“We needed to come up with a style that would be less bespoke, more modular, and quicker to model. We needed a style that could be produced efficiently while maintaining the same story and gameplay aspects.” - Jeffrey Flores 📖:https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4006340/view/671748399637202683

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Combined with technical and time limitations, we took your feedback into account and changed things up. Dive in to see how.

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“Cool complicated space stations don't always make for the most effective puzzle boxes, we found out.” - Evan Sawatsky, Junior Artist Learn more about the change in art direction for First Moon of Mercury: store.steampowered.com/news/app/400...

First Moon of Mercury - Dev Diary: Art Direction Change - Steam News

Combined with technical and time limitations, we took your feedback into account and changed things up. Dive in to see how.

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Is it wrong that I'm coveting a team member's birthday cakes?

First Moon of Mercury is a hopeful puzzle thriller set in a near future of political upheaval. Solve puzzle boxes, assemble a space station, and protect the mission from saboteurs. Join the mission and wishlist today: store.steampowered.com/app/4006340/... #VideoGame #IndieDev 🔭

That was a busy first day! Lots of great feedback. Here's to the beginning of day two of the largest playtest in company history. Thank you to everyone who has shared and talked this playtest up. It's very much appreciated. 🙏

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Lord Of The Rings: Théoden's Iconic Line

Alt: Lord Of The Rings: Théoden's Iconic Line of "So it begins" in the rain.

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We're looking for playtesters to help us ensure the puzzles in our game are fun! This is an early build with placeholder voice acting (thank you devs and family members), and zero narrative elements. Join the mission: first-moon-of-mercury.firstlook.gg/ #GameDev #IndieDev #VideoGame #VideoGames

First Moon of Mercury is a hopeful puzzle thriller set in a near future of political upheaval. Solve puzzle boxes, assemble a space station, and protect the mission from saboteurs. Join the mission and wishlist today: store.steampowered.com/app/4006340/... #VideoGame #IndieDev 🔭

Want to be a part of First Moon of Mercury? We’re running our biggest playtest yet from July 16 through July 19. Help us shape the direction of the game! Join the mission: first-moon-of-mercury.firstlook.gg

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“It really came down to speed of production, visual readability for players, and repeatable interaction language with satisfying payoffs.” - Lennard, 3D Generalist See why and how we changed the look of First Moon of Mercury: store.steampowered.com/news/app/400... #GameDev #Art #Indie #VideoGame

First Moon of Mercury - Dev Diary: Art Direction Change - Steam News

Combined with technical and time limitations, we took your feedback into account and changed things up. Dive in to see how.

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We're doing this next week! Join over 250 people in our playtest: first-moon-of-mercury.firstlook.gg

Games by Stitch@gamesbystitch.com · last mo.

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We've been learning a lot about Mercury while making First Moon of Mercury, let me tell you.

"Working on the oxygen garden helped us build and refine systems that will be used for the rest of the game – it was a good way to learn what we need going forward." - Kirsten Sattler, Programmer Learn more about designing an oxygen garden for First Moon: store.steampowered.com/news/app/400...

Hope that grill gets a lot of use. Happy Canada Day, folks!

"Puzzles are one of the most difficult things to design for games. They require a specific way of design thinking, and a ton of testing and iteration and tweaking, more so than other game genres." - Thomas Detko, Game Designer, First Moon of Mercury Read more: store.steampowered.com/news/app/400...

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"Making a cool space station module is one thing. Making a cool space station module that ALSO doubles as a puzzle box is another entirely! Learn more about designing an oxygen garden that's also a puzzle: store.steampowered.com/news/app/400... #ConceptArt #GameDev #Art #Design #Space 🔭

Evan had a wonderful time talking about the making of Canadian Game Awards winner Elsewhere Electric at VRTO this week! Thank you to the diehards who attended during the Canada-Switzerland game on Wednesday. 😅

If you're at #VRTO2026 today over at OCAD University, say hi to Evan! He's around all day and would love to chat about immersive technologies and what we're up to.

Apparently this Miro board makes complete sense to the people who attended the meeting. The rest of us are, uh, not quite following. #VideoGames #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGames #Miro

Are you in #GameDev and in the Toronto area? Come on down to The G.R.I.D. tonight at George Brown Polytechnic and playtest our upcoming game First Moon of Mercury! We have some swag to give away, too! 👀 Info: portal.checkyourpulse.gg/login

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Apparently this Miro board makes complete sense to the people who attended the meeting. The rest of us are, uh, not quite following. #VideoGames #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGames #Miro

Elsewhere Electric was influenced by Backrooms and other liminal internet lore. The trailer we produced for the game (top) came out over a year before the first Backrooms trailer (bottom). The key inspo for this particular shot in our case was the opening of Speed: youtube.com/live/JsFTvIs...

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Games by Stitch@gamesbystitch.com · 5mo ago

Elsewhere Electric 🤝 A24's Backrooms Interested in liminal spaces? Elsewhere Electric is currently accepting new applicants: elsewhereelectric.com #backrooms #liminal #A24

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We're looking for playtesters to help us ensure the puzzles in our game are fun! This is an early build with placeholder voice acting (thank you devs and family members), and zero narrative elements. Join the mission: first-moon-of-mercury.firstlook.gg/ #GameDev #IndieDev #VideoGame #VideoGames

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That's really hot. 🥵 #MercuryFacts 🔭

just doin' some stargazing 🔭 Join the mission: store.steampowered.com/app/4006340/...

Thinking about that time when we went to the Allan I. Carswell Observatory at York University... #Space 🔭 #VideoGame #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame

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Games by Stitch@gamesbystitch.com · 2mo ago

WE NEED YOUR HELP! First Moon of Mercury is a hopeful puzzle thriller set in a near future of political upheaval. Solve puzzle boxes, assemble a space station, and protect the mission from saboteurs. Join the mission: first-moon-of-mercury.firstlook.gg/ #VideoGame #GameDev #Playtest #Puzzles

WE NEED YOUR HELP! First Moon of Mercury is a hopeful puzzle thriller set in a near future of political upheaval. Solve puzzle boxes, assemble a space station, and protect the mission from saboteurs. Join the mission: first-moon-of-mercury.firstlook.gg/ #VideoGame #GameDev #Playtest #Puzzles

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Do you like puzzles? What about 3D puzzle boxes? Get in on the ground floor and help us shape the puzzle play of First Moon of Mercury!

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