There’s still time to vote in the Stay At Home Dev Godot Game Awards. Lone Pine is up for Best Visual Art 2D!

No stopping the #ANZIndieFest - here are some of our faves from across the ditch. So excited for these! #IndieGames #IndieDev #anzgames store.steampowered.com/app/3575850/... @lonepinegame.bsky.social

A final little postmortum on the demo, and a couple of bug fixes (and a new accessibility setting)!

Lone Pine is showing in the 2026 ANZ Indie Showcase, which premieres THIS FRIDAY alongside many many amazing indie games from Aus and NZ! Check it out on Steam and Youtube - and thank you to @theindiebrew.com.au for organising and hosting. #anzindiefest #indiegames #anzgames

If you’re into adventure games, this video is a must watch! And not just because we make a sneaky appearance. 👀

We had a great time talking to @zachjackson.bsky.social about Lone Pine! You can read all about it here:

Will be checking out this game, as it looks super cool!

It's never too late to start playing games from the ANZ region, y'all. I'm no expert, but go follow @frostygamesfest.com and the dev of Lone Pine @lonepinegame.bsky.social www.youtube.com/shorts/iH1yb...

Point-and-click adventure game ✅ Mysterious National Park ✅ Cryptid Hunting ✅ You have my attention Lone Pine: store.steampowered.com/app/3575850/... youtu.be/ArO8UJWjolc?...

Streamed the @coldbloodinc.studio Neverway demo and the demo of @lonepinegame.bsky.social and Y'ALL, both were absolutely WILD.

The demo is short, but it will leave you really wanting to try the full game. I can't wait to take pictures of more cryptids and discover what is happening in that park Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4137280/...

New devlog is up! Post-demo thoughts and early reactions.

Thanks to everyone who made the Lone Pine demo launch a success! #indiegame #godot

Thanks @clampshell.bsky.social for the stream last night, it was a lot of fun, and thank you for this amazing art! 😍

🚨🚨🚨We’re just 1 review away from reaching the 10 review milestone on the Lone Pine demo, which will give us a huge boost! Thanks to everyone who has reviewed so far, and if you haven’t yet, please consider doing so, it would mean a lot to us! store.steampowered.com/app/4137280/...

🔴 LIVE NOW — LONE PINE DEMO 🌲📷 Let's soak in the atmosphere of this cozy point-n-click about hiking, photography and cryptids! Followed by a Q&A session with Lone Pine developer Dan Yalg~! @flippingbits.bsky.social 【 streaming @ twitch.tv/clampshell 】 #vsky | #vtuber | #envtuber | #streamshell

Finally got to play this tonight and i'm so happy to confirm its shaping up to be really good. Its so cool getting to see all the bits ive played in the past come together to form this really moving, human experience and i cant wait to play the full thing later this year!

Just finished playing the demo for Lone Pine and it is... a lot It's a truly beautiful, human experience about discovery, loss & moving on, oh and taking photos of cryptids It's these kinds of wonderfully experimental stories that draw my affections. I can't wait for the full game to release

Explore Lone Pine National Park as Izzie in this 2D, single-player adventure demo, tracking rumors and clues to photograph elusive cryptids in a quiet mystery. Play the demo: playtester.io/lone-pine #IndieGaming #GameDev #Gaming #IndieDev #IndieGame

Guess what we're playing this week 👀 I got the chance to play an earlier version of this at PAX last year so I'm excited to see this game again!

The Lone Pine demo is now available on Steam! If you enjoyed the demo, please consider leaving a review on the demo Steam page. 

 Thank you to everyone who has supported us in getting to this milestone, and we can’t wait to show you the full release late this year.

I've gotten to become good friends with the team at bang bang bang over the past year and lone pine is genuinely shaping up to be one of my most anticipated games. ive gotten to play chunks of it in the past and seeing how far the game has come is so cool, cannot recommend checking this out enough!

Check out this exclusive early look at the Lone Pine demo from WellPlayed! 😍

If you yearn for the pines, get excited! The Lone Pine demo is out tomorrow! 🌲

Excited to get back on the horse and had a great chat with the Bang Bang Bang team for this. Content *should* start dropping tomorrow...

Lone Pine multiplayer spinoff? 🤔

We're excited to share that Made In Australia is back for 2026, and we're kicking it off by checking out Brisbane's Bang Bang Bang Interactive and its debut game @lonepinegame.bsky.social

🚨 Only three days to go until the Lone Pine demo is out into the world! 🚨 #indiegames #madeingodot

🚨 One week to go! 🚨 The Lone Pine demo is dropping on the 24th of this month at 8am PT! #indiegames

In anticipation of the demo launching this month, we just released part of the Lone Pine soundtrack, in ambient form! 🎧 You can find it at the link below. #gamemusic #gamesoundtrack

🌄Lone Pine National Park is Open to the Public with a Playable Demo on March 24! 📸Find evidence of cryptids. Uncover the mystery of Lone Pine. Survive the journey home. Read more: indieinsights.org/lone-pine-de... #LonePine #PointandClick #Adventure #IndieGame

Good news everyone! For various reasons beyond our control, we can no longer update our Substack newsletter or even close our account, so we're posting Devlogs directly to our website. You can read our latest updates at the link below!

ICYMI: In celebration of #TeaseYaGame Lone Pine is a 2D adventure game where you photograph cryptids in a spooky national park.

📢 EXCITING NEWS!! 📢 Our demo will be coming to Steam on March 24, 8am PT (that's March 25 for our Aussie friends)! 🎉 Check out our new trailer below and if you haven't already, you can support us by sharing and/or wishlisting on Steam! #TrailerTuesday

Don't worry! That sound you hear in the darkness is merely the deer slithering

It might not be related to Steam Next Fest, but we have an exciting announcement coming next week. Stay tuned! 👀

Another sighting of the Loch Ness dog

Thinking back, it feels like a different Jane made Firewatch... a Jane who related more to one of the shitty teens at the lake. It's been interesting to reflect on one's work from 10 years ago, and finding more resonance with it now. "Oh that's what Henry was feeling. Well this sucks." lmao

the sad state of the games industry is partly our fault

The thriving Australian video game scene has over 150 projects in active development. So we compiled them all into one handy resource. Join us in celebrating amazing Aussie projects and take a look at the 150+ Aussie games of 2026 and Beyond! Read Here: checkpointgaming.net/features/202...

Here is a mini-dev log about overhauling our art style from its humble beginnings. If you have a spare 53-54 seconds and are interested, please check it out! #devlog #madewithgodot

So what’s everybody’s favorite cryptid? Drop those cryptid recs

Dear robots and writers #IndieDev #GameDev Don't forget that you only have 1 day ('till 20th) to submit your #IndieGame to these #Steam festivals!!! #Storyteller festival: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #Robots festival: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Don't miss the chance!

The point-and-click genre continues to flourish, and 2026 is shaping up to be another cracking year for adventure fans

🤫🤫Don't tell anyone, but the Lone Pine devs were the coolest devs I met at PAX Aus 2025🤫🤫

Giving Oxenfree and The Drifter? 👀

Dear adventure game fans, We are an Aussie indie studio, and we're making a game where you explore a spooky national park and try to photograph cryptids. 📸 You can support us by sharing or wishlisting! 🌟 #indiedev #indiegames #madeingodot

When you want to show off the new area but you also want to save some surprises for the demo.

We’re so excited for 2026, and what better way to start the year than by being included in a killer lineup of adventure games?

We didn't have $1 million for a Game Awards Trailer so we're posting our 2D adventure game Lone Pine here instead for free! (belated #wishlistwednesday post)