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1. <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203216695888170791</id><updated>2024-03-28T01:53:08.048+02:00</updated><category term="EpisodeOne"/><category term="Lethe"/><category term="GameDev"/><category term="LetheOrigins"/><category term="FaberInteractive"/><category term="PostMortem"/><title type='text'>The Murky Isle</title><subtitle type='html'>KoukouStudios&#39; official blog and news</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default?alt=atom'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Rick Faber</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03712537860859972333</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_mcj-rwy5STwCR5UafOhi88RUFUTeiPxD9YtXr-KxCQIEkIFohhD9-yAie_SyquM6FvriSZ20u673vj2CEye88zUPgdHC8jOLpFQ_oNZMl1TZjPWqR8MX65uCCuyj_B4/s1600/oQ5K0MoqOza-hwCOyAwH6erc1giM0DJ4-k3DR9i-zlXx56TeM7PRKlmMyVC71OzHWHD01gjecQ4FGZZOx-XJ%3Dw1440-h774'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>18</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203216695888170791.post-3751041125409782355</id><published>2019-01-06T14:34:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2019-01-06T14:37:27.498+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="EpisodeOne"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="FaberInteractive"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="GameDev"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lethe"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="LetheOrigins"/><title type='text'>What the Future Holds</title><content type='html'>Firstly, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all who have been following our journey so far.&lt;br /&gt;
2. <br />
3. Now, as you have no doubt noticed we have been very silent the past year; it has been a rough one in many ways. And so our development time was limited; however, it never stopped us from continuing to spend our free time on our joined passion.<br />
4. <br />
5. The project we presented and the one you know as <a href="https://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2017/08/lethes-1st-anniversary-and-lethe-2.html">Lethe 2: Origins</a> is designed with <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/407780/" target="_blank">Episode One</a> in mind, and takes part of its lore and presents a new experience with familiar elements.<br />After some time we realized its scope was outside of our reach as a two-man team and couldn't be reduced without compromises we were not willing to make. We ended up stashing the project to come back to it in the future and came up with something fresh that still adheres to our design philosophy, gameplay preferences, and used existing code architecture.<br />
6. <br />
7. As we were developing, a game was released that closely resembled the core of our story, and we felt we could not release something so similar after the other game had already been released.<br />Once more, we sought to reuse what we had built and began designing a new experience. The premise had us excited and we were motivated once again. Unfortunately, the euphoria did not last, as we were soon unable to continue development due to our individual financial situations. Both of us had to find ways to get out of our financial predicament.<br />
8. <br />
9. John found contract work, and I found employment soon after. Which leads us to the following: with both of us spending our working days on our new jobs, we have very little usable time to dedicate to finishing this new project we started, as it is no small feat. Both of us still hope to see it finished one day and to be able to present it to you, our fans. And of course, Origins has not been forgotten either.<br />
10. As unfortunate as it is, this means that their development will be suspended indefinitely, at least for now.<br />
11. <br />
12. With all that being said, Faber Interactive (just me) is continuing game development on the side as we speak, albeit with a slightly different approach (more to come on that subject at a later point in time).<br />
13. <br />
14. We want to hear from you the players, about the things you enjoyed the most and what you disliked. What are your expectations, and what would you like to see in the future? Everything in regards to the franchise, and future titles.<br />
15. <br />
16. We can't make any guarantees, other than the fact that we are not giving up.<br />
17. <br />
18. And finally... we wish you all a happy and healthy New Year!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/feeds/3751041125409782355/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2019/01/what-future-holds.html#comment-form' title='20 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/3751041125409782355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/3751041125409782355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2019/01/what-future-holds.html' title='What the Future Holds'/><author><name>Rick Faber</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03712537860859972333</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_mcj-rwy5STwCR5UafOhi88RUFUTeiPxD9YtXr-KxCQIEkIFohhD9-yAie_SyquM6FvriSZ20u673vj2CEye88zUPgdHC8jOLpFQ_oNZMl1TZjPWqR8MX65uCCuyj_B4/s1600/oQ5K0MoqOza-hwCOyAwH6erc1giM0DJ4-k3DR9i-zlXx56TeM7PRKlmMyVC71OzHWHD01gjecQ4FGZZOx-XJ%3Dw1440-h774'/></author><thr:total>20</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203216695888170791.post-5701589917242354432</id><published>2017-08-01T14:12:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2019-01-06T14:35:44.090+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="EpisodeOne"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="GameDev"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lethe"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="LetheOrigins"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="PostMortem"/><title type='text'>Lethe’s 1st Anniversary and Lethe 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
19. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today we at Faber Interactive and KoukouStudios are very happy to celebrate the first year since the release of </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/407780/Lethe__Episode_One/" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Lethe: Episode One</a> and </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">50% anniversary sale will be running on Steam as part of the week-long deals.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> If you didn’t have a chance to play the game yet, it’s a great time to try it out now. There have been several updates since day one, including Steam Achievements support and several optimizations and improvements.</span><br />
20. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
21. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
22. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And some exciting news: The announcement of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lethe 2: Origins</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span><br />
23. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div>
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25. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
26. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmGh_CzltUFyBUtz4-fG9dPbBVWkAZZVTvWMEct8iKuJ1OIwSWDNjUd2aeBcqCukdrgEZzrKI1VsvyO5P9e12x6AIllN1JJ28Bb8YxL382AmrRVw4Ppts1M4dBYFvV8OS0qtwPJ1BJsM/s1600/00.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmGh_CzltUFyBUtz4-fG9dPbBVWkAZZVTvWMEct8iKuJ1OIwSWDNjUd2aeBcqCukdrgEZzrKI1VsvyO5P9e12x6AIllN1JJ28Bb8YxL382AmrRVw4Ppts1M4dBYFvV8OS0qtwPJ1BJsM/s640/00.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
27. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In game screenshot of Lethe 2: Origins</td></tr>
28. </tbody></table>
29. </div>
30. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
31. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lethe 2: Origins</span></span></div>
32. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
33. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lethe 2: Origins</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is our new title currently in development. The game takes place in a remote village on the same island as </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lethe: Episode One</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> but 30 years earlier.</span></span><br />
34. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div>
35. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
36. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If there’s one thing that we think we nailed in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the first game</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, it is the atmosphere and that’s something we are passing over to </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lethe 2</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. There’s a great difference between the two games though. Unlike its predecessor, in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lethe 2: Origins,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> storytelling is the place where everything else meets while gameplay is knitted around it. Another big difference (undoubtedly welcomed by many) is that the world is no longer limited to underground interior spaces.</span></span><br />
37. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div>
38. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
39. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As you might have already noticed, Lethe 2 doesn’t include the word episode. Yes, we have abandoned the episodic approach and there are two main reasons for it:</span></span><br />
40. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
41. <ul style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
42. <li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
43. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The episodic approach had a negative impact on sales and the game’s reputation:</span></span></div>
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45. </ul>
46. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
47. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When we started with the development of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lethe: Episode One </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the story was screaming for further future expansions. That’s when the idea about the episodic approach came along. The plan was to make three standalone episodes that didn’t necessarily rely on each other but in the long run if put together, they would explain parts of the story that in some episodes would remain unclear. Unfortunately even though we were pretty clear about the standalone nature of each episode, people were scared away by it and the episodic part of the game’s title costed us a large number of sales. Knowing that even AAA developers have failed to deliver episodic games before, we don’t blame them.</span></span><br />
48. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div>
49. <ul style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
50. <li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
51. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Longer development times due to technology and game mechanics changes:</span></span></div>
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53. </ul>
54. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
55. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lethe: Episode One</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> was developed on the Unreal Development Kit. Since Epic Games abandoned the project and moved to Unreal Engine 4, our best bet was to follow suit. Migrating the project to their new tech and developing new features took an extra amount of time, adding up to a new project already detached from </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Episode One</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> that can no longer be considered an episode.</span></span><br />
56. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div>
57. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
58. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We can’t give away much just yet so let’s leave the topic here for now. There’s more to come in the near future as we push forward through development.</span></span><br />
59. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
60. <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Let’s take a look at what happened since August 1st 2016.</span></span><br />
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65. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
66. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lethe: Episode One - Reception</span></span></div>
67. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
68. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">With YouTube overflowing with search results after typing “Lethe: Episode One” in its search-bar and over 2,6 million views on a single gameplay video by Markiplier, we are more than happy to have invested in the project.</span></span><br />
69. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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71. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unfortunately the popular press totally ignored the game and not a single of our attempts to contact them was ever replied (</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Episode One</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> made it to Metacritic but got stuck with just two reviews and never got a rating because of it). Considering that we didn’t have any insiders or the power to fund a place on their pages that was to be expected. On the other hand the medium/small press guys gave us a very warm welcome in the industry and we’re still very thankful. User ratings have been very encouraging too, summing up to “very positive” rating.</span></span><br />
72. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div>
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74. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">With Lethe we aimed towards a specific audience interested in slow-paced atmospheric horror. A good number of them embraced our work and offered their valuable feedback for further improvements. Sales haven’t been as pleasing as we hoped for, but a small cult has formed around the title.</span></span><br />
75. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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77. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lethe: Episode One - Sales</span></span></div>
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79. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While the quality standards for </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lethe: Episode One </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">are far higher compared to several top indie game sellers for 2016, with 7500+ units sold on PC to date it isn’t exactly considered an indie financial success. Yet, given the size of our team at the time (2 core developers and 3 freelancers) it has done far better than the average median indie game, while in the meantime we are able to keep our small studio running solely on the gas our sales provide. Once again thank you for supporting us in this journey.</span></span><br />
80. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div>
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82. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I believe that the low number of sales can be brought down to three reasons (I’m certainly not an analyst though and I’d be very interested in hearing your opinion on the topic).</span></span><br />
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86. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lack of a promotion campaign:</span></span></div>
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90. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lethe: Episode One</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> was never given a proper promotion campaign. We’re a very small studio and by the time we reached that point we had already invested all we had in the production. We went this far thanks to the word of mouth and your support, and we’re very grateful for that.</span></span><br />
91. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div>
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93. <li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
94. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Episodic title:</span></span></div>
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98. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As already stated above, even though we were clear about the standalone nature of each episode a lot of potential buyers were scared away by the episodic title. Some even stated that they like the game but they won't bother buying until all episodes are released. Of course that’s a double edged knife for a small developer like us. Reduced sales usually mean that future releases are less likely to happen.</span></span><br />
99. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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101. <li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
102. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">High amount of competition:</span></span></div>
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105. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
106. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2010 introduced the second “survival horror apocalypse” in gaming. And alongside the “indie apocalypse” it spread so fast that by the time </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lethe: Episode One </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">came out the audience was already fed up with </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“run and hide simulators”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. On top of that Steam is still flooding in extremely poor-quality horror projects. It’s not a wonder that people are cautious when it comes to products by new developers nobody knows. Going for a mainstream horror game by an already popular developer reduces the risk factor of wasting time with refund policies.</span></span><br />
107. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div>
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109. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Piracy</span></span></div>
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111. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s sad but yes, piracy is a huge issue for us. By the end of 2016 we tracked down an approximated number of 25000 pirated copies of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lethe: Episode One</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. A number that is already more than three times greater than the current legit sales and rising twice as fast.</span></span><br />
112. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div>
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114. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When considering that with the added income we could have hired a few people to help us with our next production, instead of working an average 10 to 12 (and sometimes even 16) hours a day… Well, it’s disappointing at the very least. Unfortunately there’s not much we can do, other than hope that those people are at least planning to buy the game in the future if they enjoyed it.</span></span><br />
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117. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Verdict</span></span></div>
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119. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If we take in account that </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lethe: Episode One</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> came out of the blue, without any sort of a promotional campaign and from an unknown developer, we can safely say that it performed fairly well. Though in the long run the financial uncertainty spreads in the air more often than we hope for. It certainly doesn’t help with clearing out our worries and to focus on the development of our next big title, but as long as we manage to keep the number of sales stable until the release of our next installment we’re very positive that everything will end well. As a safety measure though, we're currently also examining possible alternatives when it comes to funding the project. Any suggestions from the veterans among you are most welcome.</span></span></div>
120. &lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/feeds/5701589917242354432/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2017/08/lethes-1st-anniversary-and-lethe-2.html#comment-form' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/5701589917242354432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/5701589917242354432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2017/08/lethes-1st-anniversary-and-lethe-2.html' title='Lethe’s 1st Anniversary and Lethe 2'/><author><name>John E. Koukourakis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13606877804568366422</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhE7DLXFgIw2iWHHKmixgdCnASyRqRO6uUvuJ8Mg0HnJZbYzznvbxvRFbMo996WZ24kvvEN2xPFFLD8ihSdk_gR2ZRE_AVAF4K5HRkMhaphB--oivmDl-H0B1MD1VjgA/s220/NewLogoSq2.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmGh_CzltUFyBUtz4-fG9dPbBVWkAZZVTvWMEct8iKuJ1OIwSWDNjUd2aeBcqCukdrgEZzrKI1VsvyO5P9e12x6AIllN1JJ28Bb8YxL382AmrRVw4Ppts1M4dBYFvV8OS0qtwPJ1BJsM/s72-c/00.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203216695888170791.post-2762425922765369767</id><published>2017-06-10T11:08:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2019-01-06T14:36:25.296+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="EpisodeOne"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lethe"/><title type='text'>Hotfix 1.2.13 for Lethe Ep1 now available</title><content type='html'>We&#39;ve recently noticed some problems with playing offline and having spent some time figuring out the problem last week, we&#39;re now releasing this hotfix to solve the issue.&lt;br /&gt;
