Solace State is at Gayming Live!
Solace State is part of the Gayming LIVE Indie Showcase from NOW until Oct 14th!
Director Tanya Kan will be running her own livestream about the dev process
Sunday Oct 8 at 1:30PM ET!
Join the Vivid Foundry livestream on Twitch.tv!
Previously at Game Devs of Color Expo
We just enjoyed an amazing Game Devs of Color Expo the past week! Seamus Ly (Generalist Developer of Solace State) and I (Tanya Kan, Director and Executive Producer) did a talk entitled "Queer Advocacy in Indie Game Design: A Solace State Retrospective" where we talked about how our narrative design around choice building social trust is structured, and what political science research inspired the game.
I also organized another Game Devs of Color talk with Nana Moon (Keylocker, Virgo Versus The Zodiac) and Sherveen Uduwana (Midautumn) called “Transformative Roles and Culture in Queer Fantasy and Sci-Fi Games”. We talked about authenticity as well as change, for both our game characters and for ourselves as devs!
Because these are ticketed events, we'll let you know when the recordings become available - likely sometime next year!
VODs on Youtube
Solace State's team has had lots of livestreams and recordings over the years. Tanya will be gradually uploading both new and old content over the next months.
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Review: A cyberpunk story closer to home
After a full playthrough of Solace State, Frank Sanchez called the game "a can't-miss topical thought exercise and more, given current news and events in 2023".
Read his full game review here!
The rest of the year in development
We’re delighted by how stable the game is on launch! The biggest bug to fix is sound-related but do not impact the game's stability.
As the temperatures drop, we will be looking at bringing the game to itch.io and improving Steam Deck performance!
If you like our game, please consider leaving us a review! Your support keeps our independent, experimental, provocatively diverse studio alive. Thank you!