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Doors - Atmospheric logic game coming to Steam Feb 12

Discussion in 'Works In Progress - Archive' started by MutantGopher, May 22, 2015.

  1. MutantGopher

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    There's now a forum topic page for Doors in the showcase section:
    http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/doors-atmospheric-first-person-logic-game-steam.385702/


    Doors is a first person logic game where your sole purpose is to traverse a strange world in search of bacon. Everything is based on one simple concept; use logic to determine where you will go. Be careful - some doors lead to bacon, while others lead to death. You will be tested - but you will stop at nothing to achieve the ultimate reward in life: Bacon, and maybe begin to understand where you are... and why.

    This is a short indie game developed by a one-man-team. Inspired by Limbo, The Stanley Parable, and the Portal Series, Doors attempts to bring something new to the puzzle genre.

    If you have any questions or comments, feel free to send an email to bacon@doorsgame.com



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    Here is another puzzle from early in the game:

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    Door 1:
    "The correct door leads to bacon. The incorrect door leads to death."

    Door 2:
    "This door leads to death. The other door leads to bacon."


    Given that exactly one of the above doors is correct, which one leads to bacon?
     
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    I sure like this type of puzzles! The second one is confusing me a bit though, I assume that the door with the correct message isn't necessarily the door you should go through, right?

    I'm curious to see what you come up with for the environments, it should have something special and interesting to it that makes it worth walking around in. Good luck!
     
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    Thanks for the comments.

    You're right, the correct door is definitely not neccessarily the one that the player should go through. Sometimes the correct door will tell the player which door does lead to bacon - that allows for more complex and interesting puzzles.

    The environments are very bland. In the game everything is clean and white with lots of AO. Because I'm working on this project alone, and I probably have time constraints, I don't have the man-hours to put into a realistic looking environment. However, I'm trying to use this to my advantage and try to give the player a certain mood - almost like the environment could be abstract, or imaginary. I hope to make everything look very good - even if it looks very plain at the same time. Along those lines I'm always trying to come up with ideas that make the environment more interesting. For example (without spoiling anything), in several places the player walks through corridors that appear to be impossible geometry (think Escher). My goal is to make the player think, even when he's not solving puzzles.


    If you play the game you'll also find strange signs on many of the walls:

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    This looks cool. Definitely giving me a portal-esque vibe. This game has an awesome sense of humor, I really like the signs!
     
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    An early alpha trailer is now ready!

     
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    Here is one of the more advanced puzzles I'm working with:

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    I love those kind of puzzle! Good luck in your project!
     
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    After less than 24 hours on Greenlight, Doors is already nearly 50% of the way to the top 100!
    Thanks everyone for all the support.

     
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    Doors has maintained a solid 60%-40% yes-no vote ratio on Greenlight so far!
    According to the Greenlight stats, the average ratio for games in the top 50 is only 26%-74%.
     

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    Personally, I dont think the 'Bacon' idea fits. You've got a really cool concept, but the whole bacon thing ruins it for me and kills the vibe.

    You have a very clean environment with a sci-fi feel. maybe just me, but i wouldnt expect to be looking for bacon in this environment.

    Cool stuff though.
     
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    With nearly 3000 votes and a #12 ranking, Doors has just been Greenlit! Thanks to everyone who voted!

     
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    Congratulations on the Greenlight.
     
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    Things have been quiet for a while, as I've been reworking the entire art style of Doors.
    Check out the brand new trailer:
     
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    A new image for #screenshotsaturday:

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    Any Mac users?

    I have a group of beta testers organized and most of the testing is done. However so far they are all testing on Windows. If there are a few Mac people here that would be interested in testing this game, that would be a huge help. Mostly I just need to know that you can download properly from Steam, run the game, and make sure everything seems to be working ok. I want to have some people run it on Mac prior to release.

    Anybody interested let me know, I'll send you a beta key.
     
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    I am. Just send me a message :)
     
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    Just sent you a beta key.
     
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    Remember Doors is coming to Steam very soon - Feb 12.
    For #screenshotsaturday:

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    It's release day - the game will be available in a few hours but in the meantime I thought I'd mention that there will be a release discount. The game is listed at $4.99, but if you buy soon there will be 20% launch discount.

    In the meantime here's some bacon for you to look at:

     
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