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Portal Stories : AMD and Linux fix - Live now!Apr 27, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHey Everyone! Today we're releasing an update to Portal Stories: Mel that makes the main branch be in-line with the beta branch again. This means that all the previous bugs fixed in the beta update are now live for everyone! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/7488070/17881be6841b604583efd856e5095bc7cfd84f1f.jpg * Fixed lighting issues with modern AMD GPUs. * Added Vulcan support for the Linux build. * Fixed wrong icon showing up on windows. * Removed confirmation prompts for graphics settings. * Removed the outdated libSDL2-2.0 from the linux build. ~ Anna (Beta) Patch April 11th 2021Apr 11, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsRemoved the outdated libSDL2-2.0 from the linux build.(beta) patch april 10 2021.Apr 10, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsFixed a potential issue on OSX and linux.Portal Stories: Mel AMD and Linux fix - in Beta now.Apr 9, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHey Everyone! Today we're releasing a beta update for Portal Stories: Mel that should resolved various issues: Fixed lighting issues with modern AMD GPUs. Added Vulcan support for the Linux build. Fixed wrong icon showing up on windows. Removed confirmation prompts for graphics settings. We're aware of an issue where the inside of the container blocks the visibility of the door at the start of chapter 2, on certain AMD GPUs, and are currently investigating a solution. If you want to participate in the beta, and let us know if you're experiencing any issues: Right click Portal Stories: Mel in your Steam library Select properties. Go to the betas tab Select "beta - Public beta branch" This should download an update that's about ~35mb on windows. And even less on other platforms. Please let us know if you're experiencing any issues in the beta branch! ~AnnaPortal Stories: Mel - Soundtrack now available.Mar 24, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHey Everyone, Good news! Today we've pushed a couple of updates to Portal Stories: Mel and its soundtrack, so they are now available separately! As an additional bonus, we've added four new tracks to the soundtrack: Troubled Water (Trailer Theme) Waking Up To Science (menu) Adjacency (menu) System Corruption (alternate) Time and Time Again If you search your Steam library, the Portal Stories: Mel Soundtrack should now show up, ready for you to download. If it doesn't: you can now get the soundtrack directly from Steam, without having to install Portal Stories: Mel first! https://store.steampowered.com/app/322420/Portal_Stories_Mel_Soundtrack/ We hope you enjoy the soundtrack! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/7488070/04c4b395196a2f4c57b12632d680f2839d6ba84d.jpg - AnnaLinux updateApr 8, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsHey everyone, Today we've released a small update to the Linux version of Portal Stories: Mel. This fixes an incorrect launch parameter, which should resolve a lot of launching issues on Linux. We've also removed libc++.6.so , which also caused a lot of issues in specific Linux versions.Out now - The Captives: Plot of the DemiurgeOct 11, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsToday we are proud to release The Captives: Plot of the Demiurge on Steam after over a year and a half of production. This is our first commercial game since releasing the award winning Portal Stories: Mel. https://store.steampowered.com/app/666630/The_Captives_Plot_of_the_Demiurge/ What is The Captives: Plot of the Demiurge The Captives: Plot of the Demiurge is a game set in a fantasy world and features Souls-like combat mechanics, compelling storytelling and the ability to customise a new character before each new level. However, in a unique twist, after completing a level all your previously customised characters continue to exist within the game world. Thus, rather than a single protagonist, you will be developing a whole cast of characters to interact with throughout the game! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32217172/5241370e860a601b4fb6b842fc675883123529fc.png Key Features Character customisation of appearance, stats and weapons Souls-like combat Levelling choices in each dungeon Focus on storytelling https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32217172/b4c77620b4eccc48c6fd7358b3cd0041ce9158e4.jpg Replayability Replay the game with special Challenge Runs, combinations of unique modifiers to the game. These include Roguelike Challenge which randomizes your build each time you play through the dungeons and Soul Challenge which restricts the number of checkpoints in the game and changes how healing works. With a variety of individual modifiers you can also tweak the game to create your own challenge runs or make things a little easier if you get stuck. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32217172/4a54a9a7c981f6254afa11b024614ac824f6bd94.jpg About Us Prism Studios is a small video game company based in Northern Ireland. In 2015, we released the Portal Stories: Mel mod for Valve’s Portal 2 game which was downloaded by over 1 million unique users. Now we are hoping to follow that success with our current project, The Captives: Plot of the Demiurge. Getting this game to the finish line has been a challenge, especially since we are a tiny team trying to transition from the creation of an award-winning mod to a commercial product. Working without any budget or outside investment for over a year and half means that this project has been very much a labour of love! You can keep up to date with our projects via Twitter: https://twitter.com/PrismStudiosUKThe Captives: Plot of the Demiurge store page online now!Mar 1, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsHey everyone, We're happy to announce that we've launched our Steam Store page for our upcoming game The Captives: Plot of the Demiurge. You can add the game to your wishlist and follow the page to keep up-to-date with the development of the game there. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/f67df3e45c0bd3eed15e8ccd03fa605a112ec6fe.png Steam Page for The Captives: Plot of the Demiurge.The Captives: Plot of the Demiurge store page online now!Mar 1, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsHey everyone, We're happy to announce that we've launched our Steam Store page for our upcoming game The Captives: Plot of the Demiurge. You can add the game to your wishlist and follow the page to keep up-to-date with the development of the game there. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/f67df3e45c0bd3eed15e8ccd03fa605a112ec6fe.png Steam Page for The Captives: Plot of the Demiurge.Ukrainian subtitles added.Dec 6, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsHey everyone, Today's updates adds Ukrainian translations to the game. Huge shoutout to Rayfulrand and SHooZ for providing the translations! Ukrainian subtitles added.Dec 6, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsHey everyone, Today's updates adds Ukrainian translations to the game. Huge shoutout to Rayfulrand and SHooZ for providing the translations! The Captives: Plot of the DemiurgeNov 28, 2017 - Community Announcementshttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/f67df3e45c0bd3eed15e8ccd03fa605a112ec6fe.png Hello Everyone! With development progressing steadily, it’s time to announce the full name of our next game! The Captives: Plot of the Demiurge is set during a struggle between two opposing ideologies. After Prince Pico and the city-state of Volturno leave the anti-magic Tetrarchy to explore the alluring possibilities of the magic sciences, the other states band together to retake Volturno and stop whatever scheme Pico may have begun with his newly-acquired arcane knowledge... You play as convicted prisoners, drafted into the Tetrarch’s army to undertake missions against Prince Pico’s forces and collect intelligence concerning his masterplan. While each prisoner has their own individual personality and backstory, all share one goal: to complete their assigned objectives and earn their freedom. Characters The Captives: Plot of the Demiurge is an action-adventure game with a variety of carefully crafted levels. You will start by creating your character for each particular level. You can customize the character’s name, stats, weapon and appearance, giving each character you play a unique feel. After each level your personalized character gets added to the story’s cast of NPCs whom you can then talk to and interact with. As the story grows, so too does your cast of previous player characters. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/6ec3b6fe113382d36cfc0638fdbb0be5e50286bd.jpg Stats When you create your character you will choose from a variety of weapons and distribute your skill points amongst four stats. Since your available skill points are limited, you will have to think carefully about how you invest them. The four stats of the Captives are: Health Health helps your character survive damage – pretty straight forward! A character with lots of health will allow you more room for mistakes while a character with little health will have to be more careful to avoid damage. Stamina Stamina is used for each action in the game: attacking, defending and dodging. A character with lots of stamina will be able to chain together many attacks while a character with little stamina will have to be more tactical and patient. Focus Focus prevents your character from being staggered by enemy attacks. A character with lots of focus will be able to shrug off damage while swinging away at enemies while a character with little focus should try to fight enemies one at a time. Movement Movement determines the speed at which your character moves. A character with a lot of movement will be able to dance around their foes while a character with little movement will have to time their aggression carefully. All the numbers in The Captives are very low so that the difference between spending a single stat point in health over movement can change the feel of how your character plays significantly. It’s not possible to crea...The Captives: Plot of the DemiurgeNov 28, 2017 - Community Announcementshttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/f67df3e45c0bd3eed15e8ccd03fa605a112ec6fe.png Hello Everyone! With development progressing steadily, it’s time to announce the full name of our next game! The Captives: Plot of the Demiurge is set during a struggle between two opposing ideologies. After Prince Pico and the city-state of Volturno leave the anti-magic Tetrarchy to explore the