Anxiety of Alina

Devlog

• Hotfix to version 1.1.1
  November 01, 2019 by Vainary#hotfix, #bug, #anxiety of alina

  Seems that no launch is ever as smooth as wanted... But we've now fixed the issue with continuing the game after Game Over. Now it works as intended: if your Alina runs our of courage and you get that... Continue reading
• Game is launched! - Anxiety of Alina
  October 31, 2019 by Vainary

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  #launch, #release, #anxietyofalina, #mobile game

  Anxiety of Alina, our creepy story-driven game for Android devices has finally been released, just in time for Halloween! It's a perfect indie experience for this season's holiday. You can purchase th... Continue reading

  
• Soon to be released!
  October 25, 2019 by Vainary#release, #mobile game, #anxiety of alina, #horror

  For the past few months we've been quite busy honing this game and now it is finally reaching the point where we can release it to the world! So it's time to save the date: October 31th 2019! Right on... Continue reading

  
• Getting an App Bundle together for Play Store
  September 18, 2019 by Vainary#tutorial, #play store, #app bundle, #mobile, #ndk, #64-bit

  We first came across the App Bundle system, when we got prompted by Google Play to update our previous game to have a 64-bit build for newer Android devices. This seemed to be a very nice system: we p... Continue reading
• Thank you, Beta testers!
  July 08, 2019 by Vainary#anxietyofalina, #mobile, #beta, #testing

  It's been a bit over a month since we released the Beta for our latest game: Anxiety of Alina. We got a nice amount of feedback from our amazing testers and we are so grateful for all the comments! Th... Continue reading
• Beta is now LIVE
  June 07, 2019 by Vainary#mobile game, #anxiety of alina, #horror, #survival, #mobile

  Whew! We've been working on this game since January and now it's finally available for you guys to test out! ^^ If you play the game, please fill in the survey to give us feedback. We'll use all that... Continue reading

  
• Playtesting at an Event
  May 15, 2019 by Vainary#bit1, #mobile game, #game competition

  We are a bunch of introverted game developers, it's quite easy to admit as much. So it's way too easy to get stuck just throwing ideas around among our little group. Every so often though, it is good... Continue reading

  
• Fine Line of Fun
  April 09, 2019 by Vainary#game, #mobile game, #retention, #balancing, #playtesting

  Mobile games range from the most casual games you click on for a while to very intricate multilevel strategy games that you play for years. Our aim for Alina is somewhere in between the extremes. You... Continue reading

  
• Sounds and Moods
  March 14, 2019 by Vainary#audio, #music, #design

  Truth be told, I had no idea what kind of a soundscape we should have for the game when we first started drafting a design. In the back of my head, I was thinking something eerie, but 'lovecraftian' w... Continue reading

  
• Courage Creatively
  February 27, 2019 by Vainary#design

  One of the core mechanics of Anxiety of Alina - besides swinging your flashlight like a saber :D - is her surely depleting Courage. It's basically her Health Bar, shown as a heartbeat icon in the game... Continue reading

  
• Making Monsters
  February 23, 2019 by Vainary

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  #design, #game design, #monsters

  Once we had the idea for this game, we needed to define the enemies of the game: what comes out of the shadows. We had quite a few discussions about this and there were a few different options that we... Continue reading

  
• Inducing Alina
  February 14, 2019 by Vainary

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  #wip, #game, #development, #game design

  We were brainstorming new ideas for our next game project and we were actually thinking of a completely different type of a game, when we started talking about what really would be the 'pick up and pl... Continue reading