The Low Road news & patch notes

We just launched both sound tracks on Steam: Songs On The Low Road by Win Well and The Low Road OST by Eric Cheng. You can pick them both up in The Low Road Soundtrack Bundle at 30% off regular price (oh and there's a 30% launch discount too... so let's just say CHEAP!). http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/4978/The_Low_Road_Soundtrack_Bundle/ We also just brought one of our classic games to the Steam platform: Defend Your Castle. You might have gotten in trouble for playing the web version of this game in your computer lab or library at school when you probably were supposed to be studying or researching something important. Sorry teachers! If you're looking for a healthy dose of nostalgia hop on over to the DYC store page here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/708710/Defend_Your_Castle/ Most of all, thank you for playing our games! - The XGen Studios Team

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28085515/1a1a366ab64a41659a4e915a30b814b2f2f75eb8.png We’re so thrilled to announce that in addition to Windows and MacOS, The Low Road is available on Linux through Steam! Adventure Gamers stated The Low Road “just begs to be played and enjoyed” and XGen Studios wanted to give Linux users the opportunity to enjoy the game as well. This is our very first downloadable title to support Linux so we’re very excited to reach a brand new audience that may have played our flash games in the early days of XGen. Since the release of The Low Road on Steam in late July, our point and click adventure has caught the attention of an international audience winning awards for “Best Character Design” at the Game Design Awards in Dundee UK, and “Best Gaming Experience” at the Ember Awards in Alberta Canada. Thanks! - The XGen Team

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28085515/1a1a366ab64a41659a4e915a30b814b2f2f75eb8.png We’re so thrilled to announce that in addition to Windows and MacOS, The Low Road is available on Linux through Steam! Adventure Gamers stated The Low Road “just begs to be played and enjoyed” and XGen Studios wanted to give Linux users the opportunity to enjoy the game as well. This is our very first downloadable title to support Linux so we’re very excited to reach a brand new audience that may have played our flash games in the early days of XGen. Since the release of The Low Road on Steam in late July, our point and click adventure has caught the attention of an international audience winning awards for “Best Character Design” at the Game Design Awards in Dundee UK, and “Best Gaming Experience” at the Ember Awards in Alberta Canada. Thanks! - The XGen Team

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28085515/918e9e2fd292d1d25dc97cada42511eddc9232bc.png We are so excited to announce that The Low Road won Best Character Design at the Game Design Awards in Dundee UK! When we set out to create this point and click adventure we knew that the characters would play a huge role in the players' engagement with the narrative. Their personalities came together through a combination of so many skills: the digitally painted figures, witty dialogue, stellar voice acting, and the quirky way in which they moved! Thank you so much to everyone that has played, shared, reviewed, and streamed The Low Road! You're the best! - The XGen Team

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28085515/918e9e2fd292d1d25dc97cada42511eddc9232bc.png We are so excited to announce that The Low Road won Best Character Design at the Game Design Awards in Dundee UK! When we set out to create this point and click adventure we knew that the characters would play a huge role in the players' engagement with the narrative. Their personalities came together through a combination of so many skills: the digitally painted figures, witty dialogue, stellar voice acting, and the quirky way in which they moved! Thank you so much to everyone that has played, shared, reviewed, and streamed The Low Road! You're the best! - The XGen Team

Thanks for playing The Low Road! The feedback has been so helpful!

ADDITIONS/CHANGES:

Added some music triggers for certain gameplay states in Ch3

Updated some music to include additional instruments

Added some ambient and one-shot SFX to various places

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FIXES:

Did some post-process cleanup on Horace's VOs to improve quality Increased import resolution of Turn's art to increase crispness

Fixed some race conditions surrounding inventory item use that could cause soft locks

Fixed artifacts in seams (all quality settings) and screen edges (fastest quality setting) on full-screen sprites

Fixed some FPPs that would display incorrectly, sometimes causing unplayability, at certain strange resolutions

Fixed certain scenes from displaying in an incorrect state in some circumstances

Fixed some dialog logic issues causing "player response" menus to appear when they shouldn't

Fixed some music triggers that stopped working

Fixed some incorrect subtitles

Removed the ability to interact with certain environmental items when they shouldn't be interactable

Adjusted some chapter card display times to better sync with music

Improved timing of some sequences to align audio with visuals

Tweaked audio mixing throughout the game

Fixed some music transitions to be more natural sounding

Prevented certain inventory items from being used repeatedly when they shouldn't be

Fixed some incorrect character babbling in certain conversations

Cleaned up some incorrectly implemented content

Adjusted some graphics to properly reflect the current game state

Adjusted some logic in CH 6 to avoid confusion in some circumstances

Thanks for playing The Low Road! The feedback has been so helpful!