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122. Just a reminder for those who participated in the Public Beta and have been subscribed to its branch, to not forget to opt-out of the Beta branch. We've been keeping the Beta branch up-to-date with the latest patches, but we'll no longer be maintaining it and will eventually deactivate it. So please make sure that you're opted out to prevent any possibly complications.<br />
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124. &lt;i&gt;PS: We&#39;ve also changed some settings in the back-end which will hopefully reduce some problems a part of the players have had with the updates.&lt;/i&gt; </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/feeds/2762425922765369767/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2017/06/hotfix-1213-for-lethe-ep1-now-available.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/2762425922765369767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/2762425922765369767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2017/06/hotfix-1213-for-lethe-ep1-now-available.html' title='Hotfix 1.2.13 for Lethe Ep1 now available'/><author><name>John E. Koukourakis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13606877804568366422</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhE7DLXFgIw2iWHHKmixgdCnASyRqRO6uUvuJ8Mg0HnJZbYzznvbxvRFbMo996WZ24kvvEN2xPFFLD8ihSdk_gR2ZRE_AVAF4K5HRkMhaphB--oivmDl-H0B1MD1VjgA/s220/NewLogoSq2.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203216695888170791.post-8675632308298996726</id><published>2017-05-05T19:29:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2019-01-06T14:36:25.891+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="EpisodeOne"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lethe"/><title type='text'>LETHE: Frequently Asked Questions </title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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127. We have collected the most commonly asked questions about <a href="http://koukoustudios.com/lethe/" target="_blank">Lethe: Episode One</a> and compiled them into this FAQ. If you would like to know more, don’t hesitate to contact us at <a href="mailto:contact@koukoustudios.com">contact@koukoustudios.com</a>.<br />
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129. <b>What about <insert language here> localization?</b><br />
130. As mentioned before, we would very much like to support multi-language localization for Lethe: Episode one; However, as a small company we’re relying solely on our product’s sales and this kind of (big) overhaul is currently simply out of reach.<br />
131. Because we know there is a demand, we would like to extend an invitation to localization groups who have already made a localization for Episode One or worked on quality translations before, to contact us and provide us with their material, so that at a later point in time we might be able to make this a reality.<br />
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133. <b>What about motion sickness?</b><br />
134. Previously there have been requests for a way to limit the amount of camera sway, in case of motion sickness or nausea; Because of these requests we have previously introduced a Configuration File tweak that reduces the sway and should solve most cases of nausea. Check it out <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=917784624" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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136. <b>Do I need to play all episodes to understand the story?</b><br />
137. Each episode is a stand-alone experience with a self-contained story and ending on its own, focusing on different sub-plots or individual characters. Episodes do not need prior play of any other episode to understand, but will create a deeper connection to the story and provide a much more in-depth experience.<br />
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139. <b>What is going on with Lethe (Episode Two)?</b><br />
140. The project is alive and we’re actively working on it but that's all we can share about it at this time. An official announcement will follow once possible.<br />
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142. <b>Support for VR?</b><br />
143. There are currently no plans to provide native support for Virtual Reality due to the complexity of the matter. There is however at least one non-official (and thus unsupported) way to use your VR headset with the game:<br />
144. You may try to force VR compatibility with "VorpX", as some people have managed to get it to work with an HTC Vive. However, we can't provide any guarantees that it will work, it might be detrimental to your experience in the game and/or break certain parts of the game, simply because it is not supported by default.<br />
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146. <b>Is there going to be a Mac version?</b><br />
147. Due to low demand and the high number of technical issues that need to be overcome as a result of the discontinuation of Unreal Development Kit’s development, have unfortunately led us to cancel the Mac version.<br />
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149. <b>What about a DRM-free version?</b><br />
150. The DRM-free version of Episode One is still in our plans, but due to the development of the next project taking up all our available time and the requirements of such a move we’re keeping this under wraps for now.<br />
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152. <b>How do I fix this technical problem?</b><br />
153. Most, if not all of the known technical issues reported can be solved by following this <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=744219105" target="_blank">guide</a>.<br />
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160. Today marks the update of the game with the 1.2.12 update/hotfix that will solve the reported issues with the Librarian and Escape Artist achievements, plus a minor save system improvement.<br />
161. <br />
162. If you meet the two achievements' criteria, they will be unlocked as soon as you load your saved game in the final map.<br />
163. <br />
164. We've also taken the opportunity to give our website a facelift and updated our blog accordingly:<br />
165. <ul>
166. <li>Main website: <a href="http://koukoustudios.com/" target="_blank">koukoustudios.com</a></li>
167. <li>Game page: <a href="http://koukoustudios.com/lethe/" target="_blank">koukoustudios.com/lethe/</a></li>
168. </ul>
169. <i>PS: We're still working on the Press page, so expect it to be up again soon.</i><br />
170. <br />
171. If you face any issues please refer to this &lt;a href=&quot;http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=744219105&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;guide&lt;/a&gt;. If the problem persists please let us know in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://steamcommunity.com/app/407780/discussions/1/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;support forums&lt;/a&gt; or contact us directly at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:support@koukoustudios.com&quot;&gt;support@koukoustudios.com&lt;/a&gt;.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/feeds/4777215000655586939/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2017/04/hotfix-1212-for-lethe-ep1.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/4777215000655586939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/4777215000655586939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2017/04/hotfix-1212-for-lethe-ep1.html' title='Hotfix 1.2.12 for Lethe Ep1'/><author><name>John E. Koukourakis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13606877804568366422</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhE7DLXFgIw2iWHHKmixgdCnASyRqRO6uUvuJ8Mg0HnJZbYzznvbxvRFbMo996WZ24kvvEN2xPFFLD8ihSdk_gR2ZRE_AVAF4K5HRkMhaphB--oivmDl-H0B1MD1VjgA/s220/NewLogoSq2.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwa3RVDjdvb3h9jLx2995k63px-cmbxnEqnsq1NtjvqhNLZBUJ4O_eA_siT1-L1P6ddeJv582aDff0nYanQHbzO8TRGLrCHuYJ9RqrOjDBicrirBh7ubZ1wWIa_TKWWWdbJT_pPxou4w/s72-c/Mines05.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203216695888170791.post-138392159905726889</id><published>2017-02-24T17:09:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2019-01-06T14:36:24.893+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="EpisodeOne"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lethe"/><title type='text'>Lethe:Ep1 gets Steam Achievements</title><content type='html'>&lt;h2 style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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173. <a href="http://koukoustudios.com/lethe.html" target="_blank">Lethe: Episode One</a> gets updated to version <b>1.2.10</b> introducing several game improvements and <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/stats/407780/achievements" target="_blank">19 steam achievements</a>.<br />
174. <h4>
175. <b>1.2.10 Changelog</b></h4>
176. <ul>
177. <li>Enabled Achievements for the default branch;</li>
178. <li>Minor tweaks.</li>
179. </ul>
180. <h4>
181. <b>1.2.9 Changelog</b></h4>
182. <ul>
183. <li>Resolved some reported and unreported issues with the Achievements;</li>
184. <li>Small improvements to the frame-rate at the start of some levels;</li>
185. <li>Added anti-Nausea mode in the config. <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/app/407780/discussions/1/152392786911964678/#c152393186500151676" target="_blank">Check out the details here</a>.</li>
186. <li>Minor improvements to stability.</li>
187. </ul>
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189. <b>1.2.7 Changelog</b></h4>
190. <ul>
191. <li>Added support for <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/stats/407780/achievements" target="_blank">19 steam achievements</a>.;</li>
192. <li>Upgraded to the latest version of the Unreal Development Kit;</li>
193. <li>Smoother character animation blending;</li>
194. <li>Minor AI improvements;</li>
195. <li>Fixed sound issues.</li>
196. </ul>
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199. With the game’s engine upgrade to the latest version of the Unreal Development Kit a lot of files have been modified. <u>The configuration files will be recreated and your in-game settings will most likely be reset.</u><br />
