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Tanais Games Announces a Change from 2D to 2.5D for the Psychological Horror Game Saint Kotar

Tanais Games Announces a Change from 2D to 2.5D for the Psychological Horror Game Saint Kotar

Tanais Games Announces a Change from 2D to 2.5D for the Psychological Horror Game Saint Kotar

An early gameplay reveal video is released to illustrate the difference

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Written by: Karla Munger on March 24, 2017
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More info:
Should Saint Kotar Include Help Systems? – December 17, 2016
Saint Kotar, Lonely and Ancient, Hides Its True Nature – November 23, 2016
Witchcraft Awaits in Saint Kotar – July 3, 2016
Marko Tominić of Tanais Games has assured us that switching from 2D to 2.5D in the point-and-click horror game Saint Kotar will not ruin anything. The decision was made after months of testing and brainstorming. The team feels that 2.5D will permit fluid, natural movement and animation as well as dynamic lighting and shadows, increased immersion and a better overall experience.

For those who would like some elaboration, a lengthy, detailed blog entry concerning the issue is posted here. Comments — both pro and con — are welcome.

In Saint Kotar, two protagonists travel to a town of the same name to attend an exhibition of rare medieval art. They are suddenly pulled into a macabre series of murders, allegedly related to Satanic worship and witchcraft. These dreadful acts compel the protagonists to follow the shadow of something deeply hidden behind the town’s dark past.

Tanais Games is working on a playable demo to be released concurrently with a Kickstarter campaign planned for late June or early July of this year. Saint Kotar is to be released for Windows, Mac and Linux at a date TBD.

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Karla Munger

Karla Munger

I've been with JA in one capacity or other since 2003. I'm currently website administrator. I'm also a digital artist (my avatar is one of my creations). I write reviews and articles, create graphics and basically help tend the site. It's work I enjoy very much. I love playing games of all kinds, but adventure and RPGs are my favorites (particularly scary/dark/unsettling ones). At the top of my list are The Cat Lady, The Longest Journey, Dreamfall, Still Life (first one only), Scratches and Culpa Innata. I'm a dyed-in-the-wool recluse and prefer the company of animals, hardware and ghosts to human beings (no offense). And no bio would be complete without my saying that I do NOT care for phones of ANY sort. Further, I think Dell computers are garbage and that Microsoft has become megalomaniacal. "I put my heart and soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process." - Vincent Van Gogh "I need solitude for my writing; not like a hermit - that wouldn't be enough - but like a dead man." - Franz Kafka "I've been to hell and back, my boy." - Susan Ashworth, The Cat Lady

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