End of Service Announcement for The Vortex and VoiceClub

Dear players, The Vortex and VoiceClub will be discontinued on May 23, 2025.

As of today, it is no longer possible to purchase multi-gel in the game. However, we have given everyone 20k multi-gel so you can enjoy all the content until the service is discontinued.

Thank you for your support, and we hope you have enjoyed playing our game over the last five years!

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Fim do serviço - O Vortex e VoiceClub

Caros jogadores, o Vortex e o VoiceClub vão ser desligados em 23 de Maio de 2025.

A partir de hoje, não é mais possível comprar multigel no jogo. Entretanto, adicionamos 20 mil multigel em todas as contas para que vocês possam aproveitar todo o conteúdo no jogo até o desligamento final.

Obrigado pelo seu apoio, e esperamos que tenham gostado de jogar o nosso jogo nestes últimos cinco anos!

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¡Gracias por todo! El Vortex y VoiceClub se despiden

Hola, jugadores:

El Vortex y VoiceClub cerrarán sus puertas el 23 de mayo de 2025. A partir de hoy, ya no se podrá comprar multigel en el juego.

Como agradecimiento por su apoyo, les regalamos 20 000 de multigel a todos para que puedan desbloquear y disfrutar todo lo que quieran hasta el final!

Gracias por acompañarnos en esta aventura durante estos cinco años. ¡Ha sido un viaje increíble gracias a ustedes!

End of Service Announcement for PAC-MAN WAKA WAKA

Dear players,

PAC-MAN WAKA WAKA will be discontinued on November 1, 2023.

As of today, it is no longer possible to purchase a new subscription. However, all worlds in the game will be free to access for everyone until the service is discontinued.

Thank you for your support, and we hope you have enjoyed playing our game over the last three years!

Update on The Vortex for Google Assistant

Recently, we announced that we will be discontinuing The Vortex on Google Assistant, but that it would be possible to transfer your game state over to Amazon Alexa for anyone who wanted to do so.

It’s rewarding to see how many players from around the globe enjoy and intend to continue playing The Vortex! In order to give people more time to transfer their game, we will delay The Vortex’s discontinuation on Google Assistant until August 31st.

To continue playing The Vortex on Amazon Alexa, please start a game on Alexa (via the Alexa App, or on any Alexa-enabled device you may have) and give yourself a unique name there. 

Visit our support page, and send us the following data:

• your unique name;

• ship integrity;

• amount of multi-gel;

• memories of the past;

• and other inventory (tools, etc.)

On both platforms. Once we have that data, we can start the transfer.

Here’s an example:

Google Assistant
Name: Jaime
Ship integrity: 64%
Multi-gel: 57
Memories of the Past: 99%
Tools: alpha has a level 2 repair tool, beta has a level 1 strong arms tool, and gamma has a level 2 temporal tool

Amazon Alexa
Name: Jaime
Ship integrity: 53%
Multi-gel: 16
Memories of the Past: 10%
Tools: beta has a level 1 repair tool and alpha has a level 1 laser tool

The game will be unavailable after August 31st; we will be unable to process any transfers after this date, so please contact us before then.

We highly appreciate your continued excitement and commitment – thank you! We have a lot of exciting, new projects up our sleeve, and can't wait to tell you about them. Stay tuned for more!

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Recentemente, anunciamos que descontinuaremos O Vortex na Google Assistente, mas que seria possível transferir o estado do seu jogo para a Amazon Alexa para quem quisesse fazê-lo.

É gratificante ver quantos jogadores de todo o mundo gostam e pretendem continuar jogando O Vortex! Para dar às pessoas mais tempo para transferir seus jogos, adiaremos a descontinuação d’O Vortex na Google Assistente até 31 de agosto.

Para continuar jogando O Vortex no Amazon Alexa, inicie um jogo na Alexa (através do aplicativo Alexa ou em qualquer dispositivo habilitado para Alexa que você possa ter) e dê a você mesmo um nome exclusivo.

Visite nossa página de suporte e envie-nos os seguintes dados:

• seus nomes exclusivos;

• Integridade da espaçonave;

• quantidade de multi-gel;

• lembranças do passado;

• e inventário (ferramentas, etc.)

Em ambas as plataformas. Assim que tivermos esses dados, podemos iniciar a transferência.

