from the studio
Hey everyone, it’s that fun time again for a studio update. Not necessarily a ShapeVS dev update but those are coming along as are the latest update and fixes. In this update, we want to talk about some internal changes and some goals we have for 2023. Let’s start with the biggest one, Temp/Dean, who is joining the team at Drop Bear Bytes!
Dean will be helping Drop Bear Bytes on some upcoming work around their game, Broken Roads, which you can wishlist currently on Steam (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1403440/Broken_Roads/) and is aiming for a 2023 release. While this is a huge update we did want to bring to attention the changes it will have around the development team and ShapeVS.
The biggest thing is that it won’t change how things are going. Drop Bear Bytes are allowing Dean to work on ShapeVS and other Smash Attack IPs part-time out-of-office hours, which if you know the history of Smash Attack is how we have usually made things as we juggle alternate work.
The timeline for ShapeVS content was designed around this so we aren’t expecting too much movement on the pipeline but will keep you all in touch of any large changes. Next up, Down Tilt!
It has been amazing to see the growth of the Down Tilt esports team in our new home at Optimal Gaming and we are looking forward to what the rest of the year will bring with some very big developments in the pipeline.
Other changes are around the introduction of Squad Strike events and the fact that we are also looking at expanding our roster of stages and rulesets to keep things fresh. This comes off the back of another amazing PR from Jai.
We will be looking at some expansions but can confirm that Down Tilt is now beginning the planning stages of a major for North Tas on the scale of something like Big Cheese or Phantom. We have some big sponsors and major players lined up already and are in our design process. That’s all we can say for now, but stay tuned.
On the line of productions, Oliver has re-joined the team, taking the spot of Dean in some episodes. We are currently planning a bunch of new episodes to start recording soon post some personal time away and other ventures (we all do this stuff in the free time we can find).
And that about wraps it up for the studio update. Remember ShapeVS is out now and we will have more ShapeVS news soon!