🗝️ Bosskey Newsletter 29 - Dead Weight, WAR Game Stalker 2 Documentary, Starlight Revolver

# 🗝️ Bosskey Newsletter #3 Things: 1 🎮 Game news, 1 🔎 Interesting Find, 1 📱Social Post. Written by a Part Time Indie Game Dev

Oct 09, 2024

Hi There Gamers and Devs,

Here is the latest BossKey newsletter with a Pixel Art Game Making the rounds on Social, Stalker 2 Devs GSC Game World released a Documentary on their Game, and Another Indie Game Studio founded by Ex Riot and Capcom Devs.

For this post, I have added an “Other Links” section for game links I found interesting from notes or elsewhere this week.

Let’s Go!

#3 Things :

🎮Game news: Dead Weight & Pal World coming to Mobile

📱 Social Post: GSC Game world Documentary about the Making of the Game STALKER 2 during the Ukrane War

🔎Interesting Finds: Phando Labs another indie game company with ex AAA Devs from the usual Big companies is currently making an anime multiplayer game.

🎮 Game News

Dead Weight

Its Pixel Art meets Airship strategy. I have been seeing this game appear a lot on social media. I was really grabbed by the Pixel Art style.

Looks like a lot of fun if you are into steampunk and Turn Based RPG like Final Fantasy Tactics.

Screens:

Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2646720/Dead_Weight/

📱Social Post

S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 Documentary just recently released. I have watched a bit of it and read stories of the development that went on under the circumstances of the ukraine war. A little sad but still hopeful for the devs at GSC Game worlds.

I remembered back in the time when STALKER 1 released I was introduced to it by a friend. Always thought of it as the “Russian Game” and only realised later that it was made in Ukraine.

The documentary can be a bit sad at times to watch but it has a hopeful ending that previews the game launch planned date.

War Game: The Making of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2” is not just a story of game development—it’s a story of survival, hope, and the resilient human spirit.

Link to Xbox Post

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/articles/2024/10/stalker-2-documentary/

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Phando Labs Starlight Revolver

Developers from Capcom, Riot Games, Ubisoft, and more have formed new indie studio Pahdo Labs. Their new game is an Action Anime Roguelite with Multiplayer elements. Vibe wise its a lot of Pop Music and Anime. Really Vibrant. Game will have many characters and explosive combat. I do feel some of these anime games have a similar feeling to Genshin Impact.

Based in New York and Vancouver, the team secured funding from several investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Global Founders Capital, and BoxGroup.
According to the studio's LinkedIn, key staff include CEO Daniel Zou, creative director Alijah Ladd, and art director Ashleigh Hetrick.
via Game Developer