We are now on the precipice of the 96th iteration of The Calling, the annual fight to the death for MegaCorp supremacy and the contestants that represent them. The Intergalactic Gaming Commission welcomes all Megacorp Contestants... " Fortune Favors the Called. " We’re excited for everyone to jump into The Calling demo and play online with others during the event. Whether you're trying out diff…
Jump into the demo for our anime-inspired free-to-play PvP arena shooter with online multiplayer. Every playable character is based on a real streamer! Check out our socials for Mega Corp Contestant reveals to get to know the playable characters!
We've now switched the multiplayer backend from EOS to Steam, so now everyone can play online! · Leaderboards are now live! · Welcome Screen added · New Loading Screens · New Map: Urbex (Elimination) · New Map: Scrapyard (Elimination) · Updated lockdown mode HUD · New sniper zoom and overlay · Fixed a bug where the debug messages were showing on screen all the time · Fixed the personal rank sta…
RELEASE NOTES: · New Playable Character : BraveOkami (plus alt skin) · New Character Skin: SullyMacchi default skin · Updated Character Skin: New NullifyVT default skin · New Character Skin: New NullifyVT premium skin · New Voice Lines Added: Aristrella, ArkticArtz, BraveOkami, ChynaMakes, CobaltCodex, KirstenRia, Korvus Castille, LidiaVTuber, LuvCalypsian, MelindaEsperanza, NekoMikki, NullifyV…
New Character: Infritx · New Character: Willeothy · New Character: Musemallow · New Character Skin: Officer Infritx · New Character Skin: CloudyClairity (Fearity) · New Character Skin: CloudyClairity (OG) · New Character Skin: Kii_Tsune (KSE) · New Character Skin: Pidge (KSE) · New Character Skin: KJ Styles Summer · New Character Skin: ABitOfJoy Cyber (new default skin) · New Voicelines for Mat…
Hey everyone! It's been a while since I posted an update here. Things have been crazy the last several weeks, between myself getting hacked and tons of work put into the game. This is a MASSIVE update for you guys who have been testing out the offline playtest version of the game: - Dozens of new characters and skins - 2 brand new maps - BRAND NEW Parkour movement (climbing objects, vaulting ov…
Hey everyone! We're in the final stretch of the Kickstarter and we've currently got less than 24 hours left to back The Calling on Kickstarter! Award Winning Game...? Before we get into celebrating our final stretch of the Kickstarter, we've got some amazing news if you haven't heard yet: The Calling was named one of the Top 100 Indie Games of 2025, and we are currently in the running for Indie…
UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS: We've got some special streaming events coming up this weekend that I'm pretty excited about! KayPikeFashion Body Painting Collab w/ Special Guests First event is a collab with KayPikeFashion , one of the streamers featured in the game. Kay is an incredibly talented body painter who's worked with massive clients like Marvel, Disney, Warner Bros, Riot Games, Bandai, and…
Good morning everyone! Exciting news: the Kickstarter for The Calling officially launched yesterday morning with a bang! It's already over 200% funded within the first 12 hours of the campaign, and we've got some amazing stretch goals we're reaching forward to, including the highly requested "Bald Mode" and the major prize of The Calling Anime ! Come check it out, consider supporting the Kickst…
Hey everyone! I'm excited to announce that the first public playtest of our super early pre-alpha prototype has been released! I'm excited to see what you all think of what we have of the game so far! Please keep in mind, I'm a solo developer without the big AAA budgets that most studios making games like this have (and TBH while this isn't the first video game I've worked on, it's my very firs…
The Calling is coming to ReachConf 2025! Super exciting news! If you've ever wanted to meet some of the streamers featured in The Calling, you can meet many of them at ReachConf 2025 taking place from Nov 6th - 8th in Florida. There are about a dozen streamers that will be wandering the con floor throughout the event, including: · JemiRoka · MelindaEsperanza · OkamiraVT · SullyMacchi · JuniPurw…
Even more streamers to battle as! I may have been quiet, but definitely have been busy the last several weeks! Not only have I been working hard at trying to get Steam authentication working so that I can open the game up to a larger play test here on Steam, but we've also more than doubled the roster of streamers that will eventually be featured in the game! There are now over 90 streamers who…
Hey everyone! Behind the scenes, several of us have been working on the lore/world building for The Calling, and we wanted to give you a little teaser of what's to come -- so we made a little Lore Drop Teaser Trailer that we premiered on stream last night. Huge shoutout to KatanaTenshi for all of the amazing work she put into making this happen, as well as to WillSleepsNot for his incredible wo…
Pets are now a thing in The Calling! As someone who started my streaming career playing Genshin Impact, there is so much inspiration from that game that I wanted to bring into The Calling. I first started off with adding in a dynamic weather system, and now I've added in the little pet companions that can accompany you into battle. I'll be working on the pets system more live during my Twitch s…
Since the first day of development, The Calling has been streamed on Twitch every week for the past almost 4 months since I started developing the game. Mostly by me granted (I am a streamer myself granted), but what's been cool is that since the very first day of development, this game has always been focused on showcasing and involving streamers through the whole process of development. Over…
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