Announcing our Pre-Alpha Playtest for Elsewhere! 💭
Join now ▶️
Be the first to playtest our multiplayer roguelike about dreams. Help us by giving feedback to shape Elsewhere into the perfect roguelike for you.
A big thanks from our indie studio to
we're trying something new and weird 🎮
our team found a way to embed mini-games directly on X. here's a quick demo with mouseover effects and a clickable button.
the next one will be even cooler. maybe
@poncle_vampire
senpai is interested? 👀
windblown is an action roguelike from the creators of dead cells. they are only following 3 accounts on X
those 3 accounts are all weather channels LMFAO 💀
absolute god-tier
@windblowngame
Announcing: the Elsewhere Indie Games podcast 🎉
Our new podcast and short video series highlights the indie games and devs you should be paying attention to!
Because this segment of the games industry deserves more love.
Ep 1:
@TsundownStudios
hi we're elsewhere 👋
we're building a co-op multiplayer roguelike, but more importantly we LOVE the roguelike community
so we're going to start sharing news and spicy takes from your game dev faves
follow 🎮
@elsewherezone
🎮 to join the convo
INDIE GAME OF THE WEEK:
@XiaTaptara
's Holiday Party! 🎄🎃🐰
This week we're thrilled to feature the hilarious battle royale beat 'em up, Holiday Party!
Holiday Party is a wacky multiplayer bash featuring goofy mascot characters, outrageous slapstick battles, and comically
We hired ex-
@SupergiantGames
artist Milo Vanegas as Art Creative Director! 🎉
Milo worked on indie titles like Transistor and Hades. He brings over 14 years of experience to Elsewhere
Join Discord to chat with Milo and the rest of the team
🔗
#ElsewhereIndiePodcast
Episode 2:
@SeblaccS
🎮
Seblacc Soft is an indie team from Indonesia currently working on Bail Force, an action roguelike game set in a cyberpunk world.
You play 2 bounty hunters, each with different motives and fighting styles. Hunt down dangerous
who wants a lil sneek peak? 👀
we're building a multiplayer co-op roguelike but haven't shared much yet. we're changing that moving forward
here's an early look at a custom room platform we created in Godot!
discord has even more
🔗
get Elsewhere dev updates before anyone else 📩
our weekly email will hit inboxes tomorrow! this week we'll share:
☁️ new bedroom video!
☁️ our first character rig & model
☁️ more psychology for our narrative
sign up now so you don't miss it
🔗
it's
#TrailerTuesday
for
#indiegame
devs!!
show me your trailers 👇👇 following & responding to everyone!!
we don't have a trailer yet but here is a shot of a custom room platform we created in Godot + some new UI elements!
can't wait to see what you've all made 👀
We're almost ready to start play testing our new roguelike 👀
If you love roguelikes & want to help shape a new title, we could use your feedback!
Join our Discord & we'll be announcing how to join the pre-alpha play test soon! Link below 🔽
#screenshotsaturday
#indiegame
i think its ok for steam to have a monopoly on the pc gaming market because they actually provide a good and extremely feature rich experience for free, while the epic launcher can barely load the store page
we're making a co-op action roguelite that takes place in your dreams
we're adding strange enemies like these bathtubs that charge at you. if you have ideas for weird, dreamy enemies- tell us in the comments and we'll try to add them in! 👇
#gamedev
#indiegame
We're hard at work on a prototype for our co-op roguelike!
It takes place in a dream world. You don't slay goblins with a sword, you fight bathtubs using a bath towel as a weapon 🛁
It's really early still but it's starting to take shape using
@godotengine
!
#gamdev
#indiegame
player 1 has entered the chat for
#ShowcaseThursday
the first elsewhere video we've ever shared... i'm not emotional at all
we're working on game feel, enemy types, boons, weapons, etc
join discord for more peeks
Elsewhere is an indie roguelike set in a weird world of 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶𝓼. it has:
⚔️combat like Hades
🤝co-op like Helldivers 2
👾weird enemies like in Earthbound & Omori
its early in development but you can already fight a bathtub with a giant plunger
#screenshotsaturday
#gamedev
we've grown from 10 followers to 107 in the last week 🎉
we're so grateful but more importantly THANK YOU for supporting your fellow indie devs through our compilation lists
2024 is all about indie and we'll continue doing our best to help you all ❤️ new content is on the way!
what's your favorite type of character design? looking for feedback!
hey friends 👋 we're working on early character design for Elsewhere and we'd love to know
what character designs make you go sheeeeesh?
here's 3
#indiegame
action Roguelike releases you might have missed already in 2024: a thread 🧵(1/3)
HELSKATE (
@helskate
) 🛹🔥
Skating games meets roguelike. Just went into early access last month and like all the best skating games the customization options look awesome.
ceo of
@daredrops
-
@bechtold_joe
- dropped by the office for our first playtest 🎉
we're working hard on weapons, enemies, and game progression in prep for GDC
what are your favorite types of weapons? maybe we can bring them into elsewhere 👀
thinking up weird enemies for our
#indiegame
roguelike that takes place inside a dream world.
definitely inspired by games like Earthbound.
we don't have a name for these 🗿 looking enemies yet. what would you name them?
