Alex Beachum
@AlexBeachum
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Creative director of Outer Wilds. Co-creative lead at Mobius Games. Easily excited by coffee, cocktails, and the cosmos. He/Him.
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Happy 5th orbit around the sun Outer Wilds!
To commemorate the occasion I thought it'd be fun to finally release the text adventure I made back in 2014 to prototype the game's overarching mystery.
Enjoy! ::D
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I'm dying 😂 (also uh, sorry, that one's my bad)
note to self: don't leave the path while the gravity is still going.
based on a true story
#OuterWilds
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The Slugcat closing its eyes for the supernova was so goddamn good, serious props to all involved!
I've been helping organise a plan for a supernova for r/place for
#OuterWilds
! Plan is to have all the stars go orange, blue, then disappear. Then eventually the entire triangle to be nova'd, then rebuilt! Should look good in timelapse!
@Mobius_Games
@AlexBeachum
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Patch 13 is a beast and I'm stoked it's finally out in the wild! Not to immediately jinx it but I'm pretty confident we've *finally* fixed the ATP with this one (Aggravating Tower Puzzle...y'know the one in EotE, what'd you think I meant ;;D)
For explorers still out in the Wilds, we’re excited to announce Patch 13, out now! Among many changes, we’ve added a new feature to Echoes of the Eye for those of you without a photographic memory ;;)
Full patch details here:
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Oh hey
@FullIndie
reuploaded my Outer Wilds talk from the 2019 Full Indie Summit! Gonna link it here just 'cause I know some folks were wondering where it went:
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@otaldo111
@Mobius_Games
@andrewprahlow
S-tier tattoo. Still wild to me that folks want to etch our game permanently into their skin, thanks so much for playing!
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Folks keep posting eye emojis but honestly I'm here for the cat
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Can confirm that Kindra is A) a very talented artist (and visual storyteller!) and B) a goddamn pleasure to work with. Pass on them at your own peril
It's
#PortfolioDay
y'all!! ✨💖
I'm a 3D Artist, and I recently finished up working on Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye!!
I'm currently available for freelance/full-time work!🌠💖 DMs are open!
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Excited and terrified to watch
@thestrangepie
break the crap out of Outer Wilds (100% run!) at
#SGDQ2021
. Run starts today at 11:54am PST (oh, and definitely don't watch unless you've finished the game or never intend to)
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Our big play at improving "the bottleneck" and "those sections" (among many other things) in Echoes of the Eye is finally live! Happy holidays everyone ::D
Outer Wilds Patch 12 is now available! For all of you who might want to play Echoes of the Eye during the holidays, we updated and polished portions of the expansion and fixed a number of bugs on all platforms. Check out the link below to learn more:
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Considering how many liberties we took with the idea of conscious observation in Outer Wilds, I feel somewhat obligated to share this:
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A million thanks to everyone who voted for us in this year's Golden Joystick awards! Logan's working on controller support but no promises.
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@andrewprahlow
recommended I see a certain movie the same week as the Nintendo direct and now things are weird
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In many ways, the beating heart of Outer Wilds can be found in its music. This is because each track contains ~1.73% of
@andrewprahlow
's human soul. Please don't let his sacrifice be in vain.
#NowPlaying
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We added something incredibly unnecessary with this patch and I am so goddamn excited for the internet to find it.
Patch 1.0.4 is out! Highlights include a visually revamped menu UI system, PS4 performance improvements, and a cool little secret ::). Check out our blog for a complete list:
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@lizard_ledgend
@Elwensa
Can only speak for myself, but this is now 100% my personal headcanon
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As Porphy would say, "another metaphor ruined in the name of scientific accuracy"
This Is How We'd All Die Instantly If The Sun Suddenly Went Supernova
It wouldn't be the blast wave.
It wouldn't be the light.
Instead, the neutrinos would destroy every living thing on Earth over a timescale of about 1/20th of a second.
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@politigaymer
@andrewprahlow
@VanKelsing
Fun fact, Kelsey and I originally made this as a joke for Andrew! Also you are very welcome but idk if it's a good idea to encourage us
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@Mallonum
@A_i
@Mobius_Games
This is insanely, brain-meltingly cool. Please tell me you have plans to make the eject button functional (oooh and the temperature gauge could track your CPU temperature!)
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Well there go all of my composure points for the day. Hopefully I'll stop screaming by lunchtime. via
@kotaku
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Heading out to drop off my (shamefully late) ballot and restock my home bar, in that order. I'm going to do a shot for every US citizen who follows me on twitter and doesn't vote, so please let your voice be heard...if not for our country, then for my liver.
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@jonmanatee
Ooh I'm into it. You know you've been invaded if you go back to the Hearthian museum and the anglerfish exhibit tank is shattered and empty.
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@guilhermeac__
@andrewprahlow
@Mobius_Games
This is sick! Let me know if having all the planets in alignment like that gives your arm any sweet cosmic abilities
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HYPE!!!
