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It's been a week since Comic Con Stockholm 2023 and we had such an amazing turnout of Hooja fans competing and enjoying themselves! We heard from some that we were the best booth, and we just have to give thanks for the kind words. ❤️
Thank you Arctic Game for sponsoring the booth and Comic Con Stockholm for having us!
If you missed out, we have the aftermovie:
Arctic Game Dev 2023 is weeks away, and we're both honored and excited to be sponsoring the event this year!
Just like last year, expect great workshops, game demos and more. Maybe we'll see you there!
https://dev23.arcticgame.se/
Playtest alert! 🚨
Vessels of Decay is open for testing again on Steam, give it a spin and wishlist if you haven't!
Vessels of Decay is a retro-inspired action-adventure set in post-apocalyptic Scandinavia. You’ll follow siblings Freja and Mud as they navigate an overgrown world, one where monsters of myth and ancient folklore now reign…
It's really encouraging to see the High Coast Game Lab still going strong! There's real game dev talent in the less prevalent parts of Sweden that, with funding and support for growth, will create some amazing stuff.
The investment in more game development education opportunities for northern Sweden is so important, and we support the initiatives from the Game Village wholeheartedly!
Sedan början av 2022 har en en miljö för utveckling av digitala spel byggts upp i Nordingrå – High Coast Game Lab. Ett nedlagt äldreboende har renoverats och byggts om för att bli ett miljö för spelutveckling. Coachning, kreativ samverkan och affärsstöd har varit grundbultarna i det för...
🔥 Article in the Swedish newspaper featuring our new mobile game and the music artists words about it and all the positive reviews from the fans. 🔥
https://www.expressen.se/noje/hoojas-overraskning-till-fansen-eld-och-lagor/
Ready to ride some snowmobile? Let the hunt for the cassettes begin! 🍌🍈🥝🍋
Today we release our mobile game Hooja The Game and we are incredible proud of the team of our developers behind this game.
It’s been a fun ride to work together with such a cool brand as Hooja and we still can’t get enough of all their hit songs!
Play the game here and see if you can get on top of the leaderboard:
iOS: bit.ly/hooja-ios
Android: bit.ly/hooja-android
Trailerskapare: Brikk
THE FINALS PUBLIC BETA IS STILL GOING! 🔥 We have had some of our best release managers and developers helping out Embark Studios to make this happen, and the game is 🤩👌
The beta is running until Nov 5th, so jump on and play if you haven't!
In THE FINALS, nothing can stand in your way. Crash through walls and ceilings, destroy anything and everything in sight, and build bridges and barricades in this fast-paced, high-stakes fight for fame on the world’s biggest stage.Can you reach THE FINALS? JOIN THE OPEN BETA STEAM PLAYSTATION 5 XB...
It's time for this year's at Sweden Game Arena! Our CEO Robert Bäckström is on the panel as we are currently looking to support early stage teams with awesome game ideas!
With our Hooja game releasing in just a few days, we take a trip down memory lane to how this whole journey started when we got asked if we wanted to make a music video for one of the biggest artists in Sweden.
We obviously said yes. That was one year ago, and that video now has 5 million views, not to mention that Banan Melon Kiwi Citron topped the charts for weeks!
We're really proud of the work everyone put in to make this project a reality, and seeing the response from the fans has been so special. This next step in our collaboration is going to be even cooler!
Not bad for a couple of indie devs...
Musikvideo för Banan Melon Kiwi & Citron 🍌🍉🥝🍋Videon är tillverkad av Aurora Punks 🤩🌲➡️ Lyssna på Spotify i Kasetten - https://hooja.ffm.to/helakasetten...
We're super excited to have Vessels of Decay nominated for Best Console Game and People's Choice Award!
Now YOU can help us win by casting your vote for Vessels of Decay here, voting closes Oct 6th 👉
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSck-J12_cewwpp2b2TbG9d9u5E3AGZiNofxFkE8NlngErSWOQ/viewform
Happy to tell you all that our employees in the office in Boden, located in the North of Sweden, is moving in with Swedish QA company Northify in the same city. As a developer and co-developer to several projects, this means the whole Aurora Punks will have a strong QA team close at hand and ensures we keep high quality in our deliveries.
Pressrelease here: https://www.gamespress.com/Aurora-Punks-and-Northify-Join-Forces
We are delighted to discover that the YouTube channel RESIDENCE of EVIL, boasting 412K followers, shared a sneak peek of the gameplay from GROUND ZERO last night!
This upcoming survival horror game, developed by our highly skilled partner studio, Malformation Games, beautifully captures the essence of the classic PS1 era and takes inspiration from the beloved Resident Evil franchise.
and enthusiasts, this is a must-watch for you!
❤️ CAPCOM ❤️
First Look at Gameplay from the GROUND ZERO, an upcoming PS1 style survival horror game inspired by RESIDENT EVIL. || SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/ROEsubscribe W...
👏 💥 Big congratulations to Last Credit Games - a studio in our collective releasing the game Bullet Casters - an unconventional wave-based shoot ‘em up inspired by Touhou, where you will face more than 50 hand-crafted levels on your quest to solve a mystery that threatens the lands of Silveris.
