RECAP:
Its incredible how the situation evolved in those 2 weeks.
From being scared to publish, to having some nasty negative feedback, to slowly catching success. Then the first frontpage, on Newshounds. Numbers of reviews growing drastically with each day. Top 10 at IndieDB, and eventually - #1 spot. Antumbra catching more wind in its sails. Then frontpage on Gamejolt. Dozens of youtubers recording their Lets Plays for Antumbra. #8th spot in monthly competition at Kongregate. Then Markiplier playing Antumbra. Hundreds of thousands players watching and admiring the game. Dozens of thousands coming in to play by themselves. Requests after requests... For Antumbra 2 to be made into reality. And now I am days from starting IndieGoGo campaign. And all of that happened, in less then 3 weeks.
This is.... mindblowing. You don't hear about such stories in real. Sure, we watch them - but in movies and books. Not in reality. And even if so - they always tend to happens to someone else... And here I am. Standing in awe. Watching my dreams coming true. Quoting a line, from one of the greatest Sci-Fi movies in our history...
"They should have sent a poet..."

ANTUMBRA 1 UPDATE:
There will be one final update after the Easter. Probably tomorrow. Spelling errors, mistakes, some bug fixes + some NEW STUFF :D But shh... no spoilers. Stay tuned

ANTUMBRA 2:
In about a week I'll be starting an IndieGoGo campaign to raise funds for Antumbra 2. This is because... Well. I'll be honest with you. Antumbra is a creation of exactly 2 weeks of work. Combined. Because I had to go in and out. Due to real life issues. It was not polished. As you know - I made the game by myself and FOR myself. To vent. Not to farm fame or glory. I was in pain. I didn't give a flying F will anybody like it or not. When I've encounter a problem - I just erased the problem. I did not look for a solutions, for a walkaround. I just hit delete and kept on moving. I don't want to come out like I am bragging or thinking I am some sort of genius. But I do claim that Antumbra... Was made without me even trying. It was a little, tiny spark. Of what I am capable of. Most of the stuff I had to get rid of, due to lack of time and money. Instead of 100+ locations you can visit only 27.
But Antumbra 2... In Antumbra 1 I gave you access, to 3 months of my life. 3 months worth of feelings and madness. A sneak peek into my world. An elusive taste of the whole. But Antumbra 2 will not be just 3 months. But 30 years, of my existence.. Or more. Semi-quoting Blade Runner: "You'll see things you people wouldn't believe". Madness and misery, glory and happiness. I will take you to the deepest corners of human existence. I will make you met God, written by capital "G". I will show you hell and heaven, angels and demons. I will sink you into deepest swamps of human subconsciousness... Just to brutally pull you away and leave you above. For you to bend and cry, stunned in awe, watching the Golden Gardens of Red Leaves. I will take you through the planes of Everhills. Where the world has died long time ago, and the whole land is shrouded by toxic clouds of rotting corpse of dead gods. Leaving only the mountains picks free from the poisonous stench. I will blow wind, into your sails. Once you swim through ocean of Leghorns, - Sentient, living islands. I will show you bitter beauty of things not from this world. Not because it banks. Not because A1 is on frontpage like everywhere, not because, I often land on #1 spot on IndieDB. Not because Markiplier sent loads of traffic my way.
No.
But because... First time in my entire life. I have a chance to show what's hidden. First time in my life someone has the guts to experience the insides of my soul. First time in my life, I do not need to pretend and act. First time in my life I can run around naked, with my heart and soul left in the open.
And this is the one-of-a-kind chance. To set myself free. By throwing you into my own world.
I can make many games. If Antumbra 2 won't success - I'll try my luck with another genre. But I won't be myself. This is the one and only time when I am letting thousands of people visit my disturbed mind.
And this is why Antumbra 2 will blow yours. Because my goal is to make it a masterpiece. The creation of my life. My, personal footprint, on this blue and green planet. A mark, which will live forever, even long after my death. My legacy.
And to prove... That sequels not always sucks ;)
But such achievement cannot be done overnight. I order to make Antumbra 2 as good as I claim it can be - I need at least 4months. I need to work full-time. And obviously - this is something I cannot afford in my current situation. Hence the IndieGoGo campaign.
Late "Happy Easter!" :D And take care... My dear Friends.
My... Antumbrians.

And no - this is not photoshop. Today for half of the day - Antumbra was above all those viral games.
Aaand I just got myself drunk ::Hic!::


















Oh and I actually updated the game a bit. Fixed some more bugs and stuff.
Remember to clean your browser cache and watch my ugly face telling you how to beat the game (if you got stuck)

WALKTHROUGH:

Hellooo :D
UPDATE:
So I've uploaded a new version of Antumbra with the promised "Medal-Checker" button and also added a "Reset Save" button at the Warning screen.
Medal-Checker can be found inside Medals screen, on the left. Just click it and it should run a check on your medals and reward you with the missing ones.
"Reset Save" is there if you save got bugged, corrupted or something. It will just reset your progress in game. Of course, without taking medals off you :)
Remember to CLEAR your web browser cach if you played Antumbra before!
I've also tried to solve the problem with game freezing and I got it fixed. If you run into something bad - please send me a PM.

