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december postcard sent & thanks page updated!

last postcard timelapse before the new year!

thanks page has also been updated: https://npckc.net/#thanks 

thank you so much for your support this year ✨
wishing you a good upcoming year of the dragon 🐲

end of 2023 post!

hello, it's the end of 2023 so this is a summary of everything game-devvy i did this year...!

it was a busy year for me since i quit my job at the end of march to be a fully indie dev starting april. i was able to make this decision largely because of having your patreon support here, so thank you!! i'm still figuring things out to try to find a good balance for myself but i think i'm doing ok so far (: 

now, to list things up chronologically...

• 2023-12-29 06:25:38 +0000 UTC View Post

new game: snack machine change

my last game of 2023 is out! (my second & likely last game to be made in unity...!)

snack machine change is a 10-minute story about a boy who is waiting at the hospital for his sister's check-up to be finished. 

itch.io: https://npckc.itch.io/snack-machine-change

download: snack machine change - early access

this game has actually been done for a while since i made it for a short game collection that hasn't come out yet... but i've decided to release it ahead of the short game collection release because the game was made in unity & i want to stop using unity by 2024. 

so here is snack machine change! 

download codes have been sent out & i plan on releasing the full game later this week.

this time the game is only in english since the collection is also planned ...

download: pico-8 christmas card - early access

i was so annoyed with google play all week & not being able to get anything done on that front (still haven't! they won't let me update A TAVERN FOR TEA or one night, hot springs - & it doesn't seem like that will change any time in the near future...) so instead of just being annoyed with that i played with pico-8 for the first time in a while & made a lil christmas card instead!

it's very early for christmas but the card is already done so i wanted to share. you can go to ...

A TAVERN FOR TEA update issues

edit: THE CRASHES HAVE BEEN FIXED (i think!) i managed to update the app by reverting to apk instead of app bundle because google play's app bundle check process is broken right now (:

A TAVERN FOR TEA has been crashing a lot on google play and i recently found out it's because the renderer i'm using apparently just... does not work...

https://github.com/renpy/renpy/issues/5152

i'm glad i fina...

december update!

it's the end of the year! 2023 has been a lot & i am glad it is coming to an end, to be honest.

for this month, my plans...

• releas a new game! this is not exactly true - or well, it is new, but this game was made quite a while back. it's going to be my second but also probably final unity game. i'll post more about it when it's ready to be released, but it's this game which i posted about last year in June  2023-12-06 04:05:14 +0000 UTC View Post

introduction in #WeArePlay!

my story was included in google play's #WeArePlay! it was very cool to be included along so many incredible developers. (i still feel very strong imposter syndrome about calling myself a dev but stuff like this encourages me & makes me feel a bit more like it's ok for me to keep making games, as does your support here ♥) 

all the stories can be read in Japanese and English so check them out 👀 

november postcard & thanks page

the thanks page on my site has been updated & postcards have been sent out for november!

this month's postcard was actually originally supposed to be a game that i wanted to make with mouse psd, but i couldn't figure out a good way to implement the mechanics i wanted... (the idea was that i wanted to have the date progress as you moved dialogue boxes off the screen, but there was no good place to put all the dialogue i wanted)

i think i will try again with mouse psd in the fut...

playtested downpour & made a game!

i had the chance to try downpour, a new game making app you can use on your phone. i made a very short & simple little thing... i think the app is pretty cute so i'm excited to see where it will go! 

this week in taiwan!

i'll be flying to taipei later this week to take part in this event (https://www.goethe.de/ins/tw/en/kul/sup/gam.html) and the organiser shared a photo of the event prep 👀 so sharing it with you too!

i'm really excited to see it in person later this week - will share more photos when i arrive.

interview with gamedeveloper.com

i had the chance to talk to joel couture for this lovely interview with gamedeveloper.com. i thought quite hard on some of the answers because i wanted to be frank about some of the troubles i'd faced so if you have the time please do give it a read. 

douZINE#3 is out now!!!!!!

as per the title!!!

issue 3 includes 5 games as usual but also 1 long interview with zep of Lexaloffle Games, a kichijoji-based game designer who created PICO-8 and has an event/coworking space called Pico Pico Cafe! 

really proud of how this issue came out so check it out 👀

https://itch.io/b/2071/zine-douzine-3

november update - douZINE#3 releases sooooon!

hello! i am still recovering from some stressful stuff that happened in october, but i'm happy to announce that douZINE#3 is going to be out this friday november 10th - here's a timelapse video of the new cover! i'll be announcing this publicly later (i don't have the social media images ready yet hahaha) so you get to hear about it here first ✨

starting this time there's also a long-ish interview since i've made the paper size bigger which makes printing cheaper for some reason... (s...

october postcard doodle

hello! instead of an email postcard this month i am sharing a doodle in this post.

