Hi everyone,
Here we are at the end or should I say at the start of our journey...ARK and ADE, (yeah we had to change the name because of... reasons… ;) is our first game as many of you already know.
We’re finally LIVE as a fully released game!
Enjoy our release trailer below!
A recap for those who haven’t heard from us before:
At the beginning of our journey we had no idea of what we were doing, actually we still feel like we don't know much about everything that takes to make a great game. ARK and ADE is, we hope, just the first of many. 3 years ago we started with no money, not much time but a great passion for video games.
Along the journey we thought about giving up many times, the biggest challenge was to actually keep going, when the game first came out in early access and sold 100 copies in the first week we thought that was it... we were abandoning the idea of making games for a living and were accepting the idea that making games was a thing we could just dream about but not actually do. We didn't give up, the few of you that played the game and enjoyed it, you gave us the fuel to keep going. You all have a special place in our hearts <3
We didn't expect so much love for our little game. We are players before being developers. Gotta say that it's only now that we realize how much a nice word from a player can change the mood and will to make a game. We've been lucky to have all of you, we were just playing games and didn't really care about who developed them, you did, you were the ones that made ARK and ADE happen.
Maybe not for big companies (we don't know), but for a small indie studio like ours it's amazing to have even just a few passionate players that give a purpose to what you're doing, that will play late at night and give you feedback, that love your game as much as you do.
Difficult to describe it in words but it feels great! A few months ago Beyond Frames Entertainment (our publisher) gave us the possibility to finally leave our jobs and work on ARK and ADE full time.
Without the fear of going bankrupt we put all our energy in polishing and finishing the game. We really think that it shows in this final product.We really want to thank you guys for all the feedback you gave us in the last years. ARK and ADE would be way worse if it wasn't for all your suggestions! You have been vital to our journey, we wouldn’t be here without you. Three years from the start - we're now professional game developers, with our first game released on all major VR platforms and already working on our next title. A sincere thank you all!
Castello Inc Team.
(oh and if you missed the prequel to the release trailer, you can find the post for the teaser here: https://www.reddit.com/r/OculusQuest/comments/114qyku/hi_everyone_were_happy_to_announce_that_the_full/)