Something Nerdy Studios

Thank you!

A lot of what we have to do is *avoid* needing extra processing power on the NES itself.

I.e. a lot (...a LOT...) of our time has gone into finding ever-more-devious ways of crunching numbers at build time and/or laying out the data so that the NES's CPU is as unburdened as possible.

Introducing robust dynamic lighting in Former Dawn, a new Action #RPG for the NES and PC!

This is just 1 part of a fairly big update (21 pages) that we just posted on our Kickstarter page:

kickstarter.com/projects/som...

New art, music, features...check it out!

#nesdev #indiegame

It's no blot to be compared to Space Quest III.

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--SPOILER ALERT--

In this game, the AI is more like an angel, and you meet "him" at the beginning of the game, not the end.

However, the end of the game does indeed take place in a facility that is very much like this one. But it's not this one.

Indeed...something very, very bad happened there.

What vibes do you get from this? It's the central hub of Outpost_37's main floor in Former Dawn, an upcoming sci-fi #RPG for the #NES and PC.

Last day for late pledges on the Kickstarter campaign!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/som...

#pixelart #indiegame

Last 4 days for late Kickstarter pledges on Former Dawn, a new action RPG for the #NES and PC!

Project Update:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/som...

Here, check out the new "taking damage" animation for the first boss in the game.

#indiegame #pixelart

One month left for late pledges on the Kickstarter campaign for Former Dawn, and new Action #RPG for the #NES and PC!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/som...

Cartridge preorders available until February 14th, 2025.

Click URL to see the full trailer! Bluesky limits to 60s...

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Former Dawn's Kickstarter campaign is over, and it was the most successful one ever for an NES game!

BUT IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO PLEDGE.

That's right, Late Pledges have been enabled on almost everything!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/som...

Available until 2025-02-14.

#NES #indiegame

FORMER DAWN IS FULLY FUNDED!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/som...

It's not too late to pledge. 41 hours to go!
Late pledges will be enabled on *some* tiers/items. Final decisions pending.

Thank you for your encouragement and support. It means everything to us.

#nes #indiegame

Less than 3 days left to help make NES game history!

Former Dawn, an Action #RPG for the #NES, is live on Kickstarter at 91% funding:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/som...

With one final push, we can get over the finish line!

Cartridges, swag, and digital all available!

#pixelart #retro

It's not a lower class product. The only difference is the label on the box and cartridge. Surely you wouldn't say that one of these two is a lower class product than the other:

The playable demo for Former Dawn is *OUT* for the general public!

somethingnerdy.com/downloads/

We'll update this page several times over the last week of our Kickstarter campaign:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/som...

We'll also be posting the URL for tomorrow's livestream soon.

#NES #indiegame

It's on the campaign updates & comments, but not the main page. That should be rectified, indeed.

The deluxe one has a knob to control the mixing level so that any of the classical Famicom games with expansion audio can be fine tuned.

For Former Dawn specifically, all you need is the regular one.

We never intended to make anyone feel that way. The amount of demand for cartridges was overwhelming and unexpected, and we created the Patron Editions ad hoc in order to meet the demand. If we'd known what kind of demand there would be before launch, it would've been very different.

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-ANNOUNCEMENT-

1) The playable demo for Former Dawn goes out tomorrow morning to the general public.

2) Wednesday evening (Nov. 6th) at 9:30PM EST, we (the SNS core crew) will be hosting a livestream on YouTube and Discord! We'll demo the game and hold Q&A.

#nes #pixelart

Any SNES->NES adapter will work.

To be clear, what we're going to do is have all of the commands available to be mapped to any buttons the player wants. They can craft their own experience that way, and if they happen to have an SNES controller, they simply have more buttons to map commands to.

Think this #RPG is just another modern indie game? Perhaps a Genesis game you'd never seen before?

Think again. This is an NES game, and cartridges are available on our Kickstarter!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/som...

Former Dawn, a new RPG for the #NES / PC!

#indiegame #pixelart

New features in Former Dawn, a new Action RPG for the #NES / PC! (Unmute!)

* Bow & arrow usable in real time combat.
* Hit select to switch weapon.
* Give and take knock-back damage.

Kickstarter campaign is LIVE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/som...

Cartridges available!
#retrogames #8bit

YouTube video by Something Nerdy Studios Former Dawn Kickstarter Trailer v2

Introducing Former Dawn, an upcoming #RPG for the
#NES and PC!

Kickstarter campaign is LIVE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/som...

#indiegame #8bit

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVnN...