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Belated V1.5 Update
November 15, 2024 by Quantum Soup Studios
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Apologies for the long wait for this, it fell off my radar with wrangling other projects. Update 1.5 addresses the overly easy endgame with a host of balance tweaks and new challenges. Energy drained... Continue reading
v1.4 Update - bug fixes!
December 06, 2022 by Quantum Soup Studios#bugs, #ux, #update
A small but perfectly formed update: Start position now shown on island preview as a white flame Minor UX polish - added ripple fx when passing thresholds in sapling->tree->totem sequence Very minor c... Continue reading
Black Lives Matter
June 10, 2020 by Quantum Soup Studios
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#bundle, #blacklivesmatter
Very proud to be a tiny part of the Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality - if you found Annwn through that bundle then thank you for supporting those charities at a historic tipping point. That is a... Continue reading
Annwn V1.2 Released
September 24, 2019 by Quantum Soup Studios#update
Annwn is now on to V1.2 - this is a minor version update focused on gameplay/quality of life improvements and bug fixes. This build is significantly more polished! Change log: Added tile magnetisatio... Continue reading
Annwn nominated for two TIGA Awards!
September 23, 2019 by Quantum Soup Studios#awards, #update
We're delighted to hear that Annwn has been shortlisted in two categories of the TIGA Games Industry Awards 2019 - Best Strategy Game and Best Game by a Small Studio. This means it's also eligible for... Continue reading
Dev Streaming tomorrow at 2pm (GMT+1)
July 31, 2019 by Quantum Soup Studios#streaming, #gamedev
I've cleared my slate of client work and am going to be working on the first major Annwn update live on Twitch tomorrow at 2pm (GMT+1 because British summertime...) Feel free to drop by! https://www.t... Continue reading
Annwn V1.1 - startup hang fix, or Why QA Is Important
April 16, 2019 by Quantum Soup Studios#BUGFIXES
Classic game dev horror story. At the eleventh hour I introduced a 100% hang on the title screen...if you DIDN'T have a savegame (which of course I did, but literally no-one else). If you got stuck wi... Continue reading
Update: Campaign fixes
April 15, 2019 by Quantum Soup Studios#Support, #Bugfixes
I've updated the build to fix some nasty issues with the campaign - partly bugs, partly feedback from players. Islands with memory obelisks are now clearly signposted and the final island is locked un... Continue reading
Play Annwn at EGX Rezzed
April 03, 2019 by Quantum Soup Studios#egx, #rezzed, #show
Annwn is back at EGX Rezzed, but this year it's upstairs in the Tentacle Zone! I'll be away from the stand for most of Thursday doing serious bizdev stuff, but feel free to stop for a chat on Friday o... Continue reading
Enter the Otherworld
March 31, 2019 by Quantum Soup Studios
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Annwn: The Otherworld is now on sale! Hurl your soul from totem to totem across a surreal chess-like archipelago. Find memory fragments, piece together stories of lost souls, and choose to redeem or c... Continue reading
Free demo of ANNWN updated!
March 07, 2019 by Quantum Soup Studios#free, #demo, #horror, #surreal, #strategy
After many months of squeezing the odd bug-fixing session in between client contracts, I've released the latest demo of Annwn: The Otherworld - a surreal stealth strategy game. New features in this de... Continue reading
Final stretch
February 09, 2019 by Quantum Soup Studios#gdc, #discord, #strategy, #stealth
It's been a hectic year, largely focused on client work, so Annwn has unfortunately taken a back seat. However, I now have external deadlines to motivate the final push to finish the game...we'll be s... Continue reading
Two weekends, two shows!
April 24, 2018 by Quantum Soup Studios#egx, #rezzed, #leftfield, #feedback, #comiccon, #discord
It's been a manic fortnight! Annwn was exhibited in the Leftfield Collection at EGX Rezzed and then at Wales Comic Con one week later. What went wrong ...last minute changes and insufficient testing l... Continue reading
Annwn demo updated!