WALKTHROUGH:
I did the scary thing and recorded an official Antumbra Walkthrough. You can watch it here:
https://youtu.be/1rJPeoByy_Y
Inside the video you will learn all the solution to any riddles, needed to complete the game. Plus, you will hear a lot of my broken English and see my ugly face. Yay! :D

SPECIAL THANKS:
Goes to Tom Fulp. A day ago, he pretty much saved Antumbra and my future. Kudos Tom. Once I'll earn that 2 mil dollars I am sending half of the loot to you. No seriously guys, I owe him. Big time. Spam him with love and your naked pics (If you happened to be a woman that is).
You. Yes, you. You who are reading this. Because you made this. You enabled this to happened. And without you my dear comrade - I would be nowhere. And I owe you too.
 

Yup. That's right. Antumbra 2 is coming. More details soon.
Meanwhile almost done with the update for Antumbra 1. Sorry it took me so long. I had most of stuff ready but then I've discovered that my game has been stolen and embed on 3rd websites without my authorization. I wouldn't give a shit but those websites are making a lot of money from my work, and they do not pay anything back. So yeah.

Meanwhile, I've made this little intro piece for Antumbra 2. Tell me what do you think :)
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/615419

Hi guys. Sorry, but you will hawe to wait for the update a bit longer. The game was stolen and embed on some 3rd party websites, without my permision or anything. Sadly, Newgrounds is to blame. As they had not made the source address hidden/encrythed. Same goes for Gamejolt and itch.io. I presume many games had been stolen this way. Not only my. Regardless - I am trying to get my game off those websites. Sorry :(

EDIT: Aaaand i've found a way for this to stop hehehe.

Well, being busy with fixing Antumbra and stuff, I decided to throw in some old pieces I've recorded years ago.
Can you imagine I was a singer once? Me neither lol.
 

Frontpage on Newgrounds, 12 Lets Play videos and counting, 7th out of 25000 games in ranking at IndieDB. Dozens of reviews and private messages... I don't know what to say guys. I am really trying to figure out how can I express my gratitude. Describe it so you will FEEL it inside you. Words are not enough. You are the best, and I f*****g love you all. Never in my whole life, I felt like now. Never did I recived so much feedback and support. Because, as I've mentioned here and there - Antumbra... is not a game. Its me. Myself. Weaved into sounds, graphics and motion. And when the game recives so much love, this love streams directly to me. Making me all fuzzy and warm inside. And this is something, because you know - I am an odd ball. And the only thing I know is rejection. Yet here I am. And here are you. And you do not reject me, you don't push me back.
And my hands are shaking, and my eyes are wet. And I sit here, in my chair and speechless I stare at the screen. Not knowing what to say, because... "Words are just not enough".
I salute you.

And here's one of those LetsPlays, from a majestic creature called Tedrickson
 

Did you know I started all this as a musician? You can listen to my music at my YT channel, for free! :D
https://www.youtube.com/user/DroneLocker
And if you are feeling supportive enough and your wallet shares you point of view - you can buy my albums! :D
https://dronelocker.bandcamp.com/
If none of that fits your style, I also established a Donation button on my website.
http://dronelocker.weebly.com/

And also don't forget about my main information feeds :D
Which is Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Drone_Locker
IndieDB:
http://www.indiedb.com/games/antumbra
And Facebook!
https://www.facebook.com/DroneLockerOfficial

And... Well. There's this :(
http://9gag.com/gag/a7y1Yeb

Now, to the actual NEWS!

Hi guys. Phew what a 48h of life this was. I don't even know where to start. Maybe a recap will do. And I'll take it from there.
Sadly, I failed to get into Daily 5 on NG :( I assume this happened due to initial flow of Haters and 0-bombers. Shame. On front page 10 times more people could have play Antumbra...

Gamejolt brought me an unexpected flow of YouTubers and Lets Players. And I checked all the LP videos currently up. Incredible experience. Making games is one thing, getting betatest feedback is another, reviews are a different set of shoes too. But seeing someone play my game in real time? I lack the proper words to describe it. This way I could watch and observe what I did good or/and what I did wrong. And I seriously need to get in touch with someone who could run a proper spell checking on my games... I was sure I corrected all the text, but then this amount of typos and mistakes... Whoa. I am so ashamed >_<

On Newgrounds it was (is?) a constant battle. From what I observe, Antumbra brings the extremes. People either love it or hate. Nothing in betwen. Sadly, as i mentioned above, the 2nd kind of people came first... and left a very bitter taste. The funny and sad part is - the biggest complain was the game difficulty. And just because they coulnd't figure out the riddles right off the bat - they voted low... Screw the graphics, fuck the bug-free gameplay, lets take a huge dump on the music and audio I worked SO hard to create. Yeah, fuck that shit. They doens't matter. Right? All it matters is that the guy couldn't blaze throught the game like in Call of Duty. No wonder the gaming industry is in such a state. If this are the avarage expectations - no wonder. But this is a very dangerous thing guys. Because one day, you will wake up, in a world where the only games there are to play are Cookie Clickers clones, idle game and other bullshit that hardly is a game - that dominates front page. Even as we speak.

Kongregate? Now that was a waste of time. I don't know WHEN but that place just turned into some sort of casual "paint the unicorn" sort of nest. I though, that maybe Antumbra might make a presence there, due to lack of any serious games. But no. Kongregate as of now is worse then Google Play. Its a trashyard of moneygrabs and clones. Just to milk your wallet dry. Filled with stuff made not with passion, but with dollar signs in mind. Of course i want to make money of my passion. Who doesn't? But money is just a part of the story. A major part, but a part - not the whole.

But back to me and Antumbra. My inbox in here and via facebook is being constantly bombed by player sending me feedback. Awesome feeling. I try to reply to each and every message, but i am just one person. And then theres the review which i try to address too. So if you won't recive an instant reply - don't worry. I'll get back to you. I promise.

Also lets put here some numbers, because when i cannot say i went viral - i sure left an impact.
On Newgrounds, 3876 people played. With a score of 3.59 points.
On Gamejolt, 185 recorded plays. With a score of 4.4 points.
On Kongregate, 455 plays. Score 3.02... Eww.
That gives us a total of 4516 plays. Not bad. For a game that poped up about 2 days ago.
Also for a brief moment, Antumbra was ranked #7 out of 25 000 games. Wow. Don't believe me? Here, take look.

Sadly, now I fell back a bit. But still going strong! :D

I would like to add couple of stuff at the end.
I am the owner and creator of everything Antumbra is made of. Be it sound, gfx, code - everything. And so - if you would like to record a Lets Play video, go ahead with my blessing. I promise you won't run into any copyrights problems.
Today I need to pull my shit together and think what next.
My initial plan was to finish all the projects I started but never finished. Now, when someone is actually watching - I have a reason to do so. And what is there to finish...? Well, I think a small sneakpeek won't hurt... Click the link.
http://postimg.org/image/vci4zafdd/
And those are NOT all there is!
So yeah. As funny as it sounds - I really didn't had a plan for "what next" lol. I guess I focused on the game too much.
So yeah, if you guys would like me to get busy again - rain some shouts at me will ya :D And I'll go back to work.
I want to empty my "W.I.P" folder. If this would do the trick - I'll continue pushing. If not... Well. Then I will need to face the sad reality and get a regular job. Passion won't fill my son's belly, or pay my bills. Or maybe it will...?
I wish...

Take care everyone! :) And thank you for all those wonderful events that happened, and for your feedback and support.
Keep pushing me forward. Having you beside me - I will never give up. Because...

And ITS here :D
Knock yourself out!
Newgrounds: http://goo.gl/wVoHUS
Kongregate: http://goo.gl/et3Lnq
Gamejolt: http://goo.gl/kWrdjp

Oookeeeey. After a nasty storm, stuff is finally setting down.
And I am starting to feel better too.

Antumbra is ready.
Fixed some last-minute bugs and stuff. The game is parked and red-hot on Newgrounds and Gamejolt. Its not yet published because I want to launch the game at monday. But I checked everything and its working fine. Now I have to fix up a trailer for that thing.
I know what you might think "Dude, a trailer? For a 6h long, browser game?". Well why not? I am entering the market. Might as well do it with a kick. Plus, if I even DREAM of getting to frontpage/toplist - I need to generate A LOT of traffic during the premier day. And a trailer will do just that - boost up the traffic.
I do remember about Kongregate but... You probably don't know this but Kong is a huge pain to deal with for any HTML5 game developer.
Which is funny, because if you look at the traffic - they are the biggest browser games portal. Yet, their systems and managment is like 15 years old.
And thats why I am waiting. Doing everything else before. In case some last minute bug or stuff would pop out. Because once I dump my stuff on Kong - i won't be able to change it for a week. I mean, I will be - but the changes will take effect after about 5-7 days. And in that time players will come and will get pissed. And I wont be able to do anything, beside sitting, watching - and bumping my head agaist the wall, in anger. And all thx to Kongregate servers, not being able to properly flush their cach.

In case someone missed, those are my profiles:
Gamejolt.com
Kongregate.com

And please show me some support at my fanpage
Facebook.com

Keep an eye on me. This will be great... Tomorrow is D-day.