On the eve of your return to The Cluster, consider these words from a fellow Scarab. Death is not the end. The Ambrosia Project is our legacy. We place our enduring faith in you. Scarabaeus sacer requiritur.
Colin Cummings ✨🎷
@astroscout.ca
game & graphic designer, community & marketing manager | prev. riftweaver, studio camelia, threshold games community manager | 🧵 silverstring media & ☔️ soft rains board member | 👁️🗨️ hand eye society ✨ astroscout.ca | 🎷 boyproblems.ca toronto | he/they
In only TWO days, the final act of Ambrosia Sky launches as a free update! 💃 In case it's been a minute since you played Act One, we've got a summary of the events that came before. Plus: a preview of what's to come in Act Two. 🔗: tiny.cc/acttwodevlog (Spoilers for Act One within!)
⚠️ This is a Sol System broadcast from the SNN: On 6.8.26, your systems will download a new update from the application "Ambrosia Sky". The update will go live simultaneously across all regions, planets, colonies, and stations. For more information, please visit ambrosiasky.com
In light of it being the day written in Ray Bradbury's classic, "There Comes Soft Rains", here is an inside joke on the team with no context.
The archive from today's stream is now available! youtu.be/8EYc--4zs4w
Act Two Level Reveal | Cluster Welcome Centre
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We will be LIVE in 30mins (3pm ET) with @astroscout.ca, @joelburgess.bsky.social, and Michael to take an early look at one of the levels from Act Two! 👁️ Join us for the stream over at twitch.tv/softraingames
It's Ambrosia Sky: Act Two launch week! 🎉 We've got two whole weeks of blogs, streams, and other goodies planned to celebrate the end of Dalia's journey. 💜 Take a look at our schedule below, and for more info, check out our latest blog post! 📖: tiny.cc/acttwo-schedule
It's almost time for Capysky! 🙌 Next week, on August 6th, both @kittencupstudio.bsky.social's Capy Castaway and our own Act Two update launch! 🚀 To celebrate, we took some inspiration from them and made an homage to their key art... with some creative repurposing.
Happy International Friendship Day from two Toronto indie studios cheering each other on! 🤝 We’re grateful for friends like the team at @softrains.bsky.social & this year we’re sharing one very big date: August 6! Two very different indie games, one shared launch day & so much hype for next week🎉✨
We're only a week away from Act Two's launch - and it's time to introduce our newest voice actor! 👋 The talented Katy Bentz (Life is Strange: True Colors, Honkai: Star Rail) steps into the role of Hale Volkova, the indomitable administrator of The Cluster.
We got a big ole' spaceship, and it's up to @julesfern.gay & @astroscout.ca to clean it! 🧼 We've got our penultimate episode of "Exploring Ambrosia"! In this edition, we befriend a box, look under the hood, and chat hard sci-fi. 📺: youtu.be/Rnfd6HzRi1A
Exploring Ambrosia [EP.6] - The Stargazer
YouTube video by Soft Rains Games
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This is your informal (not formal) notice that Act Two (the second half) of Ambrosia Sky (an atmospheric sci-fi cleaning game about saying goodbye) comes out next week (August 6th). It's a free (🚫💰) update for all existing owners, which could be you (the person reading this)! ➡ ambrosiasky.com
I am very much in favor of more Avatar, but if they make Korra evil I am going to have issues. She deserves better! This had better be a misdirect. ...unless, evil Korra AND Asami. And Bolin. They can be evil together, as a treat.
First trailer for 'Avatar: Seven Havens' Follows the next Avatar after Korra in a post-apocalyptic world All 26 episodes are releasing on Paramount+ October 29
Making more cool video stuff for @softrains.bsky.social! I have even more than this planned too. :D
The latest in our lore series, the Cluster Archive, is now available! An old diary entry and an even more ancient creature. A mystery at the heart of the colony. Plus, keep an eye out for a peek at what's to come in Act Two... Watch it below, or read it here: tiny.cc/clusterarchivevol3
*Okay, but we are also looking for Canadian content creators! 🍁 We're waiving the usual aptitude test** and will accept most applicants into the program. You will receive your initiation kit in the mail if you sign up using the email below! 💌
Your* death could mean the future of humanity is ensured! Opt in to the Ambrosia Project and help bring everlasting life to the stars. ✨ ambrosiasky.com
No matter my feelings about the studio's upper management, this is still a tragedy. The amount of talent bleeding out across the industry is catastrophic. Many of them will find footing at other studios, or start fresh as independent outfits. Many more will struggle to find work and feed families.
Part classroom, part cyberpunk-y fungi bar, part local community centre - our level today showcases a different side of The Cluster. We are back with the latest archive of "Exploring Ambrosia"! Plus, we are joined by the lead game designer, Sofy Kabachek, for this episode! 📺: youtu.be/w3Lx-BiYlc8
Exploring Ambrosia [EP.4] - Volkova Community Centre & Mining Outpost
YouTube video by Soft Rains Games
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*chewing on the door of my enclosure* NEW CRJ I AM OBSESSED youtu.be/lASHbOexq6s?...
Carly Rae Jepsen - After All (Official Music Video)
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There is still so much [redacted] has to show you. I'd hold that Scrimshaw Charm tight. The bones of what came before might protect you. Act Two arrives as a free update on August 6th. Start your journey at ambrosiasky.com.
Public Domain Art is the lifeblood of small tabletop rpgs, but it can be a nightmare trying to find the right art and license. This week, I’ve re-uploaded my old list from 2020 (with updates) of public domain websites. That's 500,000+ public domain paintings, photos, maps, and film. Link below 🔗👇
It appears the weather in Toronto today is brought to you by "90s ABS plastic"
Episode Four is about to begin, come join Sofy & @astroscout.ca as they check out the Volkva Community Centre level! 📺: twitch.tv/softrainsgames
We are on the road to Act Two, and we want you along for the ride! 🚀 Starting tomorrow, we are going to play through and fully explore a level (or two) from Act One every week. We'll also be joined by a dev team guest every time! For the full schedule & info, check it out below:
Our monthly book club returns, this time featuring Dalia herself @bbwolfevox.com, plus a double feature by the talented @nataliezed.bsky.social! 💜 Who wouldn't want a guide to some practical anarchy? Plus, use this link to join the club and chat about books with us directly: discord.gg/gt2hT6asek
Our archive of episode three of "Exploring Ambrosia" is now available! We are joined once again by @joelburgess.bsky.social and discuss: what the exo-fungus tastes like, space furniture design, and go more in depth into how a sci-fi agricultural colony functions. 👩🌾 youtu.be/plGvXAAJ0IQ?...
Exploring Ambrosia [EP.3] - Dr. Galnraith’s Spore Harvesting Facility
YouTube video by Soft Rains Games
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Thank you @lucyjames.games for the @lookingfor.game shout-out! 💜 We are truly smack dab in a carousel that Don Draper can only wish he pitched. 🎠 store.epicgames.com/discover/loo...
last week I got to visit where the Nebula & Hugo nominated and Peabody Award-winning sci-fi interactive video game 1000xRESIST was made and more importantly: also got to see the nicest and most talented writer & marketing developer friend @heartimecia.bsky.social! 💛
It’s gotta be Jubilee, followed by Magik, Nightcrawler, Rogue, and Cyclops.
I care very little about who your favorite Avenger is. That said, I believe your favorite member of the X-Men says more about you than a horoscope.
At this point I probably don’t need to explain why I’m reposting this.