From images to text Today it was time to convert all recipes in the game from images to text components, because else it wouldn't be possible to translate them to other languages. Until now I used images from "Looky - The Adventure" as placeholders, where the recipes are drawn on. The problem with images is, …

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AC Speech Tool My wifes currently helps a lot with translating the game into english in the evenings. To help with translating and also keeping track of the voice overs I developed a tool a while ago called "AC Speech Tool" (AC stands for Adventure Creator). You can throw in all text used in your AC created …

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This is where "Basement Society" comes from... I just took a picture of the place where I will work in full time for the next weeks. Of course this is in the basement of our house. I wasn't sure for some time if I will carry my PC from the living room down to the basement to work on the game or if I will …

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Since Wormventures - Barrier 51 is in a state of feature completion which means every system for doing stuff in the game is implemented and will not change from now on to keep focus on the content, I couldn't help but change my current way to draw skies in the scenes. Yes, I know, it was the LAST system I changed. I …

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Seven years gone... After working on the game in my spare time for around seven years now I finally take some time off of work to develop full time for a whole month. The means the loss of a whole months wage for me and my family and the decision was not easy, but it is very hard to keep track of the development if you …

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I just uploaded a new video on YouTube which gives an impression of the gameplay and features the german voice overs.

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Voice Overs I thought about implementing voice overs in the game for a long time and it seemed to be something that I could not afford financially and also time-wise. Then I made this terrible mistake at the end of 2022 by recording some test voice overs for one scene of the game. What can I say: It sounds and feels so …

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As optimistic as my plans were it is not possible for me to release Wormventures - Barrier 51 in 2022. My next (but not less) optimistic guess is until the end of 2023. I`m working on this installment of the game since 2012 now and I wouldn't be happy if the game is not the best I'm able to make. That said there is …

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The three original songs from the jukebox in the Wormhole, a dark and dusty bar on Ugly Island, from Looky - The Adventure found there way back into the brand new jukebox (still from Wormlitzer, the best manufacturer of jukeboxes on planet Vermis). You now will be able to listen to "Stormworm" by Wormy Maiden …

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After finishing the demo version I thought that it could be a bit short and decided to not only feature chapter 0.5 but also chapter 1 in the demo. That means, that that there will be a new beta round. With chapter 1 included, the demo will have a lot more gameplay, characters and story to really get a impression of …

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