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Cralon is Out Now!

Nachtvogel83steam_community_announcements

102d ago

Finally the time has come:

Cralon is out now! Enter the dungeon and explore the whole mine on your own.

You are Cralon the Brave, the hero of the village of Mintalis. While hunting a demon, you fell down a deep mine shaft and have to make your way through the shaft across various levels, each with its own themes, environments, flora and fauna, in order to find your way back up to the surface.

The game focuses primarily on immersion, exploration and story, so you get rewarded for thoroughly searching every corner, helping the shaft’s inhabitants, and immerse yourself in the story to uncover the secrets of the mine. The first-person 3D view, a “clean” screen, and the absence of quest markers enhance the immersion. Maps for every level, directions from NPCs, as well as your journal, help you stay oriented. Adventure elements like puzzles and treasure maps also encourage exploration.

Along the way, you'll encounter both enemies and other inhabitants of the shaft in the form of friendly monsters from different guilds. You'll receive quests from them and engage in conversations with multiple dialogue options, allowing you to influence the course of the story based on your choices.

A puristic combat system, a stealth mode, crafting, a large inventory and the ability to purchase equipment from a merchant, give you the freedom to solve situations in different ways.

The mystery of the mine is gradually unraveled through conversations with characters and the discovery of items and documents, offering a constant flow of interesting background information and plot twists.

Books and documents related to the German Ruhr area, stories about mining and Easter eggs offer the chance to learn about the mine shaft as well as mining culture in general.

Drawing inspiration from classic immersive simulation and dungeon crawler games, as well as role-playing and adventure elements, combined with a unique atmosphere, the game blends various genre elements into a new, exciting gaming experience that invites players to dive deep into the game.

You can find support or leave feedback on our discord or in the Steam Community Hub.

And if you liked the game please follow and leave a review. That would be really appreciated and helps us spreading the word.

See you in the mine, explorers! Jenny & Björn

Dev Update #002

Nachtvogel83steam_community_announcements

381d ago

Welcome to our next Update. Today we want to tell you something about our thoughts about load and save mechanics. Flexible Save Points

In a role-playing game like the one we're aiming for, the ability to save multiple times in a computer game, regardless of where you are in the game, offers several advantages over fixed save points or checkpoints. When players are able to save at any point in the game, they have more flexibility and control over their progress. This reduces frustration when reaching difficult situations or enemies that can be beaten in smaller steps, rather than having to repeat the entire section. Furthermore, flexible save options allow you to try out different strategies or decisions without fear of consequences. Whether you accept every consequence or not is up to you.

Technical Challenges

However, such freedom also brings challenges, because we as developers have to be careful not to overload the storage capacity by creating files that are too large. With the option to save everywhere, we have to make sure to be aware of various possible situations so that players don't "destroy" their savefiles. For example, if the player is almost out of life energy and is getting damage at the same time, saving should no longer be allowed, as the save file would be unusable. Implementing a flexible save function can be technically challenging, especially if the game has complex mechanics or large game worlds. Also, the save function should not be used to avoid certain challenges or make them too easy.

Solution

For this reason, for Cralon we decided to implement both a system of automatic save points as well as a limited selection of save slots that can be used manually. This way, you can always load and decide when to use save points, but on the other hand, you still have to think about the right time to save without using too much memory.

More about our thoughts and decisions can also be found on our Youtube Channel.

Thank you for your interest, see you soon!

Jenny and Björn

Dev Update #001

Nachtvogel83steam_community_announcements

485d ago

Hello and thank you for coming here. On our way to the release of our first game, we'd like to keep you updated with different news about the development here and on our Pithead Studio YouTube channel. First Person View First of all, we'd like to tell you more about our ideas and thoughts regarding our decision for the first-person view. The idea of creating more immersion by seeing the game directly from the main character's perspective also allows features like inspecting objects to place more emphasis on exploring the environment. One of our goals was to expand the game's existing role-playing elements with first-person adventure elements to make the environment more interesting during gameplay and encourage players to examine everything more closely, while also being rewarded for doing so. Making the Player Character Visible There are various ways to represent first-person mode. In many games, for example, only the player character's hands, weapons or arms are visualized, but not the body. This clearly has the advantage of saving work and animations for the representation. On the other hand it's better to be able to see your body when looking down on yourself, to create as much immersion as possible. We ultimately decided to actually represent the player character visually, including its movements and, of course, the chosen weapons, to enable a more immersive experience. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45514382/1bc2f73bab5aad4f6bb2cc487454a6114dd4db1a.jpg Shadows This decision has another positive aspect. If you place the main character in front of a light source, such as a lamp or torch, a shadow of your own silhouette is cast onto the wall or floor. This gives you the feeling of actually immersing yourself into the game world and isn't distracted or pulled out of the action by unrealistic visual simplifications. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45514382/5cf74020d2acb9b61893a7d3e681643dbdfd193a.png In order to be able to empathize with what it feels like to walk around in the shaft and be exposed to various, sometimes even scary, situations, it is important to us to implement features and new game elements as immersively as possible. Thank you for your interest, see you soon! Jenny and Björn

Cralon news & patch notes

Today we have several news to share with you.

And of course, there is also a new update.

Here is the changelog for today’s update:

Cralon news & patch notes

Today we have several news to share with you.

And of course, there is also a new update.

Here is the changelog for today’s update:

Steam news for Cralon