We had an Akupara Games booth at PAX East where we met so many great people and had many games to demo over the weekend! Along with those demos we had many exciting announcements over many of our games to announce at PAX West! For those that missed PAX East, I want to give a summary of the announcements and share a few stories from the crew that went to PAX!
Zoeti has a release date!
Our turn-based roguelike featuring powerful combos you activate with your deck of cards launches on April 20th! To celebrate, we’ve released a demo that you can play until April 3rd! Earn the favor of all four gods and get ready for battle!
Wishlist and play the demo for Zoeti here!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1434540/Zoeti/
Universe for Sale joins the Akupara Games catalog!
We’re publishing Universe for Sale! Universe for Sale is a sci-fi narrative experience about human relationships and self-acceptance – follow the stories of the nameless and mysterious cultist Master and the universe vendor Lila. Walk through Jupiter’s bazaars, meet absurd characters with incredible stories to tell, and craft your own stories with Lila’s power to create custom universes.
Wishlist Universe for Sale here! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1627840/Universe_For_Sale/
Announcing Behind the Frame VR
I’m proud to announce that the artistic, beautiful, and award-winning game, Behind the Frame, is receiving a virtual reality launch! You guys are going to love moving through Amber’s cozy apartment in immersive VR. I’ll have more information to share when that time comes!
Wishlist Behind the Frame VR here!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2318230/Behind_the_Frame_The_Finest_Scenery_VR/
Astrea Oracle Spotlight coming soon
Our dice deck-building roguelike was also at PAX! There are six playable oracles each with their own unique set of dice and playstyles to purify the corruption in the stars. I will introduce you to a very carefree oracle in the oracle spotlight coming soon.
Wishlist Astrea here!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1755830/Astrea_SixSided_Oracles/
Rain World slugpup plushies available for preorder!
We have partnered with Sanshee to bring you slugpup plushies! Take your slugpups home with you to protect them from predators. Currently there are Survivor, Monk, Hunter, and Nightcat slugpup plushies!
You can preorder them now!
https://sanshee.com/search?type=product&options%5Bprefix%5D=last&options%5Bunavailable_products%5D=last&q=slugpup
Adventures at PAX West!
Fae Monique, our social media manager, connected with a few team members from Toge Productions for the first time offline. I will pass it off to her to talk about her time with Toge Productions!
I’ve been a huge fan of Coffee Talk since late 2020, when I first played the title coincidentally during the dates mentioned in-game. This was in the middle of the global pandemic truly firing up in the USA, and as an Asian individual, in the middle of me experiencing racism on a daily basis due to misinformation about the virus.
Coffee Talk was an eye-opening game for me, one of comfort, love, laughs, and humanity, all wrapped up in a fantasy world of aliens, elves, werewolves and more having a cup of coffee late at night.
Since then I’ve been a big fan of Toge Productions, and was so happy to become personally acquainted with the team through my previous and current coworkers at Akupara Games. In particular, Lala, the Social Media Manager at Toge, has always been absolutely lovely and I am constantly inspired by her TikTok creations and the obvious work she puts into the Toge brand. Johana similarly puts in 150% when it comes to her role as the PR/Communications Manager at Toge, as well as bringing creations like Stay – A cute but anxious girlfriend simulator to the indie games realm.
I was overjoyed to meet both of them at PAX this past weekend-just look at us! I might be biased, but I think we’re the best looking group of game devs out there. Lala brought over a bunch of coffee for the Akupara Team at our booth, and told us about their long 20+ hours trip to PAX…ONE WAY!
A day or so later, my team was kind enough to cover for me as I popped over to the Toge Productions and Chorus Worldwide booths and give Neurodiver a try (since I’ve already drooled over both the Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly and A Space for the Unbound at home, I left those stations to other gamers. Neurodiver is amazing, by the way. Worth an instant wishlist).
Afterward, Lala, Johana and I were able to grab that adorable picture of the three of us, as they treated me to my very own Toge Productions / Coffee Talk goodie bag. THE TOTE! THE T-SHIRT! THE APRON! More coffee. I’m in love.
Thank you for meeting me and the team, and being such inspirations in our indie spaces! More to come from Akupara x Toge, but we’ll keep it under wraps for now 😉
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