Silent Sun

sandworm gave dating advice. player ran.

giant gold crab busts out of the sand to weigh in

"don't listen to that STUPID sandworm!"
"put on more SHINY" 🦀

more unsolicited relationship advice?

wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3986410/...

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The sandworm tried to help.

I ignored the advice.

Now there are consequences.

Part 2 — Shifting Sands Sandworm Relationship Advice

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Giant sandworm giving relationship advice in Shifting Sands... player hears "tell her how you feel" and bolts mid-sentence 😂📷

"Hey I'm talking to you!" Too late, buddy.

Hilarious skit from our desert roguelite. Wishlist on Steam! 📷

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Next Fest Devs: How/where'd you end your demo?🤔

Shifting Sands: Hit Day 10, then Day 11 loops forever

🔄Reset day progress, but shop endlessly to theorycraft. New game restart anytime.

Your turn... 👇

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Not everything in Shifting Sands is a fight for your life... you can surf the dunes, chill out, and... wait, what the...? 😱🧸📸

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Steam Next Fest marketing be like:
hits post
WITNESS...

Never mind... back to patching the demo.

Indie devs, who's still tweaking at the last second? Drop your demo links below... let's rally through the algorithm storm together!

tinyurl.com/sandshift

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Every morning the storm hits.

Doubt. Fear.
“Is this even good?”
“Why am I doing this?”
“Does anyone care?”

And every morning we push back.
We move one sprite.
We fix one bug.
We write one line of dialogue.

That’s how worlds get built.

Keep pushing, devs. The storm doesn’t win unless you stop.

My brain every single morning pushing back DOUBTS and FEARS to keep making the best game possible.

Come on we can do this!

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Constantly adding new special encounters that you get when traveling the desert.

Here's a batch of characters you came bump into.

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Someone out there... in a fevered scavenger dream... asked for this game. Making it for them ☀️☀️

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Shifting Sands on Steam Shifting Sands is a singleplayer extraction roguelite set on a storm-lashed desert world. Rise from the dust as a scavenger, harvest scrap, explore crashed ships, and upgrade gear before sandstorms re...

Just launched out our biggest content update yet for Next Fest.

Mounts 🐦, robot companions 🤖, new loot drops 💰, crashed ship dungeons 🚀, fishing 🎣 and more... check the demo out for free during Next Fest.

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store.steampowered.com/app/3986410/...

Threat detection. Half cost travel. Mobile storage. Auto returns home.

The Silt Strider is straight up broken in Shifting Sands... and no, we're not nerfing her. 🦤🌟

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The storm isn’t just a timer.

Stay too long in the desert and something wakes up.

Endless runner energy… except you can die and lose everything.

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Exploring an ancient derelict with my Protector escort..

Yeah they do the heavy lifting in combat... but I do the heavy lifting with the salvage.

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Venture into the desert and chances are a unique day event will be waiting for you. This one didn't end well...

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What happens when you ride a hoverboard on an alien desert planet?

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What about in here?

Would you go in?

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A growing cast of sci-fi desert pixel art characters. #PixelArt

I know the game Ichorous @mattstov.bsky.social and @goblingamedev.bsky.social is there! Hope the team is having a great time.

This little guy just joined the dunes 🤖

Robot asset by @penusbmic.itch.io

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If you want to follow dev updates or give feedback during Steam Next Fest...

We just spun up a Discord and we’re actually active there.

👉 discord.gg/hWGCtE3dYD

🚨 We’re officially in Steam Next Fest 🚨

Our new trailer for Shifting Sands is live.

An isometric pixel art roguelite ARPG set on a desert planet that resets every day.

👉 Wishlist on Steam:
tinyurl.com/sandshift

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Ambush!

Boss concept.

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Testing a way to drive segmented limb motion in GM…

We're using a sequence to rotate/position each piece, then having it track the mouse (eventually will target the player).

Surprisingly smooth for something that looks like it shouldn’t work.

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Are you interested in composing for Shifting Sands?

Really enjoy the alien synth vibe this creates. Have you composed for a video game before or is that something you'd be interested in?

And here’s the rough animation pass where pieces start to fall in place and it really starts feeling COOL!

Some of the early design goals:
• breakable armor
• independent hand attacks
• hazards the player can use

And a few of the attack ideas in mockups…