Sabotage Studio
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We are a studio from Quebec City that makes retro-inspired games. Sea of Stars: @seaofstarsgame The Messenger: @messengergame
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Announcing Sea of Stars, a turn-based RPG inspired by the classics, and a prequel story set in The Messenger’s universe.
Follow:
@seaofstarsgame
To see the trailer, learn more or help crowdfund the game, head over to our Kickstarter:
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We had projections for the first year, but it only took you all a single week.
Thank you 🥲
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Thank you ❤️
This means the world to us.
Thank you once again for your overwhelming support ❤️
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This is surreal 😍
Unprecedented! Sea of Stars has been nominated for this year’s
#TheGameAwards
in two categories!
- Best Independent Game
- Best RPG
You can cast your vote here:
Congratulations to our fellow nominees in both categories. This is surreal 😍
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Sea of Stars is now out on Steam, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series X/S.
It wouldn't be possible to describe in words how we feel right now. Thank you all once again for the overwhelming support and positivity throughout the years. ❤️
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Sea of Stars has been played by over 4 million people across all platforms and subscription catalogs in less than 4 months 🤩
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The Sea of Stars physical versions are upon us! 😍
At last, the Sea of Stars physical versions are upon us!
The best thing since mountain-sized bread is available for pre-order now through
@iam8bit
at
Nothing like a fresh new trailer to celebrate ✨
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Wallpapers, anyone?
Wallpapers, anyone?
Desktop:
Desktop (Wide):
Mobile:
Mobile (Slim):
(1/5)
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Sea of Stars has gone gold!
The master build was submitted to certification, meaning the next people to touch the game will be all of you.
Thanks again for the overwhelming support over the years, we hope you’re looking forward to an exciting adventure!
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It’s official, Sea of Stars has been played by over 5 MILLION people!!!
This milestone is surely deserving of a celebratory dance, or perhaps even, a Dance of Five Million Suns? ☀️
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Thank you ❤️
Thank you for being part of the incredible journey 2023 has been for our team.
Your enthusiasm and engagement with the world we built have exceeded our wildest dreams. We can’t wait to share what’s next with all of you.
(Hi-res version 👉 )
❤️❤️❤️
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The launch platforms roster is now complete!
Sea of Stars is coming to Steam (PC), Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series X/S on August 29th.
Thank you all once again for the overwhelming support ♥️
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The complete original soundtrack for Sea of Stars is now available on streaming platforms! 🎶
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Enjoying the music in Sea of Stars?
Visit our microsite for a look under the hood of audio production for Sea of Stars!
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Sea of Stars launches on August 29th!
Demo available now on Switch:
And a big THANK YOU to our friends at
@NintendoAmerica
for inviting us to participate in a Direct, our team will cherish this memory forever!
(RTs appreciated <3)
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Sea of Stars is going on sale for the holidays! ❄️
❄️🎁🌖 Holiday Sale ☀️🎁❄️
It’s the most wonderful time of the year to get or gift Sea of Stars at a merry, merry discount!
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☀️OFFICIAL LAUNCH TRAILER 🌙
Sea of Stars arrives next Tuesday, August 29th on Steam (PC), Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series X/S.
Big thanks to all who have helped us spread the word ❤️
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Shout out to Du Coup Animation for the stellar job on in-game cinematics!
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🌙 Sea of Stars has officially passed certification on all platforms ☀️
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Sea of Stars is currently standing at over 700,000 wishlists on Steam.
To everyone who has helped us spread the word over the last three years, THANK YOU ❤️
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For the Steam Awards this year, we chose the Outstanding Visual Style category for Sea of Stars!
You can cast your vote right here:
Whichever titles you wish to support, we hope you will all participate in big numbers ❤️
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Shoutout to our Kickstarter backers for making this journey happen in the first place.
Have you all found the Crypt yet?
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So, that happened!
Good job team! 💕
Congrats to
@SabotageQc
on winning ‘Best Debut Indie Game’ with The Messenger at
#TheGameAwards
!
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What's your highest Moonerang bounces count?
Some of us at the studio can't get the achievement.
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We’re thrilled to step out of the production submarine to finally confirm that Sea of Stars is coming to Nintendo Switch!
Here’s the announcement trailer that just premiered during Indie World!
(RTs Appreciated <3)
#IndieWorld
#NintendoSwitch
#pixelart
#indiedev
#rpg
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Sea of Stars: The Concept Art of Bryce Kho is almost here!
