iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Looking for some horror, comedy, and/or Y2K nostalgia this spooky season? All my games, including our latest Halloween VN "spookY2K", are discounted during the Steam Autumn Sale! 🎃 store.steampowered.com/developer/ki...

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 13/08/2026

I'll be taking a break from game development for a while, and I'm stopping the monthly update format. Full explanation: Devlog Artificial Selection is not cancelled, though, and I look forward to working on it again after I've taken some time off. Thanks for understanding. Take care of yourselves

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Pausing Development — It's rough out here

Hey everyone, It’s funny — this post started as me writing about how I simply needed an additional week to get the current update done, when I quickly realized I kind of just wanted to never publi...

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 11/08/2026

It's so funny to see how "small producers" are those who create less than 10 TONS of packaging a year - they can't even comprehend how insignificant someone like me is

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 23/07/2026

Truly don't think I've ever encountered this before. Usually, if you cancel a subscription early and they still make you pay for it, YOU AT LEAST GET TO KEEP USING IT FOR AS LONG AS YOU PAID FOR. This just makes me even more convinced I need to get the hell out of there. Fuck Google for real

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 23/07/2026

Not only do they make it extremely hard to find how to cancel your Google Workspace subscription, but EVEN WORSE, once you do find it, they are happy to immediately remove all your features, but they still MAKE YOU PAY for the remaining year of your subscription!!!! THE GALL!!!!

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 23/07/2026

I HATE GOOGLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 04/07/2026

New sprite redraws for Team Pride are part of Artificial Selection's latest update! 📣 🎮Read all about it here: kigyo.itch.io/artificial-s... Soon enough, everyone else will also be shiny and beautiful! #visualnovel #gamedev #ArtiSel

Sprite comparison of Maesol and Loye from my game, Artificial Selection

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 10/06/2026

🛒🌀 My brand new shop with tons of fresh merch is now LIVE! EU orders are open for a limited time (until July 1st), worldwide orders will remain open permanently! 🐬 ➡️ Check it out: shop.kigyodev.com

SHOP LAUNCH
shop.kigyodev.com

NEW MERCH

EU ORDERS OPEN UNTIL JULY 1ST!

Preview of my new vaporwave-themed print of Inia from Deep Sea Valentine

Preview of all 6 new spookY2K sticker sheets

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 26/06/2026

📣 SHOP UPDATE! 🌀 My first handmade beaded keychains just dropped! Shiny, sparkly, and available in 6 different colors to deliver that extra Y2K flavor! 🛒 Check them all out here: shop.kigyodev.com/product/spoo...

Showcasing my new keychain variants: Handmade Y2K beaded keychains OR a regular acrylic keychain

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 26/06/2026

Also reminder that EU orders are closing soon - they'll be open until July 1st! After that, it'll unfortunately be several months before EU customers can order again.

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 15/06/2026

Holy crap!!! Really nice to see something that ISN’T enshittification for once

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 15/06/2026

Thanks to the merch orders from last week, I've already broken even on all production costs across all my merch until now. I'm so so thankful for your support!

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 22/05/2026

Cooking up some new keychain design ideas! The blank middle of each one is where the acrylic charm would go. 😈 This is the first time I’ll be doing the art AFTER already designing the rest of the keychain. I’m curious to see how it’ll turn out!

Three different beaded keychain designs: a blue one with stars, a pink one with flowers, and a red, vampire-inspired one

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 17/05/2026

I’m gonna be so fr I have no idea what I’m doing over there but I’ll try to figure it out 😭

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 17/05/2026

To commemorate wrapping up #FantasyBasel, I opened an Instagram account if anyone wants to connect over there! 💜 www.instagram.com/kigyodev

My booth on the last morning of Fantasy Basel

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 14/05/2026

Thank you so much!!! 😭💜

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Two and a Half Studios @twoandahalfstudios.com · 12/05/2026

📚🪄The Storyteller's Festival, our celebration of storytelling in video games, is LIVE on Steam! ✨ 350+ games from fantastic developers 💫 New game releases, sales, announcements and demos ✨ Days of dedicated streams store.steampowered.com/developer/Tw... ✏️ by mimimar__!

