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Solarus creator and The Legend of Zelda: Mystery of Solarus producer, Christopho, has an update to share about the launch timing of The Legend of #Zelda: Mercuris' Chest. Please take a look. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHj5qEnq0fA

Despite some unexpected stuff, we had a wonderful year in 2021 for Solarus, including... the Switch port! Here is a recap of what happened.
https://www.solarus-games.org/en/news/2022-02-27-solarus-in-2021-a-retrospective
#gamedev #gameengine #opensource #solarus

🔥This weekend is Hackathon time with @ChristophoZS @olivclr and @zelda_force! 🔥
You can follow the stream on Chris' channel: https://www.twitch.tv/christophogames
What's planned: Link's Awakening remake, new Solarus Launcher! #gamedev #solarus #zelda

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We have a BIG annoucement!
✨Solarus has been ported to Nintendo Switch!✨
@OceansHeartgame is the first Solarus-made game to be released on Switch, February 10.
More information coming.
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#gamedev #gameengine #solarus #NintendoSwitch

Solarus 1.6.5 has been released! #NewRelease #gamedev #GameEngine
https://www.solarus-games.org/en/news/2021-04-06-solarus-1-6-5-bugfix-release

⚠️BREAKING NEWS⚠️After burning in fire, Solarus Forums are back, revamped, and join the dark side. Take a look at https://forum.solarus-games.org/en/
#NoAprilsFools

The website is back! Please wait a bit for the forums, though.

Currently, the Solarus website is down because the OVH building where it was hosted has burnt. We'll keep you informed when it's back to normal.

Here's a recap about what happened to Solarus in 2020 and what's next!
https://www.solarus-games.org/en/news/2021-02-04-solarus-in-2020-a-retrospective
#solarus #gamedev #opensource

Check out this amazing overhaul of the dialog system of Solarus: https://www.solarus-games.org/en/development/resource-packs/visual-novel-system
Kudos to the authors!

The engine and editor remain GPL. Only the logo changes its license.

With the agreement of its authors, the Solarus logo (code, resources) is now MIT/CC-BY, so you can use it in a closed-source Solarus quest.
https://www.solarus-games.org/en/news/2020-10-12-mit-solarus-logo

We began an Awesome list in the style of @awesome__re
with all things about Solarus so be sure to bookmark it, and feel free to contribute. https://gitlab.com/solarus-games/awesome-solarus
#solarus #awesomelist #gamedev

We've just published @11Mraz's quest titled #yarntown on Solarus Quest Libary. This quest, a 2D hommage to Bloodborne, is having a huge success and is making quite some buzz on the Internet. Check it out if you haven't played it yet!
https://www.solarus-games.org/en/games/yarntown
#madewithsolarus

A new game made with Solarus has been released! It's a 2D Bloodborne, by @11Mraz and you can download it on @itchio ! Don't miss it!
https://maxatrillionator.itch.io/yarntown
#bloodborne #solarus #madewithsolarus #indiegame

Solarus for MacOS has finally been updated to 1.6.4, just like the other packages (it was previously stuck at 1.6.0). Thanks Vlag! https://www.solarus-games.org/en/solarus/download
#solarus #macos #gamedev

Solarus 1.6.4 is out! Lots of bug fixes, and some new awesome free tilesets from @11Mraz@twitter.com for your quests!
https://www.solarus-games.org/en/news/2020-04-12-solarus-1-6-4-bugfix-release
#solarus #gamedev #opensource #freesoftware

Get some Solarus swag on our official store! Who wants Solarus underpants?
All the money goes to the nonprofit organization, of course.
https://www.solarus-games.org/en/news/2020-04-01-goodies-shop

The project is now backed by its nonprofit organization called Solarus Labs!
#solarus #gamedev #opensource #libre
https://www.solarus-games.org/en/news/2020-02-20-nonprofit-organization

The website now features walkthroughs for Solarus quests. The first to have a complete walkthrough is Mystery of Solarus DX, so check it if you're lost!
#solarus #walkthrough #zelda
https://www.solarus-games.org/en/news/2020-02-09-walkthroughs-on-the-website