Lost Forest Games

Indie microstudio by @rmmclachlan Currently making WINTER HALL in association with DEVELOPING BEYOND

[Lost Forest Games @lostforestgames]

We’re all set up! Come play Winter Hall in the @UnrealEngine area at #EGXRezzed from tomorrow!! 💀

[Rob McLachlan @robmclac]

Winter Hall is in hibernation awaiting a new spring - assuming spring involves loads of money bursting out of the ground. Eternally grateful to the amazing people I worked with over the past three years at Lost Forest.

[Rob McLachlan @robmclac]

I'm off to @britishlibrary this evening for a discussion on history in games! I'll be talking about how we use the layered history of the British landscape to give Winter Hall's folk horror a visceral depth. Some great fellow panelists, should be a good evening!

[Wellcome Library @WellcomeLibrary]

Fab looking Games event @britishlibrary including panellists Toni Brasting @wellcometrust and @RMMcLachlan @lostforestgames - Digital Conversation: History and Games
https://t.co/NLpp4fkM9m

[Rob McLachlan @robmclac]

On the #PeoplesVoteMarch with @Games4EU- blue sky and lots of blue flags!

[Lost Forest Games @lostforestgames]

Teşekkürler Gamist!

[Lost Forest Games @lostforestgames]

Down the hollow way...

[Lost Forest Games @lostforestgames]

- Use a pair of thin triggers attached to the door face and set bools to blocked when player overlaps each side
- Also send an event when the player blocks the door (when it's moving) which stops the rotation timeline
- Disable all interaction during movement for a quiet life :)

[Lost Forest Games @lostforestgames]

BP_Door - new hotness:
+ Opens both ways (optional)
+ Player can block
+ Movable handles
+ Lockable
+ Additional meshes
+ Sweet custom rotation curves
+ Actually opens and closes as expected
+ Makes door noises
+ Can be opened remotely
+ Alerts NPCs
+ Tortuous Boolean logic

[Lost Forest Games @lostforestgames]

- Use a bool to track which direction the door is currently rotating
- Use bools to check if the door is open/closed, moving/not moving, blocked in front/behind, can rotate both ways etc.
- Split your sounds (e.g. creak -> slam) and trigger the slam off a timeline event track

[Lost Forest Games @lostforestgames]

@GroundShatter There's no concept of 'feet' in the Winter Hall universe, sorry.

[Lost Forest Games @lostforestgames]

@pcgamer Thanks for including Winter Hall in such a great list! For development news about Winter Hall please follow @lostforestgames !

[Lost Forest Games @lostforestgames]

Thanks to @pcgamer Winter Hall is officially cool-looking. Please write down this fact in your field notebooks!

[PC Gamer @pcgamer]

12 cool-looking indie games in development right now. https://t.co/NzUV8rw9MS

[Jupiter @Jupiter_Hadley]

Check out my little video of @developconf & @Gamerbake! #developconf
https://t.co/tHCwrjApGl

[Jupiter @Jupiter_Hadley]

Games by: @isartdigital @ThisDeadWinter @Rob_Potter @HyperBrawl @OfficialGoat @growbotgame @tanglewoodgame @tribandtweets @melodive @gormlai @dream_harvest @CrunchyLeafGame @BlazingCoreGame @untoldgamestw @lostforestgames @keoken @RajitheGame @cherrypopgames & more

[Lost Forest Games @lostforestgames]

We've had a fantastic partnership with @matthewgibbs and @tale_spinners - very pleased that Matt is joining the new Talespinners co-operative!

[Lost Forest Games @lostforestgames]

Some lovely #loveindies in this loveindies love in by the lovely Gary and his @GameAbandonShip

[Fireblade Software @FirebladeSoft]

On that note, some #loveindies that are on our radar but may have slipped yours...

@studioZAUM
@Kynseed
@AntWorkshop
@lostforestgames
@GroundShatter
@LostWordsGame
@PolyTreehouse
@CardLifeGame
@OverTheAlpsGame
@colonistsgame

The tip of the iceberg, but go check 'em out!

[Lost Forest Games @lostforestgames]

Winter Hall is bringing its folk horror chills to the @UnrealEngine area at @developconf - take a break from the heat to come and play our shiny demo!

[FuriousBee @FuriousBeeGames]

May contain some behind-the-scenes insight on the development of Telling Lies, the spiritual successor to Her Story from @mrsambarlow & @A_i and also Winter Hall from @lostforestgames amongst other real-world examples...

[Rob McLachlan @robmclac]

There's now an air conditioner in the @lostforestgames shed, and the ducts have taken over