Ignacio

Dear Friends and Supporters,

Today, I'm tasked with sharing a disappointing update. Despite our earnest efforts, we were unsuccessful in securing a publisher for the reboot of Twinsen's Little Big Adventure.

Why did this happen? Allow me to distill the key reasons:

• Genre Constraints: The market for standalone action-adventure games presents substantial challenges. With fierce competition and a lack of community-oriented features, publishers tend to shy away from this genre.

• IP Recognition: Despite a passionate, albeit small, community of fans, Twinsen's Little Big Adventure isn't globally recognized, which added to the hesitations of potential publishers.

• Cost and Scale: While indie game studios can often deliver remarkable games with lean teams (as we've seen with Death’s Door and Tunic), our vision for this project involved a team of 15 to 20 people, echoing the original game's size. This considerable investment, juxtaposed with the risk inherent to the genre and IP, was a factor in the decision.

What's the path forward? With a heavy heart, we've halted our work on the reboot and, for the moment, regard the project as canceled. This allows us to channel our focus and energy into the remastered version of Twinsen's Little Big Adventure (TLBA Remastered). We will explore whether we can reincorporate the reboot's ideas into the remaster, but that's a conversation for another time.

What does this mean for our team? Regrettably, we are reducing our team size. Letting dedicated members go is a tough and painful part of this process, but it's a decision driven by our current circumstances.

So, what's the next step? We're exploring two main avenues for TLBA Remastered: finding a suitable publisher or self-publishing. The rationale for seeking a publisher for the remaster aligns with that of the reboot, but the substantially lower cost offers a compelling difference. We will know more in the coming weeks. For the self-publishing route, we will need additional funds (Patreon?) and are considering collaboration with another studio.

You may wonder if these challenges have dampened our spirits or diminished our motivation. I assure you, it's quite the opposite! Our confidence is buoyed by the phenomenal feedback from our recent playtest. With 4000 participants and 2000 detailed feedback forms, we're immensely grateful. A remarkable 33% of you rated the experience a 9 or 10/10, and 80% scored us a 7 or higher. We're excited to improve and grow from this constructive feedback.

The future of Twinsen hangs in the balance over the next few weeks. Rest assured, we are wholly committed to turning the tide.

Thank you for your understanding and unwavering support.

Best regards,

Ben

Dears Twinsunians,

We are thrilled to announce the public opening of our pre-alpha playtest!

The aim of this playtest is to gather your valuable insights and feedback on the game, helping us to fine-tune it and create a gaming experience that truly resonates with our player community. This is your chance to contribute directly to the game's development process and to help shape its future.

To participate, click on "Request access" on the Steam page and you will be granted access automatically.

Twinsen’s Little Big Adventure Remastered on Steam

Once in, you'll be able to explore our game in its early stages, discover new features, and contribute to its improvement.

Upon the conclusion of the playtest, we encourage you to complete a feedback form to let us know your thoughts. Your suggestions and comments will be instrumental in guiding our ongoing development efforts. You have until July 31st to test.

Thank you for your ongoing support and enthusiasm. We are eager to have you on board and can't wait to hear what you think about our game.

See you on the other side!

Ben

PS: if you already participated to the playtest, we released updates, feel free to test again ;)

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Hello, everyone.

I started Strattera for ADHD in March this year. I changed my breakfast 4 or 5 times already since then, because I can't stand its flavour after some period of time. Sometimes because of that bitter feeling that atomoxetine causes, and sometimes because of breakfast doesn't taste good. Now I'm taking peanut butter jelly sandwiches, which hides that bitter taste of atomoxetine... but peanut butter gives me an awful taste and feeling afterwards, despite the fact that I like peanuts.

I'm tired of this, and I don't know what else I should do. I tried drinking orange juice, I tried drinking milk with biscuits, I tried cheese and ham sandwiches, and now this.

Does anyone suffer from the same thing?

UPDATE: Apparently there is something I missed when I read the instructions. Atomoxetine can cause dysgeusia between 1% and 10% of patients. I'm doomed.

Jun 2, 2023 • 1 min read

Hi everyone,

After our recent teaser trailer, we received lots of feedback. Every day, it becomes clearer how great your input is and how much it's helping us.

Several comments addressed the somewhat puzzling notion of releasing a “demo” for a pre-alpha game.

Our goal has always been to gather feedback from actual gameplay, not just concept art or trailers. That's why we're eager to provide a tangible experience as soon as we can.

However, we acknowledge that this may have led to some misunderstanding. To clarify our intent, we've decided to launch a playtest instead of a demo. We'll begin with a closed playtest, with plans to open it up to all over time.

Joining is simple: just hit the “Request Access” button on the Steam page. We’ll start with 50 people next week, another 50 the following week, and so on.

Eventually, everyone will be invited to the playtest.

Once it ends, we’d appreciate if you could fill out a feedback form. Your input will help us make the game better.

We’re really excited to get your feedback and to share our vision for the game.

Thanks for being part of this adventure!

I discovered this feature some days ago, while tweaking the publish options. It's not available directly, but it can be done.

So, to upload a video, you have to select what kind of post you want to publish. In this case, select photo, or picture (I have it in Spanish, so I can see "fotografía"). Next, in the URL box, where it says "photo", you change it to "video". You press enter, and that's it.

Obviously, you have to copy/paste the URL where the video is hosted, but after that, you see a thumbnail of the video and the description. However, I don't know about publishing videos from your computer like you can do with photos.

I discuss some of the common ways people deny their Astral Projections really happened.

While western media largely ‘play safe’ and report that Kyiv and Moscow ‘are blaming each other’ for the horrific disaster, the Russian invaders are actively destroying other dams in occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia oblast