A new kind of game studio. Creators of Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator, An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs, and more. Led by
@WritNelson
.
🚨 Life Eater is AVAILABLE NOW! 🚨
Play as a modern-day druid living in suburbia, holding down a dead-end job to pay for your true vocation: conducting the annual ritual that keeps the world from ending.
Trailer:
It's here: the fourth and FINAL TRAILER for El Paso, Elsewhere! Stakes. Slow-mo. And a bloodthirsty ex-girlfriend - literally.
The one-way trip starts September 26th. Wishlist now:
We’re stoked to announce that we’ve entered a 5-deal game with
@frostypopgames
, including Life Eater, I Am Your Beast, a mobile version of El Paso, Elsewhere, and two unannounced games!!!
Life Eater releases April 16th. Wishlist now:
El Paso, Elsewhere comes to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC THIS FALL. Reasons we’re hype:
- Coming to Xbox
- Supernatural horrors beyond comprehension
- Vampire ex-girlfriend trauma
- Hip-hop
FLASH GIVEAWAY: Win 1 of 2 of your very own khopesh-wielding, world-destroying Draculae Plushie!!
Enter now:
1. Follow
@makeship
,
@writnelson
, and
@StrangeScaffold
2. Retweet this post
Giveaway ends Oct 26th at 2pm (ET). Good luck! 🩸🫀
He's being chased down by waves of zombies, werewolves and damned bridges, but somehow, for Luis Rojas, this is only the second worst day of his life.
El Paso Nightmare is out now:
Let's take it from the top.
Meet Draculae: lord of the vampires and James Savage's ex girlfriend. She's conducting a ritual that will end the world, and James is hell-bent on stopping her - no matter what it takes.
The one-way trip starts on September 26th.
Meet one of our boldest projects yet: Teenage Demon Slayer Society, a character action tactics game coming to rock your world in 2024. Because one big announcement in May wasn't enough. 😎
AVAILABLE NOW: Sunshine Shuffle is now on the North American Switch Store! A riveting poker tournament, a customizable boat, cute animals who pulled off the biggest bank heist on the eastern seaboard - now in handheld form!
We just announced our next game at
@dayofthedevs
--and it's coming out December 6th!
- Meet adorable creatures 🐶🐱
- WAIT THEY ROBBED A BANK
- Play cards together ♥️
- WHAT IS THIS ABOUT A BANK
- Decorate the boat ⛵️
This is ☀️SUNSHINE SHUFFLE☀️
Sunshine Shuffle sets sail on PC and Nintendo Switch this May 24th. Play poker backed by a boogie-worthy ska soundtrack, decorate the S.S. Sunshine, and unravel the story of how a band of adorable animals robbed the largest bank on the Eastern Seaboard.
TL;DR: WE GET TO MAKE THE GAME I MOST WANTED TO MAKE NEXT AFTER EL PASO, ELSEWHERE
IT’S AN URBAN FANTASY KIDNAPPING SIM CALLED LIFE EATER, AND IT WILL BE HAUNTING YOU IN THE NEAR FUTURE
I’M SO EXCITED Y’ALL
As of November 16th,
@StrangeScaffold
has our first Overwhelmingly Positive title with El Paso, Elsewhere!!
Thank you so, so for your support - and look out for much more from us in the future. :)
In honor of 22 years of Devil May Cry, here's another look at Teenage Demon Slayer Society, our love letter to character action games like DMC fused with turn-based tactics! Plus one rockin' pompadour.
Strange Scaffold are looking for a Contract Social Media Content Creator!
⭐️entry to mid level (with plenty of guidance)
⭐️5-10 hrs/wk
⭐️$30-40/hr USD
No on-camera presence required, fully remote.
Full details and how to apply are here:
Two years ago, we offered a $50 Steam gift card to the first person who could provide documented proof of beating Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator using Kinect. We’re horrified and disturbed to tell you that at long last, the prize has been claimed by
@TeaComfy
.
Sunshine Shuffle is AVAILABLE NOW on PC and Switch!! Play cards with a group of cute animals who robbed a bank! Decorate their boat in exchange for sparing their lives from the mafia! Get suckered out of your money by a kitten! Uncover the story now:
Stoked that El Paso, Elsewhere is on
@GameSpot
's Best Games of 2023 (So Far) List, including a nice comment about it having "some of the most exciting gunplay of the year"!👀
You aren't gonna wanna miss this: we have an El Paso, Elsewhere demo OUT NOW through June 26th as part of
#SteamNextFest
!
It's a one-way trip. Check it out here:
El Paso, Elsewhere made it to Sports Illustrated! We’re glad that retro monster hunting is finally being picked up on by the broader athletic community.
Your Friday night: hanging out with friends, enjoying a beverage, smiling, laughing
My Friday night: popping pills, getting hassled by an elevator, reflecting on every poor relationship decision I've ever made
guess who's BACK
And with killer news: we’re casting for the lead role in Strange Scaffold’s next game - Life Eater! 👁️
Paid gig 🫀 Deadline 1/17/24 - in TWO DAYS.
Guidelines here:
Meet Dreamfather Loves You, an exclusive new game made for Meow Wolf's "The Real Unreal" exhibition in Grapevine, Texas.
