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Get a Free Copy of Lugaru!

December 11th, 2008

In order to bring awareness of our upcoming independent game, Overgrowth, we are giving away free copies of the game that started it all: Lugaru! Lugaru is a cult classic, indie video game that was created by David Rosen when he was in high school. It is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux. Since its launch, it has been sold ...

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Preorders can be Transferred to Steam!

December 10th, 2008

After our Steam announcement, we got this question a lot: if I preorder now, can I get a Steam version after the release? We were a bit concerned because we didn't want to make people choose between us and Steam. When it comes down to it, supporting us directly, getting weekly alphas, and access to SPF are awesome perks ...

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Knytt Stories design tour

December 9th, 2008

I just finished my second design tour video, this time about Knytt Stories. Since it doesn't use hardware acceleration I had to use my video camera to record it at a consistent framerate, so I apologize for the slight lens distortion! Be sure to click here watch it in HD! Press the triangle button for captions (download transcript) I ...

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Overgrowth Alpha 4 Unleashed!

December 8th, 2008

Hey guys, continuing with our experiment in weekly builds, we have launched the latest weekly alpha to SPF: Alpha 4. New in this week's build are sweet static shadows. We've also made a lot of progress on the net code. Finally, we are working on the new console and a chat window. The chat window at the bottom ...

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Where are your Preorders Going?

December 8th, 2008

So what are we actually doing with your preorders? Investing them back into Wolfire, of course! As an indie developer, 100% of a preorder goes directly to Wolfire. There's no publisher, investors, board of directors, or anything; it's just us. So far, every last cent of it has been put towards better equipment and licenses to help us ...

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Lugaru Competition Winners Announced!

December 7th, 2008

Hey guys, the results are in from the Lugaru video contest! We will be divvying up our prizes of free Overgrowth and Wolfire t-shirts to the winners soon! Grand Prize Winner: Zantalos for his masterpiece Lugaru Contest Video. From wall kicks to flip tricks, Zantalos fearlessly showcased every possible Lugaru move often confronting multiple enemies simultaneously (and he picked a ...

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Overgrowth is now in Overgrowth

December 5th, 2008

Usually what happens in SPF stays in SPF, but this was just too cool not to publicize. Silverfish used the alpha 2 map editor tools to create the Overgrowth logo in-engine. We couldn't be prouder of this achievement. Silverfish has also been keeping our ModDB page up to date and thanks to him we are one of the most ...

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