price 12$ !

8 copies left!

Can we do it together today? Only 4 % left to success of our campaign

Yesterday one of our amazing supporters pledged our "Ashter(1000$)" Tier :) Why is that awesome for everyone? Cause that tier contains "Easter Egg idea" We already chat with supporter and there will be little more than Easter egg! There will be additional cool mysterious puzzle to solve in The End of The Sun... So more cool gameplay for everyone! :)

SUPPORT US HERE

[ 2020-05-27 11:31:50 CET ] [ Original post ]

76% of our goal funded on KickstarterTHANK YOU for support!

Hi Folks! We have over 480 amazing backers and 76% funded on Kickstarter and still 13 days till campaign end!

That's awesome we are now featured in Kickstarter "Nearly Funded" Where projects with minimum 75% Funded appear! :) Hope it will bring more traffic to our project! Thank You for Your Support! We need only 24% to Reach our initial goal! :) There are huge chances that we will also collect our first stretch goals" More Stories" & "Additional Puzzles" ! It would be amazing to enrich game by these additional elements.

Support us HERE

[ 2020-05-24 20:44:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

From real ethnographic museum building to the video game location!

Hi Folks!

We have 57% funded on Kickstarter :) This is really AWESOME! Thank you!

We would like to share with you new blog post "From ethnographic museum real buildings to the video game locations" :) It's a Blog Post With a lot of Gifs and photos. It shows whole process from visiting ethnographic museum and making photos to 3d building that you could visit in the game :)! Really worth to read :) Another great news are that We have already 57% of goal Funded! If We would reach 70% in next few days then Kickstarter Will start promote us as taking off project! We Could do it together!

SUPPORT US ON KICKSTARTER HERE! :)

Today We would like to Share With You..

How we scanned ethnographic museums buildings into our game :)

Read whole article HERE

SUPPORT US ON KICKSTARTER HERE! :)

There is few thousands people following this project :) Leave Thumb Up Under that post It will help us in promotion! :)

[ 2020-05-20 21:14:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

Ask us Anything! AMA With The End of The Sun Team :) TODAY!

Hello! :) We are happy to announce That AMA (Ask Me Anything) with Our Team :)

You Could Ask us any question HERE on REDDIT :)

Leave POINT UP On Reddit, then AMA will Become more popular! :) AMA Will Start TODAY( 17 May 5 P.M CET ) ENDS on 18 MAY 3 A.M CET :) So Everybody Would be able to Ask us question :)

SUPPORT ON KICKSTARTER HERE

[ 2020-05-17 16:49:44 CET ] [ Original post ]

5 FACTS that you could not know about Our Game - 50 % FUNDED!

Hello! We have almost 50% :) We need only of 48$ pledges To go through that magic barrier :) So Let Spread The World :) Tell your friends It will help us Reaching Goal Together! :) We have already 314 Supporters! That's Amazing! :)

This is last chance to get GAME IN SPECIAL 12$ PRICE! :)

Today We would like to Share With You..

5 FACTS THAT YOU COULD NOT KNOW ABOUT OUR GAME :)

There is few thousands people following this project :) Leave Thumb Up Under that post It will help us in promotion! :)

[ 2020-05-16 19:21:45 CET ] [ Original post ]

How we renovated old machines and gave them a new life in our game!

Hi Folks! Today we want to share with you how we renovated old farm machines and gave them a new life in our game The End of the Sun! Our Game is Currently on Kickstarter So You Could Support us

Here

You could read whole Blog Post Here

Real life photo

In game look If you like it leave THUMB UP! :)

[ 2020-05-13 19:12:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

New Behind The Scenes Photos! - 36% of KICKSTARTER Goal Collected!

Hello Supporters!

We have already 36% of Initial Goal Collected!

For that occasion We have for you today Few Photos from Behind The Scenes of The End of The Sun! Every photo have short description :) Much more similar to that photos + videos + making of arts you will be able to see in Our Digital Gamedev Diary Artbook REWARD!

ALL PHOTOS ARE HERE

If You didn't supported our project yet, but you are going to. It would be awesome if You could do it now :) Thank You! First Days are most important!