We may or may not be known by the staff as "The Daddy Issues Game." 🤪 Check out some gameplay in the 🧵👇
We want to extend our heartfelt congratulations to
@remedygames
on the release of Alan Wake 2! Max Payne and Remedy's impact on the industry served as an inspirational and motivational undercurrent throughout the development of El Paso, Elsewhere. The hype is WELL deserved. ✍️❤️
Alan Wake 2 from
@remedygames
and
@EpicPublishing
is now available 🔦
Explore two beautiful and terrifying realities—and solve a deadly mystery before it’s too late—as writer Alan Wake and FBI agent Saga Anderson.
Learn more at
#AlanWake
Speaking of anatomically correct hearts!
There isn't one with the physical edition of Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator but there *is* a digital one in the game and that's far less messy.
You should go buy it tbh.
Okay but seriously only 3 DAYS LEFT until El Paso, Elsewhere drops, so here's 3 more screenshots to celebrate.
Don't miss out on the one-way trip. Wishlist here:
#screenshotsaturday
We recently made it so that the doors in El Paso, Elsewhere ignore the player’s collision while opening. So nice! But that’s it. Everything else in the game WILL try to kill you.
After launching his Max Payne-inspired horrorfest, El Paso, Elsewhere,
#blackgamedevfund
member
@WritNelson
sat down for a deep discussion about the challenges of indie development & how
@StrangeScaffold
approaches them.
We're proud to announce that we have an El Paso, Elsewhere demo available to play on the
#XboxShowcase
floor today!
It's a one-way trip. Wishlist the game now:
guess who's BACK
And with killer news: we’re casting for the lead role in Strange Scaffold’s next game - Life Eater! 👁️
Paid gig 🫀 Deadline 1/17/24 - in TWO DAYS.
Guidelines here:
We're SO grateful for your support of El Paso, Elsewhere and for helping us reach Overwhelmingly Positive status.
Now, we have one more ask: please nominate El Paso, Elsewhere for the Outstanding Story-Rich Game category of the 2023 Steam Awards! 🫀
You WILL see this clock running when you’re trying to fall asleep at night after playing Life Eater for too long. Speaking from experience.
Out Tuesday.
Have you brushed up on your Texas Hold ‘Em poker hands in anticipation of Sunshine Shuffle’s release? Don’t worry, our Game That Definitely Does Not Teach Children to Gamble has a cheat sheet.
🚨Intergalactic news ALERT🚨
The OMEGA UPDATE is live! With new quests, new events, a new ending, custom scenarios, and steam workshop support, go forth and conquer the intergalactic organ market like never before! Read the full update notes here:
I AM NO LONGER USING THE SUSPICIOUS TAPE BIT AFTER AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE LAW
ASK ME FOR *PRIVACY TAPE* THIS WEEK AT GDC, WISHLIST LIFE EATER, AND DON’T BE A SNITCH
Our team is hard at work on Life Eater, our upcoming horror fantasy kidnapping sim.
Check out this behind-the-scenes look at the development of our main character's basement, including an in-context peak at the end. 👀
"El Paso, Elsewhere...is a game that is built to give players something that 'respects their time' while also feeling and playing like something you can’t get anywhere else."
If you missed the chance to pick up El Paso, Elsewhere during the Steam fall sale, this is for you: the WORLD-ENDING WOMEN bundle with
@blacktabbygames
is LIVE NOW!
Get El Paso, Elsewhere and Slay the Princess for 15% off!!!! 🫀
Witness the cold gaze of a being who delights in the harvesting and selling of human organs for capitalistic gain.
The SWOTS OMEGA UPDATE is now available on all platforms, including Switch! Traders who prefer handheld can now partake in new endings, cameos, quests, and more. 🫀
"Life Eater looks terrifyingly creepy--the kind of horror that is both scary and forces you to contend with how much you might be enjoying it."
Check out this great dive into Life Eater with
@WritNelson
and
@GameSpot
! 👀🫀
We're so proud that El Paso, Elsewhere is on this list with 4 other flipping amazing, heartfelt games. 🫀
Don't forget to tune in to the DICE awards at 8PM PST tonight!
The nominees for Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game at the
#DICEAwards
are:
COCOON
DREDGE
EL PASO, ELSEWHERE
THIRSTY SUITORS
VENBA
Which indie title blew you away last year?
Watch the awards TONIGHT:
From the bottom of our (anatomically accurate) hearts, we wish you a happy holidays & thank you for all your support this year. 🫀
Here's to releasing some more absolutely unhinged games next year 🎉
"Now, having played a select portion of El Paso, Elsewhere...I am delighted to have experienced the classic vibes of the original Max Payne once more.
"And, honestly, El Paso, Elsewhere is close to making them better than the original." 😎
Sincerely promise to not teach children to gamble using our new Twitter account, which I've already locked myself out of twice.
Anyway hi how's it going?
The EXCLUSIVE DRACULAE PLUSHIE with
@Makeship
is NOW AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER!!! 🫀
She's only available for pre-order for a limited time (~21 days!) and a certain number has to be ordered for her to go into production - so don't miss out!
Pre-Order Here!
Strange Scaffold are looking for a Contract Social Media Content Creator!
⭐️entry to mid level (with plenty of guidance)
⭐️5-10 hrs/wk
⭐️$30-40/hr USD
No on-camera presence required, fully remote.
Full details and how to apply are here: