Community12 Jan 2024Orten Was The Case now available on Mac!After getting enough time, and Access to a Mac computer, I finally managed to build the game for Mac. So if you own a Mac and want to play Orten, now you can! If you find any bugs, please join the Discord and let me know so I can fix it Discord Have a great weekend!
Happy new year! And thank you everyone for all the amazing feedback on the game so far, and all greatly appreciated bug reports! Here's a changelog of some fixes: - Fixed triggers for ~10 events that did not work preventing save file to be able to get to 100% - Sneakers not showing correctly on checkpoints - Game got locked when Abo screamed - Mark on hand after using checkpoint - Fixed some in…
Well Ziggys the time has finally come! That’s right, Orten Was The Case, the free movement puzzle/adventure game where you play as Ziggy, the anti-hero stuck in a time loop has now launched. We’re really excited to see what you get up to exploring the world and discovering all that Orten Was The Case has to offer and how you will spend your last 12 minutes before the time loop kicks in again! S…
Hey Ziggys! Do you like the idea of being able to play Orten Was The Case while traveling? What’s Orten Was The Case? Well, it’s a free movement puzzle/adventure game where you play as Ziggy, stuck in a time loop reliving the last 12 minutes of the world looking to save it! Anyway, as we were saying, want to play it on the move? Well some great news is that we’ve tested it loads on Steamdeck an…
The soundtrack is mostly custom made for Orten Was The Case, but also contains goodies from the Woodhill archives. Late nights in the studio all types of radio commercials and different jams are recorded, some of them found their home in the game. Credits goes to Carlheim, for producing all audio for Orten and putting it in the game, and Max Galax for the fantastic keyboard that sets the mood r…
Hey everyone, we're almost there! The game will be in your hands on November 29th. Listing below some of the unique aspects why you should play Orten Was The Case. Stuck in a Time Loop - Ziggy wakes up one day with a strange mark on his hand, clueless about what happened the night before. After a couple of minutes lost amongst the familiar streets of his suburb, Orten, an explosion brings him b…
Heyya Ziggys, How is it going? We have a few updates we would like to share with you as we continue to refine and improve your Orten Was The Case experience. First up, we've got " Arachnophobia mode " as an option, which reduces the spider's legs from eight to two. This option also equips them with boxing gloves for some entertaining encounters with the creature. Next on the list is " Strobe Se…
Hey, Ziggys! We have some exciting news for you! First, we are thrilled to share that Orten was the Case will participate in the Indie Arena Booth (IAB) at Gamescom starting August 23rd, 2023. The in-person event will be held in Cologne, Germany. There will also be an online Steam event where we will stream the latest version of Orten was the case. This will be a chance for us to meet in person…
Ey Yo, my Orten people! Ziggy here. So, It's been a while since I talked about my encounters with Orten folk. See, my life is no game. It's real. Not every day you wake up without your memory, all while stuck in a time loop. On top of that, I must play hero to save my town from being completely wiped out. The relationships I have formed with my amigos keep me going, though. I have already told…
Greetings, people of Orten! For this week, I will do the Ziggy talks a bit differently. Today, we learn more about the game genre that inspired the creation of Orten was the Case known as MetroidBrainia. Heard of them? The name’s a bit of a tongue twister, depending on where you are from 😀 In simpler terms, MetroidBrainia games are brain teasers and are a sub-genre of the widely popular Metroi…
Ey Yo, my fellow graffiti enthusiasts and fans of mischief! Ziggy here! I am told you voted on the best character you have met in my world and my best amigo, Mekonen, was number one on your list. Can't blame y'all. Mekonen is that friend who loves the thrill of adrenaline rush and I am here to paint a picture of who he is. Yes, Ziggy loves puns too! So, A bit of a back story about Mekonen. He m…
In this quick-fire Q&A session with Otres, the lead dev at Woodhill Interactive, we learn a few things about Orten Was the Case and our favorite hero Ziggy. Thank you for turning up! Lewis, community rep: Greetings, Otres. Big Ziggy Fan here. Right off the bat, I have to ask why the name Orten was the case? It has a nice ring to it with a touch of mystery. Otres: Interesting that you think of i…
Orten wouldn't be Orten without its inhabitants and Orten’s community still has a few empty seats to fill. It’s time for Orten was the Case’s third community challenge and it will (once again) take place in our Discord Hope you all enjoyed last month's fishing challenge because we certainly did! After a nailbiter finish, we ended up with two winners who caught exactly the same weight fish (5.98…
Orten wouldn't be Orten without its inhabitants and Orten’s community still has a few empty seats to fill. It’s time for Orten was the Case’s second community challenge and it will (once again) take place in our Discord Hope you all enjoyed last month's speedrunning challenge. This time we are taking things a little bit slower with a nice and relaxed (or one can wish for) Fishing Competition! B…
Huge thank you to all who have played and left feedback on the Demo so far! I've been constantly working on improving the experience and these are some things I've done and bugs I've fixed: - The boss now has music and SFX! :o - It's now possible to descend ladders, whereas before you had to fall down and take some fall damage (: - The basketball obviously was a big frustration to a lot of play…
Orten Was The Case is a single-player, puzzle/adventure/mystery game with a time-loop mechanic. Set in a fictional Swedish suburb (Orten). This stream is a developer walkthrough of one in-game loop, where the very first objective in the game is completed.
Orten Was The Case is a single-player, puzzle/adventure/mystery game with a time-loop mechanic. Set in a fictional Swedish suburb (Orten). This stream is a developer walkthrough of one in-game loop, where the very first objective in the game is completed.
Announcements are the developer’s own posts to the game’s Steam news feed: updates and their patch notes, in-game events, releases and sales. The important ones are marked on the players chart.