Ascentive

Playtesting Company | Aim, Ascend and Achieve

[HERETIC'S RAPTURE - NINE FINGER GAMES @9fingergames]

🎉SURPRISE 🎉
Heretic's Rapture playtest will be available for free on Steam next week!

✟ Use tetris-like blocks to build a tower
✟ Slay demons who have escaped hell
✟ Collect new shapes
✟ Complete Challenges

Spread the word! ♻️

[thomasmahler @thomasmahler]

Folks,

Obviously some people are disappointed that we don't ship No Rest for the Wicked in October day and date on Xbox and Switch 2 as well.

Since the rumor mill is already going wild on us having accepted some exclusivity deal or something... Folks, chill, none of that is the case.

We've spent months assessing what it takes to ship Wicked at the quality level we expect on each platform. PC, Steam Deck and PS5 are where we're confident we can deliver the experience we want for our October launch.

On Xbox Series S and Switch 2, more hardcore optimizations are required mainly due to the smaller memory budget there. Wicked is constantly simulating and streaming a living, breathing world in the background, loading and unloading huge amounts of data as you play. Every megabyte matters.

We're not in the business of shipping shoddy ports. We were always insanely proud of being able to ship BOTH Ori games on Switch at 60fps, no compromises. But that took time - and the same thing is true here.

Our goal is simple: Wherever you play Wicked, it should feel amazing. We know what's required to get there, and we're continuing that work.

No Rest for the Wicked is coming to all current platforms. We just want to make sure that when it arrives, it's the best version it can possibly be 👍

[𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖗 @StarlightSkyes]

When the dev who made Spelunky makes a post, and the dev who made Celeste reposts it- it must be good advice

[🧃Thomas Reisenegger_xcx @Olima]

publisher intro: we're Future Friends Games!!

our usual deals:

- 80% rev share for devs, 20% us (no funding)
- 75/25 up to 100k funding
- we've published games like CloverPit, Summerhouse, Slots & Daggers, Exo One
- we do all your marketing in-house, properly us!

pitch info ⬇️

[Ludovic Bas | Wishlist Crankstone 🤠 @loudoweb]

Hey les dév indé français, saviez-vous qu'une fois votre jeu sorti, vous deviez transmettre une copie à la BNF à travers un dispositif qu'on appelle le dépôt légal ? Pas d'inquiétude, le process prend 10 min. Je vous explique tout là https://t.co/boAgeZO3R2 #gamedevfr #gamedev

[Speedkicks @Speedkicks]

At some point, there was a cultural development where we began calling the requirement of skill "gatekeeping", and the appreciation of the skill "elitism", and I vote we stop doing this immediately.

[Jamrock Hobo @JamrockHobo]

For years, the answer to "I finished Disco Elysium, what do I play now?" was to look them straight in the eye and slowly shake your head. Now I can tell them to play Esoteric Ebb.

Beautiful game. Great art, great soundtrack, great writing. Despite having learned from the genre’s greatest, it’s not derivative but stands on its own legs.

[Robert Dale Smith @RobertDaleSmith]

I'm building a totally open source, anything to anything controller/controller adapter firmware platform.

I believe gamers should be able to use whatever controller they want, wherever they want.

Bluetooth.. USB.. retro.. modern.. EVERYTHING!

Help me blow this project up with stars ⭐️👉 https://t.co/Y28ZNLRapR

[2Buck @2buckfridays]

pretend these enemies have real sprites and that the level isn't just black squares

[Ryn 🏳️‍⚧️ @WistfulHopes]

if anyone needs proof of my reversing abilities, one of my most *technical* accomplishments is that i've (privately) reverse engineered riot's packman protection system (separate from vanguard) to create a moddable, functional version of 2xko, and disabling vanguard (offline)

[Lisan al Gaib @scaling01]

> freeze hiring
> start firing
> invest in AI infrastructure
> deploy "AI software engineers"
> wait 3 years
> ...
> ...
> ...
> AI introduced more technical debt than a fresh mathematics PhD
> software becomes more and more buggy
> slowly lose customers
> hire consultants to fix it
> consultants use AI to fix it
> still not fixed
> management blames consultants
> try to hire cheap juniors to fix it
> no more juniors left because training programs were stopped
> hire super rare and expensive seniors instead
> senior recommends resetting main branch to a commit 3 years ago
> AI infrastructure investments depreciated 90%
> all company numbers red
> seppuku

[André Cardoso @andre_mc]

Recently had the opportunity to build 3 demos to demonstrate the power of game feel!

#gamedevelopment

[Mightykeef @MightyKeef]

Borderlands shareholders whenever Randy Pitchford responds to criticism

[Jungroan @Jungroan]

@Fandolorian the MOST? an active balance team that isn't scared to make weekly, regular adjustments (not 3 nerfs randomly 1 hour after i get each build set up, then radio silence for the rest of the patch)

[⍼ John Nicholson ⍼ @Lost_Signal]

I'd pay for business support to avoid these conversations, but they claim they also need the router in bridge mode for multi-Gb...

Look, I FULLY Get your SLA ends at the GPON handoff with me owning CPE. ITS FINE!

XKCD comic is eternal.

[Azurexis🧡 - 🐥PAPER ANIMAL ADVENTURE OUT NOW!🐢 @Azurexis]

✨PAPER ANIMAL ADVENTURE IS OUT NOW✨

I'm super excited to hear what you all think!!:D

Please help spread the word if you can - it would mean the world to me🙏🧡

[Tytykiller @Tytykiller_]

I’m going out of my comfort zone & playing an innovative build in the upcoming gauntlet.

Volcanic Fissure of Snaking Ancestral Commander.

[09𝓱09 ❀ @09h09o]

Jean de La Fontaine n’avait pas prévu ce plot twist

[IGN @IGN]

Indie publisher tinyBuild just announced their second annual tinyBuild Connect, a showcase of their upcoming game lineup. It’s coming May 27 and will include new game reveals, updates, trailers, and demo announcements for several games. https://t.co/7bKN3iaqaP

Presented by @tinyBuild

[Dungeons Deep @dungeons_deep]

The ingredients to my game :
- Hack and Slash combat
- Loot vomit
- Inspired by Diablo 1 & 2
- Dark fantasy atmosphere
- DRAGONS!

https://t.co/TuGGsIDA8E