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201. If you face any issues please refer to this &lt;a href=&quot;http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=744219105&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;guide&lt;/a&gt;. If the problem persists please let us know in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://steamcommunity.com/app/407780/discussions/1/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;support forums&lt;/a&gt; or contact us directly at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:support@koukoustudios.com&quot;&gt;support@koukoustudios.com&lt;/a&gt;.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/feeds/138392159905726889/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2017/02/letheep1-gets-steam-achievements.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/138392159905726889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/138392159905726889'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2017/02/letheep1-gets-steam-achievements.html' title='Lethe:Ep1 gets Steam Achievements'/><author><name>John E. Koukourakis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13606877804568366422</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhE7DLXFgIw2iWHHKmixgdCnASyRqRO6uUvuJ8Mg0HnJZbYzznvbxvRFbMo996WZ24kvvEN2xPFFLD8ihSdk_gR2ZRE_AVAF4K5HRkMhaphB--oivmDl-H0B1MD1VjgA/s220/NewLogoSq2.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEielnYYkaqH91PVz5Wd3YAYOtVwIbdugKIBWMcRhjCpsW2eCt2w_z35pZ-Dyyq-y-W-_Qa1Co_D8P_UJlM12dYclGoNzqmDB8K3RPm0EzYhtZvU36xkgNe99AOQ3rvwbHof8a3byP94oNI/s72-c/4fb725dfd03578943ed01511eea8c81e999e079d.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203216695888170791.post-8379668712681088645</id><published>2016-12-10T11:41:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2019-01-06T14:36:25.693+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="EpisodeOne"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lethe"/><title type='text'>Lethe Ep1: Top 10 User Screenshots</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;
202. A video game is nothing without its community these days. Every time we visit <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/app/407780" target="_blank">Lethe’s community section on Steam</a> we are reminded of that and we’d like to thank you for your contributions!</div>
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206. While videos and "Let’s Plays" are the first things to catch the eye, we decided to make a post about the hidden gems of our community: Screenshots! There’s a great number of high quality <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/app/407780/screenshots/" target="_blank">user screenshots</a> available on steam and as you understand, making
207.    them all fit in a single post is nearly impossible. By ignoring their current community rating, we decided to create a top ten of what we believe to be the best user screenshots to date. The main two judgement rules were the color palette and how
208.    well each shot connects with Lethe’s theme, mood and philosophy. We also picked only one screenshot per creator and one per in-game focal point and/or character.</div>
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212. Don’t forget to share your own screenshots and videos! Enjoy!</div>
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326. </div>
327. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/feeds/8379668712681088645/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2016/12/lethe-ep1-top-10-user-screenshots.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/8379668712681088645'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/8379668712681088645'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2016/12/lethe-ep1-top-10-user-screenshots.html' title='Lethe Ep1: Top 10 User Screenshots'/><author><name>John E. Koukourakis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13606877804568366422</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhE7DLXFgIw2iWHHKmixgdCnASyRqRO6uUvuJ8Mg0HnJZbYzznvbxvRFbMo996WZ24kvvEN2xPFFLD8ihSdk_gR2ZRE_AVAF4K5HRkMhaphB--oivmDl-H0B1MD1VjgA/s220/NewLogoSq2.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203216695888170791.post-4252553303952740523</id><published>2016-11-09T15:52:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2019-01-06T14:36:25.496+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="EpisodeOne"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lethe"/><title type='text'>Lethe - Episode One: Update 1.2 in Public Beta</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
328. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
329. <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/games/407780/announcements/detail/653414204833352179" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimevAMoLOfgXnRF4K0890EqI-i8AFKW3p8f3Tx8-GFt8d430kbCmdTNUPkn7tiPR4PLWric4yKEDZsMTFSnx18TjKVW3aqXXEYACgChdbMIaeabi50f_FXoeq1tdSRzT2CfrQW11D2Vgc/s400/0cf2d29f2d14d6c22926a5c4200a676a006ae05b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
330. <br />
331. <br />
332. We’re glad to announce that Update 1.2 is now available on the new Public Beta branch on Steam! This update also contains support for the long-awaited Steam Achievements.<br />
333. <br />
334. <b>Changelog:</b><br />
335. <br />
336. <ul>
337. <li>Added support for 23 Steam Achievements; </li>
338. <li>Upgraded to the latest version of the Unreal Development Kit; </li>
339. <li>Smoother character animation blending; </li>
340. <li>Minor AI improvements; </li>
341. <li>Fixed sound issues.</li>
342. </ul>
343. <br />
344. We wanted to share the improvements with you sooner than we otherwise could, thus we chose to release this update as a Public Beta. To switch to the Beta branch check out the &lt;a href=&quot;http://steamcommunity.com/app/407780/discussions/2/217690940937688003/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;instructions to access the Beta&lt;/a&gt;. We’re very keen to receive your feedback in the new &lt;a href=&quot;http://steamcommunity.com/app/407780/discussions/2/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Beta forum on Steam&lt;/a&gt;!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/feeds/4252553303952740523/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2016/11/lethe-episode-one-update-12-in-public.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/4252553303952740523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/4252553303952740523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2016/11/lethe-episode-one-update-12-in-public.html' title='Lethe - Episode One: Update 1.2 in Public Beta'/><author><name>John E. Koukourakis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13606877804568366422</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhE7DLXFgIw2iWHHKmixgdCnASyRqRO6uUvuJ8Mg0HnJZbYzznvbxvRFbMo996WZ24kvvEN2xPFFLD8ihSdk_gR2ZRE_AVAF4K5HRkMhaphB--oivmDl-H0B1MD1VjgA/s220/NewLogoSq2.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimevAMoLOfgXnRF4K0890EqI-i8AFKW3p8f3Tx8-GFt8d430kbCmdTNUPkn7tiPR4PLWric4yKEDZsMTFSnx18TjKVW3aqXXEYACgChdbMIaeabi50f_FXoeq1tdSRzT2CfrQW11D2Vgc/s72-c/0cf2d29f2d14d6c22926a5c4200a676a006ae05b.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203216695888170791.post-334504594950872040</id><published>2016-08-01T12:30:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2019-01-06T14:36:25.429+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="EpisodeOne"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lethe"/><title type='text'>“Lethe – Episode One” is Released!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm;&quot;&gt;
345. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
346. <span lang="en-US"><a href="http://www.koukoustudios.com/lethe.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lethe" border="0" height="92" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yjU_l8uQBaYCl1DvUr_94FEWNm1dlBAdV22U_f4qS6IzyUZxobIbSe5oxOUgTggbZbFFRV4aoD5oJS7-qctqylajwSkWPUI0CUCTzht0h5z4Y9Bs0PVl0lVCJgzzkRs1N3Zfnm-fnVw/s400/LetheTitleLogo.png" title="Lethe" width="400" /></a></span></div>
347. <br />
348. <span lang="en-US"><a href="http://www.koukoustudios.com/about.html">KoukouStudios</a>
349. and <a href="http://www.koukoustudios.com/about.html">Faber
350. Interactive</a> are proud to announce that after four years of
351. development, our debut title, “<a href="http://www.koukoustudios.com/lethe.html">Lethe
352. – Episode One</a>” has now been </span><span lang="en-US">released!<br /><br />The
353. Game is currently </span><span lang="en-US"><b>available</b></span><span lang="en-US">
354. on <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/407780/">Steam</a> and
355. through the <a href="http://www.koukoustudios.com/store.html">Humble
356. Widget</a> for </span><span lang="en-US"><b>Windows PC</b></span><span lang="en-US"><span lang="en-US"><b>. </b></span></span><br />
357. <span lang="en-US"><span lang="en-US"><b>There is currently a 10% discount during first week to celebrate its release!</b></span> </span><br />
358. <span lang="en-US">Keep in mind that by choosing the latter you have additional options
359. of directly supporting our studio and through that the development of
360. future episodes and games</span><span lang="en-US"><b>.</b></span><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
361. We plan to expand the amount of stores in the near future to improve
362. availability.</span></span></div>
363. <div lang="en-US" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
364. <br /></div>
365. <div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
366. <span style="font-weight: normal;">An
367. </span><b>OS X</b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> version is
368. planned for </span><b>later this year</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">.
369. “Lethe – Episode One” was built with the Unreal Development Kit
370. and although we’d love to see a Linux version too, without access
371. to the engine’s source code it is technically impossible right now.
372. Although that could maybe change depending on how well the game will
373. be received.</span></div>
374. <div lang="en-US" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
375. <br /></div>
376. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
377. <span lang="en-US">Press &
378. YouTubers</span><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
379. are welcome to </span></span><span lang="en-US">contact us</span><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
380. at <a href="mailto:contact@koukoustudios.com">contact@koukoustudios.com</a>.
381. Please keep in mind that it can take up to two or three working days
382. before you get a reply as we don’t have dedicated marketing
383. personnel and we reply all mails on our own. We also launched a <a href="http://www.koukoustudios.com/lethepress.html">Press
384. Page</a> and a subscription list that you can register to by visiting
385. our <a href="http://www.koukoustudios.com/">Official Website</a>.</span></span></div>
386. <div lang="en-US" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
387. <br /></div>
388. <div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
389. <span style="font-weight: normal;">Many
390. of you asked why it took so long. KoukouStudios has its origins in
391. the modding scene of the early 00’s. It wasn’t before 2012 when
392. we decided to make our passion a profession. We started from nothing
393. and financially supported Lethe’s development completely on our
394. own. Many times by doing one or two other jobs. We had no publishers,
395. investors or paid promotion campaigns either, yet we managed to
396. create a quality experience that meets our expectations.</span></div>
397. <div lang="en-US" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
398. <br /></div>
399. <div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
400. <span style="font-weight: normal;">And
401. of course we thank you for supporting us during all this time and we
402. really hope that you’ll enjoy our work and see the effort we put
403. into it. Please don’t forget to help us </span>spread the word<span style="font-weight: normal;">!
