- Wrestling With Emotions powerbombs Gayming Live 2023 - 30 November 2023
Team Lazerbeam recently got an awesome opportunity to share our punk pro-wrestler dating simulator, Wrestling With Emotions: New Kid On The Block! We were luck enough to have a huge slot on the main stage of Gayming Live, the world's biggest LGBTQ gaming convention! As part of our participation in this wonderful event, we put together an awesome presentation. Aiming to give people a deeper look at what we're doing with our alternative dating sim, plus introduce the wonderful people bringing it to life, our presentation included the following: A special video presentation - featuring original animations, and unique clips crafted by each member of Team Lazerbeam! Drag Queen Demo Let's Play - the lovely and hillarious Juice Boxx played the Wrestling With Emotions Demo! Developer interview - An in depth interview with 4 members of Team Lazerbeam! The whole thing was an absolute joy to put t…
- Celebrate Halloween 2023 with our guide to Wrestling With Emotions costumes! - 31 October 2023
Happy Haloween Lazerbabes!🎃 On this most spooky of days, we're delighted to bring you a small gift from Team Lazerbeam; our comprehensive guide to get the look of your favourite Wrestling With Emotions superstar! Wanna become Irresistible Steve? grab some green tights and a nipple ring! Maybe Matsuri is more your speed? Get your hands on a cat mask and a denim jacket! Dreaming of becoming Freakshow? All you need is a bucket of green slime! Whoever it is that your dream of becoming, we hope this guide will help you create the most gag-worthy Halloween costume on your block! Have fun, send us photos, and stay rad everybody!
- Wrestling With Emotions at Game Devs of Colour Expo 2023! - 26 September 2023
Great news everyone! Wrestling With Emotions will be a part of the wonderful Game Devs of Colour Expo! As long-time fans of GDoCE, we couldn't be more stoked to be involved in their 2023 outing! The festival highlights an amazing creations, from a diverse mix of wonderful game devs of colour from around the planet. As part of our participation in the event, we're so happy that 3 members of Team Lazerbeam will be doing a special interview in the conference side of the expo. Tune in on Wednesday, 27 Sep to catch Catherine (words and music), Crystal (production and beam-projection) and Mars (words) Lazerbeam, chatting about bringing Wrestling With Emotions to life! Thank you so much to Game Devs of Colour Expo for doing such great work, and high fives for including Team Lazerbeam in this years magic. We're truly honoured!
- Play the Wrestling with Emotions demo today! - 2 May 2023
Heya everyone! You may have already seen that we’re participating in LudoNarraCon in just two days' time, but we couldn’t wait any longer before sharing the demo for Wrestling with Emotions: New Kid on the Block with you. Introducing: Wrestling with Emotions - Demo Dawg’s Treat! You’ll get to: Build your very own demo dreamboat Explore Cuddle Town Learn about MEAT (Muscle, Elegance, Attitude & Theatrics) with your new wrestling coach, Major Malfunction. Paint your nails, bust out some jewelry, and get tatted-up to create the perfect pair of grabbers! Get swept up in a whirlwind romance with one of 7 superstar wrestlers! Pet Demo Dawg! We’ve uploaded it to our Steam page so you can play it now! Watch the trailer below! What are you waiting for? Play the demo today! Stay rad! Discord: https://discord.gg/9Xh3HAE Twitter: @teamlazerbeam TikTok: @teamlazerbeam
- Watch our demo stream at LudoNarraCon 2023! - 27 April 2023
We're so excited to share that Wrestling with Emotions: New Kid on the Block will be taking part in LudoNarraCon and we wanted to kickstart the event with something special! On Thursday, May 4th (10am PT / 6pm UK / 7pm CET), we will be sharing not one, but two exclusive playthroughs of the devs playing through the demo! First up will be Ben and Caitie, followed by a playthrough from Mars AKA Wii_Gay. Find out more about who they are and the rest of our team in this Steam update! They'll be sharing all their thoughts and feelings about Wrestling with Emotions as you meet the datable dreamboats and explore the Cuddle Dome together. We've also got loads of other fun stuff planned for the stream, so you won't want to miss out! But if you can't make the start time, we will set up the video to loop for the remained of LudoNarraCon, so don't worry! To learn more about LudoNarraCon, visit the L…
- Dev Update #6: The Radical Reveal Video - 24 March 2023
Greetings from The Lazerverse, Last month was a big one as we announced our publisher and released our Radical Reveal Trailer (RRV). But we realised that we hadn’t formally shared it here, or broken it down for our lovely Steam community! So let’s do that! The Radical Reveal Video (RRV) We put this video together to give our community and the press more of an understanding of what they can expect from Wrestling With Emotions: New Kid on the Block. This isn’t a typical dating sim, in fact, it takes the dating sim genre and completely flips it on its head. This game will also push against the common theme in games where you’re the chosen one. In this game, you’re not the most powerful person, in fact, you’re the least powerful person, and that plays a key role in your journey. All in all, the RRV introduces you to three things: M.E.A.T Stats Datable Dreamboats Character Creation M.E.A.T S…
- Dev Update #5: Announcing the Ultimate Tag Team! - 14 February 2023
