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1st anni pet shop update!

i've updated a pet shop after dark for the first anniversary, which is TODAY!!!

i'm still working on making posts for steam/itch/social media but i'm letting you all know first that the update is already available to download on steam! (itch is still in the process of uploading but will be up soon too)

(🍡+ patrons i've also sent you a steam code as thanks for your support as usual!! if you already have it on steam please feel free to send the code to a friend (...

pet shop 1st anni dev progress

i'm very behind schedule (not sure if i'll make it in time for the first anniversary.........) but here i am adding extra features that nobody has ever asked for!!!

a little prototype...

trying something out for a pet shop after dark!

imagining what it would look like if the game were on console... i don't have any concrete plans to port it but i have been working on the 1st anni update for pet shop so i made a little prototype just to see how it could potentially work. (what i have found out is the controller support for the watering/feeding is terrible so it would not work on consoles.)

i like the way the effect turned out though so sharing a gif of the build! d...

A YEAR OF SPRINGS has sold 10k copies on steam!

yay! made a quick graphic for it so here's the timelapse... will share the finished gif on social media &c. after this

various android updates!

if you have my games installed on android you'll have noticed i have updated a bunch of them today (some of them multiple times, sorry........)

update overview is

• more stability, which hopefully means less crashing (by updating from renpy 7.5 to 8.1!)
• changing default volume from 0.75 to 1.0 because renpy 7.6/8.1 apparently makes 1.0 quieter than it was in 7.5 which is honestly VERY ANNOYING because i have all my audio mixed to be the right volume for the previous l...
  2023-08-09 12:40:48 +0000 UTC View Post

marron's day demo, now with colour!

this is the demo i showed at tokyo game dungeon! there's a web build with ~colour~ now... it took me a while to figure out how to apply different palettes in gb studio but i'm happy with the result. (the demo story is the same as the one i had ready in april, just it's prettier now!)

if you download the .gb file and flash it on a cart and then play it on super game boy on snes, then you can see the super game boy frame i made! (or you can just play it in a super game boy-compatible emul...

current patreon payment issue

sharing this here because apparently patreon currently is having an issue with declined payments and there doesn't seem to be a fix yet! it seems some people have been double charged by patreon or had payments flagged as fraud, so if this happens to you you might have to wait until patreon has a fix or contact patreon for support!

(they also have temporarily disabled payoneer which is frustrating because that's the only way i have to be paid by patreon... they also didn't email me about...

site update!

to go with the new social media i'm on i've also updated my site format a bit!

the site builder i'm using (carrd) doesn't natively support dropdown menus so i had to make a very disgusting html embed for this... but it works...!

https://npckc.site

august update!

hello! it is august and this month i'm mainly working towards a pet shop after dark update since it'll be... the first anniversary at the end of the month! 👀

as an overview...

• i'm working on getting translations ready for a pet shop after dark (european spanish, basque, and traditional chinese) as well as planning on making a few general tweaks to gameplay 🔎
• i also want to update my android games because the renpy version i used for them unfortunately causes c...
  2023-08-02 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post

july postcard!

the july postcard has been sent to your email inbox! website thanks page has also been updated https://npckc.site/#thanks 💜

it's been a while so here is a picture of lilac!

i've been wanting to revisit lilac & her light and i was hoping if rpg maker unite was ok it'd be a chance to do that, but apparently it is very buggy and slow still so i haven't bought it yet. i want to write more about lilac & chime, but m...

tiny wanderer is in german now!

update for tiny wanderer - it's in german now thanks to Grunzwurm on itch!!! if you want to play in german now you can 💖

douZINE issue 2 out + online shop is back!!

hello hello! douZINE issue 2 is OUT NOW and you can get it on itch!

https://itch.io/b/1905/zine-douzine-2

also exciting news - starting this issue i'll also have print zines available online...! 

overseas shop: https://ko-fi.com/douzine/shop
japan shop: 2023-07-14 01:04:47 +0000 UTC View Post

july update

hello! it's very hot this july and it makes me feel very languid, but i have a lot of plans for this month (: 

• two new translations for pet shop! i'm working on getting a basque translation and a traditional chinese translation for pet shop and want to have them ready for the one-year anniversary next month (:
• also want to make a little tiny update for pet shop to go with the first anniversary - i am not sure i'll be able to make it in time but i just want to make a ...
  2023-07-07 06:38:21 +0000 UTC View Post

A YEAR OF SPRINGS & a pet shop after dark both winning awards!

A YEAR OF SPRINGS & a pet shop after dark both won awards at BIG festival!! hooray!

