Everhood

Devlog

• Everhood is Out
  March 07, 2021 by EverhoodDev

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  #everhood, #everwood, #undertale, #game, #earthbound, #custom battle editor, #battle editor, #adventure, #geno, #release

  It has been an absolute delight making this game and now releasing it and seeing such a positive reception is truly transcendental and we couldn’t be happier. https://store.steampowered.com/app... Continue reading

  
• EVERHOOD RELEASE DATE ANNOUCEMENT
  February 01, 2021 by EverhoodDev

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  Been wild years, but finally, we are nearing the release date. Thank you all for your support 💜 Get ready for the ride of a lifetime! We have got the good stuff... WISHLIST ON STEAM:... Continue reading

  
• The divine moments of creativity
  January 27, 2021 by EverhoodDev

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  #everhood, #creativity, #creative

  Artwork by: Roposhipin I have worked as a professional video game artist for more than 6 years now. But I have worked on creative tasks ever since I was born. Drawing pokemon characters to make mockup... Continue reading

  
• A look back into the dark times
  January 20, 2021 by EverhoodDev

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  Artwork by PlagueDok We are now in Q1 2021 soon we will announce the release date but we are not ready yet, there are still things we need verify and test before we give the green flag and can give yo... Continue reading

  
• Testing, fixing, testing and testing
  December 30, 2020 by EverhoodDev

  Artwork by: Gagato We are looking at all sorts of edge cases and fixes which of course generates new bugs we have to deal with. At this moment of development it isn’t really about making the greates... Continue reading

  
• Hectic weeks and some thoughts!
  December 09, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  It has been a fierce couple of weeks. Lots of progress and really wrapping up everything, but we are still not done. It’s now very clear we cannot add more content as the latest stuff we added is a... Continue reading
• Time to start wrapping up the game again!
  November 18, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  Artwork by Sawn We are already at november. How Everhood looked back in August when we decided to postpone and now how it looks today has been a very positive experience. The game overall feels very t... Continue reading

  
• Game engine version change and just polish, polish, polish
  October 30, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  Artwork by Dess At the moment we are currently adjusting to change the unity version for some technical stuff which has led to some more bugs. It is a dirty job but we got to do it! Some headaches but... Continue reading

  
• Lot of work right now!
  October 09, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  We are currently in another steam festival showcasing the same demo! I suspect most of you already played the demo, if you haven’t ..uhm.. Do it! Lately I have been the one doing these devlogs alon... Continue reading
• Yet another post
  September 25, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  Rastabeast + Zigg Artwork made by: Roposhipin We have added a bunch of new content into the game and it is back to testing everything and writing down bugs. So far I have noted down at least 100+ stu... Continue reading

  
• Re-evaluating the game!
  September 11, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  Artwork by: LiboLiberator We have started looking more into how to adjust more of the core-problem we encountered that we did not feel we had time to adjust even if were good suggestions. Mostly all p... Continue reading
• Game release postponed
  August 28, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  Game release is postponed Unfortunately we have to postpone the release for Q4 We know you been waiting, it sucks, we know But we want to be transparent with you It is not because of any development... Continue reading
• Polish, polish, polish
  August 14, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  #everhood

  Art by: Mimi We been asking some playtesters to play the game Initial response has been positive and so far not so many bugs at all, just some balancing issues which have been easy problems, it is sai... Continue reading

  
• Waiting for feedback...
  July 31, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  Art by: Итуми I can’t believe two weeks have already passed We have finished making playtest build and letting some playtesters go through the game As of writing right now all playtesters haven... Continue reading
• Preparing for (internal) playtests!
  July 17, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  #everhood

  Fish artwork by: ゴールディ We have been playtesting and writing a bunch of notes(300+) for big playtesting. Things taken a bit longer but it’s good because we have a lot of time and we are pat... Continue reading

  
• What has happened update
  July 03, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  Environment Artwork by Mimi! Past devlogs we have been doing announcing updates after the steam release rather than doing more personal devlogs One important highlight is that one of our discord memb... Continue reading

  
• Everhood livestream!
  June 18, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  Dev playing blind + sneak-peek of what is beyond door after the demo. Don't expect too much, it's just a small teaser of what is to come. We don't want to spoil too much as it would break the purpos... Continue reading
• Health bar final choice + Steam game festival event!
  June 05, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  HP BAR First of all, we want to thank everyone who gave their feedback about the new health bar mockup! It has been a fun experience seeing so much discussion! After looking at discussions and doing a... Continue reading

  
• Main gameplay update
  May 22, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  Smear effect for player movement First of all we added a smear effect on when Red is moving and jumping! Thanks to our discord member Kirby and PhillipL for the suggestion of adding that effect It rea... Continue reading

  
• Vampire Boy name suggestions!
  May 08, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  Vampire boy is a mischievous and energetic little guy and looks young but you never know with vampires how old they are, spoilers! The criteria is We prefer something gender neutral but any name is we... Continue reading

  
• Playtesting!
  April 24, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  #Everhood, #journey, #design

