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Eastshade

DannyWeinbaum | Released 2019

You are a traveling painter, exploring the island of Eastshade. Capture the world on canvas using your artist’s easel. Talk to the inhabitants to learn about their lives. Make friends and help those in need. Discover mysteries and uncover secrets about the land. Surmount natural impasses to reach forgotten places. Experience how your actions impact the world around you.

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Leaving Lyndow Announcement

Jan 15 2017 News

We chose to take a break from Eastshade development to make a small Eastshade spinoff called Leaving Lyndow, which will be released February 8th.

Creating a Dynamic Sky in Unity

Feb 29 2016 News 5 comments

The sky is an important character in Eastshade. In this article I go in depth about how I built a flexible day/night cycle with simple parts.

First Official Trailer

Feb 4 2016 News 9 comments

After over two years of development, we're proud to present our first official trailer!

Not a Walking Simulator

Jan 27 2016 News 4 comments

I’ve done a terrible job explaining what Eastshade is like to play. We're making an effort to remedy that.

A First Look at the Painting Mechanic

Jan 22 2016 News 2 comments

You are a traveling painter, exploring the island of Eastshade. Capture the world on canvas using your artist’s easel. This is a short video unveiling...

The Wide World

Dec 21 2015 News 6 comments

The vertical slice, effectively a third of the game’s total content, is done! This is a joyous and momentous milestone!

Tissue Testing

Oct 14 2015 News 2 comments

In addition to a general synopsis on how things are going with production, in this latest blog update I talk about some play testing we've been doing...

3d Art Time Lapse - Making a Building

Jun 5 2015 News 3 comments

In this 10 minute production, I share part of my process for making a virtual building!

The Conversation Crafter

May 23 2015 News 7 comments

This is the touching story of how Eastshade came to include characters, and how the conversation crafting game app tool thingy was born!

Without Combat, What Do You Do?

May 1 2015 News 6 comments

What do you do in a game where there are no enemies? Why is that even a sensible question?

The Vertical Slice and a Dev Lapse

Jan 1 2015 News 2 comments

I am now one year into the development of Eastshade, and something very important has happened. I now have a roughly playable piece of the game. Check...

Tools of the Shade

Sep 3 2014 News 2 comments

The availability of amazing tools is helping us all make better games. At the moment, I’m mostly a one person team, but I’m not truly making a game...

Surviving in a Strange World

Jul 31 2014 News 18 comments

In addition to a few new screenshots, in this update I talk about safety, since its one of the emotions I’m consciously trying to procure in Eastshade...