Hi! I'm David, developer of The Signifier.
I have exciting news to share with you regarding the future of the game! But first, let me share some backstory with you:
The Signifier is our first game at Playmestudio. The concept started a long time ago. We wanted to tackle serious themes like the human mind and AI from a unique, interactive angle, in a way where narrative and gameplay were completely intertwined. Instead of two separate aspects -- story one, gameplay the other -- all facets of the experience contribute to the narrative. We played with a lot of concepts and built several prototypes until we arrived at a fun concept of mind exploration, able to carry narrative weight (objective/subjective states) and deliver a compelling visual style.
Being our first game, we aimed for high goals that made for a challenging journey. We had experience from previous CG and game jobs, but releasing your own game, boy... that's a whole different level. We were lucky enough to find Raw Fury, who believed in our weird independent vision and helped us get to the finish line.
While we're extremely proud of what we made, we feel there is so much that didn't make it into the final game. Backstories, narrative moments that didn't get their moment to shine, some cut content, and lots of details that were lost in the process. The experience of the release itself...seeing people play the game...was such an incredibly powerful and enriching experience for us as developers that we knew we weren't finished yet. No way. This thing is too big to abandon, and it's too close of achieving something greater.
So, invigorated by the release experience and armed with the valuable feedback from the community, we've decided to start working on an extended version of the game. And Raw Fury has decided to support us! This edition will have extra content, new endings, improved visuals and animation, and lots of little details that were lost in the struggle of making our first game. It will be our Director's Cut.
I want to thank all the players, streamers, and everybody who's helped us grow as a studio for your support. And especially our publisher Raw Fury for coming with us on this adventure. The Director's Cut edition will be the ultimate vision of The Signifier and I can't wait to show it to you.
The Signifier: Director's Cut will be coming soon to consoles and available at that time as a free update for PC players.
Thanks for all the support!
David.