404. Use your social media or any other means available to you.
405. Thanks!</span><br />
406. <br />
407. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
408. <h3>
409. <b>Links & Socials</b></h3>
410. </div>
411. <center>
412. <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/407780" target="_blank"><img alt="SteamIcon" height="32" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifFYfujDdJyD8Aj-3xH8FVkwHptbJXcCh94-AT5lfKnklz7agjJinuE0F4qp-6qub-RvGarGfTd4alVMTJMilwk1naXJc7HRm0PFJzi2LdMuxqrWCVvVUMDHdd8PGYWSP035W2oIsQP-s/s400/SteamIcon.png" title="Steam" width="32" /></a> <a href="http://www.koukoustudios.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="KoukouIcon" height="32" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOybowf8xgezCl0rGqSq9xlxF4MRTVXTd4vPXCOxXkFjBv7GiKbjPtNBr7WEQwzfeSQpLqqXM8Q1OVAzjzpQEOLieWETxlRwOR05JcZNXFUgJwd6NmC6xJlo7Z10OWK9v52G68LijmDW8/s400/KoukouIcon.png" title="KoukouStudios" width="32" /></a>
413. <a href="https://twitter.com/KoukouStudios" target="_blank"><img alt="TwitterIcon" height="32" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjustVJagt9QQDWoN075qn8pmLbwoYLKStAIuEQMtn0zMYugLEZRwuMEwhcyaREeegLFIPnx1qyrwsK9b3z6EPp4XWkBXJp4gxHZItSE1R1EMORdANTMhGRzhhMTnvT8xBSXIh4PJnr3AM/s400/TwitterIcon.png" title="Twitter" width="32" /></a>
414. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KoukouStudios" target="_blank"><img alt="facebook" height="32" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwWasZvO-RZLcb-m5D9BpttEtHys3YSTHo4N7i-yWdl9VgyurDJdRzGM8z7220YyogKT5Mr0XgFwv-3hYiivL4mX6mQSdKjI16AT844aPAHayhCEG2AUJFxznmNUa9eZVMRFW-lQudCSA/s400/facebook.png" title="Facebook" width="32" /></a>
415. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/koukoustudiosofficial" target="_blank"><img alt="YouTube 1" height="32" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQ9kjTYKqcFxAC5x8DhNhdQRusElu75Av65U9PZqU2t1LDg9n8Cmii6OjVergTRftD-ECvmd9V81aZUGRB-ztMsW_oIQHJTP7mOOyCApPgsOJmHCRDciG-yzKDECSo7MoEfFFUcln7Qk/s1600/YouTube.png" title="YouTube" width="32" /></a>
416. </center>
417. <br />
418. <div style="text-align: center;">
419. <h3>
420. <b>Buy Now!</b></h3>
421. </div>
422. <br /></div>
423. <div style="text-align: center;">
424. <iframe frameborder="0" height="200" src="https://store.steampowered.com/widget/407780/" width="512"></iframe><br /></div>
425. <div style="text-align: center;">
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428. Quite some time has passed since being <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=93151808" target="_blank">Greenlit</a>, so we thought it was about time to make our <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/407780" target="_blank">Store Page</a> public with all the new media we have been collecting. And in case you might have missed it, we released our new trailer last week. So check it out if you haven't already:<br />
429. <div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 1cm; margin-top: 1cm;">
430. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rV-F_BWB1EE?rel=0?vq=hd720" width="560"></iframe>
431. </div>
432. Some of you might have noticed we have updated the descriptions on our pages, because some aspects were too vague and could easily lead to misunderstandings about the nature of the game.<br />
433. We're currently focusing on a PC-only launch, while aiming for an OS X release some time later this year. Currently we split our time between the Closed Beta, the patching of bugs, finalizing content, doing promotion and whatever else shows up along the way. Thus we might not reply to your messages right away.<br />
434. <br />
435. Now that all of the previous is out of the way, we are  happy to announce that <b>Lethe - Episode One</b> will be released on <b>Steam</b> for <b>PC</b> on <b>August 1<sup>st</sup> 2016</b>!<br />
436. <br />
437. For all matters regarding Press and Reviews, we'd kindly request that you contact us at <a href="mailto:contact@koukoustudios.com">contact@koukoustudios.com</a>.</div>
438. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/feeds/8444761552510241005/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2016/07/lethe-gets-release-date.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/8444761552510241005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/8444761552510241005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2016/07/lethe-gets-release-date.html' title='Lethe gets a Release Date!'/><author><name>Rick Faber</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03712537860859972333</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_mcj-rwy5STwCR5UafOhi88RUFUTeiPxD9YtXr-KxCQIEkIFohhD9-yAie_SyquM6FvriSZ20u673vj2CEye88zUPgdHC8jOLpFQ_oNZMl1TZjPWqR8MX65uCCuyj_B4/s1600/oQ5K0MoqOza-hwCOyAwH6erc1giM0DJ4-k3DR9i-zlXx56TeM7PRKlmMyVC71OzHWHD01gjecQ4FGZZOx-XJ%3Dw1440-h774'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/rV-F_BWB1EE/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203216695888170791.post-1782175438048786963</id><published>2016-07-14T16:17:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2019-01-06T14:36:25.027+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="EpisodeOne"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lethe"/><title type='text'>Lethe has a new Trailer</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
439. <a href="http://www.koukoustudios.com/lethe.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" koukoustudios.com/lethe" border="0" height="91" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yjU_l8uQBaYCl1DvUr_94FEWNm1dlBAdV22U_f4qS6IzyUZxobIbSe5oxOUgTggbZbFFRV4aoD5oJS7-qctqylajwSkWPUI0CUCTzht0h5z4Y9Bs0PVl0lVCJgzzkRs1N3Zfnm-fnVw/s400/LetheTitleLogo.png" width="400" /></a>
440. </div>
441. <br />
442. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
443. In an effort to be more consistent with
444. our updates and to keep you guys up-to-date, we're going to try to be
445. a bit more pro-active with our communications!</div>
446. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
447. <br /></div>
448. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
449. <i>And now we are ready to share with you
450. something new and exciting!</i></div>
451. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
452. <br /></div>
453. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
454. As part of our ongoing development as a
455. studio we're happy to announce that Lethe - Episode One will be
456. published by none other than Faber Interactive, a company founded by
457. KoukouStudios co-founder and developer Rick Faber. This decision
458. solidifies our current position and commitment as an independent
459. developer and means that nothing will actually change for the game
460. and the team behind it.</div>
461. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
462. <br /></div>
463. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
464. Since the game has been in development
465. for about four years now, things have been updated. This is why we
466. have recently uploaded some new screenshots to <a href="http://www.koukoustudios.com/lethe.html" target="_blank">our website </a>(and <a href="http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2016/07/lethe-is-in-beta.html" target="_blank">our previous post</a>).</div>
467. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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469. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
470. And what could be a better way to show
471. you our progress than to share with you our new Trailer! </div>
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475. <br />
476. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rV-F_BWB1EE?rel=0?vq=hd720" width="560"></iframe>
477.  
