From Pixellore – A Small Update
Hi everyone, First, I just want to say thank you again for all the support you’ve given us over the years with Subterrain and Subterrain: Mines of Titan. This community has meant a lot to us, and we genuinely wouldn’t be here without you. I wanted to share a small update about wh
Hi everyone,
First, I just want to say thank you again for all the support you’ve given us over the years with Subterrain and Subterrain: Mines of Titan. This community has meant a lot to us, and we genuinely wouldn’t be here without you.
I wanted to share a small update about what Pixellore has been working on lately.
Our next project is called Mio Aquaria, and we’ve just released the demo tonight.
It’s very different from Subterrain — it’s a cozy, side-view aquarium management simulation set in a whimsical underwater world, with cats running the facilities. So yes… quite a shift from survival on Titan.
We know this may not be what some of you were hoping for next, and that’s completely okay. Subterrain remains very important to us, and we’re deeply grateful for everyone who’s been part of that journey.
But if you’re curious about seeing what we’ve been experimenting with — something more relaxed, creative, and systems-driven in a different way — we’d love for you to check out the Mio Aquaria demo and share your thoughts.
Even just taking a look means a lot to us.
Thank you again for sticking with Pixellore through different ideas and experiments.
– Pixellore
Hi Everyone!
For those of you who cares and been waiting for the Subterrain: Mines of Titan news, today we have a great announcement to make!
It's has been really tough 3 years of making this game and our while our journey was not easy, it was certainly been fun and rewarding learning experience. And today, we are so excited to give you official release date for the game!
Subterrain: Mines of Titan is set to launch on March 12th, and the time for survival is nigh! We cannot wait for you to descend into the depths with us, and have a BRAND NEW trailer for our announcement for you:
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A heartfelt thank you to everyone who's been part of this incredible journey over the last 3+ years of development. The mystery of Titan beckons, and we can't wait for you to uncover its secrets.
Public Demo for Subterrain Mines of Titan has been released!
Hello everyone!
We are happy to announce that the public demo for the Subterrain Mines of Titan will be released a bit earlier than the official Steam Next date.
It will be released around 10 PDT time on 2nd of June.
We still think the demo is not yet 100% ready, but we wanted to release it sooner so that the press can play the demo ahead of the Steam Fest.
We will still be updating the demo all the way to the main game release.
This is very exciting, yet very nervous time for us, and we are expecting a lot of feedback and bugs to popping up! So please do give us any feedback, bug report by Steam forum or at our Discord channel.
Thank you and we are looking forward to hearing from you!
Around 70% responded as the game should be called something else.
Also, interestingly enough, around 80% said they would follow it if it was named as other title such as Mines of Titan.
The results were pretty strong and clear.
Having observed above and the game is moving on with Subterrain : Mines of Titan. A kind of spin off series like direction, we would like to give a brief detail on the direction of the game we have taken. We think the fans of the first game deserves a bit more explanation as of why we are creating Mines of Titan.
Please read on if you are interested.
When we first started to develop another game in Subterrain universe, the goal was simple, to create another good game within the same game universe, possibly with "2" on it and hence the base of the game play very similar to the first game. So the first few prototypes were top down shooter, isometric top down shooter, and we even tried 3D !
We felt good about them, however, after couple of months into the development, something unexpected happened. The main reason why we felt that we are going to be able to pull off another Subterrain game was that the original artist and designer of the game was able to rejoin the team. Unfortunately, after couple of months into the development, that member of the team had to leave again. The reason behind the resignation was purely personal and we do not really want to discuss it here. But whatever the reason that was, at the end of the day, people make the game. We struggled for a quiet a while after that, but one thing was clear. Never give up! However, it was also clear that it would be very difficult for us to keep going at the same direction as we have originally started.
After considering a lot of options, rather than giving up, we have decided to create something that "we could" at the time of the decision was made with the best possible outcome in mind. There was several factors which we considered. Development budget, time, our own ability to produce certain types of art. We even had to consider another unfortunate event of losing another member of the team. Many of you were asking about the reason behind the turn based, but it was a decision that was made based on the best option we could out of what we had. It was not the choice of something that we thought one type would be better than the other.
Looking back, if we have given up, there would possibly be nothing. Nothing as no more Pixellore at all.
At least, now we believe we have maybe not Subterrain 2 as we have clearly been told by a lot of you, but something that is still decent game that we can keep building on.
Before I end the long story, I would like to finally give what to become of Subterrain 2.
If we ever survive another journey of finishing Subterrain : Mines of Titan and still be able to create another game called Subterrain 2, it will be :
1. Top down shooter.
2. 2D.
3. Almost the same game play experience of the first game but improved.
4. Possibly multiplayer. ( this is highly unlikely, depends on the budget )
5. Announcing the game very early and get the feedback even earlier.
So, thank you all for giving us your feedback.
We will now move on and do our best to finish the Mines of Titan so that we have another chance of creating "real" Subterrain 2 sequel. We understand that our current game may not be for some of you, but please do consider supporting the game in anyway you can.
Thank you!
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We are humbled and excited to let you know that: