iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Our shelter needs a little…help in the design department 😅 Good thing there’s a design mode that lets Mikan swap out the old furniture. What kind of furniture and/or decorations would you like to swap out in this scene? #cats #cozygames #indiegamedev #kawaii

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Now you can enjoy cleaning smelly kitty litter in our game Neko House 😆 How often do you have to clean your kitty litter? Please wishlist on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/2317250/... #cats #cozygames #indiegamedev #pixelart #videogames #kawaiineko

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Yes there are mice in the village unfortunately 😅 Mikan can help fight them at night though! She can trade them for furniture too. #cats #cozygames #indiegamedev #pixelart #gamedev #videogames #kawaiineko #nekohouse #indiegames

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Day 4 of showing our cats until our game Neko House gets 10,000 wishlists on Steam! New kitty today, his name is Natsu and he’s very much an orange kitty 😅 We’d love to see your kitties, please share photos in the comments! store.steampowered.com/app/2317250/... #cats #indiegamedev #cozygames

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Day 3 of showing our cats until we reach 10,000 wishlists on Steam 🐈 I wonder if Aki is looking for our game inside the closet 😂 Our game is called Neko House and it’s about a cat running a cat shelter. store.steampowered.com/app/2317250/... #indiegamedev #cats #gamedev #videogames #kawaii

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Things are getting chilly lately. Mikan is enjoying her catnip tea and bundling up today. If you're new, Mikan is the main character in our indie game Neko House which is available for wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/2317250/... #cats #illustration #indiegamedev #kawaii #gamedev

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Day 2 of showing our cats until we reach 10,000 wishlists on Steam 🐈 Continuing our pipe dream. Our game is called Neko House and it’s about a cat running a cat shelter. store.steampowered.com/app/2317250/... #indiegamedev #cats #gamedev #videogames #kawaii #pixelart #ドット絵

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Day 1 of showing our cats until we reach 10,000 wishlists on Steam 😆 Might be a pipe dream, but we have to at least give it a try ☺️ Our game is Neko House and it’s about a cat running a cat shelter. store.steampowered.com/app/2317250/... #indiegamedev #cats #gamedev #videogames #kawaii

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

We finally have a real store in Neko House! We used to only have a simple dialogue, but now you can browse items and buy them. A small step for many, but a big one for our little team. Feeling grateful for the progress. #indiegamedev #cats #kawaii #neko #videogames #art #pixelart #ドット絵 #gamedev

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

We have a new cat named Mochi inside our Meowket! He buys one item from the player. Can you guess what it is? a) fish b) catnip c) boxes d) yarn balls Our game is called Neko House and you can wishlist it on Steam 😊 #art #pixelart #gamedev #cats #indiegamedev #kawaii #ドット絵

A black cat carrying a large brown bag around his neck. It’s meant to buy items from the player in our game Neko House.

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Hi #PitchYaGame Neko House is about a cat running a cat shelter. 🐈Rescue cats 🐈Knock over bottles 🐈Jump into cardboard boxes 🐈Sell catnip 🐈Battle enemies And more to come! Please wishlist on Steam it will really help us out! store.steampowered.com/app/2317250/... #indiegamedev #cozygame

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Team knock-over or team watch-in-horror? What’s the weirdest thing your cat’s ever knocked over? Share this with someone whose cat has mastered the art of destruction. #cats #pixelart #nekohouse #cozygames #indiegamedev . . Wishlist our game on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2317250/Neko_House/

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Cats really love boxes, so we added feature where Mikan can jump into a box to collect things. What’s the first thing you’d want to find inside? #IndieGameDev #CozyGames #CatsOfBluesky #pixelart #kawaii

A pixel art of our game character, Mikan sitting inside a cardboard box. Her head is only visible. The caption says:

Plain, dependable, smells like dry noodles. Mikan's first love and still a top-tier nap zone.

