We've been working to re-imagine the game modes to make them more engaging and take into consideration some of the feedback. In this update, we've overhauled our existing 2 game modes and added a new one.
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Gameplay
addedWe've been working to re-imagine the game modes to make them more engaging and take into consideration some of the feedback. In this update, we've overhauled our existing 2 game modes and added a new one.
changedHidden Objects Previously in Hidden Objects, you find items in the scene and click on them to add them to your found Hidden Objects set until you have found all the items which completes the chapter. The hidden objects for the chapter were displayed in a list and you'd go about the episode and when an item hadn't been picked up, it would show a blue outline when you moved the view target over it.
changedAfter the update, the general idea is the same, but now you now look through the episode for obscured objects and then fill in the real item by clicking on the obscured one. This allows you to see which items have already been placed from a greater distance without having to hover over them. It also allows you to clean up the obscured scene to restore it to a completed state. We're hoping this is more fun in spirit and requires less backtracking over previously found items.
addedSecret Items We added a "Hot/Cold" feature where the secret item icon will materialize when you start to approach the next one. We also show the name of the item to find. We're expecting that this will make some levels very easy and some of the levels that are nearly impossible, difficult but possible. (This update shows the materializing icon only for the next item to find, but you can still find other items at the same time.)
addedNew Episode - Winter Mountains Introducing our other January Free to play episode "Winter Mountains". In Winter Mountains, you'll find a snowy mountain top covered in trees. The rail and warp cameras will take you with a bird's eye view over the landscape during the day. In its Hidden Objects & Scavenger Hunt games, you'll find 100 items placed over an area of the landscape in an ancient mystic motif at night time. For Secret Items, search and discover the primary site and to uncover its 3 items.
Ambient Channels changes
addedWe've been working to re-imagine the game modes to make them more engaging and take into consideration some of the feedback. In this update, we've overhauled our existing 2 game modes and added a new one.
changedHidden Objects Previously in Hidden Objects, you find items in the scene and click on them to add them to your found Hidden Objects set until you have found all the items which completes the chapter. The hidden objects for the chapter were displayed in a list and you'd go about the episode and when an item hadn't been picked up, it would show a blue outline when you moved the view target over it.
changedAfter the update, the general idea is the same, but now you now look through the episode for obscured objects and then fill in the real item by clicking on the obscured one. This allows you to see which items have already been placed from a greater distance without having to hover over them. It also allows you to clean up the obscured scene to restore it to a completed state. We're hoping this is more fun in spirit and requires less backtracking over previously found items.
addedSecret Items We added a "Hot/Cold" feature where the secret item icon will materialize when you start to approach the next one. We also show the name of the item to find. We're expecting that this will make some levels very easy and some of the levels that are nearly impossible, difficult but possible. (This update shows the materializing icon only for the next item to find, but you can still find other items at the same time.)
addedNew Episode - Winter Mountains Introducing our other January Free to play episode "Winter Mountains". In Winter Mountains, you'll find a snowy mountain top covered in trees. The rail and warp cameras will take you with a bird's eye view over the landscape during the day. In its Hidden Objects & Scavenger Hunt games, you'll find 100 items placed over an area of the landscape in an ancient mystic motif at night time. For Secret Items, search and discover the primary site and to uncover its 3 items.
We've been working to re-imagine the game modes to make them more engaging and take into consideration some of the feedback. In this update, we've overhauled our existing 2 game modes and added a new one.
Hidden Objects Previously in Hidden Objects, you find items in the scene and click on them to add them to your found Hidden Objects set until you have found all the items which completes the chapter. The hidden objects for the chapter were displayed in a list and you'd go about the episode and when an item hadn't been picked up, it would show a blue outline when you moved the view target over it.
After the update, the general idea is the same, but now you now look through the episode for obscured objects and then fill in the real item by clicking on the obscured one. This allows you to see which items have already been placed from a greater distance without having to hover over them. It also allows you to clean up the obscured scene to restore it to a completed state. We're hoping this is more fun in spirit and requires less backtracking over previously found items.
Secret Items We added a "Hot/Cold" feature where the secret item icon will materialize when you start to approach the next one. We also show the name of the item to find. We're expecting that this will make some levels very easy and some of the levels that are nearly impossible, difficult but possible. (This update shows the materializing icon only for the next item to find, but you can still find other items at the same time.)
Scavenger Hunt In Scavenger Hunt, you have a list of items and have to find one or more instances of each one. There are usually more items available to find than you have to in order to complete the list but items become unavailable for periods of time so you may have to wait for the item to become available again or find another one of that item to complete the list. (This also makes it a bit of a memory game because you can see items you can pick up later, when they become available again)
New Episode - Winter Mountains Introducing our other January Free to play episode "Winter Mountains". In Winter Mountains, you'll find a snowy mountain top covered in trees. The rail and warp cameras will take you with a bird's eye view over the landscape during the day. In its Hidden Objects & Scavenger Hunt games, you'll find 100 items placed over an area of the landscape in an ancient mystic motif at night time. For Secret Items, search and discover the primary site and to uncover its 3 items.
("Winter Mountains" will rotating into the current free spot for the Graveyard episode.)
