1000xRESIST is a finalist in the 2024 Nebula Awards
The 60th Annual Nebula AwardsĀ® finalists have been announced, and 1000xRESIST is in the running for the Best Games Writing Award.
The team at Sunset Visitor ęé½é客 are incredibly honored to be nominated for such a prestigious award, alongside such incredible works as Slay the Princess, Pacific Drive and Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, just to name a few.
The awards will be presented in a ceremony on Saturday, June 7, that will be streamed live as it is held in-person in Kansas City, MO as part of the 60th Annual Nebula Awards Conference.
You can read more about the awards, and the other finalists here: https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award-year/2024/
From You, 70,000 Copies Ago
Hekki Allmo!
Itās been another ~4 months since our last update ā and what a WILD time itās been. So without further ado, attention to the sky, please! Incoming update, ALLMO HEKKI STRAIGHT TO YOU.
Steam Bundle with āUntil Thenā
Today, we are launching a 1000xRESIST and Until Then Steam Bundle!
We couldnāt be more excited for this ā Until Then was one of our favourite games in 2024, with us binging the second half of the game, desperate to find out what happens next. We recommend it to all fans of 1000xRESIST and we hope that fans of each game can discover the other!
TL;DR ā Until Then is a stunning, emotional experience, snag it and 1000xRESIST together at a discount!
There is SO MUCH amazing fan art being made! Itās been so touching to see artists adapt these characters with their own style. Each and every piece of art has brought such stupid little grins to our faces. We canāt get over it. We feel deeply humbled with how much talent is in every one of these images.
If youād like to see fan art yourself, as they come in, follow us on Bluesky and add this starter pack! Itās no secret that weāve been transitioning most of our social media activity there and artists have been doing the same.
Weāve collected a few pieces to showcase here, but this is only the tip of the iceberg! We hope to continue to feature more in the future.
If you didnāt know, 1000xRESIST now has an Official Wiki. And better yet? Itās run by fans.
This Wiki wouldnāt exist without the efforts of Mynn, Hepi Chest Cow, Jay, Avi Avi, Ada, Pidge, fern, SpilledTe and everyone who has contributed from the Discord. Their dedication and passion to this project is inspiring to us.
If you would like to contribute, join us on our Discord. Thereās a dedicated 1000xRESIST wiki channel thatās always up to something!
Content Creators
Creators and podcasters continue to make wonderful content about 1000xRESIST. Here is just a small selectionā
Itās been so great discovering these videos and talking to all the hosts. If youāve finished the game and need to unpack it ā check these out!
GOTY Roundup
Okay.
Okay, okay. This was our first GOTY season and we were unprepared. List after list, we saw people include 1000xRESIST as one of their favourite games of 2024.
Weāre going to try and name them all here, out of appreciation. A little hekki allmo for us please...
GameRant, TheGamer, Polygon, Rolling Stone, The Verge, PopMatters, Paste Magazine, NPR, NoClip, Monty Zander, Jacob Geller, Slant Magazine, Destructoid, Washington Post, Gamespot, IGN, The Short Game Podcast, Game Developer, MobileSyrup...
Hit Points, But Why Tho?, AV Club, Naughty Dog, Console Creatures, PC Gamer, Gaming In the Wild, Kotaku, Nexlander, Indieventure Podcast, Rachel Watts, New York Times, Silicon Era, Giant Bomb, PCGamesN, ScreenRant, Triple Click, SkillUp, Second Wind, Noobfeed, The Escapist..................
Remap Radio, NookGaming, Press Play Gaming, GoNintendo, Sifter, Willa Rowe, MinnMax, Video Games are Good, Maximum Fun, Player 2, ShackNews, Black Tabby Games, SideQuesting, Eurogamer, Fawzi Mesmar, Blogcritic, Swery65, GamesCreed, Gamesmatter, Metro UK, SuperJump, TouchArcade!
(deep breath) Whep. We think this is an incomplete list, so apologies if you mentioned 1000xRESIST on your GOTY list and we missed you!
We are just so, so grateful. We donāt know what else to say.
Awards
In the last couple of months, weāve been nominated for some amazing awards. Here are a couple standouts!
