Hej Resolution

Dear ‘Retro’ Games,

You’ve been with us for as long as we can remember. And we owe you. Big time.

You were there for the long nights, glowing screens, worn buttons, and that unmistakable feeling of just one more try.  And the quarters… So. Many. Quarters. 

At Resolution Games, we believe game night can happen anywhere and with anyone. Since we first introduced Demeo, our goal has been to bring people together around thrilling, strategic, and social experiences. Whether you’re adventuring with your friends in Demeo, outwitting rivals in Demeo Battles, or diving into legendary D&D lore in our upcoming title, Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked, we’ve got a seat at the table for every kind of player.

What do you get when three of the biggest names in VR fitness, Resolution Games, Cloudhead Games, and Kluge Interactive, team up? A sweaty headset and a new excuse to skip leg day.

Time to ride your S-CAB!

Last month, we inaugurated our pinch-joystick input method with Snak, available for the Snap Spectacles. With our new game, S-CAB,  we wanted to explore how it felt for a planar game, so voilà, a car game was born.

We're thrilled to share our exciting journey developing "Snak", our first shipped game for the Snap Spectacles and also our first shipped AR glasses game! This fast-paced project took us from concept to launch in just one month, and we learned so much along the way.

Today we’ve released a technical update (1.37) for Demeo that the team is very excited about. From the outside looking in, it might not appear flashy or exciting, but in fact, it’s the result of a lot of heavy lifting by the team over the course of 10 months. It’s a big project because it strengthens the foundation of the game and lays the groundwork for potential updates in the future.

In January, we held a company-wide Game Jam where participants were challenged to create a MR prototype that included a social component. Our teammates made many fun games, but there was one that made everyone laugh and kept coming up in conversations, and that game was Twenty Guys. 

Have you ever wondered how a MR game that seamlessly blends the physical and virtual spaces is created? We sat down with Spatial Ops’ Creative Lead Niklas and Code Lead Dhimas to dive into this topic.

Spatial Ops - the ultimate mixed reality FPS game that turns your own space into a battlefield - is a game that was several years in the making. In addition to literally breaking boundaries of some of the latest technologies in order to make the game work as well as it does, another important aspect of the game is the art behind it. 

Imagine playing your favorite sports—bowling, badminton, or even mini-golf—right in your living room. No gear, no extensive setup, just you, your friends, and a virtual court that feels just like the real thing. That’s the power of co-location, or Shared Spatial Anchors, one of the most exciting features in Home Sports. It allows players to share the same virtual and physical space, transforming any room into a shared, immersive playground.

When it comes to creating mixed reality (MR) experiences, visuals and sounds are essential, but there’s another crucial element that brings it all together — haptics. Without the tactile sensation of “feeling” what’s happening, interactions can lack authenticity. This is where haptics, and specifically, Meta’s Haptics Studio and SDK, take center stage.

We recently announced that we’re launching Home Sports, the first multi-sport that gets you moving in mixed reality on the Quest 3 lineup of devices.  But how did this game come to be? In this new blog series, we’ll take you behind the scenes to explore the cutting-edge technologies that played a key role in its development.

As International Women’s Day is upon us, I find myself reflecting on its purpose and ongoing necessity. I belong to those who feel that International Women’s Day is about celebrating the pioneering women who paved the way; reflect on progress and my efforts to date as well as strategizing my next moves toward a more inclusive world.

You’ve seen us bring the game to PC, PlayStation 5, Pico, PlayStation VR2 and most recently iPad and Mac. And now you can use the iPad version as a compatible app to play on Apple Vision Pro. Imagine playing Demeo on the largest screen possible with intuitive gestures for rolling dice and moving minis! This version is complete with direct and indirect input gestures as well as full gamepad support.

When we first envisioned Demeo – long before its 2021 release –  it was more than just a game. Demeo was conceived as a whole world filled with stories and adventures. But even more than that, it was conceived of as a system. A toybox where we could take the pieces everyone would come to know and love and find new ways to play with them, delivering more excitement than could ever be contained to just one release.

With new headsets coming to the market, including the Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest 3, there are a lot of buzzwords and confusing terms in the industry right now when it comes to everything under the “XR” or “spatial computing” umbrella. So, we at Resolution Games have set out to clear up a few things. 

Demeo, the first game in the Demeo Action Role-Playing System, introduced players to five distinct environments to explore: from the dangerous depths of the Elven Necropolis to the sewers under Sunderhaven, the druid-filled Drych Forest, the sun-scorched Ronth Desert, and the tainted town of Ends.

To create art for a game, you need to have artistic ability, the ability to pay attention to detail, and a willingness to learn new techniques - especially when it comes to creating art for new technology.

“You write the story, right?”

Well, sort of.

The idea of a narrative department is still surprisingly new in the games industry. Even within development teams, there’s not a lot of knowledge about what people involved in narrative for games actually do and what they can do.

Hi there! My name is Axel, and I work at one of our Swedish offices in the town of Linköping as a part of the Resolution Tech team. We are a small team with a couple of distinct responsibilities.