‼️ BIG NEWS ‼️
Astronaut: The Best is launching this August 15. Space, witchcraft, paparazzi, the multiverse, butt jokes. We'll have it all and more.
Check out the announcement trailer:
Wishlist on Steam:
#indiegame
#IndieDevs
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@Blurbs78
@Mobius_Games
"What was the point of that?" I can only speak for myself, but I'm pretty sure I'm watching it ;;)
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Holy hell, turns out the ancient Romans beat us to Nomai-style writing:
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Seriously considering renaming Outer Wilds.
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@VanKelsing
@lizard_ledgend
Aw shucks, thanks sis. I'm both flattered and quite certain you haven't seen my attempt at today's wordle
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At the risk of hyperbole*, I don't think we're going to encounter a better way to spend $5** in our lifetimes. Please consider contributing!
#indiegames
via
@itchio
*a risk I am frequently willing to take
**or more as your means permit!
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@explorermoo
Ahh I love this! Super cool way of taking advantage of the differing heights and the Nomai's eyes being covered is just 🧑🍳😘
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"Below this inscription, a third person wrote: "Why do you care that you can not read the hieroglyphs, I do not understand your concern!". "
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@andrewprahlow
My favorite part of this is the auto-generated prompt asking if I'd like to "Translate Tweet"
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@B_Garman_VFX
Definitely because it's thematically appropriate and not just because we like messing with people!
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@TheAssasin34
@Mobius_Games
Thanks for the heads up! We're aware of something that is *probably* also responsible for what you're seeing here, but honestly yours is waaaay funnier
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We have liftoff! Feels like the end of an age. I...I can see the Shire...and remember the taste of strawberries...
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@benetherington
@VanKelsing
@A_i
Holy crap, that is so cool!!!
(Hypothesis: we should make Nomai staff iPhone holders)
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Seriously though who is the Ed Wood of board games? Have they even been born yet? (Also I am very excited for this, please tune in but promise not to judge my tactics or lack thereof)
Super excited to find Planet X tomorrow with my buddies
@AlexBeachum
and
@SilverMedalTvrn
. I think it should be called “Planet 9 from Outer Space” but that’s just me. Join us tomorrow at noon pacific via
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It occurred to me today that all three Zelda timelines can't re-converge into Breath of the Wild without violating quantum unitarity. This is (A) evidence that information is NOT conserved in the Zelda universe and (B) probably the nerdiest thought of my entire life.
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Really enjoying Elsinore (
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) so far. It's a Shakespearean time loop game about flaking on the ghost of King Hamlet so you can go smooch Othello, but then Horatio bursts in and drags you off to witness an arranged marriage that in retrospect is kinda your fault.
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"Researchers have even noticed a "dialogue" between visitors. In one place they read that a visitor admired the tomb and read the hieroglyphics. Another visitor wrote below: "I can not read this writing!" "
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@telekinesticman
Hey thanks so much for playing! Mind if I ask which segment in particular that was? (I'm gathering data so we can patch a few things)
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@nonsmokinchips
Oh I really like the prison spotlight idea (also neat that it gives the artificial sun a “focus” ability to mirror the artifacts). We’re not gonna be able to change/add anything too crazy at this point but fwiw I’m 100% planning to make those footsteps more visible
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@Foone
We love our players but it's a mercy they cannot hear our screams. (Anyway, gotta run so the localization team has time to translate "Library Of Two Notes Please Just Read Them Both Not Just One Of Them" before the next patch!)
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@MySquaredArt
@VanKelsing
Hey fellow Alex! Thanks for playing our video game ::D Just watched your short Star-Fallen and goddammit didn't realize I was about to get Up'd! (as someone who had glow-in-the-dark stars on their ceiling as a kid this got me right in the feels, well played)
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@Rhadamanthys_R6
@Mobius_Games
@andrewprahlow
@VanKelsing
I have a hard time believing you weren't somehow secretly involved with this
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@metaking64x
Out of curiosity (and who knows, patches are a thing!), which of the notes you took yourself ended up being the most useful? Also thanks for playing!
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@theRazbuten
@PhilFlick_
hollow knight + yoku's island express are the reasons why I don't get excited by indie metroidvanias anymore (and also why I can't wait for the game that forces me to reevaluate that take)
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@UruzTyr_art
@Mobius_Games
Pretty sure it was not, but I hear what you mean! That particular moment in Outer Wilds is
@andrewprahlow
riffing on the quantum "theme" (leitmotif? vibe?), which was at least partially inspired by the music that accompanies the monoliths in 2001: A Space Odyssey
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@Arsene48
Gnxvat n cubgb ng gur DZ'f fvkgu ybpngvba naq gura whzcvat vagb gur ibegrk ab ybatre yrnqf gb vapbafvfgrapvrf. Nyfb svkrq n oht jurer gur DZ jnf abg cebcreyl ybpxrq ol cubgbf ng gur RbgH.
