- Epitasis - Version 1.05! - 23 February 2022
Hello everyone, With the release of Epitasis on console platforms, this brings bug fixes and improvements to PC as well, notably including a brand new main menu, pause system, and enhanced controller support. Version 1.05 New menu update along with various bug fixes and improvements... New main menu and pause system Updates to controller support in menus Refined adjustable graphics, gameplay, and audio settings menus/functionality Auto exposure / auto gamma adjusted Updates to game saving and user profiles Upgraded to latest Unreal Engine 4.27 New Price and Sale With the game released for console platforms, and Epitasis having been out for almost 3 years now, we have made the decision to drop the price of the game to a standard $14.99 USD across all storefronts. With this and the release of Version 1.05, the game also has a week long sale for PC, starting today! We're extremely grateful…
- Epitasis - Version 1.04 Released and One Year Anniversary Sale - 1 May 2020
Hey everyone! Lucas here with an important update on Epitasis. As you all may know, its been quite a while since the last update to the game - in fact, practically since launch. After the release of the game, I took a small break and then began working on the console port of the game for both Xbox One and Playstation 4. These ports have taken much longer than anticipated as a solo developer, and one thing that ended up needing to happen was a major engine upgrade. The engine upgrade was about 3 years apart, and thus this took a ton of time to get up and running again on both Windows and Mac. We also implemented a lot of infrastructure as a studio to better situate ourselves for more regular updates that are easier to produce for both platforms and future products, which was a major bottleneck previously. I'm happy to say that Epitasis is now running on the latest version of Unreal Engin…
- The Making of Epitasis - 17 May 2019
Hi all! I just wanted to post a quick update to mention that a recent interview about the making of Epitasis is out now! Funk Fiction (composer) and myself (the developer of this game) were interviewed by a small new team making documentaries and other gaming videos. Check it out below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSlaZOe_a8Q Hope you all like it! :) - Lucas
- Epitasis - Version 1.03 - 9 May 2019
Hello everyone! I've pushed a new update to Steam, fixing various issues people are currently having: Version 1.03 Refined the Circle area's large water drone puzzle. MacOS issue where running the game on OS X 10.12 caused an error. MacOS issue with lighting distance fixed. Fixed an area you could get stuck at the campsite level near fences. Fixed an issue in the ending where it was possible to get stuck under the middle platforms while moving up. These changes are now live. Please let me know if you run into any additional issues. Planning on another update for this weekend that continues to fix some issues, namely redesign for a Grasslands puzzle (Triangle area), night time darkness, and keybindings. Thank you for your continued patience! Cheers, Lucas
- Epitasis - Version 1.02 - 4 May 2019
Hello everyone! I've pushed a new update to Steam, fixing some top issues people are currently having: Version 1.02 Ending Changes - I have completely remodified the ending to remove the anti-gravity mechanic. It is now more in line with the rest of the game. I hope you like it, and let me know if you have any more issues with it in our discussion forums.. You can now return to the main hub of the game after going to the ending level. Introduction translations fixed. Warning added to new game button if a save already exists. Default brightness increased when starting the game for the first time (increases brightness slider default value in graphics settings). Cubes can no longer get stuck in your face sometimes. Added an AZERTY keyboard option - I'm working on a keybinding feature for a future update, so this is a band-aid for now. Located in Options -> Player. Added extra cubes in the…
- Epitasis Post-Launch Update / Hotfix - 2 May 2019
Hi everyone! The response to the release has a been a bit overwhelming - glad to see so many people jumping in and enjoying the game for its relaxing atmosphere, scenery, and music. All the screenshots have been very awesome to see, along with the discussion forums and people helping each other out with puzzles too! Media Roundup There's been a few walkthroughs, gameplay videos, and articles on Epitasis so far, feel free to check out some of them here: Some nice gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1qFi7Id3hQ An honest review from Gameumentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z1QpNikies (issue with ending addressed below, I'm working to fix it up!) Epitasis on Rock Paper Shotgun Fixes / Issues I've uploaded a patch to Steam that fixes a few quick issues that people have been having: MacOS City Ruins area crashing Made the ending area a little bit easier to complete with the gravi…
- Epitasis now puzzling on an alien planet - 1 May 2019
So no one told you life was gonna be this way; your job’s a joke, you’re broke, a portal sucked you away. That’s just another Wednesday for me, though for you warping to an alien world to explore the ruins of a long-dead civilisation and solve puzzles might be more novel. If so, you might fancy a look at Epitasis , released today. (more…)
- Epitasis is out NOW! - 1 May 2019
