Hekki Allmo!Itâs been another ~4 months since our last update â and what a WILD time itâs been. So without further ado, attention to the sky, please! Incoming update, ALLMO HEKKI STRAIGHT TO YOU.
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Steam Bundle with âUntil Thenâ[/h3]
Today, we are launching a
1000xRESIST and
Until Then Steam Bundle!
We couldnât be more excited for this â
Until Then was one of our favourite games in 2024, with us binging the second half of the game, desperate to find out what happens next. We recommend it to all fans of 1000xRESIST and we hope that fans of each game can discover the other!
TL;DR â
Until Then is a stunning, emotional experience, snag it and 1000xRESIST together at a discount!
Pick it up here: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/47276/Break_The_Cycle/
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Fan Art[/h3]
There is SO MUCH amazing fan art being made! Itâs been so touching to see artists adapt these characters with their own style. Each and every piece of art has brought such stupid little grins to our faces. We canât get over it. We feel deeply humbled with how much talent is in every one of these images.
If youâd like to see fan art yourself, as they come in,
follow us on Bluesky and
add this starter pack! Itâs no secret that weâve been transitioning most of our social media activity there and artists have been doing the same.
Weâve collected a few pieces to showcase here, but this is only the tip of the iceberg! We hope to continue to feature more in the future.
Fan Art Credits, from left to right, top to bottom:
SpilledTe,
Ron Chan,
Andrew Tsai,
Finch,
Eve,
Bea Ritter,
LizardAlso check out this
âToy Orchardâ Game Boy Cover by
Ada! And this
AMV by
Mynn!
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Official Wiki[/h3]
If you didnât know, 1000xRESIST now has an
Official Wiki. And better yet? Itâs run by fans.
This Wiki wouldnât exist without the efforts of
Mynn, Hepi Chest Cow,
Jay,
Avi Avi,
Ada,
Pidge,
fern,
SpilledTe and everyone who has contributed from the Discord. Their dedication and passion to this project is inspiring to us.
If you would like to contribute, join us on our
Discord. Thereâs a dedicated 1000xRESIST wiki channel thatâs always up to something!
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Content Creators[/h3]
Creators and podcasters continue to make wonderful content about 1000xRESIST. Here is just a small selectionâ
This
Save Room video replicates the UI of the game and dives deep into personal connections. Daryl Talks Games shares their love of CH9 in
another video. Here is a
lovely essay by our Discordâs very own
Stryder. Naraâs
emotional spoiler discussion! And WoolieVS is
streaming the game and moving through methodically!
We were on the
NoClip podcast! And
the MinnMax podcast with the Mouthwashing Devs! Remy talked about Michael Bay too much on the
Storymoders Podcast. We were also featured in the
Game Makerâs Notebook Podcast.
Itâs been so great discovering these videos and talking to all the hosts. If youâve finished the game and need to unpack it â check these out!
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GOTY Roundup[/h3]
Okay.
Okay, okay. This was our first GOTY season and we were unprepared. List after list, we saw people include 1000xRESIST as one of their favourite games of 2024.
Weâre going to try and name them all here, out of appreciation. A little hekki allmo for us please...
GameRant, TheGamer, Polygon, Rolling Stone, The Verge, PopMatters, Paste Magazine, NPR, NoClip, Monty Zander, Jacob Geller, Slant Magazine, Destructoid, Washington Post, Gamespot, IGN, The Short Game Podcast, Game Developer, MobileSyrup...
Hit Points, But Why Tho?, AV Club, Naughty Dog, Console Creatures, PC Gamer, Gaming In the Wild, Kotaku, Nexlander, Indieventure Podcast, Rachel Watts, New York Times, Silicon Era, Giant Bomb, PCGamesN, ScreenRant, Triple Click, SkillUp, Second Wind, Noobfeed, The Escapist..................
