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INTERMISSION
Intermission, sweet rolls and hot drinks in the cafeteria!
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XR AI spotlight
I was interviewed for XR AI Spotlight a few months back. here is the full interview.
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Project 1 year anniversary!
Happy birthday! Echoes of Somewhere has now been in “active” development for a year. Lets look back on the year!
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Echoes Of Somewhere demo release on itch.io
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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New teaser trailer
The original teaser trailer I did way back started to look a bit dated with old character, locations and UI, so it was time for a new trailer!
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Premortem Games interview
A really interesting gaming news site, PreMortem Games posted and interview about Echoes of Somewhere.
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Article on Adventure Game Hotspot
A website focused on covering adventure games, Adventure Game Hotspot, , wrote an article about Echoes of Somewhere. The piece is very interesting as it includes reactions to the game from the adventure game developer community.
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a16z shoutout
Echoes of Somewhere was briefly featured in a recent Andreessen Horowitz blog post about AI in games.
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Creating a steam page
I have never created a Steam page for a game before. I have made some art assets for one, but I never did the actual setup. Now it was time to learn.
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AI Assisted graphics: media reception
It has been very interesting to observe the internet’s reaction to AI generated content like this. I would have never been exposed to so many opinions about AI if the post had not gone a little bit viral!
