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Salt Devil Incoming...
Why's it called that...?(Animation by Anna Vrieling)
May 2025 Drop!!!
Featuring one of the original HLD maps, behind the scenes video justification for the Pangea Shift, a nice set of legs from Solar Ash, some more Rich Vreeland sketches...and more!PW: pangeashift
Lab
High res wallpaper drop of the Lab from our very first Hyper Light Breaker announcement trailer - this piece is a collab piece between Alx Preston and Danny Moll.
Possessor(s) - Apr '25 Show + Tell ๐
Hiya Demon Lovers ๐April happened!! There are a few little secrets I canโt share, STILL, but hereโs a summary on what has been going on this past month! ๐๏ธTRIBECA FESTIVALSome of you might already know, but Possessor(s) have been selected to participate in their festival this year alongside other really cool games!!The game gallery will host FREE playable demos at Pier 57 in New York C...
Hyper Light Breaker - Apr '25 Show + Tell ๐
Weโve dropped our first major content update of the year, but early access means we're still go go go-ing!You've had some sneak peeks already, but here's a closer look at what's coming up:๐ฏโโ๏ธ New Enemies Approach...Since delivering you a giant f-off dragon, our animation team has not let up! You first saw a glimpse of one of them on our Edge cover. Who are they?๐ฉธ VFX...
You asked for cosmetics in Breaker...
How bout this sun visor? Maximalism is so in right now. ๐โโ๏ธ
A Heart to Heart with the Possessor(s) Level Design Crew
Can you share a little about Possessor(s) overall level design principles?โOne of our main level design goals in Possessor(s) is balancing excellent room flow with grounded, naturalistic 3D spaces.Making memorable, interesting, large-scale 3D spaces was almost second nature for us by the time Solar Ash shipped. When we started out working on Possessor(s), we continued our momentum from Solar Ash...
These little VFX nuggets fell out of Myriame's pocket...
Computer Mouse Baseball
HMU Apr '25 Drop - From Mundane to Insane: Creating silly sound effects with Akash!
There's arguably no greater master of creating SFX from random everyday objects than Akash Thakkar!! He's been with us since the early days of Hyper Light Drifter and still continues to work his magic on the daily.
Possessor(s) - Mar '25 Show + Tell ๐
Hiya Lob(s)ter gang! ๐ฆ March sure was busy!! I canโt share muchabout it all, but soon!! Letโs dive in.GDCThe annual Game Developers Conference was earlier this month! For those who arenโt familiar with what GDC is, it is an annual conference for game developers (duh!) held in San Francisco. The event has an expo floor, where folks can showcase their games at, as well as a variety of round...
Hyper Light Breaker - Mar '25 Show + Tell ๐
These coming weeks, it'll be ALL SYSTEMS GO for our first major content update set for later this month!You've already had a sneak peek of what's to come, but what's a few more tidbits between patrons and patronees?๐First up, we've heard all the feedback around onboarding and are working on expanding that whole process significantly with coming updates...๐ฒNext up, our ani...
Apr 2025 Drop!!!
Featuring Alx's daily doodles from Drifter days, gorgeous Solar Ash concepts, Dro's anatomy, and more!PW: itfeelslikespring
From the Solar Ash Archives...
We got a recent request for a high res Solar Ash wallpaper so here's one from the archives.
Wobble Baby
Possessor(s) WIP. What do you think?
Possessor(s) Team at GDC...
presenting an early build to press. Keep an eye out ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ
March Update - Mother Wolf Incoming
You've been slaughtering her babies...what's a mother to do?
How to Enviro Art: Tree Wind
(Enviro Art Lesson by Wolfgang Traenkle, Senior Enviro Artist)Hey there! Wanted to make a quick page explaining how to get some cool movement in trees utilizing both vertex painting and an axis rotation in WPOThis video is the end result of using both methods:Using the axis rotation to make a swayUsing Vertex paint to get the secondary movement that adds a noise to the tips of the leavesHere is wh...
Mar 2025 Drop!!!
Featuring behind the scenes vid of Alx at GDC 2023, a Rich Vreeland (Disasterpeace) sketch, solar shroom stuff...and more!PW: isitspringyet
Flower Shop
High res wallpaper drop of the flower shop in Possessor(s) - the art and character design have changed since...but what a vibe, right?
Possessor(s) - Feb '25 Show + Tell
This Month in POSSESSOR(S) ๐Oh wow, itโs been a month already!? Phew! ๐ฎโ๐จ The team as been HARD AT WORK with some big milestones stuff, and I am very proud of all of them. ๐ฅฐYou should all go into Discord & tell them they are going a good job, (and just trust me on it because I canโt talk about it JUST YET) go, NOW. ๐ ๐คOke, now that you are back, letโs jump into it!Characte...
Hyper Light Breaker - Feb '25 Show + Tell
Feb was the shortest month but that didn't stop us from flying through updates and progress! Other than pushing out a big update that some folks excited beyond cawtrol, the team has been hard at work on lovely new things.We're really gaining momentum on our Early Access journey now and have been reading / appreciating all your feedback, requests, and zany suggestions. Keep em coming - we&#...
HMU Mar '25 Drop - How to GDC
Going to GDC? Don't miss this talk by convention veterans Myriame and Danni. On scheduling, financials, events, parties, safety, networking...and everything in between!
Patreon Survey (Anonymous)
General feedback form for what you want to get out of our Patreon!It's been a couple months now, so we wanted to check in and see how it's going for you. What do you want more of? Any feedback / comments?
Stylized Enviro Art references
(here's a reference sheet of inspirations we used for Breaker's forest biome)When someone joins our enviro art team, we share with them this (growing) list of resources / references.The aesthetic of our games has always been very specific: bright colors, vivid stylization, immersive and emotional.Check out these resources we gathered from wonderfully talented craftspeople and level up your...
Proof that we did, in fact, consider making Hyper Light Racers
VO by Mars Ashton
Hyper Light Breaker - Jan '25 Show + Tell
This month in Hyper Light Breaker!We've been hard at work following the Early Access launch of Breaker. Much of the initial week following launch was spent on critical bug fixes, adding accessibility options, and QOL improvements.BUT ALSOAnimationCheck out this cool dragon intro cutscene Anna and the rest of the animation team's been working on.Tech ArtI worked on an easier way to update t...
Slums
High res wallpaper drop of the slums in Possessor(s)
