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Growing My Grandpa! is now available, please please read this post!

Hey! So excited for you all to finally check out GMG!

Key Distribution

I'm going to be delivering your download link via your Patron messages so if you are confused about where to download, please check your messages on this site or the patreon app. You should be getting Growing My Grandpa! and The Well as it is now part of the official Yames back catalog.

If you are a streamer/youtuber/content maker 

please pleas...

GMG! almost done, sneak peak at patron credits/new enclosure features

Hey all as I say in the title GMG has just a few more hours of polishing up and some final playtesting before its ready for you all. I really think you all will like it, just wanted to make a post because I haven’t given an update in a bit. I don’t want to spoil too much obviously but there have been a couple changes that might be different than the pics/gifs I’ve posted here before.

I moved all the Grandpa related interactions to the “Grandpa” screen whereas before feeding/le...

Gmg soon (also ruins of the human temple!)

Hey everyone thanks very much for your patience regarding growing my grandpa, it's nearly done, just have lost a few development hours because of some life stuff that was happening and is now over + better (very grateful for that!)

As I've said I've mostly been debugging and making sure each segment transitions smoothly into the next. Not exactly sure when I will release gmg! To the wider public, probably will jump back into finishing Ruins Of The Human Temple for a week or so and then...

GMG!: Still debugging! But the end is near

At this point the lines of code for the .gml (gamemaker’s scripting language) files is right about 21,000. It’s by far my biggest project that I have worked on both in terms of scope/assets and now I guess the actual programming that goes with game development. My previous projects were all well below 10,000. I timed myself doing a simulated playthrough of the game’s prologue (there are five weeks in the game, the first week is sort of setting the scene) and it took me about 11 or 12 mi...

GMG! Update

Hey everybody, thought I would check in with regard to Growing My Grandpa! I've been going through and "filling in the cracks" so to speak, it's a game unlike any I've made before in that it's not super linear and doesn't have just one ending, so it has taken me a little bit to glue all these different systems together and add polish to each one. It's also been interesting because this is the first time I've done any major tutorializing of mechanics.

There's a very basic tutorial at t...

Happy holidays! + notes on GMG! distribution (I'm almost done!!)

Hi everybody, just wanted to take time to say merry christmas and happy holidays, I hope you all are doing well and keeping safe. I have been really working hard on Growing My Grandpa! but its definitely been fruitful labor. I’ll be right back to work after tomorrow, as I’m very very close to being done. Over the last week I’ve finished a lot of the document review stuff and put in a few more secrets in the game. There’s a focus on narrative as usual in my game but more interactivity ...

almost grandpa time (quick sneak peak)

(will let the video speak for itself)

Month of December Update, Growing My Grandpa! + ROTHT + 3rd YSG

Hey everybody, Growing My Grandpa! is going well it’s just taken a little time to crank out the final few 3d assets, there’s sort of an animation-heavy portion to one of the game’s endings and it can take a bit to throw it all together. Here’s a sneakpeak:

I do think I will have GMG! done soon however, I’m setting the rather ambitious/aspirational goal of having Ruins Of Th...

Some updates!

Hey everybody sorry for my radio silence this latter half of the month, I've been busy with Growing My Grandpa! which is nearly done, just has been sort of a hassle ironing out some of the final details related to the chase sequence towards the end of the game plus working with 3d assets has been a learning experience, it definitely offers more freedom but requires more planning than I am used to (2d sprites I can definitely do a lot more stuff on the fly). Otherwise I'm very happy with how t...

quick update and snack time

Just a short little sneak-peak video. I’m almost done, just wanted to touch base and let you know I’ve been working diligently to bring you only the greatest grandpa-based game play. I’ve been having a lot of fun with the sound design. I voice acted a lot of this myself. Secret gameplay tip: Grandpa cannot digest metal. Hope you all are doing well.

-Yames

update on GMG!, new GMG! video/proboscis extension

Hey everybody, just wanted to make a post to show off a little bit more of Growing My Grandpa! which is coming together pretty well, I’ve been happy with the sort of vibe I’ve been generating with a lot of the assets and sound effects.

