Echoes of Somewhere

Category: Season 01 Episode 01

Simple camera controller+

June 4, 2024

I had created a very simple camera controller for the city hall interior scene. But it was not very usable in other scenes. So I rewrote the code and made it universal and a lot easier to use!
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Footsteps audio refactoring

March 23, 2024

I upgraded my rather simple footsteps audio system to a fully fledged surface type / character type retrieval setup that I can expand in the editor. The old system had hard coded arrays, but this new one is user editable directly in editor!
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AI assisted location: Hamburger restaurant

February 18, 2024

In the first big puzzle hub, one of the non-linear storylines takes you to a hamburger restaurant. There will be a big, hamburger related puzzle in there! But this week, we talk about creating the AI assisted location.
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Closeup camera angles

February 3, 2024

With Magnific now being able to upscale all the way up to 16x I wanted to try closeup camera angles for the game.
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Animated hotspot icons

January 11, 2024

I was working on the Steam Deck compatibility of the game this week and the main pain point was the hotspots. As I was fixing the code, I decided to try to make the hotspots animated!
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Accessibility options

January 4, 2024

I am big into accessibility. It was now finally time to get started on accessibility options for Echoes of Somewhere.
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Echoes Of Somewhere demo release on itch.io

December 21, 2023

I have been actively working on the project for one full year now. And to celebrate this milestone, I am releasing a short Echoes Of Somewhere demo of the game for Windows & Mac OS!
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Preparing for demo release

December 17, 2023

The beginning part of the game has been almost ready for release as a short demo for quite a while. But it was missing some polish that I am working on now.
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Magnific AI

December 1, 2023

The lower resolution background images for the game are upscaled with Magnific AI to massive 4k+ resolution.
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Using ChatGPT for code (city hall part5)

November 21, 2023

Using ChatGPT to help program a camera controller for a new location comprised of only one ultra-wide image.
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