ADDITIONS/CHANGES:

Added some music triggers for certain gameplay states in Ch3

Updated some music to include additional instruments

Added some ambient and one-shot SFX to various places

Banner for Unity launcher

FIXES:

Did some post-process cleanup on Horace's VOs to improve quality Increased import resolution of Turn's art to increase crispness

Fixed some race conditions surrounding inventory item use that could cause soft locks

Fixed artifacts in seams (all quality settings) and screen edges (fastest quality setting) on full-screen sprites

Fixed some FPPs that would display incorrectly, sometimes causing unplayability, at certain strange resolutions

Fixed certain scenes from displaying in an incorrect state in some circumstances

Fixed some dialog logic issues causing "player response" menus to appear when they shouldn't

Fixed some music triggers that stopped working

Fixed some incorrect subtitles

Removed the ability to interact with certain environmental items when they shouldn't be interactable

Adjusted some chapter card display times to better sync with music

Improved timing of some sequences to align audio with visuals

Tweaked audio mixing throughout the game

Fixed some music transitions to be more natural sounding

Prevented certain inventory items from being used repeatedly when they shouldn't be

Fixed some incorrect character babbling in certain conversations

Cleaned up some incorrectly implemented content

Adjusted some graphics to properly reflect the current game state

Adjusted some logic in CH 6 to avoid confusion in some circumstances

On launch day we wanted something really special to share with you. Eric Cheng, our Composer and Sound Designer, put together some incredible music for your ears including 6 vocal tracks written and performed by his character Win Well. We also put together a music trailer to give you a taste of the pulsating rock and roll score that accompanies Noomi and the gang throughout The Low Road. Click the image below to watch the Music Trailer: http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28085515/e8491398ca54c5cf2ce2e29c8f11a48d44883145.png Win Well’s Songs On The Low Road: https://winwell.bandcamp.com/album/songs-on-the-low-road Eric Cheng’s Instrumental Score: http://ericcheng.bandcamp.com/album/the-low-road-ost Thank you so much for your support and for being a part of XGen's first video game release in over 3 years! - Scott

On launch day we wanted something really special to share with you. Eric Cheng, our Composer and Sound Designer, put together some incredible music for your ears including 6 vocal tracks written and performed by his character Win Well. We also put together a music trailer to give you a taste of the pulsating rock and roll score that accompanies Noomi and the gang throughout The Low Road. Click the image below to watch the Music Trailer: http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28085515/e8491398ca54c5cf2ce2e29c8f11a48d44883145.png Win Well’s Songs On The Low Road: https://winwell.bandcamp.com/album/songs-on-the-low-road Eric Cheng’s Instrumental Score: http://ericcheng.bandcamp.com/album/the-low-road-ost Thank you so much for your support and for being a part of XGen's first video game release in over 3 years! - Scott

3.5 years of dev time and we're now just days away from sharing The Low Road with you! http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28085515/36d5195a01297207201d5d84521fb75fcf39194b.png The Low Road is a point and click adventure with 6 chapters, 32,000 words of darkly comedic dialogue with full voice over for each and every character! Solve branching conversation puzzles and test your spy skills with a variety of first person puzzles. Thank you all so much for the wishlisting, tweeting, facebook... (ing?) and for spreading the word in whatever way you could. We can't wait to share this unique point and click adventure with the world. See you Wednesday! - Scott

3.5 years of dev time and we're now just days away from sharing The Low Road with you! http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28085515/36d5195a01297207201d5d84521fb75fcf39194b.png The Low Road is a point and click adventure with 6 chapters, 32,000 words of darkly comedic dialogue with full voice over for each and every character! Solve branching conversation puzzles and test your spy skills with a variety of first person puzzles. Thank you all so much for the wishlisting, tweeting, facebook... (ing?) and for spreading the word in whatever way you could. We can't wait to share this unique point and click adventure with the world. See you Wednesday! - Scott

It's hard to believe that after just over 3.5 years of development we're just one week away from releasing The Low Road! While you're waiting for the July 26th release date; have a look at the brand new Official Trailer and a whole bunch of new screenshots that we added on our Steam Store page! Thank you to everyone for all of the support we've received throughout The Low Road's development. We're so excited to share this dark comedic point and click adventure with you next Wednesday! - Scott Art Director XGen Studios

It's hard to believe that after just over 3.5 years of development we're just one week away from releasing The Low Road! While you're waiting for the July 26th release date; have a look at the brand new Official Trailer and a whole bunch of new screenshots that we added on our Steam Store page! Thank you to everyone for all of the support we've received throughout The Low Road's development. We're so excited to share this dark comedic point and click adventure with you next Wednesday! - Scott Art Director XGen Studios