Hello!
We’re Future Friends Games, we offer promotion & publishing services for 🆒🆒🆒 indie games
Please enjoy our new promotional video, tell your friends, hug your pets, and buy a new indie game at full price (if you are able to)
Sick news! Omno will be our second co-published game!
- VERY happy about this
- I mean look at it!!!
- Game is made by one person team
- ONE
- How???
-
@studioinkyfox
tell us your secrets
- It’s got dinosaurs
- Sick
We're hiring a paid pr and marketing intern ✨
Come work on sick games like Vampire Survivors, [Redacted], What The Bat?, Frog Detective, Europa and more
-remote (uk only, sorry friends)
- 21,000 pounds of money
- no exp required
- june 16 deadline
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Extremely HUGE thanks to all the sick indie teams that work with us as a publisher! In last week’s showcases we announced 3 new games that we will be publishing:
- Kibu by
@StudioInkyfox
- Exo rally by
@JayWeston
- Gourdlets by
@AuntyGames
We are hiring a cool/unhinged TikTok and social media person to join Future Friends!!
- Work on cool games like Vampire Survivors, Europa and more
- Must be good at making
#content
(focus TikTok others are a plus)
- Details here
Please share and apply!🆒
Feels weird talking about ourselves for a change but it’s Big Announcement Time!
We will be co-publishing EXO ONE which is an extremely nice game (see video) made by an extremely nice man (see
@JayWeston
)
Super dope, more news soon!
Large Announcement: Festival Tycoon will be our third 🆒🆒🆒 co-published game!
-Digital festivals so hot right now
-Follow
@FestivalTycoon
-We got told off for accidentally using a portable lavatory brand name
-It’s a tycoon game with festivals
Future Friends is closed for the holidays now!!
here is a video of some of the sick games we have worked on this year, omg!
thanks for everyone who worked with us, everyone who trusts us with their games, see you next year!!
sleep time
Good luck to EVERYONE nominated in the
#BAFTAGamesAwards
inc. Future Friends past & present🏆
🧄 Vampire Survivors: FIVE nominations inc. Original Property, Game Design, Debut Game, British Game and Best Game 🤯
🐒 Gibbon: Beyond the Trees for Game Beyond Entertainment 🥰
rare opportunity: we now have a last minute CLIENT SLOT open for March/April!!!
if you are looking for indie game pr/marketing/social media help pls get in touch!
👋 hello @
here are some games we work on for reference
pls RT to be a Future Friend
Metacritic lists the highest-rated games (last 3 months) and turns out we worked on 3 of the top 10 💎💎
Big big THANKS to the devs for making sick games and working with us and to MS paint, for helping us crop this list so it fits in a tweet
very happy to announce that we are publishing Gourdlets by LITERAL rocket scientist
@AuntyGames
!!
Gourdlets = no objectives, no scores, just building and vibes! WE LOVE IT
🚨 new future friend alert
Welcome Abi (
@opal_inkcosplay
) to the team, making 10 (ten!) future friends, which is wild to think about
still can't believe they said yes after this tbh🤷
thank you for helping us do good publishing for 🆒 indie games 🙏
Oh hey, I get to do that thing that all the cool kids do 🥹
So excited to announce that I've joined the WONDERFUL team at
@FutureFriendsVG
as Publishing Executive! Its so exciting to be working in the games industry and I already can't wait to share what we're working on ✨️
now that the 500 days of summer (Game Fest) is almost over, we wanted to do a thread with all the games and announcements we had the pleasure of helping with!!
they are all real good!! thanks to all the devs for making such sick games. thread time!
It’s our birthday! Future Friends is 3!
If we were a person, we would be almost old enough to drive!
Here’s some highlights and downlights (that is a word ok) from running an indie PR company for literally decades
THREAD TIME
@mrbasil_pesto
.
@phi6
will show Recompile there!
A game about a malicious A.I. trying to escape deletion at all costs. (3D Metroidvania). Located in the
@TentacleZone
if you're a content creator and want to create content about this content creation game created by
@LandfallGames
, please DM
(Content Warning it's now a paid game and we got creator Steam codes!!)
