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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 6h

N. Japan trip to celebrate the final beta test for Danchi Days! 1. At a museum I unintentionally learned they had el pollo loco in Japan in the 90s. Lol 2. For the first time, I recognized a mountain in Japan because I had sketched it on a previous trip by chance 3. A neat all metal playground

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 16h

Made me realize discussions on difficulty are tricky - there are two things that often get conflated, because a game can have both 1. games ABOUT overcoming difficulties (broadly, post-souls action RPGs/roguelikes) 2. Games that are difficult but not focused on 1's feeling (arcade, some RLs)

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びぶ🐙viv @vivtako.com · 28/09/2026

フロッピーディスク1枚で遊べることをコンセプトにした、小さなレトロノベルゲーム『DISK-Y』のローンチトレーラーを公開しました💾👾 YouTube：https://youtube.com/watch?v=4f0chsPnAHY bilibili：https://bilibili.com/video/BV1GGh96XEs8/ #ThisGameIsNotReal #IndieGameDev store.steampowered.com/app/5088960/...

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have a game without random encounters called Angeline Era! You fight enemies in real time. It's on all consoles and PC. store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/... #NeverMissASale #DiscourseMaxxing

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Be sure to come by LudoNarraCon to see my game @danchidays.bsky.social amongst many other story-focused games!

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

i dont get to talk about my programming much but here's random chunk of the invisible wall generation code in angeline era which was used to Mostly Keep Everyone Out Of Bounds in that game

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Was thinking of a fall cozy game to play and realized I'm already playing one: Siren! The environments give early fall weather vibes because of how dark and misty and mountainous things are although it seems to be set in August (no fall colors)

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

my game design rule of thumb after releasing Angeline Era and 99.5% done with danchi days is "if it's filler don't make it". it lets you make sure each thing you add has some level of purpose and fits the game's worldview. It also means that much less of the design process is easy or copypasteable

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Danchi Days 🌻Out Oct 29th!🌻 @danchidays.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival!🌕 Hoshino and Moro-Q are enjoying the evening sky with a friend as they gaze at the moon over the danchi, with the colors of fall just around the corner. (Is everyone ready for Danchi Days on October 29th??) store.steampowered.com/app/3107530/...

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Game Devs of Color Expo @gdocexpo.com · 25/09/2026

The 2026 Game Devs of Color Expo Direct is LIVE NOW!👾 The SEVENTH annual GDoCExpo Direct is packed with new announcements from dozens of amazing games by #gamedev of color. Catch exclusive reveals, the latest launches, & more updates. Share reactions with #GDoCExpo2026 🙌🏾 gdoc.events/Direct2026

2026 GAME DEVS OF COLOR EXPO Direct
September 25 6PM ET/3PM PT

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Andes Chucky @wendeego.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

New on scrmbl: We walk the Snow Road in 雪道, a classic “non-field” rpg

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Walking the Snow Road by way of the non-field RPG | scrmbl

"See you next stage."

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

As it turns out programming an entire 3d action game of room based encounters comes in handy for little interactions in a 2d Adventure-Novel game! Spending a last week of dev adding in a bunch of little interactions across @danchidays.bsky.social

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vibe-free lifestyle and smiling apple purveyor @ellaguro.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

applications for this coming year's Experimental Games Showcase at the Game Developer's Conference are officially OPEN!! send us your weird games and game-like experiments! www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com

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Experimental Games Showcase

SUBMIT YOUR GAME TO THE

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My favorite siren character is the elderly hunter dude. I don't even know what his deal is he's just like "damn not this red water shit again" grabs his gigantic shotgun and makes his way through the mines

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

drexciya is realliy inspiring me to go ahead and make that shohei otani concept album

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

BAD gGame Design: this orange is green, but inside it is orange. If it were more fair to the player, the inside would be green #GameDesign tip

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sylvie @sylviefluff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Can you complete my game? Many have tried, few have succeeded. You'll just be another one of them. sylvie.itch.io/gmtk

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Grapplehook Midpoint Teleport Killer by sylvie

Get Me That Kitten!

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

playing siren bc the director is speaking next week and it's refreshing to really just suck ass at a game.. i cant get past the 2nd stage but i like how every little time slot is its own stage

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mogu @mogumu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Hoshino & Rio from Danchi Days are childhood friends. 🌻 These are their portraits and sprites. The bottom row are their present day designs, but you’ll see lots of flashbacks of them as kids as you explore the neighbourhood. ( ´ ▽ ` ) @danchidays.bsky.social

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goba (ACT 2 out NOW!) @gobadev.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

REAL WEB LEGENDS: Carter's Quest Act 2 is NOW AVAILABLE!! My solo action-adventure game inspired by Zelda, DMC, and Bayonetta just got bigger. A FREE update to Carter's Quest, adding a whole new chapter to the story, massive graphical updates, and more. Available on Steam now!

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 14/09/2026

It's TIME! TO! GET! HYPE! Today, I get to proudly unveil Steam Hype, the project I've been working on with the help of @hookshot.media for the past two and a half months. A new PC gaming site which aims to demystify PC gaming, cut through the 100+ daily releases and spotlight indies as much as AAA

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Steam Hype

Steam Hype is your go-to destination for discovering the latest, greatest, and most talked-about games on Steam.

