hi all of you! this is what i'm working on for november.
today is HALLOWEEN so it's the 31st which also means it's the end of devtober! here's the last bunch of devtober posts.
i just managed to finish updating all the art assets today, which was my personal goal for devtober so i'm pretty happy (: everything is looking nice & crisp in 1080p!
it was actually very motivating having my only task for the day just to always do a little dev every day - with jams i always get stressed because i feel like i always have to do more pe...
2020-10-31 11:21:26 +0000 UTC View Post
for this week of devtober, i mostly worked on image updates + other stuff that i needed to get done like translations. i also made this month's patreon postcard which i think is fairly cute so i hope you'll all enjoy it (:
i have not figured out what was the issue from day 21 though... the bug doesn't always occur so for now i'm leaving it and will try to deal with it again next time it comes up.
the art updating is going more quickly now that i've finished the first game since i ...
2020-10-24 08:29:19 +0000 UTC View Post
this is what i've been working on for week 2 of devtober!
i've finished updating the assets for game 1 (one night hot springs) of 3 to be 1080p and they're nice anad sharp now. it's been really interesting going back to see my art from two years ago...
two years ago honestly i didn't even really have much experience drawing anything (and honestly i still don't now since i pretty much only draw game assets) but i've learnt a lot about using clip studio in the meantime, so i'v...
2020-10-17 07:14:24 +0000 UTC View Post
this is what i've been working on for week 1 (?) of devtober.
i've been slowly upgrading the spring games to be 1080p but that means a lot of changes are needed for the graphics, so it's taking a while!
i've also been working on translations (honestly i'm almost always working on translations...)
i also downloaded unity to try to learn yarn spinner (https://yarnspinner.dev/) but i think i might wait until 2.0 ...
2020-10-10 00:28:16 +0000 UTC View Post
hello! for october i've decided to do a personal little devtober. (idea from here: https://itch.io/jam/devtober-2020)
i'll be working every day on dev stuff (mostly trying to put the three spring games into one updated game and seeing if this works ok or not...) & posting little daily updates on the patreon channel on my discord. i'll post weekly summary updates here as well!
so far i've done 3 da...
2020-10-04 09:08:49 +0000 UTC View Post
my new game SPACE FROG! is out now for everyone!!
i had a lot of trouble (but also fun) making it to fit the theme of agbic 2020 which was low tech (ancient techniques only) & got to do something i hadn't done before (a twine game & printable zine)
i'm pretty happy with how the page turned out too - take a look at it here! https://npckc.itch.io/space-frog
(i couldn't figure out how t...
2020-09-30 23:14:46 +0000 UTC View Postthe september postcard has been sent! please let me know if you don't get the postcard in your email.
my thanks page for ☕ coffee set and up patrons has also been updated for september too: https://npckc.site/#thanks
i had a lot of fun trying a pixel brush for clip studio for space frog so i used that for the postcard too. the brush is free so for those of you with clip studio you can get it here...
2020-09-30 10:40:11 +0000 UTC View Post
it's the first time for me to try something like this, but i've made a printable zine for SPACE FROG! instead of my usual artbook. it's the game made in twine but in zine form (with a couple of changes for space reasons.)
it can be printed on 4 pieces of paper (double-sided) - the pages are A4, so if you are using a different letter size, the pages will need to be resized accordingly. (i would recommend shrinking to fit the page and then trimming the edges)
the pdf includes ...
2020-09-29 04:05:21 +0000 UTC View Post
the twine game i was working on this month is now up for you all to play! here is 🐸 SPACE FROG!
i had a lot of trouble with this game and i don't think i will ever use twine again but i am glad that i have done it once, haha.
the game is browser-playable both on pc and smartphone and it should work for any resolution, but please let me know if you run into any issues!
(the itch page is not completely done yet but i'll have that finished for the end-of-month release!)
2020-09-27 02:05:46 +0000 UTC View Post
for this month i've been working on a small twine game for agbic jam based on the cover i made for the famicase collection earlier this year, but i definitely kind of underestimated how much trouble i would have with twine (or rather overestimated its abilities, i guess?).
since the theme for agbic this time is ancient techniques i decided to go with pixel(ly) art and just do a text adventure + images, so i figured twine would be a better fit than renpy... though honestly at this point ...
2020-09-13 04:44:13 +0000 UTC View Post
i wanted to make a post about the console release for a hero and a garden (since i wasn't able to talk about it when i was actually working on it haha), so here it is!
for a general timeline, i signed a contract to publish the game with ratalaika (the publisher) last november (2019) & have been slowly working on it since. i wasn't working on it very actively - most of the time between november and the release (august) was just a lot of waiting.
i contacted ratalaik...
2020-09-08 23:13:59 +0000 UTC View Posti'm making a post about this - it's my fault for not specifying but i didn't think it would come up, but here it is so it's clear.
things i share for patrons only are (as stated) PATRONS ONLY, so please do not share the content elsewhere.
that includes content on this patreon page as well as the patron-only discord channel.
thank you & have a nice day.
