Hi, Ells&Pills is here!
I think the title pretty much speaks for itself. If you bought this game within the last two weeks and have played it for less than two hours, you can go ahead and request a refund if you'd like. If you were planning to check it out in the near future — don't spend your money. Just wait until it becomes free. Also, the game has been removed from all bundles it was part of.
There's no special reason behind this decision to make the game free for everyone, and there's no profit angle either. As the creator, I just felt like doing it, plain and simple. It's already been two whole years since the game came out. I think most folks who wanted to play have already done so a long time ago. Everyone else has probably long forgotten it even exists. And as for the rare future players — hey, let them just jump in for free, no strings attached. To all of you who picked up the game back in the day, whether on sale or at full price — I hope you're cool with this change.
I'm done with the important part — and below is some info for the more engaged crowd...
For 2026, we had a bunch of plans — finish this, finish that. But plans are plans, and they often go to hell. I've barely had any creative drive this year, plus my friend has way less free time for our fun adventures these days. So yeah, the year's been pretty meh.
The only new thing we've got this year is that I decided to make a website — just for fun, to see what it's all about, how it's done, and how it works. You know, I've always loved checking out those shiny little one-page sites for games and indie studios, and sometimes I'd stumble upon incredibly useful and insightful articles about game development on them.
Does it help with marketing or promoting games in any way? Not one bit. A billion times more useful would be to just sign up for a dozen social media platforms and spam about your games everywhere every day — like everyone else does. But I don't use social media, and having my own janky little website is "an idiot's dream." So of course, I'm going with my dream, haha! To me, this whole game dev thing has always been that same kind of "idiot's dream" too. And that's the only reason you're reading all this right now... =)
The site's still missing a lot of stuff. I tinkered with it back in July and launched it closer to August 1st. I just work on it whenever I feel like it. So far, I've managed to write two small articles about game development — looking back at past projects with fresh eyes. If you're into game dev or planning to get into it someday, feel free to check them out. You might find something useful or interesting: Bitter Experience.
Best regards,
Ells&Pills