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Blog: "What could possibly go wrong?"

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:02:30 +0000

About bad stuff that can always happen during development:

http://frictionalgames.blogspot.com/2010...wrong.html

2010-09 Thursday 2nd, Article Roundup and a Good Deal

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:14:36 +0000

First of all we would like to inform you that Gamer's Gate is having a 70% discount on all Penumbra games this weekend. In fact they have already started and the offer is available to Windows and Mac users. If you have not yet played Penumbra, and want some warm-up before Amnesia, you know what to do!

And in case you have missed any interviews and need something more to dig into before the release next week, we decided to have a little roundup. What follows are some of the articles and interviews concerning Amnesia from the last two months or so.

Gamasutra article on horror games
An article on the future of survival horror, where we were part of the interviewees.

Interview with Game-Central
An interview about FG, Amnesia and horror in general.

Discussion on our design philosophy
We talk to Neoseeker about design and horror in general.

PC-Gamer Interview
PC Gamer UK liked the game enough to want to interview us.

Why you should be excited about Amnesia
MMGN lists seven reason why you should be excited about Amnesia. Also note that they have a competition where people living in Australia have chance to win the game.

Amnesia: TDD added to IndieDB

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:03:50 +0000

Since Frictional Games kindly asked for some more attention in their blog, me and my friend decided to add Amnesia: TDD into IndieDB, as nobody else seemed to mind doing it.

So, after a week of waiting authorization from the IndieDB staff, we finally managed to add Amnesia: TDD into their database.

We hope that Amnesia: TDD will receive some of the attention it deserves there. Looking good so far, as it had over 500 views today.

Here is a link to Amnesia: TDD's page in IndieDB.

So, if you have interesting news about Amnesia: TDD, feel free to add them, as me and my friend might be too busy and/or lazy to add everything by ourselves.

(Amnesia: TDD's engine is currently referred as "Custom Built" in the page, but we are planning on adding HPL2 there too, later.)

Ideea for the next horror game

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:01:17 +0000

Hey, I want to tell FG my opinion about what the next horror game should be like:

Well, for the next game, I want you guys to add a bit of realism in it, so you can see your right or left hand, and your feet, and a bit of body too. And when you lean, with the hand that it's empty you could place it on the wall you are leaning. Another thing, when you open a door you can see your hand pulling the door.

These are just my opinions.
I wait criticism from others. ( >_> )

Publisher for box copies?

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:46:59 +0000

As the countdown to Amnesia comes to a close I ask myself, will I be able to buy a box copy? Driven by the insane urge to own a physical copy of digital media, I ponder as to whether I will be able to order a copy within days of the release.
So out of curiosity, who's publishing for Europe, U.S? And will I be able to order a copy soon after release, or will I have to buy a digital copy? (Don't get me wrong, I'll buy both if need be )

My interview with Frictional Games

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:59:37 +0000

Hey guys, recently got in contact with the fine people at Frictional and got myself an interview with them for this lil' site called Xugo Gaming.

Feel free to check it out and lemme know whatchu think:

Frictional Games Interview

And once again a HUGE thanks to the team at Frictional for taking the time to do this. You're the best.

Penumbra Collection on sale for $6 at D2D!

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:53:13 +0000

If you've been waiting to pick up Penumbra Collection, it'll be hard to find a price much better than $6. Click here to turn your worthless cash into a pants-crappingly awesome game.

Question about steam version

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:50:08 +0000

I'm really not certain about how things like this work in Steam, but I am wondering: if I choose to activate the steam version of Amnesia with my pre-order key, will the Mac version of steam download the Mac version of the game as with games such as Portal and Team Fortress? That is, will I be able to play the game on Steam for Mac as well as Steam for Windows?

Stu makes chocolate pudding at 4 in the morning

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:06:19 +0000

Angelica faces his wrath. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPUwfb4pz3c

2010-09 Wednesday 1st, Amnesia: TDD - Gameplay Trailer, The Hatch

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:28:57 +0000

A new day, a new trailer. Today we demonstrate some exploration and puzzle solving in Amnesia, quite the opposite to our previous gameplay trailer.

Read the latest blog post for some background info on the creation of the puzzle seen in the video.

