Whispers, Curiosities, Fates, and Reflections: Hapax Dev Blog

[Legend]

Cleaning up and finishing Hapax's main menu.

Those four pages go under the Explore tab. What do you think each one is used for!?



90% of it is just my way to force players to engage with the darn help button 

Whispers replaces my old Advice button and now it is mysterious and only unlocked after finishing the intro level of the game. It's grouped with all the other things that unlock as you play, so it works well.

Curiosities are random unlocks just for fun. Stuff like alternate outfits and 3rd person views that I've used during development. They break lore and immersion so I thought this name was fitting.

Fates are how all the different endings are tracked. Good for completionists but mainly I just really need players to know that they've only scratched the surface by reaching the credits. If they are liking the game and wanting more, there is a heck ton more.

Reflections are random dev comments that unlock as the game is played, and only unlock once in the end game. Don't know if this one will ship with the game or be a patch or be cut. They're weird and not the type of comments you're thinking of (essentially I just use them to point out flaws in the game so uber fans know not to investigate certain things).



Also I'm not putting a new game and load game buttons on the main menu. How often are they ever pressed in modern games!? Players can go under Options for save management.