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 Website | twitter | tumblr | Facebook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrc8i2xAtUM  The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first person "weird fiction" horror adventure game. You are Paul Prospero, a detective who is in Red Creek Valley to try to find out what has happened to Ethan Carter and why people are being murdered. Also you have "supernatural skills. Here is a prequel mini-comic to help set the scene.   I'm glad you asked! The developers are using magical technology to scan the world and turn it into a computer game. It's called photogrammetry (aka witchcraft) and this post explains how it works. Basically by magic.   This is being made by people who used to work at People Can Fly, who you may remember from Painkiller and/or Bulletstorm. Or not. I'm not really sure what you remember. They call themselves The Astronauts now.   The game is coming out for PC and maybe other stuff. The goal is to bring the game to next gen platforms. I don't think there's a release date yet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4sMtzeVqYc 
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New blog post: On Violence and Macabre in 2014.
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Jun 7, 2014 02:52
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Very excited for this. Looks fantastic and a truly weird horror game is always fun. Hoping that they'll be releasing it this Fall.
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Jun 7, 2014 06:45
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Trailer post mortem blog post. My favorite detail is how vastly they overestimated the average gamer's intelligence. Attributing thoughts, feelings, and logical patterns of reasoning to someone is else far beyond the capacities of the average person posting YouTube comments on a video game trailer.
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Jun 9, 2014 21:00
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There's a poll up on their site where they're asking what people want the game to be like. There are 47 votes right now and one option is way ahead of the other two.
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Jun 12, 2014 18:28
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Why can't we have both? I am keeping an eye on this, it looks interesting.
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Jun 15, 2014 14:37
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Personally I'd like any supernatural stuff to be lurking the background and not be the focus, it'd be more interesting that way and potentially creepier. Also here's another one of their blog posts I thought was cool that's not in the OP. It's all about how adventure games died for a reason and I totally agree with it. The puzzles were always the worst parts of the genre and are really unneeded. (And I love some of the old ones like Gabriel Knight and Longest Journey) A good amount of the new adventure games get this and its one of the reasons why I think they're better. http://www.theastronauts.com/2014/04/seven-deadly-sins-adventure-games/
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Jun 15, 2014 15:30
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This looks really cool, thanks for the heads up.TychoCelchuuu posted:Trailer post mortem blog post. My favorite detail is how vastly they overestimated the average gamer's intelligence. Attributing thoughts, feelings, and logical patterns of reasoning to someone is else far beyond the capacities of the average person posting YouTube comments on a video game trailer.
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Jun 15, 2014 22:43
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This game will have a boxed copy sold in stores, interestingly enough.
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Jun 26, 2014 15:52
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Interview with the devs at "Bloody Disgusting" which is certainly a name for a website.
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Jun 27, 2014 20:00
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Why Paul Prospero has no hands in The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, in which the developers reveal that you play as a double amputee.
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Jun 30, 2014 22:06
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Gamescom trailer is out. PC preorders will be up next week.
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Aug 12, 2014 22:56
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Preview at Gamespot.
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Aug 14, 2014 01:02
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This game gives me a strong realMyst vibe and I'm more than okay with that.
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Aug 14, 2014 01:27
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Website is up and so is the preorder widget through Humble Bundle. Price is $20 with bonuses, comes out September 25th. You have your choice of Steam or GOG. Also here's a gameplay vid with commentary. Accordion Man fucked around with this message at 18:29 on Aug 21, 2014 |
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Aug 21, 2014 17:50
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I'm sold. Let's see how this goes.
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Aug 26, 2014 19:49
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Horror thread brought me here. Really looking forward to this game. Sad to see it hasn't gotten more hype. I love the... UI? Whatever, the way the words and stuff float around and show you where to go and everything. It all looks very nice.
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Aug 26, 2014 23:58
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Here's a new interview about the game. Man, I'm getting hyped.
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Accordion Man posted:Here's a new interview about the game. Wait, this game comes out in like two weeks? I thought it was still early in development. Hope it doesn't fly under everybody's radar.
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Agnostalgia posted:Wait, this game comes out in like two weeks? I thought it was still early in development. Hope it doesn't fly under everybody's radar.
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Sep 12, 2014 18:21
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I want this. I want this pretty bad.
