Well well well, what do we have here then? A bunch of developers seem to have joined up for something called The Triple-i Initiative that could be quite exciting.
This was stealthily teased today that I spotted the Vampire Survivor account on X posting about, with nothing other than an eyes emoji pointing to The Triple-i Initiative website. The website also doesn't really give much away either noting simply that it's:
A mysterious teasing page by the studios behind...
Darkest Dungeon, Risk of Rain, Slay the Spire, Vampire Survivors, V Rising & many others
With a countdown timer to a new announcement due in just over 16 days.
Doing a bit of digging on X there really is a lot of developers and publishers involved in this including others you may recognise like Evil Empire (prev worked on Dead Cells), Fellow Traveller (publisher), Humble Games (publisher), Fireshine Games (publisher), Dotemu (Streets of Rage 4), Thunder Lotus (Spiritfarer), Thorium (UnderMine), Pathea Games (My Time at Sandrock), Matt Dabrowski (Streets of Rogue) and the list goes on and on…
And then there's the new official X account for The Triple-i Initiative that posted how this has been "In the works for months, coming to you in days.". Curious.
Hmm. What could this be? A game that they're all part of somehow? A special indie game publisher? A game bundle? A new marketing push for indie games but not specifically a publisher? Something else entirely? A few months isn't a lot of time to prepare a new game, especially with so many involved, so I doubt it's that.
Over to you in the comments, what do you think will be announced? Go on, give it your best shot.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Other than that, indie developers teaming up could not be a bad idea ? I'm eager to see what they are cooking.
QuoteWhat could this be? A game that they're all part of somehow? A special indie game publisher? A game bundle? A new marketing push for indie games but not specifically a publisher? Something else entirely? A few months isn't a lot of time to prepare a new game, especially with so many involved, so I doubt it's that.Hopefully not some hackneyed ill-meshing unnecessary crossover! I'm bloody sick to death of those.
Quoting: PenglingWhat if it includes Bomberman? :PQuoteWhat could this be? A game that they're all part of somehow? A special indie game publisher? A game bundle? A new marketing push for indie games but not specifically a publisher? Something else entirely? A few months isn't a lot of time to prepare a new game, especially with so many involved, so I doubt it's that.Hopefully not some hackneyed ill-meshing unnecessary crossover! I'm bloody sick to death of those.
Quoting: Liam DaweWhat if it includes Bomberman? :PI would still be a grumpy git about it.
I'm really not a fan of most crossovers these days, I'm very burnt-out on them.Besides, your list didn't include current Bomberman developer Hexa Drive (who are an indie studio) or Konami (who I don't think we could say are). You're not about to tell me they're in on this too, are you?
Last edited by Pengling on 12 March 2024 at 5:30 pm UTC
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Quoting: PenglingWhat if it's actually good though? I mean, the Pizza Tower devs added their character to Rivals of Aether via the Steam Workshop.QuoteWhat could this be? A game that they're all part of somehow? A special indie game publisher? A game bundle? A new marketing push for indie games but not specifically a publisher? Something else entirely? A few months isn't a lot of time to prepare a new game, especially with so many involved, so I doubt it's that.Hopefully not some hackneyed ill-meshing unnecessary crossover! I'm bloody sick to death of those.
"Evil Empire is a “triple I” development studio."
So just another publisher I guess. Or an "indie merger" maybe. I'm not holding my breath.
Last edited by pb on 12 March 2024 at 6:10 pm UTC
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