So, there are two endings of the game, one of them sort of the regular ending which you get without a lot of exploring around, and then a second one, exploring more of the backstory, performing certain actions which let you know more about the demonic...

Growing My Grandpa update, gifs + Happy Halloween !

Hey everybody, so I probably am not going to be meeting my self-imposed deadline of “before halloween” as at least in my timezone I only have a few hours left and rapidly dwindling energy to program lol, but I’ve been making great strides with Growing My Grandpa! at least on the creative end and asset making end, I feel like in the past few days I’ve had a huge burst of inspiration, especially with regards to the two endings of the game and how those work, plus some lore and writing.<...

Yames' Secret Games #2: Growing My Grandpa! quick sneak peak

Hi everybody so I still have work to do on the game obviously but I thought you would enjoy seeing just a little of the opening cutscene, the frame narrative surrounding the story involves a school counselor writing up a report on an emotionally troubled student and part of the report includes his meetings with the student, so we have this little office scene. Most of the game is told from the perspective of the girl finding strange things in the basement, but the frame story acts as a sort o...

Get Hyped For Growing My Grandpa! + game key form to fill out (if you haven't yet!)

Hey everyone! Hope you all are doing well, I’m super excited to deliver Growing My Grandpa! with you soon, my target is still sometime before Halloween and I def intend to reach it but I wanted to post some .gifs from my progress so far just to whet your appetite/let you know I was still working at it.

Growing My Grandpa! gives you a hint at what the game will contain, sure enough, but I have been doing some thinking about how I might present the story/action within the game. I’m pr...

ROTHT Update, Form For Game Key Reminder

The Form To Fill To Get A Key For Growing My Grandpa! 

https://forms.gle/KENGkem5njsMMaKq7

just putting this at the top so its the first thing you see :)

Hey everybody, sorry Ruins Of The Human Temple is taking a bit to come together, it's probably the game I have written the most for and so I have just been going over everything making sure I like all the writing + editing anything that doesn't...

ROTHT incoming, 'Growing My Grandpa!' plans (and a fun form to fill out yeah!)

Hey everyone, just checking in to say "Ruins" is coming along, my new deadline is to have it done by tomorrow night, failing that, by the end of the weekend. I've already set up the draft of the itch.io page, that's always a sign in my mind whatever i'm doing will soon be done. I'm making a big push tonight and tomorrow as well.

When I’ve  been on break I’ve had some time to work on Growing My Grandpa! however, mostly thinking/writing but I did some 3D work and have a new creat...

Quick ROTHT Update, Yames Game Jam, Growing My Grandpa! (puppets)

So I wasn’t able to get Ruins Of The Human Temple finished by the end of the month :( I had the opportunity to receive a covid vaccine booster which put me out of commission for some time (I was exhausted!) and I fell behind a bit on getting the game together. However, I am still fairly far along, and so I expect to finally send out keys in the next couple days.

One last addition to the primary mechanics of the game I added is the ability to deploy a laser to break apart wreckage/cut ...

Ruins Of The Human Temple Update (featuring suggestive door) + Streaming On Discord

Hey everyone, so I’ve been in crunch mode getting Ruins Of The Human Temple in order to try and get it to you before the end of the month, still pretty certain its feasible just have to buckle down and focus on it. In my haste I have come up with a few new twists to the story which I think give the game more depth. I don’t want to spoil anything but I was sort of inspired by Silent Hill 2, that's all I’ll say though.

From the video you can see I did some work on the GUI, made it a...

Details On YSG #2

Hi everyone, just wanted to make a post letting you all in on a little sneak peak of the next Yames’ Secret Games entry. I’ve had a couple of ideas for the next few YSGs but the one I am planning for before or around halloween release is based on a few older japanese adventure games, some ive played some I’ve watched playthroughs of.

The above video is for this YSG and its working title is “Growing My Grandpa!” but I might change that. It’s certainly an evocative title. Plus...

