A polar exploration narrative game where your Captain goes missing and it’s up to you to safely bring your crew home. Can you make the hard calls and head in the only direction you can - into The Pale Beyond?
Bellular Studios
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A polar exploration narrative game where your Captain goes missing and it’s up to you to safely bring your crew home. Can you make the hard calls and head in the only direction you can - into The Pale Beyond?
A polar exploration narrative game where your Captain goes missing and it’s up to you to safely bring your crew home. Can you make the hard calls and head in the only direction you can - into The Pale Beyond?
updated 1 year ago
A polar exploration narrative game where your Captain goes missing and it’s up to you to safely bring your crew home. Can you make the hard calls and head in the only direction you can - into The Pale Beyond?
How did we make an interesting game about waiting around on the ice for a year? In part 6 we discuss the thought process behind the gameplay.
Over the coming weeks, we'll release episodes tracking every major story, every beat, every juicy detail of how The Pale Beyond actually came to be.
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► Timestamps:
00:00 Gameplay Design
02:40 Original Resources
07:30 Character Outputs
10:05 Technology Used
11:50 Routines in the game
18:00 Meaningful Resources
23:00 Pacing
25:00 Immersion
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#gamedevelopment #indiegaming
Part 5 of our documentary! Discover how we made the immersive audio for our game and the challenges of creating dynamic soundscapes for the ice.
🎵Also a behind the scenes look at The Pale Beyond's music!
Over the coming weeks, we'll release episodes tracking every major story, every beat, every juicy detail of how The Pale Beyond actually came to be.
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► Timestamps:
00:00 Capturing Audio
05:14 Mood Music
06:28 Melody Forward Moments
12:04 Organ
16:35 Accordion
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Welcome to Part 4 of our documentary! In this episode, we delve into our ideas for creating animation and user interface for our game, as well as designing environments that align with the theme and tone conveyed through the narrative.
Over the coming weeks, we'll release episodes tracking every major story, every beat, every juicy detail of how The Pale Beyond actually came to be.
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► Timestamps:
00:00 Environment
03:50 Isometric Design
09:06 Animation
14:20 Feedback from Tests
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Welcome to Part 3 of our documentary, where we deep dive into the art and design of our indie game!
Over the coming weeks, we'll release episodes tracking every major story, every beat, every juicy detail of how The Pale Beyond actually came to be.
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► Timestamps:
00:00 Character Design
08:30 Stylizing
11:30 Visuals That Work with the Mechanics
14:10 Degradation
14:40 Ship Design
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Welcome to part 2 documentary, where you'll learn about the narrative design process for The Pale Beyond
Over the coming weeks, we'll release episodes tracking every major story, every beat, every juicy detail of how The Pale Beyond actually came to be.
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► Timestamps:
00:00 Research & Inspiration
03:15: Resource Tool INK
04:40 World Building
06:15 Class Divides
09:00 Mapping Out Character Arcs
12:07 Who is Robin Shaw
14:05 Narrative Complexity/Tone
18:50 Narrative vs Mechanics
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Welcome to part 1 of our in-house documentary. We start, of course, with the juiciest morsel - a tale of hubris and being humbled - of how we almost didn't make it this far/
Over the coming weeks, we'll release episodes tracking every major story, every beat, every juicy detail of how The Pale Beyond actually came to be.
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► Timestamps:
00:00 How To Kill Monsters
05:43 The Vision
08:18: Game Idea & First Demo
12:50 Trying to get Publisher Attention
14:15 Game Prototypes, Lessons Learnt
16:28 Trying Again- Pitching the Game
18:40 Core Design Pillars
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An original collection of musical compositions to study, relax or freeze to.
Composed by James Bruce.
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► PLAYLIST:
00:00 Together On The Ice
02:49 Treasure Hunters
05:43 Any Requests
09:18 Second Wind
13:17 Indecision
20:09 Good Company
23:44 Pressures
25:06 Leads
30:55 Frostnip
33:29 Some Perspective
35:06 Midnight Sun
40:54 A Life Out Here
42:33 Snow Blind Request
45:31 Stillness
49:56 No Two Cracks The Same
52:56 Solstice
58:59 Making Camp
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Wishlist The Pale Beyond now - bit.ly/TPB_Steam
Follow us on Twitter! twitter.com/bellularstudios
While you're here, check out our website! https://bellular.games
Follow us on Twitter! twitter.com/bellularstudios
The Captain's missing, you're miles from civilisation, and you're stuck in the ice. You didn't ask for this, but now, everyone looks to you for leadership.
Manage your meagre resources, balance safety against morale, and head in the only direction you can - onward. The fate of the crew rests in your hands, and on your shoulders, as you enter The Pale Beyond.
The Pale Beyond is a branching narrative polar exploration game, with light sim elements. Fundamentally about leadership, it's heavily inspired by research into the real-life expeditions of the early 1900s.
While you're here, check out our website! https://bellular.games