This fella is even more angry than usual, maybe cause is so hot in their desert planet ☀️

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After a new elite enemy, is time for a new boss! In this desert planet, huge worms fly through the earth. And this one is the biggest of them all. Do you have a favourite?
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Well, probably was reached by a bullets from the PC 😅or maybe it's because the devs wanted to see the death animation as well in a single GIF 😜

How an alien without civilization could make a bomb to throw at you? Easy, they could spit it 😁

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Thank you for the notes! We like the third quite a lot as well. And we appreciate the suggestion about the shape! We might be able to make the bottom more circular, or the top more flat :)

Cornerstone of so many games, from Crash Bandicoot to Baldrus Gate 3, explosive barrels are coming to our game! A simple projectile creating a huge explosion will never get old. And in our game, they blast away the terrain as well! Do you have any favorite?
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All puns are intented. And we have no regrets.

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A new elite enemy is coming in our game, and we wanted it to feel resistant, slow and able to throw bombs to the player. And our artist did an amazing job! We only need to choose the colors at the moment. What do you think, any favourite?
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What a difficult choice! We're implementing a new weapon with bouncing projectiles, and all the drafts by our artist look amazing 🥲 Which one would you choose?

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Similarly to a trap, the "bomber" will trigger and fall when you pass under it. But we made sure that a timely jump will always allow you to avoid it. Do you think you could do it? Oh, it will also destroy terrain and enemies, so you can try to use it to your advantage!
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Happy Monday! We start our week with some big new enemy 🐛 After many little bugs it was time to bring to life some chonky buddy. The Worm will traverse terrain easily and will be hard to evade. Better be prepared to fight it!

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We made a safe room, and an extra chill beat so it's possible to take a break between the levels. And with the level of chaos we are planning, it's going to be necessary 💀

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We made report cards that automatically get posted in our discord when you play our game 🚀
That helps us to balance the game quickly, but also the players to see what worked for others. Join our playtest and check Weather the Swarm yourself, for free on our Discord
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A close-up of one of the new rooms. It is not going to be easy to get the prize, but extra Max Health is worth it! You can try to fly from top to bottom or use grenades to make the path shorter. Destroying the traps is an option too, just don't spend too much time or the Swarm might get you.. 🐝

More procedural generation from our game Weather the Swarm😁now with treasure rooms and special loot.
We just released a new build, with new weapons and grenades, and a whole new perk system. The game is free to try, get a key on our Discord: discord.gg/f2dWCup8m3

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Also, now perks can be chosen up to 3 times, unlocking extra effect every time. Here the level for the new perk:
LVL 1 - Every 15th enemy killed, 2 sec invisibility
LVL 2 - Every 12th enemy killed, 2 sec invisibility
LVL 3 - Every 10th enemy killed, 3 sec invisibility and +10%dmg when invisible

We reworked our level-up system, both graphically and by content. We added several new ones that will change the gameplay: for instance here is the new "Assassin" perk.
Can someone guess where we got inspiration? It's one of our favourites games of all time 💀🦠
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Some behind the scene of the development of our new weapon, the Flamethrower! 🔥 We hope you like it, it's been really fun to create. #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

Join us on Discord to play our latest demo for free!
discord.gg/JkSZ3DDM8a

You'd think the mining part of our game is inspired by Spelunky, Minecraft or Terraria.. But you'd be wrong! It is all thanks to him 💜
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Join us on Discord to play our latest demo for free!
discord.gg/JkSZ3DDM8a

Not everyone in our team got the reference, but I trust the people here will appreciate the effort :D
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As a small studio, doing our first game can be very daunting. Would you like to help? We have 191 Wishlists atm, it would be amazing to get to 200! It's a small milestone, but it would mean a lot to us :) Check our Steam page:
store.steampowered.com/app/3918920/...

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Metaprogression is hard to design in roguelikes. Often the core of the genre is how to combine "powers". And the most fun part!
In our game, we'd like every single power to feel satisfing, but also fit in a specific build. And yes, we got the ol choose among 3 approach
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To get to try the alpha test and receive all the info for the giveaway join us on Discord! We can't wait to have you :)
discord.gg/fJ7Y2zzvcp

We’re doing a Giveaway! To celebrate the holidays and our first Boss: the 1st and 2nd person on our leaderboard this Sunday (28.12) will received a 20€ and 10€ Steam gift card respectively. Also a random person who tried our game will get a 10€ one!
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We made a Boss! It is alive and kicking, maybe even too much? We managed to beat it ourselves… sometimes 😅but instead of toning it down, we decided to let you try! Join our alpha testing in our discord:
discord.gg/fJ7Y2zzvcp
We're so excited to hear what you think!
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The Swarm is getting more and more menacing!
Here some color testing, including the death animation.
We're on Steam and on Discord, where you can even try our latest demo! Join us and find you if you can actually Weather the Swarm 😎
discord.gg/tJrPETcYC7

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We are making the finished touches to the first Boss fight of our game! Honestly it feels so exciting. It's hard to beat but not impossible, and closes the game loop perfectly giving purpose to all the previous levels. From next week you can test it too on our discord!
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We have a tutorial for our demo! We know tutorial levels should be done last, but we hope a small and quick level will go a long way to teach new players all the basics. Of course we'll revisit it once the game is finished. Someone else used this approach?

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What we didn't consider, is that, with an English accent, most people connect ARNIE to Arnold Schwarzenegger 😅 As much as it was hilarious, this was not intended and ended up being pretty misleading for our audience.
Luckily, we realized not too late, and we're very happy with our current decision!

Our old name was ARNIE: it came from the italian word for "hives", and was a reference of the many alien hive-planets in our game. We got our inspiration from @noitagame.bsky.social, that, for those who didn't know, is a Finnish word that translates to "witch" or "warlock". Such a cool concept!