Love in Space

Devlog

• We got some press!
  February 28, 2025 by jornlavoll

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  We're thrilled to share that Linux Game Consortium has featured an article on our game, Love in Space https://linuxgameconsortium.com/love-in-space-demo-is-a-karaoke-adventure/... Continue reading

  
• New Song preview
  February 27, 2025 by jornlavoll

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  #music, #wip

  https://bearandcatmusicproduction.bandcamp.com/track/chanson-humide-wip-demo I´m not going to write anything about how this song happens in the story. But I do talk a little aout the stylistic inspir... Continue reading

  
• Yé-yé in space
  February 25, 2025 by jornlavoll

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  Work in progress demo of some fun music... Continue reading

  
• About the cat
  February 24, 2025 by jornlavoll

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  Linn Kathrin Taklo Composer, Vocalist, and the Voice of "The Lunabelles" Linn Kathrin Taklo is the sonic architect behind Love in Space’s unforgettable musical identity. In the game, she brings to l... Continue reading

  
• Quiche in Space
  February 13, 2025 by jornlavoll

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  #quiche, #voice actor, #voice actress

  Iben (the voice of Quiche and MarinAI) and Jørn in the theatre where the Love in Space release party will be performed (rocky horror show style) next year. But first: The NEXTFEST release of the game... Continue reading

  
• Ozantimen
  January 28, 2025 by jornlavoll

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  if you happen to speak borkbork (aka some sort of Scandinavian) Ozan speaks about (among other things) Love in Space in his latest podcast episode https://open.spotify.com/episode/2uqgHtULxxFlpXNhxGa2... Continue reading
• If you like Steam
  January 20, 2025 by jornlavoll

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  Then we have a demo on Steam as well now :) https://store.steampowered.com/app/3450770/Love_in_Space_Demo/... Continue reading

  
• Love in Space - The Demo OST
  January 17, 2025 by jornlavoll

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  #demo, #ost, #soundtrack

  Love in Space: The Demo - Soundtrack / pre-release EP This is your chance to step into the moonlight and embark on your very own musical adventure. Set in a sub-sea base where inhabitants dream of esc... Continue reading

  
• Planetfall
  January 08, 2025 by jornlavoll

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  #infocom, #inspiration

  Ahhh, Infocom <3 And for me, Planetfall in particular. I remember buying Planetfall for my Atari ST. When I first saw the game in the store, it was the sci-fi setting and the cover art that sold it to... Continue reading
• Did you try our demo on a mac?
  January 06, 2025 by jornlavoll

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  #mac, #bug, #bugs

  We´d love to hear about your experience!! I have a M2/air that I test on, and the demo behaved exactly as expected.... but on a friend´s older mac, the experience was ... different :D How was it on... Continue reading

  
• Voice-actor for "Eric, the sorry-no-can-do man"
  January 04, 2025 by jornlavoll

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  #voice, #voice actor, #dubbing

  :D this will be great! The studio is Draum Studio in Bergen, Norway. https://www.draumstudio.com/... Continue reading
• The ancient scrolls foretold the arrival of "Love in Space."
  January 03, 2025 by jornlavoll#inspiration, #classic, #bradbury

  I believe "Love in Space" may have drawn significant inspiration from this book/film :D <3... Continue reading
• 2025 and the Demo is here!!!
  January 01, 2025 by jornlavoll

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  #demo, #sci-fi, #karaoke, #musical, #voice-acting

  Love in Space: Demo Out Now! 50% Visual Novel, 50% Sci-Fi Karaoke-Musical, 💫 100% Cringe (in the best way)! The Love in Space demo is finally here, and we couldn’t be more excited to share it wit... Continue reading

  
• Foley fun
  December 31, 2024 by jornlavoll

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  Ozan had a very specific sound in mind for an animation :D... Continue reading
• Look, Mum! We are on TV!
  December 23, 2024 by jornlavoll#vice, #review, #indie, #yay, #christmas, #the goly gosh darn

  Or in the news at least. Or, Ozan is... with his previous game! Vice.com says " The Holy Gosh Darn is, hands down, one of the best indie games released this year ." <3 <3 Ozan was the lead writer and... Continue reading

  
• Art now!
  December 21, 2024 by jornlavoll

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  #art, #concept art

  After an extended period of testing and laying a solid foundation for the game, we’re now entering what we like to call the “art outpour” phase. This is where the real magic begins! We’ll be c... Continue reading

  
• I like turtles
  December 17, 2024 by jornlavoll

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  #demo, #karaoke, #scifi

  I enjoy really programming. It reminds me a lot of composing music. Both involve deep focus and entering a creative flow where you're making rapid decisions and solving problems intuitively. Today, I... Continue reading

  
• Rewind - Regret
  December 12, 2024 by jornlavoll

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  A taste of the background score in "Love in Space" A longer version of the track is available to listen (for free) on our bandcamp page, where we assemble the OST as it is made: https://bearandcatmusi... Continue reading
• A taste of a demo of a new song
  November 24, 2024 by jornlavoll

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  This scene will be lots of fun. It will be a number where the entire cast sings together... Continue reading
• Love in Space miniconcert
  November 02, 2024 by jornlavoll

  Jørn and Linn and Ozan getting ready for a miniconcert at Konsoll in Bergen, Norway. We performed 5 songs from The Holy Gosh Darn, and tested two Love In Space songs on the audience. Great success an... Continue reading

  
• Love in Space at Konsoll
  October 31, 2024 by jornlavoll

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  Jørn and Ozan oresenting Love in Space at Konsoll Connect. We got the whole crowd singing "King of the moon" <3... Continue reading

  
• Ozan on Bluesky
  October 27, 2024 by jornlavoll

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  https://bsky.app/profile/ozandrosdal.bsky.social/post/3l7dels55dh2w Give him a follow :D he posts about game dev stuff.. and animation stuff... and drawing stuff!... Continue reading

  
• Just a little YouTube short :D
  July 26, 2024 by jornlavoll

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  We have made so much new music for this game now! Can't wai tto share. A lot of it will be included in the next demp... Continue reading
• Can I pet that fish?
  July 12, 2024 by jornlavoll

  Yes, you can! (Just had to share one of Ozan's animations!! <3 <3 )... Continue reading

  
• 50% Dystopian Sci-Fi Musical
  July 12, 2024 by jornlavoll

  So sing along :D <3... Continue reading

  
• Musical preview
  July 10, 2024 by jornlavoll

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  #karaoke, #musical, #love in space, #voice acting, #music

  The ending of one of the Musical numbers in the game. The idea in this song is that the choir (named the Lunabelles) sing first, and then you copy the melody, but the lyrics that pop up in the "Karaok... Continue reading

  
• Iben back in the studio for more voice-work, and a ramble about the gear we use.
  July 08, 2024 by jornlavoll#voice actor

  Iben will be in and out of the studio a lot this week, recording tons of more voices for the game. Good times :) The microphone of choice is a Lewitt 540s. There must be other nerds than me that are i... Continue reading

  
• Uhm... help?
  July 05, 2024 by jornlavoll

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  #steam

  The STEAM page is now up. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3004410/Love_in_Space/ And as usual, it is so helpful for us indie-indie developers if you wishlist the game <3 That being said, ITCH.IO is... Continue reading

  
• Dynamic Karaoke lyrics
  July 04, 2024 by jornlavoll

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  #Karaoke

  A little video showing the first iteration (with clunky timing etc) of the game's Karaoke system. I'm so proud! :D <3 There will be opportunities to sing in every scene of the game, and the lyrics of... Continue reading

  
• Pretty Steam assets
  July 01, 2024 by jornlavoll

  So pretty! The Steam for Love in Space page should be going live this week. But this will still be the place where I will hang and talk (too much) about the game as we make it ;D... Continue reading

  
• LevelUp Norway is both excited and terrified of the Karaoke-Mode <3
  July 01, 2024 by jornlavoll#karaoke, #frida rocks

  If you happen to speak Norwegian, 36:44-ish into this: https://www.lvup.no/artikler/level-backup-471-elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree-zelda-metroid-prime-4-still-wakes-the-deep/2416 (Norwegian game jo... Continue reading