Aqui está um exemplo:

Google Assistente
Nome: Jaime
Integridade da espaçonave: 64%
Multi-gel: 57
Lembranças do passado: 99%
Ferramentas: alfa tem uma ferramenta de reparo de nível 2, beta tem uma ferramenta de braço de empilhadeira de nível 1 e gama tem uma ferramenta temporal de nível 2

Amazon Alexa
Nome: Jaime
Integridade da espaçonave: 53%
Multi-gel: 16
Lembranças do passado: 10%
Ferramentas: beta tem uma ferramenta de reparo de nível 1 e alfa tem uma ferramenta de laser de nível 1

O jogo ficará indisponível após 31 de agosto; não poderemos processar quaisquer transferências após esta data, por favor contacte-nos antes disso.

Apreciamos muito sua empolgação e compromisso contínuos - obrigado! Temos muitos novos projetos empolgantes na manga e mal podemos esperar para falar sobre eles. Fique ligado!

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Recientemente anunciamos que descontinuaremos El Vortex en el Asistente de Google, pero que sería posible transferir su estado de juego a Amazon Alexa para cualquiera que quisiera hacerlo.

¡Es gratificante ver cuántos jugadores de todo el mundo disfrutan y tienen la intención de seguir jugando El Vortex! Para que las personas tengan más tiempo para transferir su juego, retrasaremos la suspensión de El Vortex en el Asistente de Google hasta el 31 de agosto.

Para continuar jugando El Vortex en Amazon Alexa, inicie un juego en Alexa (a través de la aplicación Alexa o en cualquier dispositivo habilitado para Alexa que pueda tener) y asígnese un nombre único allí.

Visite nuestra página de soporte y envíenos los siguientes datos:

• sus nombres únicos;

• integridad del nave;

• cantidad de multi-gel;

• recuerdos del pasado;

• e inventario (herramientas, etc.)

En ambas plataformas. Una vez que tengamos esos datos, podemos iniciar la transferencia.

Por ejemplo:

Asistente de Google
Nombre: Jaime
Integridad del nave: 64%
Multi-gel: 57
Recuerdos del pasado: 99%
Herramientas: alfa tiene una herramienta de reparación de nivel 2, beta tiene una herramienta para reforzar brazos de nivel 1 y gamma tiene una herramienta temporal de nivel 2

Amazon Alexa
Nombre: Jaime
Integridad del nave: 53%
Multi-gel: 16
Recuerdos del pasado: 10%
Herramientas: beta tiene una herramienta de reparación de nivel 1 y alfa tiene una herramienta láser de nivel 1

El juego no estará disponible después del 31 de agosto; no podremos procesar ninguna transferencia después de esta fecha, así que contáctenos antes de esa fecha.

Apreciamos mucho su continuo entusiasmo y compromiso, ¡gracias!

Tenemos muchos proyectos nuevos y emocionantes en la manga, y estamos ansiosos por contarles sobre ellos. ¡Mantente sintonizado para más!

End of Service Announcement for The 3% Challenge

Thank you, Candidate.

You’ve been a great help to us all. You’ve gone above and beyond all expectations and overcame every challenge. You’ve been with us through thick and thin; you’ve competed in the global competition, shuffled through the maze's unruly waters, freed yourself from the cell, and went through the Winter Challenge. You’ve played every ending. You’re still in the top 3%.

You have ultimately earned your place in the Offshore; therefore, the “Process” is no longer necessary.

Therefore, we’re discontinuing The 3% Challenge on August 12th, 2022.  

As thanks for sticking with the game, we’re offering you every chapter of the game for free until Aug 12, 2022 so you can enjoy it until that date. It will not be possible to purchase any chapter as of today.

On October 8th, 2019, we launched the game with the help of talented people. Thank you, Netflix and Rio Games, for your work and dedication to the project, and thank you to everyone on The 3% Challenge team. We’d also like to thank the Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa teams and our supporters and investors for helping make this happen.

While this is the final stretch for this game, we’re building new and interesting things that we hope will excite you just as much.  

Once again: Thank you, Candidate.

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Obrigado, Candidato.

Você tem sido uma grande ajuda para todos nós. Você superou todas as expectativas e superou todos os desafios. Você esteve conosco nos bons e maus momentos; você competiu na competição global, atravessou as águas turbulentas do labirinto, se libertou da cela e passou pelo Winter Challenge. Você jogou todos os finais. Você ainda está entre os 3% melhores.

Você finalmente conquistou seu lugar no Offshore; portanto, o “Processo” não é mais necessário.

Portanto, descontinuamos o Desafio 3% a 12 de agosto de 2022.

Como agradecimento por continuar com o jogo, oferecemos todos os capítulos do jogo gratuitamente até 12 de agosto de 2022 para que você possa aproveitá-lo até essa data. Não será possível adquirir nenhum capítulo a partir de hoje.

