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  • Lowering the Fingeance Skill Floor

    Lowering the Fingeance Skill Floor

    Last week, a fan of ours decided to play Fingeance using only his right hand. Surprisingly, he did very well throughout the campaign (albeit on easy mode)! It immediately dawned on me how much decreasing the skill floor in Fingeance has helped with approachability and accessibility. Apparently Fingeance is one hand friendly… #gamedev #indiedev pic.twitter.com/gIDGFoNSQW —…

  • Fingeance at The Bit Run in Minneapolis

    Fingeance at The Bit Run in Minneapolis

    Escape Industries and Fingeance will be at The Bit Run in Richfield this Sunday, July 31st! The Bit Run is the world’s first video game themed run/walk, and we’re honored to have Fingeance shown this year. The course is a 4K or 8K dash through Richfield Veterans Park, with video game themed challenges spread throughout the…

  • The Comic Book Aesthetic

    The Comic Book Aesthetic

    Since we first started working on Fingeance, I have had two personal goals in mind. I wanted the game to be accessible enough that you can jump in and have fun without knowing anything about the game. I also wanted to really sell the comic book aesthetic of the game, since games are really popular,…

  • A Shocking Reveal: Sparky!

    A Shocking Reveal: Sparky!

    In our recent demo release, we added in a few unexpected features. There were weird new bosses, a secret difficulty level, and of course, unlockable characters. You might have come across a few already. One character is Spike, the tanky turtle who Lane’s talked about a bit, but the other’s more of a mystery. Sparky,…

  • Fingeance Demo 2016 is Here!

    Fingeance Demo 2016 is Here!

    Fingeance has seen some insane changes in the past year, to the point where our old Fingeance demo just wasn’t cutting it. The art and audio is out of date, and several design decisions we made have been tossed out or improved. We feel the game is in a better state than a year ago, and today…

  • Next Fingeance Build on Display at 2D Con

    Next Fingeance Build on Display at 2D Con

    Hey lads and ladies! As of this posting, we are thirty hours away from setting up our station at 2D Con in scenic Bloomington, MN. After that, we’ll spend June 3rd-5th exploring the fun 2D Con has to offer and displaying all that’s new in Fingeance. Here are a few of our proudest offerings:  …

  • Gil Gets Greater Gadgets, and More!

    Gil Gets Greater Gadgets, and More!

    Intelligent, inquisitive, and maybe just a bit paranoid (but is it paranoia if half the ocean wants you dead?), Gil has always had a reputation as a straight-shooter. Over the last year of Fingeance design, we’ve tried to give Gil abilities that reflect this straightforward, sharpshooting persona. In building Gil’s kit, we’ve tried to keep…

  • The Music of Fingeance

    The Music of Fingeance

    Music is a topic that is long overdue here on the blog. We have hinted at it in the past when we introduced the Kelp Forest and the Deep Sea Cave, but never actually talking about where the musical inspiration truly came from. That changes today! For all of the music in the game I…

  • Dorsa: The Underwater Rogue

    Dorsa: The Underwater Rogue

    Dorsa has been in the game since the beginning, but she’s never really had a role that fit her character well. As detailed in our character descriptions, Dorsa is a greedy, self-absorbed fish who wants to profit from the takedown of the Dolphin Empire as much as possible. However, we’ve oftentimes saddled her with a…

  • Escape Industries at GlitchCon 2016!

    Escape Industries at GlitchCon 2016!

    Escape Industries and Fingeance will be at GlitchCon next week on April 29th! If you haven’t heard of GlitchCon, go check out their website. It’s like a miniature Midwest version of PAX or IndieCon. Despite being relatively small and new, it’s pulled in startlingly high-caliber talent from across the United States. They’ve played host to…