Absolution: Way of the lost (DEMO)

Devlog

• Full OST on YouTube
  December 07, 2023 by Navypink

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  #ost

  This is a repost of a devlog I wrote yesterday for the full game's page, but since that's restricted the post was practically invisible so here goes. Hi. I just wanted to write a small update to say t... Continue reading

  
• Build B tomorrow + SURVEY
  January 19, 2022 by Navypink

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  #development, #survey

  Hi. It's been a bit since the release of Build A ( which you can find here, on the full game's page ), but I'm looking for feedback. Also: I hope you're all excited for Build B's release tomorrow! I'm... Continue reading

  
• Build A release
  December 20, 2021 by Navypink

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  #development, #build a

  Build A is now live! The sound of the second trumpet signals the release of Build A, the first part of Absolution's partial release! If you buy it now, you will receive all builds up to the final rele... Continue reading

  
• Bug fixing patch
  December 06, 2021 by Navypink

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  #demo

  Just a heads up that if you downloaded the demo yesterday or earlier today, the game had several bugs that were caused by me cutting out content beyond week 1. These bugs have been fixed now and the c... Continue reading
• Final demo build
  December 05, 2021 by Navypink

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  #Demo

  The final demo build is now live! Today, the first trumpet announces the final demo build. Week 2, Build A, is still coming out as scheduled, on the 20th of December 2021. What's in this build: 1 week... Continue reading

  
• Build A trailer (first official trailer)
  December 04, 2021 by Navypink

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  #development, #demo, #trailer

  Week 2 of Absolution is coming soon And along with it, the final build of the demo, which will contain many improvements. I made a trailer for the new build, I think it came out okay. I already wrote... Continue reading
• Week 2 release date + updates
  November 25, 2021 by Navypink

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  #development, #demo

  Week 2 of Absolution is coming on the 20th of December, 2021 This is an estimated release date, but I'll do my best not to go beyond it, so it's more of a deadline for me. Why the 20th, you ask? I fig... Continue reading

  
• Partial release outline
  November 07, 2021 by Navypink

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  #development

  Feedback needed So I've mentioned before that I'm leaning towards a partial release of the game, but never went into detail on what that might look like. I've compiled a list of builds I plan to relea... Continue reading
• Game on
  November 01, 2021 by Navypink

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  #development

  Hello again. You likely forgot who am I or what I'm doing, but that's fine - I'm back in business now, so to speak, and I'm trying to start the development of this game back up. I wrote a detailed tum... Continue reading
• Important SURVEY
  June 07, 2021 by Navypink

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  #development

  Hello. As you may know from my last post, development resumed recently. I have bad news. I can't seem to write at all for the past week. I worry that I won't be able to finish Absolution in a timely m... Continue reading
• Development resumes
  May 19, 2021 by Navypink

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  #development

  Hi If you only follow me on itch.io, you may have been surprised to see no updates from me. Maybe you thought the project was cancelled. To that, I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that fo... Continue reading
• Come on over to my ko-fi shop!
  November 23, 2020 by Navypink

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  Check out my first wallpaper! I just put out the first item on my ko-fi shop - a pack of 5 wallpapers, desktop and mobile variants, featuring Sue and Julia, the two nurses you meet at the start of the... Continue reading

  
• Happy 3rd anniversary, Absolution!
  October 24, 2020 by Navypink

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  #development, #anniversary

  Happy third anniversary, Absolution ~! Today marks the third anniversary of the game being conceptualized. Yes, "conceptualized", not "in development". You can read what exactly happened on the 24th... Continue reading

  
• Major demo update
  October 06, 2020 by Navypink

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  Major demo update! Almost all changes in this update have to do with Jane, the main character's sister, who you see in dream sequences in the demo. I wanted to fix a continuity error by redoing these... Continue reading

  
• Crossover announcement and minor update
  September 14, 2020 by Navypink

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  #development, #demo

  It's official - Absolution now exists in a shared universe with Heart Fragment : here's how First of all, I apologize for the lack of updates. There haven't been many changes made to the demo since my... Continue reading
• [POLL] Vote for additional features!
  August 07, 2020 by Navypink

