Hide-n-Seek Winter Released! (Birthday Release!)

     It's finally here everyone! After over three months of work I finally finished my newest game project, "Hide-n-Seek Winter". A unique toon/cel-shaded adventure,action,puzzle game that takes place in a world that never stops snowing. Today is a special release day because it is also my 21st birthday (woooooo!).

I started this project almost immediately after I released "Forest Soup" (my short Halloween game release of 2013) and since then I have been posting updates about it. I had originally planned on finishing and releasing this game before the end of 2013 but then I started to make many changes to the game as I developed it and that led it to take even longer to make. If you have seen my very early updates of this game you can see the difference. I have scrapped levels, re-textured all of my game models and just changed a lot of things. It was frustrating at times but for the most part it was a smooth development process. Out of all my games so far, I have to say that this one was my biggest and most serious one yet. It was definitely a challenge to create this one especially since I created all the assets from scratch, but its finally complete. I am very proud of this specific game project. I believe that this is a major step up compared to my other games and is my most polished game yet. Gameplay mechanics, graphics and overall gamedesign have all improved with this game project. It took a lot of hard work and time to create this but it was well worth it and I feel like I have become a better game developer for it. This is my first game release of 2014 and I can't wait to start working on my next game projects! Ok that's enough bragging for now. Lets just get to the game! :)

To get you a bit more interested in this game if your not already here is the newest trailer I created for it. Enjoy! Download links to game down below.

Hide-n-Seek Winter Release Trailer:

Story: 
(for those of you who want to know what this game is even about)
     After playing a game of hide and seek, little sister Frosty compliments her big brother Choco by telling him that he is the greatest hide and seek player ever. After saying this, the "Hiding Demon" suddenly appears and refuses to believe that choco is the greatest hide and seek player ever. The hiding demon then kidnaps Choco's little sister and disappears. The hiding demon tells Choco to meet him at the frozen pond in the "Infinite Snow World", a strange alternate dimension world where it snows forever. In order for Choco to rescue his little sister, he must defeat the hiding demon in a game of hide and seek.
  
Q&A:

-Is it Free? 
     Of course it is silly! Like all my previous games, this game, "Hide-n-Seek Winter" is 100% free to download and play. No ads, no in game purchases or anything. Just my awsome toon game :)
  
-What can I play your game on?
     The game is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms. (It may become available for other platforms such as webplayer and android devices if I decide to port it sometime. I will most likely release a webplayer later on for sure though. As for android, I am interested in porting to that device. If I see enough people are interested in it then I will probably also port it to android to)

-I encountered a problem or found a bug in your game while playing
     No matter how polished a game is a bug is bound to pop up somewhere. Even though I tested this game many times with no problem you might run into a bug on rare occasions. If you do please let me know. Leave a comment or send me a message telling me about it so I can work on patching it up.


Downloads Section:

-Download Instructions:
     (1) Select the download link for your platform (Windows, Mac, Linux)
     (2) Save the .Rar file and let the game download
     (3) Extract the .rar file you just downloaded
     (4) Click the game icon to start the game up and play.

-Game Download Links: (Direct Download links from me)

     Hide-n-Seek Winter - Windows Version  <<Download Link

  Hide-n-Seek Winter - Mac Version  << Download Link

  Hide-n-Seek Winter - Linux Version  <<Download Link

I will keep this section of the blog updated for any future updates about this game like new platform releases, bug fixes, releases to third party websites, etc.

Ok thats all for now everyone. I hope you enjoy my newest game and look forward to my next games coming soon. I am really looking forward to my future game projects that I have planned!


UPDATE: March 10th, 2014
Now available to play directly in your web browser!

"Hide-n-Seek Winter" now available on Webplayer.
Now you can play the game directly in your web browser online, no download required!