The Art Book is almost here!
Sea of Stars: The Concept Art of Bryce Kho is a 272-pages collection of concept art from the game. Discover the creative process behind over 90 illustrations from
@brycekhodraws
🖌️
Pre-orders available now on
@3dtotal
:
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Wow: 10/10 from
@destructoid
“It isn't perfect, since nothing is, but came as close as you could get in a given genre. The new leader to beat.”
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Sea of Stars is part of
#SteamNextFest
!
We’re happy to confirm that the PC demo is available for download right now on Steam:
(RTs appreciated <3)
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We did it. We just moved into our new office. We are now taking a few days off. And we will be back in full force in 2020 working on some pretty cool stuff 😜.
Happy holidays to each and everyone of you. 💕
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Thanks
@Official_AIAS
! ❤️
This week on
#GameMakersNotebook
,
@TrentKusters
chats with
@sabotoy
about his
#gamedev
career,
@seaofstarsgame
, founding
@SabotageQc
, lessons learned from The Messenger, and playing within the limits of retro games while creating modern experiences:
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☀️GIVEAWAY🌙
To celebrate ahead of launch, we’re giving away 10 game keys for Sea of Stars!
1. Follow
@seaofstarsgame
2. Like & Share this post
3. tag your favorite content creator in the comments, keys are given out in pairs
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Fall Guys x The Messenger ❤️
I've got a few hints about something secret that is happening on Saturday...
Hopefully you can solve this challenging mystery...
Clues:
Featured costume.
5 👑 Top.
5 👑 Bottom.
@MessengerGame
|
@sabotageqc
|
@devolverdigital
Also a cryptic image... what could it all mean?
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Friendly reminder to the 100K+ people who have
@messengergame
on their
@steam_games
wishlist that it's currently 30% OFF during the Steam Winter Sale.
Holidays is the perfect time to enjoy an epic time travelling ninja adventure.
RT
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Sabotage turns 5 today! 🎂
To celebrate the journey, we gathered the most meaningful events and anecdotes into a photodocumentary, even going back to our upbringing as 80s and 90s kids.
Read the full story of Sabotage Studio here:
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Garl 😍
Garl emerged so organically, we didn't get to do many iterations 🥲
Discover more insights from the character design phase in the upcoming book Sea of Stars: The Concept Art of Bryce Kho.
Pre-order copies available now on
@3dtotal
:
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Chiptune enthusiasts and vinyl records collectors REJOICE!
The fantastic soundtrack to
@messengergame
by
@rnbwdragoneyes
is being released as a 8-bit 16-bit 2xLP Limited Edition of 3000.
Preorder now at
@iam8bit
:
@devolverdigital
#vgm
#vgmvinyl
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Today we had the honor of having the composer and the creator of Ninja Gaiden play
@messengergame
at Bit Summit. They liked The Messenger a lot.
@sabotoy
got very emotional meeting his childhood heroes to say the least...
#emodev
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Have a great weekend everyone! And if you haven’t tried
@messengergame
yet, well, Saturday morning with a bowl of cereal is a great way to enjoy it. RT
Nintendo Switch:
Steam:
GOG:
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Proud to reveal a new trailer for
@seaofstarsgame
during the
@summergamefest
Thanks
@thegameawards
@geoffkeighley
@iam8bit
@DoubleFine
for having us in this beautiful showcase.
We've been quiet since the Kickstarter as we focused on dev, until
#SummerGameFest
#DayoftheDevs
Developer Showcase invited us to create a fresh trailer for Sea of Stars!
Join us on Discord for regular news and updates:
@thegameawards
@summergamefest
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Are you headed to
#PAXEast2019
? Are you into pins ? Are you into
@messengergame
?
If you answered yes to all these you are in for a treat!
#pinnyarcade
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We officially achieved the Content Complete milestone!
Sea of Stars is now playable from title screen to end credits. Everything has been fully reviewed, polished and balanced to what we are happy to call “done”.
5 years after the initial pitch, here we are at last.
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Due to the current situation, Sabotage will not be attending GDC this year. That being said, we are still announcing our next game on March 19th for the Spring Equinox.
We look forward to seeing our industry friends next year.
In the meantime, stay safe❤️
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Alternate Reality Game, custom bots, snowball fights… our Discord server has been through quite a ride since 2018!
