Appreciate it! Thanks for stopping by my humble abode, looking forward to the full game!

Honestly, if the shooting is what held you back from playing Scorn, I would still recommend giving it a shot. The shooting is more of a mechanic that's there for the sake of being there, it wasn't too demanding in terms of reflexes/fast movement like, say, Doom. There was usually plenty of space to back up and get enough distance to comfortably kill whatever needed killing. Overall - end boss not included - Scorn was still more of a walking sim + puzzle type of game, and even most of its puzzles were typically pretty straightforward. Definitely an experience. :)

@@strictlyvideogames_ sorry if this didn't come across in my original comment but I did play Scorn and absolutely loved the atmosphere and puzzles but got extremely frustrated at the combat. I kept dieing at the same spot, never being able to get past the enemies.

Ahh, that sucks, yeah. Was there no way to cheese it? :)

​@@strictlyvideogames_ not that I know, and I must have tried for hours already. It's really sad because I've seen full gameplays and I'm still fairly early in the game (first weapon)

Possibly because graphics quality is not everything. Hell, to me, it is not even something I consider. Countless boring next-gen graphics games out there. I routinely play games with pixel and sprite graphics. Quality of these graphics is plenty and might get better as the game develops (but even if it doesn't, that's fine). The real question is: how is the gameplay, the atmosphere, the script? I can't speak for gameplay yet, but atmosphere and script seem to be top-notch.

Same!

Really? I guess there's a lid for ever pot.

It really do be like that sometimes! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

This game is inspired by the works of Zdzisław Beksiński and H.R. Giger, which I believe Scorn used for inspiration as well. Arguably, Scorn seems to lean more into Giger's style, whereas this game appears to be closer to Beksiński. Obviously, there are some similarities. :)

@@strictlyvideogames_the structure at 8:10 is the engineer navigation device from Alien

Yep, thought of that immediately when I saw it!

What is this, a center for ANTS??!

The center has to be at least... 3 times bigger than this!

Happy to, you guys have done a great job so far! Awesome visuals, a nice touch with the poetry, and it seemed to run great as well. Definitely enjoyed this demo, looking forward to the full game!

Beautiful looking game love the style definitely adding to my wishlist can't wait to play this

Happy to hear! :)

I may be 3 months late but you have to turn on the subtitles

I agree, it really does! Looking forward to the full release. :)

Did you happen to catch the Early Access trailer? kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoXJeImon5mtm9U For now, I'm just keeping in mind that this was only a demo, and that this game is being developed by an indie company. Things like enemy spawns can be fixed, but the game is certainly showing potential. I'd definitely be curious to revisit it upon release.

I believe they reworked some of the facial animations in the last patch from 14 Nov, 2023. Not sure how much of that helped poor Martha, though... that bit certainly was something else haha. :D

Definitely one of the coolest looking ones, this was a great experience.

@strictlyvideogames_ I know right it had me coming back for more I hope they make a pt 2 to this with more complicated puzzles even tho some of these at first were somewhat complicated I make stuff in 3D and understand level development so I really appreciate level design and when playing this I was blown the fuck away with the creative level design to incorporate the puzzles this game is such a total original and there will never be anything like it so SHOUT OUT TO THE DEVS

Oh definitely, this game was a visual treat. Really looking forward to whatever their next project might be.

@strictlyvideogames_ there needs to be more talk about this game more fans like us

Do you mean, like for controllers? Not sure, as I played this on mouse & keyboard. There was no map but due to the level design, it's nearly impossible to get lost - just a couple of lengthy bits where you're doing a lot of walking and not much else happens (mostly in the forest). Other than that, it was fairly compact and linear.

Definitely, and it felt like a pretty organic extension/continuation of the UI design in the main game.

For sure, I feel very much the same. Always wanted a different angle to experience the universe. January can't come soon enough.

Yep, I know exactly what you mean. Have given EVE a try several times, but always just ran out of patience. This game, however, is now living rent free in my head. Can't wait to get more time with it in January.

Ah yeah, the first game, I remember that. Good times. Sure has been a minute. :)

@@strictlyvideogames_ simpler times lol

It was! Especially after figuring out that crouch walking makes a huge difference lol. Looking forward to the full game.

Appreciate it! :)

I thought so too, looking forward to the full game! Definitely made it onto my wishlist. :)

What up, Rad! Yeah, definitely. Sucks that it's an Epic exclusive, but not the end of the world.

Yeah I wanted physical but they said they To keep the game 60 bucks they had to cut physical copies which I can respect.

