Hello Survivors!

Today's the day! The demo version of Dead in Antares is NOW available on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3858220/Dead_in_Antares_Demo/

This demo will allow you to experience the very first days of your adventure on Antares Prime:

• Play Amelia, William, Liu and Polina (and maybe 2 more, if you survive long enough... ;) )

• Discover the brand-new version of our combat system, introducing the Power Surge!

• Build your first camp stations

• Manage your characters and their survival

• Explore this beautiful/mysterious/dangerous planet that is Antares Prime and you might find out there is much more than meets the eye

Please keep in mind that this demo is still work in progress, and things might (and very much will) change in the final version of the game!

Finally, if you have any feedback about the demo, please let us know in the comments or on our Discord server!

Hello survivors!

Just a quick reminder that the free demo of Dead in Antares will be released NEXT WEEK, on August 27th!

In this demo, you'll be able to experience the opening hours of the most ambitious "Dead in" game yet:

• Play up to day 11 (if you survive long enough)

• Play 4 characters... and maybe more? (shh)

• Fight your first enemies

• Start exploring the planet

• Build your first camp stations

• And most importantly... survive!

The demo of Dead in Antares will be released on August 27th 2025 on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3858220/Dead_in_Antares_Demo/

Take care <3

Hello survivors!

We hope you're okay! In case you missed it, last week we unveiled a brand-new look at Dead in Antares, focusing on the battle system. Next month we’ll explore the new features a bit deeper in a captain’s log, but for now as everyone in the team is focused on polishing a playable demo for the end of this summer, we’ll share some more details about our main crew.

Fans of our previous games know that it wouldn't be a proper "Dead in" without a memorable cast of characters that you will need to keep alive.

For players of Dead in Vinland, you might remember that in this one, you had 4 main characters (the family), and then you could recruit up to 8 optional characters that were found on the island.

Losing a family member meant a game over, but losing a recruitable character did not.

For Dead in Antares, we knew from the start we wanted a different direction. In this one, we wanted every character to be as involved in the story as another, enabling us to write interesting dynamics between them. We wanted a real “team” spirit in the writing, contrary to our previous games where the cast was more or less forced to stick together. That’s not to say there won’t be conflictual beliefs in the group as the story unfolds and the tension ramps up.

In terms of gameplay, this means that losing any of the 10 main characters will lead to a game over, as anyone is mandatory to the plot. We survive in this together, or we die trying! 

In terms of writing, it enabled us to write more dynamic dialogs as any character can intervene in a scene and speak his or her mind, at any moment. Some scenes focus on different pairings of characters which leads to interesting interactions.

A little bit of secret info here, that we will talk a lot more in another captain’s log: we went completely over our heads designing the relationship system between our characters… You can expect A LOT of possibilities, much more than in any of our previous games.

But enough with that, let’s start by giving you a bit more info about the past of some of our crew!

Don’t be fooled by her looks, Amelia is quite the military veteran… Daughter of a decorated and renowned father, she aced her military studies in the hope of living up to his unreachable expectations. She then was sent in various extremely dangerous commando and secret service missions which led her in particularly tricky situations - and morally ambiguous ones.

Among the crew, she has the most battle and survival experience and she knows that sometimes you have to take very hard decisions as a leader, but since the beginning of the mission something seems slowly crackling inside her. Will she manage to bear the incommensurable burden of this mission on her strong shoulders, or will she completely fall apart?

On the surface, William is this big-hearted giant that is “too good for this world”. Gentle, friendly, calm, he will lend an empathetic ear to anyone coming to him for medical care. But under this - some would call bland - personality lies a terrible past riddled of tragedies.

This past has made him tormented over the thought of losing anyone in the crew, which can become quite the curse for someone whose task is to coexist with sickness and death on a daily basis.

Liu’s proficiency in everything tech and craft would be a real asset to any team, especially in this kind of situation… He knows the Ixion like the palm of his hand, or an extension of his body even. He more often than not feels that it’s easier to deal with the spaceship than it is with his fellow comrades. They are so tiring with their constant futile chatter.

Physically, he is not really fit for this kind of harsh environment, more so that he was severely hurt by a landmine when he was young, leaving an impressive scar on his chest.

