DREDGE News

Alex will hate that we're doing this, but dang if the rest of us don't want this for him! We are unashamedly asking you to nominate DREDGE for Best Visuals in this year’s Steam Awards. This is why we think our amazing art director Alex Ritchie deserves such incredible recognition.

Being a team of only four people and with only a small budget, Alex has spent three years of his life compromising his ideal vision while still creating a visual world of incredible tone and depth. He's been able to mix 2D illustrations in a 3D world and make it feel right in this cosmic horror setting, not to mention has conjured up some pretty disturbing aberrant fish.



If you enjoyed your time in DREDGE and were able to immerse yourself in this lonely, forlorn world, please nominate us for Outstanding Visual Style in this year's Steam Awards and make Alex blush!

- Joel, Alex, Nadia & Mikey

It's the big one, and it feels a bit ridiculous to campaign for it but we keep being surprised at the astounding volume of support we receive so, let's go for it!

It's not an easy sell with so many incredible games released this year across the whole gamut of studios; tiny debut indies and triple-A's alike, but here's why we would love you to consider us alongside the other games you've enjoyed playing this year.



This game was crafted with players experience, enjoyment and comfort first and foremost. We knew we couldn't make a really long game with DREDGE without introducing artificial grinds, and we didn't want to do that, so hours were spent with our incredible playtesters making sure there was never a point where you didn't have anything to do, or felt you were being held back.

We also didn't know how many people might pick up DREDGE but we wanted every single one of them to enjoy their time if possible. We're really proud not just of the accessibility options we were able to implement, but in the core design itself allow players to choose how much of the spookier side of things they interacted with, by giving them agency over whether they ventured out at night or not.

If you have appreciated your time in DREDGE and think it's a game that many people could enjoy, please vote for us for Game of the Year in the 2023 Steam Awards.

- Joel, Alex, Nadia & Mikey

DREDGE is a game of contrasts, and our incredible composer David Mason elevated this to new levels in the audio design of DREDGE. The subtle use of soft instrumental stingers during the day and a sinister soundscape at night is intended to help amplify the feelings of loneliness and claustrophobia we wanted the open waters to evoke. Each area has its own distinct set of instruments, and each dock has its own theme within the world. For a quick refresher, check out the free version of our soundtrack:

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We are so happy David decided to send us an e-mail completely out of the blue one day to see if we needed a composer for DREDGE, and that he was still keen a few months later when we realised we really did! We are all so proud of the combination of his music and our game world.

Please help us show our appreciation by nominating DREDGE for Best Soundtrack in this year’s Steam Awards.

- Joel, Alex, Nadia & Mikey

Hey Anglers,

The 2023 Steam Awards are here! Steam is inviting players to nominate their favourite game within a specific award category. If you’ve enjoyed DREDGE this year, then we’d love it if you could nominate us in the ‘Best Game on Steam Deck’ category.

However, if you’d like to nominate us for a different category, then we think the following categories, in the following order, suit DREDGE best:

• Best Game on Steam Deck
  
• Best Soundtrack
  
• Game of the Year
  
• Outstanding Visual Style
  

Whether it's DREDGE or another game, your nomination counts for a lot. There have been a lot of great games released this year, so make sure you consider them for a nomination too if you don't nominate DREDGE.

[h3]Why should you vote for DREDGE for ‘Best Game on Steam Deck’?[/h3]

There's nothing like the feeling of seeing hard work paying off and that is definitely the case with our portable controls! We spent countless hours with our wonderful playtesters trying to create what felt the most intuitive and comfortable for long play sessions, and we have to thank them for their patience and honest feedback, helping us get the positive responses we did.

Players tell us DREDGE is the perfect game for a long flight or a commute, if you feel the same please nominate DREDGE for Best Game on Steam Deck at this year's Steam Awards.

“Dredge continues to run extremely well right out of the box, making it one of our Best on Deck games!” - Steam Deck HQ



- Joel, Alex, Nadia & Mikey

It's been a busy week for us with the launch of The Pale Reach, so some of you may have missed the exciting news that DREDGE is nominated for TWO awards at this years The Game Awards!

It goes without saying that this wouldn't be possible without all of you. Your passion and excitement for DREDGE has elevated it to heights we couldn't have imagined, and we're so thankful to each and every one of you for your support and feedback this year.

If you have enjoyed DREDGE, it would mean the world to us if you could cast your vote for the game over on The Game Awards website: https://thegameawards.com/nominees





And if you haven't seen The Pale Reach, you can check it out below!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2561440/DREDGE__The_Pale_Reach/