#gamedev
our first pass at UI elements 👀
this interface includes health bar, multiplayer character icons, shared XP gauge for power-ups, ability icons, item boxes, weapon icons, & more
wip but we're shipping fast.
join discord to get even more peeks
a lil upgrade screen UI/UX for
#MotivationMonday
here's an early pass at ui/ux for the Elsewhere upgrade screen. working hard for our next playtest on friday!
discord has more sneaks
SPOILERS BELOW 🤮
we haven't talked about our game much yet 👀 but we're working on player death animations right now
what are your favorite death sequences in games?
brand new bedroom environment so you can zzzzz
we're prepping for GDC right now and have an ambitious goal to design a new starting area - the bedroom.
dreamy color scheme, high saturation, but then you have to go to the bathroom
and the nightmare begins.... 🪠
more followers = more people playing your games! yay!
we'll make more indie (and roguelike) support content in the future. so follow us
@elsewherezone
to stay in the loop
here to help ❤️
new sneak peaks in the Elsewhere Discord server ☁️
thrilled to announce we started sharing sneak peaks of Elsewhere gameplay in our Discord server!
if you want to see our game dev journey and give feedback along the way just click here 👇
🔗
the more followers you get, the more likely the algo will show your game to new players!
and if you like this kind of content don't forget to follow us
@elsewherezone
too ❤️
more indie dev support coming xo
Elsewhere Weekly is HERE 🎉
surprise: we're working on a weekly email for you!
see the wins, lessons, and favorite memes from our small indie team. it's the best 5 minutes of your week.
sign up here: fun perks are coming 👀
For 3+ years Matthew has been developing The Feathered Serpent - a 2D action platformer with hack & slash and roguelike elements
Thousands of unique item combinations (like giant green acid popcorn), a fluid movement system, and a FREE DEMO??
Links:
working on the Escapism power up for our roguelike
if you take it at the start of a run you can turn into mist and become invulnerable for a short while 🫥
#gamedev
#indiegame
Elsewhere Weekly comes out tomorrow morning! 🎉
The new weekly email gives you an inside look at our indie game dev journey.
Tomorrow we share:
- what we're working on
- what our growth looks like
- resources we love
Don't miss it! Sign up here 👇
sooo much love on the new podcast 🥹 can't thank you all enough!
the elsewhere indie games podcast will highlight a new indie dev every week. follow us
@ElsewhereZone
the next one
ep 1 in case you missed it 👇
@TsundownStudios
deserves everything
Announcing: the Elsewhere Indie Games podcast 🎉
Our new podcast and short video series highlights the indie games and devs you should be paying attention to!
Because this segment of the games industry deserves more love.
Ep 1:
@TsundownStudios
we're taking inspiration from Carl Jung ☁️
Carl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist who popularized the term ‘the shadow’. he believed we all have a shadow self comprised of the parts of us we deem unacceptable
we're exploring this complexity in Elsewhere
ATTN GAMERS: get Guardians of the Galaxy for FREE 🤯
Arguably the best Marvel game of all time. Guardians has received countless awards. Highly recommend giving it a shot
On Epic Games Store now for $0!!
working on our player character model for our co-op rougelike.
you'll definitely be able to customize them (and wear some clothes👕) but here they are in all their glory
#gamedev
#b3d
we currently have two weapons added in our roguelike
curling iron: a melee weapon that leaves a burn status effect after a successful 3 hit combo 🔥
and
spray bottle: a range weapon with a shot-gun style water burst 🫧
which do you like better?
#gamdev
#roguelike
The Elsewhere team is headed to
@Official_GDC
next week!
Excited to see a lot of our
#gamedev
friends there, so let us know if you are going 👇
#GDC2024
your character might start in JAMMIES 💤
"the default character needs to be infinitely customizable with a standard outfit, like old clothes in BotW." - Elsewhere Art Director, Finn Sylwester
what do you think? do we like jammies as the intro outfit?