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Fantasy Tea Generator out now!

Fantasy Tea Generator is out now! go make some fantasy tea for your weary adventurers.

https://npckc.itch.io/fantasy-tea-generator

download: fantasy tea generator - early access + bonus printable generator

made a generator for generator jam 2021 as well 👀 - it's a fantasy tea generator for fantasy tea names! i'm planning on releasing it next week but you all get to see it now.

download: https://npckc.itch.io/fantasy-tea-generator/patreon-access

i also have the bonus printable version of the generator to share! as long as you have a d20 (& optional d4 or d2) you can easily create...

tiny wanderer is out now!

as mentioned in the title, tiny wanderer is out now! it's a print-and-play solo photo adventure. all you need is this game, a camera & a six-sided die - go travel with your tiny wanderer today!

you can get your tiny wanderer here: https://npckc.itch.io/tiny-wanderer

i've also made a companion site! part of it was i just wanted to make a site though so it's part tiny wanderer, part just a place for me t...

download: tiny wanderer - early access (+ box version)

i finished my summer slow jams game entry so here it is for all of you! (i'm still working on the companion website but i hope to have that finished for next week which is when the jam deadline is.)

it's a print-and-play photo adventure - hope you'll enjoy!

download: https://npckc.itch.io/tiny-wanderer/patreon-access

i've also attached the bonus to this post - this time it's a box vers...

idea for the summer slow jam

i decided that i wanted to participate in the first summer slow jam of the year (https://itch.io/jam/ssjexploration) themed on exploration/forgotten places, so i'm designing a little player. here's some sketches of what i'm thinking about so far!

right now the plan is to make a very little solo adventure print-and-play but i'm still working it out.

A Wheel Without a View now open!

my new game A Wheel Without a View is now available for everyone on itch.io!
take a ride on the mysterious ferris wheel that just rolled into town...

https://npckc.itch.io/a-wheel-without-a-view

download: A Wheel Without a View - early access (+ photo set!)

it took a while to put everything together nicely but i am now ready to share A Wheel Without a View with you all! this game was originally made for indiepocalypse #14 but i'm going to be releasing it publicly soon - you all get to see it first though 👀

download here: https://npckc.itch.io/a-wheel-without-a-view/patreon-access

also attached is the photo set bonus! see the ferris ...

june update! happy pride month

happy pride month! here is what i'm up to this june.

• working to put out the game i made for indiepocalypse before! i still have some final touchups but i'm setting up the itch.io page too (see screenshot)
• get a year of springs soundtrack ready since it's not up yet!!!
• maaaybe make a game for https://itch.io/jam/ssjexploration because i like the idea of a game about exploring 👀
• ...
  2021-06-04 22:19:52 +0000 UTC View Post

may postcard & thanks page!

hello! postcard for may has been sent out & thanks page has also been updated (https://npckc.site/#thanks). please check your inbox to make sure the postcard has reached you!

here's a timelapse video: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/572381394651578383/848777444721950770/SPOILER_patreon....

little update about translations

this isn't a big post or anything but i'm just excited about it so i wanted to share it with you all.

right now i have two other translations in the works for a year of springs!!! thanks to your support i feel like i can afford to pay for more translations so hopefully you'll see two more languages added in the future (though not thaaaat soon - it's going to take a while!)

releasing a year of springs as a paid game has been a big learning experience for me but it's been very fun s...

A YEAR OF SPRINGS out now!

it's out now!!! it's the spring trilogy remastered! i've been working on it for ages & now it's finally out! i have nothing else to say really but i hope you all enjoy it!

the download links i sent out earlier today should be working now but let me know if you have any issues!

please check your inboxes for a download code!

hi! i just finished sending out download codes to everyone. please check your inbox - you should have an email from me with a download link inside it!

if you do not, PLEASE let me know so i can fix this!

(this time i tried using a google script to send stuff but it turns out it only allows 100 emails a day and it also doesn't allow emoji so the remaining emails were sent manually by me and i'm worried something might have gone amiss in the process so please let me know if i screwe...

a little announcement...

so i have a little announcement! (keep it secret for now please...)

i think i'm going to release the spring trilogy for pc around the end of this month 👀 

if you've been following my posts here you'll know i've been working on brushing it up since last year but i think it's finally ready to release...! all the art has been redone/touched up for 1080p (originally it was 720p) & the ui has been revamped too so everything looks nicer. there's also new features like a musi...

idea: game where everyone is a ghost

i'm in update hell right now (just pushed an update for a letter of challenge yesterday which has a text fix & updates it to renpy 7.4, giving it support for 64bit windows) while also doing unity tutorials but in between i've been thinking about a game where everyone is a ghost.

here are some very very rough sketch ideas - i don't know that i'll put more time into this idea but i kind of like the idea of having a game where all the characters look the same.

icon ideas

i spend far too much time on adjusting stuff when making icons...

not sure which i like better or if i want to combine parts of both or change the colour of the text or whatever but here is a quick look at two icon ideas i'm deciding between!

the one with the text on the bottom feels kind of like an instant camera photo which i like but i think the general feel of the second one might be better, hmm... let me know if you have any thoughts 👀

edit: added a third option but ...

what i'm working on this may!

hello it's may now! i have the first bit off for golden week so i'm going to spend it doing a lot of small things.

