Chucklefish Reveals New Look for Witchbrook

[theme park joe]

Always thought the original design was a little too Stardew so this is a vast improvement in quality and differentiating itself.

 

[Deleted member 10737]

beautiful game.

 

[Syril]

According to their site they are dedicated to not having crunch. That is an amazing pledge and something that deserves attention and praise.

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I hope they're also dedicated to paying their developers this time.

 

[AuthenticM]

going isometric really allowed them to give the world more detail.

Any estimate on the release date? I wonder if it can already be wishlisted on GOG.

 

[Deleted member 13645]

Kinda preferred the simpler and cleaner style, but still gorgeous.

 

[Deleted member 3082]

I can't see anything even when I go to Game Informer website. Is there anywhere else I can see the pictures?

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They're all in the OT.

 

[Brick]

This looks so good now. Well worth the extra time.

 

[Deleted member 45414]

According to their site they are dedicated to not having crunch. That is an amazing pledge and something that deserves attention and praise.

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If only they paid their developers fairly...

A dev who worked "hundreds of hours" on Starbound wasn't paid a cent by Chucklefish, along with other unpaid workers after being promised pay

More on Twitter if you click through and see the whole comment chain. Confirmed by multiple other workers, and many of the employees were promised money. Please see this Twitter comment chain:

www.resetera.com

 

[Shinobido Heart]

Another game to add to my list, their other game Eastward looks amazing too.

 

[bounchfx]

Whew thank goodness it's a nice change. Looks great

 

[Kamaros]

can't deny the GREAT increase in detail but... i kinda prefer the old? the new visuals lost some of their identity and i almost can't see the characters.

 

[julia crawford]

Damn that is too much stuff and detail.

 

[Mochino]

Not a fan unfortunately, I much prefer the original look.

 

[Yoss]

I like both art styles, don't really have a preference I think. I can't wait to play this, hopefully it comes out this year or next.

 

[rhandino]

Looks a bit too much tbqh

Pretty tho

 

[Haribo]

This has definitely passed the point of being able to live up to the hype. All we can hope for now is that the game turns out decent enough

 

[WarpSpeedMolasses]

Beautiful. Cannot wait to see it in motion, let alone play it.

 

[Aurica]

I love it, and I've been really excited for the game, but why does everyone wear their hats incorrectly now? haha

i almost can't see the characters.

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Could you elaborate on this one? Aren't the models bigger and more detailed now?

 

[finalflame]

Preferred the original but it's still looking good. Excited for this to come out.

 

[Nali]

Not sure about those character sprites, but the level of environmental detail is lovely.

Guess they went isometric when they nailed down what the game design actually was.

 

[MP!]

this is way better

 

[Pai Pai Master]

it looks very cozy

 

[Kamaros]

Could you elaborate on this one? Aren't the models bigger and more detailed now?

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i feel like they are harder to catch on the eye in the new artstyle, can't quite put my finger on it but on the old build i can snappy point to the chars.

 

[Barrel Cannon]

Wow crazy jump in detail.

 

[Brakke]

Prefer the old style, much cleaner. Curious to see it in motion. Will depend on gameplay too, I suppose. If you're mostly standing around in dialog trees and not trying to navigate around, this is fine.

 

[Filipus]

That's a enormous change, changing prespectives on a sprite game midway is crazy.

 

[Jocchan]

Took me a while to realize I was parsing these houses wrong in 3D.

 

[Makoto Yuki]

Stardew Valley valley people right? If so, can't wait to try it.

 

[Deleted member 2145]

this game looks so damn good. this and silk song are probably the two unreleased games I'm most excited about

 

[makonero]

Stardew Valley valley people right? If so, can't wait to try it.

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no, they just published that game. these are the folks behind wargroove.

 

[Finaj]

Stardew Valley valley people right? If so, can't wait to try it.

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Not exactly. Chucklefish published Stardew Valley, but it was developed by ConcernedApe.

Chucklefish seem to be handling development and publishing duties this time. They also developed Starbound and Wargroove.

 

[Makoto Yuki]

no, they just published that game. these are the folks behind wargroove.

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Not exactly. Chucklefish published Stardew Valley, but it was developed by ConcernedApe.

Chucklefish seem to be handling development and publishing duties this time. They also developed Starbound and Wargroove.

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Ahh, looks cool regardless.

 

[lambdaupsilon]

the isometricness + weird proportions make this look worse to me
i was vaguely interested before but i don't think i am now

 

[Deleted member 25799]

Great job! It looks way better now.

 

[Lashley]

Excited to play it, hope it's more Harry Potter than Stardew though

 

[SinCityAssassin]

I'm into it I'm into it. It's upgraded from SNES to PS1 Pixel rpg

 

[808s & Villainy]

Took me a while to realize I was parsing these houses wrong in 3D.

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Glad I'm not the only person who was caught off on this. I initially saw the inner roof the sides of the buildings on the left/right (and they were connected only at the point at the top) before I realized it was a triangular roof. I think it's the lighting doing it or maybe the angles are slightly skewed. I dunno

 

[CatAssTrophy]

Looks incredible. I was a little let down with the original look but this is a really nice surprise.

Can't wait for this, and whatever the Stardew 1.5 update includes. (Also: has ConcernedApe announced their new game yet? or is it still under wraps?)

 

[kiriku]

I had this mixed up with Witchmarsh, and thought they had done a really radical change in style. lol

Witchmarsh

An action RPG set in 1920s Massachusetts. Create and manage a team of investigators in a story-driven supernatural mystery.

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[pswii60]

I feel like a jerk but this looks way too busy now.

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I love that. You can spend ages looking at any single screenshot discovering all the different things.

 

[Serious Sam]

Took me a while to realize I was parsing these houses wrong in 3D.

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So I'm not the only one. This is definitely a design flaw.

 

[totofogo]

First thing I thought of (and I didn't even play this so I'm not sure why) is that the new style gives me Habbo Hotel vibes lol.

Excited to see it in motion, think that might help a lot.

 

[Burt]

Oh wow, that looks great

 

[CountAntonio]

Beautiful looking game.

 

[Leo]

I... Kinda prefer how it looked before. Had more personality, the new looks is very detailed but looks fairly generic. I was hesitant to make the Habbo hotel comparison, but it's already been made lol

Still excited for the game, anyway.

 

[SecondNature]

First thing I thought of (and I didn't even play this so I'm not sure why) is that the new style gives me Habbo Hotel vibes lol.

Excited to see it in motion, think that might help a lot.

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I had so many girlfriends in this game, yo.

 

[JohnnyJoestar]

Took me a while to realize I was parsing these houses wrong in 3D.

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Yeah that was the first thing I noticed, weird decision.

I'm mixed because I like the look of the other two screenshots but that first one is honestly kind of ugly, garish even.

 

[Alanood]

I'm interested.

 

[Cow Mengde]

Wow, that looks beautiful!

What did it look like before?

 

[Deleted member 3082]

What did it look like before?

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Here's a bunch from another thread;

Nice, we can use this as the "unofficial official thread" from here on out and I don't have to keep necro-bumping the old one. Excellent job on the first post!

Let's get some of the old development screenshots in here too, then;

Short demo video, mostly showing lighting; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWXwbonGH3Q

And here's two articles on it;
http://www.pcgamer.com/new-details-and-screens-from-stardew-valley-publishers-magic-school-rpg/

http://www.pcgamer.com/chucklefishs-magic-school-rpg-more-details-on-dating-combat-and-influences/

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