- Patch 1.3 notes - Holiday update 🎄 - 12 December 2023
Ciao! 👋 We've updated the game to version 1.3 and have provided some additions based on feedback, added minor fixin's and made a small visual update to get you into the Holiday mood! Single shot difficulty added Ade's Arena, new mode available Added animation for weapon flip on reload Faster pistol bullets Punchier fire SFX UI fixes with exit confirmation bHaptics support fix Protube support fix Holiday theme! As always, we're happy to answer any questions at our 👉 Discord! https://discord.gg/zZz5FQafVt Buon Natale and see you in the new year!
- ARK and ADE is now fully released! - 2 March 2023
Hi everyone, Here we are at the end or should I say at the start of our journey...ARK and ADE, (yeah we had to change the name because of... reasons… ;) is our first game as many of you already know. We’re finally LIVE as a fully released game! Enjoy our release trailer below! A recap for those who haven’t heard from us before: At the beginning of our journey we had no idea of what we were doing, actually we still feel like we don't know much about everything that takes to make a great game. ARK and ADE is, we hope, just the first of many. 3 years ago we started with no money, not much time but a great passion for video games. Along the journey we thought about giving up many times, the biggest challenge was to actually keep going, when the game first came out in early access and sold 100 copies in the first week we thought that was it... we were abandoning the idea of making games for…
- ARK and ADE will fully release on March 2, 2023! - 17 February 2023
As some of you know, ARK and ADE has been available on App Lab and Steam in early access for a little over a year now. During that time we’ve used invaluable feedback from players all around the world to polish and tweak it, and now we’re finally able to release it on a wider scale. We couldn’t be more thrilled! 😎 We're now happy to announce that we will go into full release mode on March 2, 2023 around 10 am PST / 19:00 CET! If you've already purchased the game, you will have an update waiting for you at the above time. We're so grateful for your support! Our store page will additionally have a makeover in the coming days and weeks leading up to the launch. For those of you who dont’t know, and are new visitors, ARK and ADE is an action-packed FPS shooter that pulls you (literally) inside an arcade cabinet, where you get to fight bad guys and giant bosses in a neon, retro-futuristic s…
- Is that a Worm spitting Holy Grenades? Yes it is. - 4 October 2022
Hi everyone, It's been a while since our last update, we’ve had many exciting things going on in the last few months. Just to share a happy example, we're jubilant to announce that we are finally able to get a salary from our "hobby" and can finally call ourselves Professional Game Developers! And that's only thanks to you! All of you! To celebrate this, we wanted to give you an update with some new cool content and features, so you can see that we’re still actively working on it and hopefully provide you a reason to revisit the game for another round, or ten. We are also happy to tell you that we decided to lower the base price of ARK-ADE to $9.99 from now on. Although we heard different thoughts in the community, we strongly believe that the more people who engage with our game, the more the community benefits, and the bigger the game will become… we hear you guys, and we really want…
- Better VFXs, because it's cool - 6 July 2022
Hi everyone, Sorry for not updating the game lately but we've been really busy in the last couple of months. Big news are coming out soon about us and our company (Castello Inc) but this is not the time to tell you about it yet. No new level this time, for "The cove" you'll have to wait a bit more. Sorry about that. This update is a minor update and it's mostly VFX and performance improvements so nothing too fancy. Change Log: New VFX on spawn, now the enemies glitch out of the Matrix to attack you. You can now see pixels on the cabinet screen in the basement if you get close enough. The screen from the inside of the cabinet (we call it screen in game) is now showing the cover image of the level you're playing and yes you can see the same pixels you saw from the outside. There's a new warp in effect when you get sucked into the cabinet, it should feel more immersive now or at least that…
- Schrodinger Update, ARK-ADE is getting both easyer and more difficult. - 14 April 2022
Hi Everyone. First of all, a little gif of the new boss we're working on. Someone called it Shark-ADE, we love it. In this Schrodinger Update we had a deeper look at difficulty levels. We had a long conversation about what to change based on difficulty: projectile speed, projectile size, player capsule size, weapon damage, enemy health, ecc... We choose not to modify any of this, ARK-ADE plays quite well as it is and changing what you already know and learned about the game seemed a bit weird. We'd love you to play ARK-ADE as you always did but giving the chance to new players to enjoy the game and not get frustrated by ADE and the bosses. At the same time we wanted to give experienced players, the ones chasing the first places on the leaderboards, a more challenging and rewarding game. Expert mode will be a nightmare and a high-score breaker! Difficulty changes Normal - This mode shoul…
