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Steam News2 October 20232y ago

Hymble Ventures Alpha Demo Update

The Canine Games team have been busy over the past 4 months on the Tranzfuser programme and have focused on a new Hymble Ventures prototype which is now added to this demo.

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Full Hymble Ventures update

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What changed

0 fixes2 additions3 changes1 removal
  • Balance
  • UI and audio
  • Store
addedThe Canine Games team have been busy over the past 4 months on the Tranzfuser programme and have focused on a new Hymble Ventures prototype which is now added to this demo. So there are two distinct levels and a new health bar system that portrays the game's unique selling point. Gameplay focused on the five senses.
changedFive health bars for five sense perceptions (touch, taste, sight, smell, sound)
changedEnemies attack according to what sense perception it damages e.g. firefly's that cast bright lights to damage sight sense
addedNew artwork (sprites, UI, journal pages)
removedSome features like the voice acting and cutscene before the level starting, have been removed for the time being. But don't worry, we'll put them back in when we update the demo further.
changedSpooky SkinsIt's spooky season and we're excited to debut Hymble and Codee's holiday skins. You can see this feature if you play 'Hymble, The Witch and the Wardrobe'. If this goes down well, we can make more skins in future releases!

Hymble Ventures changes

addedThe Canine Games team have been busy over the past 4 months on the Tranzfuser programme and have focused on a new Hymble Ventures prototype which is now added to this demo. So there are two distinct levels and a new health bar system that portrays the game's unique selling point. Gameplay focused on the five senses.
changedFive health bars for five sense perceptions (touch, taste, sight, smell, sound)
changedEnemies attack according to what sense perception it damages e.g. firefly's that cast bright lights to damage sight sense
addedNew artwork (sprites, UI, journal pages)
removedSome features like the voice acting and cutscene before the level starting, have been removed for the time being. But don't worry, we'll put them back in when we update the demo further.

The Canine Games team have been busy over the past 4 months on the Tranzfuser programme and have focused on a new Hymble Ventures prototype which is now added to this demo. So there are two distinct levels and a new health bar system that portrays the game's unique selling point. Gameplay focused on the five senses.

  • Cute visual novel narrative elements

  • Five health bars for five sense perceptions (touch, taste, sight, smell, sound)

  • Enemies attack according to what sense perception it damages e.g. firefly's that cast bright lights to damage sight sense

  • Hymble and Codee are remodelled to look simple and appealing

  • New artwork (sprites, UI, journal pages)

Some features like the voice acting and cutscene before the level starting, have been removed for the time being. But don't worry, we'll put them back in when we update the demo further.

Spooky Skins

It's spooky season and we're excited to debut Hymble and Codee's holiday skins. You can see this feature if you play 'Hymble, The Witch and the Wardrobe'. If this goes down well, we can make more skins in future releases!

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Steam News / 2 October 2023

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