Blackthorn Manor Interior : Volume 2

Blackthorn Manor has sure been busy this week. Characters started entering the mansion, exploring the first rooms of the house, they've been having a spooky time, facing ghosts or spectral monsters!

This week, we will keep throwing you more furniture from the Blackthorn Manor:

The Librarian's favored. Once said to be filled with books, now the library
of the Manor holds only the creepiest secrets one can ever know. Only
the fearless may attempt to reach out for the forbidden knowledge the
Manor holds. But what can someone do with such knowledge other than
being a lonelybeing, on the verge of insanity and complete mental breakdown?

Sinners, Rejoice! For the saintly chimes of the Church Organ can

calm your inner self, and aid in purifying your corrupted soul. Let the 

melody calm your spirits and be reborn from sin itself, to a new being.

You are now chosen for a purpose, either it is life or death.

Only the most peculiar and weird objects can be found inside the Manor's
treasure chests. Sometimes it can be a stuffed animal from the child
that used to live there, or you may even find a Rusty Spear to use in
your... adventage if the spirits agree with you that is...!

Books. Holders of secrets known to few. Every page holds a feeling,
every word holds dreaded pain and eternal sorrow. That's because
no ordinary books can be found in the Manor. No sweet fairytales
or steamy romance novels. Only vile tomes of blood and cruelty.
Only hideous chapters on headhunting or Voodoo.
Even grimoires of black magic, undeath and corruption.

In many rooms, you may find a heater that was once used to keep the former
owners of the Manor warm in the cold winter nights. Even if they still work though
they have completely no effect on explorers when the house itself is creepy as hell
and cold blood runs through everyone's veins. Especially when bone-chilling
apparitions wander around the house, seeking to avenge their death.

They may look comfy but noone can guarantee that they won't animate,
hurl themselves at you, or even grow a blade among the comfy pillows underneath.
This is the house of a murdered family after all. Yes they were harmless once.
But times have changed... And so have the armchairs...

You can find plants around the house. Whilist the house is full of evil
entities, these plants somehow give you the idea that there may still
be hope after all, when life is still blooming inside a deathtrap.
What would you do if you were actualy given a second chance?
You know it could be false deep inside you, yet you want to believe.

Angel Statues to greet Explorers in the Blackthorn Manor and
guide them to the upper sections of the house. Some of them can be
found broken, as they are ruined by unknown abominations, others
are still intact and await their demise... or resurrection by greater beings.
Far greater than one can even conceive.

That's all for now, from the Blackthorn Manor. 

We'll catch up next week!!

Stay tuned, and of course... 

Experience the curse...

(  ;...;)

HexCraft Published for Windows Phone!

OMG It's HexCraft Wednesday and we are giving you the best we have given on any HexCraft Wednesday there ever was, after HexCraft booth at Infocom!

HexCraft for Windows Phone has been officially published globally!

You know what you have to do right? Download the game right away and send us your feedback! Which level seems the most challenging? Can you get into the leaderboards?

Download the game HERE :
http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=625582ed-a7fc-485f-bb4d-279d25be5540

...Or just search for it on the Windows Phone Store ;)

As you are mashing your way on Windows Phone, we are awaiting like predators for the Windows 8 version to be certified. Be on standby, those who are holding tablets and those who play on PCs and Laptops. You will be notified the moment it passes certification :)

Enjoy HexCraft on your mobiles for now! :D

Blackthorn Manor : Interior - Volume 1

Heya folks, how's it been? It's been an exciting week over here, since we had a blast at Infocom this Wednesday, thus the first HexCraft Wednesday without a HexCraft blog post! BUT, we won't let this week go without one, so expect a post about our impressions and personal experiences this weekend.

So let's continue with bringing you the latest information about Dementia : Tales of Blackthorn Manor.

Since we've already "Met the Cast" , we will now move on to giving you more concrete things, other than plain concept art, so you can see where phase 2 of asset creation is getting to. 

This week, we will present you some of the furniture of the Blackthorn Manor, that reside inside it, waiting for you to tinker with them, explore them, search them for clues, and interact with them. Here comes a burst of 3D models created just for the Manor, by our 3D Environment Artist , Menos.

