Red Haze is on the eve of its release at the time of writing, and I thought I'd give a breakdown for a few things peeps might like to know about Red Haze on its release. I want to be transparent, so here's just some things I should mention about Red Haze on release date:

• The game is right now scheduled to release at 8 AM PST / 11 AM EST (did one slight delay for a last second thing), but there's a chance that Valve's store may not open until 9 AM PST / 12 AM EST. If that's so, just know if 8 AM PST comes and goes and the game isn't out, then it'll be hitting a bit past 9 AM PST due to Valve opening shop.
• Red Haze will cost $1.99 USD. It will have a 5% discount for the first week of release. The game will not have another discount until the Summer Sale, in which it will be 5% off again. I like to reward early buyers and be transparent about my sales plans. On that note, don't expect to see Red Haze in a bundle anytime soon.
• Red Haze is not a one and done game. A single ending can be obtained rather quickly if you know what you're doing, but there are a couple dozen endings in the game and as you do more in the game and get more endings, things in the game change. In a single playthrough of Red Haze, you'll only see about 5-15% of the game.
• Red Haze has 27 endings total, but there will only be 20 endings available on release date. The full details of this are explained in the next bullet point.
• Red Haze will have two major updates that will hit within the first couple weeks of release. The upper floors of the Lighthouse & the Final Door are not available on launch, but these areas wouldn't unlock until about a dozen (or a few dozen) playthroughs anyway. You'll be able to do what you can to unlock the lighthouse upper floors, but it'll be closed off for the time being. The upper floors of the Lighthouse normally don't unlock until you do several different things in the game you have to do across multiple different runs though, if you knew exactly what to do it'd still take several playthroughs, and figuring it out will probably take longer so I hope to patch it in before most players even get to the point of unlocking the upper floors of the Lighthouse. About 5-8 days after release the update will happen, the upper floors of the lighthouse also will net you 6 more of the endings, making the total ending count rise to 26. The 27th and final ending can only be accessed once the other 26 endings have been obtained, and it unlocks the Final Door area, but that also is not in the game at release (given you couldn't even unlock it until the Lighthouse is patched in anyways). The Final Door area will be patched in somewhere between 10-15 days after release.
• Despite the above bulletpoint, I wouldn't hold off from playing. It takes a fair amount of legwork to unlock either of those areas anyway, and they'll be available immediately to those who've unlocked them when patched in. The rest of the game is completed.
• Red Haze has achievements working on PC, but they're not working on Mac at this time. I got them working at one point in development, but it caused SERIOUS stutter issues for Mac testers, so I prioritized playability > achievements. If I figure out a solution to this technical problem, I'll add achievement support for Mac too. But at release achievements only work for PC players.
• The game does have trading cards, and I accidentally had a typo on one of the cards. Sent it a fix which hopefully goes through, but it's looking like it might not. See if you can spot it.
• I've been aided by some wonderfully helpful testers over the last few months on Red Haze, and they've done wonders in helping me squash bugs, typos, and the like. But there's probably still bugs, typos, and the like in the game. I'll try to fix them quickly in the first several weeks of release when more reports are coming in to whatever is reported, to report any bugs/typos/issues, please use this discussion board topic: http://steamcommunity.com/app/428860/discussions/0/135508833655990580/
• I'm a-okay with anyone doing monetized videos on Red Haze. I would appreciate a link to the game's Steam page, but that's not a requirement, just a request. I learned a lot while working on Red Haze, and I feel like my next project will be much better for it. I hope you guys enjoy Red Haze though, and that it manages to surprise you in some ways.
  
  [ 2017-02-12 20:40:48 CET ] [ Original post ]