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Sep 12, 2014 18:32
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This comes out in a few days!
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Sep 23, 2014 07:44
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I know! I feel like I am the only one hyped for this game. Good to know there will be at least one other person to talk about this game with! Playing through Metro: Last Light and Amnesia: Dark Descent while I wait.
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Just preordered this on Steam, it looks really good. Those screenshots look fantastic. I know very little about it but I'm going to keep it that way so I can go in completely fresh.
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Sep 24, 2014 03:35
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Oh my this game comes out tomorrow doesn't it? I'm so excited for a game I only heard about like a week ago 
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Sep 25, 2014 02:58
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Macaluso posted:Oh my this game comes out tomorrow doesn't it? I'm so excited for a game I only heard about like a week ago For me it was seeing a trailer months ago and going "This looks interesting" then knowing nothing else until seeing it on the Steam front page 4 days ago and going "Oh yeah that" and pre-ordering. Just as excited though
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Sep 25, 2014 03:13
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I have never preordered a game on steam before. Hoping this unlocks at midnight so I can start downloading it to play tomorrow. From what I understand the exact time of release can vary for different titles.
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Sep 25, 2014 04:32
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Bulkiest Toaster posted:I have never preordered a game on steam before. Hoping this unlocks at midnight so I can start downloading it to play tomorrow. From what I understand the exact time of release can vary for different titles.
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Sep 25, 2014 04:34
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Bah, stuck at work for another 4 hours. Post when you got the game!
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Sep 25, 2014 16:22
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RadicalR posted:Bah, stuck at work for another 4 hours. Post when you got the game! Don't worry, it's late. quote:The plan was to release at 7pm Warsaw time (10am Valve time). Doing what we can but we might be a few hours late. The game is 99.99% done, but that 0.01% is bothering us because it’s bugs we KNOW about it and we can’t in good conscience publish the game with that knowledge. If I know my software development that means we're going to see it on Sunday 
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Uh oh, seems like they are ironing out some last minute bugs. Says it will just be a few hours later than expected but this is a bit concerning http://theastrocrew.tumblr.com/post/98389251423/mini-faq-on-the-release-of-the-vanishing-of-ethan Hopefully when I get back from work it will be ready to start downloading.
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Bulkiest Toaster posted:Uh oh, seems like they are ironing out some last minute bugs. Says it will just be a few hours later than expected but this is a bit concerning I don't really think it's concerning. I really want to play it, but I'd rather a game be late so bugs can be ironed out than have it out on time and have those bugs not fixed.
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Bulkiest Toaster posted:Uh oh, seems like they are ironing out some last minute bugs. Says it will just be a few hours later than expected but this is a bit concerning Nah, I wouldn't be concerned. An advantage to being a small, self-published title is you can be pretty agile about this stuff.
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The keys on Humble Bundle have dropped if you bought the game from the site. Still can't download the game yet though.
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Sep 25, 2014 20:05
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Accordion Man posted:The keys on Humble Bundle have dropped if you bought the game from the site. Still can't download the game yet though. Hopefully it drops in two hours.
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Looks like on the Steam forums they just said they uploaded the game. I guess that means we have to wait for steam to update tomorrow at 10:00 AM PST? Any chance of it unlocking at midnight or sooner I wonder?
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Bulkiest Toaster posted:Looks like on the Steam forums they just said they uploaded the game. I guess that means we have to wait for steam to update tomorrow at 10:00 AM PST? Any chance of it unlocking at midnight or sooner I wonder? One of the devs posted on Twitter like 16 minutes ago or something that they're uploading the game to steam now
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Bulkiest Toaster posted:Looks like on the Steam forums they just said they uploaded the game. I guess that means we have to wait for steam to update tomorrow at 10:00 AM PST? Any chance of it unlocking at midnight or sooner I wonder? Lame! Only game in forever I've actually wanted to play on release date. TheCoon posted:It's out now, 5.7gb download. My lucky day. Hopefully it's not buggy, this is a game that needs to be very polished. the black husserl fucked around with this message at 00:11 on Sep 26, 2014 |
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Sep 25, 2014 23:41
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It's out now, 5.7gb download.
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Great news! Probably will be able to play some tonight!
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