- Supermall Level and Teddy Bear Boss are out! - 29 March 2022
Hi Everyone, We are happy to finally announce that SUPERMALL LEVEL is READY FOR YOU TO PLAY! SUPERMALL is openly inspired by the first Shoppingmalls popping out around the world during the beloved 80s. We tried to bring back that feeling, when you used to wander there with your parents, and everything looked so shiny and bright. The level is structured in 2 parts, THE MALL and THE WAREHOUSE. In the WAREHOUSE, watch out for GIANT BOMBS rolling from a huge slope. But, as usual, let's the game do the real talking: SUPERMALL We are not gonna lie, this is a pretty difficult level, we were hardly able to reach the end ourselves. TEDDY is no merciful foe; he won't let you stand still for a second. NEW SOUNDTRACK A brand new soundtrack for a brand new level! Yes, you're right, we said we were to release the OST of the entire game as well, and we will. But we think that keeping it for the FULL G…
- Pinball Level and new boss!!! - 29 January 2022
Hi everyone! Pinball Level is out now!!! New update is out with a whole new level to add to the 7 already in the game. The level is inspired by old pinball machines, so you will find yourself dodging and shooting at balls bouncing all around the new level. New Boss The new boss is something we're really proud of. A lot of you guys suggested adding more variety to the bosses so that's what we're gonna do before the full release of the game. more levels, more bosses. Pinball boss is just the first of many that will come soon after this update. All levels unlocked All levels are unlocked now, a lot of players found ARK-ADE to be too difficult, we want it to stay like this, difficult and unforgiving like the old arcade games. We also want everyone to enjoy the game so that's how we decided to unlock all the levels for everyone. For the ones that instead enjoy a more challaging game we're wo…
- Double Gun, Double fun! - 21 December 2021
Hi everyone, This update is about an express request from you guys!!! In a thread a few weeks ago we were asked to add a double gun and there were useful suggestions on how to make it possible as the controls in the secondary hand are now used for controlling bullet time and shield. DOUBLE GUN We have added a brand new powerup, The double gun powerup! It will last for 20 seconds. You'll have double the firepower but no access to shield nor bullet time! And there's more, if you get a double gun powerup and while you are active you shoot at a gun power up you'll have both upgraded weapons. Double laser and double machine guns are just nuts!!! In the meanwhile we've been working on a brand new level that will come soon after this update! Have you ever dreamt about being in a PINBALL machine? As always thank you all guys for playing our game, it means a lot to us and gives us the strength t…
- Shield and missiles update - 7 December 2021
Hi everyone, As always thanks a lot for your feedback, it keeps us going on implementing the game and adding new features. We're working hard on every suggestion you gave us, some are more complex to make other are easier, we'll do our best to add them all as we go forward with development. SHIELD A brand new companion for the fight against ADE. You can activate it by holding the grab on your secondary hand. It defends you from anything dangerous in ARK-ADE. I can finally beat some levels in "deux ex cabinet" difficulty level now. MISSILE Still a work in progress, this new turret will shoot tracker missiles that will hunt you no matter what. We highly recommend to take them down instead of avoiding them as they'll come back for you! Shield here is a must have! Better VFX Mortar decal now working properly Other minor bug fixes
- ARK-ADE is out now - 28 October 2021
Hi everyone, this is it, ARK-ADE is out now. You have been the first who believed in us and for that we want to thank you! We love to think that we have made this game together. If it wasn't for your feedback this game wouldn't be the game it is now! The ones of you that tried the first version of the game know that it was pretty different. ARK-ADE was slower, less arcadey, difficult to understand, lots of options were missing, lots of bug, ADE wasn't even there... ARK-ADE is a better game now and that's all thanks to you! So if you want to help us even more there's 4 things you can do now: - write a review - buy the game soon after launch - share the game with your friends - add ARK-ADE to your wishlist if you haven't already! Again thank you a lot for being here. It has been a great journey. We hope it never ends! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHP32MdoLOc
- Release Date reveal. - 25 September 2021
