Pre-Order Widget Test
If this works we will put it on the front page pretty soon. This is for getting the game from the Humble Store.
Price and Pre-Orders
A lot of people have been asking about the price, so: The price of the game on both Steam and PSN will be $39.99 / €36.99 / £29.99. A lot of people have been asking about preorders too. Preorders will go live on Steam and the Humble Store (and on …
Whose voices are in The Witness?
We’re a couple of weeks away from our release date, and we’ve just finished recording the last of the voice acting, which means it’s a good time to tell you about the actors! The Witness deliberately riffs on several traditional elements of game design, and one of those elements is …
Since making the previous blog post …
Arabic is fixed!
Entering the Home Stretch
We’ve been averaging about a blog post a month — not by design, it just works out that way — which means if we stick to that pace, then in just one more posting, the launch of the game will be imminent. Well, I think we will post a little …
On Music, Sound Effects, Story
Music and Sound Effects Once in a while I get a question, from someone who really liked the music in Braid, what the soundtrack in The Witness is like. The answer to this question is that there isn’t one. There is (almost) no music in the game. This is not …
Architecture in Video Games
Deanna Van Buren, who worked with us designing the buildings for The Witness, has a blog posting on Gamasutra about video games seen through the eyes of an architect. You can read it here.
New trailer and interviews!
Hey look! A new trailer! Here’s my update on the PlayStation Blog. Also, we have some interviews and previews of the game: Gamespot Ars Technica Polygon Wired PlayStation Blog The PlayStation Blogcast had a nice ten-minute discussion of the game.
Workin’ on a new trailer.
This week we have been working on a new trailer that we hope to release before too long. It will not only show the game in a further state of visual development than the previous trailer (which is two and a half years old now — wow!), it’ll also show …
Progress!
On Friday we officially reached the Puzzle Complete milestone. This means that all puzzles that will be in the game when it ships are in the game now. It does *not* mean that the game is done. We still have a lot to do! But it *does* mean that the nature …