Velan Chili Cook-Off FINAL Contestant: DB

After this, we'll post the video revealing the winner of the Velan Chili Cook-Off!

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Soooo #WomensHistoryMonth was in March, but in celebrating women year-round, we're continuing into April! We're sharing stories from our team to uplift women in gaming and celebrate their impact on our industry.

Q4: Who are some of your favorite women video game characters and why?

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We'd like to take time throughout this #WomensHistoryMonth to share stories from our team to uplift women in gaming and celebrate their impact on our industry.

Third Q: Who is a woman in the video game industry who was influential to you and why?

Velan Chili Cook-Off Contestant No. 3: Kathy
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We'd like to take time throughout this #WomensHistoryMonth to share stories from our team to uplift women in gaming and celebrate their impact on our industry.

Second Q: Who was the very first woman you ever saw in a video game?

Making a 'mlemh' sound effect whenever I see the extend-o-tongue

Only 22 hours left to get Midnight Murder Club for 20% off for the Steam Spring Sale.

Best with friends! #indiegamedev

Midnight Murder Club 20% OFF 2026 Steam Spring Sale March 19-26 "Find Out Who Your Friends Are." All the above text on aligned to the left side of the page. On the right side, the space is occupied by a graphic in-game of players taking shots at each other with flashlights illuminating the spaces in the dark.

Our PARTY GAME—Midnight Murder Club—is on sale for the Steam Spring Sale!

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Velan Chili Cook-Off Contestant No. 2: Max
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a mostly black screen, taken from an actual in-game screenshot of Midnight Murder Club. There's floating text of "You" "Your Friend" and "Your Other Friend" in the dark with a flashlight beneath "Your Friend"

a mostly black screen, taken from an actual in-game screenshot of Midnight Murder Club. There's floating text of "You" "Your Friend" and "Your Other Friend" with a flashlight illuminating the center of the screen beneath "Your Friend"

a mostly black screen, taken from an actual in-game screenshot of Midnight Murder Club. There's floating text of "You" "Your Friend" and "Your Other Friend" with a flashlight illuminating the left side of the screen near "Your Other Friend" pointed at the player, first person.

a mostly black screen, taken from an actual in-game screenshot of Midnight Murder Club. There's floating text of "You Died" and "Murdered By:" with a portrait of a character and "Your Other Friend" edited over the name.

Imagine your fav very cool party game

Okay, now turn off all the lights
and add proximity chat
and a flashlight
and a revolver
and a knife

Midnight Murder Club: 20% off during the Steam Spring Sale.
March 19 - 26!

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We'd like to take time throughout this #WomensHistoryMonth to share stories from our team to uplift women in gaming and celebrate their impact on our industry.

First Q: What does Women's History Month mean to you in the gaming space and at Velan?

While we're brewing up some neat stuff behind-the-scenes, take a look at this little competition we held internally to find out who has the best chili.

(Yes, even our chili has to have the Velan magic.)

Contestant No. 1: James | #indiegamedev

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Thank you! We're so happy to be here!

Thank you, happy to be here!

*whispering 'so far'?* 😰

tldr:

New city, same curiosity. We're overjoyed to create alongside the diverse minds in Toronto with the same enthusiasm we've shown in Troy, and continue doing what we love most:

✨craft breakthrough games that feel like magic.✨

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You heard him, Ray. Please don't make us use the whiteboard and markers.

so, it snowed here and...
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An adequate amount of drills

just had one more step to go, too 😔

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you won't believe how Justin performs under pressure. might actually be HIM. #indiegames #indiegamedev

We thought we'd see who from Velan can pinpoint where they are on the Midnight Murder Club map. We're calling it WormwoodGuessr.

Let's see how Carlo does? #indiedev #indiegames

The meme of the guy who is digging beneath the crust for diamonds and the top guy doesn't give up, but the bottom guy does while being significantly closer to striking the diamonds (but the diamonds are the midnight murder club steam achievement: "Free For All Ferocity," . except this time, it's a guy imagining that scenario, while being further away than both, just dirt ahead (but the dirt is "A Coward Dies A Thousand Deaths, A Gamer Dies But One... Hundred" achievement) , and lastly all of that being imagined by a guy who is so close to an entire cave of the most diamonds (which are the achievements: "Close But No Cigar," and "Murder Maestro").

hey y'all don't give up you're so close
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Pictured are five open mouths horizontally displayed, with tongues extended. On each tongue is an archaic diagram of a shaded area to represent the tongue's flavor profile (sweet, salty, etc.) Below each tongue is a card from Velan Studios's Midnight Murder Club Wildcards mode, with each card meant to correspond to the displayed flavor profile. The cards from left-to-right: "Bodily Malfunction - Must Have Been Something You Ate!", "Party Room - Murder on the Dance Floor", "Bear Trap Trouble - The Mansion is Filled With Bear Traps!", "Night Vision Vendor - Add Night Vision to Vendor", and "Pinged to Death - Kills Expose Players".

Did we get this right?

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Top 5 Indie Games You Missed in 2025 There were a ton of amazing games in 2025. Here are the top 5 indie games you may have missed - and yes, they're all a great time.

"Midnight Murder Club will have you on the edge of your seat the whole time. Bring your friends and laugh through the chaos. It’s a thrilling time."

Thank you, COGconnected! 🔦

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Hidden Gems 2025: The Best New Games You Might Never Have Heard Of With more games than ever being released, it's easy for terrific games to slip past many people. Here are a bunch of our favorites from 2025.

"MMC is keeping my hide-and-seek dreams alive."

"[...] exemplify how creative Velan is, and at this point, they've become a team I'll follow closely just to always see what novel ideas they think of next." 🥹

You're a real one, @gamespot.com—thanks for the kind words.

ok we're done, party over, welcome to 2026

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Happy belated New Year. Sorry for the delay, but we've literally been doing this for seven days straight.