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480. <div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
481. Now, considering all that
482. we've said, we're hoping that you're still with us on this long
483. journey and that you're just as excited and anxious as we are, for
484. the not too distant release of our debut title!</div>
485. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/feeds/1782175438048786963/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2016/07/lethe-has-new-trailer.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/1782175438048786963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/1782175438048786963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2016/07/lethe-has-new-trailer.html' title='Lethe has a new Trailer'/><author><name>Rick Faber</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03712537860859972333</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_mcj-rwy5STwCR5UafOhi88RUFUTeiPxD9YtXr-KxCQIEkIFohhD9-yAie_SyquM6FvriSZ20u673vj2CEye88zUPgdHC8jOLpFQ_oNZMl1TZjPWqR8MX65uCCuyj_B4/s1600/oQ5K0MoqOza-hwCOyAwH6erc1giM0DJ4-k3DR9i-zlXx56TeM7PRKlmMyVC71OzHWHD01gjecQ4FGZZOx-XJ%3Dw1440-h774'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yjU_l8uQBaYCl1DvUr_94FEWNm1dlBAdV22U_f4qS6IzyUZxobIbSe5oxOUgTggbZbFFRV4aoD5oJS7-qctqylajwSkWPUI0CUCTzht0h5z4Y9Bs0PVl0lVCJgzzkRs1N3Zfnm-fnVw/s72-c/LetheTitleLogo.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203216695888170791.post-2643960195829482084</id><published>2016-07-04T20:13:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2019-01-06T14:36:25.229+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="EpisodeOne"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lethe"/><title type='text'>Lethe is in Beta</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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491. There was this particular morning last week... Like every other morning, after preparing an enormous cup of coffee we booted up our computers with tired eyes, barely open from previous night's work. We went to check our daily tasks list like we used to do every day for the past four years. It took us a while staring at the lists, but we finally realized that Lethe was practically ready for some serious Beta testing! We just couldn't believe it. Could it really be true after all that we've been through?<br />
492. <br />
493. As I'm writing this, Lethe is being played on Steam by a few lucky people from outside the Studio. It has now been a week since we officially launched the Closed Beta and so far we're more than satisfied hearing people's first reactions! It seems like the time and effort we've invested in this project and the countless sacrifices are starting to pay back.<br />
494. <br />
495. So, when will we announce a release date you might ask?<br />
496. <br />
497. At this point we have to admit that during the first two years in development, we simply failed to reach every single deadline. Call it the lack of an experienced project manager, the limited resources we had available to us, or the fact that we funded the project from our own pockets. In the end, it doesn't even matter anymore. We had to learn from our mistakes and unfortunately that took time. Those early failures made us more insecure about reaching out to you guys and let you know about our progress. And although those days are now past us, we are still very careful with making commitments.<br />
498. <br />
499. At the current stage Lethe is stable, runs smoothly and looks great. All the major bugs we had until a month ago are fixed. Seeing other people play our game and having fun with it fills us with feelings of pride and joy! But it's still very interesting to note the little things our testers come up with: minor collision issues, physics going mad, skyrocketing cardboard boxes... Although individually they are considered minor  issues and not as time consuming to fix, all added up they still take some time to solve. But we believe that by the end of this week we'll have a good overview of what's left to be done and how much time that's going to take us.<br />
500. <br />
501. So, the next time you'll hear from us on this blog we'll most likely have a release date to announce! Fingers crossed!<br />
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514. &lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/feeds/2643960195829482084/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2016/07/lethe-is-in-beta.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/2643960195829482084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/2643960195829482084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2016/07/lethe-is-in-beta.html' title='Lethe is in Beta'/><author><name>John E. Koukourakis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13606877804568366422</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhE7DLXFgIw2iWHHKmixgdCnASyRqRO6uUvuJ8Mg0HnJZbYzznvbxvRFbMo996WZ24kvvEN2xPFFLD8ihSdk_gR2ZRE_AVAF4K5HRkMhaphB--oivmDl-H0B1MD1VjgA/s220/NewLogoSq2.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yjU_l8uQBaYCl1DvUr_94FEWNm1dlBAdV22U_f4qS6IzyUZxobIbSe5oxOUgTggbZbFFRV4aoD5oJS7-qctqylajwSkWPUI0CUCTzht0h5z4Y9Bs0PVl0lVCJgzzkRs1N3Zfnm-fnVw/s72-c/LetheTitleLogo.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203216695888170791.post-8642203429444751638</id><published>2015-10-31T15:59:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2019-01-06T14:36:25.825+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="EpisodeOne"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lethe"/><title type='text'>Lethe - Halloween Status Update</title><content type='html'>This has been quite a long period of silence, we have to admit. Maybe way longer than it should have been. And rightfully, some of you have complained about it. We decided to remain silent and show up again once we actually have something to say, and Halloween seems like the right time.&lt;br /&gt;
515. <br />
516. Let's start with some good news. We're finally in position to talk about a release date. For now all we can say is that it's set for early 2016. We will reveal the exact date in the very near future. And since a lot of people ask, yes we are indeed considering the option of pre-orders as it could help us with further improving the product during the pre-release period.<br />
517. <br />
518. So what's going on, how's Lethe coming along? Let's see.<br />
519. <br />
520. Lethe is currently in Pre-Beta state. You know, that magic moment when somebody is trying your product for the first time? You got to love that moment. The first testing sessions came back very positive. Probably extremely positive compared to what we expected.<br />
521. Our current focus is improving certain bits based on the feedback we get, adding details to the world, test some last moment ideas and of course, bug fixing! Final music and voices edits will follow soon.<br />
522. <br />
523. So is everything ideal?<br />
524. <br />
525. You know it never is. In order to be realistic we had to further cut the length of the first episode. We're still using the same game engine and and although still good-looking, UDK is showing its age under the shadow of its fourth generation brother. So it's about time to stop thinking about ideal goals and move on. And when it comes to quality over length? You know the answer. Quality rules supreme!<br />
526. <br />
527. Stay tuned, more updates and media coming soon.<br />
528. <br />
529. Oh and, happy Halloween everyone!<br />
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536. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAaLp96caeWaK0_Fqiz9LkdeF5R76C14KR2RDBI8w39wUogIbPeHAN1IHeFvqQ9izSC4M02gS13bBbTOt3YQrH6afDImmc93uEJ2o5ffIxfsNpmFblysO2wktTfwfx6JGcfz4kp5K8LHY/s1600/Lethe+-+Episode+One+-+Coastline720p+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAaLp96caeWaK0_Fqiz9LkdeF5R76C14KR2RDBI8w39wUogIbPeHAN1IHeFvqQ9izSC4M02gS13bBbTOt3YQrH6afDImmc93uEJ2o5ffIxfsNpmFblysO2wktTfwfx6JGcfz4kp5K8LHY/s1600/Lethe+-+Episode+One+-+Coastline720p+(1).jpg" height="112" width="200" /></a></div>
537. <br />
538. <br />
539. Since the release of Lethe's <a href="http://youtu.be/rEM7LuqCOyg" target="_blank">official gameplay teaser</a> last week, we've been tracking your comments and feedback and based on your questions we set up the following F.A.Q. that aims to answer the major ones.<br />
540. <br />
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543.  
544. <br />
545. <b>Can you share some more info about the story?</b><br />
546. <i>Robert Dawn is a young journalist with an unremarkable career. After his step-father's death, Robert was left to deal with a major debt and while looking through the piles of documents entrusted to him, he came across adoption papers that revealed his real parents.</i><br />
547. <i>With his back to the wall due to the debt, Robert stumbles across an old article about an incident at a pharmaceutical facility on an isolated island. When he realizes that it involves the names of his parents, he decides to take the chance to investigate the unusual incident.</i><br />
548. <i>And that's all we can share without spoiling the story for you.</i><br />
549. <br />
550. <b>Will the entirety of Lethe be in dark underground tunnels as seen in the latest trailer?</b><br />
551. <i>No, besides underground tunnels, there are traditional mountain-side villages and secret laboratories. Lethe offers a variety of different environments to explore. For the gameplay trailer we chose to use an interior area where we thought we could show you some basic gameplay.</i><br />
552. <br />
553. <b>Is psychokinesis the only way Robert can interact with the world? For some actions it looks a bit excessive. </b><br />
554. <i>For the gameplay trailer with the intention to highlight the ability, we chose to use </i><i>psychokinesis</i><i> to do the majority of what is shown. It doesn't mean that Robert can't interact normally with the world too, for advanced actions though it takes psychokinesis to make progress in game.</i><br />
555. <br />
556. <b>Why can't Robert affect enemies with psychokinesis?</b><br />
557. <i>Without spoiling anything, we can say that a “Lethe user” direct actions against another “user” are limited. As such, Robert can only use the environment against other “users” while his direct actions are limited to only slowing them down.</i><br />
558. <br />
559. <b>If the enemies are “users” just like Robert, why don't they have psychokinesis too?</b><br />
560. <i>What made Robert psychokinetic isn't something other “users” could ever survive... We're still trying to avoid spoilers here.</i><br />
561. <br />
562. <b>How many hours of gameplay will the game have?</b><br />
563. <i>We aim for two episodes of about five to six hours long each, obviously depending on player's style of play this could be different.</i><br />
564. <br />
565. <b>I'm a press agent or a YouTuber and I'd like to have early access to Lethe.</b><br />
566. <i>Currently there's no press version of Lethe. When something like that is available we will definitely announce it. We keep a list of press contacts that have requested access, if you want to be on that list feel free to contact us at contact@koukoustudios.com</i><br />
567. <br />
568. <b>What languages will the game support?</b><br />
569. <i>Because of limited resources we can only support English localization for now.</i><br />
570. <br />
571. <b>Why does it takes so long to release Lethe?</b><br />
