{"id":1372,"date":"2025-05-27T12:23:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T12:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luduspaxstudios.uk\/?p=1372"},"modified":"2025-09-20T10:03:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T10:03:50","slug":"how-path-to-serenity-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luduspaxstudios.uk\/index.php\/2025\/05\/27\/how-path-to-serenity-started\/","title":{"rendered":"How Path to Serenity Started"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It\u2019s been quite a journey. I\u2019m incredibly proud of myself \u2014 despite the many difficulties around funding and the real heartbreak of not seeing the original project come to life, I kept going.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For better or worse, <em>Path to Serenity<\/em> is here, and I truly hope it will bring relaxation and enjoyment to players. Maybe it will even do some good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I had to scaled down my dream quite a bit&#8230;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn\u2019t the original project I envisioned. That early version, called <em>Happy Places<\/em>, was designed to help people in meaningful ways \u2014 blending interactive gameplay with calming techniques. Unfortunately, without funding or external support, I had to scale the project down. This is what I talk about in the shorts quite a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While <em>Path to Serenity<\/em> may not offer the same depth of support, it\u2019s still something I poured my heart and soul into. And I\u2019m glad I kept going, even when things felt uncertain or overwhelming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Path to Serenity is coming on June 16th! <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m excited to announce that <em>Path to Serenity<\/em> is releasing on <strong>16 June<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <strong>Wishlist it on Steam<\/strong>:<br><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3265030\/Path_to_Serenity\/\">https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3265030\/Path_to_Serenity\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <strong>Watch the short video series on YouTube<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part 1:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Path to Serenity - Early beginnings story short part 1 | Ludus Pax Studios\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P1xEXkQ6lvM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Part 2:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Path to Serenity - Early beginnings story short part 2 | Ludus Pax Studios\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NMLgKFkVwGs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Part 3:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Path to Serenity - Early beginnings story short part 3 final | Ludus Pax Studios\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y_M7Nw6B9Gc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you so much for your support \u2014 it means the world to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Silviu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been quite a journey. I\u2019m incredibly proud of myself \u2014 despite the many difficulties around funding and the real heartbreak of not seeing the original project come to life, I kept going. For better or worse, Path to Serenity is here, and I truly hope it will bring relaxation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,15,54,25],"tags":[75,68,74,65,23,71,69,73,21,14,72,64],"class_list":["post-1372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-devlog","category-game-updates","category-path-to-serenity","category-studio-updates","tag-cosy-walkingsim","tag-cosygame-2","tag-indiedev-2","tag-indiegame","tag-indiegame-gamenews-studionews","tag-path-to-serenity-cosy-game","tag-pathtoserenity","tag-simulator","tag-studionews","tag-updates-gamedev-indiedev","tag-walking","tag-walkingsimulator"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/luduspaxstudios.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/luduspaxstudios.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/luduspaxstudios.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luduspaxstudios.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luduspaxstudios.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/luduspaxstudios.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1373,"href":"https:\/\/luduspaxstudios.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372\/revisions\/1373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/luduspaxstudios.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luduspaxstudios.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luduspaxstudios.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}