2020-09-07 22:19:27 +0000 UTC View Post
hi! it's september. this is what i plan on doing this month:
the soundtrack for a pet shop after dark is now available! you can download it for free from the below link:
https://sdhizumi.bandcamp.com/album/a-pet-shop-after-dark-original-soundtrack
2020-09-02 15:00:22 +0000 UTC View Postthe postcard that i polled you all for in july has now been sent out!! thank you again for 100 patrons ✨ please let me know if you don't get it in your email!
i had a lot of fun drawing in your requests (i had to google a bunch of them because i didn't know what they were, haha) so i hope you like it as much as i liked drawing it!
my thanks page for ☕ coffee set and up patrons has also been updated for august: 2020-08-31 12:55:45 +0000 UTC View Post
hello! my new game A PETSHOP AFTER DARK has been released on itch.io! (this time it's pc-only - download it for windows / mac / linux)
for those of you who've already played it, this version (1.0) adds a little extra dialogue after the ending, so check it out... 👀 (you should be able to play with the same save files with no issues if you just download the update, but the extra dialogue may be just a little out of sync)
it also balances the audio better & fixes some other we...
2020-08-30 11:55:15 +0000 UTC View Post
here is the art collection for a pet shop after dark!
i don't recommend looking through this until you've finished the game as it contains quite a few spoilers.
(downloads will be available for ~1 month.)
2020-08-28 05:42:22 +0000 UTC View Post
i somehow managed to finish this amidst all the fuss with the console port so here is the early access version of 🔍 A PET SHOP AFTER DARK for you all!!!
(missing in this version is a horror jingle which i may or may not put in, i'm still deciding. i'll update to version 1.0 (currently 0.9) once i've added or not added it. the itch page is also not done yet.)
content warning: slight horror themes
i have only tested on windows so if you run into any issues i would really ap...
2020-08-26 21:36:12 +0000 UTC View Post
hi! i'm excited to announce that A HERO AND A GARDEN is coming to switch, ps4 & xb1 on august 28!!
first off, i want to make it clear though that even though i have a console release coming up, i'm still going to continue making my free games (like my new one which will be released for free once i'm finished it, i'm working really hard right now to make it ready for the end of the month ahhh). i don't have any concrete plans for console ports in the future, and if i ever do decide ...
these are some screens from the game i'm currently working on! i'm trying to make a horror game for summer slow jams, but i don't think i'm very good at making scary things... so it's more of a 'horror' game (not very scary but the colours are atmospheric, haha)
i had a lot of trouble so far because for some reason renpy would keep crashing randomly... it turns out that imagemaps don't currently seem to support atl transforms (i was using them to make the icons on the map animated), so ...
2020-08-17 13:41:40 +0000 UTC View Posti often have a lot of different ideas for games that i end up putting aside or completely moving away from & i was thinking it'd be nice to write them down somewhere... so i'm going to share one of the game ideas i had for a horror game jam i'm doing but i ended up binning here.
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a plant shop. you're the new part-timer and the job seems easy enough - you don't know why the last part-timer quit so suddenly (so the owner tells you with a sigh). water the plants once a day. th...
2020-08-15 07:53:29 +0000 UTC View Post
last month i finished updating all my games with a new language menu (see the images!) and also switched to renpy's universal apk for all my android games (this means that instead of uploading 3 apks for every update, i can upload just 1!)
it took me longer than i thought it would, but i also finished creating my default project files (first image above showing the default languages), which should make it easier for me when creating new games in renpy so that i can get right into ...
2020-08-02 23:47:12 +0000 UTC View Post
i've sent out july postcards early becaues i wanted to remind you all to fill out the form for postcard requests!
FORM: https://forms.gle/NL2JT32Axqcrm6n49 << PLEASE FILL THIS OUT!
the deadline is august 1 and if you don't fill it out by then i won't be able to draw your request.
the thanks page on my website has also been updated early for july:
2020-07-30 00:19:01 +0000 UTC
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hello! the poll results are in and special postcard is in first place!
for the special postcard i've decided that i can probably do both of the ideas (ask you all for items you want me to draw & draw some characters from my games) together - so i've put together a form to ask you all what you want me to draw!
since it'll take some time to get your answers & for me to draw the postcard, the postcard won't be for july but for august.
the form link is here -...
2020-07-21 12:21:24 +0000 UTC View Postto celebrate reaching 100 patrons i want to make something with all of you! my ideas were maybe a postcard or a game where i'd ask for your input somehow and incorporate it in. that or a tutorial or something...?
i'll have this poll up for a week, and then i'll post again to hash out the details of whatever i'm going to make! for now though i'm putting out some ideas for each of the options - if you have any suggestions though, i'm happy to hear them!
i'm thinking:
1) poll firs...
i had a nice surprise in my email this morning because i woke up to 100 patrons 💜
it means a lot to me that i have all of you supporting me - thank you so much!
i had 100 patrons as a milestone (and i don't have any other milestones beyond that right now... i'll think more on it after!) and my ideas for that were to make a special postcard or little game or tutorial (or something else), but i'll put up a proper poll after this for you all to vote & comment on. 2020-07-14 00:49:50 +0000 UTC View Post
as i said at the beginning of the month, i'm updating all of my games with language menus &c. to make them generally more user-friendly & update-friendly, and i found a couple of scrapped scenes from a tavern for tea i'd forgotten about, so here they are in a pdf.
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(cut-and-paste from the beginning of the pdf to explain the setting)
as a bit of info that never makes it into the game, horns' name is bel & new customer's name is hart.
bel is ac...
2020-07-12 14:28:23 +0000 UTC View Post
july has come (and so has the second half of 2020), so here's an update on what i'll be working on.
june postcards have been sent out! my site has also been updated with ☕ coffee set and up patrons: https://npckc.site/#thanks (i've changed the look of the archive page so it's a bit neater)
hope we all have a better second half of 2020!
2020-06-30 08:36:41 +0000 UTC View Post