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Mikan is going to GDX! Come visit our Neko House table at GDX and say hi, try our game, and pick up some adorable stickers, prints, bookmarks, as well as plushies and key chains! Wishlist our game on Steam bit.ly/4kEstI6 #gamedev #cats #indiedev #catgame #games #pixel #pixelart #gdx2025

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Dev Diary: Today I helped make assets, by PLAYING with YARN. They sit at their computers all day, so I showed them what fun is. They even added yarn balls to the game! Because of ME! NOTE: Yarn in real life isn't safe for cats. #pixelart #cats #indiegamedev #pixels #nekohouse #indiegames

Pixel cat mikan chasing a green yarn ball around the shelter.

Pixel cat Mikan stealing an orange ball of yarn.

Pixel cat Mikan triumphantly sitting in exhaustion after destroying a yarn ball.

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Dev Diary: Guess what we are adding? We are in the process of flushing out the town and filling out the houses! You will see new houses and new interiors around! What are some essentials you would like to see in the houses? #pixelart #cats #indiegamedev #pixels #nekohouse #indiegames

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

To all the cat moms out there…Happy Mother’s Day 🐱🌹

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Mikan's diary entry #1. Mikan made a confession about a secret. The confession is written on the image. Has your cat ever farted in front of you? #pixelart #cats #indiegamedev #pixels #nekohouse #indiegames

Mikan is standing in front of a mirror. The title is called, "Mikan's diary entry #1."

The text on the post says, "This is my confession mirror. Last night, I silently farted under Matsue's blanket. She was asleep. She remained asleep. We both lived with the consequences...I have no regrets."

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

This is an old menu design, but we might adjust it and reuse it for something else. What do you think? Should we reuse it for something new? #pixelart #indiegamedev #catart #gamedev #kawaii #neko

An old design of a menu with a cat tail and mandarin oranges.

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Apparently Feb. 22nd is cat day in Japan. Happy Cat day! #pixelart #cats

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

A little peek inside the shelter when you first start. It’s definitely seen better days, but with some care (and a few furniture swaps), it’ll start feeling a lot more like home. What’s the first thing you’d upgrade? #indiegamedev #gamedev #pixelart #art #cats #cozygames #nekohouse #indiegames

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Throwback to an earlier iteration of our shop UI, designed by our former graphic designer. It’s always interesting to see how things have evolved! What do you think—would you have navigated this easily, or do you prefer a different approach? #indiegamedev #pixelart #gameart #gamedev #cats #ドット絵

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

This is an old mockup of our store. It looks totally different now, but our former graphic designer worked really hard on it, so we wanted to share. #indiegamedev #pixelart #art #cats #kawaii #cozygames #cozygamedev #indiegames #nekohouse

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Old concept art of Matsue and Mikan. Wonder what they’re dreaming about? #illustration #art #indiegamedev #indiegames #cozygames #cats

An illustration of an elderly lady sitting on a hill with her cat. Her cat is sleeping on her lap.

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Another lovely illustration that our artist created. Sleeping Mikan. Does your cat move in their sleep? #illustration #art #indiegamedev #indiegames #cats #kawaii #cozygames

An illustration of our main character Mikan having a nap. A blanket is covering her. She is smiling.

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Ever dress up your cat? Here’s Mikan dressed in a sailor outfit. Our artist illustrated a cute version of the original photo. If you have any adorable cat photos, we’d love to see them! #illustration #art #cats #indiegames #indiegamedev #cozygames

A photo of Mikan (the founder’s cat) in a sailor outfit looking unimpressed.

An cute illustration of Mikan in a sailor outfit.

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Our artist created this adorable illustration of the founder’s cats, Haru and Natsu! What do you think—should they make an appearance in Neko House? #illustration #kawaii #neko #indiegamedev #cats #videogames

An illustration of two cats. One is tuxedo and another is orange. They are looking at each other. The tuxedo cat is wearing a peanut butter toast around his neck. The orange cat is wearing a strawberry jelly toast around his neck.