Kickstarter features project that raise more in first days. -------------------- If you already supported us - Let's spread the world! Tell everyone about our Project, We could Reach Goal Together! :D

SUPPORT ON KICKSTARTER HERE

Thanks for You support! :) [previewyoutube=MghW9tQXaiM;full][/previewyoutube]

[ 2020-05-11 23:32:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

AMAZING FIRST 48H - 20% FUNDED! Soundtrack to listen for FREE!

Hello Folks! 48H on Kickstarter with almost 20% goal funded!

Amazing! Thanks for you Support!!! You are THE BEST! For that occasion We have for you for free ONE TRACK from The End of The Sun game SOUNDTRACK! - "Kupalnocka" composed by Kinga Rpaa. Enjoy!

Listen HERE

[previewyoutube=JgqL_KvQBd8;full][/previewyoutube] Leave Thumb Up under video :) If You didn't supported our project yet, but you are going to. Please do it now here :)

First Days are most important! Cause Kickstarter then promote well going projects

If you already supported us - Let's spread the world! Tell everyone about our Project. We could Reach Goal Together! Thanks for You support!

SUPPORT US ON KICKSTARTER HERE Best Regards The End of the Sun Team

[ 2020-05-08 22:15:45 CET ] [ Original post ]

Our campaign on KICKSTARTER IS LIVE!

Hi Folks! FINALLY!

KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN of our The End of the Sun IS LIVE!

Support us now and get the game in lower price here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/endofsun/the-end-of-the-sun Share That post to your friends! It will help us in marketing:) The End of The Sun is exploration adventure game set in Slavic fantasy world. You play as Ashter - kind of sorcerer who could travel in time. Can you solve mystery of this small village?

[previewyoutube=MghW9tQXaiM;full][/previewyoutube]

[ 2020-05-06 18:03:09 CET ] [ Original post ]

The End of the Sun - First Official Commented 20 minutes GAMEPLAY VIDEO

Hi Folks!

On the 6th of May (So only 6 days left) Kickstarter campaign of our game will start! Because of that, after 3 years of development We shared 20 minutes long gameplay video from The End if the Sun with our commentary.

We are very excited and this is very important moment for us. We would be extremelygrateful if you click Thumb Up under video, leave comment and if that is possible share it to your friends. :) It will help us a lot in promotion of the video and campaign. cause as you know we are small team and doing all marketing on our own and YouTube video traffic is bigger if it has more thumbs up and comments. GAMEPLAY VIDEO IS AVAILABLEHERE ON YOUTUBE [previewyoutube=KFfvxEx6TR4;full][/previewyoutube] [url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/endofsun/the-end-of-the-sun]

[ 2020-04-30 19:46:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

NEW fresh Screenshots Gifs from the game!

Hello! We have good news. Today We shared new Screenshots and gif animations from The End of the Sun! This is something we never shared before game characters in actions on screenshots and small parts of gameplay on gifs! Everything is available on our main page and below Whats more we refreshed all old screenshots cause its been almost 2 years since we shared it and the game was polished a lot since then. Highly recommended to watch screenshots full screen

Remember Soon few days before Kickstarter Campaign we will share long Video from gameplay with our commentary You could add your e-mail here : https://www.endofsun.com/crowdfunding/ We will inform you about gameplay video and Kickstarer campaign start, so you could be one of our first baker and get limited edition of the game. You Could also subscribe our youtube channel.
It will really help us get more attention on start of campaign SOME NEW SCREENSHOTS:

ALL NEW SCREENSHOTS AND GIFS YOU COULD FIND ON OUR WEBSITE : https://www.endofsun.com/ [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/912840/The_End_of_the_Sun/]
Let us know what do you think about new screenshots

[ 2020-04-02 15:49:00 CET ] [ Original post ]

From a real piece of wood to the Svarog's figurine scanned into our game!

Hi Folks! :) As you know in our game we are using photogrammetry for most of our in-game 3d graphics. Photogrammetry is a technique of scanning real objects and changing them into 3d models. There is one big problem with photogrammetry - We can't scan something that don't exist in real world :)
So what can we do in that situation? We could make elements that don't exist by preparing it in 3d software or... We could create it in real world and then scan it! :) Figurine was handmade specially for our game by amazing sculptor Bartosz Machura.

