November comes and goes but the days still get colder and colder. I’ve had some snow on the ground for a day before it all melted. The house is prepared for the nippy winter that’s coming. While the weather outside is getting cold, the games we are working with have been hot! The big news this month, Sorry We’re Closed, released two weeks ago and we have been super excited about reception from the community, content creators, and press!
Here is what to expect for this month’s dev log!
- Sorry We’re Closed
- Cryptmaster
- Nanomon
- Astrea
- Airframe Ultra
- Cabernet
Sorry We’re Closed | Released with very positive reviews!
Sorry We’re Closed is our big release for this month! There has been tons of support, fanart, and love for the game already and we couldn’t be any prouder! Sorry We’re Closed launched on November 14th and already has over 400 reviews with 99% of them being positive!
Sorry We’re Closed is a nostalgic singleplayer survival horror game which combines the classic fixed camera angles and arcade-style first person combat into a thrilling story with multiple endings!
Follow Michelle as she battles to break the curse placed on her by a demon looking for love. Traverse through atmospheric environments while entering the perilous demon world using your third eye to find different items, weaknesses, and paths hidden between two worlds.
Check out Sorry We’re Closed on Steam!
Before launch, Sorry We’re Closed was featured in Save & Sound where Okumara revealed their process for developing music and more insights into the design.
We are also pushing to nominate Sorry We’re Closed for Outstanding Visual Style on the Steam Awards so if you have an open vote for that category and you enjoyed Sorry We’re Closed; May I suggest voting for Sorry We’re Closed for Outstanding Visual Style?
Cryptmaster | Won Excellence in Game Design in DevGAMM Awards
The ruler of the underworld has come back and joined the DevGAMM Awards in Lisbon! Paul, the developer of Cryptmaster, was there at the awards and learned that his game won Excellence in Game Design in DevGAMM Awards!
If you want to check out the full DevGAMM Awards, then check it out on Youtube!
A little bit farther in the month, we announced some… adorable news about Cryptmaster…? Am I reading this right? Adorable news… with the Cryptmaster? Ehm…
We have partnered up with Youtooz to bring you the Cryptmaster shoulder rider which is coming out December 6th!
These adorable… I mean, scary! Very scary shoulder riders can ride on your shoulder while walking around. I heard that they automatically increase your spelling capabilities once you put them on! (not tested)
Check out the Cryptmaster shoulder rider out here!
Nanomon | Closed Beta Testing
Last weekend we hosted a closed beta in the Nanomon Discord where people tested an updated version of the game! We are still organizing the feedback and bug reports but the consensus has been very positive! There have been a few informative ideas and improvements the beta testers have suggested and it is something the developer, Oscar will be looking into.
Also in the Nanomon Discord, I used dynobot to create some custom commands that people can use to adopt Nanomon! The first three people who collect all the Naonomon will win a Steam key for Nanomon at release! There are over 20 Nanomon to adopt so join the Discord and see all the Nanomon you can adopt.
Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles| Selected for the Indie Games Fund from Google
Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles and studio Little Leo Games has been selected as one of the 10 recipients of the Indie Games Fund from Google!
We couldn’t be any prouder of the team and so happy that they got selected! You can read more about the Indie Games Fund and the 10 studios that got selected here!
Astrea on consoles also got a nice, long patch which include fixing softlock when the game runs out of blessings to give to the player, localization fixes, some virtues with the wrong value on run customization screen, and more!
Join the Astrea Discord to view the full patch notes!
Cabernet | Featured in Save & Sound
Like Sorry We’re Closed, Cabernet was also featured in Save & Sound where instead Jim Fowler, the composer for Cabernet, revealed the process in developing music and more insights into the design!
Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world where you play as Liza, a newly converted vampire, struggling between keeping her humanity and abandoning it for her new life as a blood sucker. Which direction will you take Liza?
Wishlist Cabernet on Steam!
I talked with the diligent developers of Cabernet, Arseniy and Laura, about what they have been working on!
Hello again Little Bats,November has been full of testing, testing, and more testing.
There are so many possible side quest combinations in Cabernet, that QA is all that is on our minds. It’s a good thing that we really love our characters, since we spend essentially all our working hours making sure their journeys progress smoothly- fortunately testing is going really well!
Will you befriend the charming bookseller? The headstrong dreamer? Maybe even someone not entirely human… Or perhaps a little romance is on your mind?
We can’t wait for you to meet our colorful cast of characters!Party for Introverts
Airframe Ultra | Bandit 99 has appeared…
Someone is vandalizing our posters in Megacity West…
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