I'm back from a two week vacations and something happened in the meantime - Looking for Fael is now available!
Looking for Fael is a first person puzzle / adventure game reminiscent of games like Myst or The Witness.
We began this project as a two people collab with William David from Swing Swing Submarine back in November 2021, right after the release of The End of Dyeus. The team grew as time went on, and while I ended up leaving the project in December 2023 to focus on my own projects, you'll still find some Curious Planet DNA in it.
It all begins when you get a strange voice message from your lost roommate asking you to search for him... in your own apartment!
The game features puzzles and mysteries to solve in a pretty open ended and surreal labyrinthe. You can find more info here.
Ten years ago, I was releasing my first commercial game: Worlds.
A crazy project, started as a teen with barely enough knowledge to conduct it.
After 7 long years of development, Worlds became a game which blends action, adventure and infiltration in a dreamlike and mysterious atmosphere (with a tint of irony and dark humor!).
It then found its audience, and I'm still honored today to receive messages and comments from players who loved its strange worlds.
So to celebrate this 10 years anniversary, I've decided to share the source code of Worlds! It's now available under the GPL v3.0 license.
This source code is honestly pretty messy; a lot of things are done in weird ways and taped together as a whole, but it works. Approach it as the first serious (and huge) project of a 19 years old rookie.
Making Worlds open source opens the gate to a lot of possibilities - gameplay mods, additional content, graphical improvements, ports, translations...
I don't know how many people will tinker with this, but I hope you'll have fun if you do. And don't hesitate to share your work with me.
Happy 10th birthday to Worlds, and thank you all again for playing it and supporting me throughout the years!
If you've bought the game through the widget on the website, you'll find the updated file in your Humble library.
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v1.3 patch note
- Randomizer now available on Second Quest
- Added a camera smoothing option
- Loading screen now shows progress
- Improved mouse input
- Improved frame interpolation
- Improved performances
- Fixed the wrong display of command on first launch in english
- Fixed the hive and wasp crash
To launch the Second Quest in randomizer mode, hold R (or LB on a controller) while clicking "Yes" on the Second Quest confirmation dialog.
Due to changes to the mouse code, you might need to reajust your mouse speed.
Some mouses cause stuttering issues; if you're in that case you can use the new camera smoothing option to prevent it.
- Second Quest: a harder quest offering to rediscover the game's world with new challenges
- Revamped and improved randomizer
- Full controller support
- Dynamic lighting
- Hugely improved performances
- New draw distance setting for low end computers
- Some slight balance changes (mostly to Aves)
- Various bug fixes
To play the Second Quest, either select a cleared game or start a new game while holding S and Q (or SELECT on a controller).
To play in randomizer mode, start a new game while holding R (or LB on a controller).
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