New Year, New Beginnings

After what I’ve heard a lot of people describe as a challenging year, here at eXplore Studio we have been reflecting on what progress we have made. It has not been all sunshine and rainbows for us either. We have had our fair share of hurdles, especially as a truly independent indie game studio with very limited funding. However, I am also incredibly proud to be writing that our first game will be released 29th January 2025, and we are now less than a month away from this milestone. This comes with both nerves and excitement, but The Kaiyo Mission game is a piece of art we cannot wait to share with the world. For us this is not simply a commercial product we are aiming to sell, instead it is a passion project we have invested so much into. This includes effort, time, and giving it our all. Looking back at 2024, it has been amazing working with the team of freelancers we do and developing a game which has such a peaceful and loving message. We particularly love the global nature of the translator team we work with, as we get to localise the game and hopefully reach even more people without language as a barrier. This adds to the main theme of our game being people from all over the world working together for a common goal, which we equally do as part of game development.

We are so excited to see the reaction to what we have created and how this resonates with players. This will equally include taking any feedback to improve our other two games in the pipeline. So as always, please reach out to us and we would be most happy to connect with you. Looking forward, we would love to develop more connections with people who enjoy playing The Kaiyo Mission when it is released. Though it is challenging to build up a high social media profile without funding for marketing, we are pleased our content is connecting with some people. We are very grateful for the support and engagement we have already received. Additionally, we are enthusiastic to help other indie video game developers and build new relationships through our joint love for indie games. In 2024, we have helped play test other games and supported other studios so it would be great to build on this in the next year.

Overall, we hope you have all had a great year and we wish you a very happy New Year. We cannot wait to see what 2025 holds for us and we hope to take you along for the journey!