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The Notlanders
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A micro-indie studio in the north of Sweden, handcrafting tiny worlds with big souls.

Wishlist Fail Fail Succeed: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3816180/Fail_Fail_Succeed/

We're a two man team, Martin and Sergei.

#indiegamedev #gamedev #indiegames
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After a day of travel, and some minor sight seeing things are all set up (even more so than in the pictures!) in Berlin, and we're ready for 4 days of exhibiting and meeting people!

Will you be there? #gamesground #gamesgroundBerlin #indiedev
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Celebrating the release of the Fail Fail Succeed Demo with some zoomies in the autumn sun, and a (well deserved) break from the computer screen!

Hope everyone is having a good weekend, and are all geared up for the upcoming Next Fest!

#gamedev #indiedev #dog
A pixel art dog and a pixel art character, from the game Fail Fail Succeed, running towards each other against a dark star filled background. Mirroring the other photo from real life. Eira, a dog, and a girl running towards each other in the autumn sun, mirroring the pixel art sequence from Fail Fail Succeed. A picture taken from todays celebratory zoomies.
October 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Our first ever build on Steam is live!

Get a head start on Next Fest and check out the Fail Fail Succeed Demo!

store.steampowered.com/app/4072000/...

Any feedback is more than welcomed, good, bad or neutral!

#indiedev #gamedev #puzzlegame #nextfest
October 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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This is Neo 🐕 a happy husky boy about as talkative, energetic and loving as they come.

He too can be your guide in Fail Fail Succeed, if you so please!

Do you know of a dog that needs to be in a game? Hit us up and Martin will work his pixel-fu! 👾🎮

#dog #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
Neo, a happy talkative husky, in profile. In this particular picture, uncharacteristically calm, with a gentle smile-like expression. Neo, a happy talkative husky, in pixelated format. He's standing on a platform in Fail Fail Succeed, above the main character in sand-transformation.
September 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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This is Eira 🐕

She's Martin’s dog, our unofficial third team member, and the original companion in Fail Fail Succeed. Without her there likely wouldn’t have been a game.

If you have a dog and want to see it in a game, Martin will do his best to pixelate them! 🎮

#dog #gamedev #indiedev #puzzle
Eira, a beige mixed breed standing on a stone with a banner with her name and a pixel art version of her a pixel art version of Eira, a beige mixed breed, barking from a cliff of ice , with a dark sky and stars in the background.
September 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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🥳 It’s Martin's birthday today! 🥳

For his birthday, he only has one wish: more Wishlists!

Click on through and Wishlist his creation on Steam, and make his birthday wishes come true!
🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/3816180/...

#indiedev #gamedev #birthday #indiegame #wishlistwednesday #videogame
The player character in Fail Fail Succeed with a birthday celebration hat, celebrating with confetti falling from the sky
September 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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This is Texas🐕 my friend's childhood dog, and one of the good boys and girls you can choose as a companion and guide in Fail Fail Succeed.

Do you have a dog you would like to see in a game?🎮
Share it with us, and I will do my very best to make it happen! //M

#indiedev #dog #screenshotsaturday
Texas, a black lab mix, with prominent greying on the nose and eyebrows, close up profile shot, with a pixel border at the bottom, with his name and a pixel version Texas, a black lab mix, with prominent greying on the nose and eyebrows, in pixel form, in the game Fail Fail Succeed, standing on some grass amongst clouds
August 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Another week, another review ⏪

Mostly addressing QA tickets on FFS, and finally getting around to supporting gamepads again!🎮

We've also laid out a rough roadmap for the coming months, regarding our unannounced project, which means you might be seeing more of that soon!📸

#indiegamedev #gamedev
Week Review, progress between 19/5/2025-26/5/2025. •Addressing QA Feedback, including improved UI features and additional bug fixes. •Climbing added to improve game feel, navigation and game readability. •First pass on re-implementing gamepad support. •New roadmap established for our secondary project, we might drop some more hints in the future! The two climbing animation frames used in Fail Fail Succeed displayed next to each other. The gamepad control scheme displayed in a list.
May 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Weekly review to start the week? To be expected by now 😎

A lot of poking, tweaking and external testing — hard to showcase for now sadly, but progress is ticking along!

BUT!
As of today we're happy to announce that Sergei is back at the office full time! 🎉
#indiegamedev #gamedev #weekreview
May 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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2 Week Review!

Between national holidays and focusing on work we forgot to post here — but work we have!

For FFS the focus has been on polishing and improving the UI and improving the game feel. A new build is not quite ready yet, but not far away! 🎮

#indiegamedev #gamedev #weekreview #puzzlegame
Bullet point list of progress between the 28th of April and the 12th of May A tilted head block falling towards spikes Character in the midst of a sliding animation, with some dust particles being kicked up
May 12, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Weekly Review ⏪ (albeit a day late)

🎮 Playtesting with the neighbouring studio
🐜 Bug fixes - dogs now loading being the major one
🥪 Lunch with the local game cluster

Might not sound like a lot, but let me tell you... that one bug was hard to squish..!

#gamedev #indiegamedev #weekreview
Someone just out of frame, playing Fail Fail Succeed on a computer
April 28, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Another weekly review to keep us honest:

🐕Alt. dog system implemented
🎮New challange level
🏃Improved physics accuracy
🔧Done addressing latest round of external QA
☑️Improved and expanded settings

Busy week, side hustles keept us afk a lot, but a new build very very soon! //M

#gamedev #indiegamedev
April 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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The least productive team member is also the only one with a cameo in our puzzle game.

Pretty privilege much? 🐕

#indiegamedev #gamedev #puzzlegame #dog
The studio dog sleeping on a jacket in the corner of our office The studio dog, in pixel art, in the game fail fail succeed
April 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Another week comes to an end, and a quick review is in order:

⚒️ 2 workshops attended
🌐 1 day at Boden Game Changer
🔊 1 talk on stage
🎮 5 bugs fixed
🐜 2 bugs found
🧩 1 new puzzle
🦋 Posted on here!

A lot of afk time, but still productive!

How's everyone else doing?
#indiedev #gamedev #weekreview
Screenshot of a pixel character to the left, a laser down the middle, and a bird cage to the right, in a foggy level. Picture of name tag/ticket, with a finger pointing at "Speaker".
April 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Hello world!
A quick intro is in order; we’re The Notlanders, a micro-indie studio in northern Sweden!

Some quick facts:

✌️We’re a 2-man team
🧩Finishing up a puzzle game
🎮Prototyping a tiny adventure game
🐕Have a cute dog
🖌️Love stylized graphics
🧑‍🤝‍🧑New to here, feeling lost, and looking for friends!
Fail Fail Succeed, a pixel art game, cover art. A boxy character sat on a floating block of dirt with their dog. Also a screenshot of two 3D frogs, seemingly in an indoors conversation and the text "Unannounced Project" overtop.
April 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM