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Equinox: Homecoming @equinoxgame.bsky.social · 22h

Michiel, Lead Level Designer and Ylva, Senior Games Producer, want to give you an insight into developing ride islands! 🐴

Let us know if there’s any other topics you’d like to learn about dev-side! Follow our Steam page for updates. 💜

#horsegame #horses #equestrian #equinoxhomecoming #videogames

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Equinox: Homecoming @equinoxgame.bsky.social · 1d

Curious about Equinox: Homecoming? Or just looking for a cozy-yet-spooky game for Autumn?

This video tells you everything you need to know! We’d love to welcome you into our community. 💜

store.steampowered.com/app/3258290/...

#horsegame #cozygaming #indiegame #equestrian #horses

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Equinox: Homecoming @equinoxgame.bsky.social · 2d

The spookier a trail is, the more I want to explore it tbh. 💀

Equinox: Homecoming is the perfect Halloween game. Creepy and cozy all at once! ✨

Have you rode some of our more ~eerie~ trails yet?

#EquinoxHomecoming #horsegame #horses #indiegame

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Equinox: Homecoming @equinoxgame.bsky.social · 3d

Just a little over a week to go before our Halloween event begins! 🎃

We can’t wait to see your spooky screenshots! Join our Discord for all the details! (Link in bio) 👻

#EquinoxHomecoming #horsegame #indiegame #equestrian #horses

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Equinox: Homecoming @equinoxgame.bsky.social · 5d

A quick apple before we hit the trails… 🍎

What treat does your horse like the most? 💜

#EquinoxHomecoming #horsegame #cozygaming #indiegame

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Blue Scarab Entertainment @bluescarabgames.bsky.social · 7d

We are so excited for our upcoming community Halloween Event!

Taking place from October 15th - October 31st, Alderwood will be a little… spookier! 🌙🎃

Be sure to follow us here and on Equinox: Homecoming’s Bluesky for updates! 👻

@equinoxgame.bsky.social

#equinoxhomecoming #horsegame #indiegame

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Equinox: Homecoming @equinoxgame.bsky.social · 8d

Happy October! 🍂🐴

Care for a little ride in Equinox: Homecoming?

#EquinoxHomecoming #horses #horsegame #cozygaming #mmo #indiegames

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Equinox: Homecoming @equinoxgame.bsky.social · 9d

🎃 Enter the dark in Ghosts of Alderwood, our Limited-Time Halloween Event in Equinox: Homecoming starting Oct 15!

🌙 Pumpkin Hunt (24 hidden 🎃)
📸 Screenshot Competition (cozy or spooky vibes)

Join our Discord for full details 👉 [link in bio!]

🕯️ How will you spend fall in Alderwood?

Equinox: Homecoming @equinoxgame.bsky.social · 14d

4️⃣ months of Early Access
✨ 12 updates
✔️ ..and a completed roadmap!

It's time to do it again! 💪🏼 Today we're sharing our newest roadmap. See what we have in store for you and get some sneak peaks into our WIP features... 👀

Read the entire roadmap here 👇🏼
steamcommunity.com/games/325829...

Equinox: Homecoming - Fall & Winter Roadmap

YouTube video by Blue Scarab Entertainment

youtu.be

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Equinox: Homecoming @equinoxgame.bsky.social · 15d

In cased you missed it... Subtitles are here! Anyone can turn them on by heading to their gameplay settings.

Here's how they look! One of these examples is from the new cutscene that we released in yesterday's update. 👀

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Equinox: Homecoming @equinoxgame.bsky.social · 16d

It's been 4 months since we launched into Early Access. We've rolled out eleven patches and completed our first roadmap!

Before we dive into the future with a new roadmap, let's reflect on our progress and celebrate what we've accomplished together so far. 🥰

store.steampowered.com/news/app/325...

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Equinox: Homecoming @equinoxgame.bsky.social · Aug 20

Parkour in Equinox?! Let's just say we were a bit overzealous with the height. 😅

#cozygaming #indiegamedev #horsegame

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Equinox: Homecoming @equinoxgame.bsky.social · Aug 20

Join some of our developers as we play together in-game tomorrow!

Thursday the 21st @ 1:30pm UTC
▶️ discord.com/events/13538...

Equinox: Homecoming @equinoxgame.bsky.social · Aug 14

Hey all, it’s time for a Pub Crawl! 🍻

Team up with friends to locate & take pictures with all the 6 packs of beer around the islands, before ending your night with some laughs in the tavern.

You can find more details here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/325...

#cozygaming #indiegames

Equinox: Homecoming - Summer 2025 Pub Crawl - Steam News

Team up with friends to locate & take pictures at all 6 packs of beer around the islands, before ending your night with some laughs in the tavern.

store.steampowered.com

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Equinox: Homecoming @equinoxgame.bsky.social · Aug 19

Yesterday's BIG update brought a lot of changes including... environmental jumping! ✨ As our first iteration, we're looking for your feedback to make it even better. 🏇 #cozygames #indiegames #horsegames #earlyaccess

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Equinox: Homecoming @equinoxgame.bsky.social · Aug 18

Patch 8 is live and it is a BIG one!!

