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Steam Autumn Sale 2025 - Exophobia is 40% off

Hey everyone! Sale season is still not over!
Steam Autumn sale is here.
Enjoy this extended time for a 40% discount :)

Have fun
Zarc

Exophobia is 40% off for BoomStock 2025!

Exophobia is 40% during BoomStock, a celebration of BOOMER SHOOTER games!

If that's your thing, check out all other games on the sale here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/Boomstock2025

And if you didn't play the game already, it's going to become bigger with the recently announced content update: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1189220/view/547873227591909537
So, no excuses, be sure to grab it!

This trailer was part of the BoomStock 2025 video showcase, be sure to check it here:
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]


Sale ends on September 27th. See you later!
Zarc

Exophobia: Fire & Ice Expedition - Content Update Announcement

Just announced during BoomStock, a new content update that will bring a whole new adventure!

Set in the world of Exophobia, play a new short adventure, set prior to the events in the main game.
Play as the I.S.A ship scientist, as you explore a cave deep in the alien planet. Fight new enemies and face new challenges - can you make it out alive?


Check out the clip here: [previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]


It's still very early in development, but it has been fun revisiting the game world :)
This short adventure will bring fresh mechanics, so if you want MORE Exophobia, don't miss this update!
I had the idea for this update ever since mid-development of the main game. I was not sure if I would include it as a separate demo, content update or paid DLC. Now that I got a new boost of energy to work on games again, I decided to include it as a free update to thank all the players that supported Exophobia.

This is for you! Stay tuned!
Zarc

Community Items are available

Hey everyone,
Some of you may have noticed that I released the Steam community items! You can now earn trading cards, badges, backgrounds, emoticon and animated stickers from the world of Exophobia!

I think they turned out pretty cool. I'm not familiar with the Steam meta for items, but hope you have a good time with them. I got some cards retroactively, so I think it happened to all of you too!

On a sad note, I took some time to post this announcement after hitting the release button on the anniversary, because I've been feeling a bit down lately due to recent news.

A friend of mine, Filipe Duarte Pina has passed away due to cancer, at the very young age of 46. This came to me as a shock as he kept his condition secret.
He was a legend in the portuguese game dev and comic book scene. He started out as a personal hero when I was just starting in game dev, as he was a pioneer having launched the first portuguese Playstation game as one of his highest achievements, and much more. I eventually got the opportunity to work for him at Nerd Monkeys, on the sequel for his dear Case and Bot point and click game that he produced. We became more than co-workers, but friends, as his charming personality and permanent good mood made everyone feel connected to him one way or another. My last interaction with him was a christmas dinner where I gave him a phyiscal copy of Exophobia. In a way, he was my game development mentor, and I hope he was proud of what I achieved after learning so much from him. He will be missed.

A pixel depiction of Filipe and me made by him for the Express Killer


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His legacy will live on, on his work and the people dear to him.
If you're curious about some of his work, here is a post-mortem of the Case and Bot games in english:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq4t7bG9Gsk

Best,
Zarc

V1.2.2 - Fixing load game crash

Hey everyone, seemed like there was a general crash on load games that would make the game unplayable. Hope it's fixed now, let me know.