Lol this is why we stay in school! :D

@@strictlyvideogames_ c+ is still a pass 😉

Interesting, good to know! I was actually wondering to what extent that might've been scripted. I don't suppose this unlocked a new achievement? :)

Ayy, glad I could be of help! Took me quite a while to figure that part out too. :)

On a PC! It's in the video info, specs included. :)

@@strictlyvideogames_ thanks for letting me know 😁👍

Appreciate it! And yep, more is coming! :)

Thanks! This is the plan. :)

Oh wow, I actually wasn't aware of this, though it did seem like something to explore at least. It turns out there are 5 endings based on the dialogue options you choose, as seemingly confirmed by the developer on the Steam forums: "There's a dialogue scoring system in the game. A lot of variables are taken into account so it'd be really hard to explain exactly how it works. The best simple advice I got for you at the moment is: change up your dialogue choices during the "flashback sequences" - they're the most influential in terms of getting a different ending." They then later added: "The ending is determined by a quite complex dialogue scoring system. The easiest way to get a "happy" - more or less - ending is, play one of two ways: a) Always choose selfish/mean dialogues for every character. b) Always choose nice/ thoughtful/ considerate/ willing to explore/ chill options Be consistent." As for Mitch - that would be Mitch Milton, whose corpse you get to put in the basement during the intro/tutorial part. Not entirely sure if more is revealed about this character, it's been a while. :) Either way, hope this helps!

@@strictlyvideogames_ Oh that's very good knowledge, thank you. I went to read up the forums as well and also saw that the dev said "Sneak playthrough has a totally different feeling than the Action playthrough" but since nothing is mentioned about "ending" I doubt that changes anything. As for flashback sequences, here are those I can remember that can change: 1) Intro theres 4 ways to change outcome 2) Selecting the next "storyteller" (multiple times during various chapters) 3) Psycho Hal's talking with his ex-gf (there's some choices there) And thats all I can think of for dialogue choices. Maybe theres more. But it's hard to understand how some dialogue will alter the ending. Considering this game isn't much of a dialogue story based game. As for Mitch, thanks for the headsup. I went to rewatch the very first intro and saw the name. My guess is that the "true ending" (or as the dev says it, "happy ending") where all 4 survives, is probably this. 1) Since all 4 receives the pager message, none of them can be the traitor. (the traitor shouldn't receive) 2) Viper mentions that the message is something along the lines of "Mitch has a dead man switch, which means it triggers something when he dies. This alerts someone or some gang, and now the mafia is being alerted by the police or the other way round, and now both is out to get them" (forgot actual phrase) 3) The message might be there to rile them all up into killing each other (mexican standoff, except all shoot each other dead) 4) The message is true and all 4 have been found out and now must live quietly or do other things (this is what Bob tells them at the end when one asks what's next) 5) Bob went down to the basement (after 12am fireworks) to collect some "documents" that is sort of hidden behind a chair or something or just in an odd angle (I should have taken a closer look, but I didnt know there were multiple endings before that), but bob being the traitor kind of goes against point 1, or it could be a fakeout. This point is very weak since the game just says go down to take documents. Nothing else mentioned and none of the other 3 says anything either. 6) Mitch is probably the one giving them all the missions to do. So he was the last one cleaned up to "tie up loose ends" for the crew. But maybe someone else took over or knows more, leading to point 1. All in all, basically the story is either half baked or too complex. Either way the cleaning gameplay is the fun part.

Oh, 100% - that vacuuming hit all the right OCD triggers for me lol. Absolutely the best part. :) Based on my 5th video (the parking mission), it looks like in 1991 Bob was doing jobs for this Don Reina character (the mob). Then around 1997, he ends up on that Miami cocaine boat and that's where he says he broke down and wanted to get out. After his mom passes, he seems to end up in New York, but then Bob and Hal still end up working for Don Reina somehow? This part is kind of unclear. Also just rewatched Viper paraphrasing Mitch's pager message (end of video 16). Apparently, Mitch had some kill switch that upon his death notifies the mafia that one of the crew has talked to the police last month, while also paging the gang. It kind of seems like a plot device that - purely based on the dialogue choices the player has made up to this point - is deliberately meant to push the story towards one of the four being the traitor, even though - as you've mentioned - it's also possible to get an ending where none of them is? I guess in my case, my choices led to Hal being the one. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ After Viper's mission in that same video, the game kind of out of nowhere starts pushing this 'who is the traitor' plot, then suddenly everyone has their guns out suspecting the others. They then each recap their very last mission (somehow, Bob and Hal's last jobs have them working for Don Reina again?), and then during Hal's mission on the bridge, you have to place a GPS tracker on Big Joe's getaway car, which does seem kind of suspicious but isn't addressed at all. Fast forward to just before midnight, and Bob seems decided that Hal is the traitor, etc. etc. I don't see what I could've missed, as I was genuinely surprised during that 'who is the traitor' spinning wheel bit. Pretty sure the devs may have forgotten to tie some plot points together and just had the dialogue choices kind of push one of 5 outcomes on you without too much of an explanation.

Very chill experience, can recommend!

Lol imagine?! :D

Oh hell yeah, it's definitely awesome so far. More videos coming up!

Coincidentally (though you may already be aware of this), one of the original creators of Tomb Raider is the owner of the studio that made Dream Cycle. :)

Yes.