Play it here: Hide-n-Seek Winter (Web version)

Veiw full webplayer blog post update here: Hide-n-Seek Winter For web browsers






UPDATE: March 13th, 2014
Now Available on Wooglie, Gamejolt and Kongregate!

"Hide-n-Seek Winter" is now available to play on Wooglie, Gamejolt and Kongregate. Three major third party sites for online web games.

Play here:

Wooglie.com

Gamejolt.com

Kongregate.com

Veiw full post about third party site support here: now on multiple sites!


UPDATE: March 23rd, 2014
Hide-n-Seek Winter now available on IndieDB + New Artwork

"Hide-n-Seek Winter" is now available on the IndieDB website to download, play, review and comment on. This is the fourth site Hide-n-Seek winter has been published on. Check it out over here:

Hide-n-Seek Winter on IndieDB 

I have also recently created some new artwork for the game with. Check it out in the "3D Artwork" section of the blog over here:

3D artwork 

View the full original blog post about this update over here



UPDATE: April 11th, 2014
Hide-n-Seek Winter Available on Desura!

  As of today "Hide-n-Seek Winter" is now published on Desura's website and available for all Desura users to play!

Check it out here: 

Hide-n-Seek Winter on Desura (Link)

This is my very first game ever accepted and published on Desura.

View the orignal blog post for this update over here

"Hide-n-Seek Winter" Coming Soon!

 
So, here is what I have been working on since mid November 2013:

As you see by the above title and teaser trailer, I would like to announce "Hide-n-Seek Winter". A toon game project I have been creating for a good period of time. Also known as the "secret game" I kept posting screenshots of on the unity forums and on my twitter.

I have been wanting to reveal this project for a while now and today I finally will. So lets get into the details of "Hide-n-Seek Winter"!

Story: Choco and his little sister Frosty are playing outside in the snow when suddenly an approaching car looses control of its breaks and crashes into the two kids. After being run over by the speeding vehicle, Choco suddenly finds himself standing in front of his house. Choco then receives a letter from his little sister Frosty. The letter asks Choco to search for his little sister because they are now playing "Hide and Seek", Frosty's favorite game.

This will be a short game that tells the story about a brother and his sister. 

Genre: Action/Adventure/Puzzle/Platformer
(with a mystery)

Style: Toon/Cel-shaded

Characters:

Choco: Main character of the game. Frosty's big brother.

Frosty: Choco's younger sister. Hide and seek is her favorite game to play.

In-game Screenshots:

 

  

 

Platforms: Windows, Mac, and Linux. (I might consider porting it to Android down the road, probably sometime after I originally release it on the mentioned platforms above.)

Dev:
As always, I am working on this game solo. I am making it with the Unity game engine, Unity Playmaker, and Blender3d just like all my previous projects. (my favorite tools of course).

So there you go. "Hide-n-Seek Winter" is my next game release coming real soon. It will be my first release of 2014.  I'll admit I have been working on it on and off. However, I am very motivated to finish it. Im very close to finishing it. As you could tell, I worked on it a lot before even revealing it. I plan on finishing and releasing it sometime in early February (which is sometime during this coming month. We are already near the end of January!)

My goal when I first started this project was to create an appealing "toon" graphic styled game. So far I think I have done a great job (of course I am biased towards my own work but hey, what indie dev isn't? :). Also, I am trying to tell a unique story through this game with very little dialog from the beginning of the game to the end. So that is another goal I am trying to achieve with this project.

As always, this will be another major step up in my games compared to my previous projects. I am working hard on this project and definitely working on it with a more serious approach, a more planned out approach then my past projects. I am aiming to deliver a well polished and good quality game. I am really excited about this one and hope you are too. I look forward to finishing it and releasing it and adding it to my list of completed game projects.

Stay tuned because more updates are coming down the road!

SideNote: I will probably start my own dev thread in the work in progress section of the unity forums real soon where I will post smaller updates more frequently than here on my blog. So you will also be able to check out my progress over there.

Thanks for reading.