Linux Development starts in March, sign up now to get a chance to test the game

Posted on February 18, 2013 by

Linux development starts in March, and should have 100% Linux support in the end of March / early April. Sign up to get a chance to test the Linux and Windows version, and a chance to get a free copy of the game on Desura.

Beginning in March Linux development of Sarcoex’s Haunted starts. We estimate that Linux will be supported at the end of March / early April. As a tester you will get the chance to test both the Linux and the Windows version of the game, and you will also get a free copy of the game on Desura. 10 testers will be accepted first, more will follow later in the development process. All application will be reviewed during March, and all applicants will be contacted, so he or she will know if the application was accepted or not. You don’t need to sign up again when the next round of testers is accepted, all declined and new applications will be reviewed.

The form can be found here: [Click me please]

Best regards,
André “Sarcoex” Nilsen
Lead Developer
Sarcoex Games

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Three new screenshots, showcasing the inventory and item usage

Posted on February 13, 2013 by

A quick look at the inventory and one if the items; the Battery.

The inventory textures are placeholders, new (and fresher) will be made in beta.

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Here you can see the battery item, and the cell the mouse hovers over, is red.

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Here is the same cell, but clicked with the left mouse button.

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Here, the cell containing the battery is left clicked, and the battery is used. The battery level, has gone up from 29 minutes to 43 minutes.

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Alpha funding on Desura

Posted on February 10, 2013 by

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The game has been released on the alpha funding program on Desura

You can buy early access to the game here: Desura.com, at a discounted price while the game is in alpha or beta. The full version will be a bit more expensive (not much :) ). You also have the choice to download a DRM free installation file after you have bought early access. The release is currently only for Windows.

The development is going smoothly, and we will try to release new versions once a month. The current version is 1.6.x, and the focus with 1.6.x is to implement more and more features and gameplay. The 1.7.x version will be focused on bug fixing and optimizing. Version 2.0.x will be the first beta release and version 3.0.x will be the final release.

What happens after the final release? We will continue to develop more maps, new stories, fix more bugs and add new features, all included as patches to the final release.

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Limited battery

Posted on January 26, 2013 by

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Box shot, a new description and a new feature

Posted on January 26, 2013 by

Let’s start by talking about the new feature. It’s uses your microphone to interact with the game, if you think it is voice commands, you are wrong. :) It finds out how you have reacted to a certain event, sight etc; if you have breath heavily, screams or are just calm. This feature is optional, and is added just for fun.

Now over to the new description, it is as follows:

Sarocex’s Haunted is a free roaming, psychological horror game. It has a creepy and mysterious atmosphere and design. The game is not full of “jump-scares”, but rather play’s with the player’s mind; paranoia, anxiety, hopelessness, psycothic events and more.

Explore: Explore the mountains to discover what horrors and mysteries lurks within. Explore, solve puzzles, freak out and have fun.
Solve: The gameplay is puzzle, exploration and investigation based. The goal of the gameplay is to make the player think, instead of act; “What WAS that?”, “That’s creepy.”, “Hope it’s not following me or watching me.” The player will be dragged in and be interested and freaked out.

Discover: You have limited battery on your flashlight, you need to use the flashlight to be able to solve some of the puzzles. Batteries are found by exploring and solving puzzles. You can solve the puzzles in what order that you find most suitable. If you fail a puzzle, you can’t restart it, the story simply adapts to your failure, or success, if you manage to solve a puzzle. Like the first puzzle at the start of Bard’s Tale (in the small prison), PS2 and Android version.

Breath: If you have a microphone, the game can monitor it, and find out if you breath heavily, screams, panicks or if you are just calm (based on pitch and volume).

Play: Dynamic random events; on a playthrough you can trigger certain events and on other playthroughs those events may not be triggered at all. A different experience almost every time you play.

And here is the box shot:
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Sarcoex’s Haunted – Pre Alpha 1.6 – Demonstration

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2013 – A new year, new possibilities and 3 new screenshots

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

Si it wasn’t the end of the world after all. And I who had bought canned food for the occasion, oh well, so I didn’t have an excuse playing video games the 21st December after all. But rejoice! The development has not seized, it was just the updates that were forgotten (sorry ’bout that). What what of the new screenshots you may ask? They are at the images section, but if you prefer to see them in a news post; here you go (for a better experience, read the following sections in a British gentlemanish voice):

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Is there something in the background? What can it possible be?

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As you may have all ready observed, the lighting is much darker, the atmosphere wasn’t creepy enough in the previous snapshots.
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Is that? Yes it is! It’s definitely a medium sized rock.

As you may have guessed all ready, the atmosphere is much darker, black fog is added to amplify that. And there is a dark figure in the background watching your every action. Foliage is also added!

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