20,000 Wishful Spooks under the Sea, and a great milestone for me! #solbrand #indiegame #simulationgame #adventuregame
Dead People Dreaming
@deadpeopledreaming.bsky.social
Game Developer in Uppsala, Sweden. Working on Solbrand: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3772990/Solbrand/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@deadpeopledreaming
Consulting the onboard manual in Solbrand gives an immersive overview of your research submarine’s capabilities, with detailed scans from its original operation manual from back in 2358. #solbrand #indiegame #marinearchaeology #simulationgames #skeuomorphism
Through the KOMMS-module you speak with the living, the dead, and the not quite either. #solbrand #indiegame #branchingdialogue #storyrich #adventuregame
Looking through the VISIR, your future-tech eye into the past in Solbrand. #solbrand #indiegame #oceanpunk #storyrich #norsemythology
The Dead are more Alive than ever for a Spook! #Solbrand #IndieGame #CosmicHorror #Occult #SimulatorGames #NorseMythology
♪ You’re hot, then you’re cold, you’re yes, then you’re… oh no!! ♪ #indiegame #submarine #skeuomorphic #hydrothermal #hypersaline
The Eastern Seas are fraught with dangers for an unarmed research submarine on an archaeological mission… in 2409. #indiegame #simulationgames #torpedo #submarine
Funny side story on this one: Turns out it's ill-advised to ask /r/submarines how deep music played on the surface could be picked up by a sonar operator. Seems I have been placed on their list of suspected spies attempting to nab the latest US military submarine specs from Reddit comments. Oops! 🕵️♂️
Northern lights are just solar winds, no? "They call it Guovssahas, meaning the light you can hear. A faint crackling sound, like that of a fire, if the stories are to be believed. Though I can't say I've heard it myself." #solbrand #indiegame #adventuregame
You should look at and follow the instructions carefully... "Alright, smartass. I'll have ya know that I did look — and they're wrong! Holes aren't where they're meant to be." You hear a faint clink as something falls out of his overall pocket. "And there's an extra bolt here!" #indiegame #solbrand
"He digs two fingers into a tightly pressed neck fold and retrieves a large medieval claymore, pinched between thumb and index like a toothpick. SEE THIS NEEDLE? STILL SHARP IT IS." #solbrand #indiegame #storyrich #adventuregame
"Tough to swallow? Then let me give you a chaser, let you in on a little secret. Something no sensor or sea chart will tell you. That vast stretch of ocean you see out the window? That ain’t water. It’s Crowns. Glimmer. Cash-moneys. This ship floats on it. But right now, it’s sinking." #indiegame
First round of playtesting with members of my discord server has concluded, and I'm so thankful for the time testers lent me and all the great feedback I've received. In this video I talk through some of the key learnings. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4xy...
Solbrand — First Playtest results and April update
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By spending Signal gained from archaeological findings we can restore knowledge obliterated by the Sun's piercing rays. Here, a page from the 1919 Ullarakir Gazette is brought back to life, its long lost lore and clues now safe in our archive as we continue our adventure. #gamedev #indiegame
Meet some of the crew aboard HMS Solbrand in my latest Steam News post! :) #solbrand #gamedev #indiegames store.steampowered.com/news/app/377...
Solbrand - Meet the Crew, pt. 1 - Steam News
Between events and plot points, some clear character portraits are coming into focus, so today I'd like to introduce some of the crew aboard H.M.S. Solbrand
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"This reluctant hero — well, we're halfway there anyway — is a modern day mechanical wizard with a knack for metal and the impossible. You'll find no thingamajig, gizmo, gadget or doodad his better, should he put his mind to it. You'll also find he often simply kind of doesn't, really...?" #gamedev
I've always loved the alien landscapes of close-up photography, and when thinking of ways to infuse Solbrand with more local flavor I realized I could literally build it with pieces of Uppsala. Come along on one of my little field excursions! #gamedev #indiegame www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcBm...
Solbrand Xmas Special: Field Excursions and the Making of a World
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Exploring ruins through the Visir in November's dev update. Our Spook senses snag on vestigial thoughts and feelings of those who once lived here, before it all sank 'neath the boiling seas. #solbrand #gamedev #indiedev www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu2r...
Solbrand — Eye the Visir (exploring ruins)
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Bits, bobs, buoys and... b-eels? Exploration in Solbrand, October dev glimpse. #solbrand #gamedev #indiegame
Immersion is A and Ö in Solbrand. Even in the menu, a tactile interface and gritty soundscape is high on my agenda! (Click to see full vid on mobile) #solbrand #gamedev #indiegame #oceanpunk
Announce Trailer: Solbrand www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJYa... Gritty oceanpunk meets norse mysticism in this archaeological puzzle adventure set in reimagined Uppsala, Sweden. Wishlist now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3772990/... #gamedev #indiegame #puzzlegame
Solbrand — Announce Trailer
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A closer inspection in the archive. #gamedev #indiegame
A fragment is found...! "Terror at the Turn", date unknown. #gamedev #indiegame
"Got a flat, a skip? Broke spoke or chain slip? Bent frame or wobbly wheel, cracked bracket, sad sprocket, stiff pedal, jank crank or dented metal? Ya gotit, we fixit!" #gamedev #indiegames
Peeling back a ruin site peering through the probe visor. What secrets lurk in the depths? #gamedev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday
Some exciting news to share with you very soon. Something stirs in Uppsala, Sweden... Keep an eye out! #gamedev
