hello hate.netters!!
THIS GAME TURNED 1 YEAR OLD TWO DAYS AGO!!!!
It feels like yesterday and forever ago at the same time. I learned so much from this game, and from everyone who played it... I am incredibly grateful that it found an audience in the first place, no matter how small or big. The fact that this game means anything to someone besides myself is invigorating and gives me the will to keep making cool things!!
So... a couple of things:
Soundtrack + B-sides!!
For the first anniversary of this game, I decided to release some previously unshared tracks from the game, including some special versions and tracks unused in the final game. There's a version of the gameplay theme that some players will recognize... but might not know that I recorded acoustic drums for! On video! You can watch it below, it's the second track of the B-sides!!
You can find the official soundtrack and the b-sides & extras versions on Bandcamp. Both are free, unless you want to buy them... ;)
New and future bonitāka projects!!
Recently, I was commissioned by INDIEPOCALYPSE, a monthly anthology zine that compiles 10 games from different developers. I contributed a game myself, bonitāka's aquarium of medusae!
"Help a marine biologist's research by piloting a submarine, as you tune in to the souls of jellyfish... and maybe help her learn a thing or two about life too..."
This game will eventually be polished, updated, and coming to Steam, but it not in the near future, as it's still exclusive to the zine for now. If you can, go support it! It's a very cool initiative and you get a bunch of experimental and really cool games while supporting a bunch of weird and cool devs :)
THAT BEING SAID, IT IS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW ON INDIEPOCALYPSE!!!
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bonitāka's aquarium of medusae ON INDIEPOCALYPSE
Beyond this, I am also starting a studio with some of my friends from university! I will not share the details yet, but we are working on our first game!! More info will come in due time...
Concluding words (for now, in no particular order)
Happy Pride month!!! You matter!!! Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise! ːespressoː
If you read the post all the way through, thanks! It means a lot to me!! ːespressoː
Keep your mind kind and compassionate!! ːespressoː
Call your friend or mom or dad and tell them you love them!! ːespressoː
I still have a discord server! If you want to stay up-to-date to the things I do both in and out of game dev, go to the link at the bottom of this post!
-emil (bonitāka)