- Eat Create Sleep is No More - 2 January 2025
Hello everyone, We did not survive until 2025, ECS is shutting down, we tried to survive 2024 with work for hire, but unfortunately got screwed by bad faith business partners, we can't go into details publicly, but in short we were taken advantage of from bigger actors whilst doing work for hire. This is too raw for us to write a grand eulogy, it did not end on a happy note or in a calm manner, due to the above reason. We did our best to provide for our colleagues whilst shutting down (in accordance with Swedish labour laws), but now we are no more. This means Shallow Waters or any ECS games will not happen and this is the last communication, we just felt that our fans could get some sort of official confirmation so you don't have to wonder. Our games will be online for now, but we don't know for how long, you are free to back them up in accordance with Steam's guidelines.. Thank you fo…
- See You in 2025 - 31 January 2024
Hello everyone, It’s been awhile, and in short it's going to be a while longer. Due to the state of the industry we need to pause development for Shallow Waters and resume in 2025. But, you have a new demo to play now! As we said last year we’re not working with our former publisher anymore, we went out to look for “work for hire” to pay the bills and keep the studio running, things seemed to be doing OK after the split. Then 2023 happened, one of the worst years for the game industry in modern history, as this article says "If 2023 was the year of layoffs, 2024 will be the year of closures.”. We and the industry are still reeling this year, and we’resadly having to let go of some colleagues as well. To keep going at all we’ve signed an exclusive deal with a AAA developer and publisher, doing work for hire for them during 2024, that means we’re not getting ready to release Shallow Water…
- Important News - 20 March 2023
Eat Create Sleep is no longer publishing with Curve Games, we have both mutually agreed to not continue working together on Among Ripples: Shallow Waters. We want to explain to you what this means for the future of our company and the game (but don't worry, there's still good news). The game is still being developed and will be released! It will just take a bit more work and time to get to that point. What we've been working on as of March First off, here's a small video on the current state of Among Ripples: Shallow Waters. We've been adding a lot of cool new features and gameplay improvements! Possible Questions, And Answers Q: Are we still releasing the game? A: Yes! Discussions and plans are in the works, and we are confident we will be working with a new publisher in the fall. Some of our team will continue working on Among Ripples: Shallow Waters, while the rest will be taking par…
- Nostalgia Lake - 1 February 2023
Hey again! Eat Create Sleep here with another monthly update. Below we're going to show you some more concept art and game assets our team has been working on! HUD Design A rework mockup of the old placeholder HUD/UI. Looking more fresh and organized! Along with a mockup of the zones shown for different fish and organisms in game. Environment Abandoned infrastructure - a fast food restaurant 'Ambrosia' that some might recognize a resemblance of, and some homes typical of what you can find here in Sweden. Cleanup Continuing with a few more level concept art pieces, the first one being inspired from the Swedish island of Gotland where our studio is located! Farmlands to lakes, we can't wait to give you the experience of healing nature with our game. Want to zoom in and look at the details? Just need to see it bigger? Click to see all of the full images in this newsletter on imgur. Make su…
- Crabby Eco Land - 11 January 2023
New Land Below are some new level concepts ranging from 'eco'-land amusement park, farmlands, to industrial outskirts to clean up and revive. Characters and Missions Concepts and mockups of the mission briefing room, along with one of the campsites! Talk to your crew and see what's in store. Machines Next up, we have the crabby digger along with a transport van and mobile lab, the eco van! Thanks for subscribing and supporting us ✨ Make sure to wishlist Among Ripples: Shallow Waters and follow our other social media! We look forward to bringing this game to you, see you next time!
- December News - 13 December 2022
Alpha and Level Zero After putting together concept art and level design in the previous month, the alpha level has been created and playtested! Mostly featuring on mechanics and gameplay, below are some screens of the level in-game. Cleanup This level focuses on an abandoned sawmill, clean up tracks and debris left behind. You can now visually see some of the effects from the pollution in the water. Overlays Look into elements such as toxins, oxygen levels, and more with selectable overlay maps. This can help you visually track your progress and see what areas need more care. Make sure to wishlist our game, and you can also subscribe to our newsletter to get updates directly to your inbox here! Or follow us on our other social media platforms. Until next time, have a safe holiday season!
