Hi everyone!

We have some exciting news for you today… but first, a bit of context.

When we released Odyssey on Steam Early Access back in February, we weren’t entirely sure what to expect. Would people enjoy the game? Would people have valuable feedback? What sort of ideas and suggestions would our players send our way, and how easy or difficult would they be to implement?

We were delighted when you all began to give us so much fantastic feedback, clear and easy to digest. So we set about implementing it.

We wanted to stay on Early Access for long enough to be confident in the quality of Odyssey - to make sure that what we’d be putting out there was something we could be proud of, and that the community would enjoy to its fullest. Now, as we edge into April, we feel we’re almost there - and so, we’re very happy to announce today that the V1 version of Odyssey will launch on Steam on Wednesday 19th April!

There are a few things in particular that we’d like to draw your attention to.

1) We’ve improved the camera movement. This was something a lot of people mentioned - that the mouse seemed both over- and under-sensitive in places. We’ve spent time tweaking and improving this, and we now think it feels just right.

2) We’ve finished up the soundtrack. This means the entire game now has a full original score, by the excellent Alfredo Sirica, which we absolutely love. We hope you do too.

3) There are a whole load of bug-fixes. Too many to list here. The game should feel much more stable now.

4) And finally… we’ve decided to change the price point to $14.99. We’re aware that this might frustrate some people, who bought the game at $19.99 during Early Access. But while we believe Odyssey is a high-quality product with several hours of gameplay time, after careful deliberation we’ve decided the price may have been a little on the high side. We want to open the door to Odyssey for more people, which has been the main trigger for the decision. We hope those of you who bought the game at $19.99 will understand, but do feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions or concerns.

So, exciting times ahead! Thanks as always for everyone’s support - and roll on the 19th!

Vivek and Omkar
The Young Socratics

Hi everyone!

We're very pleased to announce that we've released the first big patch for Odyssey!

The patch fixes a large number of bugs, as well as several new original soundtrack pieces throughout the game.

This wouldn't have been possible without everyone's support and feedback - thanks so much for leaving your comments, and please continue to do so! While we can't promise to incorporate everything, we do read and consider every comment and message.

Change log:

- Fixed multiple collider bugs (there are too many to list!)
- Changed rendering texture to show transparent area in journal
- Changed outline of the hand icon to make it more visible
- Adjusted journal UI to fit 21:9 aspect ratio
- Fixed invert mouse look
- Added windowed mode
- Added Vsync
- Added multiple new music tracks
- Improved sliders in multiple puzzles to make them easier to use (pier, epicycle/retrograde mars motion)
- Fixed various minor bugs and issues

Thanks again everyone - speak soon!

Vivek and Omkar
The Young Socratics

Hi everyone,

First of all, thanks so much to everyone who’s played Odyssey so far. It means the world to us to see people playing the game we’ve worked so hard on.

Thanks, too, to everyone who has provided feedback. Many of your comments have been hugely enlightening to us and have helped us to spot aspects of the game that could be improved upon, which we wouldn’t have spotted without your help.

Indeed, certain themes began to emerge within a few days of release. Mouse movement, for example, is something a lot of people picked up on - particularly vertical movement - feeling a little rough and ready. So this is something for which we’re already working on a fix.

Others of you said you prefer to play this sort of game in windowed mode, which Odyssey didn’t previously support. So we’ve started work on a patch for that, too.

Along with these, there are countless small issues, bugs, glitches and things that just don’t quite sit right, which you’ve identified, and for which we’re already hard at work on a solution. This is alongside the things we had already been intending to do, such as finishing and updating the soundtrack. We’ll keep you updated on progress as things go forward.

Finally, we’ve been talking a lot about what happens next - about exactly how and when to transition from Early Access into a full release. This is a discussion that’s still ongoing here at The Young Socratics, but we want to ensure that the game we put out there, as a ‘V1’, is something we’re as happy with as we can be.

So, keep providing your feedback, keep letting us know what you think, and we’ll keep telling you what we’re working on.

Thanks again, so much!

Omkar and Vivek
The Young Socratics