Please excuse that weâve been less active recently â we simply had a lot of work to do! Five game projects require a lot of writing, designing, programming and artmaking. More info soon, we promise!
(Pictured are our artists Noemi & Jitka)
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Weâve improved the animation of Luna the dog from our game We Grew Up in War. What do you think? đ This is from a childâs fantasy minigame, set in 2014 in Ukraine...
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This scene from We Grew Up in War is set in Mariupol & inspired by the Mariupol theatre, which was used as a shelter until destroyed by Russia, killing many civilians.
Anna & Valerie are anxious, waiting for a text from their father. But they need to charge the phone first...
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In We Grew Up in War, you have to assemble each memory first. We designed a custom system in @unity.com that generates outlines you have to fit. Hereâs a sneak peek. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
If you can donate in support of Ukraine, please do.
Our friends at People in Need have their SOS fundraiser up with some generous matching by partners:
www.clovekvtisni.cz/sos-ukrajina...
We are honored to tell their stories in cooperation with War Childhood Museum, UA â protagonists of Ukrainian storyline are Anna and Valerie, who were only 8 and 1 when Crimea was annexed. Girls who spent their childhood moving from home to home, hiding in bomb shelters and worrying.
When we started developing We Grew Up in War, we hoped the war in Ukraine will be over well before we finish.
Our game is dedicated to all those, whose lives were affected by the war that now enters its fourth year, instigated by the cruel Russian regime.
In our sixth year of existence, we have many plans for many games.
This picturesque group photo might be a hint about one of them â we are currently starting to work on it with a help of an extra talented Noemi ValentĂny.
And we canât wait to tell you more. Stay tuned.
And last, but not least, we had to document how Attentat 1942 depicts alcohol for the Indonesian regulators.đ¸It canât be helped â herr SĂ˝kora drinks cognac when heâs insidously trying to seduce your grandma. #indiedev #gamedev #history #indiegame
New Indonesian rating system need us to upload the most "extreme" content from our games. And we canât decide if angry gestapo dog from Attentat 1942 is, indeed, "horror"... #indiegame #indiedev #indiegamedev #history
At our studio, we often like to do create games the evidence-based way, testing if our idea for a transformative game works â and love spreading our knowledge. So if you care about narrative games and their transformative potential, read the recently published paper about We Grew Up in Warđ
To honour our new 18+ rating, hereâs a quick sale on @itch.io, so you can see all the drug depictions for yourself: itch.io/s/179166/we-...
New Indonesian rating system requires you to upload snippets of the "extreme" content of your game. Alas, Attentat 1942 has historically-accurate depiction of cigarettes, earning it "drugs" label. #indiegames #indiedev #history
The scene in question:
wohoo, thank you so much, our graphic department is beyond delighted!
Thanks for the feedback. So perhaps a slower, less pronounced animation could work in your opinion?
Feedback time: Do you like our new, animated dialo-emotion options we just put into We Grew Up in War? âď¸ #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame
The winter has come to Playing Prague alongside SEVEN new languages! đ¨ď¸ Our city puzzler is now available in Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Italian, Spanish, & French!
Download the snowy update now (links below).
We canât wait for new player to try the game and their feedback.
This is how anxiety looks like in We Grew Up in War. Melisa arrives in a refugee camp in Germany & even though sheâs a teenager, itâs a scary place...
Our demo starts with her leaving Bosnia alongside her mum: partner.steamgames.com/apps/landing... #indiegame #indiedev #indiegames
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Another gem to discover? I'll definitely give it a look!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3743570
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Thereâs an unpacking level in We Grew Up in War!đŚAnna & her sister are settling in a new Ukrainian home, away from the war in the East. But itâs 2022 and they donât know whatâs coming...
Our demo is still up, we appreciate any feedback: store.steampowered.com/app/3743570/... #indiegame #indiegames
Great news! I love checking out new demos.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3743570
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Hereâs a little tutorial for Matejâs level in our Steam demo that will be up for a little while more.
If you like what you see, give it a try and let us know what you think: store.steampowered.com/app/3743570/...
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Weâll be at GDS Prague!đ¤LukĂĄĹĄ , alongside Melisa, Mak and Anna, will tell you all about challenges of making a game about children in war and give you a behind-the-scenes look.
Come say hi! You can prepare by playing the demo: store.steampowered.com/app/3743570/...
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Thank you so much, let us know how you like it :)