Remap Radio, NookGaming, Press Play Gaming, GoNintendo, Sifter, Willa Rowe, MinnMax, Video Games are Good, Maximum Fun, Player 2, ShackNews, Black Tabby Games, SideQuesting, Eurogamer, Fawzi Mesmar, Blogcritic, Swery65, GamesCreed, Gamesmatter, Metro UK, SuperJump, TouchArcade!
(deep breath) Whep. We think this is an incomplete list, so apologies if you mentioned 1000xRESIST on your GOTY list and we missed you!
We are just so, so grateful. We donât know what else to say.
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Awards[/h3]
In the last couple of months, weâve been nominated for some amazing awards. Here are a couple standouts!
- Golden Joystick â Best Storytelling
- New York Game Awards â Best Music, Best Writing, Best Indie, Game of the Year
- DICE Awards â Outstanding Achievement in Character, Story, Game Direction, Adventure Game of the Year
- Canadian Game Awards â Best Art Direction, Best Score/Soundtrack, Best Narrative, Best Performance, Best Audio Design, Best Debut Indie Game, Best Debut Studio, Game of the Year
- Debug Awards â Best Narrative, Best Voice Acting
- GDCA Awards â Best Narrative, Best Debut, Social Impact
We are so excited that Nhi Do (the voice of Watcher) has been recognized in two of these nominations! She did such incredible work on the game, including being one of the very first playtesters.
We also won
Best International Game at SXSW Sydney and
Best Narrative at the inaugural
Indie Game Awards!
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Balatro[/h3]
Oh, and weâre in BALA-TRO now. Thank you LocalThunk and Playstack!
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GOTY + Awards + Fan Passion = Sales??[/h3]
The support from fans has been beyond anything we ever could have dreamed of. To everyone on socials, on Reddit, on Discord, and on ResetEra â THANK YOU. To everyone who has written about the game, covered it, asked us to be on podcasts, or recognized it in your GOTY lists â THANK YOU. Your recommendations and support have made a HUGE difference.
It really is working â and we brought proof ;-)
As of mid-January 2025,
1000xRESIST has sold over 70,000 copies on all platforms!
That means
we sold 45,000 copies in the same time we sold 25,000 copies previously! Most games have their biggest sales spike during launch. For us, our best sales day is now January 1st, 2025 â 7 months after launch day! This is unbelievable to us.
Polygon even wrote about it!We can only attribute this to the great word of mouth and the passion of the fans. It was only possible because you have all been recommending the game to others. This wave of momentum started with people being upset for us about The Game Awards, then led into the GOTY lists, the Balatro Collaboration, the Autumn and Winter sale, and finally New Years. Even now, in January, our sales continue to be stronger than before!
(hekki holidays! We commissioned
SpilledTe to make this wonderful image)
And lastly, we passed
2500 Steam Reviews! To everyone who has taken the time to leave something of their experience, we couldnât be more grateful. If you havenât left a Steam review yet, please do! Itâs a great way to support indie devs!
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Whatâs Next[/h3]
We have a lot of things planned and we think youâll like them.
To say carefully, weâre looking at expanding the reach of 1000xRESIST further, so keep an eye out for news and updates in the coming months.
Merch is also coming. We have started compiling a SCRIPT. Expect more Piano Books. Some more music stuffs. We are still looking at releasing models to fans, to create fan animations / content.
If you havenât already, follow us on
Bluesky,
Twitter, Steam, and join our
Discord. Thatâs where weâll be announcing everything that weâve been working on. We canât wait to share it with you all this year!
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In Closing...[/h3]
The last four months have been...a lot â in the best way possible! We couldnât be more proud of the game and so, so completely grateful for the wonderful community growing around it.
It still feels all very surreal to us, but as we get to work on new things of all kinds, we canât help but feel weâre doing it a little less alone than the first time around.
A shoutout to the one and only
Maarika, who we commissioned to do the main image for this post (and made the image below). Itâs becoming tradition!
We look forward to more people discovering 1000xRESIST in 2025! We have some fun things in store.
Until next time, HEKKI GRACE.
