- New Sale and News About Latest Game - 6 May 2020
Hello everyone! Crest is 55% off due to Indie MEGABOOTH's Going Away (For Now) Sale! Be sure to check out the other games and support the devs and the organisation. The New Game Okay, we've been working on it since 2018 so not really new new, but newest! We also wanted you to know that we managed to survive the economic crisis brought about from the pandemic, right now we're helping Stanford University with their Eterna project that helps in the fight against viruses. But most importantly, we're continuing work on our new management game Among Ripples: Shallow Waters even though we failed our Kickstarter. We're continuing work on the prototype and hope to release a new version in September and hope to make a relaunch of the Kickstarter then. Feel free to try the current demo! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1096090/Among_Ripples_Shallow_Waters/ Thank you for everything, both the prai…
- Our New Game on Kickstarter - Last Two Days - 18 March 2020
Hello everyone! As some of you know we're working on Among Ripples: Shallow Waters right now. It's on the last few days on Kickstarter and we need your help to get to the finish goal, as little as a dollar can make a difference. Support on Kickstarter Thank you!
- Our New Management Game on Kickstarter - 20 February 2020
Hello everyone, As many of you know we have completed Crest and have been working on our new game for some time. We have now gone live on Kickstarter with Among Ripples: Shallow Waters. We're already 10% funded under 2 days and with your help we'll get to 100% soon enough. :) As our lead programmer says in the video we've learned a lot since Crest and part of that is thanks to all of your great feedback. We hope you'll play and enjoy Among Ripples: Shallow Waters too! Link to Kickstarter Page Thanks for the help! //Martin and the Team
- Soundtrack Available As Standalone App - 28 January 2020
Hello everyone, Due to Valve's new soundtrack interface you can now own soundtracks on Steam separately. You can read more about the changes in Valve's own announcement. We have prepared the soundtrack to this new configuration. https://store.steampowered.com/app/386570/Crest__Original_Soundtrack/ Enjoy the soundtrack (again)!
- Discount and Demo for our New Game - 20 December 2019
Hello everyone, During the Winter Sale our game Crest is discounted by 70%, hope you enjoy the game if you've been on the fence! We also want to inform you that we have a new Among Ripples: Shallow Waters demo out. It's our new management game, or rather, an eco tycoon sim where you rehabilitate lakes from pollution. We're doing a Kickstarter campaign for the project in early 2020 and in preparation for that we're sharing our demo. It's not online on Steam yet but visit our website for other options. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1096090/Among_Ripples_Shallow_Waters/ ---- The Eat Create Sleep team wish you a happy holiday!
- Giveth and Gifteth Away - 27 November 2019
Hello everyone, Crest is now on sale with a discount of 51%! We're also "giving away" our demo prototype for our new game Among Ripples: Shallow Waters. Inside of the main menu you can find a link to the demo. Or, if you just want to download it here, try this: https://eatcreatesleep.net/demo/
- Try our Next Game Now - 20 November 2019
Hello everyone! Thank you for playing Crest and giving us valuable feedback for the game. Although the game is finished it helps us understand what we can do better in the future. But why we're doing this update is to let you know that we'll be launching Kickstarter campaign in early 2020 for our next game! 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 Kick…
- Small Patch - Ultrawide resolution - 19 June 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F8400846%2F113a269e66ca8aaced4c772c339e52a6ede811fa.png Hello everyone, As we've said before we're still supporting the game when game breaking problems occur for a lot of people. It was brought to our attention that the game is unplayable on ultrawide resolutions. We've worked on fixing this and we also found a very rare save bug (that is gone now). Enjoy! Version 1.11 - 18th June 2019 • Fixed an issue that caused saves to fail on rare occasions. • Wider monitor resolutions are now supported. And feel free to wishlist the game we're working on now. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F8400846%2Fc7e2d5a06049943d10800768eb66b710c47277be.gif https://store.steampowered.com/app/1096090/Among_Ripples_2/ Have a nice day/night! //Martin & Eat Create Sleep
- Sale and Wishlist Our Next Game - 3 June 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F8400846%2F9734c101d8d9d88b9e87441162d9430ad2c0789d.jpg Hello everyone! Eat Create Sleep has together with a lot of other developers organised a sale that celebrates games that explore and talk about nature. We will offer Crest for sale with 40% discount. The sale starts today, Monday, at 23:00 CEST and will continue until Thursday this week. Check out a lot of interesting games, both famous, old and new! https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F8400846%2Ff05c3e77d851e41d3131637f0a7f0c23282c7459.png Also, you can now wishlist our next game, Among Ripples 2. Our eco tycoon sim where we've taken everything we've learned from making management games for 5+ and take it to a deeper (water) level. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F8400846%2Fc7e2d5a06049943d10800768eb66b710c47%25E2%2580%25A6
- Patch Update, Future of Crest and Future of ECS - 13 February 2019
http://i.imgur.com/ilm4OkZ.png Summary We have the past month been working on a patch to fix the most serious issues with Crest and to give it some love before we move on to the next exciting project (more on that below). Unfortunately we haven’t been able to save your old save files (sorry). Patch Update Major Fixes The major bug causing the majority of the saving errors has been fixed. Fixed the bug that blocked players from upgrading expertise buildings. Fixed a bug that caused followers not to be able to mine mines. The water consumption has been balanced so that it will be much harder to get desert islands. Bugs Fixed issue with completing achievements. Fixed the issue that caused mini map clips to be skipped. Visual bugs for Mac has been fixed. Fixed the issue with UI elements being triggered by hotkeys while being in menu or saving. Fixed the camera so it doesn’t forget the last…
- Lunar Sale and New Patch Incoming - 5 February 2019
Hello everyone! We're part of the Lunar Sale so you can grab the game cheaper for the next week, tell your friends, or give them a copy. ;) The new patch arrives on the 13th February, we've made good progress and think the next update will arrive on time! https://store.steampowered.com/app/341710/Crest__an_indirect_god_sim/ Stay tuned!
- Patch Postponed to 13th February - 30 January 2019
Hello all, Some of the bugs you found was trickier to fix than we thought, we have to spend 2 more weeks on the problem. We apologise for the delay, but we felt we'd rather give you a definitive patch instead of a few small ones.
- Back From Vacation - January Patch Incoming - 10 January 2019
Hello everyone, We're back! We're now working on our patch that will fix the major issues found after the relaunch was launched, it will be online in the end of the month. Stay tuned. :)
- Hotfix, Vacation and Winter Sale - 21 December 2018
https://i.imgur.com/x5ihB2k.png Hey, The new hotfix is live to fix the most irritating bugs, we will be going away for vacation until the 10th January, during the rest of January we will be fixing the things we didn't have time for before the holidays. Crest is also on the Winter sale during this time, so tell your friends, and leave a good review if you like it. ;) https://store.steampowered.com/app/341710/Crest__an_indirect_god_sim/ Hotfix Bug fixes: Fixed issue with followers not migrating to the coast. Fixed harbours not appearing for some cities close to coasts. Fixed diplomats not spawning when cities should create alliances. Fixed tooltips showing wrong texts in the main options menu. Fixed a non-working Steam achievement. Fixed issue with Expertise buildings not being able to upgrade, resulting in max 4 city districts. Other: The word ‘Socialize’ is unlockable earlier in Book of…
- Crest Livestream - on Steam Today - 19 December 2018
https://i.imgur.com/cq4W05b.jpg In 3 hours time Smash Gaming will be hosting a Twitch stream here on Steam, so join in then. :) https://www.twitch.tv/smashgamingfrazzz https://www.youtube.com/user/SmashGaming999/
- New Art Book Available In Store - 19 December 2018
https://i.imgur.com/bUdTUs4.png Hey everyone! The new art book is now available as a digital download. Everyone who bought the old one gets the new one for free. To access the art book after purchase go to the same folder where you can find Crest (Game Library>Properties>Browse Local Files...). https://store.steampowered.com/app/386580/Crest__Art_Book/ We're still working on a hotfix, should be online on Friday, 21th Dec.
- Update - Upcoming Hotfix and Art Book Giveaway - 14 December 2018
https://i.imgur.com/PiDNj7C.gif Hello everyone, It's great seeing all this feedback from you, our fans, it seems the relaunch gave Crest some well needed features that you liked. Thank you for the praise. :) Here's what's coming up! Art Book Giveaway We've made a new art book and printed a limited amount of physical copies. We will give away some of these if you participate in our competition. Tell us a short story about a play session in Crest through art, text or video. Something that was engaging, fun, ridiculous, fascinating, sad or moving. Needs to be safe for work. We will give away 10 physical art books, one per entry. You can only make one entry per person. Publish your entry in #crest or send it to [email protected]. We will announce the winners on Discord on the 19th December, 2018. If you give us your permission we can publish the work on our social media. No copyrig…
- Relaunch is Live! - 13 December 2018
https://i.imgur.com/rHQXPG9.gif Hello everyone, the relaunch is live at last! Thank you for your continued support, your patience and help with the public test builds. The biggest and most significant changes since the game’s initial launch have been in the making for 8 months now! You will find features such as all new gameplay mechanics, increased emergent storytelling, a new progression system, better feedback overall and updated visuals and much more. If you have played the game before your saves will be overwritten, the changes are too big to keep them, we apologise for this. During the coming week we will be ready to issue hotfixes for any critical bugs and during January we will iron out less bothersome problems. The more bug reports we get in the better. And if you like the game please write us a positive review, thank you. Enjoy the relaunch. :) //Martin & ECS Team https://www.…
- Art Book Competition - Deadline: 7th December - 4 December 2018
https://i.imgur.com/svbKOyH.png Hey all! For the relaunch on the 13th December we're making a new art book to collect all of the art we did after we released the last art book. If you want a physical signed copy you can participate in our competition. Also, the digital version will be available here on Steam, it will replace the old art book. Everyone who bought the old one will get the new digital copy for free. Art Book Competition Tell us a short story about a play session in Crest through art, text or video. Something that was engaging, fun, ridiculous, fascinating, sad or moving. Needs to be safe for work. We will give away 10 physical art books, one per entry. You can only make one entry per person. Publish your entry in #crest (Discord) or send it to [email protected]. We will announce the winners on Discord on the 7th December, 2018. If you give us your permission we ca…
- Relaunch - 13th December - 14 November 2018
https://i.imgur.com/0u4fDks.gif Hello everyone! Our relaunch build goes live on the 13th December. You've already seen what's to come in the public test build but the relaunch version will be more stable and polished. You need to be aware of that the relaunch version will overwrite the 1.0 version here on Steam, so old saves will break. We wish we could've done it smoother for you, but when you see all the new stuff I think you agree it was worth it. Please help us signal boost the announcement on social media and if you think we deserve it; leave a positive review here on Steam. Every little bit helps, thank you! //Martin & The ECS Team
