Northforge Interactive

northforge-interactive.itch.ioPULSE // ZERO by Northforge InteractiveSurvive. Adapt. Overdrive.

PULSE//ZERO is pay what you want. If you'd like to help it reach Steam, there's a supporter tier - supporters get their name in the in-game credits under Community Supporters. Only 200 available though! northforge-interactive.itch.io/pulse-zero #indiedev

Kestar Bool is a dick. That is all.

northforge-interactive.itch.ioDirectives: A Reason to Play DifferentlyCosmetics gave PULSE//ZERO a reason to keep playing. Directives are how you earn them — a data-driven layer of around forty-four challenges that track what you actually do in a run and pay out in lo.....

5 Sept

New devlog: Directives — around forty-four challenges that pay out in cosmetics, never power. They tick over on bad runs too, which is the real engine behind "one more go". northforge-interactive.itch.io/pulse-zero/d... #gamedev #indiedev #godot

5 Sept

x11 and still climbing, screen full of elites, grid buckling under all of it. This is the bit of PULSE//ZERO I never get bored of. #ScreenshotSaturday #godot #indiedev

23 Aug

Should we launch a discord? I’m leaning towards not yet. I’d like to see more folks playing our games first! Getting more interested! #gamedev #indiedev #community

23 Aug

In No Return Depth, every role matters and so does carefully managing the engineering systems aboard the DSV Orpheus - you never know what’s out there! #gamedev #multiplayer #godot #indiedev

18 Aug

Our survival horror game, No Return Depth is coming along! Here’s a few scenes of what we’ve been up to over the last few days Who wants to join a playtest ? #godot #indiedev #gamedev #development #noreturndeotg

16 Aug

Our next game is titled No Return Depth. It's a co-operative submarine survival horror. Explore an uncharted abyss, keep your failing vessel alive, and decide whether you really want to know what’s out there. #survivalhorror #godot #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsunday

13 Aug

We've been quiet on social media these last couple of weeks. The team has grown to 3 and we've done a a kick-off + hackathon for our first game as a team! We started with an idea and a whiteboard. Now it’s starting to look suspiciously like a game - rough still but progressing! #gamedev #indiedev

northforge-interactive.comDevlog #006 — The Living Grid: A Stage That Reacts — Northforge InteractiveThe arena floor in PULSE//ZERO is not a backdrop — it is a single shader that listens to the whole game and answers in light. Here is what the Living Grid is, why a reactive stage is the thing that ma...

4 Aug

New devlog up! northforge-interactive.com/journal/devl... Some older versions of screenshots (I wrote this one a while ago) but we take a deep dive into how our living grid works and how it works like a liquid. #devlog #gamedev #indiedev #godot

northforge-interactive.itch.ioPULSE // ZERO by Northforge InteractiveSurvive. Adapt. Overdrive.

2 Aug

PULSE//ZERO: EVOLUTION (v0.5.0) is out now. The Run Director now picks a Combat Profile that reshapes the run, and Sectors bend the rules. Eleven new enemies, two new bosses, an EVOLUTION leaderboard. Play free: northforge-interactive.itch.io/pulse-zero #godotengine #indiedev

1 Aug

A quiet week on the socials for us as we’ve been hard at work on a few things! 1. Polishing up the EVOLUTION update for PULSE//ZERO release this weekend 2. Working on getting to our alpha build for our next game (more on that soon) 3. Building a PoC for a multiplayer horror game #gamedev #indiedev

31 July

Something is coming... #northforge #teaser #gamedev #godot #indiedev

28 July

Another sneak peak at something we’re working on This is small, zoomed out slice. Having a lot of fun learning how to build 3D kits. #whatisit #gamedev #indiedev #godot

26 July

It is with a heavy heart, we share this official statement. #gamedev #spiritofvengeance #ghostrider

26 July

It's Sunday again! show us what you got. 🛠️ Making a game? Drop a clip, a screenshot, a win, or even a struggle from this week. Doesn't matter how rough or early. We genuinely want to see it, and we'll be down in the replies cheering you on. #gamedev #indiedev #SundayShowcase

26 July

We’re working on our next game. Here you can see we got both the scale AND the town generation ignoring limits for farms today.