572. <i>KoukouStudios is a small, independent and self-sustained game developer and our resources are very limited. Earlier this year we discussed Lethe with three different publishers and even though they were willing to support and publish the project we couldn't accept their terms because we felt that we 'd loose control over Lethe's development. In order to secure our standards in quality and to speed up development, we decided to release Lethe in two episodes. Additionally, we are currently considering our options regarding a crowd-funding campaign.</i><br />
573. <br />
574. <b>How many episodes will Lethe be and when will Episode One be released?</b><br />
575. <i>Lethe is currently a two episode project and our current goals involve the release of Episode One sometime during the first half of 2015, that's all we can say at the moment. Announcing a release date now could impact the quality of the final product and we certainly don't want that, especially since there's no publisher pushing us towards a rushed release.</i><br />
576. <br />
577. <b>What platforms does the game run on?</b><br />
578. <i>Lethe is built on the 'Unreal Development Kit' and we aim to release it for whatever major platform UDK currently supports or will support. As of now those are PC and Mac only. The PC version will be the first to be released, with a Mac version further down the line.</i><br />
579. <br />
580. <b>Will Lethe support VR?</b><br />
581. <i>Our number one priority right now is to finish the development of Lethe and to hold it to our standards in quality. And although there are currently no plans to support VR, we don't exclude the possibility of a future update enabling the use of VR.</i><br />
582. <br />
583. &lt;u&gt;If you think that we forgot about something, feel free to comment below and we&#39;ll do our best to update this list as soon as possible.&lt;/u&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/feeds/7453607799477555217/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2014/12/lethe-faq-2014.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/7453607799477555217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/7453607799477555217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2014/12/lethe-faq-2014.html' title='LETHE - F.A.Q 2014'/><author><name>John E. Koukourakis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13606877804568366422</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhE7DLXFgIw2iWHHKmixgdCnASyRqRO6uUvuJ8Mg0HnJZbYzznvbxvRFbMo996WZ24kvvEN2xPFFLD8ihSdk_gR2ZRE_AVAF4K5HRkMhaphB--oivmDl-H0B1MD1VjgA/s220/NewLogoSq2.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAaLp96caeWaK0_Fqiz9LkdeF5R76C14KR2RDBI8w39wUogIbPeHAN1IHeFvqQ9izSC4M02gS13bBbTOt3YQrH6afDImmc93uEJ2o5ffIxfsNpmFblysO2wktTfwfx6JGcfz4kp5K8LHY/s72-c/Lethe+-+Episode+One+-+Coastline720p+(1).jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203216695888170791.post-1529901348351543796</id><published>2014-11-28T18:44:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2019-01-06T14:36:24.960+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="EpisodeOne"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lethe"/><title type='text'>Developer&#39;s thoughts on “Lethe”.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm;&quot;&gt;
584. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since “Lethe”
585. went “green” on steam, we start our days by saying. “What about
586. a blog post?”. But then we check our development task lists and
587. never mention it again for the rest of the day.</span></div>
588. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
589. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
590. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
591. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Being an
592. independent game developer requires a lot of energy! There are so
593. many things to consider – art, graphics, animations, gameplay,
594. human psychology, bug-fixing, testing, concept, story, audio,
595. registering a business, your girlfriend who's constantly asking about
596. what are you going to do with your life... – and many more
597. terrifying things (well, maybe not as terrifying as the last one).
598. There's barely any free time left for anything. Getting on a blog and
599. talking about your project sooner or later becomes part of that
600. “anything”. Here's where I'd like to say that, even if we don't
601. always reply your e-mails or your comments on social media, keep in
602. mind that we always read them and in fact, we take them very
603. seriously. A big portion of how we designed Lethe's gameplay is based
604. on your feedback! So please, keep giving us what we need the most.
605. Your feedback!</span></div>
606. <div style="margin-top: 0.42cm; page-break-after: avoid;">
607. <h4>
608. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>Who am I?</b></span></h4>
609. </div>
610. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
611. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm John E. Koukourakis, founder and developer at KoukouStudios (Yes
612. “KoukouStudios” started as a joke about my last name by a couple
613. of good friends back in the university).</span></div>
614. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
615. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although my main
616. responsibilities in the team are Programming and Level Design,
617. eventually I had to expand my skillset by getting my hands on other
618. stuff like, Particle Fx Design, additional Sound Design, Concept Art
619. and most importantly, the Creative Direction of “Lethe”. That's
620. enough about me for the moment though. There will be other posts
621. about the team in the near future.</span></div>
622. <div style="margin-top: 0.42cm; page-break-after: avoid;">
623. <h4>
624. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>Looking back at “Lethe”:</b></span></h4>
625. </div>
626. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
627. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been more
628. than two years since I started on a small personal project. I wanted
629. to bring back physics. Physics gameplay showed up back in the mid
630. 00's and then “whoosh”... vanished. The triple-A guys once more
631. turned to Hollywood like explosions and static shooters feeding the
632. needs of the angry teens around the globe. Today when the young
633. gamers say “physics” they mean shooting and breaking or exploding
634. stuff. But what about the actual physics based world interaction? It
635. sounded like a good goal.</span></div>
636. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
637. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
638. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
639. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It started as a
640. small scale project running on 'UDK' from 'Epic Games'. It was about
641. a man who was shipwrecked on an isolated island. An ex-colleague and
642. writer, Margaret Farrell, helped me figure out a title and that's how
643. “Lethe” was born! Even though the gameplay mechanics and story
644. were ridiculous back then I decided to post something on IndieDB...
645. (We 're still haunted by outdated/early articles and
646. screenshots on google search). One of the best things that happened
647. to the project back then was that Rick Faber, a talented artist from
648. the Netherlands spotted the game on IndieDB.</span><br />
649. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
650. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
651. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
652. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
653. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg32azce4a_tJ8RxEyKQmXGWcc86D74Oqigfo2D9nkmwyyiln7Gk0dF4SeQNrTdpxxhpGdqq4I9hdFG8aPA8dAkE650mjydaYIpUxohGERExwosWWgkSBG4Rrwmm1PFCRi06VAnZ-GKzoo/s1600/outdatedshots.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg32azce4a_tJ8RxEyKQmXGWcc86D74Oqigfo2D9nkmwyyiln7Gk0dF4SeQNrTdpxxhpGdqq4I9hdFG8aPA8dAkE650mjydaYIpUxohGERExwosWWgkSBG4Rrwmm1PFCRi06VAnZ-GKzoo/s1600/outdatedshots.jpg" /></a></div>
654. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
655. <i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Outdated screenshots haunting us on google.</b> Be sure to check out the<b> <a href="http://koukoustudios.com/media.html" target="_blank">latest media</a></b> on the<b> <a href="http://koukoustudios.com/" target="_blank">official website!</a></b></span></i></div>
656. </div>
657. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
658. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
659. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
660. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
661. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
662. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When Rick joined
663. we sat down and rewrote the story into something more sensible and
664. personal. Then we got rid of all the unneeded and frustrating
665. gameplay features. For example originally, besides telekinesis, in
666. Lethe you could master a bunch of different “magic powers” like
667. fireballs, bolts etc. Later though we realized that we had given the
668. player too much power. Most testers were approaching the game as a
669. classic shooter. Getting rid of everything but telekinesis made
670. things way more interesting. Testers would no longer stand and shoot
671. whatever was moving, instead for the first time they were using
672. stealth and the environment to survive. The downside of those changes
673. was that we had to throw away 4 game levels. But you know how it is,
674. “if you're going to do something do it right or don't do it at
675. all”.</span></div>
676. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
677. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A fair amount of
678. months later we released the “Reveal Trailer”. People seemed
679. excited even though we weren't showing much. That's when I asked
680. Rick, “<i>why don't we get on Steam Greenlight now that we have a
681. trailer</i>?” (The project had been on Steam's pages for a year
682. already, but it hadn't been published because we thought it was too
683. early to show something). Half an hour later we were live on
684. Greenlight! It was the craziest decision we ever took! No
685. preparation, no campaign promotion, no nothing. I remember staying
686. awake until 4.00 am reading your comments. Thanks to you, two weeks
687. later Lethe was greenlit and we could finally get some sleep!</span></div>
688. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
689. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During that period
690. we also got some extra people in the team and as I type this there
691. are <a href="http://koukoustudios.com/press.html#credits" target="_blank">nine people working on Lethe</a>.</span></div>
692. <div style="margin-top: 0.42cm; page-break-after: avoid;">
693. <h4>
694. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>The
695. present and the future:</b></span></h4>
696. </div>
697. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
698. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lethe is a fairly
699. demanding project and it certainly takes longer to complete than what
700. we had imagined in the beginning. Although we originally aimed at a
701. release late this year, we'll have to postpone it for 2015. We're
702. sorry about that. The main reason is that we support the project
703. financially on our own and it's not as easy to meet the required
704. development speed when it's not possible to have everyone working
705. full-time.
