FEZ was one of the games that some consider to have started the new Indie gaming explosion. Originally launching on the XBox, it was later ported to PC and some time later Mac and Linux as part of the Humble Indie Bundle. In my opinion FEZ is an incredible game and one of my more moving experiences. FEZ designer Phil Fish dropped some news that FEZ 2 was being developed to only later scrap it and sort of disband his company in a sad snowball of events. It was a sad time to be a fan of FEZ as it seemed the future and present of the game wasn't very clear. But as it turns out FEZ is getting a fresh update from it's original developer Renaud BĆ©dard.
"Since I shipped FEZ 1.11 I had little intention of making additional fixes or features to the game because I simply donāt have the time with a kid and a fulltime jobā¦ and working on FEZ is getting old after 9 years. So I did want to address problems that people have with the game, but I donāt want to do it for the rest of my life. I had spent enough time away from the game that I was somewhat enthusiastic about coming back to it, especially if itās at my pace, and that itās my last time doing so.
So I didnāt announce anything, I didnāt announce a date, and I slowly chipped away at making this humongous update to FEZ. Itās been in beta-testing with an army of fans, speedrunners and friends since late January 2016 and over 120 bugs have been reported and fixed."
You can read Renaud's full post below for a ton more details than I can cover here as well as the full changelog. FEZ 1.2 is out now on Steam for PC, Mac and Linux and is being well received by fans. As with any new development some new bugs are being found and it seems Renaud is looking in to fixing some of them. FEZ is a special game and it makes me happy for it to get fixes for some of these issues that should give it a much longer lifespan. I consider FEZ one of those games that really should always be accessable so I hope Renaud can come back from time to time and make sure it's playable on modern systems. It's really cool that Renaud was able to find time for this and I want to thank him and Ethan Lee for making this happen in their free time.
http://theinstructionlimit.com/fez-1-12
http://theinstructionlimit.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Changelog.txt
"Since I shipped FEZ 1.11 I had little intention of making additional fixes or features to the game because I simply donāt have the time with a kid and a fulltime jobā¦ and working on FEZ is getting old after 9 years. So I did want to address problems that people have with the game, but I donāt want to do it for the rest of my life. I had spent enough time away from the game that I was somewhat enthusiastic about coming back to it, especially if itās at my pace, and that itās my last time doing so.
So I didnāt announce anything, I didnāt announce a date, and I slowly chipped away at making this humongous update to FEZ. Itās been in beta-testing with an army of fans, speedrunners and friends since late January 2016 and over 120 bugs have been reported and fixed."
You can read Renaud's full post below for a ton more details than I can cover here as well as the full changelog. FEZ 1.2 is out now on Steam for PC, Mac and Linux and is being well received by fans. As with any new development some new bugs are being found and it seems Renaud is looking in to fixing some of them. FEZ is a special game and it makes me happy for it to get fixes for some of these issues that should give it a much longer lifespan. I consider FEZ one of those games that really should always be accessable so I hope Renaud can come back from time to time and make sure it's playable on modern systems. It's really cool that Renaud was able to find time for this and I want to thank him and Ethan Lee for making this happen in their free time.
http://theinstructionlimit.com/fez-1-12
http://theinstructionlimit.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Changelog.txt
