Developer posts and news about this game.
Greetings everybody! Looking back, the last couple of blog posts were a map / lore close-up, and a collaborator interview. That means the last time we really looked at what’s going on development wise was… (checks notes) February! Time flies. With that in mind, and given various
Let’s Talk About Lore Greetings everybody! As teased at the end of my last blog post , it’s time to take a closer look at the setting of Innkeep , the world of Cirrhul . More specifically, we’re going to show off our gorgeous new map! I’m also going to take this opportunity to ta
Hail and well met! How farest thou? Ahem. As you probably already know, Steam is hosting a medieval festival , and Innkeep is participating! This seems like a good opportunity to chat about Innkeep and things medieval with our narrative consultant and song writer, James Baillie.
Hello and happy new year! Wait, it’s February already?! Well, happy Chinese New Year! In any case, it’s well past time for another blog post! Last time, I took a look at the design of the thief minigame . This month Innkeep is joining in on Raw Fury’s Global Foodie Faire , so it
Hi everybody! Pull your belly up to the bar, and let me get you a drink. Because it’s time for another Innkeep developer update. Last time, we had a big picture overview of the kinds of things that we’ve had to work on now that we are moving from a prototype to an actual game. Ch
Hi everybody! It’s well past time for another developer update. Work progresses on the game as always! There’s a lot I’d like to share real soon. However, I thought it might be a good idea to first write a post where I talk more broadly about what I’ve been up to, rather than foc
Hi everybody! I'm very pleased to announce that over 50,000 people have now wishlisted Innkeep on steam! Wow. It's a dream come true to see this level of support and interest in the game, especially after working on it in the relative wilderness for such a long time. It might be
Hi everybody! Now that Innkeep has funding and extra support, it feels like a great time to reboot my old dev diary series, now referred to as "devlogs". I'm starting out at #1, talking about my own story, and the 10 year journey it's been getting to this point. As well as the wa
The classic life sim begins with you inheriting property—a farm or a shop that you take over in a legal and above-board fashion. Innkeep does not begin like that. As the trailer revealed at the Frosty Games Fest shows, Innkeep opens with you walking through the door of a tavern i
Greetings everybody! For this month's update, I thought it would be cool to have a chat with our composer, Filippo. Because music is so integral to the experience, a good composer can really help make a game into something special. Fortunately for us, we have a great composer! We
Greetings everybody! It's time to see what’s new in the world of Innkeep ! March was another very busy month for development. With the locking-in of some core game mechanics surrounding eavesdropping and conversations a few months ago, we’ve shifted to working on an early build o
Greetings! Welcome back to the Weary Pilgrim. Draw up a chair and let me pour you an ale. It’s time for a little February update. Today we're going to get into a little bit of lore. :-) Innkeep is more than just a job simulator, or a management game. It’s also a narrative adventu
The Innkeep team would like to wish everybody a happy Chinese New Year! We hope you’ve had plenty of good food to eat with your family! We’ve been so happy to see so much interest in our game from China. Your support has made a huge difference! 在新的一年里，福气满满，好事连连，事事如意，蛇年行大运！
Greetings everybody! It’s January, and we’ve been back to work on Innkeep for a couple of weeks already. In fact, a few core gameplay systems have recently firmed up through further prototyping, and I thought it would be nice to share some details about them. In Innkeep , the fan
Greetings Tavern Dwellers! It’s been a super busy year for the development of Innkeep , and I wanted to get an update in for you all before we hit 2025. There is a lot to cover in today’s update, so hunker down and grab your tastiest brew, in your finest tankard of course. Wishli
Greetings future innkeepers! Today I’ve got two pieces of news to share. One is pretty cool. The other is, dare I say it, fantastic! Let’s start with the pretty cool thing. Recently, I set up a little game studio to develop Innkeep . It’s called Boot Disk Games. The name is a nod
I'm the kind of awful person who looks at the background actors in TV shows and wonders what life is like for e.g. the old woman who sells birdfeed in Trafalgar Square in Mary Poppins when said upper-middle class domestic isn't singing about her. What fate the Warcraft grunt when
Greetings everyone! The last few months have seen a lot of progress on Innkeep. In fact I’ve been so busy with development that I forgot to make time to post an update! I’ll work on writing something semi-regularly going forward. One major milestone reached is that I’ve finished
Hi everyone! It's December already, and I thought it was a good time to write a blog post on recent Innkeep news. This one covers... - What happened with the recent wishlist tsunami (could be of interest to other indie devs!) - Recent discussions with publishers (quite a few!) -
Hello everybody! I'm excited to announce that over 20,000 people have now wishlisted Innkeep on steam (now over 22 thousand to be more precise!) Thanks to this wishlist surge, Innkeep is now in the top 1000 most wishlisted upcoming games on Steam! Not bad hey? :-) Thank you every