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What's next?
The reason why there hasn’t been much work done on Encounter in the last couple of months is mainly due to two things: The game is mostly “done” in terms of content I had promised to release an Oric demo for the Nova de…
Patch notes6 changesFixUI/audio - Encounter
Games of Norway
Next week we will be celebrating the "Games of Norway", and of course Encounter will be part of it, after all it was made in Norway! For the occasion I updated the Encounter demo with the latest changes made to the game…
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Version 1.4: Faster and smoother
When Encounter was released in December 2024, the priority was to make sure the game was playable and did not have any critical defects. Most reports have been positive, but I knew there were a few things that could hav…
Patch notes5 changesPerformanceGameplay - Encounter
Version 1.3.1: So many fixes!
Version 1.3.1 I was quite happy with version 1.3.0, it had quite a few significant changes and felt overall like a much sleeker experience. Then recently the game was reviewed by the famous MathBrush on the IFDB website…
Event10 changesFixGameplay - Encounter
Version 1.3: The Big One
So, version 1.3.0 is out, and it's kind of a big one. Actually, scratch that — it's the biggest update since the game launched back in December 2024. A new voice This is probably the change you'll notice first: the game…
Announcement8 changesUI/audioGameplay - Encounter
Version 1.2.6: Small fixes!
I got feedback from a few players who suggested some quality of life improvements as well as found a few bugs, so I spent a bit of time testing and fixing, the main change being the order of the words in the selection m…
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Version 1.2.5: Better Controller Support!
The main change in this version is an update to the emulator (Oricutron), which now provides much better support for modern controllers with analog sticks and additional buttons. In particular: All extra buttons on the…
Announcement4 changesFixGameplay - Encounter
One Year Anniversary
Encounter was released on December 20th 2024. That was my first 100% indie launch, and there were quite many things to learn, not only about making a game, but also how to put it on Steam, get people to know about it, e…
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Version 1.2.4: Quality of life fixes
Encounter is mostly "finished". There are plenty of things I wish I could add, but the floppy disk is full, and despite all of my efforts I can't win against the laws of physics! So anyway, here is this new version 1.2.…
Announcement4 changesGameplayUI/audio - Encounter
Nominate Encounter for the Steam Awards!
Nominate Encounter for the "Outstanding Visual Style" Award! There’ve been an incredibly large number of fabulous games released this past year, so the probability Encounter can get any award of any kind is so close to…
Patch notes2 changesGameplayBalance - Encounter
Physical Edition DLC!
Modern games have grown so huge that proper boxed releases have become something of a lost art. It doesn’t help that many titles ship unfinished or buggy and need day-one patches just to run properly. Encounter has now…
Announcement - Encounter
Version 1.2.3: New Demo!
Last Friday I attended an Oslo Gamedev Meetup and some of the people there tried my game, and it quickly became obvious there were two big issues! The first one was problematic, quite a few of the players actually skipp…
Announcement2 changesGameplay - Encounter
Version 1.2.2: We have Clafoutis!
This version 1.2.2 was not originally planned, but during the summer holidays, I observed family members playing the game and noted a few minor issues. Not all are resolved in this new version, but I’m committed to addr…
Announcement6 changesFixGameplay - Encounter
Achievements in French.
The downside of developing on a machine set to one language is that you don’t always notice issues in others! This summer, while on vacation, I installed the game on my parents’ computer and realized the achievements we…
Announcement3 changesFixUI/audio - Encounter
Strategy tips for new adventurers
When I presented the game to people who had never played a classic adventure game before, it quickly became clear that they were unsure how to proceed. They would either wander aimlessly and get lost, collect every item…
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CAAD review
Encounter was reviewed in the issue 68 of the spanish magazine CAAD ("Magazine for adventurers"). This issue dives deep into Encounter, first with an interview/analysis from page 26 to 33 that unveils the game's origins…
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