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

The area where most of our team are based posted some great games on the Global Gam Jam site! Everyone worked so hard in the limited time they had. Our Level Designer made a solo project and her artwork is so cute! It’s called Time Bubble. globalgamejam.org/group/11840/... #GGJ25 #indiegamedev

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Games | Global Game Jam

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Anyone working on games for Global Game Jam this week? #GGJ25 #indiegamedev

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Fun fact of the day. Has your cat ever done this to you? What’s the most passive aggressive thing your cat has ever done? #pixelart #indiegamedev #ドット絵 #cozygames #pixelanimation #cats

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

We plan to have a pretty UI clock in the corner. What do you think? #pixelart #ドット絵 #indiegamedev #cozygames #nekohouse

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Throwback to an early pixel design—a ragdoll cat that didn’t fit our Neko House aesthetic. Thinking of reusing it as a background detail. Have you ever scrapped a main design but repurposed it elsewhere? Would love to hear your stories! #pixelart #ドット絵 #indiegamedev #cats #cozygames #aseprite

A ragdoll cat pixel art. The cat is sitting on a ledge staring directly to the viewer.

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

We had planned to print a sticker sheet, but it didn’t work out because of the file type. Still, we wanted to share it with you all—our designer put so much care into creating it, and it’s too good not to share! #pixelart #indiegamedev #cats #cozygames #stickers #nekohouse

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

We're looking at a potential character inspired by a real-life rescue from a cat shelter. What has your experience been like with your cat? We'd love to hear your stories! #pixelart #illustration #ドット絵 #indiegamedev #cozygames #cozygameart #nekohouse #cats

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Filling out 'role in the company' forms is always tricky for an indie game studio—how do you fit founder/producer/project manager/artist/marketing coordinator into one box? What’s the most unexpected hat you’ve had to wear at work? #pixelart #ドット絵 #indiegamedev #cozygames #cats

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Happy New Year! Starting 2025 on the right paw. Have you made any new years resolutions? #pixelart #cats #indiegamedev #ドット絵 #happynewyear #cozygames

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Matsue (Mikan's human companion) welcomes Mikan's latest rescue—a little black cat with a big story. #pixelart #ドット絵 #cozygames #cats #gif #indiegamedev #nekohouse

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Here’s the original Neko House logo! The design might change as we evolve the game, but we wanted to highlight the creativity and effort our graphic designer at the time poured into this. What do you think? #pixelart #ドット絵 #indiegamedev #cozygames #cats #nekohouse #gif

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Here’s a glimpse of the title screen for Neko House. This version was designed by our founder and will likely evolve as we collaborate with our artist. We’d love to hear your thoughts. #pixelart #indiegamedev #ドット絵 #gif #cozygames #cats #nekohouse

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

If you named your cat after the last video game you played, what would it be? #pixelart #indiegamedev #cozygames #cats

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Throwback to some earlier pixel art designs of cat toys for Neko House. Which one is your favorite? What kind of cat toys do you have? #PixelArt #IndieGameDev #cozygames #kawaii #cats

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

We had fun creating these bookmarks for Mikan House! Just a little something to celebrate our love for cats and stories. #pixelart #indiegamedev #cozygames #cats

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Throwback to one of our older designs: an adoption form! Stay tuned—we’ve made some updates that we can’t wait to share in the future 😊 #pixelart #ドット絵 #indiegamedev #cozygames #cats

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Picnic under an orange tree with our cats anyone? I know it’s winter, but a person can dream right? 😁 #pixelart #ドット絵 #indiegamedev #cozygames #cats

Some cats on a picnic under a large orange tree.

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Mikan House @mikanhouseinc.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

This is a house that our artist designed for a different game idea we had a while back. It doesn't quite fit with Neko House, but it's still beautiful, so I'll share it here 😊 #pixelart #pixelhouse #indiegamedev #cozygames #ドット絵

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