The August Before News

Hey everyone,

We're excited to announce that The August Before is now participating in multiple events! To celebrate, we just released The August Before: Chapter One where you can play most of the first room for free. You can play it by clicking the widget below.

steam://openurl/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2516940/The_August_Before_Chapter_One/?snr=1_5_1100__1100&utm_source=steamwidget

Women's Day Steam Sale

Running from February 28 to March 9, Women's Day Steam Sale is an event showcasing games from women-led developer teams.

Check out all the great games in this event by clicking here.

Dames 4 Games

Another great showcase focusing on women in the video games industry. The August Before will be featured in their showcase in March 5th. Tune in to the showcase to catch a Developer Spotlight for The August Before.

You can find more information about the showcase in the Dames 4 Games website by clicking here.

The Days of Ramadan

The Days of Ramadan is a Steam sale event, to celebrate Ramadan.

You can find the event page on Steam by clicking here.

You can now play The August Before: Chapter One for free! We're really looking forward to your feedback and hope you enjoy the first chapter in August's story. You can leave a review to give your feedback and help us as we continue developing the full game.

Play The August Before: Chapter One for free now from the widget below!

steam://openurl/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2516940/The_August_Before_Chapter_One/?snr=1_5_1100__1100&utm_source=steamwidget

Please don't forget to wishlist The August Before if you enjoy the prologue version! Wishlists are much appreciated as they help us show our game to more people and let us know you're interested in our game.


[h2]What was added to The August Before: Chapter One?[/h2]

Since our previous publically available version, we've made a lot of improvements and additions to the game. You can find a list of these changes below.


[h3]Gameplay[/h3]

• Added transition to the new room
  
• You can now carry multiple objects at once
  
• You can't take it all with you — now your goal is not only to pack everything in your suitcase; you will have to choose what to take
  
• You don't need to zoom items in or out to put them in place
  
• Excessive UI-elements removed
  

[h3]UX[/h3]

• 3 more crosshair options
  
• New menu interactions
  
• New tutorial steps
  
• new VFX
  
• Mouse sensitivity settings added
  
• Animations for all items
  
• Hints-mode is available
  

[h3]Visual[/h3]

• New textures (photos, books, magazines)
  
• New objects
  
• Second room preview
  
• New character-related objects
  
• Reworked existing objects and minor adjustments to textures, colors, and other details
  

[h3]SFX[/h3]

• New in-game music
  
• New sound effects
  

[h3]Bugs[/h3]

• Objects do not overlap with each other
  
• Objects do not fall through surfaces
  
• Objects are not clipping
  
• Light and shadows are not flickering when set on low graphics mode
  
• Photo album bugs fixed
  
• All objects on the pin board can be examined
  
• Other small bugs
  

Hello everyone! SillyLittleGames here:)

We've figured out that our Discord link was not active for some time, so we replaced it with a non-expiring one!

On our Discord we share some news about the development, screenshots, new content and just you know.. hanging out with you? Sounds like fun?

We would be really happy to see you there! Yesterday we posted about our plans for the next month and communication with our players is a big part of it.

See you?

Hey, everyone! SillyLittleGames speaking:) We are grateful that we have so many new players in the last few days, so we decided to give you heads up on who we are

allow to introduce ourselves —we are a SillyLittleGames studio !!

1️⃣ We are based in Serbia;

2️⃣ We are silly and little (not in a "minor" way, okay?);

3️⃣ We are making games.

You can read more about us on our website: you can also find all of our social networks there

Please, if you stumble on any bugs, errors, or unpleasant moments, PLEASE PLEASE report them in the community hub, or in the specified channel on our Discord server. We are only 3 people, therefore, we clearly lack any QA resources, and it would be very helpful. The game has a lot of things to work on, and we are currently focusing on polishing it.

We've been carefully watching you guys play and figured out what we need to bring into the game! Along with some new visual features that were requested we've also had a chance to polish our demo, removing some unnoying bugs.

However, the game is still in development and if you run into some bugs, you could report them to [email protected] and we are gonna be fixing it ASAP!


[h2]New Features [/h2]

• The music can be paused now;
  
• New music player;
  
• New outside view instead of a static view;
  
• New reworked posters;
  
• VFX Updates;
  
• More than 10 new sounds;
  
• New rotation mode.
  

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed issues with painting over wall writings;
  
• Fixed issues in tutorial;
  
• Fixed rotation issues;
  
• Fixed collisions (objects are not falling through the carpet, suitcase; books are not clipping through shelves);
  
• Fixed the bug with objects falling from the casket.
  

Thank you for playing! Enjoy the game!