The Next Yames' Secret Game + Ruins

Hi everyone and welcome new patrons! The release of The Well has brought in a few new people so I'll put up top that my policy is that if you have any questions about anything patreon related please feel free to message me here or on Discord and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

Now, my main priorities at this moment will be to wrap up Family Vacation and Ruins Of The Human Temple so I can get back to Discover Our Bodies. I've also got the bones of the next two Yames' Secret Game...

Quick Update On Itch.Io downloads

Hi! Over the weekend I did bugfixing/general sprucing up of The Well mostly just added some configuration options like an extra font that is more legible as well as an actual fullscreen mode (as opposed to just an upscaled video) tomorrow I will get back to work on Ruins Of The Human Temple and also do some planning for the next Yames Secret Game. I will try to make a post tomorrow evening about a sort-of updated roadmap I have in mind for the Patreon/time I spend developing.

So anyway ...

Check your Patreon Inbox! Important Info On The Well + Technical Stuff

Hey everybody!

I made a mistake and assumed that Patreon would notify you via email when I contacted you. I was wrong lol.However, I sent every currently active patron a key via Patreon’s messaging system, so if you go to your inbox on patreon you should find a key waiting for you.

If you do NOT find a key waiting for you, sometimes at the beginning of each month Patreon has ...

The Well is done 😎 Sending out keys now

So I have a working build available there are still a couple bugs here and there but everything works well enough for me to be proud of it lol. I last checked the google form like around an hour ago and updated it with the new data if you were not included I will get you in as soon as I get another build out of the door.

here is the form again:

2021-09-01 01:58:20 +0000 UTC View Post

The Well Reminder! Please fill out the google form!

Hi! I know a good number of you have already done this but i just wanted to post it again so i can maybe scoop up a few more people. I spent this most of this early evening writing a script that imports a spreadsheet document with everybody's patron tier + requested displayed names and then draws them over ornamented text boxes (there's a huge one for the highest tier, big one for the 2nd highest tier, and so on and so forth) i want to get as many names as possible though just in case i run i...

Pls Fill Out This Google Form! (for future key distribution related to The Well)

Hey everyone, so I’m a couple hours worth of work until im done with The Well, the first in a series of micro-games that I plan on getting out monthly between the other stuff I’m working on. So far it has been a success in that I’ve been able to proto-type pretty quickly for basic mechanics and then pump out a lot of assets because I kept everything within a reasonable scope.

Anyway! Please fill out this form:

2021-08-27 00:35:45 +0000 UTC View Post

A Surprise Soon – Plus, making a scene(s)

So, because some of my bigger game projects aren't going to be ready until they are done (obviously!) I have recently been thinking of a way to try and deliver a consistent feed of games that are more self-contained and limited in scope than the other stuff I'm making. This is an idea that I had kicked around at the start of the Patreon but I did not really think about how I might go about doing it because I did not have the experience that I do now nor did I have knowledge of my own strength...

new tool new tool (ruins of the human temple)

Hey everybody, just wanted to drop a quick sneak peak at a new feature I have been working on for Ruins Of The Human Temple, thought it looked kinda cool and was worth sharing, anyway, in the game you're looking around collecting samples and stuff but one of the tools you have is a drill you can use to bore into surfaces to get down deeper. So in this case you are searching for a mysterious material at the behest of your SLAVE unit who is the other guy talking to you.

In a more expanded...

Ruins Update

Hey everybody, just wanted to give an update on Ruins Of The Human Temple. I have been really breaking my back to get it done by the end of the month unfortunately there's a couple more assets I really want to be better plus I have to actually then get executables made for pc then port to mac/linux then send them all out to you so unfortunately its just gonna take a couple more days. Rest assured though I don't really plan on slowing down I think I've had one of the most productive months of ...

Ruins Library Video

Sorry I'm late with this! Always a dilemma whether to make a post showing what I have or keep devving so I can show a little bit more. Anyway, let me know if you have any questions, and get hyped for the game!

Video coming later today

Hey everyone, I'm almost done with the library/puzzle system for ruins of the human temple, I'm going to post a video of it in action later today once I've got some of the graphics more polished up. I'm definitely on track to have the game ready for you before the end of the month though, which is exciting. Just wanted to make a short post to give you something to look forward to.