DreamHack is the world’s largest digital festival. A place for gamers of all stripes to come together to compete, make new friends and celebrate all of the things that make internet culture great. They host the world’s largest bring your own computer LAN party, esport tournaments, cosplay competitions, panels, and more. Feel free to stop by the game jam booth and play the Jam version of Ambuuu. The games from the other winners will also be on display.

(Photo Courtesy of @gamejolt)

None of us could be in Texas to show the DreamHack Ambuuu version in person, so we would love to see any pictures you take of the booth or DreamHack in general. Make sure to tweet them at us! And thank you to the volunteers showcasing it for us! We hope to see you all at a future DreamHack.

To celebrate we also spruced up the landing page of Ambuuu. Check it out. Our goal was to create a simple and catchy landing page for Ambuuu to have a easy place to access the download and most up to date news available. It also includes a short form in case you want to join our mailing list and be emailed about new releases from The Indie Accord. Next on our list is a presskit and steam page!

Peace!

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In April, Ambuuu won first place in Game Jolt’s 2019 DreamHack Dallas Jam. We updated Ambuuu from the original version to enhance the experience of the core game, which will be shown at DreamHack. We were happy with our submission, but we wanted to add a post-jam version that included a Ambuuu multiplayer split screen mode. This is only the first update and we plan to do many more in the next few months.

Visit the Ambuuu GameJolt page below to download the newest version and check out the new co-op mode.

Since we will be actively updating this game, we would love to hear any comments, suggestions or critiques you have! We are excited to see what you all have to say and we love to feature Let’s Plays in our posts!

Interested in covering Ambuuu? Want more information?
Email us at: admin@internal.theindieaccord.com
We would love to provide any screenshots, interviews, or videos you may need!

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Today we’d like to focus on the recent collaboration between DreamHack and Game Jolt.

For those not in the know these two awesome groups worked together to launch a 10-day Game Jam! A Game Jam is time-framed competition with a theme that is picked right before the launch of the event. In this specific case, the  theme chosen was “5 minutes to…”, now how you wish to represent that is up to you. There are a bunch of cool entries (almost 50!) which were submitted, and each one brings to the table their own flavor of the theme. We were really sure early on that we didn’t want to just make a game and slap a five minute timer on it. Instead we framed the game around a fictional “golden time” that trauma victims go through where they can be saved only if an ambulance picks them up in 5 minutes (In the end 5 minutes was way too long for the game play, so it says five minutes in the game, but its really closer to 90 seconds.)

It’s fun to see how what ideas are created and how they are implemented. If you have time, we recommend trying out a Game Jam. Even if you don’t have any coding experience, individuals/teams are looking for artists, musicians, designers, etc. to help them bring their idea to reality, and its a really fun experience! In fact our team worked with a new person this time, Matt Killy and our old friend Ross Carr.

The Game

We eventually made a game where you drive an ambulance around a very dangerous city filled with injury prone citizens. From monsters, to aliens, to monkeys, to volcanic eruptions. The people in the city do not seem to be able to stay out of the hospital. Your goal is to get to the citizen and drive them to the hospital before their five minute timer is up, while avoiding the zany events, and trying to control your car in the intense AMBUUU mode.

Our game Ambuuu won 1st Place for DreamHack Jam Dallas! We are PUMPED to represent it at DreamHack Dallas in the end of May! If you attend, please come say hi!

What’s Next. Exciting updates for you!

We’re sure you are wondering, “But TIA, what’s next for Ambuu?”, well this is precisely what we would love to share with you.

Online Highscores
One thing that is on our immediate radar are online high scores. Wouldn’t it be awesome to compare your score and battle against your friends, all while seeing how many injured civilizations you both saved. Or didn’t. We don’t judge on your play-style here.

Couch Co-Op

We at TIA strongly believe in kicking your best friend’s butt in person. That’s right. Couch-Co-op! For Ambuuu we are still researching various ideas and alternatives but we believe a couch co-op version of the game could be just what the doctor ordered! Imagine sitting together around a TV/PC, controllers in hand, a mess of popcorn all over the floor as you battle it out. Almost a Kirby Air-Ride meets Overcooked. I’m talking chaos! That’s right, a full on battle to save the city of Montrifer!

Customization

We heard that everyone loves to personalize things. Well, good news for everyone! We are looking into allowing different color combinations, paint jobs, and the such for Ambuuu! Bring your creative side out and rescue your city! Maybe you keep it classy with humans. Perhaps you want lizard people. Why stop there, the combinations could be endless! Combine this with a mixture of task-based unlockables and your experience will become your own!

Steam

Lastly, we know that most of you use Steam (if you don’t, we highly recommend it!). Ambuuu will be brought to Steam for your convenience!

TL:DR
What may or may not be coming to Ambuuu,

• Online Highscores & Metrics
• Multiplayer Functionality
• Game Unlockables & Personalization
• Steam

Who We Are

We are just a bunch of friends who enjoy video games and make them for fun! A combination of both inexperienced and experienced individuals of various expertise, all are welcome Between us, we have a vary wide taste of video games and styles, but we try to add at least one quirky thing to all our games. If you’d like to learn more or want to reach out, we have a plethora of ways to be contacted and followed, from Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, to YouTube and even LinkedIn(we don’t know why though)!

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