- Mountain makeover in MOUNTAIIN 2 FURIOUS 2.0 RELOADED - 12 December 2018
Delightful and contemplative pet rock simulator Mountain is looking better than ever in version 2.0, launched yesterday. David OReilly and co. have added new mountain types with new flora, new clouds, HDR rendering, new special effects, new clutter to rain down from space upon the mountain, and other general fanciness. “MOUNTAIIN 2 FURIOUS 2.0 RELOADED”, OReilly jokes, and I’m on board with that. I particularly enjoy the dramatic new dawns and sunsets. Time for me to once again become mountain. (more…)
- MOUNTAIIN 2 FURIOUS 2.0 RELOADED - 12 December 2018
Hello friends, Today we are releasing a huge update to Mountain. Every single system has been improved, as well as every shader, particle effect, texture and model. We made about 400 optimizations, updates and fixes - I have summarized the main ones below. This was in fact more work than making the original! Check out this comparison: https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F6505275%2Fb409e6dfd0439ddcc375c4a1c395263791341f82.jpg This process began a year ago, it started by putting in some minor fixes, then got deeper as we realized how much better it could be. We are just a lot more experienced than we were in 2014. This was motivated because I wanted to get it right, but mainly as a thank you to you guys, who have been so patient and positive over the years. Your enjoyment, discussion, exploration and sharing of this game has been so incredibly encouraging... I…
- Mountain is on Sale - 16 February 2018
:mountain:Mountain is on Sale this weekend only!:mountain: It's 37% off - which is a rather inelegant number, but they wouldn't let us do 50% off because it's too low. In any case, we are happy to bring this to you at a reduced price. As always, without DLC or distractions. Now we are curious, what other languages would you like to see Mountain translated to? Please let us know. Thank you, as always, and please enjoy this picture of Mountain projected onto a building in Tokyo the other night.
- Mountain is on Sale - 16 February 2018
ːmountainːMountain is on Sale this weekend only!ːmountainː It's 37% off - which is a rather inelegant number, but they wouldn't let us do 50% off because it's too low. In any case, we are happy to bring this to you at a reduced price. As always, without DLC or distractions. Now we are curious, what other languages would you like to see Mountain translated to? Please let us know. Thank you, as always, and please enjoy this picture of Mountain projected onto a building in Tokyo the other night.
- Steam summer sale: our giant recommendations list - 23 June 2017
The Steam summer sale is in full blaze . For a while it even blazed so hot that the servers went on fire and all the price stickers peeled off the games. Either that or the store just got swamped with cheapskates looking for the best bargains. Cheapskates like you! Well, don t worry. We ve rounded up some recommendations – both general tips and some newly added staff choices. Here are the things you should consider owning in your endless consumeristic lust for a happiness which always seems beyond reach. You’re welcome. …
- Steam summer sale: our giant recommendations list - 22 June 2017
The Steam summer sale is in full blaze . For a while it even blazed so hot that the servers went on fire and all the price stickers peeled off the games. Either that or the store just got swamped with cheapskates looking for the best bargains. Cheapskates like you! Well, don t worry. We ve rounded up some recommendations – both general tips and some specific staff choices. Here are the things you should consider owning in your endless consumeristic lust for a happiness which always seems beyond reach. You’re welcome. …
- Mountain Update & 20% off Everything coupon! - 21 April 2017
Hi friends. Mountain 1.01 went out yesterday and I hope you're all enjoying it! We will be keeping an eye on this and follow up with any fixes next week. Everything is finally out today and all Mountain owners get a 20% off coupon. This is in addition to the 20% off launch discount - so you get 40% off! Your discount should be applied automatically at checkout. Thank you, as always, for giving me the opportunity to create games like this for you. David Everything Steam Page
- Mountain Update & 20% off Everything coupon! - 21 April 2017
Hi friends. Mountain 1.01 went out yesterday and I hope you're all enjoying it! We will be keeping an eye on this and follow up with any fixes next week. Everything is finally out today and all Mountain owners get a 20% off coupon. This is in addition to the 20% off launch discount - so you get 40% off! Your discount should be applied automatically at checkout. Thank you, as always, for giving me the opportunity to create games like this for you. David Everything Steam Page
- Mountain update pretties up our favourite pet rock - 20 April 2017
Back in 2014, we were all given a miniature Mountain of our own (or became mountains?). We were delighted as household items rained from the skies, days and weather passed, and our pet rock thought little thoughts. Then Graham murdered his mountain and suddenly we became hyper-aware of mortality. I took care of my own mountain for days but as its thoughts became darker and more confused, I worried its end might be near and… I have not visited it since. Well, today I met a new mountain, as creator David OReilly has launched a big update refreshing Mountain. …
- Mountain is getting a big update on 4/20 - 18 April 2017
Hi friends. First thing - thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for your support of this game. The fact that anyone might even read this is the most amazing thing to me, I am very grateful for your attention in this brief time we have on the planet. Second thing - there is a big update coming. You all deserve a big refresh and it's going to be happening on April 20th and of course it will be free. New things to look forward to: • Big performance improvement • Complete asset refresh - better graphics all round • More varied & realistic vegetation • Better Mountain shapes • 3X as many things can fall from space • All things now have sound interaction • 31 Steam Achievements • Steam Trading Cards, Badges, Emoticons, Profile BGs. Third thing - I have a totally new game coming out on Friday April 21st - for Mac & PC - called Everything. You can check out the gameplay trailer here and wishl…
