Turmoil Games

Alpha Polaris is live!

Lassi — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:02:20 +0000

You can buy the English digital download version straight from us!
Support for WebMoney will be added in a few days.

Check out the reviews and post your impression to our
facebook page.

Have a chilling midsummer time!

Thank you,
Turmoil Games team

Gameplay trailer

Teemu — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:35:45 +0000

Alpha Polaris is nearly here! Like Rune, I find myself having strange
dreams of Arctic landscapes and something closing on in the horizon. I
don’t know how I’m going to make it through the week with this kind of
excitement! What will the reviews say? Several are going to be out at
24th. We will link them to our Turmoil Games Facebook page, so be sure to
check it every now and then. Also check out the new gameplay trailer:

Alpha Polaris Demo out NOW!

Teemu — Fri, 27 May 2011 09:43:03 +0000

Get one for yourself before we run out. ;)

The demo should give you a pretty solid impression of the game: voices, graphics, story etc. As usual, we want to hear what you think about it!

English:
http://www.gamefront.com/files/20368132/AP_DEMO_EN_exe

German:
http://www.adventure-treff.de/kommentar.php?newsid=5339

Kudos for Gamefront and Adventure-treff for hosting the demos!

Release date!

Teemu — Thu, 19 May 2011 08:06:28 +0000

I’ve waited so long to be able to say this:

Alpha Polaris will be released 24th of June 2011. The initial release will be in German and English languages. The English digital download version can be ordered through this webpage. Those who are entitled to a discount will receive a coupon via e-mail.

As the launch nears, stay tuned for a gameplay trailer and some interesting previews…

Voices!

Teemu — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 11:31:29 +0000

During the course of the production of Alpha Polaris, we have seen the
characters we created slowly to come to life. But every now and then, they
seem to take huge leaps – for instance, when the original character
concepts were finished. However, the biggest breath of life happened a few
weeks back when we got the English voice files. It’s amazing how much good
voice acting can contribute to a game – and frankly, we are surprised how
good AP voices came out. A big thanks goes to Just-A-Game and the studio we
worked with. It’s actually situated in Hollywood, so me and our sound
techinician pulled a few all-nighters advising the actors on the other side
of the world.

We will have the release date for you soon. While you wait, check out the
interview DiehardgameFAN did on us.

And oh, I almost forgot…we have submitted the English Gold for approval!
Many other localisations are to follow. ;)

Final beta!

Lassi — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:54:44 +0000

It’s two weeks to Christmas and we have heaps of snow here in the winter wonderland of Rovaniemi. It looks nice through the office window, we are of course sitting inside working on Alpha Polaris. :)

The game is almost complete and the final round of beta testing is starting today. Things are going well and it looks like we’re going to release on schedule!

We also have 17 new screenshots with near final quality graphics for you, check them out!

Alpha Polaris teaser trailer

Teemu — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:45:10 +0000

A lot is happening here at the Turmoil Games. Beta 1 started a week ago,
and we have been receiving precious data on the bugs, performance and
puzzles. Due to publisher company reorganizing, Alpha Polaris will be
published by a newly found company, Just-A-Game. I had the pleasure of
meeting few of those very talented JAG-guys in Berlin, and we had a blast.
A variety of German sausages and beers were also present, and gave some
precious input to the meeting. :)

Alpha Polaris teaser trailer here. Let us know what you think of it!

Alpha Polaris is in alpha!

Teemu — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:59:25 +0000

There was a tangible feeling of excitement in the room when the test
started. The team had gathered in front of my workstation to play the game
through together for the first time – to see how different elements, puzzles,
conversations and events would all fit in together. For the last week,
I’ve been scrambling to fix the bugs preventing the play-through.

As it happened, I noticed the team’s careful optimism turning into
satisfaction. There were glitches, yes, and missing graphics, absolutely,
but still, we could see the broad approach we had chosen already forming
into an unique gaming experience. We can play the game from start to
finish, and we feel it will convey the thing we first and foremost set out
to express: the atmosphere of being in the distant glacier, in the midst
of traumatic events.

Check out the new screenshots here. All feedback
is welcome now and in the future.

Press release – Alpha Polaris: A Horror Adventure Game revealed

Lassi — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:33:27 +0000

Turmoil Games is excited to announce Alpha Polaris, an upcoming point & click horror adventure game for Windows PC.

In the midst of the snowfields of Greenland lies Alpha Polaris, an American oil research station. High above, the ion storm of the century is gathering, bringing about a strange intermixing of reality and night terrors. It is up to Rune Knudsen, a Norwegian biologist, to take on a desperate struggle against fear and death, and to face the primordial force lurking beyond the veiled sky.

“The heart of the game is its restrained horror setting. It allows us to explore a wide range of human themes in a realistic way: paranoia, isolation, friendship, love and so on. To us, that is the core of a good horror adventure.” says project leader Teemu Vilén.

Main features:
* Mature, character-driven storyline
* Streamlined point & click interface
* Puzzles are an integral part of the story
* 3D characters in beautiful, pre-rendered scenes
* 1280 x 800 widescreen resolution
* Expressive, hand-drawn dialogue portraits
* Atmospheric soundscape including original soundtrack

Screenshots are available for web news publishing at www.turmoilgames.com. For print quality screenshots, please contact info@turmoilgames.com.

www.turmoilgames.com

Platform: Windows PC
Genre: Point & Click Adventure
Developer: Turmoil Games
Available in: mid-2010

Turmoil Games is an independent Finnish game studio founded in 2008 by a diverse group of media professionals. The team strives to combine years of experience in academic game studies, graphic design and dramatic arts in pushing the envelope in gaming and transmedia storytelling.