• teaching myself some more unity - last month i was messing around with topdown engine (see screenshot using graphics from lilac & her light) but i'm going to play around with adventure creator this month!
• doing some touchup edits for the spring trilogy (see the controller/keyboard selection menu in the screenshot!)
• more updates for old games (mos...
  2021-05-02 05:22:01 +0000 UTC View Post

april postcards sent!

postcards have been sent & the thanks page has been updated! check your emails & let me know if the postcard hasn't reached yet.

it's the end of april which makes it over a year since i started social distancing, since the first state of emergency was announced around this time last year. it's strange to think that we've already had a year of this (& will still be in this state for a while) but i hope you are all hanging in there. 

i really appreciate your support...

general game updates!

a lot of the stuff i've been doing so far this month is under the bonnet stuff so there's nothing exciting to show, but here's a list up anyway!

• tomato clinic: fix self-voicing under new renpy version, updates to german text, update to renpy 7.4
• penguin cafe: update font & fix some links, update to renpy 7.4
• a tavern for tea: fix text issues, update to renpy 7.4
• last day of spring: fix text issues, update to renpy 7.4
• a letter of challenge: ...
  2021-04-16 02:32:39 +0000 UTC View Post

april: a slow month...

hi all! this is what i'm planning on doing this month.

since march ended up much busier than i expected (released 3 separate small projects) i didn't end up getting to do the naninovel stuff that i wanted to do... so that's what i'm going to force myself to focus on this month!

• learn naninovel! test out with a learning project that i probably won't actually release - i'm trying to think of something very simple i can make in it just to play around
• practise drawing w...
  2021-04-04 06:49:05 +0000 UTC View Post

march postcards sent out!

postcards have been sent out & thanks page updated!

the postcard this time is a bit of a collage - i had a lot of fun making a digital "zine" so i wanted to continue with that theme. it showcases the postcards from 2020 that i wouldn't have made without all your support. 

thank you all for being here with me 💜

DO IT LATER! out now!

DO IT LATER!, a procrastination game is out now, mere hours before the jam deadline! (fitting that i procrastinated a lot on this game about procrastination...)

you can check it out here: https://npckc.itch.io/do-it-later

it's a print game but there is a png version for using with an image editor as well as a paid form version for using your regular pdf viewer!

download: DO IT LATER! - early access (+ form version!)

edit: i've added the paid bonus to this post! you can download the form versions for use on your computer.

just a bit ahead of the jam deadline but here is my new game early for you all! it's (as per the jam theme) a harmful resource designed to help you procrastinate (but it does force you to do the task you're putting off eventually).

screenshots are how it looked when i was drafting the idea - it's a little prettier in the final version!

i'm still working on the page... g...

a little bit of brainstorming

i found out there's a jam for business-card sized rpgs happening now (https://itch.io/jam/pleasurecardrpg) so i'm trying to put something together for that + tabletop jam together!

the theme for tabletop jam is harmful resource, so currently the two ideas i'm iterating are 

1) a "get out of jail free" card kind of thing that lets you procrastinate on a task you don't want to do as long as you roll x ...

option to pay annually!

hello! i've added the option to pledge annually if you'd prefer to consolidate your pledges into once per year instead of paying once every month. 

this page explains more about the option: https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042152671-I-paid-a-creator-for-a-year-what-can-I-expect-

free games zine is out now!

hello! my zine about free games & why we should pay for them is out now for everyone!

it's $2 on itch but patrons please check the previous post for a link to let your claim your copy 👍

download: FREE GAMES zine - early access

my zine is ready for you all, so here you go...! this zine is paid at $2, but all patrons can get access to it from the link below. you have to link it to your itch.io account to claim it though, so take note!

you also get a free code to one of my tiny games along with this zine (you should be able to claim the key on the download page) - if it's a game you already have though, feel free to give that code to a friend!

i really like how it looks so i hope you'll all enjoy it too!&n...

showing some zine progress

the zine is coming together so i thought i'd show some wips of it 👀

(i know that in the end i have to flip the top row upside down for the zine to print properly, but i'm bad at reading upside down so i've kept everything rightside up for now...)

i think i'll finish in time so i'll have an early release for you all mid-week and will release on the 20th for the jam!

i'm going to do something a little bit different this time so this zine will actually be paid (price set at ...

content warning generator is out!

i managed to get this tool together very quick so i'm releasing it now! you can use this tool to make content warnings for your itch.io game pages.

check it out here: https://npckc.itch.io/content-warning-generator

testing out a content warning generator

so i was going to work on my zine but i got distracted by this idea instead & put together a content warning generator for itch.io game pages.

i think it works pretty well! you can see the generator & an example here: https://npckc.itch.io/content-warning-generator (password is test)

i also have a real-world version set up for one night hot springs & it looks ok i think: 2021-03-11 07:50:01 +0000 UTC View Post

i'm making a zine (maybe)

i decided to work on a small zine since working on a different kind of media is a good way for me to refresh & take a break. here's the cover page! i'll see where i go with it & if i feel happy enough with it to release it for this zine jam (https://itch.io/jam/zine-jam-hobbies-edition). 

as somebody who makes free games & plays free games this is always something i think about - i li...