- SOLAS 128 is in the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase 2026 - 28 May 2026
Hi all,Just wanted to post a quick update to let you know that SOLAS 128 is on a deep sale to celebrate being in the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase this year! So if you're looking for a puzzle game with over 170 puzzles (it's kinda hard to measure the exact number) to keep you occupied now is a great time to pick it up!It's always an honour for my games to be included alongside such a huge variety of amazing, strange, and inventive puzzle games so definitely go and explore the showcase when you get a moment! On which note, my follow up game to SOLAS 128 has also just had a new version of the demo released! With tweaked/improved puzzles, enhanced graphics/vibes, and all new features like in game note taking. If you like escape rooms, I think you'll like this too... As always, wishlisting a game on Steam makes a huge difference to tiny teams like mine, so it'd be appreciated if you fancy it 💜�…
- Unity Security Update - 12 October 2025
Hi all, Tom here. You might have seen that Unity has... well, had a bad time recently. Long story short, there has been a rare vulnerability discovered which has meant that every game made in Unity (since 2017) should be updated to patch it. Yeah... fun time for anyone with games made with Unity! Anyway, long story short I've pushed out a patch for SOLAS 128 and SOLAS 128 Prologue that includes the new version of the Unity DLLs so it should no longer be susceptible to this exploit. In particular, due to the game being in an older version of Unity we are only patching the Unity DLLs here, not touching the game content at all. All being well you shouldn't see any difference in the game itself. The version number(s) will stay the same, and saves should all load correctly. Fingers cross this will protect you from the vulnerability and you can all still continue exploring the neon depths! -A…
- SOLAS 128 Is Currently 70% Off! - 23 May 2024
Hi all, Just wanted to post a quick update to let you know that SOLAS 128 is on its deepest sale ever to celebrate being in the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase again this year! So, if you've been on the fence now is a great time to pick up the game! Oh, and before I go, I should let you know that CRT7 (my upcoming game) has just released a massive new demo update focusing on improved QoL and accessibility. If you're interested, why not give it a try too and/or drop a wishlist – it makes a huge difference to games like mine, especially where it's mostly being made by one person! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2096780/CRT7#game_area_purchase As always thanks for all the support, and I hope you enjoy the puzzling! - Amicable Animal
- SOLAS 128 and the CRT7 Demo are in the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase! - 24 July 2023
Hi all, Tom here! Today is the official announcement of the 2023 Cerebral Puzzle Showcase which means I can say that both SOLAS 128 and CRT7 were selected to take part! I'm delighted and flattered to have both my games in this event, alongside 200+ other incredible thinky games. SOLAS 128 will be discounted by 60% for the event (it's deepest discount ever) and CRT7 will be one of only 5 new demos debuting during the event, too! Whether you like wordless exploration of an ancient interconnected neon machine, or exploring a dark basement full of weird corrupted retro machines, there is sure to be something you like here. Not only that, but it seems like the two games might even be connected somehow? If you try either game during the showcase: thank you so much! I really hope you have fun! - Amicable Animal
- New Game: CRT7 Demo Date Announced - 7 July 2023
Hi all, Tom here! I'm delighted to say that I can finally announce a date for the upcoming demo of my new game, CRT7! The demo will be launching 3rd of August! If you're interested, please wishlist it here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2096780/CRT7/ What's more, I've made a special trailer to celebrate the announcement. I really hope you like it: Solve puzzles / Explore the dark / Fix the future The demo is somewhere between 1 and 3 hours long (depending how good you are at puzzles), and should give you a good idea of what to expect from the full game. A dark basement, mysterious puzzles, and a splintered narrative about obsession, power, and regret. It will also have an embedded guidance/hint system and accessibility options too. Oh, and you better believe I hid some fun weirdness in there too... I can't wait to see people playing it! Please bear in mind that this is a one-person…
- SOLAS 128 is in Steam Puzzle Fest! - 24 April 2023
Hey all, Tom here! I just wanted to post a quick update to let you all know that SOLAS 128 is taking part in Steam Puzzle Fest, with an accompanying 50% off sale! This is a festival which celebrates all sorts of puzzle games, and one we're honoured to be included in! It's running from April 24th to May 1st, and as always there is the demo for SOLAS 128 with all unique levels you can try first too! If you are lovely enough to pick it up, a review is always appreciated 💜 Oh, and if you've already played SOLAS 128 and are craving a more chill puzzle game with music at their heart, you can try Rtymos by our friends at Floppy Club: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1634220/Rytmos/ I'm also working on a new game called CRT7 which will be full of different types of puzzles, procedural music, and atmosphere: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2096780/CRT7/ (There will be more exciting news ab…
