Summary
- Newfound Courage, the a lot liked homosexual indie recreation, has been remade and is coming to Xbox in time for Pride on Jun 24.
- A rewrite of the story, plus a complete new chapter, Return to Otherwhere.
- Brand new ‘Mechamancer’ fight mechanics and development.
- Almost each artwork asset has been fully remade.
Today, we’re discussing the upcoming launch of Newfound Courage on Xbox. This is a whole remake with new artwork, music, story content material and mechanics. This model of the recreation will immerse you in Alex and Jake’s story like by no means earlier than.
When we set out to launch Newfound Courage on Xbox, we determined to take a take a look at the recreation because it at the moment stands. The suggestions we’ve acquired is nice; folks love the music, story and artwork. But our gamers need extra. We knew we may do even higher, so our recreation has been recreated for the Xbox launch.
We at all times felt visible artwork was a weak level in the recreation. It was too static and generic. About 100% of the environmental artwork has been enhanced. We revised all characters and, in some circumstances, fully redesigned them. There is improved dynamic lighting, wind, and particle results. The artwork feels extra alive and animated.
We later thought of the story. This was positively one among the strongest elements of the recreation, however once more, we knew we may do higher. New mechanics have been added, primarily fight mechanics. We created a easy, streamlined fight and development system so we may go even greater with our fantasy story—and it labored. Everything about Newfound Courage is grander, the stakes are increased, and battling the ‘big bad’ to the demise provides extra satisfaction.
The subsequent paragraph contains spoilers, so please skip it when you haven’t performed the recreation but. At the finish of Newfound Courage, Alex doesn’t obtain his happily-ever-after; his love is unrequited. Now, that hasn’t modified. However, we nonetheless felt Alex deserved to discover love. This was the good alternative to introduce a new DLC, Return to Otherwhere.
It sees Alex return dwelling and face his demons (actually) as he fights to uncover the reality about his hometown. A recent forged of distinctive characters, otherworldly sceneries and a deep delve into Alex’s previous grants the total recreation a new edge. This moreover gave us the probability to create extra music, and the remake contains roughly six new tracks, together with an eerie carnival piece.
We can’t wait to see what you suppose, the builds you create, and the boyfriend you in the end select. Newfound Courage formally launches on Xbox on June 24.
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