Twisty Little Passages has surpassed 115% funded -- all five demo puzzles unlocked!
almost 7 years ago
– Fri, May 31, 2019 at 12:37:32 AM
Thank you for supporting Twisty Little Passages! With the campaign having exceeded 115% of funding, all five demo puzzles are now unlocked!
You can download puzzle 1-5, Kradra Prison Escape, from the "Puzzles" section on the main campaign page.
This is a tutorial puzzle teaching you how to choose between different types of enemies to fight.
Ren has reached the ground floor of the prison and freedom is in sight! She needs to fight her way through the last few enemy checkpoints, where some nasty brutes and torturers stand guard. Take advantage of the recent confusion to surprise the guards and escape quickly before the alarm is sounded.
Here, you must decide which foes to face off with and which equipment to acquire. You won't be able to collect everything. Should you go for all the weapons, the armor, or a mix of each? Is it better to go toe-to-toe with the vicious torturers with their powerful weapons or the hardy, well-armored brutes? It's time to put all your fledgling skills to the test. Plan your strategy carefully, for only one path will grant you freedom!
Interview on the Development of Twisty Little Passages
almost 7 years ago
– Thu, May 30, 2019 at 08:02:42 PM
Just a quick update today that Twisty Little Passages is over 113% funded!
We're working toward the first stretch goal of adding a bonus puzzle featuring some special items and distinctive enemies voted on during the campaign.
Also, we're just about ten new backers away from unlocking puzzle 1-5, Kradra Prison Escape. There's a great chance we'll get there today and you can help by sharing your impressions of Twisty Little Passages with a fellow gamer or puzzle fan.
Meanwhile, I'd like to share an interview with Nick Welford of Board Game Exposure on the design of Twisty Little Passages. Nick and I recorded this interview live a week ago and had a lot of fun chatting. It's just under 30 minutes and covers some background and considerations that went into the game design and also a bit about where we might take the concept in the future.
Enjoy!
Mike
Meet the team behind Twisty Little Passages
almost 7 years ago
– Wed, May 29, 2019 at 02:07:56 AM
Hope you had a great weekend! Twisty Little Passages is steadily gaining additional backers and there has been some good discussion about the finer details of the project. I appreciate your interest and support for our puzzle game. We've just passed 110% of our funding goal and I anticipate in just a couple short days, at 115%, the final introductory area, puzzle 1-5, is going to be revealed. Get ready to put on your thinking caps!
Though I'm the public face of Caravel and our campaign, I'd like to underscore the fact that the production of Twisty Little Passages is a team effort. Here, I'd like to highlight the contributions and past work of the other core team members, in no particular order.
Kieran Millar has designed many of the more challenging puzzles in Twisty Little Passages. His concepts and solutions are amazing. As I have play tested his areas, I was left in awe at the design and a consistent and renewed feeling each time that "This is a beautiful puzzle!" As an adventure puzzle design veteran who frequents the Caravel Games forum, frequently producing excellent content, I am honored with the chance to develop the core puzzles of Twisty Little Passages together.
Gregory Shipp is cartographer who has been involved in a ton of projects, bringing worlds to life for novels and online games. He is illustrating the maps in Twisty Little Passages. He transforms our initial, rough black-and-white concept puzzle sketches into the beautiful living, breathing places you see mapped out for each puzzle area. I'm also excited to have him producing the bonus world map.
https://www.lostinmaps.co.uk/
VShane is an experienced fantasy and sci-fi illustrator and designer with 30 years in the industry doing illustration and concept art for gaming, novels and character concept. Shane produced the wonderful cover image for the book and many of the illustrated scenes, enemy encounters, items and equipment. He is a natural at bringing the world we imagine to life in a beautifully detailed and engaging way:
http://www.vshane-art.com
George Patsouras produces stunning character art. Just as much as the maps and locales, beautiful characters bring a world to life. George is excellent at taking a very brief description of each character and reading my mind to produce a gorgeous and compelling rendition of many of the characters and monsters you see in Twisty Little Passages.
http://cgmythology.com/
Todd Sanders is a graphic designer and also a game designer. Todd has done much to improve the layout and visual impact of our early prototype versions. He's worked on a mammoth number projects, some of which you can see here:
https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/65610/games-ive-re-designed-or-created
Sonja Hatanpää is a graphic designer and illustrator. She produced the beautiful video trailer linked at the top of our Kickstarter page. You can check out some of her other great work here:
http://sonjahatanpaa.net/
There are so many good things I could say about each team member, though I'd like to keep this update somewhat brief. In addition to our core team, there are many early reviewers and play testers I can't all list here who have provided useful feedback to help make our project shine. I consider each suggestion and bit of feedback they have provided as a gift, and that makes them a contributor in my eyes.
I cannot overstate the beauty and creativity each individual has contributed to this project to bring it to life. It is a pleasure to collaborate with all of these fine folks, and it is an honor for me to have their work included in Twisty Little Passages.
Mike
Twisty Little Passages: Vote for the second stretch goal!
almost 7 years ago
– Fri, May 24, 2019 at 06:30:02 PM
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Twisty Little Passages has hit its funding goal!
almost 7 years ago
– Fri, May 24, 2019 at 05:47:34 PM
Woo! It's time to celebrate!
Twisty Little Passages has surpassed its funding goal and is closing in on $20K.
I'd like to take a moment to thank you and everyone who has taken interest in the project, for socializing TLP with friends, family, game groups and acquaintances, and for backing the project. I am so excited to produce the game for you and deliver it as soon as possible.
We've already begun work on producing the remainder of the content, and I'll be leading that effort behind the scenes while the campaign progresses and thereafter. Rest assured, I will keep in touch with periodic updates, both during and post-campaign, so you can keep abreast of our progress.
Now, without further ado, I have two hotly anticipated items to share:
- Puzzle 1-4: Roach Nest. A tutorial puzzle on the trade-offs of weapons and armor. Ren is well versed in all manner of arms and armor. A good thing, for she must travel through the heart of the roach infestation to make her way to freefom. Here, the roaches are larger and more deadly. Some better equipment has been left behind by the guards, hauled off into roach dens. Now, you must decide whether seeking out these pieces of protective armor is worth the risk of upsetting the man-eating dungeon roaches. There's an enticing sword lying near the exit in a remote pool of water. Surely it will aid you in defeating the level boss, a giant Queen Roach. But might it serve you in other battles as well? Download and play this puzzle from the main campaign page!
- Revealing more stretch goals! A backer-only survey will be sent out presently with some options that have been requested for additional stretch goals. You get to decide what will be added next to TLP as support reaches its stretch goals!
Hope you enjoy the new puzzle, and I'm looking forward to receiving your feedback on what you'd like us to create next for Twisty Little Passages!
Mike
