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Hello, dear inhabitants of this Gloomy Juncture, 📢 Demo v0.8.0 is out! For anyone who tried the previous public demo, there are some small changes overall, but the biggest overhauls are: The way you turn the TV On (?) Improvements to how the story is delivered (including the pin
Hello, dear inhabitants of this Gloomy Juncture, I'm very happy to bring the news that the TIGA Games Industry Awards 2026 shortlist is out, and Gloomy Juncture is a finalist for the Creativity in Games Award ! Been keeping my head down, burrowed in code and drawings, but I had t
Hello, dear inhabitants of this Gloomy Juncture, I'm happy to share that Gloomy Juncture was selected for the Indie Arena Booth EU Showcase at Polaris 2026, and it was also awarded a Travel Grant to Hamburg that makes it possible to be there in person! This means I'll be in Hambu
Hello, dear inhabitants of this Gloomy Juncture, 📢 Gloomy Juncture is featured in the latest issue of EDGE Magazine! A few months ago, I got an email from EDGE asking if I'd be interested in doing an interview. To be honest, I thought it was spam at first... now issue 418 is her
Hello, dear inhabitants of this Gloomy Juncture, 📢 New Demo + New Trailer Demo v0.7.5 is live! And we're celebrating Gloomy Juncture being selected as a breakout game for Six One Indie ! They invited me to make an introduction... Big mistake. Anyway, check it out and don't blink
How was Gloomy Juncture born? This past Monday, I was on Indie X at RTP Arena (Portuguese national television) talking about my experience as a solo dev with Gloomy Juncture. When I started developing Gloomy Juncture, I never imagined it would reach national TV. I was afraid I'd
Hello dear inhabitants of this Gloomy Juncture, 📢 Gloomy Juncture Early Trailer Debut - With Story, Original Score, and a Smoke Machine... This past week, Gloomy Juncture was featured in two major events: the Six One Indie Steam Event and the OTK Games Expo . To mark the occasio
Added alternative solution to the Dragon Dungeon puzzle (trapdoor...) Added new sound effects Minor improvements to existing audio elements If you have questions or feedback, join us on Discord: I'd love to hear your thoughts. Thanks, Filipe
Simplified Chinese Standardized the use of quotes Improved narration and dialogue for better clarity Updated "Hidden book" title for better representation of the idea New splash screen Thanks, Filipe
Hello, dear inhabitants of this Gloomy Juncture, 📢 Gloomy Juncture is part of TGAGWCAGA 2024! I'm really excited to announce that Gloomy Juncture will be part of TGAGWCAGA 2024 - The Game Awards for Games Who Can't Afford the Game Awards - a unique indie game showcase streaming
Hello, dear inhabitants of this Gloomy Juncture, 📢 Prestigious New Accolades Today, I have no game updates, but wanted to share some amazing news! Over the past couple weeks, Gloomy Juncture has been recognized with these incredible honors: 🏆 Game of the Year Winner at Spotligh
Hello, dear inhabitants of this Gloomy Juncture, 📢 Exciting Announcement! Gloomy Juncture is now available in Simplified Chinese, celebrating its selection for the GWB Game Awards 2024! Chinese localization has been a long-requested feature, and I apologize for the slow release.
Hello, dear inhabitants of this Gloomy Juncture, I’m excited to announce that Demo v0.7.2 of Gloomy Juncture is now live! Thanks to the incredible feedback I've received from the Tiny Teams 2024 community (a huge shoutout to all the new players) and the insights from the Indie Cu
Hello, dear inhabitants of this Gloomy Juncture! I have good news! Gloomy Juncture has been selected for Tiny Teams 2024! Check the Steam event page: Tiny Teams is a festival all about celebrating games made by solo developers and micro-studios, from already popular indie hits, t
Hello, dear inhabitants of this Gloomy Juncture! VISUAL EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNER Gloomy Juncture won the Visual Excellence Award at BitSummit in Japan! BitSummit is Japan's industry-leading independent game development festival, held in Kyoto from July 19th to 21st, 2024. Gloomy J
Hello, dear inhabitants of this Gloomy Juncture! NEW DEMO LAUNCH I'm excited to announce that the new demo of Gloomy Juncture is officially live! This version features numerous quality-of-life improvements based on the valuable feedback you guys provided from the first public dem
Hello, dear inhabitants of this Gloomy Juncture. Gloomy Juncture Selected for BitSummit Drift! I'm very honored to announce that Gloomy Juncture has been chosen to showcase at BitSummit, Japan’s longest-running indie games festival! Event Details: Dates: July 19-21, 2024 Location
Hello, dear inhabitants of this Gloomy Juncture. Gloomy Juncture is nominated for the Critics' Choice Award at Indie Cup Europe'24! Check all the nominees here: I'm honored to announce that Gloomy Juncture is nominated for the Critics' Choice Award at Indie Cup Europe'24! The win
Hello, dear inhabitants of this Gloomy Juncture. Gloomy Juncture has been selected to showcase at Brilliant Indie Treasures! Brilliant Indie Treasures is a games showcasing event with 50 indie games. The goal is to show off games that you might not have seen before or haven't had
Hello, Dear inhabitants of this Gloomy Juncture. Subtales Studio, my one-man studio, was selected by the Portuguese Association of Videogame Producers (APVP) to represent Portugal, with three other studios, at the Mad Games Show, in Madrid. This initiative was part of Gamiberica,