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End of Ember

@endofember.bsky.social
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Small Australian team making a maximalist, super cute, super gory, totally unhinged roguelite shooter. Playtest on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3217880/…

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We had the weird testing idea of combining our current work in weapons with that on enemies, so we loaded the alien into the weapon to see how it would work. This was actually a great optimisation test because the enemy has a whole bunch of stuff that would break it #IndieGameDev #programming
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🪸🫧 @itsclammy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
reminder to be nice to you 🩷
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CONTINUE Magazine @continuemag.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
BIG DAY. Pledge Manager is open which means, if you missed out on our campaign, this is the **last chance** to get Issue 01 at the Kickstarter price! We're really proud of what we've been able to put together with a stacked list of writers and illustrators. www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...
copy of CONTINUE 001 cover, regular edition $25 text on screencopy of CONTINUE 001 cover, special edition $30 text on screen
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
What wizardry is this
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Thanks man!
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Huge news! We have found a publishing partner: so excited to be working with Rising Tide!. Find out more on Steam: store.steampowered.com/news/app/321... and learn how we did it: www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-we...
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End of Ember - Publisher Get! - Steam News
Bad Plan Studios has entered into a publishing partnership with Rising Tide publishing - yay!
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Oh wow, I remember you and your family, thank you so much for this! I really appreciate it, it’s so great! Really ammospheric and captures that dark tone perfectly. Do you mind if we share it, with attribution of course?
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
A couple weeks back we got to do a round robin play at @avcon.org.au during its Afterdark section. We were worried that no one would want to play it but we had continuous people playing for the whole section and they loved it and it got a lot of laughs from the audience.
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Heyo, it's been a minute but here is all the updates we've had brewing for a while! store.steampowered.com/news/app/321...
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End of Ember - Ember's Journal 9: Demo Delay and so much more! - Steam News
Wishlists are cracking on; Dan and Chad went to Korea; Demo date delayed (are we real now?); grant funding joy; EMBER ON TV?!; and we sadly farewell Eli from the studio.
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Congrats to the local Adelaide team, Wayward Skies Studios on the release of their demo for Mimicry! Go give them some love over on Steam and have a go at this multiplayer hide-and-seek game. store.steampowered.com/app/4137450/...
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Play End of Ember’s alpha playtest directly via Steam Playtest! Just go to our Steam page and hit the green ‘PlayNow’ button to install and play. Enjoy!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3217880/...
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End of Ember on Steam
Explore a gory Hell in this twin-stick shooter that pays homage to badass horror franchises. Kill demons, upgrade items, and fight weird and gross bosses until they explode in piles of gore. Who is Em...
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Excited to be featured in a piece about marketing games. TL;DR: it’s hard! But there are creative ways to go about it www.startupdaily.net/after-hours/... #indiegames #gamedev thanks @harrisonpolites.bsky.social
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How Australian devs are rethinking game marketing
Promoting a video game is as much about creative game marketing as it is about design. Harrison Polites from Infinite Lives explains:
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Oh TYSM! We would love you to play it. It’s actually playable in alpha on steam right now, but might be worth waiting for the demo. I’ll let you know when that’s coming ☺️
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Oh cool thanks for that, very encouraging
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Thank you so much! We have heaps of content planned, probably too much haha
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
If you got money then yeah sure they’ll take some of it for that
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
This is great! How hard did you find it to plan and implement the twitch integration?
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Well done!
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Dead
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Haha I wish! 10k before demo would be really nice
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Oh yeah heaps! Follow Chris Zukowski for what to do on Steam, but in short expect it to be very hard to get traffic to your page and wishlists. The everything - festival, influencers, socials, events - and build on what works. Lock in, it’s tough (but worth it!)
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Oh cool! Can’t wait to try Onimusha
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Eyyyy, thanks! Still counting every k at this stage, haha
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Thank you so much! It’s a magical mystery tour that’s for sure
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Even Dan thought the ‘it’s not a game’ hype was dumb, and he’s one of the most core players I know
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Haha great loop
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Probably heaps of testing would be the usual thing. And external, which is hard, but worth doing once you’re ready
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Love the vibe
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Ah hahahaaa early grind is tough. We do have plenty of evil creatures ready to go
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Looks great!
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Haha depends how much dev energy you want to put into it and how stressed about tone clash you are. A boss or follower could be cool, but a light touch could be just an Easter egg or achievement or something. Either way you should definitely do it
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
After what feels forever stuck below it, our game finally hit 4K wishlists! Admittedly we have slowed down on talking about it but hoo boy it’s good to be over that milestone #indiegames #gamedev
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
The puzzles are just to gnarly for my little brain
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Haha brilliant. Now they are EWIL! (Still cute)
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I mean he is good for one thing: content for our game youtube.com/shorts/MS4Wq...
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Actual footage of what happens if you believe everything you see on the Internet #RFK #horrorcomedy
YouTube video by Bad Plan Studios
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Definitely on my list, even just to counter review bombing
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Yeah it’s amazing innit? We just found those four bosses so damn hard to do without any Google help 😅
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I AM DAD @iamdad.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Eyyyyy - grats!
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
#indiedev like us need to make the most of affordable technology as it becomes available, amirite? #ai #gamedev #art
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Eyyyy, thank you very much! Thankfully Dan is a great designer as well as artist haha
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Dan's making enemies! Here is Split Head in both concept and final, a different version of the Exorcist Bed enemy. He's all turret, no filler, 100% body horror. What do you think? #indiegames #bodyhorror
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
OK so Dan lost a file - er, *iterated on this enemy and made him better! When attacked he deploys his human shield and can't be hurt from the front. And now his brain is exposed at the back so you have a reason to roll behind him to attack. Cool new gameplay options! #indiegamedev #indiegames
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
New room! This is the Forest of Nightmares, inspired by a classic video game which was a leader in gore. Can you guess which game?! #indiegames #retrogames
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
No idea how this happened (probably an AI hallucination built into web content), but our studio has been misattributed to this game. Anyone who knows Ember would know this isn’t our game though, haha. So weird
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Oof, has it been a fortnight already?! SAGE 2026 was epic: thanks so much to the SAFC for putting on another great show. As always we love showing folks the game, and it was great to be a part of this amazing gamedev community in South Australia. Until next time! @safc #indiegames #indiegamedev
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Huge news! End of Ember has been optioned for development into an animated TV series, in partnership with Cosmic Scream. (Pssst... Netflix!) See our press release for more details. #indiegames #tv #adaptation #netflix
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Those 2016 throwbacks are so last week! Here is an original 'devil' concept Dan drew in Grade 5 (circa 1998), and a boss concept he did just recently. Satan, now known as Gary, is in an office politics nightmare after a hostile takeover from Heaven. Performance Review ahoy! #indiegames #indiegamedev
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Free tickets at adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/sa...
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SAGE: South Australian Games Exhibition 2026
SAGE: SA Game Exhibition is South Australia's biggest and most exciting event for video game developers, fans, players and enthusiasts - and everyone in between! Presented by the South Australian…
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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
We are SO excited to exhibit at SAGE next week. If you're in Adelaide, come along to check out our booth, and all the other amazing games being made in SA right now. It's a very exciting time to be an indie in this industry right now: come celebrate! Thanks @safc #indiegames # indiegamedev #sagames
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