General Updates and New Game In Early Prep

Updates and upcoming project.

A short update for Tavern In The Woods. Sorry, I've mentioned this a couple times before, so won't mention again. But this game/interactive story has been purchased and played way more than I was expecting. I thought I may get a couple hundred downloads after a while and maybe a couple reviews.

At the time of this post – it’s has almost 25,000 (free) purchases and numerous reviews. By no means a big amount compared to some games, but way more than I was expecting!

Since it was launched, I've also made several updates and improvements. Some updates (I would admit) should have been there to start with, for example a settings menu. But these updates and improvements have all been added and are live.

Tavern in the Woods - Story Enhancements:

There are a few minor tweaks I will make, or have made, but these haven’t been released as yet. These are very small and more related to menu settings.

I am also considering adding some additional story enhancements. I have found as I played through recently that I wished there was more story. As noted in previous posts this is my first game on steam and I was learning elements of this as I went along. So I was not able to focus at times or just got sucked in by the dev work, without spending as much time on the story line as I would have liked.

So, I am looking into further story enhancements to add more depth. These updates won't be anything too large, as I want to focus on my upcoming project(s) (see below). But where ever I can improve Tavern In the Woods – I will do so.

I've written a post in a bit more detail about Tavern In the Woods and if you wish to read further please see the link below.

Musings - Tavern In the Woods

Planning phase for next game: Museum Horror (Working title)

I have, since making this game, had in mind my next game with far greater depth in both gameplay and story line (it's not connected to Tavern In The Woods). To this end I have several ideas. All though will be a single player, story line driven experience.

I have several ideas, but two stand out. One set in a museum. Another set in the wilderness of either a remote part Canada, Alaska or Scotland. Or possibly both locations. A museum and a wilderness.

I'm working the story line and setting now. But this is very early stages and will not be ready for release for some time.

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Below is a screen shot of the first mood board for the game. Presently the story line, setting, functionality is being planned and no dev or 3D environment work has started (you can see a larger version in the blog post).

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