Season 10 has RELEASED!
February no longer SUCKS.
25 new levels that finally reveal Endlight's true beautiful face.
Q: if they're so great, why didn't we start with them?
A: Because you couldn't handle that.

Once again the new season is accompanied by an awesome video.
Stats showed people stopped watching these after 10 seconds,
so we doubled the speed.
BRACE YOURSELF
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Bleachpie8, where art thou?
Ultra reliable Endlight streamer has not played Season 9 / January (let alone Season 10 / February). Why Bleachpie8? WHY!!!??!?! Was it something we said? Did you grow tired of our antics? Come back Bleachpie8... COME BACK
Note: Stats indicate no-one has reached Season 9 or 10.

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WroteIt On Reddit
Just posted the January sales data (Part 7) on Reddit. The comments, as always, are fascinating. I would reply to the comments more but the comments themselves get downvoted for reasons I don't fully understand!
Spoiler: Endlight sold 9 copies in January at full price!

Season 9 has been RELEASED!
Remember how much you loved Season 8? You should have saved that love for Season 9. It's immaculate.
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The Right To Replay Challenge: Mild Success
On Dec. 9, 2023 47 players (of a possible 190) tried the once-a-year challenge! Unfortunately no-one, including me, was able to beat it. Next year's challenge will be much more fair, yet somehow more thrilling and unfair. Set your alarm for Dec. 9, 2024.

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Bleachpie8 Endures
Watch this god among men tear through Season 8 like it was Season 7. Bonus: Watch him fail the "Right-To-Replay" challenge!

Bleachpie8 Season 8 Part 1
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Bleachpie8 Season 8 Part 2
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Red Red Reddit
I continue to provide excruciatingly detailed sales data, alongside plans and dreams. We're at Part 6 and I've introduced ... a grid. Damn right.
Spoiler 1: Endlight sold 82 copies in December!
Spoiler 2: All of them were discounted 50%
Spoiler 3: All of them were made with love.

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Rock Paper Shotgun Knows
Rock Paper Shotgun knows we exist!
"Shout-out for Endlight, still a mind-bending anti-shmup, still getting updates, the latest of which went live over the weekend. Edwin Evans-Thirlwell"

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Big In Thailand
Let's hope they're saying nice things.
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[h3]THIS SATURDAY (DEC. 9) WIN THE RIGHT TO REPLAY!
BONUS: Endlight is 50% OFF until then![/h3]

• Once-A-Year One-Day-Only One-Chance-Only
  
• When you open the game on Saturday, you'll be issued a special challenge.
  
• Success takes 30 minutes. Failure takes less, likely much less.
  
• Difficulty adjustments will be honoured - we want everyone to enjoy the challenge.
  
• If recording, get your stuff ready beforehand.
  
• If you win, you get a coupon that allows you to replay Endlight.
  
• If you lose or miss the challenge, you'll need to wait a year to try again. Not really a punishment considering you get a free season every month that entire time.
  
• You can only cash the coupon at the end of Endlight, meaning you need to complete 8 seasons/200 levels before you can use your coupon. Note: Every month we add a free season so getting to the end takes longer.
  
• Created this to alert everyone.
  

[h3]Did I mention Endlight was 50% OFF?[/h3]
Even if you bought the game, you should buy it again.
Or tell a friend to buy no less than 3 copies.
Work with me here.

[h3]FAQ[/h3]
Q: If I buy the game on Saturday, can I still play the challenge?
A: Yes. BUT you must complete 3 levels first. This is for your own good.

Q: Am I still a pretty little thing?
A: You don't need me to tell you that.

Q: Why 3 copies?
A: I like the way you think, make it 7.

[h3]Endlight - The True Game Award[/h3]

Season 8 has been RELEASED!
You might recall us talking about how great Season 7 turned out - especially the accompanying video. Well forget all that because not only does Season 8 make Season 7 look like Season 4, the video makes Season 1 look like Season 3.
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Timely Reminder
Dec. 9 is fast approaching! What's Dec. 9??!?!?! INSOLENT WHELP! It's the Endlight once-a-year 1-day-only 1-chance-only in-game event where you can win "The Right To Replay". All you need to do is open Endlight on Dec. 9. Put it in your calendar. Tell your friends!

