Dear Esther Update - The Caves - 29/06/2010

As an added bonus for waiting so long between updates, I've compiled a quick montage of the third level, and also showcasing some of the many effects that has been added/hacked in such as realistic flowing water and caustic effects.

Dear Esther is coming February 14th 2012 to Steam - visit our official Steam page here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/203810

You can keep up to date and find other info on our official website: http://dear-esther.com

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Dear Esther
• The Chinese Room
• Robert Briscoe
• Dan Pinchbeck
• the caves

[christode]

It is said that the source engine was created by the Gods and was handed down to the only man on earth who could safe guard it from falling into the hands of the wrong people. In dragon tounge, his name is Gabakiin. "HALF - LIFE - 2".

[essedieffe]

The engine is almost 10 years old...and still this game looks fkin amazing

[lonewulf44]

Wow ... just was reading about this game in Gamespys review which talked of the caves. Wow ... just wow!

[roelofjah]

@DobryWujekChupa this game is all but simple, Why don't you try making a game with such detail and time investment and see how that works out for you? On another note, this used to be a source engine mod available for free on the internet

[utubeb14]

@DobryWujekChupa Good for you. One guy doing all the visuals does not happen overnight.

[DobryWujekChupa]

how the hell did you get this "game" 2 years ago? Dont tell me they were creating this ultrashort&simple "game" for 2 years...I lol'd.

[XxWolfpack247xX]

textures and vegetation SUCK NUTZ the rest of the game like caves and the lighting is awesome though

[MikeTVogel]

@essedieffe

Indeed.

What's amazing is that, while all these other devs are producing entirely new versions of their engines for each generation of game, Valve just continues to iterate on their existing tech, making it look better and better.

Personally, I'm finding the hammer editor to be *so* much easier to pick up, learn and use than I have any of the other tools.

It goes to show, it's not the tools, so much as it's the person using them.

[julesL5]

best looking game of all time

[gasper2083]

de que se trata este juego



[419chris419]

@mikaoj60 It's pretty much a complex story that generates different points of views each time you play.

I warn you, this game doesn't have a linear story, it's what you decide what it should be.

If you don't see it that way, you'll find the ending a bit sudden and lacks conclusion

[DamoM3]

Just got this on steam and my jaw was on the floor for the whole of this chapter. AMAZING!.