Happy Holidays! 2023 was a relatively quiet year for us as we’ve been heads-down, working on some new ideas… but we still wanted to share some highlights from the past year!

In January we released a free update for Nobody Saves the World which featured Magic Jimmy’s Impossible Dungeon and a new unlockable Dinosaur form. We were overwhelmed with the positive response to this update and loved seeing photos of your statue gardens!

This year we added some new members to our team including 3D Technical Artist Greg and Junior Programmer Fred. We also welcomed back Animator and Artist Matheus who worked with us on Nobody Saves the World!

Speaking of our team, here are some of their favourite games played in 2023:

• Cass: Nioh, Dragon's Dogma, Remnant 2
  
• Fred: Paradise Marsh, Risk of Rain Returns, Plate Up
  
• Gabby: Zelda TOTK, Baldur’s Gate 3, Dave the Diver, Slay the Princess
  
• Graham: Baldur's Gate 3, Zelda TOTK, Mario Wonder
  
• Greg: Lethal Company
  
• Ian: Time Crisis 4, Cobalt Core, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
  
• Josh: Hi-Fi Rush, Mario Wonder
  
• Matheus: Alan Wake 2, Spider-man 2, Elden Ring
  
• Mau: Mario Wonder, Zelda TOTK, Metroid Prime
  
• Mike: Baldur's Gate 3, Armored Core VI, Cyberpunk 2077
  
• Ryan: Dungeons & Dragons (pen and paper)
  
• Steele: Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, Victoria 3, RimWorld
  
• Vlad: Counter-Strike 2, Squad, Spider-Man 2, Armored Core VI

Here are some highlights from the past year:

🥇 Nobody Saves the World was nominated for a bunch of awards, including the Canadian Screen Awards, Canadian Game Awards, and Webby Awards. We didn’t win any of these, buuuuut…

🏆 Jim Guthrie[jimguthrie.bandcamp.com] won the Screen Composers Guild of Canada award for “Best Original Score for Games and Interactive Media” for the Nobody Saves the World soundtrack!

💿 Jim also released the Nobody Saves the World soundtrack on a beautiful double vinyl

🐓 We teamed up with The Yetee[theyetee.com] to release new Nobody Saves the World and Guacamelee merch, including this very good spinning pollo pin[theyetee.com]

💖 We partnered with Limited Run Games[limitedrungames.com] to release physical versions of Nobody Saves the World, Severed, and Mutant Blobs Attack (which sold out almost immediately!)

Over this past year we’ve been busy prototyping new stuff, playing with new ideas and styles. We’ve landed on something the whole team is very excited about, something completely new to us that we hope you’ll be excited about too.

We can’t wait to share more when we can, but in the meantime here’s a lil sneaky peek ^

Consider joining our discord[discord.gg] to keep updated on the latest news about all our games (including this new one)

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Thank you for all your support over this past year! We really couldn’t have done it without you and appreciate your support.

Happy Holidays,
Signed, Matthew DrinkBox[www.tiktok.com]

Pssssst, a bunch of our games are ON SALE for the holiday season! These are usually the steepest discounts we do all year, so there’s never been a better time to pick them up:

https://gtm.you1.cn/storesteam/app/1432050/Nobody_Saves_the_World/

https://gtm.you1.cn/storesteam/app/534550/Guacamelee_2/

https://gtm.you1.cn/storesteam/app/275390/Guacamelee_Super_Turbo_Championship_Edition/

https://gtm.you1.cn/storesteam/app/206370/Tales_From_Space_Mutant_Blobs_Attack/

We’ve teamed up with The Yetee to bring you Nobody Saves the World merch, including:

• A t-shirt featuring Nobody + some of our favourite forms
  
• A Nobody enamel pin
  
• A “Nostramagus Certified” sticker sheet

Get them here: https://theyetee.com/collections/nobody-saves-the-world

We hope you love them as much as we do!