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The Domination of Bleachpie8
Bleachpie8 continues to conquer Endlight with aplomb. We threw everything we could at him, causing the recording to be split in two.

Season 7 Part 1
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Season 7 Part 2
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The Reddit Follies
Just posted Part 5 of our ongoing Endlight sales series. Redditors continue to hold nothing back in the comments, and we would expect nothing less.
Spoiler 1: Endlight sold 27 copies in November!
Spoiler 2: All of them were discounted 50%

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Italy Maybe Loves Endlight
At least I think they do. They came across Andy Chalk's amazing PCGamer article and created a short video. Based on the new footage, they definitely played the game. Based on the YouTube generated English captions, they liked it.
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Vietnam Maybe Loves Endlight
GearVN posted this lovely article about Endlight. Based on the screenshots they liked the jokes! Truly wish we had the budget to translate all that text.

Are we truly the best game on deck?
I've given this a lot of thought and the answer is yes.

Season 7 has been RELEASED!
Remember how fantastic Season 5 and Season 6 were? Well they sucked. They just bought us time to create Season 7. The only thing better than Season 7, is this video I created showcasing Season 7.
[previewyoutube=lrIZqY_3NhE;full][/previewyoutube]
Over on TubeYube, the charming and effortlessly cool Bleachpie8 has been playing Endlight. If you want someone to play Endlight for you, complete with massive spoilers, you best watch the king. He's averaging about an hour a season, which is both amazing and concerning.

Season 5 Let's Play
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Season 6 Let's Play
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Important Reminder
"The Right To Replay" event will be held December 9. When you open Endlight that day you'll get ONE chance to beat the ONCE-A-YEAR challenge. Should you succeed you'll be rewarded the greatest gift you've ever gotten: The right to replay Endlight. Mark you calendars because if you miss it, you miss it.

On Reddit, I posted Part 4 of our ongoing Endlight sales series.
Spoiler 1: Endlight has sold a total of 139 copies.
Spoiler 2: No refunds this month!



Endlight was created using Unity.
Unity, of course, died this month.
Rage inspired me to make this comic series,
which I was forced to end early when Unity CEO john Riccitiello unexpectedly "retired".
All the Unity board members remain, meaning things are unlikely to get better.

7 Seasons released!
13 to go!
Season 8 releases Dec. 1, 2023.
Trailer expectations are high.

Seasons 7 (Nov), 8 (Dec), 9 (Jan) and 10 (Feb) Added
Outside graphics improved for medium setting
Several optimizations

Season 7 (Nov), 8 (Dec), 9 (Jan) and 10 (Feb) Added
Improved Outside graphics at medium settings
Several optimizations

Season 6 has been RELEASED!
It makes Season 5 look like Seasons 1 - 4.
You don't deserve, nor are you ready... for this.
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To help promote the just completed Steam ShmupFest,
I created a video showcasing "Bones:Outside" gameplay.
Perhaps it will change your life.
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,,,
Matheus Viana created this TikTok about Endlight.
It's snappy, fast paced, and in Portuguese.
Hopefully he liked it because it's got 15,000+ views.
https://www.tiktok.com/@mathvsl/video/7271361186380336389


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Over on Twitch, the incredibly named "BuzzyNutkins"
truly loved the menu narration.
https://www.twitch.tv/buzzynutkins/video/1924109571


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On Reddit, I continue to post detailed sales data
Short story short: Endlight is selling like the opposite of hotcakes.
Remember: If we wanted sales we'd buy the game!



14 Seasons Left
Season 7 releases November 1

Thanks to the Shmup tag we are part of the STEAM SHMUP FEST
(Sept. 25 to Oct. 2, 2023). 25% OFF because LOVE and most importantly ALGORITHIM.
What we lack in shooting, we make up for with chaos.
The tunnels THEMSELVES are the bullet hell.