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  Please vote for the bonus feature you want "Absolution" to have! I created a poll so the players can tell me what they want most out of some features that would require a larger budget in the game. I... Continue reading
• Music commissions open!
  July 18, 2020 by Navypink

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  I've opened music commissions today! Have a listen to my demo if you're interested: Why open music commissions? I never would've considered doing this if it weren't for the developer of Heart Fragment... Continue reading
• New let's play and update
  May 22, 2020 by Navypink

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  #demo, #update

  I had the chance to watch another let's play of my demo on Youtube by Visual Novelty - check it out, you might see things you missed while playing the demo yourself, it's very thorough! Here's a conve... Continue reading

  
• Break events and bug-fixing update
  April 27, 2020 by Navypink

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  I just posted a new update after fixing a bug which my testers spotted a long time ago but I never managed to fix until now. And since I was updating already, I decided to add some of the things I add... Continue reading

  
• About the game's graphics
  April 26, 2020 by Navypink

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  #demo

  So I read a comment by Sowainne And I've come to some conclusions, which I want to make clear. The comment was regarding the quality of the game's graphics and how some questionable choices were made... Continue reading
• Charlie's route is DONE
  April 22, 2020 by Navypink

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  #development

  I'm very pleased to announce that Charlie's Act I is now complete I just implemented the last CG I needed (part of which you can see above) and am almost ready to send this route to testers for feedba... Continue reading

  
• Total route progress chart
  April 06, 2020 by Navypink

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  #progress, #development

  This chart illustrates my total progress with the game, divided into routes and days: I will update this post with an updated version of the chart whenever something changes. That way, you won't have... Continue reading

  
• New Charlie sprites UPDATE
  March 26, 2020 by Navypink

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  #demo, #update

  New build, new Charlie sprites ~ For a very long time, I've been mentioning wanting to redraw Charlie's sprites and finally it's become reality. I can finally look at him without going "I need to rep... Continue reading

  
• Minor graphics update
  March 18, 2020 by Navypink

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  #demo

  I updated the demo with new MC's office backgrounds This is just a small graphical update to the demo - I'm currently focusing on Act II and Charlie's route, but some things have come up recently, so... Continue reading

  
• Side character and MC sprites update
  March 05, 2020 by Navypink

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  #demo

  There's a new update, finally ~ I'm still working on Act II, but a week ago I decided to try and write some of the missing break events with side characters. It's one of these things that never feel... Continue reading

  
• Reinstalling OS, wish me luck
  February 15, 2020 by Navypink

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  I'm currently downloading Linux Mint on my laptop. The reason for this is that I've been having immense technical difficulties on my windows 8 the past week. Various programs stopped working, includin... Continue reading

  
• Major demo update
  February 02, 2020 by Navypink

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  #demo

  Unexpectedly big DEMO UPDATE A lot's happened in these past two days. So the latest comment from mgurak sparked a discussion on the game's server and I had the chance to talk about the game with some... Continue reading

  
• Tom sprites UPDATE
  January 25, 2020 by Navypink

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  New build, new Tom sprites. What's new? updated Tom's sprites (they bothered me for a while now), updated Tom's and Julia's portraits in the character info screen (I didn't notice Julia was the old sp... Continue reading

  
• Minor bug-fixing update
  January 17, 2020 by Navypink

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  I'm posting a small bug-fixing update. I've been quiet recently because of my month-long break from development - too much work piled up at once, but after the deadline of 8.02 I'll be free again (I h... Continue reading
• Bug-fixing update (and development news)
  December 30, 2019 by Navypink

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  #demo, #development

  So I needed to make an emergency update due to a dumb bug I left in the previous one. It was 1 AM last night when I realized. I made a huge mistake. Because after replacing the sprites in the previous... Continue reading

  
• Dr. Sharpe's sprites UPDATE
  December 27, 2019 by Navypink

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  I've reworked Sharpe's sprites over the past two days. I was bothered by his proportions, shading, janky facial expressions, everything. So I decided to make a new set of sprites using the same (but f... Continue reading

  
• Teaser build's polish translation
  December 08, 2019 by Navypink

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  I've started translating the game into my first language - polish. So far it's only the teaser build, but it's certainly something. You can find the polish page here: https://navypink.itch.io/absolu... Continue reading
• Recent progress update
  November 24, 2019 by Navypink

