Skin Deep News

Skin Deep will be released April 30, 2025! In the following weeks, I'll be writing about the processes and development of Skin Deep.

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Skin Deep is now officially Steam Deck Verified! ✔️

What does this mean? Basically, it means the game has been confirmed to play well on the Steam Deck.



In addition to being Steam Deck Verified, we've added lot of specific functionality to make the game work well on the Steam Deck. This week I'll be writing about some of the things we've done to make the experience more enjoyable.

[h2]Controller Glyphs
[/h2]Skin Deep will automatically swap its controller button icon images to your currently active controller you're using. For example, if you're using an Xbox controller, it'll swap to Xbox button images.

In the case of the Steam Deck, we've included button icons specific to the Steam Deck. Additionally, when the game starts up, it will default to the Steam Deck control icons if it detects you're playing on the Steam Deck.

Credit: button icons from Xelu's Free Controllers & Keyboard Prompts.

[h2]Full Controller Support[/h2]
In addition to keyboard/mouse controls, we've been spending a lot of time making the game work well with gamepads.

This includes functionality such as being able to set the stick deadzone, stick acceleration, the option to swap sticks, and the ability to re-bind the controls.

[h2]Video resolution
[/h2]If the game detects you're playing on the Steam Deck, we included a quality-of-life feature where the game will automatically select and use the Steam Deck's screen resolution (1280x800).

[h2]Steam Cloud
[/h2]We save your settings and save games to the Steam Cloud. This allows you to seamlessly play Skin Deep on different machines without losing your progress. For example, you can swap between your PC and the Steam Deck, and your progress will remain consistent.

Additionally, one thing we intentionally do *not* save to the Steam Cloud is: your video settings. We've found that players sometimes have different hardware & preferences on different machines, so video settings are kept per-machine.


[h2]Et al[/h2]
We're very excited for folks to try out the game, and we hope Steam Deck folks enjoy the additional functionality we've added.

See you all April 30!

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Space piracy is a real problem in the future, but luckily there's a new and exciting loss prevention system to meet the needs of cautious space travelers. That's where you come in. In Skin Deep, you're Nina Pasadena, a former assassin turned insurance commando, part of the deluxe insurance package for corporate starships. You're frozen and stuck in a drawer on the ship, to be defrosted and put into action if pirates show up and try to kidnap the crew...
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We’ve got some huge news - Skin Deep is releasing on April 30 this year! We’re thrilled to be a part of the Annapurna Interactive Showcase, where we also showed this trailer:
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In case you were wondering what a Blendo Games immersive sim looks like, we’ve got answers. We’ve just dropped a new Steam Next Fest demo, which you can play now.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3483180/Skin_Deep_Demo/

The demo covers the tutorial and the first level of the game, and should give you a good idea of what we've been working on. Sneak, sabotage, or slip on soap while rescuing talking cats with reputable jobs! Gaze into the abyss of space! Maybe flush a pirate's skull down a toilet.

We’ll have more news before the launch date, but for now, thanks for checking the game out and consider wishlisting it if you haven’t already!

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Thanks,
Blendo Games