Who Are the Terrible Vikings?

Take four friends, add over a century of combined video game experience, mix in an unhealthy obsession with anime, and you get Terrible Vikings.

We’re an indie studio built by nerds, for nerds. We grew up debating JRPG storylines, trading Pokémon, and spending entirely too much time hanging out in front of a screen. We love games that have heart, charm, and mechanics that keep you coming back for more.

The Party Members:

  • John – The Organizer: A huge fan of monster-collecting RPGs (you know the one), John has a natural knack for crunching numbers and making complex game systems function seamlessly. His permanent status effect? Always hungry.

  • Newman – The Realist: Newman plays Overwatch way too much and is completely self-aware about it. He serves as the grounded anchor of the team, always ready to pause the chaos and ask the deep, necessary questions—like "Why?"

  • Tony – The Very Best: Also a massive fan of monster tamers, but his true love is the hardcore competitive scene. He is blessed with an imagination that never ceases, constantly fueling the studio with wild ideas and endless creativity. Loves conspiracy theories.

  • Brenden – The One Who Gets It Done: Final Fantasy is this man's bread and butter, holding a deep love for nearly every title past and present. Give him a task—whether it’s grinding five jobs before the weekend or jumping at a wall for four hours—and he will conquer it.

Our Projects

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Climb an endless, ever-shifting tower in Chronicles of Aether, a classic roguelike where every floor is new, every death is permanent, and every piece of loot might be a godforged relic or a cursed mistake. Battle through dozens of monster types and towering bosses, gear up at sanctuary towns with merchants, mages and stranger souls, and shape your hero across six stats and 87 unlockable skills.

Just Go Outside is a cozy pixel-art rock-hounding game: you head out the back door, dig up rocks and crack open geodes. Every find rolls its own rock type, shape and shine, from a plain Dull Round Pebble to a one-in-a-million Galaxy find.

Sell your finds at the Swap Stall to upgrade your gear, then buy bus passes to five areas, each with its own rocks and 25 shapes found nowhere else: the Backyard, a river pass, a cave, the outlands and a volcano.

Along the way you collect power-up stickers, hunt hidden Lucky Spots, trade with quirky friends, and fill your Curio Cabinet and Passport Book. It's a relaxing collect-'em-all for anyone who ever came home with their pockets full of rocks.

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