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Dragons are descending on Sunshine Valley 🐲🐉✨ A fantastical story is unfolding across Sunshine Valley in May as Sunshine Days unveils its most magical season yet! 💖 The dragons are coming to Sunshine Valley from May 1st, bringing with them an array of enchanting wonders that are sure to ignite the imagination of Villagers around the world. Soar into a grand adventure with Dragon Season  discovering hatchable eggs that will see every Villager raise their own herd of cute and chaotic dragons. 🐉✨ Dive into the excitement with the six-week Dragon Season Pass, which in a Sunshine Days first will be offering a whopping 100 levels of discovery and delight. These majestic creatures will steal your heart but don’t be fooled by their cute appearance, they’re fierce and chaotic so be sure to keep them safe in your castle build! 🏰 Don't miss out on the adventure of a lifetime—come experience cosplaying as a Dragon as you hatch & evolve your Dragon herd in Sunshine Valley from May 1st. #SunshineDays #Dragons #CozyGames #MobileGames #IndieGames #IndieDev

In case you missed it in our weekly studio roundup yesterday - we're out of office on Monday for the May Bank Holiday ✨ Our team will be enjoying an extra day of the weekend for non-work activities but we'll all be back from Tuesday ready to add the finishing touches to our next patch release - as well as share exciting news about our forthcoming season passes...👀👀👀 From our dev team to you, we hope you have a great weekend whether that means gaming, being around family, immersing yourself in nature or indulging in what fills you with passion. Have a great weekend and we'll be back next week! #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieStudio #VideoGames #GamesIndustry #NetspeakGames #MobileDev #BankHoliday

It's the end of another busy week here at Netspeak Games.☀️✨ Just a reminder that as it's a Bank Holiday weekend we'll be closed on Monday 27 May with our team returning on Tuesday 28th to the virtual office. We're really excited to be in the final stages of our next patch which sees platform and feature updates! Keep a look out for more news on this release next week 👀👀👀 Our team have been working incredibly hard to bring the next seasons to life and toward the end of May we'll be showcasing the next TWO Season Passes ✨🌈 If that wasn't enough excitement, we're working hard on some BIG updates to the game which we'll be revealing more about this summer ☀⌛ Did you know that on 25 May it's Geek Pride Day? The first Geek Pride Day was organized in 2006 by Germán Martínez, a Spanish blogger, since then the day has continued to grow in visibility and popularity - to celebrate, our team got together to share their interests and passions that they hold dear. From Biscuit obsessions, keen interest in Pylons, pin badge & space-race themed collections, to passion for etymology we learned a lot about our teams interests and found new topics to share with each other! 🍪⚡🚀🌌👨🚀 What are the hobbies and passions that fill you with joy and intrigue? We'd love to know! Have a great weekend, from all the team here at Netspeak ✨ #IndieDev #IndieGames #IndieStudio #VideoGames #GamesIndustry #CozyGames #MobileGames #StudioLife #RemoteStudio #NetspeakGames

This week at Netspeak... The sun may have temporarily popped behind the clouds IRL but it's always Sunny in Sunshine Valley ☀️ This week our team are working on the next phase of Sunshine Days, a gigantic update that includes a platform upgrade, new mechanics, added features and changes to the way you build and interact with Villagers across Sunshine Valley. 🛠 Our devs are hard at work on the next iteration and we're very excited for our team-wide playtest later this week!📱🎮 We love playing as a team as it means we all get to hop in and enjoy Sunshine Days and the hard work from the team before it's released. We'll be closed for Bank Holiday next Monday (27 May) which means our team get the day for non-work activities, which is great following mental health awareness week where we've been putting emphasis on creating time during our work week for wellness individually and among our teams. 🌱 We're not attending Digital Dragons, but we hope all the dev studios and teams attending have a fantastic time and enjoy the experience. ✨ That's not all, dragons can still be found creating all sorts of cute chaos around Sunshine Valley this month with Villagers able to find, hatch and evolve their own herd of mini dragons! We'll be diving into the magic of dragon season on the Netspeak Games blog 🐉🔥 While we're getting through our to-do lists, keeping our 30 mins for #EmpowerHalfHour in our calendars and visiting Villagers, we hope you have a great Monday and we hope to see you & your dragons around Sunshine Valley. ☀️ #IndieDev #GameStudio #ThisWeekAtNetspeak #VideoGames #MobileGames #GamesIndustry #IndieStudio #GameDev #SunshineDays

