April is behind us. Here’s our report:

This time, we discuss:

• Spending and Income
• Merchant of the Skies progress and footage

Guess what, March is over and it’s time for our monthly report.

This time, we discuss:

• GDC Trip and San Francisco
• Merchant of the Skies progress
• Steam vs Epic Store

Time for February report? Time for February report.

TL;DW:

• about 50% of our time is spent working on our own project
• announcing new project soon
• going to GDC
• because of that, expenses are surpassing the income
• Did we say “GDC?”

Hey! As part of the new tradition (and maybe my 2019 resolution, I’ve decided to make brief monthly reports on the last day of every month). Here’s the one from 2019:

To make it even shorter than this video:

• Working a full-time contract job since November so not much time left for my own development.
• Income for January 2019 barely surpassed expenses, but it’s still better than December 2018.
• On Saturdays, I work on a new prototype just to see how it will feel. I want to build a trading tycoon and publish it in early access, let’s say, in May.

That’s it for now! Hope you have a successful 2019.

Lazy Galaxy: Rebel Story adds an ally system that handles levelling based on conversations rather than enemies killed.

Riga, Latvia – November 30, 2018 – Latvian gamedev company Coldwild Games anounces their game, Lazy Galaxy: Rebel Story on Nintendo Switch™ and Xbox One consoles. Lazy Galaxy: Rebel Story is a shoot-em-up (SHMUP) game that features a unique addition to the genre: story-driven character progression. Set in the Lazy Galaxy universe, player takes a role of a robot H-34-RT, set to complete the mission given to him by the civilization that is long gone. On his way, he must find new allies and determine how important is his mission to him.

“As a small Latvian company, we are proud to be the local indie pioneers of console releases. We wanted to enhance the traditional shmup experience, not simply through well-polished gameplay, but also by adding meaningful plot and character interactions to it”
– Elena Nazarenko, Artist of Coldwild Games.

After quitting their jobs, a Latvian couple publishes their second serious game on Nintendo Switch and Xbox One. The unique feature of Lazy Galaxy: Rebel Story is controlling three character ships instead of one. Rather than getting experience from kills, the characters level up by talking to each other. In the end, players get the adrenaline rush of shoot-em-ups combined with a squad-based system and meaningful conversations between characters.

Watch the Xbox trailer here:

The game features 8 different levels with unique bosses, 6 ships and 6 allies to unlock, each one of them significantly affecting the gameplay. The traditional SHMUP gameplay is also there: the main goal of each level is still to progress forward while destroying everything that moves.

Do you have what it takes to complete the mission? Get the Lazy Galaxy: Rebel Story on Xbox One and Nintendo Switch on 14^th of December

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Rebel Story Press Kit can be found here: http://coldwild.com/presskit/sheet.php?p=rebel_story

Hey everyone!

Since we’re planning to expand, we look for a way to help your projects by doing some freelance work. We can help by programming / making art for 2d games, more info on our outsourcing page.

In short, we can help with:

• C# / Java / C++ / PHP / Javascript programming
• 2D art (mostly pixel art, but we can do flat design)
• Technical consultations: tips on solution engineering, production workflow, hiring programmers and outsourced companies
• Russian Language translation

If that is something that you could be interested in – go to our outsourcing page and contact us from there!

Best,
Vladimir & Helen

We’ve published Lazy Galaxy: Rebel Story demo!

The demo features two levels, two ships and three different heroes. It is available on Windows / Mac / Linux.

About the game:

Lazy Galaxy: Rebel Story is a roguelite shmup with advanced narrative. An old robot named H-34-RT wakes up in a derelict space station orbiting his home planet. His civilization was destroyed long ago by evil O’Xelg, but he has yet to figure that out. After an initial shock, he decides to follow his old defense routines: that means fighting the invaders, even if he is alone now.

Go grab it for free on Steam!

Hey hey! This week’s devlog covers the addition of enemies to make the game feel more alive and saturated. Before that the action felt a bit lacking, but it feels so much better now. Check out the video if you want to know more (and maybe get access to  closed beta!).

Cheers,
Vladimir

Hey hey! Here’s a new entry from our devlog: I’m showing off the new explosions and preparing for the closed beta on our discord channel. Right now the challenge switches from polish to improving the game design: some levels feel a bit empty and we’re going to be focusing on fixing it this time. Hope you have a good day!

Best,
Vladimir

Hey everyone! It’s time for the second Rebel Story Devlog #2!

TL;DW:

• More Enemies
• Better Pickups
• Boss Visuals Improved
• Performance Improvements

Really excited to publish the demo soon! ? Stay tuned for more updates next week.