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Explore the Arctic. Lead your crew. Escape the madness.

Two person game development team.

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A year ago, the two of us left our jobs to start building an indie game inspired by Arctic expeditions of the late 19th century.
Here is a major update on The Perilous North: https://t.co/FCRCmpTwEh

Thanks!
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Almost 2 years of the two of us making The Perilous North.
Here's some of what we've done in the last 6 months. If you're interested in the game and want to helps us out, you can Wishlist it on Steam (link is in bio).
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New Patreon post, new The Perilous North character: Percival Hexton, an expedition scientist. Follow the link to read some of his journal entries(it's free):
https://t.co/VZoq77D25f

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The Captain's Log is where you record the expeditions events was already in the game, we’ve just integrated it with the dialogue system.

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The navigation layer now supports a flexible freezing system. Typically, the ice flow will flow down from the north, but some places accumulate more ice than others, making them more dangerous.

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Weather consistency - layers deal with time on completely different scales, so it has to pass information to do with the world and crew state to interpret consistently but in its own way.
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You see something you like, in the world you buy it.

We're making a system of trading inspired by Zelda, where buying items in the world feels more visceral than shuffling icons around in inventories. #gamedev #indiedev #unrealengine

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@BotariaDotBot Thanks! - Morgan

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A year ago, the two of us left our jobs to start building an indie game inspired by Arctic expeditions of the late 19th century.
Here is a major update on The Perilous North: https://t.co/FCRCmpTwEh

Thanks!
#gamedev #indiedev #theperilousnorth #unrealengine #theterror

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As we’re starting to move towards having the main features of the game locked in, we can start cleaning up the visuals, and move focus over making the game look decent… And not feel guilty about it!
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Trapped in the ice.

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We now have status effects in the game!

These may require treatment, either sleeping it off, or in more severe cases, treatment on board the ship in the infirmary. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

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@Hassanany65 Hey, thank you for the kind words! Honestly mate we`d be lucky to make this one work as we`ve imagined it before proceeding to make more games 😄 - Anna

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We just made our first Patreon post free to read for everyone with some creative writing about Elias, ship`s physician❄️
https://t.co/PMQ1HmKdLN

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Outside of the typical tasks in the game, we plan to have one off, scripted tasks that come up during the narrative, e.g. clearing the ship from snow while icebound, or repairing a broken camp you find.

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@powderski Weather is a huge part of the game!

It's almost like a character of its own. We have fully dynamic weather and time of day, and it completely changes the gameplay; resources you can gather, cold that you and the crew must contend with, damage to things you build etc.

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What's the Arctic without skiing?

The game is a management/strategy game at its core, but... we both agreed it needs a bit of mindless fun, especially when it comes to the movement aspect.

It's already kinda fun.

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This looks like fun, I loved 'The Terror'.
https://t.co/ZUFh0NBjdD

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@fakehistoryhunt Thank you for sharing! It will be a huge compliment if in the final version of the game we will be able to establish The-Terror-like atmosphere since it`s a huge inspiration.

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