They Breathe is live on XBLIG

[Hugo Bille]

Thought you guys might want to know that my studio has just pulled off its first release. For me, They Breathe is an experiment in conveying exposition (and creating dramatic situations) using emergent behaviour. I hope it might serve as an inspiration to some of you! As always on XBLIG, there is a free trial version. I'll be here to discuss the design if anyone is interested.

Trailer here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acLsBJ5vm18

[God at play]

I caught this on the Indie Games blog yesterday. Yeah it looks like you're doing some interesting things suggesting story through interaction. I like it

Congrats, I hope it does well!

Are you going to be on any other platforms in the future?

[Hugo Bille]

Thanks! We have a PC version ready to go, but we thought we'd get some release experience on XBLIG first. That, and feedback, and reviews to help us attract distributors. So we're thrilled to see how people interpret it, hope it's as good as we've come to believe. A lot of people seem to have played it already (we were probably lucky that the Xbox menus were updated on the same day), but not a lot of buzz online yet. So yeah, waiting. Chewing nails.

[Michaël Samyn]

Looking forward to the PC release!

[axcho]

Sounds intriguing - the idea of creating dramatic situations through emergent behavior. I'd be very interested in hearing more about the design here or on your blog, if you have one...

[Hugo Bille]

They Breathe for Windows is now live on IndieCity for 2$!

http://indiecity.com/game/TheyBreathe

Axcho, sorry for not replying last time. I haven't really blogged about the design of They Breathe, but there's a "hidden" behind the scenes gallery on http://www.theworkingparts.com/beneaththesurface

If you want a sneak peek, the password is "jelly". It's printed at the end of the game. Bunch of spoilers tho.

And please do hit me up with questions or (more likely) criticisms!

[ghostwheel]

I'm going to have to check this out. It looks really strange. In a good way.

[axcho]

Thanks for the link. I'm reading through it now.