After 3 years of development, Epitasis is now available on PC & Mac! Journey to an alien world and explore the beautiful remains of an ancient alien civilization. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F29993236%2F81013bf4dc60fa7e7d3ad70c2ff1c9f668015025.jpg To answer a few questions: The game is $19.99 USD with a 7-day, 10% launch discount. VR support will be coming at a later date once we finish our console ports (XB1, PS4). The original soundtrack is available on all major streaming services, but can also be purchased for download from it's DLC page. Thank you so much to everyone for the support over the last few years while developing this project. It means everything to us, and we hope you enjoy this world we've spent so long creating. If you have any questions, concerns, or feedback, feel free to talk to us right here on the forums and we'll do our best to…
- Colourful cosmic explore 'em up Epitasis launches in May - 7 April 2019
Sci-fi explore-o-puzzle game Epitasis will be appearing, as if through a mysterious portal, in stores in May. Players will be dropped into an ancient civilization, where they ll have to poke around and solve various little conundrums on the way to figuring out the underlying mystery of what happened to all the aliens that used to live here. I could sit here and stare at its colourful screenshots and gifs all day, but instead I ll share the trailer with you so that we can ooh and ahh over its bright beauty together. (more…)
- Epitasis Launches May 1st! New Trailer and Details - 3 April 2019
Hey everyone, Lucas here with some exciting news to share! After 3 years of development, Epitasis, the sci fi puzzle exploration game where you explore the remains of an ancient alien race, launches May 1st, 2019! https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F29993236%2F31cfb93a81f82493fe1ae831c5f3b64c585d9c59.jpg The game will be released here on Steam for PC and Mac platforms. It will also be released on Xbox One and PS4 platforms at a later date. In light of all this, we’ve uploaded a brand new trailer for you all to check out as well, which can be viewed here (Youtube) or here (Steam). Let us know what you think! Thank you all for your continued support. It means everything to us, and we can't wait to share Epitasis with you all. - Epitasis Games
- Epitasis - Now Fully Playable / Development Update - 15 February 2019
Hey everyone! https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F29993236%2Fb4afb8789d3ff4ac77c6d85c708c825031a51ab8.jpg I have some good news. Epitasis is now playable from start to finish - meaning, you can press the new game button, and play it all the way to the end credits! This is a big milestone for us, and the game is getting very close to completion. I wanted to take a moment to talk about what lies ahead since we have reached this milestone. In the last update, I outlined some of the plans for 2019. These are still mostly the same, but we are planning on pushing the release date back to April rather than March. Once we finalize a release date, we will be sure to let everyone know. This announcement will probably occur around a month before the launch date - we're currently in the midst of even working on a brand new trailer for this announcement! Updated 2019 sch…
- Epitasis - Development Update and heading to MAGFest 2019! - 31 December 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F29993236%2F1010e012f38b06eaf489b5663175aca526655c9c.jpg Hey everyone! Lucas here with another update for Epitasis. It's been a bit of time since the last update, and for good reason. Epitasis is beginning to wrap up development and we've been hard at work doing so. The last few months have been particularly intense as we try to get everything together, but the good news is that everything really is finally falling into place and feeling great. We still have a few months of work left until launch, but we're almost there! The last half of the year, we... ...demoed the game at Xbox's Pre-PAX West event in August! It was so cool finally being able to demo the game at Microsoft's Headquarters, along with seeing all the cool games at PAX West! ...showed the game close to home in DC in September, at the District Arcade. If you're…
- Epitasis October Development Update - 12 October 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F29993236%2F4fd76629a0ff4afb60f01e90a114d0d3b84ea2f3.jpg Hi all! Lucas here with an Epitasis development update. We've been hard at work on continuing to build Epitasis, and it finally feels like the game is coming together. We're very close to a fully playable build - I am hoping that we should have one at the end of November or mid-December! That will give us the remaining time to do QA, localization, and continued polish of the game (and anything else). We seem to still be on track for a Q1 2019 release. Last time we talked, we were preparing for Microsoft's Pre-PAX event - it ended up going very well! Overall people seemed to like the demo we brought quite a lot, and it gave us some good feedback to polish some of our gameplay systems. It also gave us a lot of good experience about working on the Xbox build of the game.…
- Epitasis - Development Update and heading to Pre-PAX! - 27 August 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F29993236%2F43c2cf82407f68d767959ebab9f897effa4e765b.jpg Hello everyone! We recently added a bunch of new screenshots to our Steam store page. It has been a while since we've posted an update here, and we'd like to do so more often. Development has been going great. We are currently still on track for a mid Q1 2019 release date for PC and Mac! When we get closer to the new year, we hope to have more exact details about this. For now, please check out some of the new screenshots if you have not already, and be sure to add the game to your wishlist if you have not already! We will also be attending ID@Xbox's Pre-PAX event on the Microsoft campus, the day before PAX West starts! If you'd like to get a taste for Epitasis (on Xbox One!), come out and try it. All you need to do is RSVP to the event! For frequent developmental scr…