We are very excited to announce our release date. It has been a really long journey, 2 years of hard working laughs and tears. When we started a couple of years ago with basically no experience at all in the field we really didn't know if we were gonna make it. Now we can say that the game is almost ready for it's release on the 26th of October. Just a few more things to polish but we're almost there. We'll most probably be online with the applab version as well on the 26th of October. It just depends on the applab review time, not on our side. As they already reviewed and accepted the demo we're are confident that the final version will be accepted as well. We're already in the testing phase with some of the greatest people and passionate players we've met during this journey. First feedback received is "The Jungle is brutal" and it is just one of the earliest levels of the game. :) We…
- bHaptic and Leaderbords are here - 27 August 2021
Hi ARK-ADErs! Thrilled to announce that ARK-ADE New update is out!! Let's check out what's new: -bHaptic Support ARK-ADE has never been so immersive! We are finally able to announce that our game now supports the tactsuit, tactal for headshot feedback and tactosy on the arm side. Still is a work-in-progress and thus we would love to speak your minds and share your opinion. The haptic feedback is quite heavy, maybe even too much, but we loved it the way it is. We tried it and we strongly believe it lets you plunge deeper into the game; for us it is an authentic blast. As usual, your feedback in this regard will allow us to get the game better and better! - New Weapon-Morph mechanics: Many of you ARK-ADErs have pointed out that changing weapon actively makes you lose focus on the action. We think you were right and now once you shoot at a Powerup your gun will morph accordingly. Just relo…
- ADE finally LIVES... Are you ready Human? - 7 August 2021
Hi Everyone, we can't hold it anymore, we are thrilled to announce to all of you that ADE finally LIVES (and shoots!)!! We're not gonna lie, it was and still is a challange and a pain in the back. So far we did't realise how difficult it would have been to create from nothing a villian up to the expectation we had in mind for our game. However, we learnt a lot from this experience and it surely will be helpful also for the final polishing of ARK-ADE as a whole. We did't say ADE is ready because we still see it as a work-in-progress. We hope you will find ADE as challenging as we do, but to let you experience the best Boss we can design, we encourage you all to speak your minds for critics and suggestions. YOU are the people we want to play and enjoy our game! OCTOBER 2021 is not that far, we will keep you posted about the exact date of the RELEASE in the next weeks so follow us on our o…
- DEMO Update - 15 June 2021
Hi everyone, Thanks to everyone who tried the game and gave us feedback in the last couple of weeks. It has been great to hear how you enjoyed the game and what wasn't working instead. We listened to a lot of feedback and we did our best to fix all the weak points and bugs of the game. So here are some changes in the new version Change log: - New reload mechanic, faster and more intuitive frees space in the secondary hand to add some ARK interactions and maybe a dual wield powerup in the future. - New tutorial which is hopefully clearer in explaining the mechanics of the game. - Index bindings are fixed now, we got one in house, it should now work properly. - We changed bindings for all controllers, no grab anymore. We use buttons as a grab seems to be uncomfortable for many. - We've added an option for faster speed, if you suffer no motion sickness you will be able to go 40% faster. -…
- ARK-ADE DEMO out now! - 4 June 2021
Hi everyone, It has been a long journey for us, we started knowing nothing about making videogames a couple of years ago and it doesn't even seem real to be releasing our first demo on steam today. We have to say that the game still has some problems so if you spot any bugs please let us know here on steam or on our discord channel: We're very excited to know what you think about it. Every suggestion that comes to mind, every little weird thing you notice, every time you think "this could be better" please let us know. We are committed to make the best possible game we can but we are no experts, we need you help!
- ARK-ADE Playtest out Now. - 28 May 2021
Hi Guys, First of all we want to thank you, the first people crazy enough to believe in our project. We are excited and proud to finally annouce that after many efforts ARK-ADE Playtest is now available for download! You already helped a great deal with your suggestions during the last weeks, you were great and we can't find words to thank you, but now the going gets tough and we want you to play! Please help us spot any bug, try all paths and shoot at anything you see... Show no mercy, be ruthless and let us listen to all your suggestions. We need as many feedbacks as possible to let you get the best final version of the game we can provide! And if you like it don't forget to share the Playtest with your friends, it will help us a lot. Join our Discord Channel, link here, this is where you can find us to share your thought about the game, to give us your feedbacks and, why not, just to…
