Stonewake Studios

Alpha testing is ongoing. Meanwhile, I'm implementing some new mechanics and refining old ones.

Feedback is gold (and thankfully mostly positive)!

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Frost Protocol is an atmospheric survival strategy game and a mix of This War of Mine, XCOM, and Starcraft.

Manage the needs of your survivors, explore and expand your outpost, and defend against deadly creatures.

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Slow Mo is not just a combat feature but an ability of your current robot operator. Doing it too often will increase stress. Other operators have different abilities making all of them unique in battle.

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Not sure if I should use my cute little robot from hell or a stationary decontaminator to remove contamination...
... or both?

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Thank you so much!

Thanks! And yes, probably would have tried to do it in my own... And failed...

That's a great Idea! Will try that out. Thanks!

Love the art style!

Wasn't happy with the explosions so I cut up the mesh into multiple pieces in Blender, added some Rigidbodies and added force when the explosion happens.

Pretty happy with the result for less than an hour of work.

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Extending my research mechanic. Extract bio material to find out more about your enemy and research better technologies to fight them efficiently.

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They didn't know what happened, but the science lab was sealed when they arrived. Strange letters appeared before them. Until they decided what to do with this, they had to focus on other things: like not starving and not freezing to death...

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YouTube video by FrostProtocol Frost Protocol - Atmospheric Sci-Fi Strategy Game - Alpha Gameplay

So close to an alpha version! Just uploaded 37min of uncut gameplay (well... 1 cut because of a tiny bug...). Nonetheless a big success!
After nearly 7 months of development, alpha testing can finally begin!

Wish me luck!

youtu.be/U7apCZwwUjw

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Expanding my infestation mechanic.

Contaminators renew the infestation every 15 seconds, but this needs an indicator.

The decontaminated zone should stay clear permanently, but I'm unsure how to achieve this efficiently.

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Thanks for the feedback! That's what I was going for.
But across all platforms where I posted this the opinions are quite mixed so I'll probably have to change it. We'll see...

Working on a soundtrack for Frost Protocol.
Not sure though if acoustic guitar fits a sci-fi setting.

What do you think?

(Recording quality is far from great...)

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Finally got my render texture to work.
Time for some contamination to spread...

Still a bit rough around the edges (literally...) but that's for future me to take care of...

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Thanks :)

After 6.5 months of development, I finally took the time to create a simple main menu.

One of the last features for the alpha version!

SOON!

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Thanks!
I also wrote 2 novels and I really want to have realistic behaviour in the game but I must control myself to not exaggerate all the options in the game :)

Implemented a bark system. Now, they talk! Included localization as well so they will annoy you in your own language!

Also, hunger and fatigue lead to slower movement.

Just a few days away from a first alpha version!

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As always, lasers are the solution!

Well... if you have enough energy (which most likely you'll never have...)

But still... LASERS!

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Reworked the task system and UI: Previously, humans were also at the outpost—now, only robots. Tasks can have requirements regarding robot type. Also created pickup tasks. Salvage destroyed robots, repair them, and use them.

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Turns out that if your goal is to complete an alpha build but you keep adding features, the more you work, the further you get from your goal...

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The entire time I implemented this, the ›Inspector Gadget‹ theme song played in my mind.

Anyways...

Using a stationary scanner grants permanent vision and scans the surroundings to detect approaching monsters. No surprises anymore!

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Thanks!

Today, I created a new trailer for Frost Protocol.
Based on the tips of the GMTK video on YouTube.

What do you think?

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Thanks, man!

I know my next milestone was set to 1 million wishlists, but I'm still happy to reach 300 with Frost Protocol!

Now let's pump those numbers up to 500!
store.steampowered.com/app/3706210/...

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Yeah, at first I thought, the monsters just wanted to play, but... well... no 😢

You should conquer with love - not weapons...

... but if you are up against mindless and deadly alien monsters, it's best to have your shields up.

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