Em 8 de outubro de 2019, lançamos o jogo com a ajuda de pessoas talentosas. Obrigado, Netflix e Rio Games, por seu trabalho e dedicação ao projeto, e obrigado a todos da equipe The 3% Challenge. Também gostaríamos de agradecer às equipes do Google Assistente e Amazon Alexa e nossos apoiantes e investidores por ajudar a tornar esse projeto real.

Embora este seja o trecho final para o jogo, estamos construindo coisas novas e interessantes que esperamos que o empolguem muito.

Mais uma vez: Obrigado, Candidato.

End of Service Announcement for The Vortex on Google Assistant

Interplanetary explorers,

We highly appreciate your excitement and involvement with The Vortex. It is motivating to see you love this game as much as we loved to create it!

Google announced it will shut down its Conversational Actions platform next year, which will preclude the normal functionality of the game.

For this reason we’ve decided to discontinue The Vortex for Google Assistant on August 12, 2022. [We have delayed this date to August 31.]

For Amazon Alexa players, no changes apply as we will continue to operate The Vortex on that platform as usual.

For Google Assistant players who wish to continue their journey after the end of service, we can help transfer your game to Alexa. Just get in touch with us on our Support page.

Thank you for all of your support over the years, and stay tuned for exciting new updates from us in the future!

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Exploradores interplanetários,

Apreciamos imenso seu entusiasmo e envolvimento com O Vortex. É motivador ver que você ama este jogo tanto quanto nós amamos criá-lo!

O Google anunciou que encerrará sua plataforma Conversational Actions no próximo ano, o que impedirá a funcionalidade normal do jogo.

Por esse motivo, decidimos descontinuar O Vortex para o Google Assistente em 12 de agosto de 2022. [Adiamos esta data para 31 de agosto.]

Para os jogadores do Amazon Alexa, nenhuma alteração se aplica, pois continuaremos operando O Vortex nessa plataforma normalmente.

Para jogadores do Google Assistente que desejam continuar sua jornada após o término do serviço, podemos ajudar a transferir seu jogo para o Alexa. Basta entrar em contato conosco em nossa página de suporte.

Obrigado por todo o seu apoio ao longo dos anos e fique atento para novas atualizações interessantes no futuro!

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Exploradores interplanetarios,

Apreciamos mucho su entusiasmo y participación con El Vortex. ¡Es motivador ver que amas este juego tanto como a nosotros nos encantó crearlo!

Google anunció que cerrará su plataforma Conversational Actions el próximo año, lo que impedirá la funcionalidad normal del juego.

Por este motivo, decidimos suspender El Vortex para el Asistente de Google el 12 de Agosto de 2022. [Hemos retrasado esta fecha hasta el 31 de agosto.]

Para los jugadores de Amazon Alexa, no se aplican cambios, ya que continuaremos operando El Vortex en esa plataforma como de costumbre.

Para los jugadores del Asistente de Google que deseen continuar su viaje después del final del servicio, podemos ayudarlos a transferir su juego a Alexa. Simplemente póngase en contacto con nosotros en nuestra página de soporte.

¡Gracias por todo su apoyo a lo largo de los años y manténgase atento a nuestras emocionantes actualizaciones en el futuro!

End of Service Announcement for Voice Quest

Dear Magicians,

You completed the Quest with imagination and flair. You’ve successfully saved King Arthur and grew up to be Merlin’s most likely successor.

Naturally, all adventures have a beginning and an end. Google announced it will shut down its Conversational Actions platform next year, which will preclude the normal functionality of the game.

For this reason we’ve decided to discontinue Voice Quest on August 12, 2022.

Thank you for playing and inspiring us to keep moving forward.

We’d also like to thank Google Assistant’s team for always working closely with us and our marvelous Voice Quest team.

Although this means farewell for now, we will have some cool things coming up in the future. Stay tuned!

Doppio at Alexa Live 2020

Amazon announced a slew of new and exciting features for the Alexa platform yesterday as part of Alexa Live, an all-online streaming developer conference. At Doppio, we’re really bullish about the future of the Alexa platform for games, and so we were thrilled to be a part of several of the event’s announcements.

Here’s a quick roundup on all things Doppio from the Alexa Live program!

The Web API for Games lets us take our games to the next level

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The Web API for Games is an exciting leap forward for our ability to deliver voice-forward games that also have great visual experiences. It enables developers like us to build rich animations on the back of web-standard technologies; to provide more a more dynamic audio experience with background tracks, loops and effects; and to take greater control of the player’s experience by controlling how and when the device prompts for voice input. 

