Exophobia News

Join us July 14 - 18 right here on Steam for one of the largest digital expos about audio and music in games. Featuring concerts, deep-dives, and mashups from 70+ developers from around the world, prepare your eyes & ears for a unique event!

Starting at 10am PDT / 7pm CEST, a 4-day live show from July 14 to 17 will stream showcasing all the wonderful content made just for Save & Sound.

If you enjoy what you have been hearing from Exophobia until now, don't miss this opportunity to hear a bunch of new exciting tracks in this OST teaser with a performance by the composer itself, João Costa!

[h2]Dancing is guaranteed![/h2]

Set a reminder to be notified when Save & Sound will go live!
The Exophobia segment will be shown on July 16 at 11am PDT.

The show will be streamed on the Save & Sound website. Check out all the games part of the event on saveandsound.io

Have a good one,
Zarc

Right on time for Steam Next Fest, Yoyogames announced their list of finalists for the GameMaker Awards, which includes Exophobia as Most Anticipated Game, and I couldn't be happier! Of course this wouldn't be possible without all of your support.

This is a public voting poll to pick the best games developed using Game Maker Studio 2.

If you are excited for Exophobia release, please consider leaving a vote on their page.
Every vote is appreciated and is a huge help to get the game to more people.

VOTE NOW!! ːsteamthumbsupː

It's an enormous pleasure to have a game selected by the GameMaker team and be among four excellent games. Get to know the other finalists here!

Many thanks,
Zarc

Hey everyone!
It's been a really hectic week, isn't it? Lots of demos, player feedback, and all of that. Hope you all have been having fun!

I just uploaded a new version of the demo, where I tried to fix all the game breaking bugs that appeared from all your gathered feedback and playthroughs I have been watching you share!

Fixes:

• Saving system is working fine now. There was a key card door blocking the elevator room that sometimes disapeared, so you could just skip 80% of the demo by getting into the elevator sooner than normal. Yeah not very fun...
  
• Found out a bug that randomly teleported you into a new game when pressing pause. Fixed now.
  
• Boxes should not get stuck in the conveyor belts or flicker anymore, yay!
  
• Tweaked the level a bit, so players wouldn't forget to save in the terminals as much. Please, save whenever you can, that's part of the game!
  
• This new version includes a brand new performance system, so it might have some bugs, but run better. Let me know if the game crashes. Also, it's a known thing that if you have the window minimized on loading, it will show a warning, this is ok and will be fixed next update.
  

Among other many small tweaks for a better experience.
Thank you all for your patience, it's not fun to see people give up on the demo because of these bugs, but I'm doing my best!
And thanks to all of the commenters on the feedback discussion thread. If you are having trouble, feel free to write there or on the Zarc Attack Discord.

Have a great rest of the week!
Zarc

Steam Next Fest June 2022 just started!
A full week of playing upcoming games demos, including Exophobia's new demo.

We are going to celebrate with two developer livestreams, don't forget to setup reminders for those!

Here is an overview of what you can play in this demo:

 In this new demo, you start at beginning of the game, no equipment at all. You'll face all the initial challenges of the game looking for upgrades and learning the basics, and if you are curious enough you can find some secret goodies! You'll fight Zarkonians topping it all up with climatic and intense ending! The demo ends once you leave the first floor of the spaceship. Estimated playtime: ~30 min. 

Hope you have fun with it, and if you find any bugs or have any feedback, reply in Exophobia Demo Feedback Thread in the forums or join the Zarc Attack Discord server to have a chat with me :)

Oh, and get all your friends to wishlist the game of course :D
Have a great week,
Zarc

Hey everyone!

To celebrate Steam Next Fest, I will be playing the public Exophobia demo live!
Come hang out and see how intense the game can be... 👀

Of course I'll also be available to answer any questions you might have in the chat. It's going to be fun!
Don't forget to set a reminder!
If you miss it, don't worry, join the Zarc Attack Discord to be in touch.
See you there
Zarc