- Audio Award Winner! - 7 November 2022
Hey all, Tom here! Just a small update to let you know that SOLAS 128 won the Audio award at the Scottish Games Awards a couple of weeks ago! (I've been recovering from all the travel, so been a little slow on updating things here) Super happy for Steven on Sound Design, and Jamesy on Music – they've got something to show for putting up with my nonsense. Oh, and a little reminder that if you like the soundtrack, you can get it here: https://jamesydownie1.bandcamp.com/album/solas-128-original-soundtrack Now, back to work... keep safe and warm all! -Amicable Animal
- Scottish Games Week Sale (and hints of new things) - 24 October 2022
Hey all, Tom here! This week is the inaugural Scottish Games Week, and as some of you might know, SOLAS 128 was a game made by three of us based in Scotland so I'm dead excited to be involved! We've also been lucky enough to be nominated for three upcoming categories in the Scottish Games Awards (Best Small-Budget Game, Audio, and Creativity) and I thought it was an excellent time to celebrate with a small sale! While I'm here, a little update that I've been working on a new game called CRT7. An early teaser Steam page is up if you'd like to find out just a little more, and perhaps wishlist it too: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2096780/CRT7/ If you like SOLAS 128 I suspect you might like this new mysterious puzzle game too when it is ready, and wishlists are a huge help for small developers like us! Either way keep warm, keep safe, and I hope you are having a good week too! -Amicab…
- Cerebral Puzzle Showcase Sale Now Live! - 19 May 2022
Hey all, Tom here! We're genuinely thrilled (and a little bit honoured) to have been invited to join the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase showcase alongside so many other incredible games. To celebrate, SOLAS 128 is on sale for 50% off, so more people have the chance to explore its neon depths! Also, don't forget, I'm going to be streaming from 18:00 BST (10:00 PDT/13:00 EST) for two hours tonight and tomorrow night right here on Steam! If you're reading this as it went live, I should be streaming right now. Do you think I can remember all the solutions? Erm... If you do pick SOLAS 128 up, please do feel free to come join us in the Discord where there are plenty of people happy to give spoiler-free hints for the puzzles which lurk within. -Amicable Animal
- Upcoming SOLAS 128 Developer Live Stream! (Pt. 2) - 16 May 2022
Hey all, Tom here again! The second part of the two-night dev stream will start at 18:00 BST on the 20th of May. By this point I should be well into the really tricky puzzles, so I'm likely really starting to sweat. Will I be able to complete the entire game, including secrets, before I run out of time? I guess only time will tell... -Amicable Animal
- Upcoming SOLAS 128 Developer Live Stream! - 16 May 2022
Hey all, Tom here! It is with a mixture of nervousness and excitement that I'm announcing I'm doing my first ever stream this Thursday and Friday (19th & 20th), from 18:00 BST (10:00 PDT/13:00 EST)! This is in honour of the upcoming Cerebral Puzzle Showcase, which I'm delighted to announce SOLAS 128 is a part of! We'll have a sale on to celebrate too. Come and see whether almost 16 months after launch I can remember how to solve any of the puzzles I designed! I am definitely going to get stuck at least a few times... Don't forget that you can also opt-in to be reminded when the event starts, if you want to watch me sweat! I'll be online both nights for a couple of hours, and I'd love for you to join me. This event is just for Thursday, and there is another one for Friday. If we, unexpectedly, speed run through it, then I might drop some hints about the new game I'm working on, too! -Ami…
- BAFTA Scotland Game Winner! - 24 November 2021
Hey all, Tom here! Our tiny team of three genuinely still can't believe it, but we were honoured to win the BAFTA Scotland Game 2021 award at a ceremony this weekend! Huge thank you to all the jury who voted for us, and again for all of you who have played SOLAS 128 and/or left us a review! Yes, that's my hand, and I can confirm these things are heavy. Thank you all again, and I hope you continue to enjoy SOLAS 128
- SOLAS 128 - Nominated for a Scottish BAFTA - 27 October 2021
Hey all, Tom here! I'm dead excited to announce that SOLAS 128 has been nominated for best Game at the upcoming BAFTA Scotland Awards ceremony! For those of you who don't know, BAFTA Scotland is a charity that promotes the arts, and once a year they honour "the very best talent in film, games and television produced in Scotland over the last year." Our tiny team is so proud to get such a nod, and really appreciate everyone of you who have played, offered feedback, and left reviews – you're all part of the reason SOLAS 128 was nominated. Thank you, and I hope you continue to enjoy SOLAS 128
