05News
Release notes and postmortems.
Development diaries, delay announcements, and the occasional explanation of why a number is the number it is. Written by the people who built the thing.
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Why we publish hit frequency
Most providers publish RTP and stop. RTP on its own tells a player almost nothing about what an hour will actually feel like.
Building a telegraph: two beats of warning
A duel in Deadline Gulch announces itself before it resolves. Getting that timing right took longer than building the feature.
Announcing The Vermilion Séance
Taisho-era Tokyo, 1920s. Junji Ito by way of ukiyo-e and sumi ink, monochrome throughout, with one colour held back for the moments that earn it.
Ship late, ship finished
Every date we have ever moved, we moved backwards. Here is the rule that decides when something is done.
01The Howl
Some of this only goes out by email.
Twice a month. One drop a month hides an unlisted claim link.