{"id":1873,"date":"2026-07-29T20:16:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T20:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/?p=1873"},"modified":"2026-07-29T20:21:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T20:21:28","slug":"a-new-game-appears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/2026\/07\/a-new-game-appears\/","title":{"rendered":"A new game appears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello dear followers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, it’s a special announcement! It’s been a bit more than a year since Zefyr’s release, and during this time, I’ve been updating and fixing it, but also trying to prepare what will come next. And today I can finally share with you the brand new Steam page of my next game: Yashi – Sand Driver<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

👇Wishlist now<\/strong>👇 to support me and be notified on launch<\/a><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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This will hopefully push the game a bit more in the mysterious grand Steam machinery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So What is this game ?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the pitch: in an endless desert, you are Yashi, a lone survivor… until this radio signal changes everything. Jump in your van with your faithful coyote, drive across the wastelands, survive the heat, scavenge resources, craft tools, fight the elements & find your way to New Eden in this feel-good road trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ll let you check the Steam page for more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why a new game and not a sequel to Zefyr?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Well, developing Zefyr has been a quite difficult journey 😅. I wanted something simpler to keep my sanity. Furthermore, despite the very nice reviews and decent sales for an indie game, I’m still very far from breaking even, so I need to make a game faster with a more viable business model (or even just with a business model at all… 😁) if I want to keep making games. So, smaller scope, faster dev, different setting, but… same vibe 👇!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it linked to Zefyr?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Well not explicitly or in the lore\/world. However, you’ll find the same mood and feel-good atmosphere that you may have loved in Zefyr. And now that I look at it from a broader perspective, in Zefyr you sail the Ocean on a turtle to explore islands. In Yashi, you drive in the Desert with your coyote to explore unknown places. There’s definitely a common theme here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In a way, Yashi is the “Journey” of my Zefyr\/Abzu. It wasn’t on purpose, but it definitely seems like it 😊.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So Smaller Scope?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

That’s the intent indeed. I aim at something between 2 and 4h of play, that you can complete in one play session. Of course, it will come at a lower price too. The progress should be more free and less linear than in Zefyr, giving Yashi some elements of sandbox (no pun intended 😁) where you discover and upgrade at your own pace. Expect no NPC, no dialogs, no quests, no enemies, just a simple goal, a cute companion, and free exploration. I know that Zefyr story was a bit weak, so I chose to keep it to environmental narration here. Let’s focus!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So no more Zefyr?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Don’t worry, I still plan a few fixes and quality of life updates thanks to all your feedback. I’ll do my best to juggle between these and the dev of Yashi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subscribe to the Newsletter!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you don’t want to miss any big milestones in my next games, please subscribe to the newsletter<\/a>. I’ve recently setup this to be sure to be able to reach directly to players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, thanks a lot for your amazing support, and see you soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have a great day, take care!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mathias, the dev<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello dear followers, Today, it’s a special announcement! It’s been a bit more than a year since Zefyr’s release, and during this time, I’ve been updating and fixing it, but also trying to prepare what will come next. And today I can finally share with you the brand new Steam page of my next game: Yashi […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1871,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[26,48,65],"class_list":["post-1873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game","category-news","tag-game","tag-news","tag-steam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1873"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1878,"href":"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1873\/revisions\/1878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}