YouProof 1
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YouProof 2
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Like any good shoot-em-up, we offer bonus levels.
Or did those die with Galaga?
Oh yes, I am that old.
Relax in first person, ya filthy animal.
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What Shmups do I like?
Scramble (Arcade)
1943 (Arcade)
Robotron (Arcade)
Heavy Barrel (Arcade, ROTARY joysticks)
Raystorm (PS1)

But the best, most distilled bullet hell I ever played?
crazygame.exe
Lasting a minute (like in this video), is incredibly hard.
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Season 5 has been RELEASED!
It's a doozy that makes Seasons 1 - 4 look like Season 0.
Don't forget: We're releasing 14 more seasons (monthly).
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PC Gamer wrote this incredible review.
Several secrets may be revealed.
Andy Chalk may be the only person that truly understands Endlight,
and we're very grateful he took the time to write this.
May he be rewarded with all the views.

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Addy Lovestar posted a truly subversive analysis
It cuts deep, and is a completely unexpected take.
It's worth more than the minute and a half it requires.
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"Few have bought, less have finished."
According to my stats, you have not bought Endlight.
You should, it's good for you.
If you have bought Endlight, you haven't finished it.
You should, you paid for it.
Read my recent Reddit Post.
I'm risking karma.

Lock up Grandma because today is the DAY.
Endlight is FINALLY RELEASED!
You knew it would happen and it did.
I've literally played Endlight 10,000 times,
so I have the credentials to say "ENDLIGHT"

[h3]Review: Kylda[/h3]
[previewyoutube=97VgQfPn1C0;full][/previewyoutube]"Endlight is THE most visually stimulating game I have ever played ...
and I've played some fucking visually stimulating games"
"it gets absurd VERY fast, in about 2 milliseconds you go from ...
oooo pretty lights to ... (footage of a computer exploding)"
"satisfying is something this game does at its core ... really well"


[h3]Review: ZeroFrameGaming[/h3]
[previewyoutube=Ec0n5shFf3o;full][/previewyoutube]Perhaps the only review that mentions Endlight is funny.
Endlight also features the worst story in videogame history but I digress.
They highlight some of my game design tweets so you'll learn thangs.
They were surprised Endlight was in development for so long which is great!
Oh wait... that's great, right? Right?!
Grandma!!!




[h3]HIDDEN FACT[/h3]
Endlight's default settings have Chaos and Graphics turned down for the normals.
But that's not you.

You ...
You're absurd.
You're an avocado in a bowl full of raisins.
You're the reason I get out of bed every morning and pretend I slept.

Switch "Chaos" to "Exciting" and "Graphics" to "Great",
your eyeballs will both thank you.


[h3]NOT HIDDEN FACT[/h3]
We will be releasing FREE SEASONS (25 levels each)
on the first of EVERY MONTH for a YEAR.
That's a lotta levels, but it's better than installing drywall.




[h3]MEANWHILE ON REDDIT[/h3]
I spill the beans on Endlight sales and plans.
Read it before it reads you.
Our game will FAIL at launch (tomorrow), but be SUCCESSFUL later

You might also like this tweet

You knew this day would come.
But this isn't about you.
It's about Friday July 28, 2023.
The day Endlight, after several false starts, finally releases.
You're incredibly self centered.

I think we all know you're going to buy Endlight.
Proof: You're reading this.
The problem isn't you.
The problem is all of your friends who don't know about Endlight,
and are upset with you for not telling them.

[hr][/hr]What's new? Only EVERYTHING
Forget the Endlight you knew and loved, it's dead.
It's been replaced by Endlight.

• Real time lighting - check out those annoying GIFs!
  
• Volumetric fog
  
• Optimized for SteamDeck (it's SWEET)
  
• 16 FREE DLC Seasons (400+ levels)
  
• Improved post-processing colour (LUTs)
  
• Improved framerate, somehow still 60fps+ in 4K (120fps+ at 1080p)
  
• Improved collisions
  
• More particles, plus more particles, and some more particles
  
• More user controlled configurations
  
• Extra spectacular Outside levels
  
• Redesigned the "Yearly Challenge", now titled "Earn The Right To Replay"
  

GAMES FROM ONTARIO
Who's from Ontario? WE ARE. Ontario is located between China and Iceland. It's a beautiful place, full of long roads and short mountains. Many visit. Many leave after visiting. Some stay. Some return after leaving. Truly a mysterious place.

