By Time for a bit of signature Mytholite transparency!
Later this year, we aim to release our first major game to the world. Going Down is coming along nicely, but we are painfully aware that we are a new studio with no proven track record. Because of this, we have been talking about developing a free game that can prove our competence and give you all more confidence that Going Down will be worthy of your hard earned money.
The second reason for this move is that, it’s been a rough couple of weeks. Due to a developing series of personal issues, it has been hard to stay motivated to work on Going Down. Instead of taking a break from game development entirely, I decided to pivot and work on a short project.
The result of these lines of thought have lead to ‘Detective Norman’, a three-chapter mystery game; a game we can release for free, to be played in your browser, and even on mobile. This can will be pretty accessible, since you don’t have to pay for it, you don’t have to download it, and you don’t even need to use your computer- you can play it on your phone. My hope is that a lot of people will play the game and draw the conclusion that we can actually make games at Mytholite and perhaps Going Down will be good!
I don’t intend to spend more than a couple of weeks on each chapter of ‘Detective Norman’, and I will be releasing chapters periodically. The chapters will be reasonably short, but will hopefully tell a compelling story for you all to enjoy.
The last thing to say is, thank you for all of your support so far.
-Luke (CEO, Lead Developer)