- Mountain is getting a big update on 4/20 - 18 April 2017
Hi friends. First thing - thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for your support of this game. The fact that anyone might even read this is the most amazing thing to me, I am very grateful for your attention in this brief time we have on the planet. Second thing - there is a big update coming. You all deserve a big refresh and it's going to be happening on April 20th and of course it will be free. New things to look forward to: • Big performance improvement • Complete asset refresh - better graphics all round • More varied & realistic vegetation • Better Mountain shapes • 3X as many things can fall from space • All things now have sound interaction • 31 Steam Achievements • Steam Trading Cards, Badges, Emoticons, Profile BGs. Third thing - I have a totally new game coming out on Friday April 21st - for Mac & PC - called Everything. You can check out the gameplay trailer here and wishl…
- Everything has the best animated animals anywhere - 15 March 2017
Everything is the new game from David OReilly, artist, director and creator of RPS’s favourite Mountain . We’ve already heard whispers about Everything, notably that it is coming to PS4 before Windows and Mac. Now, along with a lengthy new trailer, the release date has been announced. It’ll be coming to PS4 on March 21st and to Steam on April 21st. But what is Everything? I’m not entirely sure, but I am in love with every single one of these animals and their outrageous methods of locomotion. …
- Mountain Creator Announces He s Making Everything - 8 March 2016
Working with Double Fine, David OReilly has announced his next project following 2014’s RPS-adored Mountain . And it’s called Everything . And appears to be promising… everything. A game in which you can play as everything in the game. Announced as a PS4 exclusive, we poked Double Fine with the patented Rock, Paper, Shotgun Really Pointy Stick (RPSRPS) until they confessed that “exclusive” means “for a bit”, and that it will be coming to PC some time after the dangerously angular console. There are details and a trailer below. …
- The Deaths Of Mountains - 7 January 2015
Recently we gave Mountain a kind of desktop geological pet our Bestest Best Landscape Of 2014 Award . As part of the chatter about it I said that I “felt strongly enough about *my* mountain that I will never boot the game up again once it s gone”. Until now that meant not launching the .exe file and just keeping the whole thing in storage on my hard drive. But that bothers me. The mountain might as well already be dead if I do that, and will almost certainly end up lost to space-clearing mass culls if I don’t get a new hard drive and this one keeps inching closer to capacity. Instead, I’m going to boot it up one last time and wait for digital nature to take its course… …
- The Deaths Of Mountains - 6 January 2015
Recently we gave Mountain a kind of desktop geological pet our Bestest Best Landscape Of 2014 Award . As part of the chatter about it I said that I “felt strongly enough about *my* mountain that I will never boot the game up again once it s gone”. Until now that meant not launching the .exe file and just keeping the whole thing in storage on my hard drive. But that bothers me. The mountain might as well already be dead if I do that, and will almost certainly end up lost to space-clearing mass culls if I don’t get a new hard drive and this one keeps inching closer to capacity. Instead, I’m going to boot it up one last time and wait for digital nature to take its course… …
- The Bestest Best Landscape Of 2014: Mountain - 7 December 2014
Most PC games are about terrain, but Mountain was the only monadnock this year to cause the RPS chatroom to feel empathy, to mellow, and to excitedly compare notes. Alec: Passive game-viewing is the new game-playing, apparently. I m not quite ready to leave the homeland and sign aboard the HMS Twitch myself, but Mountain made for a happy medium. The game that plays itself. The game that tells me when something of note has occurred. Hell, the game which tells me which emotion to feel. A simple line of text and a tiny musical sting evokes so much more than an impeccably-rendered CGI face trying to show love or regret while orchestral strings swirl, it turns out. …
- HI STEAM! - 18 August 2014
We are really excited to launch on Steam! Here are some tips for Mountain: Leave it open - it's designed to run in the periphery of your life. Only interact with it when you feel like it. You can play Mountain while playing other games. If you are not playing it, it will play itself. If you're having an annoying storm or boring night, play a melody (using your keyboard) and time will accellerate. Certain melodies unlock certain modes which get saved in your songbook. Here are some to get you started: Blood mode : mmmmmm,mnab Snowglobe mode : bbbbbcb Fish : cxzxccc xxx cbb You can also trigger a thought by hitting period (.) You might recieve items on your Mountain. In this version of the game you can rearrange them by clicking & dragging - and do some other things. Have fun!
- HI STEAM! - 18 August 2014
We are really excited to launch on Steam! Here are some tips for Mountain: Leave it open - it's designed to run in the periphery of your life. Only interact with it when you feel like it. You can play Mountain while playing other games. If you are not playing it, it will play itself. If you're having an annoying storm or boring night, play a melody (using your keyboard) and time will accellerate. Certain melodies unlock certain modes which get saved in your songbook. Here are some to get you started: Blood mode : mmmmmm,mnab Snowglobe mode : bbbbbcb Fish : cxzxccc xxx cbb You can also trigger a thought by hitting period (.) You might recieve items on your Mountain. In this version of the game you can rearrange them by clicking & dragging - and do some other things. Have fun!
- Now Available on Steam - Mountain - 18 August 2014
Mountain is Now Available on Steam! Ambient procedural mountain game. “Mountain breaks the mold of video games.” The Atlantic “Nothing You Do Matters in This Game, But You’ll Still Obsess Over It.” WIRED “At the beginning of the game, I find the idea cute. By the end, I am hypnotized.” LA Times