- Epitasis Kickstarter Complete at 117% Funded - 20 August 2017
THANK YOU EVERYONE! Epitasis has been fully funded at 117%! We couldn't have done it without you... and we are so excited for the things to come. We we're even able to get an extra bit of funding, and it will be used to help continue polishing the game overall. We'll be continuing to update backers on new things, such as tshirt designs and print designs. We will be doing surveys soon to get an idea of what the community would like to see for these, and we want to take the time to make these great. If you weren't able to back the game in time, you can still help support us by sharing the game on social media and adding it to your wishlist on steam. A quick update on the mac build for the alpha demo: we're still working on it, and it will still be released. We believe in that people should be able to try a demo of the game, and we still want users on the mac side to still be able to test…
- Epitasis Kickstarter Complete at 117% Funded - 20 August 2017
THANK YOU EVERYONE! Epitasis has been fully funded at 117%! We couldn't have done it without you... and we are so excited for the things to come. We we're even able to get an extra bit of funding, and it will be used to help continue polishing the game overall. We'll be continuing to update backers on new things, such as tshirt designs and print designs. We will be doing surveys soon to get an idea of what the community would like to see for these, and we want to take the time to make these great. If you weren't able to back the game in time, you can still help support us by sharing the game on social media and adding it to your wishlist on steam. A quick update on the mac build for the alpha demo: we're still working on it, and it will still be released. We believe in that people should be able to try a demo of the game, and we still want users on the mac side to still be able to test…
- 4 Days remaining on Kickstarter / 90% Funded - 16 August 2017
Hey everyone! Lucas here. We're about 90% funded on our Kickstarter! We only have 4 days remaining though, so time is ticking! If you'd like to back the Kickstarter, you'll get a copy for Steam once the game is released (or on any other platform of your choosing). You'll be helping fuel the development of the game itself. If you didn't see yet either - we released a demo build, so feel free to try it out if you'd like to get a taste of the game first. You can find the link to download it right at the top of the Kickstarter's page. You can check out the Kickstarter and all relevant media here! Thank you to everyone for all the continued support as well. We're so close and we're very happy to be bringing to you the passion project that is Epitasis. - Lucas
- 4 Days remaining on Kickstarter / 90% Funded - 16 August 2017
Hey everyone! Lucas here. We're about 90% funded on our Kickstarter! We only have 4 days remaining though, so time is ticking! If you'd like to back the Kickstarter, you'll get a copy for Steam once the game is released (or on any other platform of your choosing). You'll be helping fuel the development of the game itself. If you didn't see yet either - we released a demo build, so feel free to try it out if you'd like to get a taste of the game first. You can find the link to download it right at the top of the Kickstarter's page. You can check out the Kickstarter and all relevant media here! Thank you to everyone for all the continued support as well. We're so close and we're very happy to be bringing to you the passion project that is Epitasis. - Lucas
- Epitasis offers a lovely dreamy alien puzzler demo - 2 August 2017
Today I’ve been trying to find and push some games with demos because demos are a dying art (or at least a shrinking art because of Steam refunds and the like) so let’s look at Epitasis ! Epitasis has a demo to support a Kickstarter campaign which is running until 20 August. The game itself looks to be a non-linear dreamy puzzler with influences like Myst and Talos Principle. In his email the developer, Lucas Govatos, mentioned that people sometimes compare it to No Man’s Sky and I think that would be because of the setting – all big moons on horizons and red grass and strange structures. That said it actually reminds me far more of the monthly-ish walking simulator projects of Connor Sherlock because of the colour palettes combined with the alien landscapes. (more…)
- DEMO BUILD OUT NOW! - 1 August 2017
Hey everyone, We went ahead and released the event demo build EARLY! To everyone! Yay! You can now download it and get a feel for what Epitasis is really like - it contains just a small section of what we've been working on, and I really hope you enjoy it. I'm a firm believer to release thing's when its ready - I've been making subtle changes for the past week or so, but the build is ready enough for people to test out, break, and enjoy. Download it here. (note: Mac build coming later this week) Please feel free to stream it, upload videos, or anything else you see fit - we want to get the game and demo in front of as many people as possible! Some notes on the demo build so far (we'll continue updating it as issues and suggestions come in...) You may want to fiddle with your graphic settings before hitting new game. This is an alpha representation of the game - we'll be making changes a…
