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Vlambeer (Nuclear Throne, Luftrausers) announces it is dissolving
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Dang. I guess Jan Willem Nijman has already done Minit and the upcoming Disc Room on the side, so we're still probably going to be getting plenty more of that sort of thing without the studio. What an amazing run they had together though.
Nuclear Throne will always be one of my favorite games, hopefully they go on to create cool stuff individually.
What?
Why?!?
Ridiculous Fishing was amazing and made me realize how underproduced most iPhone games were. I 100%ed it twice due to all the extra in-game unlockables. I also love Nuclear Throne, Gun Godz and I've been meaning to play my copy of Luftrausers.
I'm so sad about this, I really liked these guys.
Why?!?
Ridiculous Fishing was amazing and made me realize how underproduced most iPhone games were. I 100%ed it twice due to all the extra in-game unlockables. I also love Nuclear Throne, Gun Godz and I've been meaning to play my copy of Luftrausers.
I'm so sad about this, I really liked these guys.
Vlambeer Is Closing Down
In 2010, two Dutch students—Rami Ismail and Jan Willem Nijman—founded an independent video game studio. It would start with some fishing, go on to release games like Nuclear Throne and Luftrausers, and now in 2020 is shutting down like a rock band deciding yeah, you know what, enough is enough.
kotaku.com
Sad to see it actually happen, but Rami has been kind of hinting at this for a while. At least Rami's busy with his is2020over site:
is2020over.com
Is 2020 over?
is2020over.com
That sucks, but this is a tough industry and sometimes you just get out-businessed.
They've made some wonderful games and I have no doubt they'll find success on their own.
They've made some wonderful games and I have no doubt they'll find success on their own.
Good luck to the two of them. They're branching out with smaller projects here and there anyway so at this point they're more like "consultants" to the industry.
Nothing. They're just not making anything new, though they're still finishing Ultra Bugs.
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I enjoyed Nuclear Throne a lot when I bought it a few years ago. Haven't played any of their other titles, but this is a shame to hear. At least they finished up on their own terms.
Will be a shame as I've really liked many of the games from them, but I hope they go on to do stuff which makes them happy, and even better if they stay in the industry. At least they're ending on their terms and not due to the business struggling.
Ridiculous Fishing is an all timer. A truly great game that worked with the limitations of cell phone controls.
ah good. It looked neat, glad it will still come out. And while yes, it's sad, this is not TERRIBLY surprising. JW has been doing solo/other stuff with Devolver for a while (Minit, Disc Room), and Rami has been doing the game industry event touring game for so long I figure he could probably spin that off into its own business.
Sad to see these guys call it quits.
My story with Vlambeer is really small and short, but meaningful to me. I remember being hearing of /seeing these guys for the first time during a very small NYU video game awards thing in New York City. It was a cool little event with a bunch of industry people visiting (Jason Schreier included). IIRC they only voted on submitted games, and Ridiculous Fishing won Game of the Year, and the developers were there to accept that reward.
I never actually heard of Ridiculous Fishing, but I was curious. I bought it, and I was like, "That's it? That's the whole game?" Lol. But eventually the game really grew on me hard and I ended up really loving it. It's a really great game. Every couple of years when I think of it, I have to play it on my phone, from beginning to end.
My story with Vlambeer is really small and short, but meaningful to me. I remember being hearing of /seeing these guys for the first time during a very small NYU video game awards thing in New York City. It was a cool little event with a bunch of industry people visiting (Jason Schreier included). IIRC they only voted on submitted games, and Ridiculous Fishing won Game of the Year, and the developers were there to accept that reward.
I never actually heard of Ridiculous Fishing, but I was curious. I bought it, and I was like, "That's it? That's the whole game?" Lol. But eventually the game really grew on me hard and I ended up really loving it. It's a really great game. Every couple of years when I think of it, I have to play it on my phone, from beginning to end.
They certainly made a huge name for themselves in the indie sphere. Best of luck to them on whatever they decide to do next!
Also, in case nobody ever realized: the name of the studio was pronounced "flahm-beyr," not "vlam-bier." Their mascot is a bear that is on fire (Dutch for "flame-bear").
Also, in case nobody ever realized: the name of the studio was pronounced "flahm-beyr," not "vlam-bier." Their mascot is a bear that is on fire (Dutch for "flame-bear").
Sad news - always loved their output.
As far as the sale's concerned, I need to shout out Fred Wood's Love and kuso - fantastic minimalist platformers that I found suprisingly emotional experiences. I adore the OST for Love especially:
As far as the sale's concerned, I need to shout out Fred Wood's Love and kuso - fantastic minimalist platformers that I found suprisingly emotional experiences. I adore the OST for Love especially:
the concept of that game was so crazy yet it worked SO wellWhat?
Why?!?
You're welcome. I'm glad you see the benefit of using a forum to view others' valid opinions that are different from your own.
This is a strange thing to post.
Also, play Nuclear Throne.
It's just weird reasoning. How do you know it is of no big loss to you if you aren't even aware of their output?
imagine thinking you had to weigh in on topics you know nothing about with a post that is just "don't care"
like, why? why would you feel the need to do that. why would you think that doing so was valuable.
i'm criticizing you because that's a dumbass thing to do. if your defense to that criticism is "it's a FORUM and i can post what i want" that says it all, really.
Oh I had no idea that this was them! I just played this a couple months ago. WowWhat?
Why?!?
Ridiculous Fishing was amazing and made me realize how underproduced most iPhone games were. I 100%ed it twice due to all the extra in-game unlockables. I also love Nuclear Throne, Gun Godz and I've been meaning to play my copy of Luftrausers.
I'm so sad about this, I really liked these guys.
it's not really an opinion, is it? to say you didn't know about them so it doesn't matter that they're closing down.
