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Alpha Polaris will be released 24th of June 2011! Update:english demo and new trailer #726521
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Just a month away! Alpha Polaris, the new horror adventure game created by Finnish developers Turmoil Games, will be available soon for digital download from the Official Website initially in german and english.
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In the midst of the snowfields of Greenland lies Alpha Polaris™, an American oil research station. High above, the ion storm of the century is gathering, bringing about a strange intermixing of reality and night terrors. It is up to Rune Knudsen, a Norwegian biologist, to take on a desperate struggle against fear and death, and to face the primordial force lurking beyond the veiled sky.


Mature, character-driven storyline
Streamlined point & click interface
Puzzles are an integral part of the story
3D characters in beautiful, pre-rendered scenes
Full spoken dialogue
1280x800 widescreen resolution
Expressive, hand-drawn dialogue portraits
Atmospheric soundscape including original soundtrack


Stay tuned, a new trailer will be released soon bravo

UPDATE 27th May: the english demo has just been released, you can download it HERE.

UPDATE 20th June: in-game trailer HERE!



Last edited by Carla; 06/20/11 11:59 AM. Reason: trailer link added

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Re: Alpha Polaris will be released 24th of June 2011! [Re: Carla] #726523
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Great news! Something cool to play during the upcoming hot weather. grin yay

Re: Alpha Polaris will be released 24th of June 2011! [Re: Becky] #726542
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THanks Carla! Great news. yay

Ana wave


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Re: Alpha Polaris will be released 24th of June 2011! [Re: BrownEyedTigre] #726547
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Thanks for the info, looks interesting


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Re: Alpha Polaris will be released 24th of June 2011! [Re: Winfrey] #726579
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Thanks, Carla !! smile

[I really like the look of this game and visited the website to see if mention of a disk version release might be on the cards - but couldn't find anything rolleyes]


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Thanks Carla, fantastic news. rah


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Re: Alpha Polaris will be released 24th of June 2011! [Re: Mad] #726593
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Hi Mad wave, I know for sure that Dtp is publishing the game in german speaking country, let's hope that Lace Mamba will publish it in the rest of Europe!
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Re: Alpha Polaris will be released 24th of June 2011! [Re: Carla] #726633
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Ooooh !! Thanks for that ray of hope, Carla happydance


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Re: Alpha Polaris will be released 24th of June 2011! [Re: Mad] #726654
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Definitely one (for me anyway) to look forward to.


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Re: Alpha Polaris will be released 24th of June 2011! [Re: Mr 2 u] #726742
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Thanks Carla! it sounds good!


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thanks for the info, Carla! This one is high on my list! chocobunny


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Re: Alpha Polaris will be released 24th of June 2011! [Re: venus] #727465
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I just downloaded the english demo. I want to see if the resolution will work nicely on my computer.

Cathy thumbsup

EDIT... Well I finished the demo. Things were just starting to pick up.
There were a couple of swear words in it. It looks like it is going to be a great game.

Cathy bravo

Last edited by Cathy1; 05/26/11 06:54 PM.

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Re: Alpha Polaris will be released 24th of June 2011! [Re: Cathy1] #727662
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Maybe this game will be good but whats up with the speech bubbles with the 2D character stills? As far as I could see there isn't a way to turn this off. Maybe this was needed before the decision to have the game fully voiced but it isn't necessary now. Hopefully before the game is released there will at least be an option to turn this on/off as I found it distracting.


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Re: Alpha Polaris will be released 24th of June 2011! [Re: GreyFuss] #727695
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1280 x 800 wide screen resolution required? What's up with this? Let's me out.

Gil.


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Re: Alpha Polaris will be released 24th of June 2011! [Re: traveler] #728908
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Hi!

I'm Teemu Vilén, the project lead and writer for Alpha Polaris! I've been lurking here for a quite some time now. Just wanted to say hi and urge you to test the demo!

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welcome to GameBoomers Teemu! Glad you decided to stop in.

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Hi Teemu_Vilen! It's great that you stopped by to say hello. wave

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Hi Teemu!

I've played the demo, and I discovered that Rune is from Bergen in Norway. I actually live in Bergen smile

Rune also spoke a few words in my dialect early in the demo bravo

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Welcome to Gameboomers Teemu Vilén,
I'm kat from southwest Louisiana, USA.
Lurkers are always welcome here, and we would love to hear more from you and your upcoming ventures!


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Thank you for your warm welcome!

Kolby, this is very interesting. We actually hesitated for a while if we should include the norwegian phrases, as the actor was American. At the end, we thought the Norwegians will surely appriciate if we try to include some Norwegian dialect in it, even if it won't sound 100% right.

Great if you do.

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Excuse me for digging up this thread, but Alpha Polaris gameplay trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUDYEqHAKz8

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Thank you Teemu! bravo
I've just modified my initial post and added the new trailer thanks


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The aurora borealis certainly is eye-catching. I like the contrast with the night sky and the snowy mornings after.

Re: Alpha Polaris will be released 24th of June 2011! [Re: traveler] #733852
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Originally Posted By: traveler
1280 x 800 wide screen resolution required? What's up with this? Let's me out.

Gil.


I think I've read somewhere that games created with a specifik engine e.g. the free Wintermute Engine demands that you set a resolution before develooping the game as the Wintermute Engine can't handle different resolutions. There should be a version 2 of the Wintermute Engine being developed, though. And Gil, do you still have a CRT screen, because I have a widescreen monitor, and the demo played rather nicely.


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Yes, Karsten is right. Wintermute doesn't support scaling, but it is still a great free engine! smile

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