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@Astro_Jonny
Well shit that's very generous of you! (I'm trolling twitter in search of data that might help us with our next patch, but while I'm here just wanna say I really enjoyed your rabbit hole of an article on Maxwell's demon in Quanta last year)
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@theRazbuten
@PhilFlick_
Haha oh god how did I not notice that phrasing, definitely the former! Hollow Knight gets plenty of love but I get excited when anyone mentions the delicious genre smoothie that is Yoku's Island Express
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@Paragon12321
Too many players were mistaking that hallway for the archive path and getting *very* confused. I may have gone too far the other direction with this one but I suggest taking a closer look at that wine cellar ;;)
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@dertek
@Mobius_Games
@VanKelsing
@andrewprahlow
This is beyond adorable, can't wait to hear their first jam session ::D
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New life goal: demo a game at PAX where you play as someone waiting in line to play a demo at PAX.
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@andrewprahlow
A few tracks names do contain spoilers, so be careful if you intend to play or haven't finished playing the game.
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Following Area X rules, I can only assume Annihilation's bear scene is now set to "Memory."
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All right, time to finally turn off the ol' cloaking device. Here's what we've been up to the last few years! via
@YouTube
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@VanKelsing
@DeborahGulledge
@Mobius_Games
@andrewprahlow
Yahaha! This is super adorable...any idea which remote mountaintop you're going to hide them on???
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@nonsmokinchips
THE LAUNCH PAD IS FLAMMABLE!?!?!? (really loving the imagination you put into these, the tractor beam "jetpack" from the last one was a particularly cool idea)
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@toomuchleg
That would be cheating! It's original purpose was to prevent players from doing something so bananas we didn't want to handle it...and now we handle it ;;)
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@MarioDGF
The part where you need to turn off some lamps in the Cinder Isles tower, ~50% of players struggled with it in the original version
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@jbradbeyea
@Mobius_Games
If only that man hadn't disabled "freeze time while appreciating art"...
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@MajorK_
Pure coincidence! Wow that’s crazy similar though, anyone wanna volunteer to take a nap in there (for science)?
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@sam0ferrell
@VanKelsing
I love everything about this, but that little tilted piece on top of the ship is just *chef's kiss*
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Haven't tweeted in 6 months, but GDC sounds like a good opportunity to dust off the digital cobwebs. This will likely be short-lived :D
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Prepare for liftoff!
#IGF
winner Outer Wilds is finally getting finished!
#E32015
#indiegamelover
#indiegame
http://t.co/NZhhQzNgjf
http://t.co/FoolIfMUxZ
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@MLGityaJtotheA
Oh man we've debated this internally and the answer is either "yes" or "the universe of Outer Wilds is subjective to the point that different quantum observers can observe contradictory outcomes simultaneously" (to be clear I don't have an answer but I love the question)
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@Averquepongoaca
@Mobius_Games
@A_i
(more precisely it's where we hide Dark Bramble's guts, good eye spotting it!)
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@andrewprahlow
I don't think the Nomai would have password-protected anything to be honest...unless it was just for fun like a daily crossword (I'm betting on some really bad math puns).
@VanKelsing
any thoughts?
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@Arsene48
Lbh pna nyfb abj zrqvgngr j/ gur nqinaprq jnec pber ng gur fvkgu ybpngvba gb gevttre gur dhnaghz raqvat (orsber vg whfg xvyyrq lbh) naq gur nhgbcvybg abj pbafhzrf shry.
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@its_a_nina
@VanKelsing
@Mobius_Games
Oooh, I actually was toying around with burnt sugar syrup when I was attempting to make an Outer Wilds cocktail years ago...never ended up with anything I really liked, but this spec looks tasty, might have to give it a go!
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@Averquepongoaca
@Mobius_Games
@A_i
That particular sun-devouring orb of black nothingness from which no light ever escapes is, regrettably, a bug
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@twobobgamer
@Mobius_Games
@andrewprahlow
@XboxGamePass
The secret is working with a bunch of super talented people ;) Thank you so much for playing!
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@narwhal_reborn
Oh this is cool! Short answer is we didn't know about the Jupiter stuff, but Brittle Hollow was inspired by the black hole at the center of Mars
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Just in case you follow me for extremely sporadic yet potentially paradigm-breaking physics news: via
@NautilusMag
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@craigperko
Hey! If you don't mind shooting me a DM, I'd love to hear more about this. Also thanks for playing!
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@thetaxgoblin
Hey, thanks for playing! If you don't mind me asking, was there anything that turning on reduced frights helped you realize/understand better about those sequences? (trying to gather data so we can improve those for people without compromising on the overall intent)
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@Kyla_Go
Oh my god, um, welcome to Giant's Deep! I'm feeling a really weird mix of guilt and pride...
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@vidhiss
Aw I'm blushing, glad you liked it :D (I know you're not a big gin fan but turns out adding one half ounce of Hayman's old tom gin to that recipe is 👌)
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@EuGecko
@Mobius_Games
This is so cool! Also using the focus prongs as the base is super clever
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@CamOW_
Out of curiosity what part in particular tripped you up? (wondering if this patch's fixes would have helped or not)
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