everything is ready so i am happy to announce that a pet shop after dark is coming out on august 30 for steam and itch.io!!!
itch.io page is still very very much a work in progress but steam page is up and ready with the release date right there on the right!! check it out: 2022-08-23 06:58:30 +0000 UTC View Post
now that i'm finally back home and had a bit of time to rest, i wanted to talk about how bitsummit went!
just for a bit of background, bitsummit is an indie game event held in kyoto every year (normally but the past few years it's been online/hybrid due to covid). i had the chance to show a...
2022-08-14 12:30:01 +0000 UTC View Posthello hello, it's august so i am here to let you know what i'm going to be up to this month! it's very very busy for me.
the postcard for july has been sent out so check your email inboxes! as well the thanks page on my website (https://npckc.site) has been updated.
this month's postcard is of a pet from a pet shop after dark! the pet is very eager t...
2022-07-29 12:34:56 +0000 UTC View Post
i wasn't planning on it but i decided to make stickers for a pet shop after dark so i could give them out at bitsummit! they should be shipping out soon but i wanted to share the design with you all.
as bitsummit draws nearer i'm getting more and more nervous since i've never done an event ...
2022-07-26 02:21:52 +0000 UTC View Post
now that the exhibitor list has been announced i can say that i will be exhibiting a pet shop after dark at bitsummit in kyoto this august! i am very excited but also nervous because this is the first time i've ever shown a game of mine at a physical event...
i've been prepping stuff ...
2022-07-14 12:50:35 +0000 UTC View Post
now it's july so i have an update for you! this is what i'm working on this month.
the june postcard has been sent out for all of you! please check your email inboxes. my website thanks page has also been updated!
also, i mention it in the email as well, but if you haven't checked out the queer games bundle on itch.io yet, please do! there's less than a week left to...
2022-06-30 13:33:51 +0000 UTC View Post
i made a tiny caterpillar painting game for a character creator jam! the idea is that you collaboratively paint a caterpillar with random other people & you can view other caterpillars people have painted.
check it out here! 2022-06-20 12:04:17 +0000 UTC View Post
i'm not sure exactly where i want to go with this but i had an idea for a game where you're in a hospital waiting room & you're buying snacks from the vending machine there.
here's a timelapse of the bg i made for the waiting room with a mockup for the dialogue ui potentially... i...
2022-06-17 10:12:01 +0000 UTC View Post
i have managed to make my jam game in time and so i have a tiny little caterpillar game for you!
codes are being sent out gradually so if you don't have one in your email inbox yet, you should get one over the next couple of days (:
the game page is not quite finished yet ...
2022-06-17 06:06:13 +0000 UTC View Post
hello! it's now june & it's going to be a very busy month for me but a lot of it is longer-term stuff.
here's what i'm working on this month:
hello! i've sent out the monthly postcard for may so please check your inboxes (:
as well the thanks page on my site has been updated: https://npckc.site/#thanks
this time it's a little drawing for A YEAR OF SPRINGS for the a...
2022-05-31 00:35:48 +0000 UTC View Post
i'm not officially announcing this until sunday (which is when the trailer will be shown on indie live expo), but the steam page for my new version of a pet shop after dark is now up!!!
steam link: 2022-05-20 11:08:55 +0000 UTC View Post
today is the one-year anniversary for A YEAR OF SPRINGS. i've written up a postmortem which you can check out on itch.io: https://npckc.itch.io/a-year-of-springs/devlog/38...
2022-05-14 13:06:07 +0000 UTC View Post
hi! here's the wallpaper i drew for ludonarracon 2022 earlier today. the idea is if haru from A YEAR OF SPRINGS & the hero from A HERO AND A GARDEN somehow existed in the same universe...
you can see a timelapse of the drawing here: 2022-05-06 01:14:33 +0000 UTC View Post
A HERO AND A GARDEN is out now (as you can tell from the title haha)
here's where you can get it on all the platforms it released on today!
itch.io: https://npckc.itch.io/a-hero-and-a-garden
steam: <...
hello! it's may which is turning out to be a very busy month for me. here's what i'm planning on working on!
hello! april postcards have been sent out so check your email inboxes! as well my website thanks page has been updated → https://npckc.site/#thanks
also it turns out i've been on patreon for three years since... march (last month...
2022-04-30 14:14:23 +0000 UTC View Post
going to post this on other social media later today but i wanted to share this with you all here first!
A HERO AND A GARDEN is coming out next week may 5!!! (i was waiting for steam to approve the soundtrack before i decided on a date... 💦 the game itself got the ok earlier this week bu...
2022-04-29 06:36:38 +0000 UTC View Post
i'm working on putting the itch.io page for A HERO AND A GARDEN together now... this is what it's looking like currently!
my goal is to have this page up and ready for beginning of may so i can give out the early access codes to all of you but i'm still working on putting stuff together so ...
2022-04-26 03:30:13 +0000 UTC View Posti'm sending out codes for casting hearts, the visual novel i released previously! since gmail only allows me to send out 100 codes a day, if you don't have the code in your email inbox yet, please wait a day & it should get to you by then! (if it still doesn't reach you, let me know.)
2022-04-21 06:26:13 +0000 UTC View Post
for endless mode there'll be an option to select what music you want playing, so i got sdhizumi to make remixes of the current tracks!
they're still a work in progress but here's a relaxing remix of the garden bgm for you all to check out ♬
2022-04-15 00:46:00 +0000 UTC View Post
i'm finalising the new art for the updated version of A HERO AND A GARDEN now.
in endless mode you'll be able to sometimes see cyrus hanging out in his room - here's an example of where you might see him!
(you'll also get random guests at the window 👀)
2022-04-07 03:00:00 +0000 UTC View Postit's april, so it's time for my monthly update. here's what i'm planning on doing this month:
hello! this has been in the works in the while so i am excited to announce that my gardening visual novel x clicker game A HERO AND A GARDEN will be coming to steam this may!
2022-03-29 12:43:01 +0000 UTC View Posthello, i have sent out the monthly postcard and updated the thanks page on my website.
i am doing this early this month because i found out that a friend of mine has passed away and i drew the postcard to process everything, and i don't think i am doing ok right now so i want to get t...
2022-03-28 03:05:07 +0000 UTC View Post
my new game casting hearts is out now!!! it's a long-distance visual novel about magic, anxiety, and connection.
you can check it out here → https://npckc.itch.io/casting-hearts
2022-03-21 22:41:29 +0000 UTC View Post
the game will be coming out very soon so here's a timelapse gif of how i put together the main sprites & background!
2022-03-21 02:24:23 +0000 UTC View Post
my newest little game, Morning Teacraft, is out now on itch.io! it's a tiny magical tea-brewing experience which is meant to be an accompaniment to regular morning tea activities.
you can pick it up here! → https:/...
2022-03-17 14:08:08 +0000 UTC View Post