(thank you for all the support, as always!) 

a pet shop after dark &c. released on GOG.com!

a pet shop after dark, A TAVERN FOR TEA & A HERO AND A GARDEN have been released on GOG.com for halloween! get these spooky games during the 10% off launch sale 🎃

(actually as of the time of this post pet shop link does not seem to be live but it should be up soon... just i need to sleep so i'm posting this now.)

all the games should be available from here: https://www.gog.com/en/games?publish...

Marron's Day steam page is out!!!!!!!!!

as per title!!!!! i have been dealing with steam trying to make capsule images for like the past forever and it has been miserable but it is finally out!! the page is up! look at the cute capsule art i made for it in all the weird very specific sizes that steam requires that can't really be reused on any other site because the sizes are too specific and useless!

it's going to be a sequel to Marron Helps a Friend and i'm so excited because i have so many ideas for it and it's going to be...

space frog has a lesson plan o:

acmi in australia has a lesson plan for space frog! sharing because i thought it was cool...

https://www.acmi.net.au/education/school-program-and-resources/game-lessons/teaching-with-videogames-using-interactive-fiction-for-shared-reading/

it's always kind of weird but exciting having my games use...

marron's day key visual timelapse

i fussed over this a lot (this is like version 3 of it... i couldn't figure out an art style i wanted to go with) but finally came up with some art i'm ok with for the key visual for marron's day! will be rearranging it to fit on steam capsules & stuff and hopefully will have the steam page up later this week 👀

mew's under the truck out now!

i made a little bitsy for #bitsyfest the latest bitsy jam! check it out in your browser now https://npckc.itch.io/mews-under-the-truck

(confession: i never actually encountered missingno myself)

download: mew's under the truck - early access

sent out codes for a little bitsy thing i made for bitsy fest! it's about one of my favourite gaming rumours.

it took me really long to manually draw the pixel art into bitsy this time haha.

will release the game once i fix up the page before the 10/16 jam deadline!

(also i'm still figuring out what i want to do with patreon's new collections thing which is separrate from tags somehow - not sure if i'll be switching over to using collections or not since tags mostly fill thi...

october update!

hello it's the month of october which means it's the spooky month 👻

that said i don't really have any spooky things planned exceeeeept i am going to try to release a few games on GOG, a pet shop after dark included 👀 so if that comes out it'll be my spoopy present for everyone.

my schedule for the month is

• working on gog releases! did you know that gog releases are all very manual - like i am doing an email exchange with gog staff people to get these games releas...
  2023-10-06 01:09:39 +0000 UTC View Post

packed to the gills timelapse

here is a timelapse of the art i made for packed to the gills! it was fun figuring out how to draw the sea creatures to fill the 80x80 grid to work with the game mechanics.

made Packed to the Gills for ludum dare!!

for ludum dare 54 i made an underwater train-catching game with friends!! you can play it right in your browser (though if you have performance issues i recommend downloading!)

this time i worked on story and art and i'm very happy with how it turned out. it's just really fun to play. see how far you can get in endless mode!!

check it ouuuut: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/54/packed...

#gbpixelartjam entry!

https://npckc.itch.io/gb-pixel-art-reading-adventure

i made a gameboy pixel art background for the gb pixel art jam! it was fun to work on something that wasn't actually for a game - just thought of an art idea & put it together (: 

sent out codes for the project via email for 🍡+ patrons too!

september postcard & thanks page

september postcard has been sent out & thanks page (https://npckc.site/#thanks) updated! still working on marron slowly... i've been thinking i might want to rework the story from the beginning but i'm not sure exactly how i want to do it yet. 

for now here's marron in non-pixel art! i haven't actually really fixed how i want them to look yet when non-pixel since i made them with only the pixel art in mind, so this is ...

rip to my unity projects

so i don't really plan on trying to use unity any more (in case you haven't seen the news, here is an article https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/unity-to-start-charging-fee-pegged-to-game-installs), which is a shame since i was excited about trying to port my own games to consoles but i don't really trust unity to make dev-friendly decisions any more 😔 2023-09-15 10:18:36 +0000 UTC View Post

my games at pax!!

a hero and a garden & a year of springs were available to play at pax west this weekend! i didn't go myself but i had the opportunity to have my games shown through midboss's season of pride/pax's inclusivity arcade which was very cool... here are some photos from a friend who went! i love the idea of my games travelling around the world to places i haven't even been myself (i would love to visit seattle one day though) 

september update

it's september now! it's still really hot out but i'm trying to persevere through the awful weather 💦

here are my plans for this month:

• marron game!!!!!!!! since i was working on pet shop update a lot last month i didn't get much done on this... i'm still working to port it to gb studio 3.0 and it's VERY SLOW & TEDIOUS work! this is going to be my main focus again for now
• trying to release some more games on gog! right now i only have A YEAR OF SPRINGS on gog...
  2023-09-01 07:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post

august postcard & thanks page

hello, i've sent out my august postcard & updated the thanks page on my site! https://npckc.site/#thanks

i like to imagine the pet shop owner actually takes very good care of her pets and her plants...........

wishing you all a happy & pet-full end of august... 👁