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  I've been working on soundtracks this weekend Here are two previews of the last two nightmare sequence tracks I needed for the game. Each nightmare theme is associated with one of the routes, so it's... Continue reading
• New Michael sprite update
  October 27, 2019 by Navypink

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  I made new Michael sprites. I'm dropping a really small update - no long devlog this time, it's getting really late for me. What's new in this build? new Michael sprites I'll try to replace Tom's cur... Continue reading

  
• Happy 2nd birthday, Absolution!
  October 24, 2019 by Navypink

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  #birthday

  Happy second anniversary, "Absolution" ~! As of today, this game has been in development for two years "What do you mean, two years?", one could ask "The demo was released less than half a year ago!"... Continue reading

  
• Difficulty settings update
  October 20, 2019 by Navypink

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  #Demo

  I'm dropping a new update after working on some new features for the past two days. So I've tackled this topic before - some people have trouble with this game. Most notably during the job interview... Continue reading

  
• Central hall backgound redrawn and minor update
  October 14, 2019 by Navypink

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  #Demo

  As I announced in my previous update, I've redrawn the central hall backgrounds from scratch. Old day version New day version Old sunset version New sunset version These backgrounds always felt too sm... Continue reading

  
• Recognizing gamers who helped promote the game
  October 02, 2019 by Navypink

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  Absolution Let's Plays playlist I thought I should recognize the people who decided to play my game on their channels and put together a little playlist of all three let's plays of the game (there's c... Continue reading
• Reworking backgrounds and minor update
  September 28, 2019 by Navypink

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  #Demo

  I'm back with another update. I've decided to rework the game's graphics to make it a little more pleasant to look at, and I'll update the demo's graphics with whatever I fix in the full game. What's... Continue reading

  
• Free time events update, development news
  September 22, 2019 by Navypink

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  I'm posting a new build with minor fixes, since it's been a while and some new bugs were found. While digging through the script, I even found one line of dialogue that causes the game to crash (great... Continue reading

  
• Minor update and development progress
  August 07, 2019 by Navypink#development

  I'm posting a small update. Scroll below the update notes to read about the state of the game's development. What's new? added a screen that reminds you who made this game and makes you press a button... Continue reading

  
• Interface update and minor fixes
  July 11, 2019 by Navypink#demo

  Upon recieving a suggestion about updating the interface on Discord - I did! What's new? Added a Characters Info screen to the game - it contains information about all the characters you've met so far... Continue reading

  
• What's going on with the development?
  July 07, 2019 by Navypink

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  ##absolution, ##full game, ##development

  Now that you've played the demo, some of you may be asking yourself: "When can I expect to see the full game released?" , "Will the final game be free?" , and most importantly "How far is the game fro... Continue reading

  
• Glitches fixed! (and Tumblr)
  July 06, 2019 by Navypink

  Since I was away for a couple of days, I couldn't adress some bugs that were found. Here's a new build! What's new? Fixed the game crashing during William's 5th session, Fixed the game crashing if the... Continue reading
• Minor bug-fixing update
  July 01, 2019 by Navypink

  I recieved some feedback regarding typos and minor issues with the game, so I uploaded another build with minor fixes. What's new in this build? made the text a little brighter so it's easier to under... Continue reading
• Official walkthrough for you poor souls (and a minor upadte)
  June 27, 2019 by Navypink

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  #demo

  So there's been some issues with the job interview. Upon seeing two let's plays on youtube, I noticed something quite alarming - players have a lot of trouble getting through the job interview, for re... Continue reading

  
• Official demo launch
  June 22, 2019 by Navypink#Demo

  The full demo of the game is out now! This build contains the first week of the game, so everything that happens before the plot is divided into different routes. The full game will have six weeks of... Continue reading

  
• Youtube channel
  June 16, 2019 by Navypink

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  #youtube, #Demo

  I'm working on repurposing my youtube channel for the game. I plan to post the whole OST there, all trailers once they come out, gameplay footage - you name it. Posting the OST on youtube means that p... Continue reading

  
• Teaser build
  May 09, 2019 by Navypink

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  I'm posting the first build available online for you to enjoy! I'm very excited to see your reactions to the first snippet of the game. Please leave reviews and let me know if everything works as inte... Continue reading