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- Newfound Braveness, the a lot beloved homosexual indie recreation, has been remade and is coming to Xbox in time for Delight on Jun 24.
- A rewrite of the story, plus a complete new chapter, Return to Otherwhere.
- Model new ‘Mechamancer’ fight mechanics and development.
- Virtually each artwork asset has been fully remade.
Right now, we’re discussing the upcoming launch of Newfound Braveness on Xbox. It is a whole remake with new artwork, music, story content material and mechanics. This model of the sport will immerse you in Alex and Jake’s story like by no means earlier than.
After we got down to launch Newfound Braveness on Xbox, we determined to check out the sport because it at present stands. The suggestions we’ve acquired is nice; folks love the music, story and artwork. However our gamers need extra. We knew we may do even higher, so our recreation has been recreated for the Xbox launch.
We at all times felt visible artwork was a weak level within the recreation. It was too static and generic. About 100% of the environmental artwork has been enhanced. We revised all characters and, in some instances, fully redesigned them. There’s improved dynamic lighting, wind, and particle results. The artwork feels extra alive and animated.
We later thought-about the story. This was undoubtedly one of many strongest elements of the sport, however once more, we knew we may do higher. New mechanics have been added, primarily fight mechanics. We created a easy, streamlined fight and development system so we may go even greater with our fantasy story—and it labored. All the things about Newfound Braveness is grander, the stakes are greater, and battling the ‘massive unhealthy’ to the dying provides extra satisfaction.
The following paragraph contains spoilers, so please skip it in the event you haven’t performed the sport but. On the finish of Newfound Braveness, Alex doesn’t obtain his happily-ever-after; his love is unrequited. Now, that hasn’t modified. Nonetheless, we nonetheless felt Alex deserved to seek out love. This was the proper alternative to introduce a brand new DLC, Return to Otherwhere.
It sees Alex return dwelling and face his demons (actually) as he fights to uncover the reality about his hometown. A contemporary solid of distinctive characters, otherworldly sceneries and a deep delve into Alex’s previous grants the general recreation a brand new edge. This moreover gave us the prospect to create extra music, and the remake contains roughly six new tracks, together with an eerie carnival piece.
We will’t wait to see what you suppose, the builds you create, and the boyfriend you finally select. Newfound Braveness formally launches on Xbox on June 24.
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