A spooky chair to greet the explorers near the entrance hall.
Sit on it, and your fate shall be sealed. For eternity.

A bed, with unknown history of events occured over and... under the sheets.
I am talking about demonic rituals and sacrifice.

A wooden bench, which can be found at the Altar, for
those misguided souls to pray when there is no hope of atonement.

Wall candles attached on those bloody walls, to bring warmth and light.
Merely an essence of Hope, in this Dark Manor.

A Grandfather Clock, to remind us of time, aging and our life cycle.
All sort of weird stuff can happen at Midnight... Besides Chimes.

What's in the closet? Is it some bloody casualwear? Or maybe a hidden weapon?
Maybe it's the corpse of the owner, in pieces, or maybe it's Boogeyman.
It could, of course, be empty.... Right?

Don't look in the mirror, you may not like what you see.
It may be your reflection, but then again, it may be someone else's reflection.
Sometimes you may even the owner standing right behind you.
LOOK BEHIND YOU NOW!

Some events may occur that depend on these objects, because everything counts, everything can happen inside the Blackthorn Manor. You never know what rooms you'll explore or who will betray the rest. And of course, WHAT he will turn into. These objects add up to the total experience of the curse.

Are you still bold enough to explore the manor?

Till next time.... 

*buwahawhahahwahahahahahahah* 

*flies away*

The Roster of Blackthorn Manor for Imagine Cup!

Revealling two more characters for Dementia : Tales of Blackthorn Manor, to enter the house, and join the roster of explorers!

Metal Guitarist Jake

Jake is a musician with an affinity to heavy metal ! Huge and heavy woofers, a stage, lights, cameras and hundreds of people attending his metal concerts with his band "BROTHERS OF DESTRUCTION" is a typical of Jake. He has adopted punk style, just to be different. Unique appearance, piercings and a lot of spikes could merely describe his looks. He may be taunting everyone around, he may be the bully at school, but Blake holds a secret in his heart : He is sensitive as hell. No matter how intimitating his face might be, even the evil-looking ghost is enough to startle him up. Many visits to the local psychologist suggest that he faces his fears, and he seeks to do just that, by getting in Blackthorn Manor. But everything has to be done his way, thus, his favorite electric guitar will join him in this trip. He intends to rock the whole place up, and bring the house down with his skill. Can he conquer his fears and infuse the whole Manor and make even the darkest demons bang their heads to an endless headbanging sequence or get engulfed by the darkness?

"Everybody, put your hands up in the air! LET'S ROCK YOUR WORLD!"

Scientist Max

The endless pursue of knowledge. Research papers scattered around his lab. The seeker of Scientific Knowledge and pure Intellect. That's Scientist Max, for you. This man conducts every little experiment you can possibly imagine, ranging from powerful biochemical injection to dead bodies, deadly gases to a room with virus-infested, man-eating plants, and object transmutation from any type of matter. Why? Because he wants to know it all. Some say he is dangerous, some say he is a genious, but Max sure is a strange fellow. He purely seeks to find out about the world, merely as a pilgrimage towards Ultimate Intelligence. He is a detail-freak. A true perfectionist. But noone can understand a word he says. He lives in a world of his own, neglecting the real joys of life, such as friendship, love or family. Hearing about the Blackthorn Manor, Max is intrigued to get in the house for pure research. He heard one of the dead masters of the house was once a scientist himself and he seeks to take a peek from the Laboratory of the house, should he find it, but will he quench his thirst of knowledge or will ghostly abominations feast upon his huge brain?

"I would like to see if the house is full of ghostly apparitions or not.
 Is the legend true? Could a spirit be captured in mirrors?
I MUST KNOW!"

With these two additions, the roster of our Imagine Cup Project is complete!

A Bold Policeman, a Faithful Bishop, a Tinkering Mechanic, a Mysterious Doll-Addict, a Rocking Metal Guitarist and a Curious Scientist!

