VoidSodaGames

Finnish Indie Game Development Group, making Battle for Sampo, a fighting game based on the legend of Kalevala, that inspired also the Lord of the Rings.

[VoidSodaGames @SodaVoid]

Finnish library system is challenging all in Finland to loan and play 24 games during 2019!

[Peliviikko @peliviikko]

Helmet-kirjastot haastavat suomalaiset pelaamaan vuoden 2019 aikana 24 eri peliä, jotka saat valita vapaasti myöhemmin julkaistavan haastelistan kriteerien pohjalta. #pelihelmet #peliviikko #pelikasvatus https://t.co/iFc5LdLI1N

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Developer Aarne setting up the game station for our first demo at 14:00 today!

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Then said Pohjola's old Mistress,
"No, I'll not divide the Sampo,
Not with thee, thou wretched creature,
Not with thee, O Väinämöinen!"
And she swooped to snatch the Sampo
From the boat of Väinämöinen.

[VoidSodaGames @SodaVoid]

Our first Battle Stage in the Battle For Sampo #FightingGame is of course the scene from Poem 43 of the Kalevala: "The Fight for the Sampo", by environment artist @Melodia_J #gamedev #FinnishGameDev #mythology #gameart

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It's all hands on deck here for the Battle for Sampo crew, as we prepare for our first build demo on 12.12! #gamedev

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Our friends have cool projects on the go, too! Be sure to check them out, also. #gamedev #Finnishgamedev

[Planetary Barons @planetarybarons]

After we got our first two artists Neo and Michael to the project it was time to start thinking about the style of the game alongside how we're going to execute it. Here's some of Neo's @aarnineo early concepts.
#characterdesign #gamedev

[Melody Jane @Melodia_J]

Time for the yearly #game charity donation, getting hundreds of euros worth of games by sending $35 to #charity !
https://t.co/PD6t9iirbM

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@JRobecheaux @Melodia_J All kinds of characters are on the list ;) First there are a few central heroes on the shortlist above them for the base game!

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REVEALING the mystical magical matron LOUHI, antagonist to Väinämöinen, in the Battle for Sampo: where MILF stand for Mom I'd Like to FIGHT.
#fightinggame #IndieGameDev - Legend of #Kalevala.
Art by Philippe Betancourt and @Melodia_J

[VoidSodaGames @SodaVoid]

Louhi, Pohjola's old Mistress, Answered in the words which follow: "O thou wisest Väinämöinen, Thou the oldest of the sages, Golden gifts I do not ask for, And I wish not for thy silver. Gold is but a toy for children, Silver bells adorn the horses, But if you can forge a Sampo..

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Which Battle for Sampo #FightingGame character do you think we will reveal next?

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"Old reliable Väinämöinen
Lived his days in lyric leisure
In the glades of Vainola,
On the heaths of Kalevala,
Singing songs and learning wisdom,
Always singing, night or day"

[VoidSodaGames @SodaVoid]

REVEALING the legendary bardic hero VÄINÄMÖINEN, the first character design by artist Philippe Betancourt for the Battle for Sampo fighting game, based on the Finnish epic story of the Kalevala that inspired Lord of the Rings.

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ANNOUNCEMENT #FightingGames #gamedev #FinnishGames

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Something Epic is hatching from the void...
#gamedev #FinnishGames