Heileen 2 preorder beta

The preorder BETA version of Heileen 2 is now available for purchase!

It is the complete game, minus the voiceovers. They're still being done, but people who are eager to play the game can do it now. Once the voices are finished, everyone who bought the game will have access to them in an update.

Some features of the game includes:

- top quality manga artwork: the amout of art in Heileen 2 makes it my biggest game so far!
- intriguing story with many mysteries: you’ll discover many things from Heileen past. Who she was, her surname, her parents, her early relationships with Marie, and more
- quality writing: the game texts have been proofreaded by a very good native english speaker
- 15 unique endings: discover the 7 sins or the 7 virtues ending. And the bonus “limbo” ending too!
- 21 dreams, each one with two possible outcomes that leads to two or more different paths: a guarantee of big replayability

So what are you waiting for, go to Heileen 2 webpage and preorder the game!

New video: Heileen 2 trailer

I just posted a new video on youtube for my upcoming game Heileen. It will be one of the so called "otome games". The main character is a girl, and she'll be able to fall in love with several male characters (well also a female one to be honest!).
I'm quite proud of the results so far, there are many cinematic scenes, good voices and what I believe (or hope) and interesting plot based on the Seven Virtues and the Deadly Sins, under the form of a deck of tarot cards that you find in the island.

More info coming soon...

Bionic Heart - released

I’m very proud to announce that finally Bionic Heart is ready! You can click the images above to get directly to the game download page. It was a long journey to add all the voices but I’m sure that you’ll agree with me that adds a lot to the game’s atmosphere. I’m also very pleased about how the game turned out, since it has many plot twists, and a really dynamic structure.

The 24 endings you’ll have to unlock are quite different from each other.

Download the demo now

why I hate micropricing

It seems a new trend in gaming industry. I literally HATE it. Both as player, and developer. Why? Because it's quite close to the line between "behaving honestly" and "CHEATING".
What I mean? Simple. When you buy a game, nowadays you pay a fixed amount, and pay for the FULL experience. Not a quarter. Not a level. And so on.
With this micropricing is going to be nuts. You want a new weapon? pay 40 game credits, that's just $0.4 ! yes, then to defeat next monster, pay $0.8 because you need the sword of doom.
And so on, and so on.
WTF ???
When I go to a movie theatre and I pay, I pay the price to see the movie! The full movie. When I download a song from itunes, I don't pay to see only the first 30 seconds!
The concept is wrong by itself, and this because, in the end, you spend MUCH MORE than what you would have paid for game at regular price. Isn't this cheating??
Looks like it to me.

Bionic Heart - Tom

In my adventure games I like to put a good variety of characters. I think putting a childish/immature/always joking character along the main one is a great combination to create some fun moments in a otherwise really dark game like Bionic Heart.
This is just a sequence and isn't even particularly funny but I'm sure you'll understand immediately what sort of person is Tom!

A grim future

In my upcoming game Bionic Heart the future is really grim. Sort of Blade-Runner style: always raining on most of the earth surface, nobody can eat meat anymore (as consequence of the climate and the toxic substances found on meat) and in general people live of illusions.
It's just a story - but what is scary, is that it really could happen soon, if people don't change their way of thinking and to interact with the environment.
Yes in case you've guessed, I'm vegetarian, and environmentalist too :)

I've just posted a new video of the game on youtube:

Computer Games forever!

First blog entry!
Just a brief introduction. I am a strong believer in freedom and possibility to express yourself without any constraints (within reason of course).
Because of this, and being a game developer, I'm fond of computer games. I don't think consoles (iPhone, XNA, etc) are a solution to creativity. They might be a good commercial channel, but I'm not really interested into that.
I'm interested in being able to make any game I want, for Pc, Mac and Linux.

What kind of games, you might be wondering? Well if you don't know my games I recommend you to check my websites:
http://www.winterwolves.com
http://www.tycoongames.eu