- November News - 14 November 2022
Hey again! Eat Create Sleep here with another monthly update on our game's progress. Alpha and Level Zero Concept art for the first level has been created, set in an abandoned sawmill. A block out of the level in game is done, and now all of the environmental details etc. are being implemented. Otter Time The Otter is coming together! Along with it, creatures like the duck, and all of the current fish are finished up. Technical If you're into the coding side of things, we're working on organism AI, traits, predation, and preference aware movement. What's next In our December newsletter we'll show you more before holiday break. Make sure to wishlist Among Ripples: Shallow Waters here on steam and follow our other social media on your preferred platforms if you want to see more frequent content - otherwise we look forward to saying hey again next month! Direct newsletter link and subscrib…
- October Newsletter - 13 October 2022
Hello everyone! Regularly scheduled newsletter has returned, check out what we've been working on in the game here and make sure to subscribe if you'd like to get updates directly to your inbox: https://mailchi.mp/eatcreatesleep/new-growth-in-october //ECS
- Collab With Publisher - ECS + Curve Games - 26 May 2022
Hello everyone! Martin from Eat Create Sleep here. In this newsletter I'm going to talk more about the biz, it means we're working with a publisher, and that the game is going to be able to reach its full potential, read more below. Working With Our Publisher We've been working with Curve Games for a few months now and they are comprised of seasoned developers and marketeers who've been working on the who's who (or "who's what"?) in strategy, simulation, and tycoony games. We're very confident that they can make Among Ripples: Shallow Waters a good game with resources way beyond if we'd self-publish it. We can't say much about when and how, but 2023 is the year we want to release, and it's coming to Steam on PC, at least. Maybe more, no promises! Preview of Game If you want to see a preview of how the game looks now, let the gifs commence! -------- There you have it, stay tuned for more…
- Among Publishing - Game's Future - 23 December 2021
Hello everyone! Martin from Eat Create Sleep here. We have great news to share, we have a publisher (who is a secret for now) so we don't need to do a new Kickstarter, we're gearing up towards a great launch, in 2023! Read the full newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/eatcreatesleep/newsletterdec21 We wish you a safe holiday, stay tuned for 2022! //Martin & ECS Team
- We've Found Funding - Delisting Old Demo - 9 November 2021
Hello everyone, We don't need to do a Kickstarter to fund the game any more since we've found a great publisher to partner with. But we need to remove the old demo and honestly, it doesn't reflect where the game is any more (it's better!). We're just writing this short post to let you know why the demo has been removed and that you can expect a lot of nice news about Among Ripples: Shallow Waters soon. Stay tuned and thank you for all the support! /Martin & ECS-team
- Prototype Demo + Kickstarter in Spring 2021 - 16 December 2020
Hello friends! Here’s a new update from us. The "Covid crater" coined previously is sadly still taking up space, but it won’t stop us from launching our new prototype demo, cinematic trailer and Kickstarter campaign in Spring 2021! What’s been happening? We’re continuing to survive doing work for hire and supporting other game projects. We helped Might and Delight with programming for Book of Travels, a TMO (Tiny Online Multiplayer) that PC Gamer wrote: “It could change the way we think about MMOs..” We're still working remotely. We’ve taken on art interns and a new part time community manager. The team is continuing to work on the release for you! It may be a bit slower than we imagined but it’s happening. Cinematic Sneak Peeks Do you remember the storyboard video prototype we shared in October this year? We’re breathing life into these cinematic environments and beautiful sweeping sho…
- Kickstarter - Early 2021 - 14 October 2020
Hello everyone! It's been awhile, I hope you're safe. We're still working and things are finally settling after the "Covid crater" as a colleague put it. It's been a hectic few months since March, 2020. But now we're back to inform that we will launch a new Kickstarter campaign in early 2021! Let's start with showing our work in progress intro to celebrate (soon you can see it in glorious three dimensions). What's Been Happening? In short we've spent these months trying to survive, doing work for hire, applying for loans, grants and investments. We also spent two months pitching to a major publisher and almost got signed with a huge budget, but fell through. It's also been interesting to transition to a complete remote team, from being in an office for 5+ years. We're going to work remotely as long as the pandemic continues. We've found more work for hire until the end of the year and o…
- The best Steam Festival demos: management games - 19 June 2020