  We just had our first playtest after the demo release It took sometime and a lot of discussions embarked during the testing. There is certainly potential here but we still need to fix and adjust stuf... Continue reading

  
• Scrapbook: How Red was made!
  April 10, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  #red, #everhood, #undertale, #geno, #metal gear, #final fantasy, #journey

  We usually post devlog update every 2nd week. Now with the launch it messed up our momentum and I want to say that we will post every 2nd week again from this day Many on the discord have asked about... Continue reading

  
• JUMP ROLL
  April 03, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  Dodging and jumping are some of the common ways to move in videogame battles. Sometimes when those battles get harder, the player has to jump and move at the same time while unfortunately in Everhood... Continue reading

  
• Everhood Steam Demo Soundtrack
  March 26, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  #soundtrack

  Demo soundtrack After some discord members have asked for the soundtrack of the demo I have included all the .wav files into this .rar file https://drive.google.com/file/d/13m_qGDD3cMm2OZWhlrSvE0lZtPM... Continue reading
• NEW DEMO + STEAM PAGE !
  March 19, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  NEW UPDATED DEMO AVAILABLE ! Make sure to wishlist on steam too :)... Continue reading

  
• Steam Update March
  March 13, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  #everhood, #steam

  It has been quite sometime we said we are going to launch the steam page! Some people have been asking why it is not out yet and the reason is mainly This is our first time making a steam page first h... Continue reading
• March Approaching + Twitter!
  February 29, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  #everhood

  Can’t believe two weeks have already passed. We have made a lot of progress lately, I just started to notice how tired I have become these last couple of days and will probably slow down and not foc... Continue reading
• Lots of work
  February 13, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  #everhood, #steam, #release

  Phew there sure has been a lot todo lately Working hard and planning a lot. New must-have features have appeared when we noticed what was needed to be done and we are adding them on a tight deadline w... Continue reading
• Steam prepping
  January 31, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  As most discord members have noticed we have made a trailer but not yet published them online publicly We are still working on the steam announcement and according to some documentation about how stea... Continue reading
• Enter the void
  January 18, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  #everhood

  When I was 15 I had a hobby of buying movies. My argument of buying movies was mainly to be able to be able to lend other people movies and similar but I mostly borrowed movies from other people. My i... Continue reading
• Christmas and 2020
  January 03, 2020 by EverhoodDev

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  The days are truly going fast by We have been continuing to making end content for the game but also celebrating christmas and new year which has taken up big chunks of time. Mainly the first week I h... Continue reading

  
• Minor update #2
  December 22, 2019 by EverhoodDev

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  Another brief update We been changing version control repository and looking over some strategies how to market the game. We are always happy to hear ideas in discord if anyone feels the urge. Keep in... Continue reading
• Minor update
  December 06, 2019 by EverhoodDev

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  Just a minor update We are preparing for another internal playtest, mainly adding more content but also polishing. Jordi is mainly on polish mode while I am adding some content. The playtest will be... Continue reading
• Playtest & Vacation
  November 23, 2019 by EverhoodDev

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  Last devlog post seems to have slipped between chairs but fear not we are still working on Everhood! Jordi and me were working in fullspeed to get game in a good state for a playtesting session. The p... Continue reading

  
• ​Why am I doing this?
  October 25, 2019 by EverhoodDev

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  Some days I wish Everhood could have just been done, some days I wish I could redo the entire game, some days I wish I made another game entirely. But some days I can’t wait to get home to continue... Continue reading
• More than 1 year developing Everhood
  October 11, 2019 by EverhoodDev

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  Yes! We have reached more than 1 year of development. Time goes fast ! It is scary and exiting at the same time :D Here is a little video that I'v made this morning ! Song - Weapon of Choice (feat. B... Continue reading

  
• Writing narrative for Everhood
  September 27, 2019 by EverhoodDev

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  #story

  Story making Making the story has let me grow so much on how to approach writing narrative games. When me and Jordi first set out to do the narrative experience of the vertical slice, what the player... Continue reading

  
• Everhood and the art of cleaning
  September 13, 2019 by EverhoodDev

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  Intro As Everhood is getting closer to polishment phase, I decided to improve performance and bring better tools! Performance This will likely never happen because Everhood performance is exceptional!... Continue reading

  
• Sneak peek Gold Pig
  August 30, 2019 by EverhoodDev

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  #Everhood, #Gold Pig

  Sneak peek of a work in progress goldpig scene Working hard Wishlist us here so you don't miss any news:... Continue reading

  
• Everhood and LUFS
  August 16, 2019 by EverhoodDev

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  #everhood, #design, #how its made

  Intro Many people complained that the music was sometimes too loud. This was another issue of the vertical slice, we left many player ears fatigued. Here is a quick update to let you know that we are... Continue reading

  
• Post mortem playtest
  August 04, 2019 by EverhoodDev

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  Last weekend we did our first test of the entire gameplay of what we got, not the entire planned game. But its safe to say that its a majority of the game but in early phase. We are still a bit behind... Continue reading
• SUMMER TIME
  July 19, 2019 by EverhoodDev

