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Pit People full release on March 2nd!

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That’s right, Pit People has officially received its final touches and has a release date. On Friday, March 2nd, Pit people will be available for both Steam and Xbox One! You can pick it up early right now even, and watch it in your library, transforming before your very eyes!

 
For those of you who already have the early access copy of Pit People, thank you for being part of our game development journey! Our Early Access period lasted a total of 409 days. That’s one of the fastest records in Early Access history (no need to fact check this, it’s probably right)!

So what’s in the thing? The Story is completed, cinematics and all, along with a whole new World Map with 15 additional bonus missions. There’s been a lot of balancing, polish, and ‘quality of life’ features ‘n tweaks to go along with it! Definitely our largest changelist to date. If you want to see it in its official officialness, please check out our launch post on March 2nd!

Castle Crashers Remastered – 80% OFF

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Castle Crashers Remastered on Xbox One is 80% OFF during the Valentine’s Day Indie Sweets Sale!

From the Xbox Wire:

Love is in the air so the ID@Xbox team has curated some of our favorite co-op and love-themed games and discounted them by up to 75% in the Valentine’s Day Indie Sweets Sale. Whether you’re looking to cuddle up on the couch and watch a delightful story or you’re playing co-op with your favorite someone on the other side of the country, we have a bunch of great games to help get you through the week.

The sale will run from today, February 13, all the way through to February 19 (PST).

Pit People VO Spotlight: Dan Paladin

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(See the introduction of the full Pit People VO Cast in “The Voices of Pit People“)

I didn’t expect to be filling any roles, especially one that started so tiny. We needed something for an Emissary conveying story things to you in the introduction part of the game. As we added features, the Emperor’s Orders missions appeared in Update 3. Now the Emissary is with you throughout your expeditions!

Even though the recording was initially assumed to be temporary I still had a tough time with this guy. I wasn’t really sure what I wanted him to sound like. I almost wanted him to be someone that you want to punch in the face due to coming off as judgmentally classist. It didn’t really end up that way, but I like where it landed.

After about 10 to 15 attempts, the shnooky-pooky binky-bong-bong line was me throwing my hands in the air and re-inventing my approach all together. The trick was making the gibberish much more formal sounding along with saying the stupidest words that came to mind. When Stamper laughed along with a good number of playtesters, I felt pretty good about leaving the recording as it was.

The Emissary sports both highs and lows in his voice, which makes it difficult for me to make additional lines for him. His signature “thing” is his high-pitched throat clear.

You can hear some of the raw recording from the first session below, some outtakes, one of the final versions of a line, and a bonus clip with the cow poop sounds!