Content Warning is now paid after getting claimed for free by over 6 million players! 🎉
The last 24h have been a wild ride to say the least, never did we imagine that we would get over 200K concurrent and over 6.2 MILLION owners of the game in 24h - THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!
we proudly present this new advert we made for Laysara. spent most our marketing budget on it but think it turned out great
(we went bowling and changed the usernames)
please wishlist Laysara on steam
yesterday the DCP (German video game awards) took place and 3 x current/ex Future Friends won!! ahhhh literally dying!!!
Big JA CONGRATS to people making nice games!!
🙏 to
@StudioInkyfox
(Omno)
@ajugglerstale
(A Juggler's Tale)
@SeriousBrothers
(Imagine Earth)
We only have one Earth 🌍so six months ago we set out to become a climate positive workforce and donate regularly
Here are some cool stats
🌲478 trees planted
☁️31.8 tonnes of CO2e offset
🌬️8 wind power projects supported
Every day is
#EarthDay
💚
after having a SICK time publishing Omno with Jonas, we're super happy that we're on board to publish his next game, Kibu!
(you are a red panda monk and can brew tea, it's genius)
SO excited to be able to show you my new game, Kibu! Been working on it for a while - feels great to share!
🍃 Journey into the wilderness
⛩️ Build and tend your own temple
🌄Uncover the mysteries of the land
Wishlists/retweets greatly appreciated 💚:
we were feeling silly and decided to SURPRISE LAUNCH our game Laysara in the
@iii_initiative
showcase!!!
made by the loveliest best dev team
@QuiteOKGames
build and expand your very own settlements in the high mountains! Hope you enjoy it!!
Laysara: Summit Kingdom is OUT NOW in Early Access! 🏔️
We poured our hearts into this, and we're so excited to continue this journey with you!
Brave the elements and build a new home for your people in the high mountains ❄️
Our final new published game reveal for the weekend:
we're working with
@JayWeston
(Exo One) again for his next take on all things exoplanetary! 🪐
Exo Rally Championship!!
#Stream
#IndieGames
? Enjoy...
🐹adorable rodent-based fisticuffs?
👿thwarting evil overlords?
👴rescuing pensioners from imminent danger?
@HamsterdamGame
codes available:
"a delightfully wacky beat-em-up in all the right ways" -
@GamereactorUK
we are publishing a new game! welcoming Tranquil Isle to the Future Friends family!!!
it's a townbuilder x roguelite, but make it lo-fi
you can play roguelite. or in chill and create mode. by the lovely
@tranquil_dev
Pls wishlist if you got good taste
Big love and crossed fingers to all Future Friends past & present nominated in this year's
#DICEAwards
🤩
🐒 Gibbon: Beyond the Trees for best Mobile game
🌱 The Last Clockwinder with TWO nominations in Immersive Reality
🧄 Vampire Survivors with FOUR nominations
We finally got around to adding our newest team member
@GracinhaWrites
to the website. She's been with us for a little while now, smashing everything we can think to throw at her
(She’s way too good for us, pls don't tell her)
we almost missed a super super special Future Friends anniversary! laura's Yoda balloon is OVER 1 YEAR OLD NOW!!!! yoda balloon makes a regular appearance on team calls and never seems to deflate. a miracle. say happy bday to yoda ballon please!!
⚡Brand new for 2020⚡
The Official FUTURE FRIENDS PODCAST
(Don’t be fooled by pretenders!)
Join
@Olima
&
@ThisPaulNadin
for Ep.1 discussing their top 3 rules of
#indiegame
PR
🎧Spotify:
🎧RSS etc:
Summon the forces of an Old God and seek your vengeance in...
🌊🐛Sea Salt🐛🌊
from
@YCJYgames
coming to Switch, PC (Steam) and Xbox One - Oct 17th.
Stream
#indiegames
? Review codes available via kris[@] /
@KrisWB
We’ve been helping
@CloneDroneZone
get set up on TikTok. Still a bit of a wild west for games but so far results are looking good!
🟣Account is a little over a month old
🟣12.000 followers
🟣Top post ~300k views (2,3k comments)
🟣69k total account likes
And also big big big thanks to all the sick games that were featured in the Summer showcases and we help out on as a PR/slay/marketing agency:
🐑Summerhill
🩸Vampire Survivors
🚀Mars First Logistics
🦾UNDERDOGS
🌈No More Rainbows
🌳A Bonnie Odyssey
this week in future friends!!
