And that's a wrap on The Last Portrait. Couldn't be happier with how it all played out. Thank you to everyone who has joined us on Vampirium: 1997's journey and an invite to what's next can be found in the current email. 📬

Mike Bithell@mikebithell.bsky.social · 7h ago

The eighth and final chapter of The Last Portrait is in subscribers’ inboxes, along with a special invite for those who’ve joined us on our journey so far. Thanks a lot, I hope the ending satisfies. Seeing folks go with it and experience the announce as a plot twist was supremely rewarding.

Interested in how combat works in Vampirium: 1997? New gameplay video on the steam page.. 10 minutes of tactical timer based vampiric carnage. Share, and of course, wishlist. store.steampowered.com/app/4035190/...

Vampirium: 1997 on Steam

1997. Dracula is King of England. At his command, master your dark gifts to assassinate his enemies and secure his vampiric empire. Infiltrate locked-down locations, adapt and survive in living enviro...

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Nothing remains more “news briefs in the first act” foreshadowing to me than the number of Americans I see doing recon (even in my tiny northern town). Not to mention two more Americans moved here since I did. And the real joke is we’re talking about the UK, high lord of ceaseless economic seppuku.

Katharine Hepburn: Old Hollywood Excited

Alt: Katharine Hepburn: Old Hollywood Excited

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Michael B. Jordan is so 🔥 that the literal "affair" in The Thomas Crown Affair gets 7 seconds in total in a 1:30 trailer. And, dear lord, if you've never seen Thomas Crown Affair (v2.0) with Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo (absolutely killing every scene she's in) please do. It still holds up.

The Last Portrait: Chapter 7 is now making its way to your inbox. I was really proud of @mikebithell.bsky.social after reading this chapter for the first time. He really went for it. It was the first moment I knew we would get daaaaaaaaaark with Vampirium: 1997. No turning back. 💣

More importantly for you 3D printing sickos is the coins featured in Master of Coin's art are now available to create with available STL files.

Postmark Games@postmarkgames.bsky.social · last wk.

In today’s Master of Coin Kickstarter update we’re sharing some more information about Era II. In this new sheet you’ll use your coins to establish trade routes, boost your economy, and liberate gold from deadly pirates 🏴‍☠️ 🪙⚓️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/pos...

people either tell me they love this or refuse to play on principle, so it's gotta be good

Bithell Games@bithellgames.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Banished Vault is 3 today! 🎂 Survive a journey across space in the Auriga Vault, an interstellar gothic monastery crewed by the last remaining exiles of a terrible disaster. Pick it up for 33% off this weekend 🌙

Replayed Marvel's Midnight Suns for first time since launch (now with all the DLC). It genuinely remains one of my favorite games of all time. I absolutely adore the approachability of the combat system and the overall story/friendship/battle loop. I salute that whole team on an incredible job. 🫡

Replayed Marvel's Midnight Suns for first time since launch (now with all the DLC). It genuinely remains one of my favorite games of all time. I absolutely adore the approachability of the combat system and the overall story/friendship/battle loop. I salute that whole team on an incredible job. 🫡

Subsurface Circular - one of my first titles on the dev side - is currently $3 in The Steam Train Fest. 10 years later and at a runtime of under 2 hours, I'm still proud of that 2% return rate. Oh boy, the work that went into that messaging at the time. 😮‍💨 😅 store.steampowered.com/app/676820/S...

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When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the w...

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Your terrifying reminder that independent development is not the automatic solution to *waves hands around in the air*.

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie@greyalien.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is what our company bank balance looked like before/after we launched Forbidden Solitaire. We launched on the last day of April and got paid at the end of May for that single day. The next spike is for all of May. Anyway, we were totally down to the wire as you can see.

Always important to support Kickstarters in that first 24 hour window and there's really no other team I know more deserving of this than the Postmark crew. Master of Coin looking like a real banger for ... £5/$6. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pos...

Postmark Games@postmarkgames.bsky.social · 2w ago

Master of Coin is live on Kickstarter! Flip coins to build and manage your fledgling fantasy kingdom in this brand new print at home game from the designers of Voyages. youtu.be/JBABZvlvRgM

And at that exact moment Alexander realized Mike would suggest doing a Vampirium: 1997 comic book after the The Last Portrait wraps so that this could occur. (The Last Portrait: Chapter 6 releases tomorrow - sign up at BithellGames.com)

Mike Bithell@mikebithell.bsky.social · 2w ago

I miss SDCC. Putting it out into the universe that I’d like a work excuse to be there some time in the next few years.

