first of all,

sorry for not sending a newsletter these past months.

After I published the Demo of Love, I'm not good for you, I felt SO exhausted and for good reason! I had been working for 2 years on this Demo and I desperately needed a break! 😴😴 Which is what I did! ✨

But I'm now back to gamedev!! (ง'̀-'́)ง

SO!

This newsletter is my opportunity to think about my tiny indie game studio and what I've done this year for my tiny games! (plus, some new things coming up next year!! 😁✨)

1 ) newsletters

Looking back to past newsletters, I feel like this year has been the most chaotic one, lmao. I only sent a newsletter on march, may & september. I'm not counting feb's issue because that was an special situation. 🤔

And now that we are talking about it, I was definitely NOT expecting to change platforms for these newsletters! It took me A WHILE to find a platform that was easy & simple to use like Substack. But I'm glad I found this place! 😁

That being said,

This also made me realize I needed a blog!

A small place where I could post quick updates about my games and my tiny studio! Aaaaand a place where I could post my past newsletters!

BUT! I honestly didn't feel comfy in platforms like tumblr or wordpress. So I spent some time looking for new alternatives and I found bearblog, the most simple one and comfy to use! So, in case you didn't know,

I have a bearblog!!

2 ) spanish translation: And I saw the stars falling down!

My first game has been 100% translated to spanish! ✨

This is a big accomplishment for me because seeing my first game in spanish was something that I wanted to do yes or yes! I honestly felt like it was my CIVIC DUTY to, at least, have my first game in spanish! 😁

AND!

I know I said I wouldn't do a spanish translation by myself ever again (because it's TOO much work for one person) BUT! I've actually been working behind the scenes to make the spanish translation for Don't touch the cat! 🫡🔥

This is because the game is really short! It only took me 2 days to finish all translations! ^^ I only need to change some GUI images now but everything else is already done! So wait for it next year! 🫡

Don't touch the cat! is a mystery, psychological horror game about, well, cats! And a guy on his first day at work! It's a really short game and has 4 endings! So, try not touching the cat?

You can play it here!

You can even play it on browser! No need to download anything! 😊😄

3 ) Love, I'm not good for you: The DEMO has been finally released!!

Ah~ 😌🥰🥰

Everything I could say about this lovely demo I've already said it here, so please go and read it! In fact, if you haven't played it yet,

go and play it now!!

"Love, I'm not good for you" is a romance / mystery visual novel, with point-and-click elements, about relationships coming to an end... or maybe not? You can explore the phones of our protagonists to understand their lives before and after they break up (or not!).

(There's only one ending but how you reach that ending changes depending on your choices!)

You can play the DEMO here!!

But yep! THIS was the year I finally published the Demo I had been working on for 2 YEARS! Woah!

No wonder I ended up SO exhausted after I finished it;;; 🫠😴😴 To be honest, even now I still feel exhausted 🫠🫠 but I have energy to work on new things!!

I honestly don't feel ready to work on EP2 right now. I may have to pause development for a while on this game. After working so much on it for two years, my mind wants to work on something else! So I can come back with full energy later!!

So...!

4 ) Bonding Experience (it has an official name now!)

The game I wanted to release this year for Spooktober VN Jam and Yaoi Game Jam didn't happen in the end. 😟😩 Or more like, I did manage to submit a tiny bit of the game for Spooktober but...

I honestly felt SO embarrassed for publishing such a tiny and barely playable build that I just, delete it after some hours. 😵‍💫😩

But!

I haven't given up on this game!

You can see I fixed his pose!

Although I knew I had to fix the hands, there was... something about his arm too that didn't feel right, lmao. But I couldn't really tell why. At first glance, it looked kinda right? It wasn't until I fixed it that I realized that ohmygod, that arm was so damn wrong, lmao XD

I always use photo references and/or posemy.art for poses I'm not familiar with. But because I was running out of time for the SpookyVN Jam, I rushed some things... and his arm was one of those things, lmao XD 🤣😁

I've also decided that,

I'm gonna focus on this game until it's 100% done!

And yes, it's gonna be 100% free! If I later make side stories or something extra, that would be for a price. But the main game will be FREE!

I've already fixed all the sprites I did for the previous build! So right now, I'm drawing new poses and CGs. I'll post them soon on my Patreon, so be sure to check it out!!

Oh, and before I forget!

Happy holidays!! 🤗🎄🎉