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

working on "Uncle Theory" of gaming - that the perception of games on social meda/etc is undergoing 'unclefication' akin to 'that uncle who only likes a particular era of 90s club music and dislikes everything else and yearns for that point in time'

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Max (VGCartography) @vgcartography.com · 17/09/2026

this summer I drew a full world map of ANGELINE ERA! a modern bumpslash classic I know many of you are familiar with. highly recommend. take a look at the result below! and if you aren't familiar, check out the game on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

been receiving many inquiries- yes , yes, you can Bumpslash the Can and Bumpslash the Bush in Danchi Days. @danchidays.bsky.social

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🧚ANGELINE ERA!!👼🏼 Now Out! @angelineera.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Happy to announce you can now buy WORLD MAP POSTER of ANGELINE ERA!!! This is a collab with @vgcartography.bsky.social who makes a lot of great video game maps. Get out the full-size poster with each overworld region over at our merch store!!! analgesicproductions.bigcartel.com/product/ange...

A preview of part of the Angeline Era World Map Poster.

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

appreciating the worldbuilding on drexciya's neptune's lair today: tresorberlin.bandcamp.com/track/fusion...

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Fusion Flats, by Drexciya

from the album Neptune's Lair

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

i think it would be cool to be one of the few japanese or russian gamers who stumble across angeline era and play it with pretty much no other people online to talk about it with..

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

the fans in the comments of negative steam reviews defending poor ragequit criticism... your efforts do not go unnoticed

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

2 weeks in with AngEra, my thoughts on console sales - weaker overall than 5 (or 8) years ago. Probably will continue to not base launch strategy on console, steam is far ahead in terms of marketing flexibility - Nintendo is the winner overall otherwise - curious how postlaunch discoverability is

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

FYI to any PS gamers... I have no idea when it'll go on sale again on PS (if I had it my way it'd be every 6-8 weeks as usual)

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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 12/09/2026

"Going in with no prior knowledge means you literally never know what you’ll find on the next screen." @robsteinone.bsky.social embraces the weird in Angeline Era on Switch: buff.ly/jfm8Eu9

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Angeline Era is Pique Weird (That’s Not a Typo) - Unwinnable

There’s a subtlety to the unhinged strangeness of this game.

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Rocks with some great art direction from the museum of charming stones in Japan.

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

They let me name a stone after the Pointing Soyjak at the museum of charming stones in Japan. Visit recommended

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Ridge overlooking the arakawa river in chichibu (a river that eventually goes through Tokyo). Very interesting soundscape to approach the river and hear it fade in, even though you can't really see the river

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Started playing shizuku. A good chunk feels like usual eromanga mild control stuff but I think the other bits are kinda interesting (the radio wave girl on the roof, general suspense and atmosphere)

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

steam personal calendar is wild for pre-launch visibility. danchi days started appearing there this week. finalize your public release dates at least 2 months before release! wish i had this for angeline era last year😭

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ura @ blue hum, out now! @uraalice.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I'll be co-hosting the Denpa Narratives Jam with the other member of Custard Slice- kirin, and @railgunrabbit.bsky.social! This is an unranked jam with a focus on exploring the origins of the denpa genre and its psychological horror roots! Come join us! #denpanarratives #vn itch.io/jam/denpa-na...

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

out of all the stuff in angeline era's bajillion levels we Did remember to do, i find it funny that we flat out forgot to put even a single npc in the pub lol... that bartender is going bankrupt in the DLC

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You can view Nintendo (or other corps') remakes/anniv. events like nations reiterating founding myths. E.g. a Zelda remake detethers the game from its original historical circumstances. And anniv events frame a series as originating with a single game that evolves in isolation, not in conversation

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sylvie @sylviefluff.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

link muy lord press x to jump

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

kinda serious about the semi-imsim guess... Unless it's straight up 1:1 remake, in which case we would get this classic level design I Hope

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sylvie @sylviefluff.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Grapplehook Midpoint Teleport Killer is out! Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow! sylvie.itch.io/gmtk

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Grapplehook Midpoint Teleport Killer by sylvie

Get Me That Kitten!

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

my OoT remake mechanics predictions - Dodge roll - Dark Souls 2 poison DLC dungeons - 00s/90s PC imsim dungeon puzzles. Sneak in the vents — or run in Guns Blazing! - Crafting - Cow Hole cut due to budget constraints - You can sleep in Bed - Weird ending by sleeping in bed 7*365 times as young lin

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

If you already own, OR if you are waiting for a sale to buy Angeline Era, please vote in this poll on what discount you're waiting for (or if you already own it). thanks! strawpoll.com/xVg719a4Oyr

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If you're waiting for a sale to buy Angeline Era, what sale % are you waiting for? (The ga... - StrawPoll

What is your opinion? Vote now: I already own it, 30% ($17.49), 40% ($14.99), 50% ($12.49), 60% or less ($9.99)

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Thank you for the interview on Angeline Era and more!

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

To some degree I kinda believe "ethnicity by blood" is barely a thing, I'm part japanese but my games really don't sell well here lol. I would argue that an american really into gacha/anime in some ways is actually more authentically a 2026 japanese person than I am (i'm only slightly into anime)

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

is this korean chocolate chewy thing trending in the usa too? i have had it in tokyo recently. the texture is pretty unique and interesting. a little bit sweet perhaps *leaves 3/5 review on Candyloggd only to be replied to by Korean Dubai Cookie Defenders demanding exactly why I felt it was sweet*

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This game was simply a ploy to gather 200 responses about favorite candy bars...Ha Ha....

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