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Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social · 1d

🔴 Going live in ~10 minutes

Ambrosia Sky 🪐 - Wishlist on Steam! @softrains.bsky.social · 6d

Join us on Twitch for a developer Q&A! 🙋

Next Tuesday (October 7) at 3pm ET, join @joelburgess.bsky.social, @astroscout.ca, and Sofy as they answer your questions and play through our latest demo build.

Catch the stream at: twitch.tv/softrainsgames ✨

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Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social · 6d

Come by the Twitch stream next week!

We'll be showing the latest updates to Ambrosia Sky and taking questions about the game - or dogs, or whatever you're curious to hear me ramble about in front of my webcam.

Ambrosia Sky 🪐 - Wishlist on Steam! @softrains.bsky.social · 6d

Join us on Twitch for a developer Q&A! 🙋

Next Tuesday (October 7) at 3pm ET, join @joelburgess.bsky.social, @astroscout.ca, and Sofy as they answer your questions and play through our latest demo build.

Catch the stream at: twitch.tv/softrainsgames ✨

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Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social · 7d

Feature request:

When the editor has fully updated and loaded my workspace, please play carnival music in my headphones at full blast until I alt-tab out of whatever email/DM/thread/etc grabbed my attention in the meantime.

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Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social · 15d

not fair, reading the definitive answer which in retrospect is definitely included in the source material

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Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social · 15d

That’s some good metadata

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Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social · 15d

Where am I?

(I'd say wrong answers only, but I'll be genuinely impressed if somebody comes through with a right answer)

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Ambrosia Sky 🪐 - Wishlist on Steam! @softrains.bsky.social · 19d

Boss: You get that new batch of screenshots for the game?
Me: Yep, got 'em right here!
Boss: You have done a great job and didn't veer from my instructions in a silly/humorous fashion at all. I'm proud of you.
Me: 😌

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Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social · 19d

This is awesome - good team up @kitfoxgames.com

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Jason Fanelli 🔜 NYCC @jasonfanelli.com · 21d

Hey, here's that new video!

I had the privilege of sitting down with @kaittremblay.bsky.social, narrative director for Soft Rains, about Ambrosia Sky!

We explore death positivity, consent, and more in a fascinating chat about a fascinating game.

Let me know what you think!

youtu.be/iJrHtAnyHx4

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Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social · 21d

Proud to share more of the work that folks are putting into Ambrosia Sky with this story trailer.

Ambrosia Sky 🪐 - Wishlist on Steam! @softrains.bsky.social · 21d

"It's up to you now, Dalia... so make it mean something."

With an outpost in crisis and with her loved ones missing, Dalia returns to the distant station that she once called home. 🪐

Adapt to survive. Cleanse the contamination. Escape the crisis.

Watch our new trailer here: youtu.be/IBts7GmEIBs

Ambrosia Sky 🪐 | Story Trailer

YouTube video by Soft Rains Games

youtu.be

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Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social · 21d

The Easter (egg) Bunny showed up today

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Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social · 29d

Finally, I have THE chase card for Lorcana

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Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social · Sep 8

Tell 'em about that premium cardstock feel

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Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social · Sep 8

If you think I can talk your ear off about mycelium, just avoid getting me started on ska!

(thanks for the writeup on Ambrosia Sky, @dominguezf.bsky.social)

store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/a...

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Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social · Aug 22

I'll be on the floor at PAX alongside the game and some other Soft Rains folks.

Come say hi! Play our game!

Ambrosia Sky 🪐 - Wishlist on Steam! @softrains.bsky.social · Aug 22

We are taking Ambrosia Sky to @officialpax.bsky.social! #PAXWest

Visit Booth 738 to meet some of our team, play our demo, and grab a few neat freebies you won't want to miss.

See you in Seattle! 👋

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Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social · Aug 12

Well said by @bryantfrancis.me - getting to make an original game as personal, weird and genre-breaking as Ambrosia Sky is something that's hard to imagine accomplishing in any context other than as an independent studio.

www.gamedeveloper.com/design/what-...

Highlighted text from GameDeveloper.com: "...from a team of industry veterans with experience at companies like Bethesda, Ubisoft, and beyond—but it’s not the kind of game any of those companies would have made."

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Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · Aug 4

Video games are uniquely helpful for thinking about death. They'll hold us by the waist as we gaze into the abyss, without letting us fall in

I chatted with the legit expert on "games and death" and learned why and how the hobby teaches us to process where we're all heading

Games about death improve our lives

Games about Game Over

postgame.substack.com

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Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social · Aug 1

(please wishlist our game btw)

store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...

Ambrosia Sky on Steam

You are Dalia, a deep-space disaster specialist dispatched to the rings of Saturn. You’ll lay victims to rest, clean up alien fungus, and research its strange origins. Adapt to survive, cleanse the co...

store.steampowered.com

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Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social · Aug 1

Big fans of Scavengers Reign over here at the weird space game factory - so feeling pretty pleased to be interviewed about it in a piece like this. 🍄🪐

gizmodo.com/scavengers-r...

The Legacy of 'Scavengers Reign' Lives on Through Video Games

From 'Destiny 2' to 'Ambrosia Sky,' HBO Max's gone-too-soon sci-fi series has left its mark: not just on animation, but on a slew of video games.

gizmodo.com

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Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social · Jul 29

The toolset we've made for Ambrosia Sky is Very Fun and a bit gross

Ambrosia Sky 🪐 - Wishlist on Steam! @softrains.bsky.social · Jul 28

Just like that one tupperware container at the back of the fridge you keep ignoring: we've been working on some new fungus!

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Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social · Jul 19

Red Faction: Gorilla

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Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social · Jul 17

Game development is crafting precise messages like "okay she had to undo my merge, and then needed me to undo that undo, but now I have to do the redo, not revert the undo"

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Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social · Jul 17

Thanks for the coverage of Ambrosia Sky here ‪@sirlarr.bsky.social‬ - was great fun to sit and play the game with you last month.

youtu.be/11eGJ658UsQ?...

New Fallout Games Coming in 2025? - Inside Games Daily

YouTube video by Inside Games

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Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social · Jun 27

Hell yeah

Ambrosia Sky article headline reads: "The PowerWash clean ‘em up genre is dead, long live the sci-fi undertaker sim" from RockPaperShotgun, by Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

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Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social · Jun 26

Intense forgotten sense memories in seeing that green weirdo

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