Yo gang! Brace yourselves, because this month's update is a BIG ONE! We've been working hard to create Wrestling With Emotions: New Kid on the Block, but we knew if we wanted to create the best wrestling dating sim ever we would need a little additional support. So, we’ve teamed up with the incredible folks over at Prismatika to help bring our dream pro-wrestler cuddling-sim to life! They’ll be handling all things marketing for us going forwards so we can dedicate our full attention to making sure that Wrestling With Emotions: New Kid on the Block is the best it can possibly be! We’re so excited to be tag-teaming with such a wonderful team and can’t wait to release our game with their support. We’ll check back in next month with more news from The Lazerzone. Till then, stay rad! Discord: https://discord.gg/9Xh3HAE Twitter: @teamlazerbeam TikTok: @wrestlingwithemotions
- Dev Update #4: Introducing Band Hunter - 19 December 2022
Yo gang! We’re deep in the grips of developing Wrestling With Emotions: New Kid On The Block, but a couple of weeks ago we took a little time out to run with a fun mini-game idea for SA Game Jam 2022. Game jams have been such a big part of the development of Team Lazerbeam; they challenge us to try out new things and let us take a break from our overarching projects to create a small rad experience for players to enjoy. Over the years we’ve participated in SA Game Jam, Ludum Dare Game Jam, and Free Lives Game Jam Island! In fact, the original Wrestling with Emotions was created for a little jam, way back in January 2016! When brainstorming for this game jam, we jammed out exploring the idea of a "band scouting simulator" mini-game for our pro-wrestler dating sim. In the 72-hour time limit, we wrote and recorded some new tunes, and made up some imaginary bands for you to pick and choose…
- Dev Update #3: Meet The Team - 27 October 2022
Hiya! Greetings from The Lazerverse, and welcome to our latest Wrestling With Emotions Dev Update! In making our dream pro-wrestler cuddling-sim, our little video game band has evolved! This month we’re delighted to unveil the new and improved Team Lazerbeam lineup. There are a bunch of awesome bandmates to share, so let’s jump straight in! Ben - Art & Words Name: Ben Lazerbeam AKA Sassquatch Origin: South Africa Pronouns: They/ Them Finishing move: Atomic High-five First, let me introduce myself: Yo! I’m Ben, the tallest and most excitable member of Team Lazerbeam! Since we started the band back in 2014, I’ve been laying down the art and words for our games! Wrestling With Emotions 2 is by far the most massive game we’ve dreamt up/ I couldn’t be more stoked to be working with this group of people to realise that dream! Dope Saint Jude - Words & Music Name: Catherine AKA Dope Saint Jude…
- Dev Update #2: Welcome to Cuddle Town! - 31 August 2022
Hey Lazerbuds! We’re so stoked to share our second monthly dev update with you all. This month we’re going behind the scenes, literally, to show you some of the locations you can find in Wrestling With Emotions! Yr Home Make yourself at home! From the wrestling memorabilia covering every available surface, to the weights and photographs detailing your own wrestling journey, your home is a chaotic space where your character’s true adoration of wrestling is plain to see. The Mirror Who do you want to be? In your home you’ll find a mirror where you’ll be able to design your rad wrestling babe at the start of the game! As you level up your MEAT, you can revisit the mirror to modify your muscle cutie! Manny’s Office There’s no location in Cuddle Town more revered than the office of MC Manny MC Man. As the head of the biggest wrestling promotion in history, Manny’s office isn’t just a huge de…
- Dev Update #1: The Wrestlers - 29 July 2022
Yo gang! Welcome to our first monthly development update. We thought we’d kick things off by introducing you to our diverse cast of wrestling weirdos. You’ll definitely want to get to know them as you’ll be spending heaps of time together backstage. Ready to meet the future of wrestling? Freakshow - The Mutant Swamp Dude “Bork bork!” Big, green and completely unintelligible, Calling Freakshow weird would be an understatement. Bursting with bucket-loads of surreal energy, “The Green Machine” is adored by fans and feared by anyone unlucky enough to face them in the ring. Pronouns: they/them Nickname: The Green Machine Finisher: Bork Buster Matsuri - Full-throttle Grapple Punk “Dinosaurs Will Die!” - Matsuri is the youngest of the league’s superstars. What she lacks in physical size, she makes up for in energy twice over. An explosive force of nature, her unbreakable spirit and punk attitu…
- Introducing Wrestling With Emotions and Team Lazerbeam - 14 June 2022
Hi gang! Looks like there might be a few new faces around here after the incredible Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase! It was totally surreal to see Wrestling with Emotions up there alongside Slime Rancher 2 and Grounded! Wrestling With Emotions: New Kid on the Block is our weird new wrestling/ dating sim about creating the ultimate muscle-freak, getting genetically jacked and carving out your space in wrestling history! 💪 We’re Team Lazerbeam, a punk-game band from South Africa. We’re a small team with huge dreams for Wrestling With Emotions and the anarchic experience we’re creating. WWE is currently in development but you can wishlist and follow us on Steam to keep these muscle cuties in your life: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1431250 Are you ready to get emotional? Let's kick some ass and break some hearts!
