It’s Alcyone’s one year birthday and to celebrate I’ve just pushed a big content update adding a brand-new Encounter with ~20k words of narrative, two romance choices, and new music, art, & more! Also, 10% off on all platforms!
More details here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jos...
Alcyone: The Last City is 10% off on all platforms through January 6th! If you enjoy interactive sci-fi with thousands of deep choices that matter and tons of replayability, give it a look! 👀
Check out where to buy it for yourself (or a friend!) here:
alcyonegame.com
Nominations are now open for the Steam Awards and I’d love it if you’d consider nominating Alcyone: The Last City for "Outstanding Story-Rich Game." At nearly 250k words long, I think it qualifies!
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In honour of my birthday this weekend, enjoy a present from me: a 10% discount on Alcyone: The Last City & DLC on ALL platforms. This goes through from NOW until Monday the 17th at 2 PM AEDT, so now is a great time to grab the game if you haven't.
Find out where to buy HERE: alcyonegame.com
In case you missed High Score this past weekend, the videos from the event have gone up exceptionally quickly (!!) and you can see them in a wonderful playlist on YouTube; the one I was on specifically is here:
#highscore2025 #VMDO #MIGW
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Mv...
Just a reminder, if you're attending High Score at ACMI this weekend, I'll be in Cinema 1 at 11 AM for the panel "How to Speak Dev and Influence Designers" discussing Alcyone's music amongst other things!
Not in Melbourne? There's livestream tickets available still!
www.vmdo.com.au/high-score-f...
NEW VIDEO! I challenged three devs to play a board game, but I didn’t tell them the rules beforehand. Their objective? To pet the dog.
youtu.be/gnw7MxMgWVI
#gamedev #boardgames #digitalgames #MIGW
Alcyone: The Last City is on sale on all platforms from September 30 to October 7, 2025! For the full list of where to purchase it, check out alcyonegame.com and thanks tons for your support!
High Score – Game Audio Conference
4 – 5 October 2025
ACMI, Fed Square, Melbourne
#HighScore2025 #GameAudio #Composition #SoundDesign #Games #MIGW25 #CreativeVictoria #CreativeState #VicAPRAAMCOS #MusicIndustry #VMDO #MusicAustralia #APRAAMCOS #FMOD
I’m thrilled to share that I’ve been invited to speak at this year’s High Score event at Melbourne International Games Week; I’ll be on the panel "How To Speak Dev and Influence Designers" about music and game development.
Tickets and info are here:
www.vmdo.com.au/high-score-2025
#HighScore2025
Kickstarter Update #59: One month post-release update!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jos...
Also for a limited time (through May 12th) the game is currently 10% off!
Alcyone has been out for a week so hopefully you've had the chance to do a playthrough and get to the surprise over the end credits.
I'm very proud of this, my game composer did the music alongside my father, and I worked with him on the lyrics that the talented Ardwen sung!
youtu.be/TKwxLU_Wvxo
Kickstarter Update #56: Thank you so much for a great launch, please review the game if you've played it!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jos...
(On that note, I'm gonna go drink a bottle of wine in celebration and write the rest of tomorrow off. Thank you again!)
But a big public shout-out to both of my partners for their help and support and cheerleading me through to the finish line. Without them this wouldn't have happened.
I can't wait for you all to see what I've been working on. I'm very proud of it, and I hope you enjoy it too.
With that out of the way, I have written a proper post with all of my thanks up on my personal website:
logbook.joshuameadows.com/alcyone-the-...
FIRST, BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE, I have a big favour to ask:
PLEASE leave a review of the game as soon as you’re able to as this helps store heuristics tremendously:
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Alcyone: The Last City is out NOW. Big thank you to everyone who helped make it possible; I am thrilled that this day is here.
Excited to say that the "Gold Master" version of Alcyone has been uploaded. This should be the last update before the game’s release in just a couple more days.
Feels very, very surreal to be saying that at last, especially after the work I’ve done this past year, but we’re finally here.
Any other press who is interested in reviewing the game, get in touch!
Aneurin did a beautifully-narrated playthrough of the initial tutorial (that accent!) and said it was "a wonderful sci-fi narrative experience."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mG6...
Dylan at GameGrin said he agonised over the choices and said multiple playthroughs were a must to see everything the game has to offer.
www.gamegrin.com/reviews/alcy...
Have come across some lovely press in the lead up to release:
Mike said "Fortunately, Alcyone has the same elements that make up some of the best sci-fi novels of the last century" and drew parallels to The Forever War by Joe Haldeman, which I’m deeply flattered by!
gamerescape.com/2025/03/27/r...
An exciting little sneaky surprise I've been working on, with some help from the exceptionally talented Ardwen, that I'll release ahead of the full launch of Alcyone: The Last City!
Wishlist on Steam if you haven't — it’s out in LESS THAN A WEEK. #gamedev
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Kickstarter update #51: Alcyone: The Last City has a release date — April 2 @ 6 AM PDT/April 3 @ 12 AM AEDT!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jos...
#gamedev #indiegames #indiedev #queerdevs #gamerelease #newgames
@canyoupetthedog.com just want to let you know that my sci-fi dystopian interactive novel coming out next month has one (1) "dog" and yes, if you make the right choices, you can pet it.
alcyonegame.com
Alcyone: The Last City is a part of the Steam Visual Novel Fest 2025! Very pleased to be alongside so many awesome games.
Check out the demo and Wishlist if you haven’t yet!
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#gamedev #indiegames #aussiegames
