Somnipathy

Devlog

• 'Somnipathy: Before you wake' releases this Friday
  February 12, 2024 by tearcellgames

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  #somnipathy, #update, #trailer

  After much work and toil by our team, the final chapter of Somnipathy is complete! This will mark the last expected chapter of Aggys story in Somnipathy. We can now focus on finally porting the projec... Continue reading

  
• Somnipathy Web demo and 1.0.4.0 update!
  October 26, 2023 by tearcellgames

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  Somnipathy, the point-and-click adventure horror game of your nightmares, is going on sale as part of Steam Scream: The Revenge , from today through November 2nd! If you haven't experienced the surrea... Continue reading

  
• Somnipathy arrives on September 12th!
  August 05, 2023 by tearcellgames

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  #release-announce, #somnipathy, #godot

  The level of excitement here at Tearcell is through the roof, and we are delighted to announce that Somnipathy will be releasing on Steam in just over a month from today! Many of you have downloaded a... Continue reading

  
• Somnipathy: A new design workflow
  May 04, 2023 by tearcellgames

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  #tiled, #godot3.5, #somnipathy, #process, #tilemaps

  The team continues its work on Somnipathy, as we move into the 3rd nightmare, and with 2 full levels under our belt, it was time for a change of workflow for certain. While the intro was redone many t... Continue reading

  
• Demo 0.4.0 release!
  January 21, 2023 by tearcellgames

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  Our newest version yet of the Somnipathy demo is now out! From here forward a lot of work is going on to post demo content, but when things affect the gameplay in the demo, we'll be posting all releva... Continue reading
• The itch.io demo is up!
  October 25, 2022 by tearcellgames

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  After MUCH delay, the demo is now available on itch.io! You can still find us on Steam too, but if you prefer itch, grab it and enjoy! The demo consists of 2 score attack levels, and the ENTIRE intro... Continue reading

  
• Screamfest Eve
  October 24, 2022 by tearcellgames

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  Next fest has come and gone, the feedback was read, the streams analyzed, and a short 2 weeks later we have our next version ready JUST in time for Steams Screamfest! That's right! The demo returns TO... Continue reading
• Getting ready for Steam's Indie Next Fest... and GIVEAWAYS?
  September 30, 2022 by tearcellgames

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  You may have noticed that this week's blog post is hitting on Friday morning instead of Wednesday morning but that is because there's a lot going on here at Tearcell. The biggest item first, of course... Continue reading
• Some words of wisdom from our artists and lead writer...
  September 21, 2022 by tearcellgames

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  Lamp Cat can illuminate the future. Tomorrow the demo for Somnipathy goes live on Steam - we hope you have your calendar marked. There is far more available in the demo than just the small bits we've... Continue reading
• A quick chat about some of the invisible work that happens to make a game...
  September 14, 2022 by tearcellgames

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  Do you know who I am? It seems like a million years ago now that the members of Tearcell Game Studio sat together in a Discord call and discussed moving forward with transforming Somnipathy from a lim... Continue reading
• A proper introduction to Tearcell Game Studio
  September 07, 2022 by tearcellgames

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  We've spent most of our time in this space discussing our upcoming game Somnipathy , and with good reason. It's why most of you are here, and it's what all of our collective efforts at the studio have... Continue reading
• The process of making words appear on screen...
  August 31, 2022 by tearcellgames

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  If you've been following along with this weekly series of blog posts, you've learned enough about Somnipathy to know our game has a lot of text. If you haven't and this is the first blog post you're r... Continue reading

  
• More behind the scenes talk...
  August 24, 2022 by tearcellgames

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  A view of the inside of the Tearcell virtual workspace, maybe? We are back again, with more discussion from inside the development of Somnipathy! This week we want to pull back the hood on two very di... Continue reading
• The darkness is full of detail...
  August 17, 2022 by tearcellgames

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  In Somnipathy the world can be very dark in many ways, but that doesn't stop us from throwing all kinds of small details into the game in order to make it feel alive. Those small details are also one... Continue reading

