Games that shine bright. Based in Los Angeles, London and Melbourne ⭐ Penny’s Big Breakaway is available now!
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It's Penny's first birthday! Penny's Big Breakaway launched on February 21, 2024!
To celebrate the occasion, Penny's Senior 3D Artist @oddrobot has prepared a papercraft Penny! You can print it out and build one yourself with these links:
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Evening Star is looking for a Gameplay Programmer to help us create our new game!
We are looking for a candidate with strong experience in C/C++/C# and experience shipping commercial titles.
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Evening Star is looking for an Art Director to help us create our new game!
Our ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of 3D art pipelines, and experience managing art production of 3D games with a mix of remote internal and external artists.
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Evening Star is looking to add a new Level Designer to the team! While not a requirement, we are prioritizing prior experience on 3D Platforming and/or 3D Action games.
We are aiming to start the role in November. Find out more on our website:
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Evening Star is looking for a Senior 3D Character Artist to create vibrant, stylized characters for their upcoming project.
🛰️ Remote, Contract
🎨 5+ years XP
👁️ Proficiency in Blender, Maya, ZBrush, etc.
Work with @EveningStarStdo and apply: workwithindies.com/careers/e…
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We just posted a new job opportunity on our website and LinkedIn!
Senior 3D Character Artist (Contract)
This role has a focus on anime-stylized characters with a strong emphasis on form and shape language
Find out more:
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To those of you at #GDC2025, check out two Penny talks today!
1:30pm - Jazz Platforming in ‘Penny’s Big Breakaway’ by @estebanthinks
3:30pm - Building ‘Penny’s Big Breakaway’ with Beef, a New Programming Language by @HunterBridges
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Evening Star is moving away from further use of the “Star Engine” name, and unifying our technology under the name Retro Engine®. You can read more info on the new Evening Star Blog:
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It's Penny's first birthday! Penny's Big Breakaway launched on February 21, 2024!
To celebrate the occasion, Penny's Senior 3D Artist @oddrobot has prepared a papercraft Penny! You can print it out and build one yourself with these links:
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Papercraft Penny, 8.5"x11" Letter (PDF) - eveningstar.studio/media/Pen…
Papercraft Penny, A4 (PDF) - eveningstar.studio/media/Pen…
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The team is proud to announce that pre-orders are now open for the Penny's Big Breakaway physical edition for Switch, PS5, and Xbox! This release includes a standard and Deluxe edition, so snag your copy today! 🪀
Get into the swing of things with Penny’s Big Breakaway! Pre-orders for the physical edition and Deluxe Edition are LIVE. Check out the collection now: bit.ly/4dsPJoK
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We are now rolling out Penny’s Big Breakaway version 1.05 for PlayStation 5.
This is a platform-specific hotfix build to address a crash some players were encountering when triggering an Activity.
Thank you for your patience as we worked through the fix!
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Pre-orders are still open for the Penny's Big Breakaway OST vinyl from Kid Katana! Grab your copy here to give it a whirl soon🪀
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[PREORDER NEWS]🪀 The vinyl edition of Penny’s Big Breakaway OST by @TeeLopes & @SeanBialo is a high-quality 2LP 🔴 🟡 with 1 exclusive front art + 1 stunning poster + 1 randomized collectible card ✨ Spin it here: kidkatana.com/shop/pennys-bi…
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Unfortunately, due to volatile market conditions in the games industry and operational realities of our business, Evening Star is having to part ways with 6 team members from our Penny’s Big Breakaway development team.
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We are proud to announce that Hunter Bridges' first solo game, Zero Zero: Perfect Stop, has just been released on the Playdate Catalog! Check it out if you enjoy train driving games, amazing soundtracks, and a scenic ride along the way to Mt. Fuji.
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Digital Foundry’s @dark1x brings you an in depth look behind the scenes of Penny’s Big Breakaway, featuring interviews with @CFWhitehead, @HunterBridges, @TomFryPWG, @bradflick55, and @theWithra!
Whether you are a Penny fan, or interested in game engine tech, check this out! 🪀
Today on Digital Foundry, it's @dark1x with one of the best developer deep dives we've ever done, going in-depth with @EveningStarStdo on Penny's Big Breakaway. Bespoke tech, amazing access and a unique presentation - check it out! youtu.be/zmzS9vz6h30
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We’re thrilled to announce the upcoming vinyl release for the Penny’s Big Breakaway OST, together with @kidkatanarec! Preorders are open today!
Spin it, bump it, loop it! Penny’s Big Breakaway OST is coming to vinyl 🤩
🔴🟡 2xLP in Penny’s fav companion & weapon colors
🖼 Exclusive art by @EveningStarStdo @PrivateDivision game Art Director @TomFryPWG
🎶@TeeLopes @SeanBialo
🎉 Preorder at kidkatana.com/shop/pennys-bi…
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On the #GameMakersNotebook, @TrentKusters chats with @HunterBridges and @therealdpad about their debut title, Penny’s Big Breakaway, their #gamedev journey, how working with SEGA prepared them for future projects, the importance of documentation, and more!
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Today on Digital Foundry, @dark1x circles back to celebrate Penny's Big Breakaway - one of the best games of the year so far - 4K 120fps on all Xbox and PlayStation consoles with a brilliant, fresh, original design: youtu.be/qdNPlk121lk
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Penny mentioned! 😮🐧🪀
Best Nintendo Switch 3D Platformers nintendolife.com/guides/best… #SwitchEssentials #BestSwitchGames
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How Sonic Mania paved the way for Penny's Big Breakaway
Game director and CTO Hunter Bridges shares how indie studio Evening Star subverted the tropes of 3D platformers with its debut title
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