Golden Joystick ā Best Storytelling
New York Game Awards ā Best Music, Best Writing, Best Indie, Game of the Year
DICE Awards ā Outstanding Achievement in Character, Story, Game Direction, Adventure Game of the Year
Canadian Game Awards ā Best Art Direction, Best Score/Soundtrack, Best Narrative, Best Performance, Best Audio Design, Best Debut Indie Game, Best Debut Studio, Game of the Year
Debug Awards ā Best Narrative, Best Voice Acting
GDCA Awards ā Best Narrative, Best Debut, Social Impact
We are so excited that Nhi Do (the voice of Watcher) has been recognized in two of these nominations! She did such incredible work on the game, including being one of the very first playtesters.
We also won Best International Game at SXSW Sydney and Best Narrative at the inaugural Indie Game Awards!
Balatro
Oh, and weāre in BALA-TRO now. Thank you LocalThunk and Playstack!
GOTY + Awards + Fan Passion = Sales??
The support from fans has been beyond anything we ever could have dreamed of. To everyone on socials, on Reddit, on Discord, and on ResetEra ā THANK YOU. To everyone who has written about the game, covered it, asked us to be on podcasts, or recognized it in your GOTY lists ā THANK YOU. Your recommendations and support have made a HUGE difference.
It really is working ā and we brought proof ;-)
As of mid-January 2025, 1000xRESIST has sold over 70,000 copies on all platforms!
That means we sold 45,000 copies in the same time we sold 25,000 copies previously! Most games have their biggest sales spike during launch. For us, our best sales day is now January 1st, 2025 ā 7 months after launch day! This is unbelievable to us. Polygon even wrote about it!
We can only attribute this to the great word of mouth and the passion of the fans. It was only possible because you have all been recommending the game to others. This wave of momentum started with people being upset for us about The Game Awards, then led into the GOTY lists, the Balatro Collaboration, the Autumn and Winter sale, and finally New Years. Even now, in January, our sales continue to be stronger than before!
(hekki holidays! We commissioned SpilledTe to make this wonderful image)
And lastly, we passed 2500 Steam Reviews! To everyone who has taken the time to leave something of their experience, we couldnāt be more grateful. If you havenāt left a Steam review yet, please do! Itās a great way to support indie devs!
Whatās Next
We have a lot of things planned and we think youāll like them.
To say carefully, weāre looking at expanding the reach of 1000xRESIST further, so keep an eye out for news and updates in the coming months.
Merch is also coming. We have started compiling a SCRIPT. Expect more Piano Books. Some more music stuffs. We are still looking at releasing models to fans, to create fan animations / content.
If you havenāt already, follow us on Bluesky, Twitter, Steam, and join our Discord. Thatās where weāll be announcing everything that weāve been working on. We canāt wait to share it with you all this year!
In Closing...
The last four months have been...a lot ā in the best way possible! We couldnāt be more proud of the game and so, so completely grateful for the wonderful community growing around it.
It still feels all very surreal to us, but as we get to work on new things of all kinds, we canāt help but feel weāre doing it a little less alone than the first time around.
A shoutout to the one and only Maarika, who we commissioned to do the main image for this post (and made the image below). Itās becoming tradition!
We look forward to more people discovering 1000xRESIST in 2025! We have some fun things in store.
Until next time, HEKKI GRACE.
1000xRESIST is a GDC Award finalist.
Praise the ALLMOTHER.
1000xRESIST is a finalist in the 2025 GDC Awards - in the following categories.
š Best Narrative š Best Debut š Social Impact Award
We would like to thank the jurors for the nomination, it is a huge honor!
And of course, everyone who's supported the game and continues to spread the word.š
See the full list of nominees below: š https://interactive.org
1000xRESIST is a D.I.C.E. Awards Finalist
Hekki Grace
1000xResist has received four D.I.C.E. Awards nominations!
šAdventure Game of the Year šOutstanding Achievement in Character - Watcher šOutstanding Achievement in Game Direction šOutstanding Achievement in Story
Thank you to the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences for this incredible honor.
You can also listen to the AIAS Game Maker's Notebook chat with Remy Siu and Pinky Li here.
Congratulations to all of this year's fantastic finalists, and a big thank you to everyone who have contributed to the game's success so far. š
Check out all of this year's finalists below! š https://www.interactive.org/
1000xRESIST joins Balatro in the Friends of Jimbo (Pack 3) Update.
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Just announced: 1000xRESIST joins Balatro in the Friends of Jimbo (Pack 3)!! š
Download the free update now!
Go on, play a few rounds. We won't tell Allmother...š¤«
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So whether you're looking for something new, a bargain, some cool soundtracks and bundles, or even something to play on Steam Deck, we're sure to have something just for you.
