Developer posts and news about this game.
Hey everyone! I recently launched my brand new shop , which is once again home to our very own Host keychain, as well as the best sticker of all time! >CHECK OUT MY SHOP< The Locke(d) keychain is what kickstarted my merch journey 3 years ago , and I'm so proud of how far we
Hey everyone! The full version of spookY2K is out NOW! Just in time for Hallowee— Wait, we're pretty much half a year off?! How did we mess that up?! Experience the ultimate power fantasy: Play as a deeply confused individual who wakes up at a 2000s Halloween party with no memori
Hey everyone! Now that Steam Next Fest has officially wrapped up, I can officially announce SpookY2K 's release date! My latest project, a Y2K-themed horror comedy, is set to release on MAY 1st 2026! You wake up with no memory and figure out you're at a Halloween party in 1999 !
Hey everyone! The KigyoDev store has received a ton of new arrivals and is open for a limited time! Now's a great chance to expand your indie game merch collection! Featuring keychains, stickers, sticker sheets, phone charms, and pins across various games and projects: Locke(d) D
Hey everyone, it's finally here! You can get the Locke(d) Dev Book starting today: It contains 40+ pages of commentary, concept art, fun facts, and more! Thank you for all your support over the years, and I hope the dev book gives you some interesting insights into how and why th
Hey everyone! Time really flies — yesterday, Locke(d) celebrated 2 years of being on Steam (and 4 years since being first released in general)! Within those two years, we almost managed to gather 1000 reviews , which is more than I ever could've expected! I read every single one
Hey everyone! Just a few tiny things in this update: Added the ability to advance text by scrolling down. Slightly sped up the blink animation. Fixes to the Russian translation. As always, thank you for your support! If interested, check out the game I'm currently working on:
Hey everyone! I just wanted to let you know I released another free game, Artificial Fashionista : It's part dress-up game, part visual novel, and obviously contains another cute girl - I hope you'll enjoy it! Thank you for your support!
Hey everyone! It's been a while since the last one, but Locke(d) was generously provided a new translation: Big thanks to Mikko for making the game available in Czech ! We also hit a whopping 900+ reviews ! As thanks for reaching this big milestone, I'm hosting (pun not intended)
I'm happy to announce Locke(d) is now also available to play in Japanese ! Huge thanks to place_b for the translation. Since we now have 13 languages in total, I finally decided to replace the abbreviations with flags . This should make it easier to find the language you're looki
A kind player made some corrections which led to the following update: Fixed minor mistakes in the Turkish translation. Thank you for playing Locke(d)!
Hey everyone, great news: The keychains are finally here! The army of Host-chans has assembled. I will begin packaging and shipping your orders over the course of the next few days. Thanks for your patience! But there's even more good news: Since the preorders already completely
The preorder concluded yesterday — a huge thank you to everyone who decided to grab a little Host! But in case you missed it, you're in luck! Since the keychains are ordered in bulk, there is (at the time of writing this) a surplus of 10 keychains that are still available to buy
I have big news!!! The Host keychain arrived today, and I'm so happy with how it looks: I can't believe I'm finally holding her in my hands. And soon, you might too! I'll be ordering the final batch, so preorders are open until July 2nd ! After the preorder ends, quantities will
It's almost been 4 months since Locke(d)'s release on Steam, and I still can't thank you enough for all the positive responses! Quite a few of you have been requesting a way to save the Host from the game , which is why I'm happy to announce you will soon be able to carry her aro
After 4 years of development, my main project, Artificial Selection , now finally has an updated trailer that shows a short segment of the game! Interested in tackling that escape room yourself? You can play the 2-3 hour long demo for free here: As a small side-note, our Discord
It's not even been 3 months, and yet so much has happened! So many amazing translators have contributed their work to this project, and I couldn't be more grateful. Since the last update announcement, 4 new languages were added: Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Romanian, and Italian
I heard your complaints, loud and clear — "Why isn't there a male Host?" I'm happy to announce that 🔒 Locke(d) 2 finally fixes this issue and lets you choose if you want to be stuck in a room with a WOMAN or a MAN! The page is now live! WISHLIST HERE: ...Happy April Fool's! But
Happy one month anniversary! Along with another new language (German), this release made two minor improvements: Gave the Visitor a different name color, to make it easier to tell the speaking characters apart Another fix to Host's sprite Thank you for your support, I really appr
Locke(d) is now available in Polish ! This update also introduces a very, very minor change to Host's sprite. In just under a month, the number of translations for Locke(d) has doubled. On top of that, I can't thank you enough for the overwhelmingly positive reviews! It really me