Double PhD graduate, both in Theoretical Physics and Quantum Physics, she is the daughter of the renowned Professor Shevchenko, a genius scientist who led the Ixion project and is a member of the Global Committee.

Despite her immense knowledge and proficiency, she fears that the others think her presence on the mission is only due to her father… But which kind of father would send his daughter to a certain death in an impossible mission in space? Unless there is something more to it?

And that's all for today! Those 4 characters will be playable in the upcoming demo of Dead in Antares, coming out on August 27th for free on Steam!

Take care! <3

Hello Space survivors!

We hope you're doing okay! Summer is finally here, and despite the heatwave that's trying to kill us (we don't have the same thermostat as our characters, sadly. but at least we're not on an unknown planet, thousands of lightyears from earth, so we'd say it could be worse).

Today is not an usual "Captain's Log" (number 3 is coming out soon, don't worry!!), but we still have some GREAT NEWS for you!

We had the opportunity to take part in Tacticon! Please take a look at our newest trailer:

That's right, next month, on August 27th (for the tenth year anniversary of Dead in Bermuda!), we will release the demo of Dead in Antares! And you can already add the demo to your wishlist!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3858220/Dead_in_Antares_Demo/

You'll be able to try the very first days of your adventure, explore the new systems, and meet part of the cast of characters that will try not to die on your watch.

Tacticon is a premier Steam-based digital event organized by publishers Firesquid and Hooded Horse, for its fourth year, celebrating the best from the world of strategy, management, and simulation games from now until July 21.

This year’s event kicked off with another showcase hosted by Hooded Horse’s own Renee April, with cool trailers, reveals, and announcements revealed during the 60-minute broadcast.

Here's the sale page, where you'll find a lot of other cool strategy/management/simulation game that we can easily recommend!

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/tacticon2025

Take care <3

Hello survivors!

Wow, the last blogpost was written... almost 3 years ago, and Dead in Vinland will celebrate its seventh anniversary next month, how time flies!

Back then, we had done a small announcement: that the "Dead in" series would continue.

Aaaaand... SURPRISE!

We've just announced Dead in Antares, the third episode of the "Dead in" series, and this time, we're going to space!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2511800/Dead_in_Antares/

For the occasion, Matt, the creative director of the series, wrote a little blogpost to celebrate the announcement:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2511800/view/508448342467937205

So yeah: bigger, better. Basically, this episode will be the culmination of 10 years as indie developers since we released Dead in Bermuda.

But you will still find what you loved about the previous games: hardcore survival/management mechanics, RPG features, strong narration, beautiful hand-drawn art, memorable characters... Just even better than Vinland ;)

So, if you're excited about Dead in Antares, please don't forget to add it to your wishlist, as it's super helpful for us developers!

Well, we kept our promise, didn't we? ;)

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"Four years! It's been four years since you first set foot on this beautiful island to build a new home. You made allies along the way, learned new things and started to live again."



Today, we celebrate the fourth year of Dead in Vinland with you. Thank you for playing, skål everyone!
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Hello survivors!

Long time no see! We hope you're doing fine, despite... pretty much everything that happened this year!

We won't take too long of your time with this short blogpost, but we wanted to let you know that we've just released a prologue for our next game: The Last Spell!

The Last Spell is a tactical RPG with roguelite elements. During the days, you’ll have to carefully choose how you will re-build your city and how you’ll position your defenses. Will you prioritize buying a brand new flaming sword, or build a Mana Well to regenerate some priceless Mana after battles?

During night, you’ll have to exterminate all the monsters coming at your walls with a large range of weapons and powers. Level up your heroes, and repeat until the end.

We know, we like games with day/night phases. If you like tactical RPGs, you might like this one ;)

Here's the page if you want to try it!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1437010/The_Last_Spell_Prologue/

And here's a small trailer we made for the occasion!

https://youtu.be/2lf2RMxv5Vo

Here's the Steam page of the game. Don't forget to wishlist the game to be notified when it's released! :)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1105670/The_Last_Spell/

If you like what you're seeing, feel free to come and join our growing community on Discord!

Happy surviving!