DEV DIARY #8: Escape Tales: The Awakening behind the scenes

With the full version of Escape Tales: The Awakening coming soon, we’d like to take you on a trip behind the scenes once more. 🤠 This time, we’re focusing on the technical aspects of the game, as we’ve managed to ask Tomek, our programist, a few questions about his work on the project and various processes. Would you like to know more? 🤔 Have a good read (and take a closer look at the never-before-seen screenshots!) 👀

What do you do for Escape Tales: The Awakening? I am responsible for the entire programming side of the project. 🖥️ From the overall architecture to the implementation of individual mechanics and UI or even to make “this button less red.”

What were the beginnings of your work on this title like? Intensive. The project got off to a rather nimble start with the concept phase out of the way. 💥 So the vision of the whole thing was shaped in the so-called “wash.” This made it both interesting and flexible. 🧠

What was the easiest thing for you to do? It's a trick question, but I'll choose the implementation of the game rules. 📝 We ported the title directly from its board version, and thanks to the fact that it had quite clearly outlined rules, you could say that it was “enough” to code them. 🎴

What took you the most time and gave you the most challenges? We try to deliver the title as quickly as possible. What follows from that - we did almost all the work in parallel. 3D models were already being created in the first week before we even knew how specifically they would be used. ✍️ Therefore, I would say that the most difficult part was coordinating the work and making sure that the project was as flexible as possible in terms of its scalability and modifiability so as not to block anyone's work, while leaving room for corrections and fine-tuning. 🧮

That’s all for today, folks! With the premiere of the full version of the game closer and closer we’re getting more and more excited with every single week. 🥳 We hope you’ll soon feel it as much as we do! We’re preparing something really special… 😍

Bluekey Games Team

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