Genre: Shooter, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
InSomnia: The Ark
Announcing Beta Access Contest winners
Hello everyone! Today we are announcing the winners of our first Beta Access contest. We had a blast with more than 4000 participants. To everyone who participated - you have our gratitude. Keep it up!
So, who are the lucky fellows to get the beta keys? Let’s find out! There was no easy way to export the list of participants in the Steam admin, so we had to improvise a bit.
Each winner was selected in two steps: a randomizer tool was used to pick a page number from the list of eligible participants (see the screenshot above). Then the tool was used to pick the ‘block’ number that contained specific Steam usernames (there were about 40 blocks per page).
Sounds complicated, huh? Nevertheless, we have filmed the whole process for your amusement (and transparency):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-XxaUyZNjU If you are one of the winners: add our team representative to your Steam friends list in order to get your reward. If you don’t see your name in the list above - have no fear! We are planning to run more contests of this nature in the future, so stay tuned for further updates :)
YOUR chance to join the BETA!
Hello everyone! Since the first phase of the closed beta has been available only to our Kickstarter backers, most of you haven’t had the opportunity to check the game out. This changes today (ok, maybe next week)!
Tell me, tell me - how can I join the beta?
We have already mentioned that being active in our Community Hub is THE best way to increase your chances of joining the beta. As a warm up exercise for all you guys without a beta key, do the following two steps:
Hello everyone! It’s been a week since the first beta test started, and our team is really thankful to everyone who has taken part. Today, we’d like to give you a quick update on how the test is going.
You can’t imagine how nervous we were when the beta keys were finally sent. It’s been two years since the last time we’ve shown actual gameplay.
The current beta has generated lots of feedback that has been useful in many ways. Thanks to your bug reports and suggestions in the Community Hub we now have a better idea on what needs to be fixed and/or improved in the first place. Expect an update to the beta build approximately next week with the following improvements:
additional English localisation (item names and descriptions anyone?)
FPS cap removed
in-game settings save properly now
We were also able to fix around 30 additional bugs that players have submitted so far, including those related to game save/load problems, crashes and the crafting system.
All of these improvements were possible thanks to your feedback, so keep it coming! We are still VERY interested in receiving bug reports and comments about each and every aspect of INSOMNIA. This is the BEST way for our team to understand what needs to be fixed/improved from the perspective of players.
Stay tuned for future updates!
Closed Beta Starts Today!
Hi everyone! It’s already May 31st, which means it’s time to start the first closed beta for INSOMNIA: The Ark. It’s hard to describe how happy we are to give our players a taste of the game that we’ve been working on for so many years.
The current beta test is aimed at our Kickstarter backers primarily. But that doesn’t mean we won’t be sharing updates about the test and INSOMNIA’s progress via Steam updates.
How can I submit feedback?
If you happen to be one of the lucky players with a beta key (that we’ve sent out today) — head over to the game’s Community Hub for instructions.
How do I join?
If you are not one of the original backers - don’t worry! We will let you know about opportunities to get acquainted with the early version of the game as soon as possible. Add INSOMNIA to your wish list now and get active in the Community Hub! For future beta phases, we will be manually selecting a few lucky players among the most active and helpful community members.
If you have any questions or feedback, let us know!
INSOMNIA nets two awards! Gets interviewed
Hi everyone! Last week our team took part in DevGAMM 2018 - the biggest conference for game industry professionals in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. One of the cool things about this event is that they welcome smaller developers and even host a prestigious indie awards show judged by industry professionals.
INSOMNIA: The Ark was one of the 110 games that entered DevGAMM Awards. Only 25 titles made it into final list of nominees (including ours, of course) to compete in one the categories on offer. Our team has submitted INSOMNIA for the “Excellence in Visual Art” and “Best Desktop Game” awards, and boy were we surprised to find out we won both of them:
Also, CEO and Lead Developer of Mono Studio was interviewed during this event. You can check the subtitled video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHQ-_5Rb9-Q ProTip: click the “CC” button in the bottom right corner of the video to turn English subtitles on ;)
The interview covers different topics, such as the game's lore, planned features and potential release window. Let us know if you have any additional questions!
Until next time :)
New trailer and first beta test
Hello everyone! This is our first news update for INSOMNIA: The Ark and our team is happy to see that many of you have already expressed your interest in the game via the Community Hub. Today we are releasing a full version of the game’s trailer that depicts some of the darker aspects of INSOMNIA’s world:
https://youtu.be/Pd_g_9WFfvo
First closed beta test
If you are one of our original Kickstarter supporters you should already know that we will launch our first beta test on May 31st. This will be a time-limited event for backers only. However, if you are not one of them - stay tuned! We will let you know about opportunities to get acquainted with the early version of the game as soon as possible.
Add INSOMNIA to your wish list now and get the latest updates. If you have any questions or feedback, let us know!