– The Drinkbox Team

Hey everyone! The Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PS5 physical editions of Nobody Saves the World are now available to pre-order! You can get them directly from Limited Run Games for a limited time only: https://limitedrungames.com/collections/nobody-saves-the-world

There is also a Deluxe Edition for each platform that comes with the game + soundtrack on CD + sticker sheet + Randy pin + collector’s case

– The Drinkbox Team

Nobody Saves the World is today’s Daily Deal! Get the game for 50% off (the lowest discount it’s ever been!)

https://gtm.you1.cn/storesteam/app/1432050/Nobody_Saves_the_World/

To celebrate, we’ve put all of our games on sale this weekend for up to 75% OFF too

We’re also excited to announce a new Drinkbox Bundle! Get all of our games, soundtracks, and DLC for an additional 10% off when you purchase them together:

https://gtm.you1.cn/storesteam/bundle/28749/Drinkbox_Studios_Complete_Bundle/

We’ve partnered with Makeship to bring you an awesome Nobody plushie (complete with a detachable wand) that is on sale for a limited time only! Get yours while you can: https://www.makeship.com/products/nobody-plush

We hope you love this lil guy as much as we do!

– The Drinkbox Team

Hey all, we hope you’re doing well!

It’s been a few months and we have a bunch of exciting news to share with y’all!

Awards Nominations

It’s officially awards season and we’re very honoured for Nobody Saves the World to be nominated, including: Best Video Game from the Canadian Screen Awards, 8 nominations across the Canadian Game Awards and Canadian Indie Game Awards, and 2 Webby Awards nominations!

If you liked Nobody Saves the World, we would love you to vote in these Webby Award categories if you have time: Action & Adventure[vote.webbyawards.com] and Independent Creator[vote.webbyawards.com]!

Thank you so much for your support 🥺

Plushie ???

In other news, we’re planning to have a plushie made for the best form in Nobody Saves the World, BUT, what is the best form? We were hoping we could get your help in answering that question!

Below is how the votes are going so far. Head to our Discord[discord.gg] to vote for your favourite form and change these numbers! The top pick might just make an appearance IRL sometime soon…

15th Anniversary!

It’s really hard for us to believe, but April 15th is Drinkbox’s 15th anniversary as a game development studio! This is a huge milestone we’re very proud of, and we couldn’t have made it here without all your support over the years. Thank you to you all!

- The Drinkbox Team

“IMPOSSIBLE DUNGEON” UPDATE NOTES:

- New Dungeon: A carnival themed "endless" dungeon which challenges players to quickly complete increasingly difficult floors under time pressure
- Doing well in the dungeon rewards players with "tickets" which can be spent to build a large statue containing all of the game's forms
- New "Dino" form, with all new abilities and quests, unlocked by playing the Impossible Dungeon. The Dino form encourages players to swap between different damage types in order to gain damage boosting effects

ADDITIONAL BUG FIXES:

- Gates at the start of the Frozen Hearth area could incorrectly close behind players
- Using Slime Slide twice quickly in succession could incorrectly make the starting puddle a damage zone
- Health leech was not being calculated correctly for some abilities when in a dungeon with the x9999 damage mod
- “0 mana required” modifier was not allowing some abilities to be performed when the player had 0 mana
- Some enemies would not be hit by turrets projectiles when projectiles were fired at certain angles
- Mechanic's leg animations could break when using arrow flurry
- Players could sometimes get stuck behind a rock in the Whackamelee! challenge room
- Summoning demons from turret deaths did not count towards the Necromancer's "Custom II: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" quest
- Frozen Hearth level load screen was not properly centered
- Fixed issues with using some wireless / bluetooth controllers to play the game

Today is Nobody Saves the World’s first anniversary! To celebrate, we’re releasing a brand-new Impossible Dungeon update, out today for FREE!

The update introduces a new carnival themed “endless” dungeon and a new Dinosaur form you can unlock by playing through the Impossible Dungeon.

Step right up, and see if you’ve got what it takes to brave the challenges of Magic Jimmy’s Impossible Dungeon! Tucked away in a corner of the Alchemist’s Gorge area, players can test their skills on several floors of increasingly tough combat challenges while racing against the clock to try and get through each challenge as quickly as possible. This mode is perfect for Nobody Saves the World players who are looking for an endless combat challenge and a space to test new form combinations.

