Articles - Akolyta

Hello.

Based on your gameplay we have decided to release a new big update – 1.3. In this big update, we recreated the RPG system, polished a few things, and fixed known issues.

Now you will get XP for every battery, document, audiologues, investigation dialogue, and ammo found and for completing objectives. If you find enough you will level up and get 1 upgrade point that you’ll be able to use for acquiring a special ability of your choosing. We have also replaced the sharpshooter ability with a new ability called Charger.

Now the batteries, ammo, and health kits might be empty and non-usable. We hope this can create more tension in the game. This can be removed using the new Charger ability.

Change list:

• Recreated RPG System
• Jumpscare effect time decreased
• Recreated level lighting
• Added new ability – Charger
• Removed sharpshooter ability effect
• Added news screen before the main menu
• Added version number to the main menu
• Game size decreased
• Explorer ability now has only 1 level
• The game now includes only 2 endings
• Better performance
• Videos are now packaged in .pak – decreasing the size
• Intro video length increased

Bug Fixes:

• Intro grammar fixed
• Memorandum ‘Racial Profiling’ grammar fixed
• Personal profile grammar fixed
• Controls grammar fixed

If you find any bugs or want to share your feedback with us please use the form on our website or join our Discord server where we have a dedicated thread. We are grateful for every entry we got from you!

Hello everyone.
We are very happy to announce the release of the demo we have been working on for a long time.

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Our Journey

We have been working on this demo for several years. Polishing it, scraping it multiple 3 times, and adding new features. It's been an amazing roller-coaster ride with its ups and downs when we both felt we were on top of the world when new cool stuff in the game worked and there were times when we wanted to cry when we couldn't get the game working. We finally reached our first big deadline - a playable demo and we have been super grateful for each other, the time we spent together as a team, and the experiences we gained.

What you can expect

From seeing the first gameplay videos we noticed a few bugs that we weren't able to capture in our playthroughs. For that, we do apologize. We are a small team of passionate developers working on Akolyta in our free time and our development time and capabilities are limited by this. We will do anything in our power to fix all the bugs in the future. We would also like to take this demo as a start to a conversation about our game. We would love to hear your feedback on our game whether you like it or not. Please do tell us what you like or dislike about it and we will consider your feedback and change the demo accordingly in the next updates so that with your contribution we can make it awesome! The playable demo is about 30 minutes long. Atmospheric, dark, and hopefully scary with multiple endings and multiple paths you can choose along your journey with a storytelling style inspired by games like Alan Wake or Max Payne. The demo includes standard horror game mechanics like flashlights, documents, and audiologues as well as special abilities and an investigation system to make the game more interesting.

The Future

As mentioned we will be making new updates with bug fixes and changes that we'll get from your feedback. That is our priority right now. We hope you can help us shape the demo into a solid base on which we will be able to build a full game. If you want to stay updated please visit our website or join our Discord server where you can get in touch with the community and give us your feedback!

Thank you for reading this post and if you plan to download and play the game thank you so much for doing that we hope to make the best game we can!

- Pterosoft studio

We are sorry for the silence on social media. At this moment we are still polishing our internal demo and we‘re discussing Akolyta‘s future. This includes lots of hours sitting behind the computer, replaying the game over and over again, and redoing certain sections of the game until we believe it‘s the best we can do. This process takes a lot of our time and it‘s not that interesting to share the progress of that. Therefore we decided to pause the new entries to Monthly Briefing and limit the contributions on social media until we solve all the questions and are sure the game is in the best state possible.

This doesn‘t mean Akolyta is going away. We will start updating you as soon as possible we just need to focus more on the development at this moment.

Thank you for all your support. Every like, share, and comment means a lot to us and every interaction makes our day great! We hope to see you soon. Until then stay tuned to our social media, website, and Discord to not miss that moment!

- Pterosoft studio