24 July

Feel like adding more theme unlocks for PULSE//ZERO. One I have in mind is Game Boy but need a name for it that won’t get me sued and is more exciting than “handheld”. Thoughts?

northforge-interactive.itch.ioEVOLUTION — every run, new rules (first look)The next PULSE//ZERO update is called EVOLUTION , and here’s the first look. Trailer below 👇 The headline is sector mutations : every run rewrites the base rules of the arena, so no consecutive r...

New Devlog: EVOLUTION - every run, new rules (first look) - PULSE // ZERO northforge-interactive.itch.io/pulse-zero/d... #godot #gamedev #pulsezero #indiedev

111gb patches for games should not be something we as developers or gamers should accept.

#ThrowbackThursday time #indiegamedev community! Every great game started somewhere. Pen and paper or something digital! 📸 Your first prototype or oldest screenshot 🔄 A "then vs now" comparison Let's celebrate how far we've all come #gamedev #solodev #indiedev

youtube.comPULSE//ZERO: EVOLUTION — Every Run. New Rules. | Reveal TrailerYouTube video by Northforge Interactive

Next PULSE//ZERO update: EVOLUTION 🧬 teaser trailer. Headline: sector mutations - every run rewrites the base rules of the arena, so no two runs play the same. Plus new bosses & enemies, a rebuilt audio system, and a visual pass. youtube.com/watch?v=5W8dhcUO8BY #godot #gamedev

Politics we can get behind

IGN@ign.com

Count Binface, a man who is famous in the UK for standing in local elections while wearing a trash can, has called on Sega to make Shenmue 4. https://bit.ly/4wWXwoP

Masters of the Universe at Northforge Towers this evening. If this song isn’t in it at any point, we riot.

Ok #indiegamedev community, let’s start #WaffleWednesdays! A chance to chat interesting community topics amongst the community. This week’s topic: OPTIMIZATION. How? What? When?

Yes, it could be time to start thinking about publishers if anything for budget and getting the games we’re making to more people #gamedev

Liam Gulliver@lgulliver.bsky.social

I think I’m at a point with @northforge-interactive.com where I need to start thinking about a publisher and not be so staunchly indie so I can putting games like PULSE//ZERO and the handful of others there are in the background to more platforms and a have a marketing budget

21 July

In other things we've been working on, some huge UI improvements as part of the EVOLUTION update for PULSE//ZERO. New menu, arena mutations, more graphic polish. Get it now with the DISTORTION update: northforge-interactive.itch.io/pulse-zero

21 July

Just a little peak at some other things we're working on Really early proof-of-concept/tinkering right now 🚜 #farming #godot #indiedev #gamedev

Fruits of today's labour... a new potential main menu for PZ

20 July

Realising that as an image, this doesn’t look that great but in game it’s awesome

What do you call the art style of games like Oxygen Not Included? #gamedev

Our next PULSE//ZERO update is called EVOLUTION. Still a work in progress, but you can expect: - Better visuals - Proper touchpad support on macOS - Sector mutations - every run changes the base rules for the arean - New audio system and soundtrack - New bosses and enemy types #gamedev #godot

Do many of you fine folks of #indiegamedev do streaming of your games?

Ok #gamedev #indiegames friends! It’s that time of the week again! #SundayShowcase! What have you been working on this week? What are you most proud of? What was the most challenging?

northforge-interactive.itch.ioPULSE // ZERO by Northforge InteractiveSurvive. Adapt. Overdrive.

Oh and we shipped our largest update to PULSE//ZERO yet! New enemies, a rework of the UI, grid and camera, new hazards and a new overdrive mechanic as part of our DISTORTION update! Check it out on @itch.io at northforge-interactive.itch.io/pulse-zero #itchio #indiegamedev #arcade #godot

Ok #gamedev #indiegames friends! It’s that time of the week again! #SundayShowcase! What have you been working on this week? What are you most proud of? What was the most challenging?

github.comGitHub - Northforge-Interactive/adaptive-music-godot: Tempo-locked adaptive music for Godot 4: vertical layer blending + bar-quantised section transitions.Tempo-locked adaptive music for Godot 4: vertical layer blending + bar-quantised section transitions. - Northforge-Interactive/adaptive-music-godot

We also open-sourced the tempo-locked adaptive music system from PULSE//ZERO's next update. github.com/Northforge-Interactive/adaptive-music-godot

Ok #gamedev #indiegames friends! It’s that time of the week again! #SundayShowcase! What have you been working on this week? What are you most proud of? What was the most challenging?