In case your memory is lacking, we are only 1 week away from the 8th of September release date. Stay tuned for more goodies to come during the following days.

Pre-order now and save 10%!
http://www.amnesiagame.com

Penumbra Requiem Fatal Error

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:02:31 +0000

hi friends, I have installed penumbra requiem in files of black plague, but it doesnt works whatever I did .. it create error like ' ' Fatal error - couldn't load image 'effect_white.jpg ' ' , I looked for that file, but there is effect_white.jpg in graphic file.. I thought maybe it didnt recognize this file ? what is wrong with it ? please help, thank you
sorry for my bad english

How about creating official Steam Community Group for Amnesia?

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:20:50 +0000

Hi, I hope you will create official Steam Community group on Steam. It is really great, you can announce news from there and everyone in the group sees the news immediately also, you can release screenshots, avatars, videos etc..., we can be friends with Amnesia players. Yes, it would be good.

Left handed?

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:48:20 +0000

Why is Daniel left handed? You guys should make an option : "Left Handed" "Right Handed". I don't really like left handed lamp D:

Help With Modding

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:53:18 +0000

Hey, I like to design games in my spare time. It is a hobby that I like to think that I have become good at. So when I heard Penumbra was going open source, I decided to dive in. Now, I have read through the tutorials (seeing as I am somewhat new to 3D level design) and when I tried to view the box model from the first tutorial, HPL helper came up with an error message saying: "Couldn't load mesh" I tried loading the models that come with the game and they worked perfectly. So I am totally dumbfounded. Any help would be appreciated and I look forward to showing off what I make. (I intend to make an entire game, or close to it.)

PS: Sorry, I was not sure whether to put this in the modding or tech support section...

Installer fails (Debian SId 64-bit)

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:15:36 +0000

I purchased the Penumbra trilogy last year (when it was being sold for 5 USD), and now I find that on my system, it runs really slowly if I use the FLTK frontend (I have no idea how to force it to use the gtk frontend), as found in this thread:

http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/sho...8&pid=#pid

I found that when I tried to let the installer finish, the installer would progress to about halfway through before stopping and saying that it had successfully finished, but hadn't installed Requiem at all. (It's not an issue with the installer download, as I've played all 3 games, and the archive check returns clear.)

But when I tried to use the ncurses frontend, I was told that "sh returned an error code of (1) " when I use the DISPLAY= ./PenumbraCollection-1.0.sh --confirm option.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

LED back lighting better for darker blacks on monitors?

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:10:37 +0000

I thought I would ask this question here since people that made this game and play-tested it probably are into horror games and like the darkness dark

I have a normal LCD display that functions like every other LCD display, the blacks are not all that black when playing a game that takes place in a darkened environment. They still give off lots of light making black look gray when it is the predominate color on the screen. I have heard that when the lighting is done with LEDs the blacks are much darker. I was thinking of getting a new monitor for this game and watching movies on as horror is my favorite genre and black is just are not dark.

So does anyone have any experience with this? Does LED back-lighting really make that much of an impact on black? LED TVs/monitors are new so I can't really go to a store to test it out and even if I could it would have to be in a darkened room to test it out anyway.

An Interesting Theory.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:37:56 +0000

In the beginning of Penumbra: Overture, Phillip states that sending messages from the dead must have been a genetic habit in his family.

Am I the only one who believes that this may have been a mention to Amnesia: The Dark Descent? Think about it. Phillip is English (atleast from what I can tell), and I'm assuming David is as well.

Discuss.

Star Wars

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:01:29 +0000

How to lose 20 pounds really fast!

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:00:12 +0000

2010-08 Monday 30th, Making of Amnesia - Composer Mikko Tarmia

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:21:52 +0000

Today we posted a new video to our YouTube Channel. Mikko Tarmia takes us on a tour of his studio and talks about the making of the music for Amnesia.

Thanks to the over 2000 pre-orders that we got for Amnesia, we made an ingame commentary system. While playing Amnesia you will have the option to turn on commentaries and listen to over 60 minutes of chitchat about the creation of the game.

With this video we give you a little taste, more will come before the release of Amnesia. Make sure to read the latest blog post from Thomas that talks about the making of the commentary.

Pre-order now and save 10%!
http://www.amnesiagame.com