Ariel Pai 🔜 Gamescom

screaming crying throwing up because Discounty is coming out THIS MONTH

Demo patch. A number of new decoration items are highlighted on top of a screenshot of Discounty showing Aunt Tellar speaking Japanese.

Surprise! We patched our demo with LOTS of new features and additional language support 🇯🇵 🇨🇳 🇭🇰 🇰🇷 

🪴 Dozens of new decor items
🏃 Running!
💬 Japanese, Korean, and Traditional & Simplified Chinese

And more! Patch notes:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2274620/view/545615175941619935?l=english

You call it "friendship"; we call it Customer Relations. ❤️

This week's Employee Training Video, narrated by @paytonscorner.bsky.social  📼

Defying Traffic

Think you've got what it takes to have the TOP SHOP? Prove it!

To celebrate the ✨new decorations✨ we added to the demo, we have a contest to create the very BEST shop!🥇 

Winner receives the illustrious "Employee of the Month" role in Discord...oh and a copy of the game. 🧵

Discounty: 20 Minutes of Exclusive Gameplay

Check out 20 minutes of gameplay from Discounty, the upcoming cozy pixel-art small-town supermarket management sim. #IGNSummerofGaming

🔨🕯️Nailer and lighter at the ready, the Tormented Souls 2 demo is OUT NOW on Steam!

In the mood for portentous scribbling, creepy nuns, and questionable acupuncture technique?

We got you covered in our ‘Sisterhood’ Story Teaser as featured in ‪@lagshowcase.bsky.social‬

bit.ly/45MjdxE

How Xbox Is Making Sure There's Always Space For Indie Games - 尼未亞 | Nmia Gaming Jun Shen Chia, Xbox Strategic Markets Lead for SouthEast Asia, Taiwan and Hong Kong caught up with us at Indie Jam 2025 to talk exactly about Xbox's role in

Thanks @wamirul.bsky.social for the fun chat during the Indie Jam weekend sometime back. We got to chat about the SE Asia indies scene and @xbox.com's deep support to date. And we're going to see the manifestation of some of that this SGF weekend 💚 can't wait!

nmiagaming.com/how-xbox-is-...

"I am very, very excited to see the full game. Even more excited than I was before. I had very high expectations for this game and it definitely, definitely lived up to it."

omg thank you so much for this amazing preview @mriz.bsky.social! 💕🥰

🚨 CREATORS! 🚨

Discounty is a cozy supermarket management game with a satirical twist:

🍎 Organize & plan your layout
🏙️ Get caught up in small town drama
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Make friends—& enemies!

Opportunities coming very soon! 👀 Interest form:
https://forms.gle/QcVdsYm73oJTbbK86

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UK RESIDENTS AND BRITISH CITIZENS…

Please consider signing this petition supporting us living and working in the UK on visas. This includes many game devs and other expats/immigrants whose ability to remain in the UK is at risk.

Details in thread —

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

What a month! We just shared a bunch of updates in our May Newsletter: 💌

📚 Devlogs
❤️ Games we love
🏆 The A MAZE. Festival
🗳️ Suggestion box
🤫 Secret community update

Open this 🧵 for details, & subscribe here:
https://crinklecutgames.com/newsletter

We need to haaaang! Hopefully soon in SG? 🥹

Very jealous! 😍

🥳🥳🥳❤️🙏

Incredibly happy to announce that I had the pleasure of directing the English localization for Iwakura Aria, a stunning visual novel coming to Switch and Steam August 14th!

This was my first localization project since I went freelance a few months back ❤️ Hope you love it!

youtu.be/RSiPbhGA-AY?...

Also in Taiwan and Japan 😜

We worked really hard to make the walls going up and down feel ~satisfying~ 😌

How did we do?

It was magical 🥹

Spend a wholesome day at Coton Manor garden 🪏🌷

When you create a game character, do you try make them look like yourself, or do you go for a certain aesthetic?

Support resources for our trans friends and allies | Good Law Project At a time when anti-trans discrimination is rife and hate crime has reached record levels, it’s important to know what support is out there for trans, non-binary or gender-questioning individuals and ...

On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies.

Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...

Love and support for the trans community in the UK today, the supreme court decision is a pitiful regressive step for the country, which will ultimately embolden bigots - transphobia is a curse on our society and the UK's weird obsession with it is driving us all into the dirt.

Happy birthday you! 🥳

I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.

a graphic showing bits of the key art and logos for the Wings Award Finalists - Amaze 2025 (see post for more info!)

The WINGS Award will be at @amazefest.bsky.social 2025! 🔥🏆

This award highlights OUTSTANDING games led by women & other gender marginalised devs 🎮

Here are the 5 incredible finalists! 🤩

Somebody call Aunt Tellar!! Discounty is nominated for an A MAZE. WINGS Award 🤯

Thank you @amazefest.bsky.social and @wingsfund.me for this incredible honor, and for highlighting unique games from women and gender marginalized developers 💖

See you in Berlin!

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Can’t wait!! 🍦🍦🍦

Still quite sad to miss out London Games Finance this year, it’s always been one of my fav events in Spring..
Hit it me up if you’re going to First Playable 🇮🇹 and Develop Brighton ☀️

Let’s have some gelato and ice cream!

Ahh I really like LGF but I won’t be there this year sadly. Hope you have fun! :)