  
• Building cutscenes? Yeah, we do that too.
  August 10, 2022 by tearcellgames

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  This week, we are thinking about storytelling. No. Wait. We are ALWAYS thinking about storytelling... this week we are thinking about... CUTSCENES. As we close in on the completion of the first chapte... Continue reading

  
• Somnipathy: Now Coming Soon
  July 29, 2022 by tearcellgames

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  After 3 months of work, we now have a trailer and a steam page! Check us out, wishlist and follow to support your local Indie developers! Steam Store Page This is a huge milestone for us and the culmi... Continue reading

  
• The final Jam fix
  April 16, 2022 by tearcellgames

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  #update

  Our last set of fixes for the Jam version of Somnipathy is upon us! What a ride this has been. We've already started on expanding this game out, and I'm pretty excited to share that with you all in th... Continue reading

  
• Level Design in Somnipathy: The Hallway is Dangerous
  April 13, 2022 by James Thomasos

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  #Arcade, #Atmospheric, #Creepy, #Ludum Dare 50, #Point & Click, #Short, #Singleplayer

  Consider the following scenario: You’ve exited your kitchen into the western end of the long hallway that connects the various rooms of your apartment. A mug of coffee steaming in your hands, you ma... Continue reading

  
• Level Design in Somnipathy: Building the Apartment
  April 11, 2022 by James Thomasos

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  #Arcade, #Atmospheric, #Creepy, #ludum-dare-50, #Point & Click, #Short, #Singleplayer

  Making Somnipathy Saturday 4/2/22, Around 1 PM: Zaknafean : HVC, make the apartment. HVC : Uhh. sounds like an art team problem to me. Zaknafean : Nah, all the assets are already done. Okay, look at m... Continue reading

  
• Godot: A Non-coder's Perspective
  April 10, 2022 by James Thomasos

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  #Arcade, #Atmospheric, #Creepy, #ludum-dare-50, #Point & Click, #Short, #Singleplayer

  I am not a coder… I just know a bunch of them. This is Team Tearcell’s 4th game jam and the 3rd I’ve been involved with (Kobolds of OSHA, Debts and Pandamonium, Cosmic Canidae, and now Somnipath... Continue reading

  
• Somnipathys: Art in a Gamejam - whiskeybadger
  April 09, 2022 by whiskeybadger

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  #Somnipathy, #Artteam

  Intro Howdy. whiskeybadger here. I was on the art team for Tearcell’s Ludum 50 Submission, “Somnipathy”. I was brought on a few months ago on Cosmic Canidae, and this is my second game jam! It w... Continue reading

  
• A centuple look of Somnipathy’s art journey, Pt. 1
  April 09, 2022 by Minkies

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  #postmortem, #somnipathy, #vixenmink, #tearcell, #studios, #tearcellstudios, #ld50, #ludum dare, #ludum dare 50, #Centuple, #thankyou, #Artteam

  • "How did you get the game to look like that?" Hey guys, VixenMink here. First time doing a devlog. I know this game is totally not the art style I am used to but sometimes you just have to go with... Continue reading

  
• The Jam feedback bug fix patch
  April 08, 2022 by tearcellgames

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  #update

  What an intense 4 days of judging and feedback this has been! Its overwhelming how well everyone is responding to our game, but no software is perfect, especially when made in < 3 days. There are bugs... Continue reading

  
• PickyBurritos Post Jam DevLog
  April 07, 2022 by PickyBurrito49

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  #Game Design, #Ludum Dare, #Game Jam

  Hello and welcome to my very first ever DevLog. My team's entry for LD50 ( https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/somnipathy ) marks the completion of my 4th game jam. I have been lucky enough to do t... Continue reading

  
• Vibe's Views: Friday Night Flights of Fancy
  April 07, 2022 by MTBVibe

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  (The following is a partial retrospective of our team's work on Somnipathy for LD50.) The week leading into Ludum Dare 50 was filled with anticipation for the group here at Tearcell. We delightedly pa... Continue reading