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[jonaz.dk]

This is a first! Our game Broken Lines got some fan-metal from Swiss / Italian metal band Asuryan.
Very nice of those guys!



Plugging their other stuff here
https://www.facebook.com/asuryanmusic/
https://www.youtube.com/user/DrJarickson/videos
https://asuryan.bandcamp.com/releases

[jonaz.dk]

A shot from @Malte_Burup upcoming 'Retrofuturistic psychiatry simulator' (co office guy). I may have prodded him along to show stuff to the world.
Haven't played this latest iteration of the concept yet. Played an earlier iteration. It wasn't totally there at the time and it was scrapped. But I have high hopes for this latest incarnation.

[jonaz.dk]

And it seems things are going very well for out other basement co-office dwellers at Triband.
What the golf was recently featured in a high profile Apple Arcade Ad. And they did all that without rolling physical golf balls in anyones direction.

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Airhead from Copenhagen based Octatogames is coming along

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Ynglet has now been officially announced. A game by Swedish Nifflas and Tripple Topping . Both Copenhagen based.
Described as a platformer without platforms. Featuring Nicklas's procedural reactive sound track.

[jonaz.dk]

A pretty sweet Humble Bundle of those lowpoly Synty Studios assets. Excellent for prototyping.


https://www.humblebundle.com/software/b ... n-game-dev




Kingdom Come: Deliverance free this week on the Epic Store
https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p ... dated=true

[jonaz.dk]

Blender 2.82 is out


https://www.blender.org

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Progress on DK project 'The Adventures of Gorm' By @Ronnie Ree at Ree Animation. About 3+ years in the making so far.
Described as "Darksiders meets Wonder Boy meets Rogue-Like. Created by a single Animator... "

Looks cute!

Video log part 1


Video log part 2

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Subnautica - How To Do Early Access Right

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Tower Defense game Taur looks pretty damn cool!
Releasing tomorrow!

[jonaz.dk]

As mentioned by @JesperSB King of Retail Currently in Steam Early Access. Developed by a small DK 3 man indie team. Is becoming quite a little indie success story.
Also the simulation category is great to be in if you have a well made unique offer with the right appeal (especially to Germans ). So good job Freaking Games!



They were recently featured on TV2-Øst here.
https://www.tv2east.dk/nyheder/17-02-20 ... pil-pa-mon

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Integrating Narrative into Game Design: A Portal Post-Mortem

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DK project from an old colleague of mine. Mechanic Miner is now out of Early Access

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Upcoming Unexplored 2 - The Wayfarers Legacy.
Looks pretty cool! Played the first one a bit. Great game! Looks like they are really taking the sequel in a new direction.

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A look back at Massive's World in Conflict.
Worked on the Soviet Assault expansion years back.

The History of World in Conflict

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Some sexy tech going on in Star Citizen.

Star Citizen's Next-Gen Tech: Micro-Level Detail - From Battle Damage To Particle Effects + More

[jonaz.dk]

Another DK release!
Former IOI guy (in the early days) Peter Fleckenstein from KriflE ApS is behind Mojo. A concept where Tinder-Like dating app meets Wordfeud-like gameplay. Following their first Wordfeud-like game 'Vortludo' in Esperanto.

Mojo, a possible brilliant concept! But let's see how things turns out. Currently only on 10+ GooglePlay downloads. So I hope they have some serious marketing money up their sleeve. That will be needed.


Droid
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... rifle.Mojo
iOS
https://apps.apple.com/dk/app/mojo-play ... 96873?l=da

[jonaz.dk]

The next project from Flashbulb Games.


Rubber Bandits

Looks cool! Physics based heist game. Very likely multiplayer.

And actually not sure why they went with Unity over UE4. They have a lot experience with physics driven UE4 development on Trailermakers. I know they are not stranger to Unity either. But it's an interesting decision.




** Or I assume it's Flashbulb Games behind it. The beta sign up link takes you to a page with Flashbulb Games in the title.
https://flashbulbgames.us14.list-manage ... a9029068ae

[jonaz.dk]

And it's Broken Lines release day today! On Steam and GOG.
The 5th+ released game I worked on at PortaPlay after starting a couple of years ago. Also the biggest project so far at that specific company.

Personally expecting sort of okish magazine/gamesite reviews. Around the 7/10 mark. But let's see how things turns out. The pre-launch wishlising looks pretty good! So that's something. And the first user review is a 10/10.. so I plan not to look at that page ever again and stay with the memory.



https://store.steampowered.com/app/926580/Broken_Lines/

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A >very< glitchy reveal of Baldur's Gate 3 gameplay

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First person puzzler MAQUETTE from Annapura Interactive. Known for What Remains of Edith Finch, Gorogoa, Donut County, and Outer Wilds.

Looks pretty nifty!

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Gish - Designing An Indie Game Cult Classic

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Quixel's Mixer 2020 moving more into Substance Painter territory





Read all here
https://quixel.com/blog/2020/2/27/mixer ... g-paradigm

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GDC Copenhagen in Pumpehuset 20-21 March 2020.
--- EVENT CANCELLED! (due to corona fears) ---

https://facebook.com/events/s/gdc-copen ... 475/?ti=cl

[jonaz.dk]

More Half-Life: Alyx gameplay!

Looks sweeetarooo! This is going to ship a lot VR headsets. Also for the competition. But that's only great for VR as a platform.

Half-Life: Alyx – Official Gameplay Trailer #1


Half-Life: Alyx – Official Gameplay Trailer #2 (Xen Infestation)


Half-Life: Alyx – Official Gameplay Trailer #3 (Combine Shootout)