Blackout: The Darkest Night

Devlog

• A New Story in the New Wenders Universe
  October 13, 2024 by MiniChimera

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  #story, #book, #launch, #preorder

  Hello! If you played Blackout, you might remember a certain taxi driver from the beginning of the game that, spoilers, is a vampire. The idea of a vampire taxi driver resonated with so many people, an... Continue reading

  
• Blackout is out now! 10% discount (and deluxe edition)
  August 19, 2021 by MiniChimera#launch

  Hello! Blackout is finally available! The game is 10% off for the first week! We have also added a deluxe edition that contains the eBook version, twine files and a set of wallpapers! (Every copy purc... Continue reading
• Launch date: August 19th!
  August 07, 2021 by MiniChimera#trailer, #release, #launch

  Hello! Very happy to finally be able to announce a date for the release of Blackout! The game will be available August 19th, for Windows, Linux and MacOS! Here's our launch trailer, hope you like it :... Continue reading

  
• Release approaching!
  April 14, 2021 by MiniChimera

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  #screenshots, #gif, #launch, #release

  Hello! The day has finally come when the art is final and I am able to update the old screenshots (and gif!) :) Right now the only thing left is to fix some small bugs and performance issues on MacOS... Continue reading

  
• Beta sign up!
  September 03, 2020 by MiniChimera

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  #beta, #update, #test

  It's Beta time! As we near the game's completion, it's time to get it in players hand for some real testing! If you are interested in becoming a beta tester, please leave a comment below or email us a... Continue reading
• Blackout now available for Kindle!
  June 25, 2020 by MiniChimera#kindle, #story, #launch

  Hello! I'm glad to announce that we just launched a version of Blackout: The Darkest Night for kindle devices ! The kindle version features the complete story of the game, only missing some mechanics... Continue reading
• Sneak Peek and Word count!
  January 11, 2020 by MiniChimera

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  #art, #devlog, #story, #words

  Hello! It's been a while since the last update on how Blackout is coming along, so I decided to share some details. The text is finally complete and fully edited. Here are some stats: Chapter names a... Continue reading

  
• Blackout Devlog - Flashback Puzzles
  August 24, 2019 by MiniChimera

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  #puzzles, #story, #devlog

  Hello! This week I've spent some time working on a crucial part of the game: Flashbacks! The flashbacks hold some very important story moments, and they have a minigame element associated with them. T... Continue reading

  
• The Map of New Wenders
  June 03, 2019 by MiniChimera

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  #game design, #map, #gamedev

  Hello! On this post, I will write about something very important that we have been working on for a long time: the map of New Wenders! We're not Bethesda, so we didn't start the game with a map, on th... Continue reading

  
• Gallery
  April 30, 2019 by MiniChimera#Gallery, #Menu, #Art, #Quality

  Work in progress for an in-game gallery where you'll be able to see the art unlocked throughout the game. Other than that, I've been spending a good amount of time play-testing and fixing bugs or inco... Continue reading
• UI Sound Effects, Ambiance Music and More
  April 12, 2019 by MiniChimera#UI, #SFX, #Music, #Ambiance

  Hello, Spent a good amount of time this week with UI stuff like text auto typing, buttons and images appearing smoothly/timely and... settings to turn most of it off if you so desire. Also added sound... Continue reading
• Keyboard controls, minigames and more!
  March 28, 2019 by MiniChimera

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  #update, #devlog, #polish

  Hello! At first I decided to add keyboard control to make testing easier and faster (also tendinitis), but then I realized it might actually be a better way to play rather than using the mouse. For th... Continue reading
• Adding cutscenes
  March 16, 2019 by MiniChimera

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  #cutscene, #art, #cinematic

  Adding "cutscenes" for some images. Still WIP. I first used this effect on the teaser trailer , but I liked the effect so much that I decided to add it to the game as well, it brings a nice dramatic e... Continue reading
• January Devlog - Saving System and Flashbacks!
  January 27, 2019 by MiniChimera#programming, #game design, #feature

  Hello all! January has been quite productive around here, I started the month by implementing my saving system, which would also come in handy because now that I have all the chapters in the game I wa... Continue reading

  
• December update!
  December 20, 2018 by MiniChimera#update, #devlog, #game design, #milestone

  Hello! it has been a while since the last post, mostly because I've been busy with Blackout's development, had to spend a lot of time with marketing stuff, like creating this landing page , which impl... Continue reading

  
• Teaser Trailer!
  October 19, 2018 by MiniChimera

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  #trailer, #teaser, #steam, #preorder

  Hello! Here's the first trailer for Blackout, it's a short teaser, but should help convey the atmosphere we're going for. I would love to hear what you think about it! And as a reminder, you can pre-o... Continue reading
• Pre-orders available!
  September 18, 2018 by MiniChimera#update, #pre-order

  Hello everyone! I'm glad to announce you can now Pre-order Blackout! The game is set to release in March 2019. Of course, everyone who donated to our preview version will receive access to the full ve... Continue reading

  
• July report! Text Revision and solving game design problems
  August 08, 2018 by MiniChimera#blackout, #devlog, #monthly, #writing

  Hello again! July was a bit of a short month for me in terms of gamedev. I took a 9 day vacation since my brother was visiting me, it was very hot and we went to some nice places around Greece. Also s... Continue reading

  
• June report!
  July 04, 2018 by MiniChimera#IF, #Monthly update, #blackout, #twine

  Between E32018 and the World Cup, June has been a month full of distractions, specially since I make my makes on my free time. Despite that, I still managed to get a good amount done, and a very impo... Continue reading

  
• Progress over the last month
  May 25, 2018 by MiniChimera#newsletter, #gamedev, #framework, #update, #monthly

  Hello! It's been a month since we released the early access version of Blackout. Not a lot of fancy stuff to share now, lately I've been collecting all the feedback we've been getting which has been r... Continue reading
• Version 0.0.2 is up! Graphics overhaul + widescreen and more!
  April 17, 2018 by MiniChimera

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  #update, #graphic, #widescreen, #early access, #pc, #mac, #linux

  Hello! It took way longer than I expected to finish this updated due to the fact that I was moving to another country and as you might imagine that takes quite a lot of time and effort. But now about... Continue reading

  
• Coming soon: widescreen support, updated graphics
  October 08, 2017 by MiniChimera

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  Hello, We have a few changes coming soon: 1 - New Graphics We started working on this game a while back, and we think some of the textures could be improved in order to add more cohesion to the pulp/c... Continue reading

  
• Added Linux Version =)
  October 06, 2017 by MiniChimera

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  #linux, #build

  Hello! Thank you very much everyone who downloaded Blackout, we've been getting some awesome feedback =) I just uploaded a Linux build, if you find any issues let me know! On the next devlog post I'll... Continue reading