Under Pressure

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• Patch Notes·10 Mar 2024Official

  Update v1.5: Guesser Paper and Stickers

  Hey Divers! 🤿 Thank you for playing our game! 🐙 We worked on visuals improvement! We update the Kraken's Guesser with new paper style. We also replace Talks by Stickers. Your feedbacks really help us to improve the game! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44300283/a40a630d8c2221abcd18b553ca7b8b3bc2248c85.gif In Game: Add - Final guess effect Add - Show opponent's hand before pick and play Add - Guess ink sprites behind Kraken Update - Stickers Diver, replace Talks Update - Kraken's guesser paper and anim Update - Kraken's guesser values hand-drawn font Update - Kraken's guesser values anim on guess Fix - Layer kraken & guess Cards: Add - Dynamic shadow on cards Update - Glow effect Update - Hint fade anim Update - Boost bubble show boost value instead of boost count Update - Boost bubble font Deck: Update - Resize deck pick scale UI: Update - Camera UI scale per resolution keep 16/9 Update - Pre-Game screen font Update - Cursors sprite management Sounds: Add - Show hand sounds Add - Stickers sounds Tech: Remove - Touch screen while fix We will keep updating the game as we have planned a few things to improve the game experience. Feel free to get in touch if want to talk about the game. If you want to get the last news, we have a Discord server and Twitter account. Support us buying our first game "The Bastonnes" 💥 Or support us on Itch.io with "Under Pressure"!
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• Patch Notes·25 Oct 2023Official

  Update v1.4: Sounds and Graphics

  Hey Divers ! 🤿 Thank you for playing our game! 🐙 I worked on sound improvement, animations and more! Your feedbacks really help us to improve the game! Cards: Add - Card found anim scale Update - Anim on Zoom / Unzoom card Fix - Bubble boost stays after dragged cancel Fix - Trigger show boost bubbles when no boost Deck: Update - Anim on Deck point for pick card Fix - Pick card fx not triggered Fix - Order layer on pick card Graphics: Update - New valid turn button Update - Kraken guess effects Add - Ink fade on start UI: Add - Fmod logo in credits Fix - Reset cursor sprite Sounds: Add - New sounds with Fmod integration Add - Ambiant sounds Tech: Update - Clean technical behaviors for cards Feel free to get in touch if want to talk about the game. If you want to get the last news, we have a Discord server and Twitter account. Support us buying our first game "The Bastonnes" 💥 Or support us on Itch.io with "Under Pressure"!
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• Announcements·14 Oct 2023Official

  Devlog - Cards Design Part.2

  Hello Divers ! 🤿 Here the second part about cards design in Under Pressure. Check first part before reading. Story 🐙 We follow the ascent of a diver to the surface. In his journey he meets allies who will help him move faster. There was a desire to maintain constant pressure on the diver. We wanted to have an ongoing action on each card. Independently of each other they tell something new, like comic strips. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44300283/c1c3db852eec5c6b3bd043bdca03680be9928302.png Art Style 🫧 📢 Mangouste speaking! We wanted to start developing a visual identity for our games. Through the Under Pressure's character duo, it allowed us to set up an artistic workflow. The implementation of a card template seemed necessary to me, to easily deploy a large volume of assets dynamically. Any addition or modification of assets is quickly published. It creates a very good flow between art and game engine. Hibo developped his own Unity's worflow that complete the art one. For every update or new asset, it's very easy to him. We find a good way to iterate or easily develop new prototype for futur games. The aesthetic is simple > basic shapes, a line work, strong shadows and flat colors. A post process template was also define at the beginning of the creation, to unify the global aesthetic and the light progression. The cards were made on Clip Studio, it brings resources like 3D poses as references to help me with camera angle. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44300283/1e47597664135cc6399586ee1304c87266062173.png Here are the main poses of the character. About Kraken, we wanted him to be scary while respecting the cartoon style of the universe. His eye’s shading was very fun to do, it gives some expressions and some contrast. Card Update 🤿 After some time using the cards in the game, we had the feeling that we could add something on the card! The number was floating and wasn't very integrate, so I do some research and this idea came up. Some "ink" details with an inner light as the card was lig...
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• Announcements·29 Sept 2023Official

  Devlog - Cards Design Part.1

  Hello Divers ! 🤿 I am currently working on visuals and sounds improvements for next update! Check it on my socials! Mangouste make all art on my games, follow her on Instagram! Art Adaptation 🐙 Under Pressure is a video game adaptation of Tim Fower's "Fugitive" board game. Gameplay is based on cards. Values goes from #0 to #42 and show the escape of a Thief chased by a Detective. We decided to adapt the game in a 1930's underwater style. With a Diver whishes to reach surface and a Kraken chasing him. We were excited about this idea as it could be challenging enough to make, with a lot of references and easy to create an atmosphere with sounds and FXs. Diver was the perfect character to work on our human style. We wanted a comic style that can be easy to reproduce, recognizable and have poses that we could reuse in the future. Kraken was the perfect nemesis in this art style. It could be majestic and far bigger than Diver, to easily create a more powerful feeling. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44300283/e7094a89e4a930b4c81afc66fed6e22e110bad7a.png We loved the idea to tell the story of the escape with the cards. Start card #0 as deepness, and final card #42 as Diver's boat. Between both each steps could be more and more brighter to show progression. We also decomposed the progress with the three decks boundaries (1-14 15-28 29-41), each has it own characteristics, for example: First Deck: Shark and a lot of void Second Deck: Jellyfishes and fishes Third Deck: Corals and relics There is no influence on gameplay, but it helps a lot to create an atmosphere within the game and also add colour into it. In-game Card 🫧 In game, a card is composed of several elements: Value of card from #0 to 42 Needed boosts to play it Illustration to symbolize progression Glow on/off to show if playable {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44300283/102c8579c918a7d6e41dafcea32af8852793daa3.png We will talk more about cards design and story in next devlog. Stay tune to be notified! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44300283/c1c3db852ee...
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• Patch Notes·19 Sept 2023Official

  Update v1.3: Guesser and card style

  Hey Divers! 🤿 New update! 🐙 I worked on new guess effects, new cards and more! Graphics: Update - New bubble shader Update - New Card style Update - New Guess effect for Kraken and Diver UI: Add - Avatar to link web site Update - Main menu animations and bubbles Talk: Update - Writing text effect for talk Tech: Update - Timings on Kraken guesses Update - Few minor code changes Next time we will update sounds and continue to improve game feel. Feel free to get in touch if want to talk about the game. If you want to get the last news, we have a Discord server and Twitter account. Support us buying our first game "The Bastonnes" 💥 (update incoming) Or support us on Itch.io with "Under Pressure"!
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