Each stage is bite-sized and packed with unique monsters and intricate shooting patterns that will test both your skills and wits. Not getting hit and clearing under a certain time will improve your evaluation!
Bullet Casters also features a never-before seen local PvP mode where one player has to conquer a castle by shooting down its gate while the opponent has to stop them by summoning an army of monsters. Each creature has different traits that can be altered and combined with those of other units to create your own Bullet Hell!
Get the game with an early access price + a 20 % launch discount here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1838490/Bullet_Casters/
🎉 Today is a very special day for us - celebrating the release of VR game Ghost Signal - a Stellaris Game made by Fast Travel Games and the team in our studio Windswept Interactive. We are incredible proud over what these two ambitious, talented and hard-working studios have accomplished together. 🙌
This game is just pure amazing. Go go get it now! https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/4302631119827554/
Exciting times! Our studio Windswept Interactive and Fast Travel Games releases VR action roguelite Ghost Signal: A Stellaris Game for Meta Quest 2 on March 23 and you can now pre-order it with a 10% discount here:
🎉 Unbelievably excited to announce today: A new mobile game we are making in collaboration with Swedens 🇸🇪 biggest and award-winning artist duo HOOJA!
We made the music video for HOOJA a few months ago which became # 1 of most watched on YT in Sweden. A video made in 16-bit-retrogame-style and by listening to the excitement from the fans we decided that we were going to make a mobile game together. The game is under development and will be released before this summer.
Find out more on hoojagame.com! 👏
🔥We are incredible happy to see that our investment in Upstream Arcade is turning into such a cool looking game. Hellboy: Web of Wyrd was announced last night at The Game Awards and will be published by Good Shepherd Entertainment. 🔥
https://nordic.ign.com/news/62217/new-hellboy-game-announced
Dive into Mike Mignola's world.
It's time for us to announce the new Turn-Based Horror Story Game "It’s Dark Inside" that is in the making by our studio PIXADOME. A game idea by Emil Dahlberg about taking the role of a mother trying to save her child by killing a god from the inside!
It's still early footage in this video, though an early access release is planned to happen in 2023.
Are you into turn-based horror games? We are open for partnerships and players. Check out "It's Dark Inside" on Steam.
Our partners at Cold Pixel just put out a post regarding one of the great games we're partnering with. Check out the latest update on the current closed beta playtest for 'Orten Was The Case'!
Orten Was The Case is an indie title we’ve been working on marketing for recently. The game centers around Ziggy, a teenager with amnesia who wakes up in his home in a fictional Stockholm suburb and finds his days repeating over and over in a timeloop, always with a tragic end. The player will need to guide Ziggy through a number of puzzles and mysteries in order to uncover the secrets of his city and save it from destruction.
It’s been especially exciting now to see the first players get their hands on Orten’s closed beta playtest.
Orten comes from the mind of independent developer Oskar Thuresson, whose previous credits include working on Brothers, A Way Out, and It Takes Two (as Lead Animator) during his tenure at Hazelight Studios. The game is also supported closely by Bright Gambit and games collective Aurora Punks.
So far, Orten’s playtest has spiked interest in the game, led to a marked increase in social engagement and Steam activity, and helped the game’s Discord grow by over 300% – with lively discussions around the game’s lore, mechanics, and puzzles to boot!
Due to interest in the playtest continuously growing over the past several days, Orten’s closed beta is getting an extension, and will now be open until this Sunday the 20th of November.
Feel free to head on over to the game’s Steam page to request access and give it a try for yourself!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1785420/Orten_Was_The_Case/?utm_source=LinkedIn
Aurora Punks Heads to Luleå for Global Top Round 2022!
“We are dedicated to finding talented game startups around the world,” reads the website of Global Top Round. In that notion, our missions couldn’t be more aligned!
Global Top Round is a games industry talent search, accelerator, and event that this year is bringing its in-person program to Luleå, Sweden.
As a collective with our very roots in Norrland (the northernmost region of Sweden), we're thrilled to see the continued push for growth in the games industry across northern cities like Luleå.
In fact, we were thrilled enough that we've decided to get involved and contribute as a sponsor of one of the networking events this year!
Also if you are an indie developer who wants to know more about how we operate - please reach out to Robert Bäckström, who will be in attendance in Luleå. Send a LinkedIn DM or a message to our page here to set up a meeting!
When most indie developers and studios struggle to stay afloat past their first game, what can you do to increase your chances of beating the odds?
Our CEO Robert Bäckström has over 15 years experience in the video games industry, much of which has been spent guiding developers through the gauntlet of creating and releasing their first games and beyond.
Tomorrow Robert will be sharing this knowledge through his in-person talk “Hope and Despair – Living the Indie Dream” at Aarhus’ THIS 2022 event. He’ll focus on how a team and studio can grow beyond a single game idea, and set themselves up for ongoing success post-release.
“Often small developers are focused so much on one single game, or a single idea, that they don’t give enough thought to creating a strong studio foundation – in terms of a team, structure, and culture – which can make the path forward uncertain once that first game is finally released to the world.”
