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Well I am still serving in the military for now (obligatory) but soon my service ends and I will get back on track with normal life and hopefully I will continue my work on my games too :) .

Hello there thanks for trying out the game! Unfortunately life didn't go as expected but not I haven't abandoned the project. 

Check the latest news : 

https://www.indiedb.com/games/codename-an/news/the-disappearance

Well as I said I had another playthrough and try to go only for headshots and I managed to finish the demo without any problem. The only thing I mention the "hint" system is that it's a demo. I've played lots of demos or being developed games and many of them don't have a "final" ending so you don't know when it finishes. So on my first playthrough I just thought the demo was to shoot around zombies.

In any case I liked it a lot and I hope to see it finished in the future ;)

p.s. : RE4 has a big difference in the village area, first of all enemies drop ammo and items and also it has a melee combat system that you can use hot keys to easily kill fallen enemies. Also RE4 has an adaptive difficulty system so if you fail it will be easier next time.

I totally get what you mean about the hints and I am making my game exactly the same way! However sometimes things need some "explaining". Personally I ran out of ammo soon so I was like how to kill them now ?

And also the messages from the statues, are like telling you that you have to put these 6 statues somewhere and so I spent most of the time looking around where to place them.

Anyway I will have another playthrough and see if I can post more suggestions ;) 

Thanks for reply.

Hello! First of all I am really glad to see another third person survival horror being made and as a developer myself I can say you've done a quite nice job!
Now as for the demo specific here's a list of things to notice or improve : 

• As @CoalFire said, you have no idea what to do. I managed myself to gather the 6 statues but I have no idea where to put them or if the graveyard is all the demo is offering. So my suggestion is to add some more hints or at least say to us how to proceed that scene! :p
• The lighting and the level design are awesome and I am really to surprised to see that this was actually UDK 3. Since I personally used both engines I would highly recommend to see UE4 since it would help you tons with the game.
• When you first step into graveyard and you see the dozens of zombies coming it's really amazing and scary! However although I have a relatively old computer, I had some huge fps drops when I was near their "range" so I am assuming the AI could be improved from code aspect.
• The character is awesome and it really gave me some Claire vibes! Only thing I managed to notice what at start, the lighting on the hair wasn't shown properly (hair got light while rest character was dark) although I didn't notice it anywhere else.
• Something that was really annoying in my opinion was the controls. I have played tons of games and the controls you have are like console/controller oriented. I would highly suggest to make it more pc friendly since pc will be the first platform to test and play and I assume many of us (including me) don't own/use controllers. 

Anyway, apart from the above, I got to say you did an amazing job and I do hope you find the support you need! 

Release "Alpha 1" Features

Alpha 1 is the initial release of the game. It features :

- Initial Release - Basic game mechanisms - Multiplayer mode (free for all) up to 6 players. - Several multiplayer maps depending on the amount of players. - Flag and sails color choosing for multiplayer. - 3 different weapons - In game settings to change graphics level, total audio volume and mouse sensitivity for in game camera.

Version Notes

- This is the first alpha release of the game so it's far from completed and there's a lot of things yet to be implemented. Also there will probably be bugs, so if you encounter any contact me and let me know!

- If controls doesn't fit you, you can change them using the game launcher before you load the game.

In the topic you can post bugs or give your feedback about this version.

Thanks! I will soon post an update on the current status so stay tuned ;)

Hello MadSpider thanks for the video! Although it's been a lot of time since I updated the game, I have changed many things including the camera system so the new version (hopefully soon) will include many changes (including moving to UE4 engine) and you can give it another try ;)

Also you can pickup stuff with Spacebar (readme) so you can actually shoot zombies!

Hey there! To begin with, thanks a lot for the video you've made it could really help the game to become a bit more known I hope! As for the feature list it's mostly for the final feature list. This version is obviously just a simple test to see if there are any bugs or suggestions so I can continue adding more stuff.

Also there was a small sort of jumpscare inside the bushes but I don't think you saw the blood at the bushes :p

Thanks again for your video and for testing the game!