To find out more how figurine was made visit our Gamdev Blog: HERE

Soon also we will going on Kickstarter! If you want to know when campaign will start klick here:

Finally our Svarog's figurine in The End of the Sun game looks like this:

[previewyoutube=KYfHkQX4YFA;full][/previewyoutube]

[ 2020-03-21 19:15:36 CET ] [ Original post ]

New Teaser announcing Kickstarter campaign!

Hello Folks! NEW teaser of The End of the Sun is here! It announces the Kickstarter campaign of our game.

WHEN?

If You would like to know more and whats more important support us READ MORE HERE and add your e-mail to mailing list steamhappy [previewyoutube=KYfHkQX4YFA;full][/previewyoutube] Also In this month we'll share 20 minutes gameplay video from The End of The Sun with our Commentary! steamhappy

[ 2020-03-03 22:29:58 CET ] [ Original post ]

From Young to Old - How we create game heroes!

Hello! It's time to share with you some more info about development. Our last post is from August 29 :) Pretty old, so... We have some New Year surprise for you!
Have you ever thought about: How characters in video games are created? We have the answer for you :) We prepared the pretty long post on our blog with really many images and gifs to show you whole creation process of creating characters to our game. Scanning clothes, faces, making heroes older, it's all here in our blog:

OPEN OUR GAMEDEV BLOG POST HERE

Also, we divided our game-dev blog into 2 categories: -What's up - NEWS -Behind the scene - GAMEDEV Now you will be able to find easier information about The End of the Sun development. Let us know what do you think about the game character steamhappy If you are interested in our game add it to steam wishlist :) P.S Writing that post on blog took us almost 2 days :) Enjoy and...

Happy New Year!

RELEVANT LINKS:

Games official website: http://www.endofsun.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EndOfTheSunGame YouTube Official: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFoSXpa4XVRZECdn4KCw7UA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/endofsungame/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/endofthesungame Gamedev blog: https://www.endofsun.com/blog/

[ 2018-12-28 21:31:40 CET ] [ Original post ]

Happy To announce new Teaser and the Steam Store page!

Hello!

Our team is very happy to announce opening of our game Steam Store, first teaser and screenshots. We would to share with you here some info about the game and our team, also we would be very happy if you will add our game to wish-list of course if you like it! :) https://store.steampowered.com/app/912840 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-yKpSY9Nbo

It is time to present our Team:

We are a very small team of people from Poland who try to create walking simulator/adventure/atmospheric games that tell the story in interesting way. First two members of team work full time and they are founders of the team. Jakub Machowski (Steam account here) FOUNDER / GAME AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER / SCREENWRITER / His earlier project was The Mims Beginning (from Squatting Penguins team), the game that successfully raised two crowdfunding campaigns and is released on Steam store. On his YouTube channel you could find materials about video games creation. Kinga Rpaa (Steam account here) FOUNDER / MUSIC AND SOUND DESIGNER / ENVIRO DESIGNER Singer, guitarist and our music composer who can make miracles with her midi keyboard and computer. She also deals with the creation of environmental elements of the game. Hubert Motyka PROGRAMMER Has many years of experience, cooperates with us in his free time, creating what cannot be seen, but thanks to his work the world of the game functions properly.

Now Some Info About the game:

The End of the Sun is a first-person exploration and adventure game, where the story has the most important meaning, as it is set in the world of Slavic rites, beliefs, legends, and their everyday life. It is a series of mysterious events that ordinary people dealt with, as they were living in a small village where the line between myth and reality began to fade perilously. As the Volhv who is gifted with the ability to travel in time and knowledge about Navia (the space where human fates shape), you come to a mysterious village to find your friend, but you cannot find anyone there, at least not in a way you wanted to. All you can see are smothered fires around. A little bit more: A story inspired by Slavic mythology and legends. It presents the events occurring during the 4 major Slavic festivals during the 4 seasons far away from each other in time. Recreates mystical events, culture and peoples habits in an unusual way. The game is inspired by both adventure and exploration games with unorthodox riddles to solve, but the story-line is in the first place here.

Please feel free to ask us anything on our game DISCUSSION FORUM, that we just opened with store! We are waiting for your questions and opinions! So whom topic will be first? :)

RELEVANT LINKS

[ 2018-08-29 15:09:10 CET ] [ Original post ]

The End of the Sun
The End of the Sun Team

Developer

The End of the Sun Team

Publisher

2022 - Wishlist Now

Release

Indie Singleplayer