Creating Desolus: explore a city of Gothic architecture torn between time. ---Previously #OuterWilds @ManifoldGarden @MIT

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After nearly a decade of development, I am very excited to finally announce Desolus! Explore a city of Gothic architecture torn between past and future in Desolus, a first person puzzle game.
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Desolus will be coming to Nintendo Switch 2, later this year!
Desolus announced for Nintendo Switch 2 nintendoeverything.com/desol…
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After watching yesterday's #ShacknewsE4IndieShowcase, these were the 4 games that impressed me the most: 🦇 The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest — @Retroware ☁️ Cloudbreaker — Ballast Games 🧜 The Mermaid Mask — @SFBTom & @SFBDim 🌌 Desolus — @DesolusDev
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Explore a city of Gothic architecture torn between past and future in DESOLUS, a 1st person puzzle game. Solve puzzles through the use of black holes, traveling back and forth through time to make architecture whole again. Wishlist! store.steampowered.com/app/1… #indiedev @DesolusDev
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We’ve been nominated for @Marooners_Rock Best Indie Game at #PAXEast! Special thanks to @lavinasaurus for helping showcase Desolus this weekend.
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This game looked very cool! And the people were nice.
Desolus is being shown at #PAXEast you should definitely go check it out! We're at booth 20098!
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Desolus is being shown at #PAXEast you should definitely go check it out! We're at booth 20098!
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We playtested DESOLUS and our playtester loved the dimension-swapping mechanic — called it 'so fun' and 'amazing' right from the start. Full session here: youtube.com/watch?v=zGNzSls9…
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Here is a list of ID@Xbox games coming to Xbox • At Fate's End (Thunder Lotus) • MONGIL: STAR DIVE (Netmarble Monster) • Invincible VS (Quarter Up) •Delphinium (Sev) •Echo Generation 2 (Cococucumber) • Screenbound (Crescent Moon Games) • Son of Thanjai (Ayelet Studio) • Nomori (Enchanted Works) • Desolus (Mark J. Mayers) • Replaced (Sad Cat) • Dosa Divas (Outerloop Games) • Hit-Em-Up Highrise (MIX Games) • The Mixtape (Beethoven and Dinosaur) developer.microsoft.com/en-u…
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3/ Desolus from @DesolusDev is a mind-bending puzzle adventure game inspired by Myst and Gothic architecture, where you rearrange the world by reaching through black holes and portals. It's wild.
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Xbox at GDC 🎮 Meet the Devs We 💚 indie games! This week we’re shining the spotlight on some of the incredible teams behind the titles being showcased at the @ID_Xbox press event, where they’ll be sharing their demos. Get to know the creators, what they do, and the inspiration behind their games. 💫 #GDC2026 developer.microsoft.com/game…
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@DesolusDev will be featured and playable at Comic Con Stuttgart '25 Showcase! #BeAHero #ComicConStuttgart
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Desolus will be featured in the Best Indie Games Winter Showcase- check it out here! youtube.com/watch?v=u94QwcNC… #BIGWinterShowcase
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Check out @DesolusDev in the Best Indie Games Winter Showcase 2025 on 12/2 at 8am Pacific. #BIGWinterShowcase @clemmygames
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Hotel Infinity launches today on Meta Quest and PS VR2! It's a roomscale VR experience built around natural locomotion. Every step you take in real life moves you through the game. Meta Quest: meta.com/experiences/4385842… PS VR2: store.playstation.com/en-us/…
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We made a video explaining on we designed our roomscale #VR title Hotel Infinity to use natural locomotion: youtu.be/Yz862FOR_jQ Hotel Infinity is finally coming out on November 13th! #MetaQuest: meta.com/experiences/hotel-i… #PSVR2: playstation.com/en-us/games/…
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