Back in April, we updated The 3% Challenge with a refreshed visual experience built on top of this exciting new technology, and we think it was a great improvement. You can try it out now on any Echo Show or Fire TV Cube device.

However, that’s not the most exciting thing we’re doing with the Web API for Games…

We’re bringing PAC-MAN to Alexa!

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Yeah, you heard that right! As Jeferson announced during the conference, we’re working on a new game that will bring a voice-controlled PAC-MAN experience to your Alexa devices! 

We’re really excited about this new game and we can’t wait to share more about it with you soon. To be the first to hear more, you can sign up for our newsletter – you definitely won’t want to miss out on this one!

Using APL-A to upgrade the audio experience on The Vortex

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APL-A is an exciting new platform feature that allows developers to do more advanced audio mixing in our skills’ audio experiences. All of this happens at runtime, meaning we don’t need to spend a lot of time in development tweaking every audio clip by hand. And, it’s done in a simple and straightforward way that doesn’t slow down the player’s experience with our games.

João Costa, our Sound Designer, spoke about our experience converting The Vortex’s audio content to APL-A. You can also try it out for yourself in the game right now!

Quick Links allow you to launch directly into our games from a link

The new Quick Links feature provides a way for you to launch directly into our games from a link on the web. As our Marketing Lead Carolina Rocha discussed during the conference, this provides a quick and easy way for you to try out new games on this exciting platform; now, instead of having to remember an invocation phrase, you can just click a link and send the skill directly to the device of your choice. 

In fact, you may have already seen these links throughout this post! But if not, here’s one for The 3% Challenge and one for The Vortex – try them out now!

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That’s all for now! Stay tuned for more news about all these updates in the coming weeks!

The Vortex is now available in Portuguese and Spanish!

Our first game, The Vortex, has received an important update. The game is now available in 2 new languages: Portuguese and Spanish! You can now play through the entire storyline and access all the content in either English, Portuguese or Spanish. The update is currently available for Amazon Alexa. Support for Google Assistant will follow soon.

Do you have any friends who speak Portuguese or Spanish? Be sure to let them know and also tell us what you think about the update!

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Acabamos de fazer uma atualização importante no nosso primeiro jogo, “The Vortex”. Agora ele também pode ser jogado em Português (“Alexa, abra o Vortex”) e Espanhol (“Alexa, abre el vortex”) além da versão em Inglês original.

Esta atualização está disponível agora para a Alexa, e em breve também estará disponível no Google Assistente (“OK google, fale com o vortex” / “ok google, habla con el vortex”).

Espalhe a notícia para os seus amigos que falam Português e Espanhol, e compartilhe conosco o que achou destas novas versões!

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Hicimos una actualización importante en nuestro primer juego, “The Vortex”. Ahora también se puede jugar en Español (“Alexa, abre el
vortex”) o Portugués (“Alexa, abra o Vortex”), más allá de la versión original en inglés.

Esta actualización ya está disponible para Amazon Alexa, y pronto estará también disponible en Google Assistent (“ok google, habla con el vortex” / “ok
google, fale com o vortex”).

Comparte las noticias con tus amigos que hablan español y portugués, y comparte con nosotros lo que piensas de estas nuevas versiones!

The Vortex Highlighted in Amazon's Alexa Developer Spotlight

Jennifer King from Amazon published a new interview with us today on the Alexa Blog’s developer spotlight.

We discussed how we set about to make The Vortex, why we’re so excited to be working on voice-first games, and how we use in-skill purchasing to provide a premium experience for our players who want to experience all of the game’s story faster.

Give it a read today!

The Vortex is now available on Google Assistant!

We’re very excited to announce that The Vortex, Doppio’s debut, voice-first space adventure game, is available today to play on the Google Assistant!

You can play the game as a completely voice-driven, audio-only experience on smart speakers like Google Home, or pair it with a fully-interactive visual experience when you play on smart displays like the Google Home Hub. You can even play on Android phones and tablets, or on iOS devices with the Google Assistant app installed. With all of these new devices at your disposal, it’s easier than ever to jump into the game, build your robotic team, and explore the mysteries of The Vortex!

Just click this link to get started! (Tip: tap the link on your phone and you should be launched right into the Google Assistant app, if you’ve got it installed!)

This marks our first game for the Google Assistant, and we’re thrilled for all of you to try It out! Once you’ve played the game, feel free to send us any feedback you’ve got. And, as always, if you enjoy The Vortex, please leave us a review!

Happy February everyone!