In The Middle

Devlog

• Interview series - Jason
  March 17, 2021 by 5Works

  In this interview we will be talking to Jason. Jason is our lead narrative writer and he along with others is responsible for the brining of our story to life. Jason was asked the 5 following Question... Continue reading
• Interview series - Chris 🎤
  March 10, 2021 by 5Works

  Chris - Lead Game Designer In this interview, we are talking to Chris. Chris is our Lead Game Designer along with being our Sound Designer. We asked Chris the following questions. What was your focus... Continue reading

  
• Interview series 🎤 - Claudio ( Lead Programmer )
  March 04, 2021 by 5Works

  Since we just release our Alpha we are doing a small series of interviews with each of the team members. In this interview we will be hearing from Claudio our programmer. Claudio was asked four questi... Continue reading

  
• Alpha Build ⏫
  March 04, 2021 by 5Works

  Hey everyone our Alpha is live !! 👏 We have really put our heads down and worked incredibly hard on getting everything to where it is. Since our vertical slice, a lot has happened. We have gone thr... Continue reading

  
• Main Menu Design & Implementation 🚘🎥
  March 03, 2021 by 5Works

  Our Lead Artist Harry Waters thought of a great idea to immerse the player even more by putting the main menu onto the radio dashboard of the car. When our Lead Game Designer Chris heard this, an idea... Continue reading

  
• Theater Mode 🎭
  March 03, 2021 by 5Works

  When the player enters a loop theatre mode will begin 🎭 We have designed theatre mode to help deliver more narrative within the car loops. Each Loop will start off with a conversation within the gr... Continue reading

  
• Christmas Break 🎅
  December 21, 2020 by 5Works

  First of all thank you to everyone who has viewed, liked or messaged us any of our posts across all platforms. We are currently taking a break for the Christmas period. We will still be in contact and... Continue reading

  
• Vertical Slice ⏫
  December 21, 2020 by 5Works

  We have just completed our vertical slice !! For this landmark, we focused more on getting intractable objects into the car and making it more of a playground. We want to create tasks for the player t... Continue reading

  
• 3D Character Models - MakeHuman
  November 15, 2020 by 5Works

  In order to save Harry, our artist some time we decided to use MakeHuman. Make Human is a free piece of software that can be used to create and customise 3D human models. MakeHuman allows you to cus... Continue reading

  
• Voice Acting & Narrative Dialogue 🎤
  October 30, 2020 by 5Works

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  Currently we have our Lead Game Designer Chris who is in touch with several voice acting students in Technological University Dublin that could potentially play 4 of our created characters. With that... Continue reading

  
• Prototyping ⚙️
  October 30, 2020 by 5Works

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  Currently we have our Game & Narrative Designers chipping away and nailing down the mechanics of In The Middle . With this our Programmer Claudio can look at the design documents and start implementi... Continue reading

  
• Meet the Team - Cian 👨📈
  October 30, 2020 by 5Works

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  Hi I am Cian and my primary role is Community Manager while also helping out in Design and Programming. I will be dipping my toe a little into most areas of the project while focusing on posting regul... Continue reading

  
• Meet the Team - Claudio 👨🖥️
  October 30, 2020 by 5Works

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  Hi I am Claudio and I am the lead programmer of In The Middle! My aim is to deliver a complete and smooth experience for all players to enjoy. I will make sure the game will run as smooth as possible... Continue reading

  
• Meet the Team - Harry 👨🎨
  October 30, 2020 by 5Works

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  Hi my name is Harry Waters. I am the team's lead art designer and co-narrative designer. The lead artist role is a pretty big role because it basically put me in charge of the overall look and feel... Continue reading

  
• Meet the Team - Chris 👨 🛠️ 💭
  October 30, 2020 by 5Works

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  My name is Chris and I am the Lead Game Designer while also the Co-Lead Producer and Sound Designer for In The Middle. My day to day would be crafting the core mechanics of our game, communicating to... Continue reading

  
• Meet the Team - Jason 👨 ✍️
  October 30, 2020 by 5Works

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  Hi I am Jason, I am 22 years old. My role within our team is co-production leader and narrative designer. For production I organise meetings for the team and dedicate time into making sure that everyo... Continue reading

  
• What We Want To Achieve 🎯
  October 29, 2020 by 5Works

  There is a number of things that we wish to achieve through the creation of our game so that when finished we can all be proud of our creation. We want to produce a story that has a strong emotional... Continue reading

  
• Our Inspiration 📝
  October 29, 2020 by 5Works

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  When coming up with the inspiration for our game one of our production leads Chris came up with a concept referring to a friend’s reoccurring dreams. Where they were able to remember what happened... Continue reading

  
• What "In The Middle" Is About 🚘💭
  October 28, 2020 by 5Works

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  In the Middle is a unique narrative driven game, in which you as the player will be at the center of the story. You and your friends are on your way to a campsite, on your way to the campsite a devas... Continue reading