📜 • Continue your investigation in our latest story chapter.
🐎 • Jump over rocks and trees with environmental jumping!
💰 • Earn a new loyalty currency just for Early Access players.

store.steampowered.com/news/app/325...

#cozygaming #indiegames #horsegame

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Equinox: Homecoming @equinoxgame.bsky.social · Aug 18

Patch 8 is live and it is a BIG one!!

📜 • Continue your investigation in our latest story chapter.
🐎 • Jump over rocks and trees with environmental jumping!
💰 • Earn a new loyalty currency just for Early Access players.

store.steampowered.com/news/app/325...

#cozygaming #indiegames #horsegame

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Equinox: Homecoming @equinoxgame.bsky.social · Aug 14

Hey all, it’s time for a Pub Crawl! 🍻

Team up with friends to locate & take pictures with all the 6 packs of beer around the islands, before ending your night with some laughs in the tavern.

You can find more details here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/325...

#cozygaming #indiegames

Equinox: Homecoming - Summer 2025 Pub Crawl - Steam News

Team up with friends to locate & take pictures at all 6 packs of beer around the islands, before ending your night with some laughs in the tavern.

store.steampowered.com

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Equinox: Homecoming @equinoxgame.bsky.social · Aug 14

Hey all, it’s time for a Pub Crawl! 🍻

Team up with friends to locate & take pictures with all the 6 packs of beer around the islands, before ending your night with some laughs in the tavern.

You can find more details here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/325...

#cozygaming #indiegames

Equinox: Homecoming - Summer 2025 Pub Crawl - Steam News

Team up with friends to locate & take pictures at all 6 packs of beer around the islands, before ending your night with some laughs in the tavern.

store.steampowered.com

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The Mane Quest 🐴🎮 Horses in Video Games 🎮🐴 @themanequest.com · Aug 12

Made a video about Equinox: Homecoming yesterday and it's doing splendidly on tiktok and insta reels 💪💪

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Craig Morrison @silirrion.bsky.social · Aug 7

I'll be speaking at Devcom this month, again diving into one of my #gamedev obsessions - how to think about we work together and try to forge better environments for genuine human creative collaboration.

So if you're going to be at Devcom please come and say hello! It's a topic close to my heart

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Equinox: Homecoming @equinoxgame.bsky.social · Jul 29

Our friends over at LootLocker just published an article about how their backend system powers our game!

This is what lets us store important player data to enable customization, progression, inventory management, and much more.

Check out the blog:
lootlocker.com/blog/powered...

#IndieGameDev

Powered by LootLocker: How LootLocker’s backend helped unleash Blue Scarab's bold new vision for the MMO genre.

Who Blue Scarab Entertainment is a Stockholm-based game studio founded by industry veterans including CEO Colin Cragg and CTO Enno Rehling, with deep roots...

lootlocker.com

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Craig Morrison @silirrion.bsky.social · Jul 25

Nothing more positively #gamedev humbling than having to test one of the races you designed and tested, and finding yourself placing 742nd now that actual players are competing in Early Access!

Players will usually exceed your internal testing. Make sure you allow for that! #EquinoxHomecoming

A race leaderboard in the game Equinox: Homecoming that shows me placing way down in the 600th positions in a race

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Equinox: Homecoming @equinoxgame.bsky.social · Jul 17

We're celebrating summer with our first sale in Early Access! Equinox: Homecoming is 15% off for the Games Made in Sweden event. store.steampowered.com/app/3258290/...

Perfect time to cool off by checking out some of the fantastic games developed in Sweden.
store.steampowered.com/sale/gamesma...

Games Made in Sweden Sale 2025

Historic deals featuring the biggest games from Sweden

store.steampowered.com

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Craig Morrison @silirrion.bsky.social · Jul 17

Honored to join a ton of awesome Swedish devs on Steam in a summer sale 🇸🇪

So it's a great time to join us on the early access journey for our cozy little murder mystery horse MMO! 🐎🏇

#gamedev #indiegames #sweden

Equinox: Homecoming @equinoxgame.bsky.social · Jul 17

We're celebrating summer with our first sale in Early Access! Equinox: Homecoming is 15% off for the Games Made in Sweden event. store.steampowered.com/app/3258290/...

Perfect time to cool off by checking out some of the fantastic games developed in Sweden.
store.steampowered.com/sale/gamesma...

Games Made in Sweden Sale 2025

Historic deals featuring the biggest games from Sweden

store.steampowered.com

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Equinox: Homecoming @equinoxgame.bsky.social · Jul 17

We're celebrating summer with our first sale in Early Access! Equinox: Homecoming is 15% off for the Games Made in Sweden event. store.steampowered.com/app/3258290/...

Perfect time to cool off by checking out some of the fantastic games developed in Sweden.
store.steampowered.com/sale/gamesma...

Games Made in Sweden Sale 2025

Historic deals featuring the biggest games from Sweden

store.steampowered.com

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