The Shadows That Linger

Devlog

• Game UI: RPG? Wheel? Stack?
  April 30, 2021 by Crimson Ink Games LLC#devlog, #ui, #design, #art

  By Weitao Cong Hi everyone, I’m the UI designer here, and let’s take a look at some fun UI design progress. As our fellow game devs might already know, developing a good game UI is an essential an... Continue reading

  
• Holistic Game Design: Creating Supernatural Detective Abilities
  April 30, 2021 by Crimson Ink Games LLC#devlog, #game design, #design

  By: Carson Hurwitz (Game Designer / Producer) In designing The Shadows That Linger , a narrative-driven indie mystery game, it was important to me that every aspect of the game was as purposeful as it... Continue reading

  
• Making Choices Matter
  April 30, 2021 by Crimson Ink Games LLC#narrative, #choices, #systemicnarrative, #branchingnarrative, #devlog

  By: Joey Mazero (Narrative Designer) For the last 1.5 years, I have been the Narrative Designer on a small indie team named Crimson Ink Games , which is made up of about 6-10 students. Our team was fo... Continue reading

  
• Clues-to-Text: Crafting the Systems behind the Shadows
  April 21, 2021 by Crimson Ink Games LLC#programming, #tech

  By Devlin McClure The Shadows That Linger is a very dialog heavy game, so one of the first things that had to be nailed down was how the player interacts with the characters. We could just write our o... Continue reading

  
• The Shadows That Linger is Launched!
  March 17, 2021 by Crimson Ink Games LLC

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  #release, #update

  Hi everyone! The Shadows That Linger is now finished and launched™! This is the initial release, so while we expect the game to be fully playable, there might be some bugs that slipped in the cracks... Continue reading
• Crafting a Paranormal Noir Aesthetic
  March 15, 2021 by Crimson Ink Games LLC

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  #game art, #character art, #dev log, #art

  Kate Pasmore, Lead Artist: By the time I was welcomed onto the game team as an artist, the idea of a paranormal noir aesthetic had already been established. However, the visual representation of this... Continue reading

  
• Solve More of the Mystery: Act 1 Awaits!
  December 09, 2020 by Crimson Ink Games LLC

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  Welcome mediums! We have a massive update today that brings in a host of new content for you to explore. Learn more about the world, explore new areas of the estate, and get farther in the story than... Continue reading
• Energy: How much you got?
  November 19, 2020 by Crimson Ink Games LLC#update, #energy, #test

  We have a new build for everyone to test out! This time, it includes some changes to the energy system. You probably know how to gain energy, but now you have to spend it! Right now, it only works in... Continue reading
• New Build, New Survey
  November 02, 2020 by Crimson Ink Games LLC

  Hello everyone! It has been about 3 weeks since we first uploaded our first public test build of the game, and now here is an update! While the content has not changed much, you do get a chance to tak... Continue reading