Indie devs won’t want to miss what Robert has to say – see you in Aarhus!
Are you going to THE TING North? It’s a recruitment event hosted by Futuregames and Boden Game Camp at Boden Business Park. Aurora Punks will be attending, represented by the one and only Sebastian Ojala . Be sure to talk to him if you’re interested in joining a talented collective of developers eager to take over the games industry!
It’s now time for this year’s Games Gathering Conference and our CEO, Robert Bäckström, will be drawing on his expertise and passion to deliver an inspirational talk for those who want to start their own studio, called “Don’t Die the Indie Death”.
Helping build sustainable indie studios is what Robert does as a CEO and founder of our growing game developer collective Aurora Punks: ”I have worked many years in this industry, in all kinds of companies from indie to AAA studios and publishers, and my life and work have never felt as fulfilling as they do right now, watching a bunch of young, talented and hard working independent developers reach new heights.”
If you are a developer going to Games Gathering dreaming of starting a studio, bringing your ideas to life, and releasing your game successfully into the world, you don’t want to miss out on this talk.
October 18th, 4 PM CET @ WATERHALL
It's the last day of the Steam festival 'Tacticon' and tactical RPG Relic Space is trending! Relic Space is a title we will publish in collaboration with our game marketing partner Cold Pixel If deep space tactics and stories are your jam, be sure to check it out!
Words from our publisher, Curve Games.
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It's been a week since Comic Con Stockholm 2023 and we had such an amazing turnout of Hooja fans competing and enjoying themselves! We heard from some that we were the best booth, and we just have to give thanks for the kind words. ❤️ Thank you Arctic Game for sponsoring the booth and Comic Con Stockholm for having us! #comiccon #hooja If you missed out, we have the aftermovie:
Ready to ride some snowmobile? Let the hunt for the cassettes begin! 🍌🍈🥝🍋 Today we release our mobile game Hooja The Game and we are incredible proud of the team of our developers behind this game. It’s been a fun ride to work together with such a cool brand as Hooja and we still can’t get enough of all their hit songs! Play the game here and see if you can get on top of the leaderboard: iOS: bit.ly/hooja-ios Android: bit.ly/hooja-android Trailerskapare: Brikk
👏 💥 Big congratulations to Last Credit Games - a studio in our collective releasing the game Bullet Casters - an unconventional wave-based shoot ‘em up inspired by Touhou, where you will face more than 50 hand-crafted levels on your quest to solve a mystery that threatens the lands of Silveris. Each stage is bite-sized and packed with unique monsters and intricate shooting patterns that will test both your skills and wits. Not getting hit and clearing under a certain time will improve your evaluation! Bullet Casters also features a never-before seen local PvP mode where one player has to conquer a castle by shooting down its gate while the opponent has to stop them by summoning an army of monsters. Each creature has different traits that can be altered and combined with those of other units to create your own Bullet Hell! Get the game with an early access price + a 20 % launch discount here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1838490/Bullet_Casters/ #gamesindustry #indiegames #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment
🎉 Unbelievably excited to announce today: A new mobile game we are making in collaboration with Swedens 🇸🇪 biggest and award-winning artist duo HOOJA! We made the music video for HOOJA a few months ago which became # 1 of most watched on YT in Sweden. A video made in 16-bit-retrogame-style and by listening to the excitement from the fans we decided that we were going to make a mobile game together. The game is under development and will be released before this summer. Find out more on hoojagame.com! 👏
It's time for us to announce the new Turn-Based Horror Story Game "It’s Dark Inside" that is in the making by our studio PIXADOME. A game idea by Emil Dahlberg about taking the role of a mother trying to save her child by killing a god from the inside! It's still early footage in this video, though an early access release is planned to happen in 2023. Are you into turn-based horror games? We are open for partnerships and players. Check out "It's Dark Inside" on Steam. #gamedev #gamedevelopment #madewithunity #gameindustry #turnbasedfest
BulletCaster made by Last Credit Games (part of Aurora Punks) is one of the 15 games that will be showcased at Courage XL Cologne this evening. If you are in Cologne for gamescom, check out this event tonight! https://courage.events/event/courage-cologne-2022/
🔊Sound on 🔊 Like what you hear? Our awesome coworker went ahead and made a remix of one of our tracks! Get the OST on Steam now, what are you waiting for?! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1236440/1993_Space_Machine_OST/
It's WhyKev Time! Game developer studio WhyKev has joined the collective and we couldn't be happier 👯 This team comes with Kevin Andersson, and… well that is it! Even if he's been a one-man army prior to joining the collective, he’s been running the studio like a full team. Kevin knows how to keep the audience engaged and every second week he streams on Twitch. https://www.twitch.tv/anderssonkev Lately streaming development stages for his game Hoplegs, an unconventional and entertaining platformer where the gamepad buttons are your legs! Out now early access on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1395830/Hoplegs/ Great to have WhyKev onboard!
LOOK at this team lineup!! Talk about #mondaymotivation! We're so proud of our studios!
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