All of those will enter the house together. One question remains : Who will betray the rest? Who will transform in a monstrocity? Anyone could be possibly dangerous to others. Muscles or Brains don't matter. You never know the outcome when you venture in Blackthorn Manor. Some may do escape from the house, others may meet their demise, and sometimes nobody ever survives.

Which Character would YOU chose and WHY....???

HexCraft Release Soon!

It's #HexCraftWednesday, and we will fill you in with the latest.

Our game will feature 12 different leaderboards! Finally, we got this working with Azure Mobile Services and we feel that this game is really coming to an end.

As you saw in our latest photo in Facebook, we leaked how the main menu will look like!

HexCraft - Being Tested on Windows 8 - Desktop and Tablet versions.

HexCraft is currently under playtest mode and we look forward to hooking you up with the Download link soon! Expect the game to be released in February!

Also, we will appear at infocom to showcase our game, we will be expecting you :)

For more information, visit this link : http://www.infocomapps.gr/

That's it for today folks, see you next week!

The First Female Characters Revealled and Project Blueprint Honourable Mention!

Before getting into the post specifics, we would like to announce you that Genesis Game Studios has won an honourable mention at Imagine Cup's Project Blueprint Challenge!

Project Blueprint Challenge is all about creating a stunning business model, analyzing stuff such as competition, user personas, concept of the game as well as market segments. We are very happy for being in the top teams of the world submitting our business model and we hope to get this even further..!

We thank you for your support, your likes, comments and views are giving us the strength to carry on and deliver much more stuff and content to you!

You can see us here: http://bit.ly/1jFgJUI

And now, on to the fancy part:

The other two following Policeman Sanders and Bishop Eric :

Mechanic Emma

"All those years fixing cars and mechanical contraptions has given her enough muscle to wield heavy tools and carry them around with ease. A classical mechanic. Never afraid to get her hands dirty and fix everything, even if they are completely broken, Mechanic Emma has a favorite quote : "As long as I can get my hands on it, I can fix it." - She never lets people down. From the broken watch to the most peculiar machinery in every house, any generator, any cogwheel contraption, she can do it all. She loves her tools and can easily fight with any tool on her hand. But what if she can fiddle with any machine to use it against others? Will she use her powers for the sake of good or to aid the evil forces? Blackthorn Manor is a place where noone gets forgiven, and that's why she decides to venture in the house, to find new challenges, to fix any broken stuff, and to see the machinery residing in the house..."

"Want me to tinker with anything broken?"

Doll Addict Molly

"What a beatiful collection of dolls you have there Molly!" - Yet Molly goes sits in her corner silently, playing with her dolls in ways that only she can understand. She never laughs... Or speaks in general. You never see her feeling any emotions. She has no fear. No remorse. No happiness. No anger... What kind of girl is she? She only talks to her dolls with her mind. And we don't know if the dolls respond back to her. She loves toys in general, any kind of beautiful dolls or teddy bears are bound to be her best friends. And maybe even fight by her side? But that happens only in her dreams... Who really is Molly? And why is she addicted to her dolls so much? She overheard from the grown-ups that Blackthorn Manor is a dangerous place of a murdered family, that many people around town go to visit it, and she heard that there is a room with old toys. She is destined to find that room, and inspect the toys, no matter what....

"Come Out and Play with me......"

Stay tuned. More stuff coming next week....!!!  

Bashing code for HexCraft like crazy!

The days are passing and HexCraft's first release is being prepared. We got galactic monkey demons writing code, so you guys can finally play!

This week we have started going into rage mode for our promotional art, and adding finishing touches to HexCraft, such as Facebook login and In-App purchases. We expect to be done around the end of the week, if everything goes as smooth as we hope it will!

Each level you play is going to have a dead-simple goal : Solve the puzzle. That's it! You don't have to worry about the best time, or the best moves, anymore, as we are only recording these for getting you into the global leaderboards of HexCraft, meaning that if you like playing for fun, then we won't stop you, or mess up your experience!

The very first release of HexCraft will be for Windows Store, and soon there will be a Windows Phone version coming right after.

Stay tuned people, till next Wednesday!

HexCraft Promotional Image - Coming first on Windows Store