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Make sure to check out more of their work below: Noah: noahcampodonico.com Scott: scottstinsonmusic.com Lindsey: lindsay-howard.com Armoni: monihymn.com/audio Charlie: soundcloud.com/charliearmour Alec: alecviera.com

Make sure to follow the fantastic creatives on The Ouroboros Express’s QA team! @RafCam89 @asaraviapt @KyleSmithLaird @najmetender @BefuddlyLee Carrie Talbot, Damon Day, Dylan Sands, Jonathan Rhee, and Soojung Choi!

Our phenomenal QA team led by @RafCam89 combed through test builds of The Ouroboros Express on a biweekly basis, really upping the polish of our game! Check out their work in The Ouroboros Express on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3234430/Th…

Off work and bored of eating mince pies? Check out one of our other titles, Santa’s Secret, for free on itch.io for a taste of noir, mystery, and shiny dashing characters… Here’s the link to download Santa’s Secret. Happy Holidays! smallloanstudio.itch.io/santas-secret

We want to give a shoutout to part of our Voiceover Production Crew! Lindsay, Alan, Noah, Scott, Kyle, Sisi, Jonathan, Logan and Steph coordinated 500+ hours of voiceover takes into one incredible experience. They are also incredible creators and you should check out their work below! 🧵1/4

Today, we want to share a sneak peek into some of the brilliant writing that our narrative team worked on for The Ouroboros Express! Check out some of these gems from Carrie T. and Salvador B. for a taste of what the team has been cooking.

We know it’s been a trying week for a lot our team. As the world turns, we are still charged with taking care of each other. Our studio was founded on the idea of fostering community. We continue to encourage everyone to seek out resources and care if needed. Links in the 🧵(1/4)

Get ready for some out of this world voice acting! We’re thrilled to announce our voiceover cast for The Ouroboros Express patch release! Presenting… The amazing Allyson Frazier (@creativeAFtweet) as our lead character, Vivienne Sanssouci!

As a Halloween treat, we're announcing our next title! In the Tūn-Gāst of Oakshaw, we invite you to venture into a small 18th-century town in Northern England to root out the evil that plagues it. Experience an episodic top-down folk horror adventure with puzzles and mysteries abound. #indiegamedev #gamedev #smallloanstudio #horror #horrorgame #folkhorror #indierevolution

Our newest devlog has not one but TWO Small Loan devs talking about their time on The Ouroboros Express! Carrie Talbot (Writer) talks about crafting the voices for our divine characters. Armoni Boone (Composer) shares his process for scoring the new character themes coming with the update. (1/2)

Reminder, please consider supporting game devs in need by donating to Safe in Our World's Fundraiser. Every donation brings security for a fellow dev seeking mental health resources 🧵(1/2)

Now that's how you score your first career NHL goal! Congrats, Seamus. #NJDevils | #MadeInJersey

Seamus on the Case.

This week, we are joined by Cameron Daxon, one of our resident writers and 1/2 of the character experts for the mysterious and brooding Darius. We touched on what it's like to be surrounded by insanely talented people and getting to collaborate with said people, having fun with lore and game jamming. You can find Cameron at: camdaxon.com ❤️WE'RE RAISING MONEY FOR CHARITY❤️ Throughout production, we're also raising money for Safe In Our World, a charity dedicated to raising awareness about mental health! Just go here to donate: justgiving.com/page/the-ourob… 🚂ABOUT🚂: This is episode 3 of a behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Ouroboros Express, a game made by Small Loan Studio and directed by yours truly. You can watch the full playlist here: • youtube.com/playlist?list=… We originally released the game for the #NaNoRenO game jam in 2024, but decided to patch the game to add even more improvements! You can play The Ouroboros Express in its original form here: smallloanstudio.itch.io/the-ouroboros-…

Only a few short months ago, the team here at @SmallLoanStudio was working towards piecing together the foundation of our identity. Unsure of our end goal, we pushed forward into the unknown to find a path through a difficult time in the gaming industry. And just a few short months later, here we are. Our team has grown. Our mission has changed. Friendly faces have come and gone. But our core values remain the same. We're here to grow and learn together. To make mistakes and support one another. To unite ourselves under one banner and make games because we love to do so. We can't thank you enough for supporting us. We're incredibly blessed that each and every one of you decided to be here. Thank you. From the bottom of our hearts. -Small Loan Studio P.S. keep an eye on our socials for lots of Things Going On, coming soon! Support our mission here: justgiving.com/page/the-ourob… #SmallLoanStudio #GameDev #IndieGameDev #NarrativeDesign #VisualNovel #StorytellingMagic

Do you love games? Of course you do! See how many changes our incredible art team has made for the upcoming patch of The Ouroboros Express and let us know which ones you found in a comment below. Keep an eye out for more exciting changes coming soon!! #TheOuroborosExpress #SmallLoanStudio #Indie #IndieDev #VisualNovel #StorytellingMagic #NarrativeDesign

Hello dear passengers, and thank you for joining us for another installment of our production diaries! Find the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=_uGqYg… If you're new here, we're working on a patch for our sophomore game titled "The Ouroboros Express" directed by @najmetender and handcrafted by the team here at Small Loan Studio! After publishing back in March '24, we're returning to give it a whole new lease on life with various upgrades, bug fixes, and improvements! We've just come to the end of our first sprint and fittingly, our Lead Producer, Rachel Lee joined us in the studio to talk about her journey into game dev, being a dungeon master, wrangling kittens and more! You can find Rachel at: befuddly.carrd.co Throughout production, we're also raising money for Safe In Our World, a charity dedicated to raising awareness about mental health! Just go here to donate: justgiving.com/page/the-ourob… #TheOuroborosExpress #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #VisualNovel #NarrativeDesign

We’re raising money for @SafeInOurWorld 🥳 Throughout the production of The Ouroboros Express 2.0, we’re going to be raising money for Safe In Our World, a mental health charity that aims to create and foster worldwide mental health awareness within the video game industry. We’re aiming to raise $500 from now until the end of November. Just go here to donate! justgiving.com/page/the-ourob… If you’re not able to donate money - don’t worry! We’d really appreciate it if you could share this post. Thank you for your support, and we’ll see you soon on The Ouroboros Express! 🚂 #indiegamedev #indiegame #gamedev #SafeInOurWorld #MentalHealthAwareness

📣 Auditions are over!! The submission period has come to an end! And we're happy to share that we received over 75 auditions between all five of our characters! Small Loan Studio wants to thank each and every single one of you for taking the time to submit your recordings. The casting team was incredibly impressed by the quality of your work. Please look forward to hearing back from us soon! In the meantime, don't forget to check out the first of our "Devlogs" for "The Ouroboros Express" directed by @najmetender and made by the team here at Small Loan Studio. On this episode, we are joined by the fantastic Kyle Smith-Laird, a polyglot and writer, as well as one of our resident character experts. You can find him at: kylesmithlaird.com #TheOuroborosExpress #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #VisualNovel #NarrativeDesign

I'll be back to posting normal clips soon. With PS5 Pro around the corner, games coming out, and big announcements in the wings, we'll have much to discuss. In the meantime, though, here's a letter from Dustin to the Sacred Symbols audience that he asked me to read on the show.