Difficulty curves are, perhaps unsurprisingly, difficult. The theory is simple enough: add a mechanic, teach it, test it, combine with the existing mechanics, slowly ramp up to a climax (or ‘boss’), optionally have an easy level to celebrate the player’s success, repeat until you run out of mechanics or development time. The problem is that it never really goes that smoothly. Some mechanics are…
A few weeks ago, I pushed out a new build of Particulars live - version 0.7.2.1 (we’re starting to run out of numbers before version 1!). It fixes a few bugs, updates the story/voice acting in Chapter 1 (it actually matches the text now!), disables examination mode (more about that below), and makes the win condition rings a fair bit prettier. It also shaves a few precious seconds off the all d…
And here we are, with version 0.7.0.0! This version brings in a whole raft of changes in two main areas: graphics and the weak force. The Weak Force, while really interesting, has been a bit of a tough nut to crack. The good news is that I think we’ve got it! The big issue was that the mechanics around the Weak Force were inherently unforgiving: it was far too easy to let important particles de…
It’s 5pm on a Friday, and the day’s really just beginning. Our lead voice actor, Bridie Connell, has just arrived to the SeeThrough Studios offices. Our audio engineer, Byrce Halliday, is on his way. In less than an hour, we’ll have begun the mammoth task of recording 110 lines of dialogue and 108 attribution lines with 11 different actors in a weekend. But before we can start, we have to const…
Version 0.6.1.0 has just been released on Steam! Changes are: · Chapter 7! More weak force! · Particles spawning on other particles no longer a problem (by magic!) · In-game story for chapters 1-2 updated · Small bug fixes I ended up not putting the audio changes in this build, coz we haven’t adjusted the volume settings and they sound kinda horrible. If you’re desperate to hear what it’s like,…
After a longer wait than anyone really wanted, we've finally released Version 0.6.0.0! The big news is that the new version contains 2 (2!) new chapters, bringing the total to 6, out of a newly planned 10 chapters! Chapter 5 brings in Black Holes, while Chapter 6 introduces the weird and wonderful world of the Weak Force. You can see a video with some of the new features here . As always, we're…
Hey guys! Just a quick announcement today - after a lot of back and forth between us, Valve, and of course you guys, we are happy to announce that the demo link on the Steam page is now working! YAY FOR TECHNOLOGY ISSUES! Thanks for your patience, understanding and helping us test everything on multiple occasions. You guys are awesome! Now you can share the news and get your friends to check th…
Hey guys, So we've started a weekly update thread in our discussions which will be updated every Tuesday with new information on the game. You can check it out here: We're also going to be live streaming some of the development process, and you'll have a chance to chat and ask questions with the team! Stay tuned for that, it's sure to be a lot of fun. Speak to you guys soon! Steve
The steam links for the demo don't seem to be working at the moment - we're working on it, and will hopefully have them up and running in the next few days. In the meantime, you can download the demo from the following links: Windows Mac Linux Thanks for your patience on this!
We're extremely thrilled that Particulars is now available on Steam! It's been a long journey. Thank you again to everyone who gave us the thumbs up on Greenlight, or who got behind the game in other ways (including our publisher, Surprise Attack Games). We look forward to completing the game under the watchful eye of you, our players. Go forth and particulate!
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