We’ve had an exceptionally productive week at Northforge, first up, we’ve been working on some PoCs for what could become our next game. Here’s a peek at one of those PoCs.

We open-sourced the tempo-locked adaptive music system from PULSE//ZERO's next update. One 0–1 intensity dial blends the layers; section changes crossfade on the bar line, so a boss theme switches in without a tempo clash. github.com/Northforge-Interactive/adaptive-music-godot #godot #gamedev

I'm just saying... not every game needs a New Game+. I get why you would, but also it seems the default update to AA/AAA games now?

Just had to ship a hotfix for PULSE//ZERO that I could not for the life of me replicate on my own machine. A weird one too based on integer limit difference between #godot and javascript/typescript which is what we use for the backend of the leaderboards. but its fixed!

dlvr.itMatt Damon Is In Fortnite Now, But He Was Almost In His Own Game Way EarlierThis week, Fortnite is adding multiple skins based on Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey film, including one of Matt Damon as Odysseus. While this is the first time the actor's likeness has been in a video game, that was nearly not the case. Way back in 2008, a little game called The Bourne Conspiracy released, and the plan was originally for Damon to reprise his role of Jason Bourne for the project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nb97lgpung We heard rumors over the years, but it was a 2021 interview Matt Damon gave with Sean Evans' Hot Ones that gave us concrete details. Damon was interested in the project and said he was offered a bunch of money to make it happen, but he didn't want the game to be "just a first-person shooter" and hoped for something a little more cerebral. His point of reference for this was the puzzle-adventure game Myst, which famously has no gunfire, car chases, stealth, or fisticuffs. Despite the star power that Damon would bring to the project, the development team at High Moon Studios evidently thought his idea was a bit of a non-starter. The game was developed without his involvement, nor the involvement of Chris Cooper, who played Alexander Conklin in The Bourne Identity. Franka Potente, who played Marie in the first two Bourne films, did reprise her role. All in all, Damon didn't end up missing out on that much. While The Bourne Conspiracy wasn't a bad game, its mix of brawling, stealth, shooting, and driving made it a jack of all trades and master of none. The Bourne movie franchise has been on ice for years at this point, with the stinker sequel Jason Bourne releasing back in 2016. Really, as someone who loves the first three movies, you do not need to watch it. Just pretend it all ended with Ultimatum.

That's all well and good but this is the only Matt Damon I want to see in Fortnite.

GameSpot@gamespot.com

16 July

PULSE//ZERO — DISTORTION is out now. A systems update, not more clutter: Overdrive is an earned charge -> spend burst, combos go to x32, bosses read the fight and reshape the arena, and the run paces to how you play. Play: northforge-interactive.itch.io/pulse-zero #godot #indiedev

If you'd like to support development: PULSE//ZERO is free, and anything you pay goes toward bringing it to Steam. New today — supporters at $10+ get their name in the in-game credits under Community Supporters. northforge-interactive.itch.io/pulse-zero

15 July

I’d like to reassure everyone that this is also true of PULSE//ZERO and any future Northforge Interactive games. #officialstatement

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itch.io40% Off Launch Sale by Northforge InteractiveA bundle by Northforge Interactive, $3.00 for Arcade Pulse — 150 Retro Game SFX, Cozy UI — Pixel Kit

15 July

We’re still looking to fund raise to take PULSE//ZERO to Steam! You can get our arcade pulse sound pack and our cozy ui asset pack on @itch.io at the link below! Help us get to steam! Everyone who purchases will get the option to be part of the credits for the game

Northforge Interactive@northforge-interactive.com

To help us fundraise enough money to create a Steam developer account so we can take games like PULSE//ZERO to Steam, we've created a little sale of asset packs itch.io/s/195854/40-... - sounds and UI #gamedev #indiedev @itch.io