Are there more game studios located "from Toronto and Ottawa, to London, Sudbury and everywhere in-between". Who cares! Even if we were the only game studio located in Ontario we would be proud to be part of this awesome event (Sept. 7 - 14). Did you see the banner on our page? Click and be A M A Z E D. You can also click here although that lacks mystery.

What does it mean to be a developer in Ontario? It means parking your car, locking it and never returning. It means continuing the lie that beavers exist. It means sitting at a computer 24 7 364 x 10 cranking out the best pixels possible while keeping an ear on audio (see what I eared there?). It means never saying "Can you pass the golden syrup?"

3 LIVE STREAMS
We own your lunch hour. Tomorrow (Sept. 8) and Friday (Sept. 9) 12pm - 1pm we steal your sandwich. Then, on Sept. 13, the last day of "Games From Ontario" streaming, we return at noon to take your dessert. Wait... what's this? An APPLE?! GOOD LORD.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWrRfFUkB-4

WASN'T ENDLIGHT SUPPOSED TO RELEASE JULY 2022
We were fools to think we could outsmart you, my detail oriented friend. I guess we owe you the truth. The truth is we didn't think you could handle the real date (your loose lips are legendary). No. That's not the truth. But the REAL truth would be to much for those hips to bear, so we shall continue to carry it for you.

STEAM NEXT FEST 2022
We're next festing it up all this week (June 13 - June 20)! We bought a new suit, polished our shoes, and we're ready to go. Mom says we're not old enough to drink, so she said she's doing the drinking for us. Thanks Mom!


NEW VIDEO
Conveniently located right on the Steam page. You can't find it? But... it's the only video on the page. Oh, you found it ... GREAT! Does it make you want to buy Endlight? Don't answer that! All new mind blowing footage featuring new levels, more particles, and death defying feats of strength! Less a trailer and more a living will. If you like the video you will LOVE Endlight. If you LOVE the video you will also LOVE Endlight. If you don't like the video you will also LOVE Endlight. Mom's demolished 2 Lime Budweisers.


NEW DEMO
Do you remember the old demo? WELL FORGET ABOUT IT. This... THIS IS THE REAL DEMO. Featuring new, spectacular levels (in addition to improved favourites from earlier). Brace yourself, because there's even more stuff flying around. Can you replay the demo this time? Still NO!

You can FINALLY configure the chaos to match what you're comfortable with. Getting a headache? Hit F1 and change 'Chaos' to 'Adequate' or 'Boring'. Not enough? There's tons of options to reduce camera movement, particle count, etc. I guarantee you will find a blissful state.

Is Endlight choppy? Hit F1 and change 'Graphics' to 'Good' or 'Bad/Fast'. If that doesn't do the trick there are many options to tweak performance further. Note: The framerate displays (per CPU) in the lower left corner, so you can immediately see the impact changes make. Go forth and find 120fps.

Need instructions/help playing the demo? Read my forum thread
(many have found it life changing)
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1299860/discussions/0/2981907749287143791/


LIVE STREAMS
We're doing TWO! The greatest Endlight player in the world (currently me) is showcasing new levels while chatting incessantly. Be warned, you might buy the game based on his beautiful face alone. Mom's lying naked on the floor (illusions never changed, into something real).

Tonight (Monday June 13) 6pm EDT
(set reminder here)
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1299860/view/4741736326654012953

Tuesday June 14 9pm EDT
(we'll correct all of Monday's mistakes)
https://steamcommunity.com/games/1299860/announcements/detail/4741736326654062225


THANKYOU
Can I just give a big thankyou to you for reading and to me for writing?
But ... there were no spelling mistakes.
Favourite has a U. I'm serious.

Tuesday June 14 9pm EDT
We streamed before, we're streaming again.
You'll see things you've never seen before.
Things you will never see again.
Things you should never see ever.

Monday June 13 6pm EDT
Seriously, we'll blow your MIND!

Sorry for the delay in posting, but rest assured we are WORKING HARD on finishing Endlight. IT'S SO GOOD! The demo has produced much feedback (thanks everyone!), and we've almost finished addressing every single concern. If it's something we can fix, WE WILL FIX. The Steam demo will be updated shortly, so you can see our hard earned fruits. Endlight will release April 2022 (this time likely for REALZ!)

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Configuration Menu
You Steamies LOVE to tweak knobs, so we have provided MANY! Some examples:

• Performance: Draw Distance, Level of Detail, Threads, etc.
  
• Motion Sickness: FOV, Camera Rotation, Screenshake, Less/More Particles, Reduce Flashing, etc.
  
• Difficulty: Easy/Normal/Hard, Game Speed, Hoop Probability, etc.

We're hard at work completing Endlight for November 2021. We had hoped to release in September, BUT few know Endlight exists. Rather than release to oblivion, we moved dates (apologies, especially to Miyazo). We've doubled down on marketing, and hopefully you'll get sick of hearing about Endlight. Ongoing detailed development updates can be found here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1299860/discussions/0/2953788788209557410/


IGN covered Endlight for Gamescom 2021!
Checkout the 2 minute custom trailer we created!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSLCM16Ol2g
The visuals are great, but that voiceover - TERRIBLE! I thought it was passable, but hearing it now I cringe. The voiceover was a rush job for reasons that will only bore you. I focused so much on the words explaining Endlight, I overlooked the presentation of said words. This will haunt me for the REST OF MY DAYS. That being said, I do like how the video ends :)

Today that video has 349 likes and 309 dislikes. Based on the comments (always read the comments, they're fantastic!) it appears viewers either love or hate Endlight's insanity - there is no in-between. We've potentially (and unintentionally) created the most polarizing game of 2021. I mean, we just wanted to maximize your GPU - is that so wrong?!

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Watch Cyber_Akuma BEAT the Demo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq1Y7T6sMH8
It takes him 22 minutes to reach the final level, then another 15 trying to beat it ... BUT BEAT IT HE DID! Proof that Endlight, despite the dizzying insanity, is the easiest game ever made.

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We will be submitting Endlight to GDC IGF 2022
This is our NINTH attempt. Multiple failed attempts have produced this amazing twitter rabbit hole:
https://twitter.com/misterbigpants/status/1434246992084021249
Will this thread celebrate a 10th anniversary? Hopefully NOT!

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Oomfielord tweets:
https://twitter.com/Oomfielord/status/1431374938888450048
"Yeah man great demo but im never playing this again for the sake of my eyesight and my brain. Who tf thought this game was a good idea bruh". The entire thread is amazing. However, Oomfielord finished the demo! Despite what's written I'm pretty confident we've found OUR BIGGEST FAN!

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Endlight - First Impressions by Indiecator
https://indiecator.home.blog/2021/09/23/endlight-first-impressions/
Short story: Does NOT recommend!
Long story: We'll change their mind!
Indiecator's concerns are valid, BUT we can address them all and WE SHALL! Don't worry Indiecator, we'll make you PROUD YET!!! Worth noting that this is not the first time eyeball exhaustion has been mentioned, and we'll be providing configuration options to address that.

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Miyazo tweets:
https://twitter.com/Miyazo_/status/1436754818324783104
Miyazo may be our biggest fan (second only to Oomfielord), and moving Endlight's release date has let them down. Miyazo is the single largest reason we're gong to hit our November target. We cannot deal with another sad emoji.

We're at gamescom 2021! We have a booth!
Truly this is the most beautiful of times.

You can enter the magical indie arena for free HERE
Find us in the "Howling Gardens / Arcade Village" - on level "Action 2".
We're surrounded by AI characters, and desperately lonely.

IGN featured an EXCLUSIVE Endlight video as part of gamescom "Awesome Indies".
(apologies for the poor voiceover, everyone was sleeping and I had to keep quiet)

[previewyoutube=gSLCM16Ol2g;full][/previewyoutube]
"Should have been a seizure warning before this trailer"

"The voice over was clearly recorded on a toilet ten minutes before the show"

"They seriously should put a seizure warning on this preview no joke."

"A self-aware epilepsy-inducing hot pile of mess is still an epilepsy-inducing hot pile of mess"

"They improved the graphics to 4K... They call these graphics?"

We loved ya SteamNextFest demo, but it was time to go. Just marking the occasion with this event, in case anyone was wondering where it went (I'm already wondering).