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We've got exciting news to share, but using this website nowdays is like crawling through glass so we're not sharing it here unfortunately! Please follow us on Bluesky, Mastodon or on Patreon. (links in following tweet)

The game is now called A Line Held Tight. It's a sci-fi visual novel about a miner's strike. Here are some of the portraits from it

In our latest Patreon post Cel talks about appropriating Frank Auerbach's process of repeatedly erasing and drawing over his portraits. Text and video versions can be found here for $1+ Patrons: patreon.com/posts/drawing-…

New Patreon exclusive post and video on our approach to world building 🌍 patreon.com/c/humblegrove

Lastest Patreon post: The Final Boss of Game Development... TEXT $1+ Patrons can read or watch here: patreon.com/posts/final-bo…

We're making it in Narrat: a free and open source interactive fiction, visual novel and point and click engine narrat.dev Here's a peak at a mockup

Our next project is a Visual Novel. In a mine, deep in space, workers, each in their personal mechanical rigs, tunnel in search of a rare and valuable ore. After a recent union merger a strike looms Watch/read more about it 📝 patreon.com/posts/were-mak… 📼 youtu.be/IoJRx8L5kcM

And if you saw me link the video in the body of the post accidentally: no you didn't.

The companion video has lots of juicy extra art and footage not in the post! It also took us a long time because we flubbed most takes. Two reasons for you to watch it.

Hi there, remember Twilight Array? A while ago we wrote about our design process for the environments, and recently we decided to polish it up and make it available on Patreon. Patrons can check out the post and watch the companion video here: tinyurl.com/585rtbs9

We're making some changes to the way we use Patreon. Firstly we'll be making companion videos for each post. You can expect more exclusive behind the scenes posts. And each year we'll be making an annual report (our year in review) Support us here: patreon.com/humblegrove

In some good news, we have a new member Poppy Tilbury! Poppy is an absolute joy to work with and recently released Lovely Lady RPG: a convoluted branching RPG about the horror of existing in England You should go buy it from itch: das-kunstkollektiv.itch.io/llrpg

Some big news, we're sadly shelving our upcoming project Twilight Array. We've not been able to secure the funding for it, so we've decided work on a project of smaller scope Details in free Patreon post: tinyurl.com/2pe7d8pe Or video here: youtu.be/lAe77HJ1Eio

No Longer Home is part of the Stories Of Pride Humble Bundle this month! You can play a load of beautiful story-heavy games and support the @TrevorProject at the same time here: bit.ly/459tMIL

No Longer Home is part of this bundle! Snatch it up with a load of other lovely games and help support a good cause 🏡

Two games I'm working with ended up in this wonderful 'Stories of Pride' bundle - @btflglitch's Monster Prom 2 and @humblegrove @FellowTravellr's No Longer Home, alongside many other fantastic stories. Available here in commemoration of Pride Month: bit.ly/459tMIL

How we designed the magical moments in our game: No Longer Home is 70% off on Steam! 🏡 store.steampowered.com/app/651490/No_… If you enjoyed NLH leaving us a review would really help support us 📝

This is the cheapest No Longer Home has ever been. Cheaper than a particularly expensive cup of coffee! If you enjoyed NLH and you'd give us a review on Steam that'd massively help support us, thank you!

How we made a semi-autobiographical game: No Longer Home is 70% off on Steam for #LudoNarraCon ! 🏡 store.steampowered.com/app/651490/No_…