March 26, 2018 by Quantum Soup Studios#free, #demo, #strategy, #surreal
We released a slightly improved demo for The Arcade Vaults' Player Nation event in Cardiff. The latest demo has a few bug fixes, and some tutorial improvements, but most significantly it's a whole ne... Continue reading
Angry Wookiee plays new Annwn demo
March 17, 2018 by Quantum Soup Studios#rezzed, #leftfield collection, #demo, #free, #spooky, #strategy
So here's a cool thing. Angry Wookiee has played the demo of Annwn before, but owing to my incompetence it was a REALLY ROUGH old build. So it's great that he took the time to give it another go. Watc... Continue reading
Campaign map WIP
March 04, 2018 by Quantum Soup Studios#early access, #map, #strategy
Quick post to say hi to all the new visitors finding us through Jupiter's article on AlphaBetaGamer - and to tease the campaign mode which is nearly done. Currently messing with the look of it, trying... Continue reading
Feedback from PC Gamer Weekender
February 18, 2018 by Quantum Soup Studios#show, #demo, #bug-fixing, #strategy, #atmospheric
Just about to start day 2 of the PC Gamer Weekender show! Saturday was busy, I had very little downtime and lots of great chats with players. People seem to like the mood and the mechanics, after they... Continue reading
Notes on Procedural Narrative
February 15, 2018 by Quantum Soup Studios#narrative, #procedural, #story, #atmospheric, #emotional
If you've ever played the key inspiration behind Annwn - Geoff Crammond's The Sentinel - then you'll see a lot of similarities in our game. That game is so simple and elegant that it's hard to riff on... Continue reading
Play ANNWN at the PC Gamer Weekender
February 11, 2018 by Quantum Soup Studios#stealth, #horror, #atmospheric, #free, #demo, #show
We will be showing Annwn at the PC Gamer Weekender show in London Olympia next weekend, as well as in the Leftfield Collection at EGX Rezzed in April. Come and say hi! You can try the latest demo buil... Continue reading
ANNWN in the Leftfield Collection
February 07, 2018 by Quantum Soup Studios#leftfield, #stealth, #atmospheric, #strategy
We're excited to announce that Annwn: The Otherworld has been selected for the Leftfield Collection at EGX Rezzed in April! Come to London and I will demonstrate how to pronounce our game! (It's "ann... Continue reading
Updated demo!
January 29, 2018 by Quantum Soup Studios#surreal, #demo, #free, #stealth, #strategy, #horror
Latest demo build has a simple tutorial built in, a few fixes, and one major addition. If the Watcher can see you but can't see your floor tile to drain your energy, it will summon a Hound to a nearb... Continue reading
Minor polish release for demo
January 21, 2018 by Quantum Soup Studios#surreal, #strategy, #atmospheric
Minor graphical upgrade... Improved energy-transfer particles Added shoreline ripple Fixed some alpha sorting glitches Next build: proper inline tutorial!... Continue reading
Let's Play of Annwn: The Otherworld
January 17, 2018 by Quantum Soup Studios#strategy, #surreal, #demo, #free, #abstract
Delighted to share this playthrough of our demo , recorded by Cryptic Hybrid in record time. Go give him some likes and subscribes! The demo is locked to a single island for now, so you can try differ... Continue reading
Free playable demo of Annwn!
January 15, 2018 by Quantum Soup Studios#stealth, #strategy, #atmospheric, #spooky
Annwn: The Otherworld is a surreal, nightmarish strategy/stealth/puzzle game played on an infinite series of islands. We've published our WIP demo to get some feedback. There are still some bugs and -... Continue reading
New Year, new project!
January 01, 2018 by Quantum Soup Studios#demo, #atmospheric, #VR, #strategy, #sentinel
Annwn is a small side project that the time was right to finish off and release, while development continues on our main project Talesinger . Gamers of a certain age (like me) may recognise elements o... Continue reading