News, New Games, and a Soundtrack

Hi everyone! Sergio’s here.

Finally, I got some good news.

I’m releasing not one, but two new games today.

One is called Elsewhere. It’s a game inspired by Yogscast ’s Jaffa Factory series, and is essentially a throwback to the old Tekkit days. I’ve been working on it since before Hearthlands and in 2018 switched to it almost full time. So, yeah, it took a while.

The game turned out to be huge and there are still many things I want to do with it (like adding an ending), so it’s gonna keep being updated for a while.

I wouldn’t go as far as to say that things are looking up after 3.5 chaotic years, but at least I can release my games and get paid for it (hopefully enough to survive, since I don’t have anything else going on) – which is new.

Also, the Yogscast people loved the game and let me use their stuff in it. Which is something I myself can’t still fully believe.

Here it is:

[dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1271150/Elsewhere/"]

If you already own Elsewhere, you should be able to grab a Steam key from Humble if you go to the link that was sent to you when you purchased the game. If you can’t figure it out email me (

info@hearthlands.com

) and I’ll get you the key.

A positive review will go a long way. This is a decade worth of work and I’m terrified to set it loose onto a largely unsuspecting audience and just see what happens. First impression is very important and I would very appreciate if you take a minute to write something.

Please remember though – this is a work in progress, and I’m not trying to one-up or recreate Minecraft (or Yogventures for that matter). Much like with Hearthlands this is something I always wanted to play, so I had to make it myself.

The second game is called YogLabs: Testing Initiative. It’s a free game based on the old-school Yoglabs series. It’s a standalone puzzle/adventure game made in Elsewhere.

It’s gonna have at least two episodes (the first one is complete; the second one is about 60% done).

I really liked making these adventures, so ideally, I’m planning release new ones from time to time (considering Elsewhere is successful enough to let me do this).

YogLabs is voiced by Lewis, Boba, and Duncan, to whom I’m very grateful.

Here it is:

[dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3962400/YogLabs_Testing_Initiative/"]

I know how fans can be highly critical of other fan’s work, so just keep in mind that we all see the things we love from a different perspective and this one is mine. I’m not forcing it on anybody, it’s free, and the Yogs themselves loved it, even though it’s very different from what they’re doing in Yoglabs 2.

I’m also releasing my music collection (around October 30th), which combines higher quality tracks from Hearthlands with 20 years’ worth of music from my other games. It comes with a little career retrospective in a pdf.

I don’t expect it go platinum:) It was something I did while I was waiting on other things and it was very fun for me to remember and re-record this stuff. Hope you’ll find it interesting too.

Here it is:

[dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/4102510/Sergios_Music_Collection/?beta=0"]

That’s it for now.

There are many other things that are in the works from ideas to demos, to 90% completed games that I’m not gonna talk about, because I’m too superstitious:)

Hopefully there’s gonna be more stuff to