A YEAR OF SPRINGS won big impact: diversity and a pet shop after dark won the WINGS spotlight...

it's really incredible to have my games acknowledged & it gives me lots of motivation.

couldn't do it without your support here though so THANK YOU! 💖

june postcards sent & thanks page updated!

hello! it's the end of june so i have sent an email postcard! the thanks page on my website has also been updated: https://npckc.site/#credits

i just really wanted to draw fanart for skip & loafer because i think it's very cute... (the two characters i drew don't date in the show or anything - i just think their relationship dynamic is nice!) if you haven't watched it i recommend it. 

june w...

big festival!

i'm not there in person but somebody shared a photo with me of A YEAR OF SPRINGS at big festival in brazil so sharing with you too!

both A YEAR OF SPRINGS & a pet shop after dark are currently being shown there & have been nominated for awards ✨ it's exciting to think my games are being played at a festival halfway around the world from me.

tong jyun now out for google play!

as per the title! tong jyun is now ALSO out for google play! you can now play this phone-based game actually on your phone!!!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.npckc.tongjyun

for 🍡patrons i've tried something new & have sent android promo codes to you! the game itself is free just like it is on pc, but if i haven't screwed it up, the code should just unlo...

tokyo game dungeon key visual

i made the key visual for marron which i'll be showing at tokyo game dungeon next month! (i'm still not sure about the title... for now it will stay as is but i want something a bit more catchy???)

since i also plan on releasing douzine#2 next month i put it in the visual as well... hopefully it'll be big enough to see on the website! 

i was hoping to get a tiny game done this month but i've actually been down with jet lag from travelling to toronto & just a general conti...

it's june, happy pride month!

it's june now! happy pride month to everyone 💜 i hope you can all celebrate in whatever way you want to.

for me since i'll be in canada for the first bit of june for toronto games week, i'll mostly be busy with that until i get back to japan, but this is my plan for the rest of the month:

• more work on marron! porting is taking much longer than i expected... it only took a couple of weeks to make the game originally, but a lot of game logic stuff changed from gb studio to ...
  2023-06-01 18:36:48 +0000 UTC View Post

may postcard & thanks page!

may postcards have been sent to inboxes & my thanks page has been updated @ https://npckc.site/#thanks

here's the video timelapse of the postcard - i was thinking about doing something like this for a key image for RooTile but the kickstarter kicked off before i had time to do it & also the design was a bit too weird i think 😂

i'm also currently in toronto, canada for toronto games week!! i'll have copie...

play the marron demo!

still working on porting marron to gb studio 3.0 but i have a demo for you to play through now! tentative title of the game which will have much longer gameplay when it's done is three days with marron but i'm still thinking about it.

demo is in english & japanese now that multifont support exists, thank you gb studio 3.0.

play it in the browser!

link: https://npckc.itch.io/patreon
password: gbstudi...

testing stuff in unity

i had the opportunity to go to a unity mokumokukai on sunday so i wanted to try porting one of my renpy games to unity - this is what i have so far...

it's essentially remaking the game entirely in a new engine. even though i have the assets & everything already what i figured out is it's very slow going!! also there are weird quirks that work in renpy but don't in naninovel (the vn engine i'm using for unity) like i just found out naninovel's custom variables don't natively support...

RooTile is live on kickstarter!

it's here! 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/758013216/rootile?ref=70pcri

this is one of the games i worked on for ggj in february. 

it's a 2-4 player game (with a 1-player solo mode available) where you want to be the first to lead your flower's roots to water!

there are three versions: ceramic (on tile!!!), acrylic (laser-cut designs), & print-a...

goals being removed by patreon ):

patreon sent me an email 'reminding' me that goals are being removed (funny because i never got an email before this about goals being removed...) so i will no longer have goals on my patreon in the future...

i really liked this feature since it was a nice way to share what my goals were for the patreon (i mean literally that's in the name of the feature) so i am going to think about how to make that clear once goals are removed. for now i've updated the tier text a bit as well as chang...

more photos of tiny wanderer @ npt!

i got some photos from now play this by the photographer ben peter catchpole so i'm sharing them here with you!

honestly it's very surreal to have my game at an event like this. i love the physicality of it... i wish i could have gone in person but it just makes me think i should try to do something like this locally, a little artsy game exhibit thing. maybe in the future when i have more time!

it's may! a monthly update

hello, it's not even a week into may but i'm already exhausted!

i was just at an indie game event on wednesday & while it was very nice exhibiting at stuff is exhausting... (i was also remaking marron helps a friend in gb studio 3.0 with japanese support which took much longer than i thought!) that plus ldjam on the weekend has me very tuckered out.

for this month i'm going to be focussing on marron still!

• more work on marron - still not done porting to 3.0, so thi...
  2023-05-05 08:57:01 +0000 UTC View Post

so i'm going to be part a board game kickstarter???

the game i made for global game jam is actually going to be on kickstarter starting um NEXT WEEK apparently!! also it's going to be sold at game market in tokyo NEXT WEEK too! 

you can follow the campaign here! 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/758013216/rootile

there's going to be an acrylic edition as well as a ceramic tile edition. 

i haven't been privy ...

made an ldjam game with friends!!!

this weekend i made a game with friends for ldjam 53 with the theme of DELIVERY ☔ it was with moonlight jammers again (with a few new members) and it's VERY CUTE!

you can play it right now!!

itch: https://moonlightjammers.itch.io/rain-on-their-parade
ldjam: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-d...

april postcards & thanks page done!

april postcards have been sent out to your emails, check your inboxes! this month it's a bit of arts and crafts since i've been in the mood for more handmade things... (: 

the thanks page has also been updated on my site.

thanks as always for your support 💜

plastic tape out now!

made a short new game for blossom vn jam & it's out now!!! check it out ✿

🩹 snapshots of a life through bandages 

https://npckc.itch.io/plastic-tape