Small Loan Studio

And don't forget to play The Ouroboros Express for free on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3234430/Th… (🧵 3/3)

You can watch the whole devlog episode here: youtu.be/HmMZ4KlNAl4?si… (🧵 2/3)

Check out this special podcast episode where @najmetender (Director) sat down with Armoni (Marketing Lead) to share her experience directing The Ouroboros Express! (🧵 1/3)

To coordinate our global colleagues, the Production team worked in sprints to routinely address production needs and streamline our process. Make sure to follow Rachel (befuddly.carrd.co) and Naj (linktr.ee/najmahsalam) Also, play the Ouroboros Express on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3234430/Th…

The release was developed across 18 all-team meetings (30 mins max!) with a series of two week sprints. Take a look at out our production schedule: 📝 Pre-production began on July 20th 2024 ➡️ Sprint 1 began on August 5th 2024 ✅ Production ended December 8th 2024 🏆 Succeeded to get the game on Steam

Making a game is a logistical puzzle. That’s why, we want to thank @BefuddlyLee (Lead Producer) and @najmetender (Director) for managing our leads and guiding our teams across the finish line: a full Steam release!

We hope you enjoyed behind-the-scenes snippets into the game background and we might be releasing the soundtrack for you to listen to 👀…stay tuned! 🎵 Hear their work for yourself when you play the Ouroboros Express for free on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3234430/Th…

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

Enjoyed the Ouroboros Express's soundscape? If so, thank the following audio superstars: Noah - Audio Lead, Sound Designer, Composer, VO Editor Scott - Composer, VO Editor Lindsay - Casting Director, VO/Audio Prod., and VO Editor Armoni - Composer Charlie - Composer Alec - Additional Audio Support

We hope you enjoyed our behind-the-scenes snippets into the game and we might be releasing the soundtrack for you to listen to 👀…stay tuned! 🎵 For now, hear their work for yourself when you play the Ouroboros Express for free on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3234430/Th…

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

"My favorite programming challenge...was scripting...new visual effects like highlighting speaking characters, having animated expressions, and [background] lighting effects! It took a while...but I think they help make the characters and the world...really come alive." (🧵5/5)

"Implementing [VO], we had...almost 5000 different identifiers (one for each dialogue line) that [changed] every time [the code changed]! This was a big headache but the VO and narrative teams [tracked] every change...and QA...helped us fix all the errors that arose." (🧵4/5)

Our engineers Mica Smith and @Denochi_ knocked the socks off the programming for The Ouroboros Express! Lead Programmer Mica shares some behind-the-scenes details below and in thread (🧵1/?). Check out their work for yourself on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3234430/Th…