- SOLAS 128 34% Off in Steam Summer Sale - 26 June 2021
Hey all, Tom here! Just a quick update to let you know that SOLAS 128 is now 34% off in the #SteamSummerSale... from now through July 8th! I'd love for some of you to explore its mysterious neon depths, and perhaps even discover its secrets. Oh, and remember: if you want to check out whether the game and/or the accessibility options work for you before you buy, please do try the free demo which has all unique puzzles! -Amicable Animal
- SOLAS 128 Accessibilty Update and 34% Off Sale - 20 May 2021
Hey all, Tom here! Big news today, as not only is there a huge SOLAS 128 Accessibility update, but also a sale to celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day! As some of you might be aware, accessibility has been a core part of the design of SOLAS 128 from the start. The coloured glyphs are designed to help those with colour-blindness be able to play the game, for example. But I was aware it wasn't perfect. Since launch we've had fantastic feedback and suggestions from players and accessibility experts, and I've been working on a big update to make the game even more customisable! Once updated, players will find a whole new menu of options full of player-requested options like being able to tweak the bloom or colour distortion amount, or even an entirely new input method for those who struggle to hold down buttons. Keyboard input has also been massively improved, to allow more accurate…
- SOLAS 128 Official Soundtrack Out Now! - 5 March 2021
Hey all, Tom here! I'm delighted to announce that the Official Soundtrack for SOLAS 128 is now available! The OST by Jamesy Downie has 12 tracks and over 30 minutes of unique neon-soaked music created specifically for you to puzzle to... and each track has been remixed for listening to outside of the mechanical clockwork world of SOLAS 128. Heck, there might even be some tracks buried deep in the game that you are yet to find... You can get it here: https://jamesydownie1.bandcamp.com/album/solas-128-original-soundtrack Amicable Animal
- SOLAS 128 Patch Notes - v1.02 - 12 February 2021
Hello everyone! Today's SOLAS 128 update addresses a couple bugs and strange behaviors reported since the game launched. If you've been enjoying the game please be sure to leave a review here on Steam, it's a great way to continue to support the game. You can find the full details of the patch below. SOLAS 128 v1.02 Changelog Penultimate cutscene should no longer softlock the game if the mirrors have already been removed Players should no longer be able to 'fast forward' through the game outro Flip mirrors should be much less likely to change orientation when the game is saving, so older areas shouldn't need to be rewired Pulse doors should no longer get out of sync if they are transitioning during a save/screen move/quit action A pulse button in the red area should no longer affect a pulse door in the green area (starting from a new save required) Filter emitters should now act as wall…
- The Reviews Are In! - 3 February 2021
Hi everyone! SOLAS 128 has been out for just over a week now, and we're incredibly pleased to hear everyone enjoying the game! We picked some of our favorites reviews to share with you here. *** "This is something truly very special. A laser-bouncing puzzle game that takes the format not to the next level, but to a whole other cosmic order... I kept hearing the word “masterpiece” go through my brain as I was playing it. Not a word I like to use, but still, it kept whispering itself to me." - Buried Treasure *** "When Johnathan Blow's The Witness came out in 2016, I immediately fell in love... No other game has scratched that particular puzzling itch for me... until SOLAS 128" -8.5/10, God is a Geek *** "...if you like puzzle games about reflecting light beams, you would be hard-pressed to find a bigger, more satisfying example than SOLAS 128." - 4/5, Touch Arcade *** "...the steady beat…
- SOLAS 128 is Now Avaliable! - 25 January 2021
Hey all, Tom here! I'm delighted to say that after almost 2 years of working on SOLAS 128, it is out RIGHT NOW and available for you to pick up and play! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1257850/SOLAS_128/ Releasing this game really is a dream come true for me, and I'm very proud of what this tiny team (myself as a solo developer, Jamesy on music, and Steven on sound design) have managed to achieve with it. We're really excited to see people playing SOLAS 128 in the coming days! I really hope you enjoy it! If you do, let us know what you think. Telling your friends about it, or streaming the game is also huge help and we'd really appreciate it! Amicable Animal
- SOLAS 128 will be available on January 25th! - 12 January 2021
We are pleased to announce that the kaleidoscopic puzzle game SOLAS 128 will launch on January 25th on both Nintendo Switch and here on Steam! Check out the latest trailer below, and be sure to add SOLAS 128 to your wishlist to be notified when it becomes available! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1257850/SOLAS_128