Thanks to the
@discord
team for letting us tell the story of a community experience we believe is truly unique.
Read it all here:
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Good luck! ❤️
To thank everyone for the support and boost visibility, we’re giving away copies of Game Informer’s March issue signed by the Sabotage team!
Simply make sure you follow us, then like and retweet this post to participate!
Winners also get a full kit of Sabotage merch ♥️
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Let's go! 🎨
To celebrate the wonderful fan art from our community, we’re giving away 3 signed copies of Sea of Stars: The Concept Art of Bryce Kho ❤️
Send us your artwork before June 7th for a chance to win! Submission form and details this way:
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The Messenger from
@SabotageQC
dashes between 8-bit and 16-bit worlds on Nintendo Switch and PC August 30! Watch the new trailer, retweet for your clan, and preorder now:
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It was long overdue.
So, here goes:
The brand new Sabotage website!
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It’s coming!
Are you excited?
We are.
When you are just trying to go on your side quest but get interrupted...
Picnic Panic releases TOMORROW!
The team worked hard on this one and we are super proud of the results.
We hope you like it too.
Oh and it's FREE!
#punkdev
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Happy to announce our award-winning game The Messenger with this teaser trailer. The Messenger is a labor of love by a crew of veteran
#indiedev
with a passion for
#retrogames
, tight controls,
#chiptune
music and
#speedrunning
.
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Proud of the Quebec City
#indiedev
scene with 3 of the 12 games at the
@NintendoAmerica
press junket today at
@Official_GDC
@BishopGamesTeam
@berzerkstudio
@SabotageQc
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If you enjoyed
@messengergame
a lot. Please take a moment to write a positive review on Steam or on Metacritic. As we need all the help we can get on that front. 💕
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So this is happening! 💕
@thegameawards
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We are very proud to be working on this beautiful game with the fine folks at
@OddworldInc
#Abeisback
The first look at Oddworld: Soulstorm gameplay released yesterday. We can't wait to share more. A storm is brewing...
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Teaser stream today!
Going live in a few minutes for a quick look at the upcoming Sea of Stars playable demo, along with a dev status update.
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So guess which game just won the Judges’ Pick at
@indieexchange
? Damn right
@messengergame
@devolverdigital
#GDC18
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So you really enjoy
@messengergame
?
Did you know that
@Fangamer
has a beautiful Messenger t-shirt by
@spacecoyotl
as well as the coolest Quarble enamel pin out there ?
This way to order this amazing merch:
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We will be at
@E3
next week showing
@messengergame
at
@indieexchange
Also hanging out at the
@devolverdigital
headquarter most of the time. Come and say Hi!
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Thank YOU
@specialreserves
for the amazing work you’ve done to make these fantastic physical editions a reality. 💕
Thank you everyone around the world for supporting The Messenger! The small group of us that make up SRG work tirelessly to deliver the highest quality collectible versions of the games you love. Thank you for the support of this community! A very big thank you to
@SabotageQc
.
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🔥⛺️
Camping is the best way to check in with your party about current objectives, prepare snacks for the road, or ask for a campfire story. 🥘⛺️🔥
#madewithunity
#screenshotsaturday
#gamedev
#pixelart
#indiedev
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So yeah, we just won the grand prize at the
@Ubisoft
Indie serie for
@messengergame
VERY proud. Also congratulations to our good friends from
@ChainsawGames
for getting the Coup de Coeur
@banquenationale
for
@aftercharge
#quebeccity
represent!
#indiedev
#punkdev
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😍
Big thanks to everyone who pre-ordered the art book ❤️
Due to overwhelming demand, the pre-order period for Sea of Stars: The Concept Art of Bryce Kho will end early. You have until May 22nd to get free shipping to the US and UK!
👉
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Thank you to all our fans and industry friends for all the encouragement and signal boosting on the launch of
@messengergame
on Switch an PC. It means the world to us. Cheers!
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Well it looks like
@gamespite
really liked The Messenger. Read his thoughts in this great
@Polygon
feature:
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🐦🐤🦆🦅
Critters include, but are not limited to, birdies. 🐤🐦
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We are excited to announce today that
@messengergame
will feature a ''low-fi'' prehistoric mode. Will you carry the scroll through the past to save the future ?
#RetroGames
#indiedev
#punkdev
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Join us!