706. </span><br />
707. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
708. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
709. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Earlier this year
710. we discussed Lethe with three different publishers and even though
711. they were willing to support and publish the project we couldn't
712. accept their terms. I have the feeling that publishers haven't yet
713. realized how important the indie gaming scene has become during the
714. last four years and they definitely don't understand how to create a deal that is acceptable for both them and the indie developer.
715. They remain entrenched with old-fashioned ideas about funding and
716. marketing that no longer apply to the current gaming market. This
717. actually sounds like a good topic for an entirely new post some time
718. later.</span></div>
719. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
720. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
721. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
722. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even though
723. programming is pretty much done and Lethe's production is getting
724. together way faster now since it's only about level-design and adding
725. details, we still need to speed up things a little bit more. And this
726. is exactly why we decided to release Lethe as two separate episodes.
727. It's definitely more feasible and while you'll get your hands faster
728. on the project with “Episode One” we'll also be able to speed up
729. the development of the second episode. Additionally we started to
730. think about a crowdfunding campaign and/or pre-orders. Looking at
731. Kickstarter and seeing a lot of the latest indie campaigns fail, we
732. certainly see that it's not going to be an easy goal.</span><br />
733. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
734. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
735. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apart from some
736. unexpected stuff getting in the way, we're not too far away from the
737. release of the first episode. There will also be a beta testing
738. period where some of you will be able to lay your hands on the game.
739. We 're already looking forward to it. In the mean time, let us hear
740. your thoughts on “Lethe” and in case you missed it, check out our
741. brand new <a href="http://koukoustudios.com/" target="_blank">Alpha Gameplay Trailer</a> released earlier this week.</span></div>
742. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
743. <div style="text-align: center;">
744. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
745. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/rEM7LuqCOyg?rel=0" width="560"></iframe><br /></span>
746. <br />
747. <div style="text-align: left;">
748. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
749. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until next time,</span></div>
750. <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
751. <i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-John E.K.</span></i></div>
752. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/feeds/1529901348351543796/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2014/11/developers-thoughts-on-lethe.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/1529901348351543796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/1529901348351543796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2014/11/developers-thoughts-on-lethe.html' title='Developer&#39;s thoughts on “Lethe”.'/><author><name>John E. Koukourakis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13606877804568366422</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhE7DLXFgIw2iWHHKmixgdCnASyRqRO6uUvuJ8Mg0HnJZbYzznvbxvRFbMo996WZ24kvvEN2xPFFLD8ihSdk_gR2ZRE_AVAF4K5HRkMhaphB--oivmDl-H0B1MD1VjgA/s220/NewLogoSq2.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg32azce4a_tJ8RxEyKQmXGWcc86D74Oqigfo2D9nkmwyyiln7Gk0dF4SeQNrTdpxxhpGdqq4I9hdFG8aPA8dAkE650mjydaYIpUxohGERExwosWWgkSBG4Rrwmm1PFCRi06VAnZ-GKzoo/s72-c/outdatedshots.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203216695888170791.post-291466816436198142</id><published>2014-11-26T14:30:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2019-01-06T14:36:25.362+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="EpisodeOne"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lethe"/><title type='text'>LETHE - Alpha Gameplay Trailer</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Check out the new alpha gameplay trailer for &quot;Lethe - Episode One&quot; and tell us what you think!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
753. <br />
754. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/rEM7LuqCOyg?rel=0" width="560"></iframe>
755.  
756. <br />
757. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;More news coming soon, stay tuned! Also a huge thanks for your support and feedback on the social media and especially our friends on &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/KoukouStudios&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/feeds/291466816436198142/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2014/11/lethe-alpha-gameplay-trailer.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/291466816436198142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/291466816436198142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2014/11/lethe-alpha-gameplay-trailer.html' title='LETHE - Alpha Gameplay Trailer'/><author><name>John E. Koukourakis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13606877804568366422</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhE7DLXFgIw2iWHHKmixgdCnASyRqRO6uUvuJ8Mg0HnJZbYzznvbxvRFbMo996WZ24kvvEN2xPFFLD8ihSdk_gR2ZRE_AVAF4K5HRkMhaphB--oivmDl-H0B1MD1VjgA/s220/NewLogoSq2.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203216695888170791.post-1200579893192809134</id><published>2014-03-07T14:18:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2019-01-06T14:36:24.762+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="EpisodeOne"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lethe"/><title type='text'>Teaser Trailer 2014</title><content type='html'>Hot off the press: the long-awaited teaser trailer is finally here!&lt;br /&gt;
758. <br />
759. Enjoy this real-time video taken straight from our upcoming debut title "Lethe - Episode One".<br />
760. Let us know what you think!<br /><br />
761. <div style="text-align: center;">
762. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Bz7nd8Jw-ok?rel=0&vq=hd720" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>
763. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/feeds/1200579893192809134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2014/03/teaser-trailer-2014.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/1200579893192809134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/1200579893192809134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2014/03/teaser-trailer-2014.html' title='Teaser Trailer 2014'/><author><name>Rick Faber</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03712537860859972333</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_mcj-rwy5STwCR5UafOhi88RUFUTeiPxD9YtXr-KxCQIEkIFohhD9-yAie_SyquM6FvriSZ20u673vj2CEye88zUPgdHC8jOLpFQ_oNZMl1TZjPWqR8MX65uCCuyj_B4/s1600/oQ5K0MoqOza-hwCOyAwH6erc1giM0DJ4-k3DR9i-zlXx56TeM7PRKlmMyVC71OzHWHD01gjecQ4FGZZOx-XJ%3Dw1440-h774'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203216695888170791.post-7660059474742272792</id><published>2014-03-02T19:58:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2019-01-06T14:37:14.300+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="GameDev"/><title type='text'>Welcome to the KoukouStudios blog!</title><content type='html'>It has been some time since we first thought about creating a place where we could share our thoughts with you and receive your feedback, but with an enormous amount of work in our hands we never did get around to do it … until now.&lt;br /&gt;
764. <br />
765. Welcome to the KoukouStudios blog!<br />
766. <br />
767. Since you're here we guess you already know who we are and what we do, but for those who don't:<br />
768. KoukouStudios is an independent video game development team. And although we're currently working on our debut project, we've been around as members in modding communities since 2007.<br />
769. <br />
770. A lot of things have changed since then: our lives, our style and our goals. But there's something that remains the same, the one thing that we have in common:<br />
771. The passion we share for video games! That's why we would also like to share our games related thoughts with you on this blog.<br />
772. <br />
773. A big thanks for reading and we look forward to reading your comments below!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/feeds/7660059474742272792/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2014/03/welcome-to-koukoustudios-blog.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/7660059474742272792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4203216695888170791/posts/default/7660059474742272792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://koukoustudios.blogspot.com/2014/03/welcome-to-koukoustudios-blog.html' title='Welcome to the KoukouStudios blog!'/><author><name>Rick Faber</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03712537860859972333</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_mcj-rwy5STwCR5UafOhi88RUFUTeiPxD9YtXr-KxCQIEkIFohhD9-yAie_SyquM6FvriSZ20u673vj2CEye88zUPgdHC8jOLpFQ_oNZMl1TZjPWqR8MX65uCCuyj_B4/s1600/oQ5K0MoqOza-hwCOyAwH6erc1giM0DJ4-k3DR9i-zlXx56TeM7PRKlmMyVC71OzHWHD01gjecQ4FGZZOx-XJ%3Dw1440-h774'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>

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