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The Black Curtain Studio newsletter - February, 2019.

At a glance

Upcoming release of MÅRD

Happy belated new year! I will start 2019 by announcing the release of the upcoming game MÅRD which is approaching. Below I will briefly inform you about what's been going on with the development as of late and about a new project. Continue reading further for more details.

During 2018 MÅRD went through closed beta testing.

Many bugs have been fixed and polishing has been made.

Localization for English and Swedish has been completed.

If you are interested in making "Let's play" video of MÅRD, feel free to contact me.

A new cross-platform game for PC and mobile is in development.

MÅRD beta testing & progress

In the last newsletter I talked about the beta testing of MÅRD, which is now finally complete. A lot of bugs have been fixed, performance have been greatly improved across the board and lately I have been focusing on finishing touches and slightly improving some game elements and refining the graphics. Partial game controller support has also been added. Lastly, I have also implemented English and Swedish localization. More localization may be added upon demand.

A localized game is not something I've done before and English has always been the default localized language I craft games with. Therefor I wanted to attempt it and decided to add localization for my native language; Swedish. Also, the horror game genre do very well when told in Swedish.

I will consider adding additional languages upon demand, but as Swedish and English are my main fluent languages spoken, those are the ones I've decided to add for the time being.

If you would like to volunteer for localization, please feel free to contact me. As of now I may consider German, Russian and/or Spanish.

Release date

The release date for MÅRD is currently set for March 2019.
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Dev blog

Did you know you can read about important development updates in the dev blog? You can read some about the on-going projects and some tech talks about how various aspects of the games are made. If you are interested about how the inner workings of a game, generally interested in game development or just want to find out more about the development of MÅRD you should check it out. Soon you can also read about my new cross-platform game for PC and mobile.

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For the future.

Gameplay Trailer #2

In case you missed it, I released the second gameplay trailer of MÅRD in September last year on Youtube. It's a major improvement on the first trailer, which shows refined graphics and much more stable framerate. If you haven't watched it yet you should check it out below.

Gameplay trailer 2

Let's Play

If you are interested in making a "Let's play" video of MÅRD for upload on YouTube, feel free to contact me. Make the email subject "Newsletter Re: Let's play MÅRD", so I'll know that you were referred by this newsletter.

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New project

During the past months I've begun the development of a new cross-platform game for PC and mobile. I can't reveal much yet, but the game has a light horror theme with a colorful cartoonish look. The game is set in a carpark where the goal is to find where you parked your car. Gameplay wise it is very much arcade inspired with time score based gameplay with leaderboard. Stay tuned on Twitter and the official Black Curtain Studio website for more updates on this game.

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Instagram

Did you know MÅRD have an official Instagram? Here you can find the latest eye candy from the development of the game. Click the button below to follow.

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