Penumbra (The Hatch) Demo Released!

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Penumbra (The Hatch) Demo Released!

Postby Yezide » Fri May 05, 2006 1:54 am

You can get the demo from here:

http://www.penumbragame.com

Have fun :)

EDIT: Geforce FX and Radeon 9200 minimum.
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Postby Twixn » Fri May 05, 2006 4:26 am

I downloaded it.

Wow, you put alot of work into this.
Its very cool.

This was an entry to a competition wasnt it?

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Postby Yezide » Fri May 05, 2006 5:34 am

Glad ye like it :)

Yeah, we got nominated for best idea (because of the physical interactio) but didn't won.
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Postby Twixn » Fri May 05, 2006 7:09 am

Yeah, it is very good.

Gotta love the voice acting :P

I like the concept of it aswell.
Horror/mystery games become scaryer if you
dont have a weapon to hide behind (although im not
sure if there is a weapon system, i didnt play it all the
way through).

But yeah, i think the most well done thing is the
physics interaction. For example, opening doors.

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Postby Dave Gravel » Sun May 07, 2006 10:32 am

Very nice.
Need more actions but nice physic and graphic good work!!!
Nice presentation too I like.
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Postby Dr_D » Mon May 08, 2006 12:22 am

Yup... that was cool. I think it was a bt too advanced for my pc though. Heavy gfx stuff always bogs it down, but it sure does look good. :P
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Postby Assembler » Mon May 08, 2006 2:09 pm

Veeeeeeery cool demo! I love it.

The graphics are really nice, i love that Noise-Filter, in my opinion it creates a cool atmosphere.
But i think the Motion Blur is a bit too extreme.

The ways of defeating those 'flying dolphins' are really cool!

But also i found a problem:
When playing very long, with many roomchanges (you know, loadingscreens), it somewhen crashes while loading a new room. I don't know why. System specs:
AMD Athlon64 3000+
nVidia 6600
1024 MB Ram

And finally two question:
I sometimes think u use HDR-Rendering, is that true?

And: where is the f***ing passage card??
I think it is in the locker with the padlock, but i don't know how to brake it :(
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Postby Assembler » Mon May 08, 2006 2:40 pm

ahh!!

I read the hints more carefully and found the way to open the locker :)
Is that red room really the end of the game? I think it came a bit abrupt.
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Postby Julio Jerez » Mon May 08, 2006 2:58 pm

for us game challenged please tell us how to get the combination to get out of the first room. :cry:
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Postby Sury » Mon May 08, 2006 3:46 pm

Code is 1993 :D
When you go down and start the generator, the party begins.

Excellent game!!
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Postby Julio Jerez » Mon May 08, 2006 4:07 pm

somehow I feel like I want to see Nosferatu after playin this game a litle :D
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Postby aidave2 » Mon May 08, 2006 10:35 pm

Wow thats a scary game!!

I havent been able to figure out what to do after the generator yet...
I tried blowing up the grate with dynamite but didnt work.

(it crash after I close my notebook.)

Good work!
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Postby aidave2 » Mon May 08, 2006 11:39 pm

Are there any hints for this?

I looked everywhere and couldnt find a tool.
I blew everything up, couldnt open a grate, door, or lockpad :(
So i give up unless there are some hints
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Postby Yezide » Tue May 09, 2006 1:51 am

Assembler:

Yeah I am aware of that crash, since it only happens after a long gameplay it is has been hard to recreate (read boring :P). Good news is you can just reload your latest save and it should work.

No hdr, only fake HDR using a bloom filter.

Yeah that room is the last one I am afraid.


aidave2:

You after you have started the generator (using hose and some gas) you can open the door at the top. Also your note book contains various hints in personal notes.


And glad you all like the game :)
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Postby aidave2 » Tue May 09, 2006 2:20 am

ahh ok ... i got into that door with the broken panel :)
then the thingy killed me

kinda was hoping there would be more "texts" to read from all those papers and books and folders.
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