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 11/05/2026

The universe has answered my prayers and the most important things are arriving today!!!! Now only the fate of my magnets and a few stickers is unknown

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 08/05/2026

I may have spent a ridiculous amount of money on beads and other jewelry making supplies but I am done now. Surely…

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 01/05/2026

📣 spookY2K is out NOW! 🎃 Play as a deeply confused amnesiac who wakes up at a 2000s Halloween party. You may try figuring out how you got there, but that quickly stops mattering when a mysterious killer shows up! 🔪 💕Play our brand new time travel horror comedy #visualnovel here: Steam / Itch

Promo graphic featuring the host twins, Milo and Mina!

Screenshot of a snarky girl saying "Whatever you say... As long as a bunch of people die in creative, terrible ways, I'm not complaining!"

Screenshot of a girl saying "But... I'm sorry to say I didn't really see anything interesting... until I found the body."

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 07/05/2026

all according to plan 😈

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 07/05/2026

I want to up my merch game, so I’ve been learning how to craft beaded accessories by hand! These will make their debut on my catgirl keychains at Fantasy Basel, so I’m curious to see how well they’ll do!

Photo of 6 charms with bows and bells in different color schemes

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 06/05/2026

Moved my site over to neocities. Will be setting up more pages over time, but it has all the basics for now!

screenshot of my new purple neocities site

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 06/05/2026

This poor person was so shook by our woke pronouns that they didn't even get far enough to find out every character is bisexual

Curator review from "Beauty vs woke ugliness": Woke pronouns She, He, They.

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 04/05/2026

Thank you so much!!! 😭😭😭🙏

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 04/05/2026

OMG I MISSED THIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 04/05/2026

That is very kind of you to ask, thank you! I think Steam is still better overall (if you leave a review), since that’s where in the long term, the algorithm could reach far more people on its own!

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 04/05/2026

I understand piracy is a complex topic, but I can't deny it stings a lot to see people wanting to play our game for free when we haven't even come close to breaking even on all our invested effort. Man...

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 04/05/2026

I don't usually make posts like this, but so far we have 3 reviews on Steam, and we sold ONE entire copy via Itch. ...And well, today I found out our biggest source of traffic is from a piracy site. 🥲 If you have the means, we would really appreciate if you could support our indie game directly!

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 04/05/2026

Thank you so much, Pri!! 💜

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 02/05/2026

And here it is! My full catalogue for #FantasyBasel 2026! There's tons of new exclusive merch, and it'll also be the first time I'll be offering prints! Come say hi if you get the chance! (1/3)

Art prints featuring spookY2K, Deep Sea Valentine's Inia, and... Kigyo!

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SHINRAI @gosatsuvns.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Weekly blog post #612: gosatsu.com/2026/05/02/6... Back with another track & it should sound familiar, too 🎵 Full version available on our composer @crescendotto.com's Ko-fi (3$) & our Patreon (5$): ko-fi.com/crescendo/ www.patreon.com/gosatsuvns #SHINRAI #visualnovel #vndev #gamedev #gamemusic

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 02/05/2026

And here it is! My full catalogue for #FantasyBasel 2026! There's tons of new exclusive merch, and it'll also be the first time I'll be offering prints! Come say hi if you get the chance! (1/3)

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SHINRAI @gosatsuvns.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Also, shoutout to @xxnuj.bsky.social's #NekoNoSentouki 🐾 celebrating its 1st release anniversary & @kigyodev.com's & @zetaken.bsky.social's #spookY2K 🎃 which just launched! Both games are currently 20% off on both Steam & itch, so go grab 'em! More info & all the important links in the post above.

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KigyoDev @kigyodev.com · 02/05/2026

Thank you so much! I just sent a curator key your way :D

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Ken - Writin' Speedster @zetaken.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Check out the radical game that @kigyodev.com and I have worked on since October of last year. Full of spooks, scares, and hilarious characters! It's been nothing short of a blast to make our Spookytober game jam project into a full fledged game! If you can, help us get to 10 reviews! #visualnovel

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