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[azulmori-studio]

Hello World!

Welcome to our blog! We’re thrilled to introduce STUDIO AZUL MORI as an indie game studio. Our team is passionate about creating artistic, narrative experiences, and we’re excited to share our first project with you.

Our debut game is a 2D city-building adventure where you’ll have the chance to rebuild a forgotten civilization from memories while you learn about its story. It’s a game that blends creativity and nostalgia in a fantasy world.

Through this blog, we’ll take you behind the scenes, sharing updates and insights into our creative process. We can’t wait to hear your thoughts as we shape this world together. Stay tuned for more! Nos vemos!

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Behind the Colors of Hueniverse!

Here's a little glimpse into the code that brings all the vibrant color gradients to life in my game, Hueniverse! As an indie developer, these moments of creating something from scratch are the most exciting parts of the process.

This snippet shows part of how I generate the smooth, eye-pleasing gradients that make the puzzles pop. It might look like just a few lines of code, but it’s where the magic starts! 

I hope this gives you an idea of the fun behind-the-scenes work that goes into making Hueniverse colorful and relaxing.

If you're a fan of games, colors, or just want to see an indie dev's journey, I'd love for you to check it out!  Link in bio!

[pixelaborgames]

🎮 The Video Game Market Is Wild Right Now, and Here’s Why That Matters aka: AAA bloat, indie magic, and everything in between.

The video game industry is in a strange place. On one hand, it’s bigger than ever—more players, more money, more games. On the other? Layoffs, unfinished releases, broken promises, and creative burnout. The market is booming and breaking. At the same time.

AAA Studios are stuck in a loop: spend hundreds of millions, crunch developers to the edge, ship games that need 10 patches and a prayer. And yet… somehow we keep pre-ordering. (Capitalism: 1, Gamers: 0)

But wait—indie devs are out here saving souls. Cozy games, experimental weirdness, deep storytelling, and actual innovation. With small teams and smaller budgets, they’re making things that feel human. (Looking at you, Stardew, Dave the Diver, Outer Wilds.)

And let’s not forget live service games—love them or hate them, they’ve reshaped how the market works. Constant updates, battle passes, FOMO events... it’s exhausting and addictive.

Meanwhile, subscription models (Game Pass, PS Plus) are changing how we buy, play, and value games. Is it the Netflix of gaming or just another way to drown in a backlog? Who knows. We're in uncharted territory.

What’s clear is this: the video game market isn’t just an economy—it’s a battleground between art, business, and community. And somehow, despite the chaos, people are still making magic.

So yeah. It’s a mess. But it’s our mess.

[nochistudios]

Looking through these upcoming games was exciting. polygon.com/gaming/2021/1/1/22175264/best-indie-video-games-2021-preview

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Dark Devotion, A Metroidvania with Roguelike + Soulslike Influences now has a Live Kickstarter

You can check it out here, to give it some love directly, or share it to your nerdy friends :: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1997592363/dark-devotion-a-gloomy-indie-roguelike-rpg I’ve been following this game ever since Shrouded In sanitys Developer Went ‘YOU NEED TO SEE THIS’. And, damn, he was right. It’s a solid entry, even when it was an early demo, and It’s only grown since. And I’ve been fortunate enough to be able to be a part of the game’s development (QA’ing for it, and the like). Anyways, if anyone sees this- I’d appreciate if you guys could share it, even if you can’t be a part of the Kickstarter, atm, since it’s a brilliant looking game.

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Best Fall Guys Crossover Skins for the Game

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Fall Guys developer Mediatonic knows the world loves its new party game and is wasting no time in using the indie title as a platform for good. The studio has announced a contest to benefit UK charity Special Effect, which works to provide games, consoles, and modded peripherals to those with disabilities.

The contest is open to game studios and other brands looking to promote their products in Fall Guys, which is currently the most-watched game on Twitch and the third most-played game on Steam behind only Valve’s own CS:GO and Dota 2. To enter, brands can bid on how much they’d be willing to donate to Special Effect. The highest bidder wins.

🔥 BATTLE OF THE BRANDS 🔥 The thirst from brands has been unreal… so we're turning it into something positive! Prize: Your brand inside Fall Guys as a costume! 👉 To enter: Reply to this tweet with the highest amount of money you would be willing to donate to @SpecialEffect

— Fall Guys 👑 (@FallGuysGame) August 17, 2020

“The thirst from brands has been unreal, so we’re turning it into something positive!” the Fall Guys Twitter handle announced. “Prize: Your brand inside Fall Guys as a costume! To enter: Reply to this tweet with the highest amount of money you would be willing to donate to Special Effect.”

