Team Silence

Developer Diary - Silence - A Daedalic Entertainment Production www.silence-game.com

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Dear fans and followers,

meet the fantastic faces and vibrant voices behind our beloved characters.

Today we bring you one of our protagonists: Renie, voiced by incredibly talented actresses Lotti Holsten (german) and Coco Lefkow-Green (english), as well as the astonishing stone brothers, the friendly but slightly daft Yngo (Robert Missler/Glen McCready) and gruff, tough-as-nails-philosopher Ralv (Holger Löwenberg/Laurence Kennedy).

We're verly lucky to work with such talented and experienced voice artists and hope you won't get the magical "song of the stones" out of your head. (True story: We absolutely didn't. For months now... :)

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Discover the magical world of Silence, meet fantastic creatures, fascinating inhabitants – and punch them right in the face!

For all of you who have been wondering about Silence: We are glad to tell you that we changed the plot to the first narrative Beat'em Up-Experience in our company history:

VIoLENCE!

Get into the Ring with the wise Martial Arts Master Janus (Mantis Style), the pompous powerhouse Samuel (Sumo) and his deadly palm strikes, the nimble and deadly rebel Kyra (Kenjutsu), as well as our protagonists Noah (who transforms into Ultimate Sadwick) and the unstoppable team Renie and Spot.  Many characters will be added to the diverse roster, offering a wide variety of fighting styles for players to choose from.

Challenge friends online, or compete for fame and glory in the Whispererd World Warriors Pro Tournament Exhibiton.

VIoLENCE will be released for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC and 3DS. This next generation narrative Beat'em Up will offer cross-platform play that will unite fans into a centralized player base for the first time ever.

Rise up to the challenge and crack some heads!

VIoLENCE will be released on Steam, GOG, UPlay, Origin and Retail today!

Check it out!  

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Here is how it really feels to be involved in video game production. 

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There are people who definitely like St. Spoties Day. 

Patrick for example. 

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Is this the real life?

Is this just digitally?

Caught on a flash drive...

...scripted from reality...

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If you ever wanted to know what our special fx artist Martin is doing during long loading times - here you go. 

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Dear fans and followers!

Grab your trusty battle axe and head for the hills - the Valhalla Hills!

The crafty and ingenious dwarves (and maybe a few elves too) at Funatics, creators of Settlers and Cultures, bring you a mind-teasing, mead-chugging, beard-scratching viking-themed-strategy-hit.

Now available in retail and digital versions.

Gather your fellow vikings, we’ll meet at the top!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/351910/

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PC or console? Why not both?

To maximize efficiency we came up with a way to make it possible to play our game on PC and XBox One simultaneously! With only one controller. Yep.... it's magic. (It scares us too...)

The picture shows Florian, who is connected to the controller, which is connected to the PC, which is connected to the XBox One. Just thinking about it makes me woozy.

(The screen in the middle shows our bugtracking software Mantis. This whole setup helps us to spot discrepancies in the different versions of our game.)

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This time some VFX from Silence.

You can see an image of the shader tree in one of our dev tools (Shader Forge).

This shader builds the base for some waterfalls. It defines the direction and speed of the water flow, the  refracts, how it interacts with light, etc.

Later on the scene will become more polished with extra lights for example and the waterfall will perfectly fit in. 

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Dear freaky Fans and frightening Followers!

The Silence-Team sends you a bone-chilling greeting from our office...which was presumably built on an old native-american cemetery where our ancestors buried the used up interns...but that can’t be the reason why strange creatures are roaming the premises, right?

....RIGHT?

LUKAS! IT’S RIGHT BEHIND YOU! GAAARGGllllllll........

Even if this is our last breath: Have a happy Halloween or a happy quiet place with no monsters at all, enjoy your weekend and spend time with Leprechauns or loved ones.

See you on the other side, mortals...

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This is just awesome! Silence won three Game Connection Development Awards today: ‘Excellence in Art’, ‘Most Promising IP’ and ‘Most Creative & Original’. Thanks so much to everyone who believes in our project. We promise, we will deliver our best game ever to you!

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Great Scott!

Dear Fans and Followers! Did you already charge your Flux Capacitor to 100% and grab the Grays Sport Almanac? Well you should! We’re running out of time!

...on second thought...that might not be a problem after all...

The Silence-Team wishes you a happy evening with one of our favourite movies of all time - hop on your Hover-Spot...ehm...Hoverboard and get going. We will join you later with our own adventures in Silence.

....and the shark still looks fake...

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Dear Fans and Followers!

You like suspense, horror, survival in a dark and twisted world, monsters around every corner and certain death?

Well...then you have a serious problem, my friend. You should talk to someone about that. Seriously dude...that’s kind of dark.

Dark like the fantastic “Skyhill” by Mandragora, which is released today!

Today..like...right NOW!

Take a look, grab a crowbar and smash some mutants faces in. It can’t get any worse, can it...?

http://www.daedalic.de/de/game/Skyhill

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Riddle me this!

What is green, cuddly, 100% adorable and - in the near future - could be your new roomate?

We proudly present our Plush-Spot-Prototype! He will accompany you on your journeys through Silence and now even the real world.

Keep following us and tell all your friends - Spot is coming to your home!

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Enjoy your weekend everybody!

But...before you leave...may I peak your interest in a certain up and coming pop music sensation, destined to be a worldwide phenomenon?

Here to take the stadiums - and your hearts - by storm, we present to you:

FIVE-FORM-SPOT!

The Tracklist includes smash hits like:

- It’s not easy bein’ green (feat. DJ Kerm.)

- I got five on it

- With a little help from my friends

- ABC (DE) (Jackson Five Cover-Radio-Jungle-Edit)

- Mean green lovin’ machine

- Indestructible

- I’m on fire

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This...is a Lumi.

Of all the fantastic creatures inhabiting the magical world of Silence, the Lumis belong to the most annoying ones. These little buggers spend their days eating, partying, punching each other and indulging in hedonistic pleasures concerning certain substances.

Imagine a drunk tourist, give him a bad haircut, shrink him down and lock him in a room with a months’ supply of free coffee - and you get the idea of the average Lumi. Yes, they’re real jerks.

But some people may find them oddly charming...might be a bad boy thing...

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Dear Fans, we have a special treat for you!

 From today on, you can accompany the resourceful Rufus on his amazing adventures on decrepit Deponia - in style! With your iPad!

 Get it while it's hot - even our gloomy Sadwick can't help but crack a smile...

Find the game here: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id953047550