This week in our studio we've been making space for mental health and well-being at work. It's important to us to keep practicing habits and making time for each other to develop and grow a culture of wellness among our team, particularly as we embark on the next phase of game development. The #EmpowerHalfHour campaign by MHFA England® has been super helpful for us to begin making space each week for our wellness as teams and individually. We've been making time to check in with each other, promoting the habit of celebrating others success and focusing on activities in our working week that can lead us to be more connected without feeling overwhelmed or forced to partake. What activities have you been doing in your studio, or in your day to promote wellness while you work? We'd love to hear about how you're making space for mental health in your studios and dev teams - as we believe this is something we can all collaborate on to create and promote industry wide wellness, which is much, much needed right now. #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #MHAW2024 #IndieDev #DevStudio #IndieGames #GamesIndustry #VideoGames

This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek we're focusing on the #EmpowerHalfHour as we continue to work together as a small indie team building practices that create a culture of good mental health support and awareness among teams in our studio. However, we also recognise how tough the current climate is for those working in, aspiring to work in & those who have made the decision to exit the games industry, therefore we wanted to take a moment to sign-post these incredible charities supporting individuals who may be in crisis, or just need a little support.

We're incredibly proud to share that three of our #GameDev team have been accepted as Limit Break Mentorship Mentors for 2024! ✨ Katharine, Timea & Krystal will each be offering mentorship across a range of industry topics including production, technical development, marketing & community to mentees as part of the program. It's great to see our talented team be able to share their experience and insights with industry newcomers, those looking to level-up their careers & underrepresented people working in the UK games industry through Limit Break. 💜 If you'd like to find our more about Limit Break & their incredible program - visit the website here: https://lnkd.in/e-mnSFZ #LimitBreak #Mentorship #GameDev #IndieDev #DevStudio #IndieGames #LBMentorship #GamesIndustry #CareerDevelopment #SkillsDevelopment

This week it's Mental Health Awareness Week - as a small team we're always working to create a good well-being balance for our team, or finding ways to make improvements. We'll be sharing our teams tips for good mental health practices this week in addition to the MHFA England® activities recommended as part of their 30 minutes 'Empower Half Hour' that we'll be trying across the studio. Well-being activities are important to embed into studio culture not just to talk about one week each year and we recognise that and ensure that every week we spend time together as a team, as well as having time offline and off-camera, collaborating on ideas and playtesting - as well as of course having non-work time scheduled in for team togetherness where we all play games together. We're looking forward to sharing our mental health tips and highlighting great suggestions from across the indie game dev network this week - but it's worth highlighting that for any of our connections looking for support, it's well worth checking out Safe In Our World too. From useful resources to guidance and games industry support, Safe In Our World are doing an incredible work raising awareness and leading on change in the games industry when it comes to all things mental health and well-being. #GamesIndustry #VideoGames #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #MHAW2024 #NetspeakGames #IndieDev #IndieGames

April was a big month for discussions around flexible working. Whether it’s the new legislation that is coming into place or it being a key theme in discussions regarding Stress Awareness Month. According to Peter Cheese, the Chief Exec of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), flexible working conversations are more important now more than ever - for many reasons such as an aging workforce, cost of living and a shift in how people parent. People Partner, Katie Nurse, worked on our latest blog feature about how we're approaching flexible working at Netspeak Games. As a small team working together closely and in ways that work for our people is paramount to our success. You can read the full feature on flexible working here: https://lnkd.in/dExkJxxK #NetspeakGames #GamesIndustry #FlexibleWorking #VideoGames #IndieDev #IndieStudio #MobileGames #SunshineDays

It's almost time for Dragon Season to begin! The age of Dragons is something our Villagers had been asking for, for a while now - so we're very excited to bring this to life for them! We've had a lot of fun developing this season pass & can't wait to see it land. 🐉🐲 May 1 brings our largest season pass yet, boasting 100 levels of items, resources and gold that Villagers will be rewarded as they level up! 🔥⚡ Our team are currently hard at work on further exciting updates to Sunshine Days so the age of Dragons will last for six whole weeks and see Villagers unlocking, hatching and evolving their own cute and chaotic herd of dragons. 🐉✨ To celebrate the start of the season and our recent launch of cross-server play, our dev team are hosting our first ever Sunshine Days cross-region boombox party - and every Villager in the world is invited!✨🎉 For even more Good Vibes than ever before - hop in at 4pm BST on May 1 and head to Main St to join the party...💚 #IndieDev #DevStudio #IndieGames #SunshineDays #CozyGames #MobileGames #MobileDev #GamesIndustry #VideoGames