1 alex got a new dog very cute! hi peggy
2 business happened
3 the team finding about the ending of a game we are working on (WHAT)
4 not pictured but had a one hour meeting trying to guess the subtitle for the next Avatar film (legit no idea why)
and of course biggest shoutout to the Future Friends team who are all truly incredible!!
but also incredibly bad at taking team photos so the closest we got is a TikTok from a team meet-up where we did a Wallace and Gromit escape room (??) for some reason
Curiosmos - a cosmic sandbox adventure where you build your own solar system by hand, crafting planets, moons, gravity, atmosphere, and even life!
Made by
@CelineVeltman
and the Silly Stars and featured in Wholesome Direct. Coming to lots of platforms!
CW: Abuse & Sexual Assault
This week more instances of the abuse suffered by people in our industry are coming to light. We want to take this time to state our commitment to never working with identified abusers, whether that be in developers, publishers, influencers or press.
And that’s a wrap!
I am absolutely thrilled to announce I’ll be joining the wonderful team over at
@FutureFriendsVG
, starting from next Monday to work on tons of amazing indie and VR gems.
Press pals, let’s stay connected ~ I’ll be back in your inboxes very soon.✨😌👾
📢Attention Content Creators
There are scammers offering fake paid opportunities for our games Omno & Exo One (often under the name Emily)
We only mail from our official '
@futurefriendsgames
.com' emails
We’re sorry for the inconvenience but hyped that we’ve hit the big leagues
Today we made a donation to
@ukblm
(link below). But this should not be a one-off event.
Moving forward, we are committing to quarterly donations to other organisations & individuals
We encourage our peers to do what they can
Dungeon Clawler was first announced on March 21st, a few days before the Steam Deckbuilder Fest.
This was a collaborative effort between our studio,
@FutureFriendsVG
(PR US & EU)
@NNoroshi
(PR JP) and
@GameDashPR
(PR & Marketing China)
All great partners in crime❣️
1/10
Two years today (ignore the date on the tweet below)
@GracinhaWrites
joined team FF 🥳
To celebrate Grace putting up with us for TWO WHOLE YEARS,
@Olima
asked AI to write her a poem
Please 'enjoy' 👇🧵
We finally got around to adding our newest team member
@GracinhaWrites
to the website. She's been with us for a little while now, smashing everything we can think to throw at her
(She’s way too good for us, pls don't tell her)
Hello all friends taking part in
@BitSummit
👋
- DAP by
@MeltingParrot
(nominated for 3 awards!!)
- Clone Drone in the Danger Zone by
@iamdoborog
- Exo One by
@JayWeston
(nominated for 2 awards!!)
plus all the other super nice indies here 👇
We finally found our wordpress login and updated our website with our two newest team members: New Future Friends Caitlin (
@thatsimicplayer
) and Laura (
@Cesaura_
)
Both too good for us/this world, welcome aboard!
linkedin reminded me today that it's been FIVE years since I joined the
@FutureFriendsVG
team full-time ✨
and in all honesty, five of the most incredible, life-changing years - no exaggeration 🙏
if we've worked together in that time - thank you for being awesome 💖
ahhhhhhh our game Laysara is now in the top 100 most wishlisted upcoming games on Steam!!!
thanks developer
@QuiteOKGames
for doing really good video game programming development things and letting us publish this
wishlist now to get us to 93
Winter Burrow - was revealed in the big Xbox showcase O_O!!!!
From
@pinecreekgames
, it’s a cozy woodland survival game about a mouse returning home to restore their childhood burrow. Explore, gather resources, craft, knit warm sweaters, bake pies and meet the locals
We’ve had a lot of fun along the way
- Launched a game while on a flight to gamescom
- Posted an imgur post in the completely wrong order, went viral anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Bit awkward but our 3 year anniversary was actually last month
- Thomas’ mum came up with the name. Cool mum
#ScourgeBringer
⚔💥 AND
#XboxGamePass
- it's a match made in heaven.
'So yes, ScourgeBringer is coming to a lot of things, I imagine, but Game Pass is where it is going to absolutely kill. Srsly, it will be carnage. Carnage m8.'
⬇️ This ⬇️
First reviews for ScourgeBringer from
@FlyingOakGames
✅9/10
@nintendolife
“Slick, stylish and addictive”
✅Recommended -
@eurogamer
“well worth your love”
✅8.5/10
@godisageek
“absolute must-play”
Out now on Switch, PC & Xbox One
DM us for review codes
Rogue Eclipse - Made by Huskraft (
@mcdoogleh
) with the help of Among Us dev’s
@InnerslothDevs
new label ‘Outersloth’ (so was part of the Summer of Games main showcase, super cool!!)
A spacefighter for the new age. Easy to learn, tricky to master, and impossible to put down
🚀
@PlayTrailmakers
1.0 launches today! 🚀
🌍 New massive campaign mode
🧲 New Electromagnet Block
🤖 Transform feature
🏎️ and much more
Available on
#Steam
and
#XboxOne
Games press and journalist friends - we have review codes: kris[@] /
@KrisWB
Star Stuff (
@animogames_
) is a deceptively cute puzzle automation game for clever people! Program and work alongside bots to tackle the most important (and undoubtedly safest) task in the galaxy: fixing a star factory.
Just launched and featured in the Women-Led Games Showcase
Not new but still cool: Laysara: Summit Kingdom by
@quiteokgames
was featured in the Future Games Show and
@europagame
was in Guerrilla Collective with a new trailer
It's officially Friday! For the next 24 hours we're giving developers all of our revenue share.
To celebrate the occasion hundreds of developers have already put their projects on sale!
We’ve grown a lot in three years
- We are now FIVE Future Friends
- We’re co-publishing two whole games
- The Future Friends podcast exists, complete with spicy takes 🌶️
- We’re working on tons of cool games
🚨Calling all content creators / streamers / influencers🚨
Punish those that defy your will in 🌊🐛Sea Salt🐛🌊 from
@YCJYgames
Summon the forces of an Old God and seek your vengeance.
#Switch
#XboxOne
and PC (Steam) review codes via kris[@] /
@kriswb
too heartbroken to tweet properly
plz go follow
@GracinhaWrites
, watch her GDC talk, buy and read her books and generally be in awe of how amazing she is
miss you already
Sad announcement time: This is my last day with
@FutureFriendsVG
💔
This job has been a source of genuine joy throughout a mad couple years. Smart, lovely people doing good + important work. Gonna miss them a lot.
'In all seriousness, this newest episode basically has everything great about the original, but somehow better' - 8.5 for
@frogdetective
from
@destructoid
- 1 minute after release.
And so ends the poem...
Glad to see we have nothing to worry about yet, and we'll still be writing our own emails for a while to come.
Well... Grace will be anyway.
HAPPY FUTURE FRIENDS ANNIVERSARY GRACE OF THE YEAR (TWO TIMES!) 💖 🥳
🦠PR Podcast: What going viral means for indies🦠
In this episode we talk about going viral and how posting big dogs is the best PR strategy. (Preview clip below)
🎧Listen on Spotify: /
Heading to
#GDC2020
this year
#IndieDevHour
folks?
Check out this list from our very own
@Olima
🤩focusing on PR, community, marketing and general business topics.
No really, check it out. 👀 There are some INCREDIBLE speakers included.💪
⬇️⬇️⬇️👌⬇️⬇️⬇️
Today we are announcing Starship Home, our cozy, goopy, weird, plant-filled mixed reality adventure and the first game from our internal studio at
@creaturedotpage
. We can’t wait for you to play it later this year on
@MetaQuestVR
Wishlist now!
🔥Press heading to PAXEast & GDC🔥
@EmbrGame
is a frantic coop firefighting un-simulator inspired by the gig economy.
🚒Super new build playable @ both shows!
📨 DM for press bookings or mail kris[at]
🎬 Full trailer
Freeride by
@FlightyFelGames
, an RPG in which you meet tons of colourful characters. Help them & maybe they’ll help you find yourself..
(this game might secretly also be a personality test?)
We are publishing this one & was in Wholesome Direct! Steam & Switch (EU) demo out now