  
• A little chat with artist Ozan
  June 30, 2024 by jornlavoll

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  #pod, #interview, #art, #drawing, #animation

  Ozan and Jørn talk about games, art, the meaning of life, and all the things Ozan does. Ozan on Twitch His game company Perfectly Paranormal His Discord In Love in Space Ozan "draws all the pretty pi... Continue reading

  
• A little chat with voice-actor Iben!
  June 25, 2024 by jornlavoll

  A little chat with actor (and also: writer, director, professional Game-Master - yes, as a job!) Iben Pedersen Vestreheim . In Love in Space she does the voices for two characters: "MarinAI" (the seab... Continue reading

  
• Concept art - and a demo update coming soon
  June 24, 2024 by jornlavoll#concept art, #demo update

  Some of the Logo and character concept drawing from Ozan's sketchbook :D And also, the demo version of the game will include a little bit more of the game, and hopefully it won't freak out windows whe... Continue reading

  
• Music day today
  June 23, 2024 by jornlavoll

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  #music

  I worked on a bunch of little music cues for the game today. It was so much fun! I’m not a guitar player at all, but if all I need is the "sound" of a guitar rather than actual melodies and stuff, t... Continue reading

  
• About bears and cats
  June 20, 2024 by jornlavoll#music

  Hi, I'm Jørn. My name is almost Bjørn, which means "Bear." Then there's Linn-Kathrin... Kath... Katt... Cat. Together, we're Bear&Cat Music Production! Here we are receiving flowers on opening night... Continue reading

  
• Logo
  June 17, 2024 by jornlavoll#logo, #visual novel

  We needed to give our little production team a name and a logo. Something that embodies mad science, humour, delusions of grandeur etc etc. So we named our "band": What do you guys think? :D (logo by... Continue reading

  
• Art by Ozan
  June 14, 2024 by jornlavoll

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  #artist, #game developer, #presentation, #ozan

  This game has Art by Ozan! But who is Ozan? Ozan is an emcee, a lecturer , a songwriter for bears and dragons , writer, philantropist, game designer, crow whisperer and in general a guy that can make... Continue reading

  
• Sidequel
  June 13, 2024 by jornlavoll#chip, #chiptune, #c64, #commodore 64, #music, #concept album, #sci-fi, #space opera

  Three Stories of "The Event" Let me explain "The Event". Gaia, our planet Earth, has had enough of humanity—like an irritating rash crawling over her surface. In response, she orchestrates a comet c... Continue reading

  
• Click to continue
  June 12, 2024 by jornlavoll

  The fine art of the CTC (click to continue) symbol. I was afrad that the previous one was too obvious, but it seems to have been way to discrete :D So here's a more obvious one... Continue reading

  
• Love in Space at Spillkovent Testbonanza
  June 12, 2024 by jornlavoll

  Ozan and I had a fantastic time at Spillkonvent this Monday and Tuesday. Spillkonvent, an annual game industry conference in Norway, provided us with a wonderful opportunity to present our game on sta... Continue reading

  
• Demo next week!!
  June 03, 2024 by jornlavoll#demo

  The demo is being tested, and is ready for the world next week. And it works on mac as well as PC. Thank you Renpy <3... Continue reading

  
• The Music
  May 15, 2024 by jornlavoll#music

  This game is very musiscal-theatre in its presentation. Both Linn-Kathrin and I are theatre people by education, but music people by profession :D I think we are up to 7 new musicals written for a the... Continue reading
• The Setting
  May 14, 2024 by jornlavoll#dystopia, #dystopic, #retro-future, #90s, #1999, #world setting

  The story of this game is based on a sci-fi (theatre) play written in 1999. Transporting the players to a fictitious 2009, viewed through a late '90s lense. Fun! At the core of the narrative lies "THE... Continue reading
• Hello World
  May 13, 2024 by jornlavoll#hello world, #ozan drøsdal, #indie indie, #visual novel, #musical

  I thought I'd write a little about who the tiny team making this game is :) I am Jørn, half of the music production duo Bear & Cat music production. We have been writing music for games and theatre f... Continue reading