Reposted by astoryinpieces
As announced just now via the @HorrorGameAward's Harvest of Terror showcase...
Encryptid is releasing on Feburary 9th, 2027!
The game will be available on both PC and as a Game Boy ROM via Steam and @itch.io!
Play the demo now on both platforms...
Do you like cryptids? 👀
![Spinnerette: Your tuuurn ♥ The big celebrity debut!!!
Amber: Aw shush!! (hehe)
Spinnerette: Recording... ...Now!
Amber: Hello! I'm Amber, a velvet ant!
Amber: Really more of a 'wingless wasp', (the males have wings) but ants are sorta wasps too... so I guess it doesn't matter?
Amber: We don't live in hives though. MOST wasps are solitary, bet'cha didn't know that!
[A chart shows a simple phylogenetic tree shows the evolutionary relationships between velvet ants, ants, bees, and other wasps. the base of the tree says "It's 'wasps' all the way down"]
Amber: We're "velvet" because we're sooo fluffy and cute and pretty~
Amber: But like a beautiful rose... look out! We have thorns! Well... stingers. (this time just for the females)
Amber: The stinger's mostly for laying eggs.
Spinnerette: You're some kind of parasite, right?
Amber: PARASITOID. We lay our eggs underground, on top of other bugs' larva. Then our baby eats the other baby.
Spinnerette: [Thinking] My face was too scary but this is alright??](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j3b6guo6utjxdniqthziaz6q/bafkreicnodkt5qfidijok6duuifcp4k6rymmzehp7d55kzzwtywyevh5vq)
![Amber: Girl you like, NEVER go out! You spend all day cooped up in this dingy mulch hole.
Spinnerette: Uuhh YEAH??
Spinnerette: They don't call me a "brown RECLUSE" for nothing! I'm a loner!
Spinnerette: You know I only go out at night to HUNT. In the day I like safe, dark little nooks and crannies!
Amber: B-buh-but! I need you with me! What if the camera breaks?
Spinnerette: Find someone else to fix it.
Amber: C-can't you just hide under a blanket or something?
Spinnerette: Seriously? NO.
[Later...]
Spinnerette: You PROMISE I get to eat some of the guys we interview?
Amber: I'll tell 'em it's for a good cause! They'll understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j3b6guo6utjxdniqthziaz6q/bafkreicmdjnaqpxkpv72shekovhjpekm4yaf2ncvutbqzwb5qpq55pdx7u)
