&Black&White - Our upcoming video game description, screenshots and a music track! ๐ŸŽฎ ๐Ÿ“ท ๐ŸŽœ

in gamedev โ€ขย  7 years agoย  (edited)

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Hello, two weeks ago we introduced ourselves to Steemit. After two weeks we are already feeling at home here and the time has come to give you all some more details about the project we are currently working on.


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&Black&White is a 2D mobile stealth adventure game developed in Unreal Engine. It is part of a multimedia project consisting of the &Black&White animated series and the videogame. We are in the project together with Amulet studio and our part of collaboration is developing the game while they are creating the animated series.
Right now, we are finishing the demo of the game and it will soon be available to play.


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In the game you take the role of Bokh, a prehistoric thief who was trying to steal the Crystal of Time, a vortex containing various timelines, and ended up trapped inside the crystal.


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In order to escape the crystal, Bokh has to collect the smaller crystals at the end of each level while avoiding being seen by the Emenigos.


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The Emenigos are employed by Negatโ€™if, the overlord who wishes to keep Bokh trapped inside the Crystal of Time forever.


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Gameplay


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The game takes Bokh through various eras, making him sneak through prehistoric caves, jungles, steam-powered trains, etc.


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Besides walking around Bokh has only one power at his disposal; closing his eyes. Naturally when Bokh closes his eyes he canโ€™t see, and it is only fair that the player canโ€™t see anything either. However, while he remains in the darkness with his eyes closed he canโ€™t be discovered by the Emenigos.


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The Player has to avoid the Emenigos while in the light, and pass by them with his eyes closed in the darkness.
Emenigos move at various speeds, so the player has to navigate based on sound, memory and prediction while Bokhโ€™s eyes are closed. If Bokh is seen by an Emenigo he will be captured and the player will have to start the level from the beginning.


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Features

Level select

Besides the story mode, the game will also include a level select. Players will be able to use the level select option to jump to any level he has already completed. All levels available in the demo of the game will be unlocked in level select right from the start in order for players to be able to test out all the levels in the demo, even if they are not good enough players to complete them (get good).


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Story

A short backstory where players are introduced to Bokh and his goal.

Music player

The game has a built-in music player where player can select any track from the game and listen to it.



Graphics

Feature where player can view certain scenes from the game without fear of being discovered by the Emenigos.


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You are welcome to leave any suggestions or questions in the comments below. As a parting gift we are sharing another song from the game with you. If you want to know more about us, check out our introduceyourself post.
If you are interested in more music from the game you can check out other released tracks here and here.
On the other hand if you are interested in watching us have fun, you can check out the video of us recording the sounds for &Black&White game.


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ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

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ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Thanks @isaria :D

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ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

That's really awesome!
At the beginning idea reminded me of Plato's allegory of a cave with 'black soots' creatures from My neighbor Totoro.
I would like to try this game when finished, keep up with an amazing work!

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย (edited)

Thank you very much for the compliments :) Plato's allegory is one of my favorite pieces of philosophy (although it is actually a dialogue between Socrates and someone that Plato has written down. I haven't watched My neighbor Totoro yet, it is one of the Myizaki's anime if I am not wrong?

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ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

We will check it out :)

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Looks very promising guys! Itโ€˜s always great seeing a vision become reality.

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Thanks :D

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Oh that's interesting... will you be having game testers? Can we try it? Haha.

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Yes we will, and yes you can :D We will make a post here when it is available to play.

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Alright!

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

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ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย (edited)

Thanks for the coverage :)

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Welcome to steemit. Looks like a really cool game. I like that his power is to close his eyes. It seems like many of us have the same power

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย (edited)

Only difference is; when we close the eyes it doesn't prevent the bad guys from making us lose the game. ๐Ÿ˜‰

Looks like a cool game :) Upvoted!

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Thx :)

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

i would love to try this

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

You will get the chance soon enough! ๐Ÿ˜‰

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Wow, this game sounds fun.

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Thank you sir! :)

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Amazing concept and skills right there haha ! looks real interesting! Let us know when beta is released. Kudos

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Will do, I am actually hunting down the bugs at the moment. There are still some parts of the demo that aren't working properly, but we will sort them soon. :)

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Great post! looking forward for the release of the demo! Looks like a game my little bro would love so i'm going to tell him to download it too when it comes out!

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

You will have to tell us how does he like it :D

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

It looks like a great game I'll sure try it out :)

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Thank you, there will be a post on steemit when it is out ;)

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย (edited)

The design looks very interesting and cute. Negat'if looks amazing and reminds me of a very special music video from a band called Heilung. The gameplay also sounds interesting. Is he able to move around while using his super power? On which platforms are you going to release the game?

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย (edited)

Thank you for the compliments ๐Ÿ˜Š The game will be released on Andriod and IOS.
Concerning Negat'if, we are still keeping his powers in secret as he will not be part of the demo. But you will encounter him once full game is released ๐Ÿ˜‰
Is that video avalible somewhere on Youtube? We would love to see it.

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Here you go. Iยดm always moved to tears, since the story is so sad and full of violence:

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

This band is great, message this video sends is really strong. Thanks for sharing this!
I also see the visual resemblance between Negat'if and characters in the music video.

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

wow it's looks kinda scary being all black and white though... you said it's mobile, so it will be for android and iphones?

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Yup

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Wild sounding game. Thanks for sharing.

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Thx ;)

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

cool game look. reminds me of the old school play station game skull monkeys. the animation feels aesthetically similar. anyway i heard you on the PYPT chat show and congrats on the game progress. definitely keep me updated on it. would love to see more when you're done .

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Maybe because of the slouched posture of the characters? I don't remember the gameplay of Skullmonkeys, I only remember slouched guys with skeleton faces walking around. We will keep you updated, we can message you on discord when we have some news on the game if you don't mind.
Sorry for the late answer, it was a busy day today. :)

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Beautiful aesthetic, love the minalmism. Gotta ask though, do the large portions of the crisp white (which looks awesome) strain the eye quickly while playing?

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Most of the gameplay will take place in the dark places, so it is pretty light on the eyes. Thanks for the complimets. :)

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Very unique and creative idea here... Thing that stuck out most to me was the Villain.. he was pretty creepy looking!! And why does Negat'if want to keep the protagonist inside the crystal? That was a question I had... Or maybe that will be revealed :)

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย (edited)

Hey, sorry it took me a long time to answer, I didn't notice this comment right away. The crystal represents time, so technically our protagonist is trapped in time. In order to escape he has to assemble the shards of the crystal hidden in different times to find his way back to his era. Negat'if keeps them in different eras in order to prevent anyone who gets trapped, unable to easily escape. Bokh attempted to steal the crystal, and got himself trapped as he was unable to properly handle the crystal. :)