The contest is open for the next two weeks. After the highest bidder makes its donation, Mediatonic will incorporate the pitched skin into the game.

Even before Mediatonic announced the contest, there were many brands trying to seize on the game’s viral energy, pitching their own Fall Guys skins for fun, so you can imagine how much fiercer the pitches are getting now that the crossover skin opportunities are official. Quite a few studios have made bids to have their games appear as Fall Guys skins.

Here are a few of the best Fall Guys skins that could potentially make it into the game:

Unofficial Fall Guys Crossover Skins

First up is Rivals of Aether, the indie fighting game, with a $10,000 bid. It took an early lead in the competition.

Greetings Fall Guys brand. It is I, Rivals of Aether brand. I will donate $10,000 to @SpecialEffect if you put Ranno into your falling humanoid game. Thank you for your brand time. pic.twitter.com/SaJUxvaIXO

— Rivals of Aether (@RivalsOfAether) August 17, 2020

Rivals of Aether was joined by the popular free-to-play loot shooter title, Warframe, which also offered up a $10,000 donation. We really like the Lotus skin!

The Lotus is throwing her helmet into the ring… but she'd like company! Add both @playwarframe and @rivalsofaether for $20k? #supportindiedevs 🎨@blazingcobalt pic.twitter.com/GrpY4A1GDt

— WARFRAME (@PlayWarframe) August 17, 2020

Then the bidet company Tushy got to the bottom of things with a $40,000 bid…

Oh god no A bidet company is now winning with this design for $40,000.01 Context:https://t.co/JWm7rbsS83 Help us lol 😭😂 https://t.co/k7KZpguoj0

— Fall Guys 👑 (@FallGuysGame) August 17, 2020

But then esports brand G2 Esports completely bulldozed over the competition with a $130,003 offer. The samurai skin is a nod to the brand’s logo:

We raise the bid to $130,003 for this bad boy. https://t.co/L51SKKx67t pic.twitter.com/QV5hNGgtVn

— G2 Esports (@G2esports) August 18, 2020

But esports organization Beast Coast did not stand idly by, pitching its own skin with a bid of $133,769 attached:

g2? we gotta do this for NA/SA esports… and for the culture. put Crest in fall guys. we bid $133,769 😏 https://t.co/qM5l9sMWfX pic.twitter.com/rQdSliIdwJ

— beastcoast (@beastcoast) August 18, 2020

You didn’t expect the bidding war to stop there, right? Popular Fortnite streamer Ninja has entered the race, pitching his own skin with a $200,000 bid. Ninja is currently in the lead!

WOW@ninja coming in with a ridiculous $200k donation bid Remember, all of the money for this goes to @SpecialEffect – An awesome charity! 😙👌 Blown away with this support! Still 13 days to get your bids in! Context:https://t.co/JWm7rbsS83 https://t.co/esNQdsnFy5

— Fall Guys 👑 (@FallGuysGame) August 18, 2020

As you can imagine, fans of the game have joined in on the fun, pitching their own skins on behalf of other brands. This Cyberpunk 2077 skin is particularly great, but will CD Projekt Red jump in?

Let's go @CDPROJEKTRED @CyberpunkGame ! Mocked Jackie up already for you… pic.twitter.com/spHTVswyEZ

— David Rees ✏️ (@DavidReesDesign) August 17, 2020

Another fan is trying to convince Funimation to pitch a Majin Buu skin as an ode to Dragon Ball Z. We are here for it:

@FUNimation we want Majin Buu costume. Will you participate? pic.twitter.com/kZwsSmpvf4

— c0okiesan (@c0okIesan) August 17, 2020

This Fallout Vault Dweller skin is also the best:

Hey @FallGuysGame if you get the crown does that make you Overseer? https://t.co/u8ZPDwko6J

— Fallout (@Fallout) August 18, 2020

Before the contest got underway, several other studios pitched joke ideas for Fall Guys skins. While they were designed to spark conversation on Twitter, some of these crossover skins are actually stellar and we hope Mediatonic considers including them in the game:

Just imagine if every time you fell of that cursed seesaw level you could shriek, “SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!” Konami wants your Metal Gear Solid x Fall Guys dreams to come true.

