Wow, it's already the last day of 2025... time really flew by so fast, didn't it? One whole year just passed in a blink! Come on, let's take a little trip down memory lane!
January
At the start of January, we officially announced the next title in the Cats Around Us series: Black Cat! This month also marked the first time we shared an early prototype of what would later become Pictective.
We wrapped up the month with an exciting surprise collab release with Toge Production to celebrate their birthday: Cats and Seek: Togeland!
February
Cats and Seek: Osaka, which launched on consoles late last year, got the exciting chance to be featured in the Creators: East, South and SE Asian collection on Xbox this month!
We were also join two special Steam events: the Days of Ramadan sale and the Women's Day Sale. Super grateful for the support!
March
In March, Cats and Seek: Dino Park officially launched on consoles! A huge thank you to our wonderful partners at Silesia Games for bringing our games to console platforms.
This month also marked a very special milestone.. we tried collaborating with the community for the first time to translate in-game text, starting with Cats and Seek: Tokyo! It was an exciting step, and we're so grateful for everyone's help.
April
In April, Cats and Seek: Dino Park (which had launched on consoles the previous month) had the wonderful opportunity to be included in the Creators: East, South and SE Asian collection on Xbox.
This month also brought a very exciting milestone.. the prototype we first shared back in January was officially announced as being in production, under its new title Pictective!
We then continued the excitement by releasing the fifth title in the Cats and Seek series: Cats and Seek: Tokyo, completing our Japan travel trilogy.
May
In May, we spent most of our time focusing on visuals! We held a fun community vote to decide the character design for Doma in Pictective, and the response was amazing! thank you to everyone who joined in!
We also gave our Noobzilla logo a fresh makeover :D
Toward the end of the month, we released the demo for Cats Around Us: Black Cat!
June
This month, Cats Around Us: Black Cat joined two massive events: Steam Next Fest and Southeast Asian Games Showcase: Summer Game Fest Edition!
Those events were a total game-changer for our wishlists, helping Cats Around Us: Black Cat land on the Popular Upcoming charts!
July
In July, Noobzilla got an awesome invite from our friends at Neon Doctrin to join the super fun Carnival of Chaos event!
Cats and Seek: Dino Park also made a comeback in the Creators: East, South and SE Asian collection on Xbox this month! yay!!
And shoutout to our amazing community for helping translate the cat descriptions again! This time, Cats Around Us: Black Cat got some incredible support from you!
August
This month, we joined two awesome events.. Hargai - Indonesia Game Day and East Asia Indie Games Celebration! A massive thank you for giving us the chance to participate, super grateful!
September
We jumped into two more events this month: Game Devs of Color Expo and the super exciting annual one we've been eagerly waiting for.. CAT AWARENESS FELINE SALE! Huge thanks to Devcats for always making this happen every year! we love it!
This month we also launched Cats Around Us: Black Cat, dropped the Pictective demo, and announced the next Cats and Seek title: Cats and Seek: Zoo!
Wow, what a super packed month!
October
In October, our awesome partners at Silesia Games released our next game on consoles. This time it was Cats and Seek: Kyoto's turn!
Our beloved composer, Mijil Pamungkas, dropped the awesome album Noobzilla: Original Soundtracks, Vol.1 on Spotify this month! If you're a fan of the tunes in our Noobzilla games, go check it out and give it a listen ^^
We also participated in this month’s Steam Next Fest. This time, it was Pictective’s turn!
November
This month, our amazing community came together again in full force to help translate the in-game text!
This time, Pictective received incredible support from so many friends in the community, and we successfully translated it into more than 30 languages!
A massive, heartfelt thank you to every single one of you ^^
December
We kicked off the final month of 2025 with the release of Pictective!
We also joined the annual Southeast Asia Games Onward 2025 event, powered by hundreds of amazing VTubers and SEA content creators.. Big thanks so much to SEAGamethetic for the invitation!
And to wrap it up perfectly, we announced the exciting second installment Pictective 2: Around The World!
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Wow, it turns out we accomplished so much this year! and it’s all thanks to your support.
Thank you Mijil Pamungkas for always creating amazing music for Noobzilla.
Thank you Hendra Kusmana, Ardianto Candra, and Febryan (Ufo Rabbit) for help on Pictective.
Thank you Apit no Baka and Dimas Novan Delfiano for help on Cats Around Us: Black Cat.
A big thank you to Sajo and the whole Toge Production team for the collaboration opportunity.
A massive thank you to all our community friends who’ve done an incredible job helping with the translation projects for Noobzilla games! And thank you so much for every piece of feedback, criticism, suggestion, and input you’ve given us along the way.. it all means a lot.
And of course, a very special thanks to you who’ve bought and played our games. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all your support this year ❤️
We’re truly grateful to have you all with us!
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Hopefully next year, we'll still get the chance to release more games that bring smiles to all of you (two titles scheduled for release in 2026 already announced, there are still 2 more titles we'll announce later, and we have 1 or 2 more prototypes that we want to test out XD).
And you're all always healthy and have tons of chances to play our games ❤️
Warmest wishes from us to you and your loved ones...
See you again next year!
Love
Estu & UB