Join us tomorrow at 2PM EST as we go live on stream to announce the winners of our fan art contest! 🎉
Thank you to everyone who voted for the Community Award. Check out the most popular pieces, listed in alphabetical order in this thread. 🧵
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Big signing session for the
@messengergame
physical copies at La Planque in Quebec City for their 10th year anniversary.
Love our fans 💕
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We are really crossing our fingers that some of the awesome artists out there take the opportunity to draw THEIR interpretation of
@messengergame
's characters or situations during
#Inktober
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We are so excited about
Katana Z E R O
You should too!
Katana Z E R O
t o m o r r o w
Nintendo Switch:
Steam:
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The Messenger making
#1
in Jirard’s top 10 Metroidvanias really is the greatest honor.
Thanks so much
@Completionist
❤️
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Sabotage is actively looking for a Lead Animator, pass the word around!
All the details here:
Thanks for sharing!
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Ahh wow! It makes us so happy to see fan art like this. 💕💕💕
@SabotageQc
Thanks for taking me back and giving me something new. Loved every minute of it.
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Do you remember that time
@messengergame
made the cover of the
@NewYorker
?
Joking this is some cool
#fanart
by Jean-Sébastien Duberger that we couldn't resist posting.
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Exactly 1 year ago today we announced
@messengergame
would launch on Nintendo Switch. Can you tell we were excited? 😂
Now the game is also available on PS4 and you can bet if we had a banner we would dance again!
#punkdev
@sabotoy
@BrouardMartin
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Join us on Twitch at 2PM EST for some new
@seaofstarsgame
content! 🎄
Update
#18
: 2020 Wrap-up, and news from production
Also, tune in on Twitch at 2PM EST for an exclusive sneak peek of the Mountain Trail dungeon, featuring everyone’s favorite warrior cook!
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We feel the love! 💕
Thanks friends and congratulations too on your nominations for Odyssey!
We are so happy for
@SabotageQc
and their two nominations for
@thegameawards
! We had the pleasure to get to know them from our Ubisoft Indie Series presented by
@nationalbank
last year, and we are so thrilled to see them nominated for this year's best Indie game!
#ShouOut
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Hey guess what ? We finally went independent! Thierry Boulanger and
@BrouardMartin
starting up Sabotage an indie studio in Quebec City. YAY!
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The Messenger's Picnic Panic DLC is OUT!
Get it on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC for FREE today!
For all the info head to:
The Messenger: Picnic Panic DLC from
@SabotageQc
splashes onto Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC for free today!
Grab The Messenger for 30% off all weekend to start your ninja adventure!
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TWO MORE WEEKS! We cannot believe it.
Content creators: Make sure you are on the request list for a copy of Sea of Stars from Sabotage Studios, launching August 29 on PC and consoles!
Wishlist here!
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😱
With 16 days left to the fan art contest we're already overwhelmed with submissions, so let’s raise the stakes 🏆
We’re adding large prints as part of the winners’ rewards. Plus, 7 of these will be randomly awarded to participants!
Submissions this way:
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While we couldn’t do our classic Pre-Holidays party, we had to find a way to celebrate the incredible work from the team in 2020.
Delivered at their door was the Remote Care Package, filled with local products that we hope will bring sweetness and warmth to their holidays.🎄❤️
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Here's a cool phone wallpaper design for
@messengergame
while you wait for the game to come out :-).
Originally a t-shirt design for PAX East by
@sabomiko
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10/10 «The Messenger is a masterpiece that deserves your attention ». Wow thanks!
Our video review for
#TheMessenger
is now live! Find out why
@messengergame
is a masterpiece for Switch that strikes that NES Ninja Gaiden vibe!
@SabotageQc
@devolverdigital
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Setup for
#PAXEast2018
is ready thanks to the awesome folks at
@devolverdigital
and
@IndieMEGABOOTH
We can’t wait for tomorrow when the show starts and we are joined by
@rnbwdragoneyes
to show
@messengergame
to thousands of magnificent gamers in the Boston area. Come and say Hi!
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Many of you don't know this, but we are super proud to also be working on this very fine upcoming game:
#Oddworld
Soulstorm by the fabled
@lorne_lanning
and the magnificient people at
@OddworldInc
@fat_kraken
and
@FrimaStudios
Check out the video, it's really cool.
#punkdev
Lorne Lanning gives us a look at the latest chapter of the Oddworld Franchise.
@madewithunity
@oddworldinc
@lorne_lanning
#UniteBerlin
#madewithunity
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