A thing that drives me absolutely bonkers with @postmarkgames.bsky.social is they don’t do stretch goals in their Kickstarters. I don’t know why they hate money, but if you’re looking for other awesome games by them at a “just buy it” price, here’s their website… www.postmarkgames.com/games

Postmark Games@postmarkgames.bsky.social · 2w ago

Master of Coin is live on Kickstarter! Flip coins to build and manage your fledgling fantasy kingdom in this brand new print at home game from the designers of Voyages. youtu.be/JBABZvlvRgM

I ❤️‍🔥the Postmark games crew (high quality and family friendly designs at an outrageously reasonable price). Master of Coin is THE most excited I've been for one of their games since Voyages. It just hits all of my "yes, please" fantasies. Check it and definitely toss 'em a fiver. 👇

Postmark Games@postmarkgames.bsky.social · 2w ago

Master of Coin is live on Kickstarter! Flip coins to build and manage your fledgling fantasy kingdom in this brand new print at home game from the designers of Voyages. youtu.be/JBABZvlvRgM

Vampirium: 1997

Trent Kusters@trentkusters.bsky.social · 2w ago

My dentist randomly dropped today that they’ve been in business 126 years. The shit they just be sayin with surgical instruments halfway down your mouth hole.

Big up to the @skillup.bsky.social team for covering Vampirium: 1997 (approx. 18-min mark). 🩸 Weekly watcher and wasn’t expecting it. Got so excited I yelled “F*CKING YES!” on this (fairly crowded) train pulling into Newcastle. 🙏 youtu.be/oUqtOgyTwHg?...

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Bithell Games@bithellgames.bsky.social · 3w ago

The best assassins clean up after themselves. Even vampires. Avoid detection by cleaning up blood spatter and moving casualties (and your meals) out of sight in Vampirium: 1997. Coming to early access. Wishlist now.

Full respect to Najmah’s presentation at Develop. Intelligent and executable steps from basic to sicko.

⭐️ Najmah Salam ⭐️@najmahsalam.bsky.social · 3w ago

If you had a Develop conference pass but weren't able to catch my talk, you can now catch the recordings! Here's one of my slides where I described how I went deep into comparative game analysis.

I serve a purpose.

Mike Bithell@mikebithell.bsky.social · 3w ago

This one came out of me monologuing at @sliwinski.bsky.social about how fucking boring item creation is… I basically talked myself into fixing it while he slowly sipped a coffee, bemused :)

Good morning, America! Thanks for your support of Vampirium: 1997 since last week’s announcement. A long journey ahead and glad to have so many interested folks onboard already! 🩸 The Last Portrait: Chapter 5 goes out tomorrow. Join the story via our mailing list at BithellGames.com

Let’s go! 🩸 (Thank you, everyone!)

Mike Bithell@mikebithell.bsky.social · 3w ago

This is a great start! Really grateful to everyone who has shown their support. Excited to share the rest of this journey with you.

Lindsey Graham’s office this morning confirming he’s having a face to face meeting with Mitch McConnell.

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Something I really haven’t talked about is I’ve been taking knitting lessons since I moved to the Scottish Borders. I’ve learned English, continental and Portuguese styles. My comfort zone has been hats, but this autumn I’ll be working on my first jumper (sweater). I’ll be doing a Whitby Gansey…

I want to be very clear here that Vampirium: 1997 does have a locked combination door in the first level and when I first came across it in testing I did try 0451. 🤔💡 ... it did not work. 🫠 May the imsim forefathers give their blessing. 😇

Mike Bithell@mikebithell.bsky.social · 4w ago

I have gone back and forth on this. It kinda feels stolen valour adjacent? I’ll do it if one of the imsim forefathers gives me permission.

🩸 Vampirium: 1997 for Wishlisting- store.steampowered.com/app/4035190/... The Last Portrait - Sign-up for ongoing (free) story of Dracula's centenary portrait artist - mailchi.mp/bithellgames... (And a huge thx to everyone who has wishlisted so far! One little button click does make a difference.)

Eric Lesperance@elesperance.bsky.social · 4w ago

He's back.

Content Warning: "Vampirium: 1997 abstracts through a tile-based system a series of horror and action scenarios, including decapitation, drinking blood and general acts of vampirism." General 👏 Acts 👏 of 👏 Vampirism 👏 A huge thanks to the many, many of you who've wishlisted. 🙏

Vampirium: 1997 on Steam

1997. Dracula is King of England. At his command, master your dark gifts to assassinate his enemies and secure his vampiric empire. Infiltrate locked-down locations, adapt and survive in living enviro...

store.steampowered.com

As always, a big thanks to all the outlets giving Vampirium: 1997 coverage (both now and especially the future)! Means so much at the moment! 🙏@kindafunnyvids.bsky.social, @gameinformer.com, @eurogamer.bsky.social, @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social, @ign.com, @gamespot.com, @gamersocialclub.ca.