We\'ve been working on our game this year, and as we work on it we still wanted to share some puzzles that aren\'t going in the final game. So we\'ve started doing a weekly puzzle!

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• Download the [u]https://store.steampowered.com/app/3590180/Hoards_LLC_Limited_Labyrinth_Corporation/\"" style="color:#bb86fc;text-decoration:none;">Hoard\'s LLC demo on steam [/u]

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• Go to the options for the demo in your library and click on Properties \\[click the gear or right click in the Recent bar]

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• Go to Betas and use the code [c]AlmostWeekend[/c] to get access to the [c]weekly_puzzle[/c] branch

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Hello! And welcome to Issue 2 of our devlog! Enjoy some pictures from our adventures in the Poconos and sneak preview of some full game milestones!

Colossal Con East Appearance!

From the stage to the dungeon! We had a blast at Colossal Con East in the Poconos in early September! We were invited by a fan and friend to open at one of the burlesque shows!\n\nPeablossom even made an appearance for the show!\n\n[img src=\"https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/45576962/10079b7a50a0967b40a56d275809472dcb6b65d8.jpg\"][/img]

From chants of Eat the Rich! to people singing Solidarity Forever as we left the stage Well never forget that incredible experience! Thank you to all who made it out!

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Not only did our number one fan invite us to open for his show, but he also cosplayed Franny! \n

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Full Game Milestones

So much to do and so little time! Weve been adding so much to the full game, take a look at things to come

• Saving & Cloud Saves

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• Weve implemented saving and cloud saves

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• Controls Experimentation

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• Weve been listening to feedback! A few of you found clockwise/counterclockwise controls clunky for mouse, so were testing a click-and-drag style rotation. Join our beta test and let us know what you think!\n

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If you wanna have input on the input

[u]Join our Discord [/u] to get access to our beta branches to test the new input controls! Or to just join in to hang out!

\nMuch love,

Cephalopod Ink Team

Timeline Changes

Were pushing back our launch date from August to later this Fall.\n

Weve been hard at work this summer post PAX, TooManyGames, SteamNextFest, and launching our demo! It\'s been super busy and as part of that we havent had many breaks. We dont want to commit to a specific date until we hit a few internal milestones, and get a better idea of a healthy pace for us to develop at. Weve been so excited for all of our events we were burning the candle at both ends. The goal of this venture is to build a sustainable business and not just kill ourselves to ship SOMETHING.

We appreciate y\'alls understanding and are looking forward to sharing more of Hoards LLC as soon as we can Heres some fun updates that hopefully show were still working and still really care about sharing what we can with yall.

Demo Update

Were shipping some quality of life improvements for our demo so y\'all can get a peak at what weve been working on.

• Dialogue Features

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• Typewriter text effect!

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• The text mooooves

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Dev Logs

Its easy for us to get heads down and forget folks are actually interested in the game, so were gonna start doing dev logs even if it\'s just a gif, or doodle, or Katies mad ramblings about business plans. Well post to Steam a couple times a month. You can also join us on Discord!

Hoard's LLC at Steam Next Fest

Hoard's LLC is part of next weeks Steam Next Fest! (June 9 - June 16)

We have a lot of fun content for next week so stay tuned!

Dev Streams

You can look forward to:

• Q/A with the creators of Hoard's LLC

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• Devs speed running the demo

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• Showing off features only in the full game

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• Lia doodling while we chat

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• And more!

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Every day we'll be adding more content to our Steam Stream

Twitch Streamers

Some amazing streamers are going to be trying Hoard's LLC next week! Check out their streams and show them some support

• LaLady Panda - Monday 9th, 12pm ET

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• Cozy streamer with extremely positive vibes

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We'll be posting on socials when they go live so follow us on bluesky , insta , or tiktok

How can you help?

• Our demo is already up, give it a try!

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• Checkout the streamers playing Hoard's LLC next week

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• Wishlist the game if you haven't already

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• Join our dev streams on steam

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• Have fun! There's a lot of great demos being shown off next week and your participation in Next Fest helps us all

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Thank you everyone who made it out to PAX to try Hoard's LLC! We absolutely loved meeting you and chatting!

At PAX we showed off a prologue episode of Barry and Franny participating in a Hoard's LLC training video and we'll be releasing a longer version of that demo on Steam in just a few weeks!

Also If you got your Employee of the Month photo taken we'd love if you'd tag us on socials!

Instagram: cephalopodinkstudios Bluesky: cephalopod-ink.bsky.social Facebook: Cephalopod Ink TikTok: cephalopodink Threads: cephalopodinkstudios

Enjoy some random photos from the weekend! And hope we get to see more folks at future events!