Why did I have such a great month? well, because I was fortunate enough to be part of the Future Leaders Delegation by Screen Australia to represent Australia's game developers at BitSummit in Japan! It was such an incredible experience and I can't thank Screen Australia enough for their funding and on-the-ground support to help us navigate one of the biggest indie games conventions in the world!
Can you see our little guys? 👀
BitSummit in Japan was such an amazing opportunity and I'm feeling so grateful that I was able to attend and meet so many awesome developers in the process. I spoke in some interviews and totally forgot to take a bunch of pictures so here are some of the ones I did take!
After the event we explored Kyoto and Osaka and did all your regular tourist-y things, including feeding the Deer in Nara and climbing a mountain shrine to watch the sunrise and visiting the Nintendo Museum! All in all it was a great experience and I'm now even more motivated to get back to work on Dungeons and Dining Tables (More info coming soon!)
Where are the Plushies at!?
In some really awesome news it looks like our plushies are almost ready to be shipped to Australia! I don't want to make any promises but it looks like we may be able to start fulfilling our Kickstarter backer rewards sooner than expected! how great is that! - this picture has become my new phone wallpaper- it's SO cool!
Backer surveys are coming! I wasn't super prepared by the incredible response we received to our Kickstarter and demo so I want to make sure this process is as frictionless as possible for everyone!
Extra Merch
We have has a few request from people about purchasing additional merch like more plushies, the LED Desk mats or Tote Bags. I don't have a great way of doing this just yet but if you'd like something please just message me and I can figure it out! - We may add a link to the Backer Survey for where you can order more stuff if that's something you are into! - Of course we have late pledges turned on if you want some of the exclusive Kickstarter related rewards!!
Welcome to Harmonic Sands
In Dungeons and Dining Tables development news, we are hard at work completing what's left of the first Act of the game! including the newly named: Harmonic Sands! This area is full of environmental traps! Exploding barrels! Oil slicks and lots of sand! It's so awesome seeing this level come to life and I'm hoping to show off more of the non-spoiler-y stuff as we continue development :)
Thanks for tuning into this month's development diary! Please leave us some comments about what you want to see, what you like, what you don't like etc. I'd love to hear from you! here is the rest of my Japan photo spam!
Ramen!