🗝️ Bosskey Newsletter 34 - Night Stones Cozy Adventure, Long Gone, Games Industry Elephant 🐘
# 🗝️ Bosskey Newsletter #3 Things: 1 🎮 Game news, 1 🔎 Interesting Find, 1 📱Social Post. Written by a Part Time Indie Game Dev
Hi Gamers and Devs,
Been a while since I updated the newsletter and am thinking of slowing down the content here as I spend more time on my game dev part time.
I am still thinking whether to do YouTube / Podcast of this newsletter or make the newsletter focused on my Game Dev Log.
On to this Jan 2025 3 things!
#3 Things :
🎮Game news: Night Stones Cozy Open World Adventure
📱 Social Post: Long Gone Dev Log from an Ubisoft Artist
🔎Interesting Finds: The Elephant in the room on the games industry
🎮 Game News
Night Stones Cozy Open World Adventure
A Cozy Adventure game. This came through the YouTube Feed and it’s has such nice 😊 cozy vibes. It captures both the indie game a short hike with Zelda and Animal Crossing.
I kind of like these small Open world games they give me a relaxing feel.
The creator is described himself as follows:
Electrical engineer turned programmer turned gamedev... Dad to two fun and crazy kiddos..
It’s inspiring he is doing it with a day job.
Wishlist on »
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2300340/Night_Stones/
Socials: https://linktr.ee/advancenine
📱Social Post
Do Game Dev - Intro to Long Gone
By Ubisoft Concept Artist on making a Last of Us inspirred 2D Side Scroller Gamer similar to monkey island and the Last of Us.
Found this though X or similar.
The game is described as:
Decades after the outbreak, you play as a survivor stranded in an old-world suburban neighborhood. Explore the lives of people Long Gone through their forgotten belongings and uncover secrets as you search for supplies in this 2.5D pixel puzzle platformer inspired by adventure games of old.
Check out the rest of the YouTube Channel Videos.
Steam Links: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1977610/Long_Gone/
🔎 Interesting Finds
The Games Industry Elephant 🐘
My Thoughts
Laura Fryer former Xbox Producer at Microsoft has some opinions on current gaming trends.
I do get what she means and not to let your game get mired in controversy. Sometimes I feel social media is more of a disservice to the marketing but times have changed so it’s some to consider whether you want to participate in to promote your game.
See her channel for more content about the games industry.
Now here's a nice set of games to wishlist!