Ahoy Mates!
We know it’s been a little quiet here, but that’s only because we’ve been hard at work getting our demo ready! We can’t reveal too much yet but we promise it’s coming soon...ish 😅🚀
Since our last dev vlog we’ve been busy showing off Sol Mates to the world! Or well part of it anyways. In March we attended GDC in San Francisco which was nice because we are located there. We met so many wonderful people working on great things and also people who were able to give us advice on our own game!
We even got to feature an early version of our demo at the Courage XL event and BYOG. Seeing people play our game in person and getting real time feedback was so valuable to us. Since then, we’ve been running regular playtests and we’re tremendously thankful to everyone who’s playtested and shared their thoughts to help make Sol Mates the best game it can be. It’s been a dream to build this game alongside all of you and we are finally achieving that!
Now for some game UPDATES!
🦀 We got crabs! Errr.. at least a new Crab Boss that is!
She smacks you, she lasers you, she makes small crabs that also wanna laser you!
🚀 New Lobby! Now featuring an office, updated shooting range, and a cat! Each time you join the lobby the cat will spawn in a new location - if you can reach them make sure to give them some pets!
🎩 Hats We’re adding more character customization. In addition to selecting your skin tone and space suit color you’ll be able to add a hat to your fit. Right now some of our hats are temporary assets to make sure it all works first. So stay tuned for more hat updates.
Next Stop: PAX East!
We’re thrilled to announce that we’re headed to PAX East and we’re bringing an even more polished demo that’s never been seen before. If you’re attending please visit our booth #15104. We can’t wait to meet you, for you to play our game and hear what you think!
Also… we’re part of Pinny Arcade! Swing by our booth to snag one of our exclusive Sol Mates pins for $15. It’s our very first piece of swag and we’re stoked to be part of such an iconic PAX tradition.
Join the Indie STAMPede Quest!
If you’re coming to PAX East we have even more goodies in store for you! We’re teaming up with 15 awesome indie games for our very own stamp rally: the Indie STAMPede Quest!
Here’s how it works:
Grab a stamp card at any participating booth (listed below).
Play the demos and collect stamps as you go.
Once your card is full, bring it back to the Sol Mates booth (#15104)
Claim your prize: a custom trading card pack featuring 15 unique cards and characters from all the games you played!
Participating Indie Games:
Sol Mates (that's us!)
Rightfully, Beary Arms
Ra Ra BOOM
Desktop Survivors 98
Heroes of Mount Dragon
Section 13
Bytebond
Coridden
ManaWeaver
Ultimate Sheep Raccoon
Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
ON ANY JOURNEY
Just Shapes & Beats
Lynked: Banner of the Spark
Whisper Mountain Outbreak
But wait… there’s more!
We’re also excited to share that Sol Mates has been accepted into the Indie Playground at DreamHack Dallas! 🎉 We’ll be showing off the game there too and yes, we’ll be hosting another stamp rally at that event as well (details coming soon).
Thank you for being a part of our journey
If you haven’t already, please consider wishlisting Sol Mates here on Steam, following us on socials for updates, and join our Discord to be part of the community and catch future playtests and updates.
We can’t wait to share more soon!
See you in space,
- The Sol Mates Team