You know what takes a lot of managing? All the demos in the Steam Game Festival: Summer Edition . There are blimmin’ 900 of them. And coincidentally, I have gone through and collected some of the best demos on that theme. Rockets, monsters, pirates, wine and fish: what do all these things have in common? You’re in charge of their efficiency, that’s what. If someone wants to speak to their manager, that’s you, that is. Because these are management games, and they’re all about making things efficient. They range from the educational to the absurd, the clean-cut to the deeply weird, but they all managed to bathe my brain in the lovely feelgood chemicals that only come from making things work just right . Or at the very least, the abrupt mirth that comes from things going horribly wrong. Let’s evaluate their performance: (more…)
- Ask the Devs - They Will Ask Back (?!) - 18 June 2020
Hello old and new fans! We're part of Steam Game Festival and to celebrate that we're hosting a "you ask us, we ask you" session. You Ask Us The rules are simple, you ask us questions about the game, our game studio or general development questions and we will answer. We will host these question sessions online until the 22th June, 2020. You can ask us questions on these platforms: Here on Steam (just reply to the thread) Twitter Post Kickstarter Post Facebook Post Discord (in the #among-ripples channel) We will answer these questions during the coming days on these platforms, but please be patient during the weekend, we need our beauty sleep. We will compile all the answers into a FAQ which we will post on our newsletter (sign up today!) next week. You need to sign up to get the full demo experience anyway so there's a nice bonus for you. ;) We Ask You In the same newsletter where we c…
- April Update - 30 April 2020
Hello everyone, We'll try to have these updates bi-weekly or monthly and will be collected on Kickstarter, you can read the new update here. Read Update on Kickstarter Page There you can read about the evolution of the mobile eco science van, new characters, new economic system and procedural car shenanigans like the one below. Stay safe!
- Demo Now Available on Steam - 23 December 2019
Hello everyone! Valve just approved our demo and you can now download it on the coming soon page for Among Ripples: Shallow Waters. Hope you enjoy! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1096090/Among_Ripples_Shallow_Waters/ Please remember that this is a proof of concept prototype so it's not an optimised game, older computers may have problems running it on higher resolutions. The finished game will of course be much more polished. :) Happy holidays!
- New Demo Available - 20 December 2019
Hello everyone, We have now uploaded the new demo for you to try out. In the new sandbox maps you can explore more of the possibilities of the game. Each map has its own season. Download the Demo Here* itch * Gamejolt * IndieDB * Our server if you sign up to the newsletter Unlock the Full DemoWe have added three new sandbox maps with different seasons and a new toxic trash gameplay mechanic. To play these you need to subscribe to our newsletter. Everyone who are already subscribed can download the new demo and login with your email to unlock the new demo. What the game does is simply ask Mailchimp (our newsletter provider) if you're subscribed and if Mailchimp says yes you're good to go. :) Coming to Steam SoonWe were not able to upload the demo in time, Valve will review it for release here on Steam for a few days. We will update you when it's finally online here. But if you're really…
- Among Ripples: Shallow Waters - Kickstarter and Prototype Demo - 20 November 2019
Hello everyone! We're happy to announce that we will be launching a Kickstarter campaign in early 2020 and want you all to help us get the word out. You can try our public demo out now, if you sign up to our newsletter (sign up here). KickstarterWe will be launching a Kickstarter campaign for Among Ripples: Shallow Waters in early 2020, we will let you know a few weeks in advance when we launch. The best way to keep yourself updated is to join our new newsletter! Demo and NewsletterYou can download the demo to PC, Mac or Linux if you sign up to our newsletter here. We will only post updates about once a month and you can unsubscribe whenever you want. Join our Discord and talk about what you'd like to see in the game and the Kickstarter campaign, stay tuned!
- Among Ripples: Shallow Waters - Let's Play & Updates - 1 November 2019
https://i.imgur.com/Eozb4No.gif Hello everyone! A lot has happened since we last spoke, we're starting to get the funding for the project together. We haven't found a publisher yet but if we play our cards right we will make it anyway, maybe we'll find one later down the line. The important thing to know is that we're progressing on the development with Among Ripples: Shallow Waters! PrototypeWe have worked a lot on improving the visuals as you can see. New interface and better watercolour shaders! https://i.imgur.com/K4Ogk3e.png https://i.imgur.com/gVRZQuG.png Let's PlayTogether with our lead programmer, Tomas I sat down and played our latest prototype. Next time we promise the recording will be even better. ;) https://youtu.be/2JCoRzDaz6M Keep in TouchIf you also want to see this game happen please let the world know by wishlisting it and keeping tabs on what we do on our social media…
