- VAUDEVILLE, THE FIRST AI-DRIVEN DETECTIVE GAME, LAUNCHED TODAY ON STEAM - 30 June 2023
Vaudeville, the much-anticipated, AI-driven detective game, breaks onto the scene today, marking a new chapter in the realm of interactive gameplay. Developed by Bumblebee Studios, Vaudeville leverages the power of artificial intelligence to create an immersive gaming experience unlike any other. Set in the vibrant city of Vaudeville, a bubbling hub of culture and entertainment, players assume the role of Detective Martini, tasked with solving a series of enigmatic murders. The game offers a unique gameplay experience, intertwining AI-generated dialogues with real-time interactions. For the first time in gaming history, players can converse with characters using natural language, either by typing or talking into the microphone. The dialogues evolve in real-time, making each gameplay experience unique. The game captures the essence of detective work through its stunning narrative structu…
- Abeyance Nominated at GDWC - 14 March 2023
Abeyance, the thrilling rogue-lite, sci-fi dungeon-crawler developed by Bumblebee Studios, an indie studio based in Stockholm, Sweden, has been nominated for a prestigious Houdini Award at the Game Development World Championship (GDWC). The GDWC is a global open competition for game developers that aims to celebrate awesome games and the developers behind them. Its goal is to highlight new and rising talents and teams and work tirelessly to create new opportunities for success for our participants. Through its 10-year history, GDWC has had over 25,000 developers participate from 135 different countries and has given out over $500,000 worth of prizes and giveaways. Abeyance has been nominated for a Houdini Award at GDWC for its innovative use of Houdini and procedural generation in creating an immersive and captivating gaming experience. "We are honoured to be nominated for a Houdini Awa…
- Bumblebee Studios releases free demo for AI-powered Vaudeville - 19 February 2023
Attention all gamers and mystery enthusiasts! We are thrilled to announce that our upcoming game, Vaudeville, will be participating in the Steam Mystery Fest event! As part of this exciting event, we are offering a free demo of Vaudeville, which is now available for download on Steam. This demo will allow players to get a sneak peek of the game, which is set in the mysterious world of the 1920s. As a detective in Vaudeville, players will be tasked with solving a series of complex murders in a stunningly-realized 1910s-era theatre. The game's AI-powered characters each have their distinct personalities, backgrounds, and secrets, which players must unravel through careful observation and questioning. The full version of Vaudeville will be released later this year, but in the meantime, we invite you to try out the demo and experience the thrill of the mystery fest. We can't wait to see you…
- Nominate Abeyance for a Steam Award - 22 November 2022
We have watched countless youtubers and streamers play Abeyance, and guess how many of them have managed to play the whole story? Well, very close to zero. This game is tough, we know. It's not for the faint of heart. You cannot just rush into a room and shoot everything. You have to plan your moves, build your arsenal, develop your skills, before you can aim for the big target. But it is possible, we know. You will fail, many times too, but in the end, it will be very rewarding. > Challenge Accepted?
- Version 1.0 is live! - 20 November 2022
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1774200/Abeyance As we promised some weeks ago, we are continuing to develop and improve Abeyance. Since the launch we have released 19 updates addressing different problems, improved the performance, given a huge facelift to the interface and added some content. But this is only the beginning! As we said before, we are committed to make Abeyance a living universe and we plan to keep releasing new content regularly in the form of updates and DLCs, but also new games set in the Abeyance universe. It's gonna be a fun ride! Keep following us. ABEYANCE VERSION 1.0 Improved combat interface. Improved game stability and performance. Improved the balance of the game. Implemented the music player. Improved user experience and user interface.
- Update 0.9.18 - 12 November 2022
New battle sounds New battle VFX Balancing of weapons' & armors' values Tips on loading screen
- Update 0.9.17 - 7 November 2022
Corrected the spelling of some texts Added background music to data disks scenes Adjusted some music volumes
- Update 0.9.16 - 2 November 2022
Added special abilities' descriptions in info panel Added in-game inventory interface Added new special abilities for hs-implants Solved minor bugs
- Update 0.9.15 - 27 October 2022
Improved performance and compatibility with Steam Deck
- Update 0.9.14 - 26 October 2022
Improved performance and compatibility with Steam Deck
- Update 0.9.13 - 25 October 2022
Improved gameplay balance New improved interface Tutorial missions can be skipped Sound level balanced Fixed several bugs
- Update 0.9.12 - 12 October 2022
Greatly improved graphic performance Added options to remove fog and bloom Added English subtitles to cutscenes Fixed some broken animations Improved game balancing Improved some parts of the UI
- ROADMAP FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ABEYANCE - 9 October 2022
Hello and thanks for your interest in ABEYANCE (or even better, for having bought the game, if you have)! We are really proud to have been able to deliver this game to you. We are a very small studio and we have been working really hard to bring the best product to you, but we are working even harder to make this game awesome(r). ABEYANCE is a living game and we plan to release regularly new content in the form of updates and DLCs. But ABEYANCE is not only that, it is also a living universe in which we plan to keep developing more adventures with different or returning characters, stories and genres (RTS, RPG, action, sim, ...). We actually have a wiki in which we are collecting all the lore surrounding the game, which we will use for inspiration for DLCs and new games. You can find it here: https://abeyancewiki.bumblebee-studios.se/wiki We hope that you have patience if things may be a…
- Update 0.9.11 - 8 October 2022
UX/UI improvements Fixed a bug that prevented the player from acquiring certain skills Fixed a bug that directed the attacks against the wrong target
- Update 0.9.10 - 7 October 2022
Fixed some issues with the game workflow
- Meet Ezra - 18 June 2022
Bumblebee Studios introduce their forthcoming roguelite Abeyance. Watch the developer play the demo and meet Vera-Linn, the voice of Ezra.
- Abeyance Demo Live-Stream - 23 May 2022
Bumblebee Studios introduce their forthcoming roguelite Abeyance. Watch the developer play the Alpha Demo and tell more about the game, its features and its roadmap.
- Abeyance Alpha Demo is here - 7 May 2022
We have released an ALPHA DEMO whose purpose is to introduce you to the basic mechanics and look & feel of the game. This build is not optimized for all the systems and you may (and probably will) encounter bugs while playing it. Also, many of the assets, sound effects, animations are temporary and will be replaced with more suitable ones in the final version. The demo is limited to one randomly generated dungeon. The complete game will feature a story-driven character development, a variety of dungeons with different environments and a rich assortment of types of loot and mobs, together with a lot of improvements and optimizations to the current features. The release of ABEYANCE on PC is planned for the end of summer 2022. We hope you will enjoy playing ABEYANCE as much as we are enjoying developing it :) Bumblebee Studios
