The Backward (Demo Scene)

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Hello world! It's WT here! You can call me "Representing my brain" because after all, I am a "body driver" who sits inside of the skull.

大家好，我是个人游戏开发者WT！或者你们喜欢的花叫我“颅内来客”，一个驾驶着躯体的大脑。

Since the around June of last year, I started to work on a dark story driven game called "The Backward". I have been working as a solo developer so far, and It's been nine months now, it's a "wow" here for how fast the time pass! Honestly, I am way behind my plan because I've spent the a good amount of the time learning the necessary game development skills before I could actually produce. At the beginning of this year, I finally made a rough early trailer. A month later, which is today, the first playable demo is finally available! Yeahhhhh!

自从去年中旬，我开始计划并制作一个黑暗风的解谜游戏。逆向而行。“逆向而行” 目前是由我独自开发，一晃9个月过去了，虽然岁月不等人，至少这次我几乎是人生第一次可以回答 “时间都去哪了” 这个问题。在真正有能力开始制作正片内容前，我花了绝大多数时间学习游戏开发各种必要的技能，终于在今年年初，做出了第一个氛围渲染的trailer。而现在，我的第一个试玩demo也出炉啦！好耶！！！

About the game, The Backward:

"The Backward" is a story driven, dark-themed, puzzle solving adventure game. Follow the journey of a nameless young boy as he pursues the elusive "hope". In "The Backward", you will guide the boy through mountains and valleys, utilizing your skillful maneuvering and clever problem-solving to overcome various obstacles and puzzles. Endure numerous trials and tribulations to reach the boy' ultimate destination. "There".

The Backward will combines two main gameplay elements, platformer and adventurous puzzle solving. It is kind of inspired by "Inside" and "Little Nightmares" series (two of my favorite games). The core of this game is to tell a rather dark story while providing you with a thrilling adventure.

I hope you will enjoy it! Here, you can download the trial demo that setups on "Sky Stairs" area. A rough atmospheric trailer is available here as well.

关于 “逆向而行”：

"逆向而行" 是一款黑暗故事风的3D解密游戏。讲述了一个懵懂的无名小男孩追求着“希望”的故事。在“逆向而行”中，你将带领着无名小男孩，穿过山川峡谷。你需要灵敏的操作来通过各种关卡，巧妙的思维解决一路上的谜题。历经种种磨难，到达“那个地方”。

逆向而行会汇集平台跳跃和探索解密两个主要元素。灵感来自Inside和小小梦魇系列 （发自内心膜拜的两座高峰）。这个游戏的核心是在讲述一段颇为黑暗的故事同时，带给大家一段惊心动魄的冒险经历。希望大家会喜欢！

在这里你可以下载我制作的“空岛区域”试玩demo，并观看初版，未加入细节的氛围宣传片。

About the Demo:

The expected length of the demo is between 15 to 20 minutes. The main purpose of this demo is to gather feedback from players. For example, I am unsure if everyone will find the difficulty level of this demo scene appropriate or if they will feel comfortable with the character controls, among other things.  Please don't be shocked if the game doesn't fell right at this moment. Your feedback is tremendously welcome, and I will adjust this demo based on your feedback, also providing me a reference standard for the production of later levels.

This demo is selected from the early stages of the game. It includes a certain amount of puzzle solving content and a certain amount of platformer. In this demo, the overall environment is bright and colorful. However, as the game progresses, we will gradually entering the realm of darkness.

关于试玩Demo: 

demo的预期长度为15分总到20分钟。其主要目的是测试一下大家对游戏的看法。比如我不确定大家是否喜欢这个demo scene的难度等级。或者角色操作的感受，等等。无比地欢迎给我反馈和意见。我将根据大家的反馈，随时调整，优化这个demo，同样为后期关卡的制作提供一个参考标准。

这个demo节选自游戏的前期阶段。其比较代表性的同时包含了一定量的解密内容，和一定量的“平台跳跃”内容。在这个demo中，世界是明亮的。但就像“The Backward”这个名字所表达的，随着游戏进展，我们会逆向地从光明逐渐进入黑暗领域。

Before you start:

First of all, thank you very much for coming. As this is my first demo, I would greatly appreciate your feedback to help improve the game's quality. Specifically, I would appreciate feedback on the overall flow, character control, how the hints work, and any bugs that you may encounter. But of course, all types of feedback are super welcome!

There is currently one known bug where the camera locks up. If this happens, please press "ESC" and then reload. I will work to resolve this issue in the coming days, but the likelihood of it occurring is very low.

The current version is not well-optimized and may experience some lag. I will work on optimizing it in the future. I apologize for any performance issues!

If you don't like the current sensitivity, you can press "Esc" and adjust it using the slider on the right side of the screen.

Some parts of the game may be confusing, I apologize.  That's why I need feedback lol (There is no need to sugarcoat any negative feedback.)

 Control: "WASD" for movement, "Spacebar" for jumping, "left-click" for grabbing, "Shift" for accelerating, and "ESC" for pausing. Input keys will be reminded in game as well.

最后的絮叨：

十分感谢大家捧场。作为第一个demo，质量上需要大家的帮助来一起提高。大家可以将回馈重点放在游戏主体节奏，操作感受，解密部分提供的提示，硬性bugs等问题上。当然，任何意见都打鸡血般地欢迎！

目前已知有一个bug。具体表现为镜头锁死不动。这个bug目前还没有解决方法，如果发生，请按esc， 然后reload。在接下来的日子里我会解决这个问题。不过这个问题发生的概率非常的低。

目前版本没有足够的优化。可能会出现比较卡顿的现象。我会在未来时间里进行优化。性能问题还请大家先容忍一下，抱拳了！

如果大家不喜欢当前灵敏度，可以按esc，屏幕右半部分唯一的一个拖动条就是控制灵敏的。

游戏有些部分可能比较匪夷所思，迷惑。十分抱歉，还请大家给点耐心。但同样欢迎大家反馈真实感受！一切负面体验请无需委婉哈哈。

操作方式在游戏中会有自动提醒。但大概就是 WASD 控制。空格键 跳跃。鼠标左键 抓取。Shift 键加速。ESC 键暂停。

I really hope you wouldn't need it, but in case you get stuck, there is a "Easy Mode" toggle in "pause menu". When it's on, you get more autosave points and slightly more hints.

If it doesn't help enough, here is the full walk-through video: https://youtu.be/rKMSMYXmmb0

我不希望游戏的流程太过简单，但更糟糕的是在某个地方被彻底卡住。如果在某个地方实在过不了，在暂停界面周有一个“Easy Mode”按钮。点亮后，会有更多的提示和保存点。

实在不行，这里还有通关视频嘿嘿：www.bilibili.com/video/BV1S24y137YB/

Enjoy!!!

希望玩得愉快！！！