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A surreal adventure game set against the humid haze of 1970s Alabama, To Azimuth follows Nate and Susannah Windham's search for their missing brother in two interweaving stories that explore mental health, war, and the paranormal.

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Making To Azimuth: Keeping players on the right path (without using a map)

Nov 12, 2016

Hey everyone.

Time for a new post. Here we share some info on how To Azimuth will make it clear to players where they should be going. Step right this way...

Rather than having a static in-game map for the player to refer to, we instead move the camera around to give a larger view of the area around them. Here, the camera pulls back to give a long shot, which - in this instance - is for the purpose of showing the player where they should be going next (i.e. the building in the distance).

We also use the environment to highlight the direction of the next goal. In the example below, when the camera pulls back you can see how lighting signposts a path that will take the player to the objective.

We want to avoid simply marking a specific waypoint, focusing instead on guiding the player intuitively toward a destination. This will, hopefully, prevent the player from getting stuck and not knowing where they’re supposed to be going, while also avoiding an overly straightforward ‘Point A to Point B to Point C’ style of gameplay.

Thanks for stopping by. If you haven't already - and if you like the look of the game - don't forget to add To Azimuth to your wishlist.

Until next time.

Matt

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Concat with dev ?

Any concat with dev mail or sort like ?

Aga

May 2, 2021 @ 12:42pm

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Making To Azimuth: Item inspection (and cool elevators)

Nov 3, 2016

Hey everyone.

We're back with another post, this time to take a closer look at how we handle looking closely at objects and items that can be interacted with in the game. So let's, um, take a look. Closely.

To allow close inspection of objects, especially those that need to be read, we use a sort of split-screen camera. In this particular instance, the player checks a document. As you can see, interacting with the document causes it to slide smoothly into the active screen view, allowing its contents to be easily checked.

This zooming-in technique also allows for further interaction with some objects. In the example below, it's an elevator control panel. As the player rides the lift, it also neatly demonstrates the system of on-the-fly room generation used in To Azimuth. As gaming elevators go, we think this looks pretty cool.

Thanks for stopping by. If you haven't already - and if you like the look of the game - don't forget to add To Azimuth to your wishlist.

Until next time.

Matt

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Quick look at the lighting in To Azimuth

Oct 19, 2016

Hey everyone.

Another post! This time we wanted to share with you a little info on the lighting in To Azimuth.

In the game's larger areas, lights brighten and dim based on the camera's location. In addition to providing a surreal aesthetic/feeling, this method also allows for more 'real-time' lighting without absolutely crippling performance.

The lighting is heavily influenced by stage lighting, allowing changes to lights in real-time that are not quite 'realistic', but instead provide a somewhat surreal and stage-like quality.

Between inside and outside areas, ambient lighting composition may change.

Hope this has been enlightening for you.

Until next time.

Matt

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Another dead game, sad

Added on 08.10.2016 to my wishlist but it's time to remove

ゲ-で

Feb 13, 2024 @ 2:53am

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Not sure why

The premise looks promising, seems more personal and character driven. Though I wonder...why can't characters have faces? I find it hard to empathize with faceless characters. Is it that hard to implement or is it just an artistic choice?