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 Hamburg showing the latest version of Gloomy Juncture during Polaris Convention 2026, and it'll be a pretty good opportunity to playtest the demo and gather some feedback.

I'm currently working hard to polish the new demo, bringing it closer to what the rest of Gloomy Juncture feels like nowadays. There's still some code to write, assets to draw, new SFX to record/design, and voice acting to record... but I'm confident!

As usual with these things, there are also lots of logistics involved, and I even had a side quest with a mini boss called "Create a 2.4x1.5 meter banner"... I battled it for a few days, because I felt the pressure of having a 2.4 meter poop behind the booth for the world to see. Went back and forth from a simple design (poster keyart + CTA) to a really bold grindhouse approach - like a B-arthouse thing? Eventually I settled on a middle ground. I'll share photos of the booth with the infamous banner on socials during the event (well, at least if it doesn't look like a big poop in print).

I'll be at the Indie Arena Booth area at Hamburg Messe, the following days:

• Friday, October 9: 12 PM – 8 PM
• Saturday, October 10: 10 AM – 8 PM
• Sunday, October 11: 10 AM – 6 PM

Hope to see some of you folks there!

Filipe