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  #dev, #how its made

  Intro As everyone knows, we are in summer! Regarding Everhood, the development will maintain the same rhythm as before. Working on Everhood is rewarding! So why take some vacation!? We are currently f... Continue reading

  
• Chris life update
  June 28, 2019 by EverhoodDev

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  I have been diagnosed as type 1 diabetes a few weeks ago. I took some serious measurement as I won’t work on fridays and saturdays on Everhood even if I feel a burning desire to do so. I have been e... Continue reading

  
• Everhood and Scriptable Objects (Unity)
  June 15, 2019 by EverhoodDev

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  #dev, #how its made, #everhood

  Intro In the last devlog about Everhood code architecture, I've mentioned that we use scriptable objects. Let's see what is a scriptable object and how we use them! What is a Scriptable Object? A Scri... Continue reading

  
• ​ Mental health part 2 - Hopeful conclusion!
  June 02, 2019 by EverhoodDev

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  Sorry for delay of posting devlog: I have not worked on Everhood in recent weeks. I mainly focused on restoring my health. I share very personal information, but I think it's good to be transparent ab... Continue reading

  
• Everhood code architecture thoughts
  May 17, 2019 by EverhoodDev

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  #dev, #everhood

  Intro When it comes to programming architecture, sometimes, new devs can be a little lost. Here are my thought about how is Everhood architecture and what is the most suitable way to work with it for... Continue reading

  
• Mental health - Part 1
  May 03, 2019 by EverhoodDev

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  #mental health

  Intro I can’t overstate how I'm feeling making this game. It has been truly awesome, I have seen so many positive comments! That makes us really motivated and inspired. Every evening, I'm focused o... Continue reading

  
• Everhood is getting bigger and bigger. Tips to handle big projects
  April 19, 2019 by EverhoodDev

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  Intro Time for another devlog! As the title says, Everhood is getting bigger and bigger! We managed to add tons of new game content in a very little lapse of time. At some point, when a project is get... Continue reading

  
• 4-5 months into development
  April 05, 2019 by EverhoodDev

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  Intro We have been in production for around 4 months. Time has really flown by. We have been making a lot of content for the game. Everything is not polished in the same level as the vertical slice,... Continue reading

  
• The puzzle with music in his veins
  March 21, 2019 by EverhoodDev

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  #design, #dev, #how its made

  Welcome to Devlog #8! Eight is a very powerful number, lay it down and it means infinity! Intro After the awesome Devlog of Chris about ATM , we've seen that these topics are fun to do and entertain... Continue reading

  
• ATM machine Post-Mortem and some thoughts before deciding what to include in the game.
  March 08, 2019 by EverhoodDev

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  #everhood, #how its made

  Intro One of our discord members (Elin) said that she wanted to know more about why we chose the ATM machine as a battle in Everhood. So here we are! Let's see why and how the ATM was done, this will... Continue reading

  
• How is Everhood going + Lets create 2D lasers in unity !
  February 21, 2019 by EverhoodDev

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  Welcome to our sixth devlog ! How is Everhood going We are doing very good progress on Everhood! Chris is creating more and more in-game content, no one can stop him! From my side (Jordi), I have bee... Continue reading

  
• Everhood or the idea to stop worrying about making the game a financial success
  February 07, 2019 by EverhoodDev

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  #everhood

  The development team of Everhood consists of me(Chris) and Jordi. Jordi handles programming for Everhood but he is also very flexible in other areas such as art and design. I am handling art, design a... Continue reading

  
• Game localization
  January 23, 2019 by EverhoodDev

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  #dev, #localization, #design, #everhood, #how its made

  Let's see another technical part of Everhood ! This time we are going to see how our game localization work ,without any spoil! Trying to not spoil the story and the in-game content is one of our ma... Continue reading

  
• 2019 & How pixel animations are made & What we been up to!
  January 09, 2019 by EverhoodDev

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  #everhood, #animation

  2019 is here to stay for another year! We have been working hard even if it been holidays. Seeing comments and feedback have really boosted us to make this into a real quality game! I find it a bit h... Continue reading

  
• Debug.log("Merry Christmas")
  December 25, 2018 by EverhoodDev

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  #dev

  Well,here is our second devlog !So exciting :D During the last 2 weeks,Everhood underhood code has undergone a huge change.In fact, it's not the same code, all the logic of the game has been rewritten... Continue reading

  
• How Everhood battles are made
  December 11, 2018 by EverhoodDev

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  #everhood, #dev, #how its made, #adventure, #design

  First devlog! I feel I really want to showcase how battles are handled in Everhood to get a sense of what tools we are working with. This workflow is amazing. Usually first we make a song (or find a s... Continue reading

  
• BIG ANNOUCEMENT
  December 03, 2018 by EverhoodDev

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  BIG ANNOUNCEMENT Everhood will be released as a full game! We have decided to continue the development of Everhood! We have received a lot of positive feedback on the game and it’s been very fun to... Continue reading