Conquer the Impossible Dungeon, and be rewarded with the magical Dino Plushy that unlocks the new Dinosaur form! As with all other forms, the Dino comes with its own unique abilities and quests, and can be used throughout the entire game. Doing well in the dungeon will also reward players with tickets that can be used to build a commemorative statue of all the game’s forms.

(Artwork by Matheus Meneguette)

To celebrate its anniversary, Nobody Saves the World is today’s Steam Daily Deal for 40% OFF, the game’s lowest price ever!!

https://gtm.you1.cn/storesteam/app/1432050/Nobody_Saves_the_World/

Thanks for all your support for Nobody Saves the World! This last year has been an amazing ride, and we couldn’t have done it without you. We hope you enjoy this new update!

– The Drinkbox Team

Happy Holidays! 2022 was an eventful year for us, and we wanted to take a moment to reflect on it and share some highlights.

Earlier this year we released our brand new game Nobody Saves the World. It was our most successful launch to date and we have been overwhelmed by the positive reception!

Nobody Saves the World has even been featured on a few Game of the Year lists!! We’re honoured to see it on these lists alongside so many of our favourites from this year:

• Polygon – The 50 best video games of 2022[www.polygon.com]
  
• Slant – The 25 Best Video Games of 2022[www.slantmagazine.com]
  
• Kotaku – The Best RPGs Of 2022
  
• GameRant – The 10 Best Co-Op Games of 2022[gamerant.com]
  
• GameSpot – The Best Video Game Soundtracks Of 2022[www.gamespot.com]
  
• Digital Trends – The best indie hidden gems of 2022[www.digitaltrends.com]
  
• Inverse – The 10 Best Xbox Game Pass Games of 2022[www.inverse.com]
  
• Mashable – The 10 best games you may have missed in 2022[mashable.com]
  
• Slash Gear – The 12 Best Co-Op Games Of 2022[www.slashgear.com]
  
• Den of Geek – The Most Underrated and Overlooked Games of 2022[www.denofgeek.com]
  
• Besties 2022[open.spotify.com]

Speaking of which, here are some of our team’s favourite games played in 2022:

• Cass: Hypnospace Outlaw, Not For Broadcast, Grounded
  
• Gabby: Elden Ring, Neon White, Yakuza: Like A Dragon
  
• Graham: God of War Ragnarök, Elden Ring, Valheim, Tunic
  
• Ian: Time Crisis 5, Deltarune, Neon White
  
• Josh: Elden Ring, Neon White, Galaxy Trucker
  
• Mike: Sifu, Bloodborne, Sekiro
  
• Vlad: God of War Ragnarök, Horizon: Forbidden West, Jak II

We moved!

Remote work has changed the way our team collaborates, so we recently moved to a new office that is better suited to our new approach to working together (and we had a little pizza party to celebrate!). Much of the team will still be working from home moving forward, but people that want a work-in-progress-home-away-from-home now have a shiny new space to hang out in!

NSTW Vinyl

Back in September, Jim Guthrie successfully funded his vinyl campaign for the Nobody Saves the World soundtrack (featuring artwork by Drinkbox Art Director Augusto Quijano). We’re looking forward to getting these into your (and our) hands (and ear holes) in early 2023!

We’ve been working hard on something special for Nobody Saves the World (coming VERY SOON) as well as prototyping some other new stuff… we’re excited to share more about all of that when we can!!

Thank you for making Nobody Saves the World a very memorable launch and 2022 a great year overall for Drinkbox. We really couldn’t have done it without you and appreciate your support.

Happy Holidays, from your pals at Drinkbox Studios.

By the way, many of our games are ON SALE for the holiday season! These are some of the steepest discounts we’ve done all year, so it’s a great time to check them out:

https://gtm.you1.cn/storesteam/app/1432050/Nobody_Saves_the_World/

https://gtm.you1.cn/storesteam/app/534550/Guacamelee_2/

https://gtm.you1.cn/storesteam/app/275390/Guacamelee_Super_Turbo_Championship_Edition/

https://gtm.you1.cn/storesteam/app/206370/Tales_From_Space_Mutant_Blobs_Attack/