- Dap Birthday Gameplay Stream - 30 September 2022
We are playing Dap to show off a bit of the game...!
- Dap's first birthday and Melbourne International Games week! - 29 September 2022
We are happy to announce that today Dap is one year old! Time flies, it feels like yesterday... Thank you to everyone who have been supporting us, you are amazing! This coincides with Dap participating again in this year's Melbourne International Games Week, where you can check out other games made in Dap's hometown Melbourne, Australia. There is much to watch and play, so go check it out!
- Lil legal update + optimization - 26 November 2021
- Fixed some Film Victoria logo representation - Optimized shader cache
- Dap Soundtrack released! - 29 October 2021
Ready for Halloween, we have released the official OST of Dap on Steam. Dap Soundtrack takes you on a journey from relaxing ambience through to high level intensity and back to blissful peace. Enjoy Dap's unique mix of weirdness, beauty and fear in 32 tacks of ambient music. All music was made by Paul Anstey who is 50% of Melting Parrot, the team behind Dap. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1787340/Dap_Soundtrack/
- First small update (Dap 1.0.1) - 23 October 2021
As we are nearing one month of Dap, we have put out a small update of minor bug fixes. The game has been quite stable which we are happy with of course but if you do come across any bugs or crashes, don't hesitate to let us know! Thank you to everyone for playing Dap and supporting us. Every review means a lot! Fixes include: - Fixed bug that won't allow use of the energy blast ability when switching mouse buttons. - Fixed visual bug on reloading last save file. - Fixed bass levels on a couple of sound tracks.
- Dap livestream for Melbourne International Games Week - 30 September 2021
https://i.imgur.com/MxpRSjp.png Hey everyone! As developers from Melbourne, Australia, we are happy to be showing Dap at Melbourne International Games Week 2021! To celebrate we will be live streaming Dap! You can tune in here from our steam page. The event happens on the 30th September until 4th of October. Enjoy, and if you haven't yet, play our FREE PROLOGUE to get a feel for Dap's atmosphere. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1661880/Dap_Prologue/
- Horrific Pikmin-like adventure Dap has you protect a gaggle of spooky pals - 29 September 2021
At last, it's nearly horror games month-eve and so even the concept of friendship must become frightening. Pikmin-like action puzzler game Dap is all about collecting your Dap pals and attempting to lead them home out of a spooky dream world forest without being consumed by Dap infighting. The nightmare has begun today, so you can lead your own Dap pack out of the woods right now if that's your thing. Read more
- Dap - available NOW!! - 29 September 2021
Finally it's time - Dap is out! A big Thank You goes to to all our supporters no matter how big or small. The making of this game has been a very personal journey for the two of us. We're proud of what we have made and are very excited to show this game to the world. Here is a brand new atmospheric trailer:
- Dap Launch broadcast - 29 September 2021
Broadcasting gameplay leading up to our launch!!
- Dap launches in less than a week! - 23 September 2021
To celebrate, we have updated our free prologue here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1661880/Dap_Prologue/ have a play if you haven't checked it out yet! We also really wanted to share this awesome piece of artwork made for you by our friend and legend Michael "Terry" Johnston! We think he really captured a fantastic scene of Dap! https://i.imgur.com/sP03OTs.jpg The artist: https://i.imgur.com/7GBr3gu.jpg Dap's Dev team Iris and Paul: https://i.imgur.com/mNW0Bgg.jpg Thank you for all your support so far!
- Dap - Bizarres "Pikmin trifft Mononoke" Horror-Action-Adventure - 19 September 2021
Die australischen Melting Parrot Games präsentieren mit Dap ihr Debütprojekt und beschreiben das gruselige Abenteuer als eine "bizarre Mischung aus Pikmin trifft Mononoke". Im Spiel müsst ihr "eine Gruppe von winzigen Kreaturen, bekannt als "Daps", durch eine feindliche und verdorbene Welt führen. Je » Komplette News auf pressakey.com lesen » Dap auf pressakey.com
- Dap will release on September 29th! - 13 September 2021
We are happy to announce that Dap will release on the 29th of September 2021! The development of Dap has been quite a journey for us and we are proud to be able to show this game to you very soon. Follow Dap through a personal journey of struggle through darkness as well as euphoria.
- Dap is an eerie Pikmin and Princess Mononoke mashup, out on Steam this month - 13 September 2021
Remember those wee forest spirits - Kodama, if you're fancy - from Princess Mononoke? Well, imagine them at the centre of a Pikmin-like horror action-adventure game and you've got Dap. It's an upcoming PC game that lands on Steam on September 29. The game tasks you with gathering and protecting a pack of fragile pals that are called Daps. Something "incomprehensible" and "sinister" has slithered into their forest from a crack in reality, so it's your job to guide them home through a faintly illuminated, crunchy pixel art world filled with threats, puzzles, and an infection that'll turn your glowing white companions into something haunted if you let it. Adding more Daps to your flock will lead you to become stronger, though you run a greater risk of one of them becoming infected if you linger in one spot for too long, which could lead to the pack turning on itself. Dap also comes with pl…
- Livestream for BitSummit - 1 September 2021
To celebrate our participation at BitSummit, we have prepared a gameplay stream to watch.
- Dap: Prologue is live NOW! - 16 July 2021
Hey everyone! We're very happy to announce that Dap Prologue is now live! In this first little taste of Dap you can experience the creepy and atmospheric world of Dap in it's first chapter. It's approximately 20 minutes of gameplay and it's totally free! We can't wait to hear what you all think of it and we're very excited for what's to come next! Thanks for all your support, Melting Parrot https://store.steampowered.com/app/1661880/Dap_Prologue/
- Dap is coming to Steam Q3 2021! - 2 June 2021
We're super excited to announce that Dap will be coming to Steam Q3 2021! We have just launched a new atmospheric trailer showing off mood and gameplay! Thanks for all your support so far, it means a lot to us especially since it's our first game and we're working hard on it. We can't wait for people to play it, the demo is still available and recently updated for anyone who would like to try it!
- Update 0.51 - 27 May 2021
Oh Dap Dap, This is just a small update in case some people were experiencing some bugs when leaving areas, and a couple of other little things. Changes: - Changed menu music - Changed default controls back to how they were: shift to talk, tab to view items Fixes: - Fixed bug of leaving area and being stuck in a wall Thanks for playing, and please let us know if you experience any bugs. Yours Daply, Paul and Iris
- Demo Update 0.50 - 23 May 2021
Dap Dap! Our latest demo update has some substantial changes. We've made some changes to the way the story is delivered, added some ways to make the tutorial a bit clearer, expanded our forests to make them more foresty, and made the prison a bit more scary. We're continuously working on finishing the game and getting the right tone for everything, making the ending feel correct, and teaching the mechanics to new players in the most subtle ways we can. Thanks to everyone who's playing and helping us make this game the best it can be. Please report any bugs to us so we can fix them :D Also, stay tuned for some bigger news coming soon... https://i.imgur.com/9cTImxt.png Changes: - Changed default keyboard talk control from shift to tab (feedback wanted) - Changed the dialogue into something else... - Improved the tutorial - Changed the intro cutscene - Changed the prison music into somethi…
- Dap Gameplay Stream - 2 February 2021
Dap is a top-down action-adventure game with horror elements about gathering a following of cute and creepy little creatures called Daps. Fight monstrous creatures and solve puzzles, discover a lush atmospheric forest full of secrets and oddities, and try to avoid the deadly infection which turns your creatures into monsters. Or take a break from the action and tend to your garden in the Spirit world while you unravel the secrets of Dap’s world. Watch us play the first chapters of Dap, watch us collect as many Daps as we can find and lead them through a strange forest and escape and fight many dangerous creatures! Oh dapdap! Thanks for watching!
- Dap Livestream - 20 September 2020
Come watch us play