❗️TACTICAL FALL GUYS ACTION❗️ We've been carefully designing our ultimate #FallGuys outfits here at KONAMI UK. What do you think, @FallGuysGame? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/N9OigxUzqd

— KONAMI UK (@KonamiUK) August 11, 2020

The Colonel wants in, too…

We need this skin in @FallGuysGame, Twitter do your thing pic.twitter.com/QjeC8Z4fAy

— KFC Gaming (@kfcgaming) August 10, 2020

And if Fall Guys isn’t the game where a kid can be a kid, we don’t know what is:

Chuck Esports Cheese is well into Fall Guys lol https://t.co/PpdvhCJaC2

— Fall Guys 👑 (@FallGuysGame) August 11, 2020

One fan also pitched a Death Stranding skin on behalf of Kojima Productions that this writer desperately wants in Fall Guys:

My contribution to the #FallGuysGame outfit craze, #DeathStranding x @FallGuysGame! Now we just need @Kojima_Hideo, @Mediatonic, and @PlayStation to make this happen! pic.twitter.com/A8QKr3QL51

— 𝔼𝕧𝕒𝕟 𝕁𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕒𝕟 (@thatevanjordan) August 12, 2020

Ditto this Ghost of Tsushima skin:

BEAN is GHOST! Made this mash-up drawing of my 2 fave games this year: @FallGuysGame & @SuckerPunchProd #FallGuys #GhostofTsushima #FallGuysGame pic.twitter.com/YC9lEU4Q6f

— Marwa 🌸 (@MarwaYsn) August 11, 2020

Of course, Fall Guys players shouldn’t hold their breath when it comes to seeing all of these skins in the game, but so far, most of these are on our wishlist and we hope more of them start being incorporated into the game at some point.

Confirmed Fall Guys Crossover Skins

The developer has already added a few crossover skins. Check them out below:

Gordon Freeman from Half-Life was the first crossover skin introduced to the game as a pre-order bonus:

I have no idea when we turn off pre-purchases… but we launch tomorrow… so probably very soon? If you pre-purchase you get this FANTASTIC Gordon Freeman Headcrab costume! If we all wear this costume, we can pretend Fall Guys is Half-Life 3 😙👌https://t.co/B8BcrRPXJP pic.twitter.com/J0FQ8zwpaK

— Fall Guys 👑 (@FallGuysGame) August 3, 2020

A Hotline Miami skin followed. Fall Guys seems a little tame for the violent fever dream that is the top-down indie shooter but we’ll take it:

Look who just appeared in the in-game store! You can trade in your hard-earned dubs for JACKET! 👑👑👑👑👑 In collab with @HotlineMiami 👌 pic.twitter.com/FkDzXiqgdC

— Fall Guys 👑 (@FallGuysGame) August 7, 2020

Team Fortress 2 fans can also get a Scout skin in the game!

BONK! Guess who's coming to the in-game Steam store in a few hours?!? Better start getting in the dubs so you can save up enough 👑 Thanks @valvesoftware @TeamFortress 😍https://t.co/tzLe6zEg5O pic.twitter.com/Beq5aro4Be

— Fall Guys 👑 (@FallGuysGame) August 13, 2020

We’ll keep you posted as new contenders join Mediatonic’s contest and new crossover skins are unveiled.

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[itsfurty]

SPACE DAVE arcade goodness guaranteed | Discover Indie Games #nintendoswitch #DiscoverIndies #indiegames #supportindiedevs Just like Woah Dave, you'll learn to like this one as time progresses and you develop your own little techniques to earn a high score. Pure arcade goodness... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXANShJOrmU&feature=youtu.be — view on Instagram http://bit.ly/2PZc8zj

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A Much-Needed Break

Oh, wow! It's been a busy couple of weeks, and I definitely needed a few days to disconnect from it all. Taking some time to recharge has made all the difference.

Exciting News: Our Game Lineup Expands

Hueniverse is no longer the only game we've published! I'm thrilled to introduce our take on the classic Tic-Tac-Toe game.

Currently, it's available exclusively on Android. You can check it out here: Noughts&Crosses

What's Next?

Our third game is currently in the closed testing phase. While it's not quite ready to go public, we're working hard to perfect it. In the meantime, you can enjoy Hueniverse and Noughts & Crosses. Stay tuned for updates!

[nochistudios]

The question about middle man distribution that many indie devs will wonder at some point 🙃 pcgamer.com/is-it-worth-cutting-out-steam-to-sell-indie-games-direct/

[itsfurty]

SPACE DAVE arcade goodness guaranteed | Discover Indie Games #nintendoswitch #DiscoverIndies #indiegames #supportindiedevs Just like Woah Dave, you'll learn to like this one as time progresses and you develop your own little techniques to earn a high score. Pure arcade goodness... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXANShJOrmU&feature=youtu.be https://www.instagram.com/p/BrwTijmDv5h/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9awdcwgyzunt