Broken Rules

YouTube video by Adriaan de Jongh Rift Riff - Feature Trailer

Rift Riff is OUT NOW!!

Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world.

store.steampowered.com/app/2800900/...

Buy it
Try it
Review it
Repost the heck outa’ this!!1!

… and here's a feature trailer explaining what I think is noteworthy about our tower defense game!
youtu.be/ePCOuvXU-t0

Du hast einen Kopf für Zahlen und ein Herz für Spiele?
Und kannst mit uns in unserem Büro in Wien arbeiten?

Dann suchen wir genau dich!

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Du hast Erfahrung im Finanzbereich und willst uns dabei helfen, mehr Spiele wie Old Man’s Journey, Gibbon: Beyond the Trees oder ELOH zu machen?

Dann arbeite mit uns in Wien → brokenrul.es/jobs.html#fi...

Want to help an indie game studio stay financially healthy?

- Assist with financial operation and strategy
- Manage past and future budgets
- Analyse our data and produce reports
- Communicate with our accountant in German

Come join us in Vienna → brokenrul.es/finance.html...

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Du kennst dich mit Finanzen aus und hast ein Herz für Indie-Games? 🎮💸

Wir suchen eine*n Finanzmanager*in zur Unterstützung bei Budgetierung & Workflows.
Arbeite mit uns in Wien (teilweise remote möglich)!

📎 brokenrul.es/jobs.html#fi...

Wir suchen jemanden, der sich um die finanzielle Gesundheit unseres kleinen Studios kümmert!
✨ Verwalte und überwache unsere Budgets
🔧 Optimiere (und übernimm!) unsere Finanz-Tools & Workflows
🏡 Arbeite mit uns in Wien – teilweise remote möglich

Komm ins Team -> buff.ly/RffkD2g

Tiny Garden is out now on Steam 🥕🎉

Get ready to let your imagination bloom and build your dream garden today!

Play now, link in thread 🧵

We got our new plates and bowls from the wonderful Viennese porcelain manufacturer www.hollyaroh.com. Looking forward to be eating from these beauties!

Portside Game Assembly by Gamecity Hamburg Portside Game Assembly is the new industry conference for Europe's leading indie game makers organized by Gamecity Hamburg, which will set sail for the first time on June 27, 2025.

Felix will join @portside-game.bsky.social in June in Hamburg. Looking forward to an insightful and cosy indie game dev gathering!
portsideassembly.com

Old Man's Journey is participating in this years #TheStorytellersFestival. Get it 66% off.

Also have a look at all the other lovely storytelling games on display!

👉https://store.steampowered.com/developer/TwoHalfStudios/sale/thestorytellersfestival2025

Next week Monument Valley 3's game director, Jennifer Estaris, of @ustwogames.co.uk, will be in Vienna and talk about integrating climate themes into award-winning games. Don't miss this @subotron.bsky.social talk!
subotron.com/event/change/

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A table with board-game pieces. Kevin and Jan's hands interacting with them.

Uh, what? Looks like we're actually prototyping again! *mind blown*

After 17 years of development, Caves of 1.0 is Out NOW!

Live and Drink.

join us at our last arcademy 24 this thu nov 28 7pm at MQ/raum d with Felix Bohatsch (CEO Broken Rules), Johanna Pirker (Prof. Game Lab TU Graz), Flavia Mazzanti (CCO Immerea), Clio Montrey (Producer Microbird Games), Melanie (Melle) Bartl (Co-Founder Flat Head Studio)
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Friends in Vienna!

This Thursday Nov 28, at 7 PM at MQ Wien free @subtron Arcademy event!

🎮✨ We'll discuss the Austrian game dev scene 2024..

Together with:
Felix Bohatsch(Broken Rules)
Flavia Mazzanti (Immerea)
@clioem.bsky.social (Microbird Games)
Melle Bartl (Flat Head Studio)

Dungeons of Hinterberg screenshot, level with crystals

character concept art for journalist

Dungeons of Hinterberg screenshot, swamp biome

Dungeons of Hinterberg protagonist Luisa

Hey everyone, I'm Regina, video game artist & art director of Dungeons of Hinterberg. I'll try and share some more art and game stuff on here :)

Matrix.org Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

We recently switched from Slack to matrix.org for all our internal communications. Feels good to rely on an open protocol that makes it easy to also move between platforms and clients!
What are you using for day-to-day development chats?

We tried out the Mac version of Gibbon on visionOS's new ultrawide virtual display.
Gibbon feels epic on that massive curved screen! 🐒🏞️📺

Hello!

the % of refunds is much more related to the expectations you set on your storepage than anything else.

if you tell people they can expect a one hour game and the game is actually one hour long, refunds tend to stay in the average 5% range. if you falsely advertise your game, refunds skyrocket.

This IS sad!

Gibbon will be playable in the Welcome Lounge at the NEXT LEVEL Festival in Dortmund from 14 to 17 November. How cool!

At NEXT LEVEL you can expect many exciting program highlights that blur the boundaries between art, technology and gaming.

www.next-level.digital/programm/gib...

Have you already reserved your physical copy of Gibbon on Switch?

Only 28% left 🎁
over at Super Rare Games' website:
superraregames.com/products/srg...

Help us support the NGOs that worked with us on the game:

❤️ Gibbon Rehabilitation Project
❤️ Gibbon Conservation Society
❤️ Rainforest Rescue
❤️ Bruno Manser Fonds

Super Rare Games are auctioning off these really beautiful Gibbon plaques. All proceeds will go to the NGOs.

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Gibbon: Beyond the Trees Limited Physical Edition is OUT NOW!

Only 3000 units available 😬.

Get your copy here:
👇
superraregames.com/products/srg...

The upcoming physical copy of Gibbon will include so many beautiful exclusives:

🌟 New cover art by Catherine Unger
🌟 Extended art manual with concept art and thought processes
🌟 Pop-out postcard with a gibbon to hang in your plants
🌟 1 of 4 Charity NGO cards
🌟 Trading Cards

Let's get physical!

We are partnering up with Super Rare Games to release a boxed Gibbon: Beyond the Trees version!

🐒 Nintendo Switch
🤩 Limited 3000 copies
📆 Release date: October 10th

Isn't it gorgeous?

superraregames.com/products/srg...

Gibbon: Beyond the Trees is part of Animal Week on Steam.

Get it 50% off and have a look at all the other lovely games focused on animals.

👉 store.steampowered.com/publisher/Ga...

We have a very special announcement lined up for you for the end of the week.
Can you guess what it might be?
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