Katanalevy - Dead Format on Steam
@katanalevy.bsky.social
Solo horror game dev / environment artist. Currently working on a secret new horror game. - Dead Format - Daemonologie - Symphony of Seven Souls
Can't wait to seeing Hokum tonight! Neon approached me about making a game to coincide with the launch but unfortunately they chose not to proceed. Shame, it would have been a really fun project! Did a quick sketch over my morning coffee to dream what could have been...
Naming a video game you've completed more than 6 times is trickier:
a video game has a score of 0/0
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Naming a video game you've completed more than six times is trickier.
QTP with a game that has a 10/10 soundtrack
QTP with a game that has a 10/10 soundtrack
I kinda want this the opposite way - the insurance pamphlets posted through my door should look like Vermis or the rulebook for Necromunda if they want me to pay attention.
Non-RPG design that could inspire RPG design. 1. These could be NPCs, locations, magic items or powers. Presented in three-column with an image for each.
If you’re part of any creative groups, unions or other organisations in the uk you should be passing news like this along and spreading the world. News like this gets has the chance to be overlooked but if enough organisations kick up a fuss things can change.
🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4
Thanks to the hard work of some incredibly awesome fans of the game, it is now possible to play Daemonologie in Russian, Ukrainian, Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish! steamcommunity.com/games/304814...
Steam :: Daemonologie :: Translations - Russian, Ukrainian, Brazilian Portuguese and Spannish!
4 new fan translations added
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Dead Format will officially be coming out on the 10th of December!! Explore different eras of horror by watching short live action clips in this first person survival horror game!
I did a new indie developer interview, this time with Katanalevy ( @katanalevy.bsky.social ), the solo dev behind Daemonologie, Symphony of Seven Souls, Cardiac and the upcoming Dead Format! Read it here: www.gtogg.com/News/en/Insi... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #horrorgame #DeadFormat
Need something spooky to play this weekend? Honoured to have Daemonologie in this Indie Fears Humble Bundle with this many absolute bangers! www.humblebundle.com/games/indie-...
Indie Fears Bundle
Expand your spooky season gaming library with the creepiest indie horror games! Each purchase at the price of your choice supports SpecialEffect charity!
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Steam Next Fest starts today and the DEAD FORMAT demo is available to download! Step into various eras of horror including silent gothic and 80s body horror in this first person survival horror.
The demo for Dead Format is now on Steam! A first person survival horror game that lets you explore various iconic film eras. Also featuring live action film clips with homemade practical fx! store.steampowered.com/app/3399290/...
Dead Format Demo now on Itch! A first-person survival horror game with live action film clips. It's a love letter to different eras of horror films and inspired by a time of horror censorship in the UK (unfortunately this feels oddly relevant again today).
I try to get an hour or two of mad scientist time in each week to experiment with some weird idea. This week it's a pint glass full of water with a hydrophonic microphone inside a broken speaker cab and dragging rubber mallets on the side to make some weird creature sounds!
I'll be attending Glasgow Indie Games Fest on the 9th of August and have Daemonologie playable there! Feel free to come over, play the game and chat some horror! youtu.be/X4kyzvhkWy4
Daemonologie Launch Date Trailer
YouTube video by Chris Evry | Katanalevy
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Dead Format (formerly known as Video Ghastlies) is shaping up nicely. 🔊All sounds effects are handmade by @katanalevy.bsky.social who even went to his brother's work to record sound samples.
Environment sound design is one of my favourite aspects of game development! I recorded these sfx of machinery at my brother's work and love layering up the environment with sounds like painting with colours from a palette. #gamedev #horrorgame #indiegame
Video Ghastlies is my upcoming survival horror game. Explore various VHS worlds as a love-letter to different eras and genres of horror and uncover the secrets of the government trying to ban them. Featuring some live action practical fx filled tape clips! youtu.be/5SZc_Y6ULv8
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What a wonderful world we would live in if companies would make actually useful error messages in their software and on their sites.
If you live in the UK and also appalled by the rampant theft of copyright materials to train AI then I encourage you to let your opinions be added to this questionnaire for the Consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence: ipoconsultations.citizenspace.com/ipo/consulta...
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This is so extremely useful! All the previous places to look for reference images are completely polluted, we desperately need repositories of non-AI images.
GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references. Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Heartbreaking news about David Lynch. The first film I saw of his was Lost Highway and it still influences a lot of the things I make in some way. Every piece of art he worked on seems so unique and also uniquely Lynch.
So excited to be working with the awesome team at Oro! Their support has allowed me to finally quit my day job and go full-time game dev!! Working on a very exciting new project at the moment and with their expertise we can hopefully see Daemonologie reach more people.
We're excited to announce that Oro Interactive has signed a 2-game deal with @katanalevy.bsky.social a.k.a. Chris Evry, a creative powerhouse of a solo developer. We will publish his upcoming survival-horror title, currently known as Project V, as well as his first game Daemonologie.
Instead of spending £300 on a binaural mic for my game dev work, I spent Sunday evening with some rubber ears from ebay, toilet roll tubes, duct tape and milliput to make one myself for under £30.
Nosferatu on 35mm print has been my audio / visual feast for this year. Sound and set design were absolutely incredible!