alluring possibilities of the magic sciences, the other states band together to retake Volturno and stop whatever scheme Pico may have begun with his newly-acquired arcane knowledge... You play as convicted prisoners, drafted into the Tetrarch’s army to undertake missions against Prince Pico’s forces and collect intelligence concerning his masterplan. While each prisoner has their own individual personality and backstory, all share one goal: to complete their assigned objectives and earn their freedom. Characters The Captives: Plot of the Demiurge is an action-adventure game with a variety of carefully crafted levels. You will start by creating your character for each particular level. You can customize the character’s name, stats, weapon and appearance, giving each character you play a unique feel. After each level your personalized character gets added to the story’s cast of NPCs whom you can then talk to and interact with. As the story grows, so too does your cast of previous player characters. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/6ec3b6fe113382d36cfc0638fdbb0be5e50286bd.jpg Stats When you create your character you will choose from a variety of weapons and distribute your skill points amongst four stats. Since your available skill points are limited, you will have to think carefully about how you invest them. The four stats of the Captives are: Health Health helps your character survive damage – pretty straight forward! A character with lots of health will allow you more room for mistakes while a character with little health will have to be more careful to avoid damage. Stamina Stamina is used for each action in the game: attacking, defending and dodging. A character with lots of stamina will be able to chain together many attacks while a character with little stamina will have to be more tactical and patient. Focus Focus prevents your character from being staggered by enemy attacks. A character with lots of focus will be able to shrug off damage while swinging away at enemies while a character with little focus should try to fight enemies one at a time. Movement Movement determines the speed at which your character moves. A character with a lot of movement will be able to dance around their foes while a character with little movement will have to time their aggression carefully. All the numbers in The Captives are very low so that the difference between spending a single stat point in health over movement can change the feel of how your character plays significantly. It’s not possible to crea...The Captives: More DetailsAug 28, 2017 - Community Announcementshttp://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/013cfa7aa4aac6ab9e8642b9e426025e9031409a.jpg Our new PC video game The Captives has been coming along well so we've decided it's time to go into a little more detail. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/abda7fcc351133b1e07d47eda885c879211352c6.png What is the Captives going to be? The Captives (working title) will be a top down action RPG for PC on Steam. For each chapter of the game you will create and customize a new character, both visually and in playstyle. The chapter will follow the story of that character as they converse and battle their way through medieval/renaissance style fantasy dungeons and castles. Once the chapter is complete your character will become an NPC that now interacts with each new character in their own chapters. By the end of the game the story will be populated by a whole cast of your own custom made characters. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/250fa9c7c1f1077ea95f6296bdb485d087070693.png Unique Playstyles Each character presents a new opportunity for you to try out different builds and playstyles. Instead of being locked into a single build for the whole game you can try out different combinations of stats and weapons for each dungeon. Maybe you want to play as a nimble rogue, darting in and out of combat with a lightning fast dagger, or perhaps you want to play as a sluggish armoured knight with an impossibly massive sword that can tank a few hits. In the Captive's you can play both these styles and more in a single playthrough. This way each character will also feel unique, not just visually, but in how they control and fight in combat. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/0fb9d224730ba50a905d56f12db343e4fb7d8f1c.jpg Future Development There is still a lot of work to be done on the Captives but we look forwards to sharing more and eventually releasing the game for PC on Steam. If you want to keep up-to-date with the development, follow us on our Social Media platforms Twitter and Facebook. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/1899575efd7a65e9a34dcf0cbfddeb3140951aae.png The Captives: More DetailsAug 28, 2017 - Community Announcementshttp://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/013cfa7aa4aac6ab9e8642b9e426025e9031409a.jpg Our new PC video game The Captives has been coming along well so we've decided it's time to go into a little more detail. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/abda7fcc351133b1e07d47eda885c879211352c6.png What is the Captives going to be? The Captives (working title) will be a top down action RPG for PC on Steam. For each chapter of the game you will create and customize a new character, both visually and in playstyle. The chapter will follow the story of that character as they converse and battle their way through medieval/renaissance style fantasy dungeons and castles. Once the chapter is complete your character will become an NPC that now interacts with each new character in their own chapters. By the end of the game the story will be populated by a whole cast of your own custom made characters. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/250fa9c7c1f1077ea95f6296bdb485d087070693.png Unique Playstyles Each character presents a new opportunity for you to try out different builds and playstyles. Instead of being locked into a single build for the whole game you can try out different combinations of stats and weapons for each dungeon. Maybe you want to play as a nimble rogue, darting in and out of combat with a lightning fast dagger, or perhaps you want to play as a sluggish armoured knight with an impossibly massive sword that can tank a few hits. In the Captive's you can play both these styles and more in a single playthrough. This way each character will also feel unique, not just visually, but in how they control and fight in combat. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/0fb9d224730ba50a905d56f12db343e4fb7d8f1c.jpg Future Development There is still a lot of work to be done on the Captives but we look forwards to sharing more and eventually releasing the game for PC on Steam. If you want to keep up-to-date with the development, follow us on our Social Media platforms Twitter and Facebook. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/1899575efd7a65e9a34dcf0cbfddeb3140951aae.png Happy Birthday Mel! And more updates on our future!Jun 25, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsHappy Birthday Mel! http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/cabe304a31dd93c8415c8f5faf43a27c16feb68b.jpg It’s been two years already since we released Mel and the reception has been amazing! We’ve taken your feedback and implemented a whole variety of new features, such as story mode, new subtitles, Steam cloud saves and official avatars. So what are we up to nowadays? Since the release of Mel we’ve released Portal Stories: VR and in August last year we announced that we started work on a whole new game: “The YR-Initiative”. During the last couple of months we have concluded that the initial timeframe we’ve set for ourself on the YR-Initiative wasn’t going to work out, and we have decided to temporarily halt development on the YR-Initiative whilst we focus on creating another, smaller (non-VR) game. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/5f0764d00daca6bda74c29c6a753f9acb8ceaa36.png Introducing: The Captives. The Captives is something completely different from what we’ve done before: it’s a top-down adventure game, with a strong focus on combat. We’ve been working on this in secret for a couple of weeks now, and we’re very happy with the progress so far. We hope to be able to release the game in the fourth quarter of 2017. We’ll talk more about The Captives sometime in the close future, so keep an eye out on our social media: Twitter and Facebook http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/fafdbe0f78f80007000bed84b581ee178e6086f8.jpg A screenshot of the Captives in early production So what does this mean for the YR-Initiative? Our primary focus at the moment is on The Captives; then, once development on The Captives slows down towards its release, we’ll re-focus on the YR-Initiative. We still think the game is going to be awesome, and we’ll still release it, but it will be later than we originally planned. We are however very pleased to announce that the YR-Initiative will have both a VR- as well as a non-VR version of the game. Both versions of the game are designed together, with separate user interfaces and controls for each version, to provide the optimal experience for both versions. So you’ll be able to play the YR-Initiative in VR, with your keyboard/mouse or with a game controller. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/f3b3ca066eeb60975c5f013aae2bc68a4b486945.png The YR Initiative has developed quite a bit since the last update http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/0cccb30a7389b3d9eff3a6f9077bdb9aad3b96b8.png Once work has concluded on The Captives, we will continue development on the YR-Initiative.Happy Birthday Mel! And more updates on our future!Jun 25, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsHappy Birthday Mel! http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/cabe304a31dd93c8415c8f5faf43a27c16feb68b.jpg It’s been two years already since we released Mel and the reception has been amazing! We’ve taken your feedback and implemented a whole variety of new features, such as story mode, new subtitles, Steam cloud saves and official avatars. So what are we up to nowadays? Since the release of Mel we’ve released Portal Stories: VR and in August last year we announced that we started work on a whole new game: “The YR-Initiative”. During the last couple of months we have concluded that the initial timeframe we’ve set for ourself on the YR-Initiative wasn’t going to work out, and we have decided to temporarily halt development on the YR-Initiative whilst we focus on creating another, smaller (non-VR) game. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/5f0764d00daca6bda74c29c6a753f9acb8ceaa36.png Introducing: The Captives. The Captives is something completely different from what we’ve done before: it’s a top-down adventure game, with a strong focus on combat. We’ve been working on this in secret for a couple of weeks now, and we’re very happy with the progress so far. We hope to be able to release the game in the fourth quarter of 2017. We’ll talk more about The Captives sometime in the close future, so keep an eye out on our social media: Twitter and Facebook http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/fafdbe0f78f80007000bed84b581ee178e6086f8.jpg A screenshot of the Captives in early production So what does this mean for the YR-Initiative? Our primary focus at the moment is on The Captives; then, once development on The Captives slows down towards its release, we’ll re-focus on the YR-Initiative. We still think the game is going to be awesome, and we’ll still release it, but it will be later than we originally planned. We are however very pleased to announce that the YR-Initiative will have both a VR- as well as a non-VR version of the game. Both versions of the game are designed together, with separate user interfaces and controls for each version, to provide the optimal experience for both versions. So you’ll be able to play the YR-Initiative in VR, with your keyboard/mouse or with a game controller. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/f3b3ca066eeb60975c5f013aae2bc68a4b486945.png The YR Initiative has developed quite a bit since the last update http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7488070/0cccb30a7389b3d9eff3a6f9077bdb9aad3b96b8.png Once work has concluded on The Captives, we will continue development on the YR-Initiative.The future of Prism Studios and our next game!Aug 18, 2016 - Community AnnouncementsHey everyone! We're incredibly excited to announce that we've made the leap from mod team to an indie studio! Recently we've started to work on our first brand new game! The game is called The YR-Initiative ! http://i.imgur.com/KRuGMcP.jpg The YR-Initiative is a VR first person puzzle game with a strong narrative, based around solving puzzles simultaneously alongside robot companions who you direct about the map to help you complete tasks, retrieve objects etc. The game takes place in the future, you are part of an advanced AI tasked with fixing your space station after it suffered damage during a meteor storm that has wiped out life on Earth. You will do training puzzles before going down to and fix the station. We're still very early in production so we don't have too many more details to share with you! http://i.imgur.com/1ayHUTg.jpg This game was called DR01D earlier in development, resulting in the old name on the image We did an interview with Games NI, where you can get a bit more information about The YR-Initiative and the team: http://gamesni.com/news/2016/8/17/prism-studios Feel free to follow us on our social media: https://www.facebook.com/PrismStudiosUK https://twitter.com/prismstudiosUK And for The YR-Initiative specifically: https://www.facebook.com/theYRInitiative/ https://twitter.com/YRInitiativeThe future of Prism Studios and our next game!Aug 18, 2016 - Community AnnouncementsHey everyone! We're incredibly excited to announce that we've made the leap from mod team to an indie studio! Recently we've started to work on our first brand new game! The game is called The YR-Initiative ! http://i.imgur.com/KRuGMcP.jpg The YR-Initiative is a VR first person puzzle game with a strong narrative, based around solving puzzles simultaneously alongside robot companions who you direct about the map to help you complete tasks, retrieve objects etc. The game takes place in the future, you are part of an advanced AI tasked with fixing your space station after it suffered damage during a meteor storm that has wiped out life on Earth. You will do training puzzles before going down to and fix the station. We're still very early in production so we don't have too many more details to share with you! http://i.imgur.com/1ayHUTg.jpg This game was called DR01D earlier in development, resulting in the old name on the image We did an interview with Games NI, where you can get a bit more information about The YR-Initiative and the team: http://gamesni.com/news/2016/8/17/prism-studios Feel free to follow us on our social media: https://www.facebook.com/PrismStudiosUK https://twitter.com/prismstudiosUK And for The YR-Initiative specifically: https://www.facebook.com/theYRInitiative/ https://twitter.com/YRInitiativePortal Stories: VR - OUT NOW!!!May 16, 2016 - Community AnnouncementsHey Everyone! We're incredibly excited to announce that we just released Portal Stories: VR! It is a brand new mini story set in the Portal Universe. It features 10 brand new puzzles, specifically designed to work using the 360 degrees room scale that SteamVR offers. Inside Aperture, you'll be able to use the new "Aperture Science Instant Teleportation Device" and the "Aperture Science Apparatus Retrieval Tool" to solve the new tests. Powered by Unreal Engine 4, Portal Stories: VR gives the Aperture Science facility a whole fresh look. With new models, textures, particles and more! An HTC Vive Headset is required in order to play. Download Portal Stories: VR for free now: http://store.steampowered.com/app/446750/

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