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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026

@njaramillo.itch.io
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indie game developer from Valdivia, Chile 🇨🇱 usually found biting off more than he can chew director ➡️ @ibisinteractive.bsky.social co-host ➡️ twitch.tv/deatraspicaelindie my stuff ➡️ njaramillo.itch.io ESP/ENG

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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 07/10/2026
i had avoided implementing a virtual cursor for way too long... don pepe has always been console-minded in its UI so we depended a lot on hotkeys until now, but there's a limit to how much we can feasibly do that way 😜 also reworked how we show points at the end of a round
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 30/09/2026
more good news: DON PEPE & HIS BALLOONS has been selected for the #ZNTHorizon 2026 Showcase! we're super excited to be featured alongside many amazing games from Latam and Southeast Asia 🤩 tune in on October 21st to check it out and grab your new faves at the Steam sale running until the 28th!
key art for the videogame Don Pepe & his Balloons, displayed in the official overlay art for ZNT Horizon 2026 as the text area of a VHS tape.
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 07/09/2026
Don Pepe & his Balloons is also one of a few chilean games being featured at #SIX @seattleindies.bsky.social this year, in collaboration with Chile Game Showcase! super proud to see Hana, Don Pepe and the rest of the gang reaching out past our frontiers 🥹
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 17/08/2026
alternatively, one official release that did exist was the UK port of Bomberman on the ZX Spectrum called "Eric & the Floaters" (!) since we can't keep our title as is, our best bet seems to be riffing off this title so that we can keep the joke without altering our plans too heavily.
box art for the ZX Spectrum game Eric & the Floaters
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 16/08/2026
¡¿OCHO hierbas?! ¿en esta economía?
una mano sosteniendo una bolsa de té ocho hierbas mientras un hervidor llena una taza de fondo
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 10/08/2026
100% real no fake
una foto de una cámara digital donde su pantalla muestra una foto de la actual alcaldesa de Valdivia, Carla Amtmann, jugando Don Pepe y sus globos junto a un integrante del equipo de Ibis Interactive
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 10/08/2026
yo en un evento en santiago: como estuvo el evento en valdivia? el team de @ibisinteractive.bsky.social en el evento de valdivia:
el meme de la roca "ayer vino x" con el siguiente texto:
ayer vino la alcaldesa
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 20/07/2026
Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie released the year you turned 18? one is foundational to my personality growing up, the other foundational to my current taste... impossible choice
poster for the film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, directed by Edgar Wrightposter for the film Kaboom, directed by Gregg Araki
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 15/06/2026
Steam Next Fest has officially started and our latest demo for DON PEPE Y SUS GLOBOS is now live! Up to 4 players can face off in intense water balloon fights hosted by charismatic TV personality Don Pepe 🎈 Play locally or online via Steam Remote Play! store.steampowered.com/app/4079810/...
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 04/06/2026
things are moving fast in the world of Don Pepe 👀 we're gonna be on Next Fest in a couple weeks also we have a new demo out now! remote play compatible to play with your steam friends 😜 store.steampowered.com/app/4079810
Steam Next Fest June 2026 press image in square format, including the title and artwork for the game Don Pepe y sus globos by Ibis Interactive.

The artwork shows a smiling girl with violet hair, dressed in pink and holding a water balloon in her hand.
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 08/04/2026
EIGHT herbs?! in this economy??
a hand holding an eight herbs tea box
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 02/03/2026
obligatory self promo
a screenshot from the videogame pokopia, with the game's title replaced with "don pepe y sus globos" in the pokopia font
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 09/02/2026
i'll take this as confirmation that i am indeed in The Industry™
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 06/02/2026
also wide hana breaking our UI
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 06/02/2026
i haven't been posting much about don pepe due to bring on real Studio Director™️ hours (working on paid projects, writing docs and sending emails) but we've got a big redesign coming up and our artists are doing a great job! here's a sneak peek at a sad Hana after losing a match!
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 29/01/2026
MCR yesterday was incredible 😭 best show i've been at by far
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 02/01/2026
happy new year! now fully revived after partying until 8am 🎉
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 31/12/2025
staying silly despite it all
sketchy drawing of the don pepe kids and a bandurria in a chaotic office environment, in the style of the spongebob office fire screencap
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 22/12/2025
saved this brief moment in time for posterity
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 14/12/2025
#15seconds of Don Pepe y sus globos 🎈 demo available! store.steampowered.com/app/4079810/ #indiegames #indiedev #partygame
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 13/12/2025
woke up at 6:30 am for a suuuper fun saturday morning lecture
a screen showing a slide of a presentation made fully with generative AI pixel art.

text on screen reads:
"is AI a danger

fears? risks? obsolescence?

technological advances only move forward, everything that can be automatized will!"
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 22/11/2025
for anyone wondering about the name... it's inspired by a well-known (in latam) hoax that says that bomberman was translated as "don pepe y los globos" in spain 🤪
fake playstation cover for a game called 'Don Pepe y los globos', depicting bomberman himself holding a bomb. the implication is that this is what bomberman is called in spain, which is not true
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 20/11/2025
STOP. This is a selfie checkpoint. You must repost with a cute selfie to proceed.
bearded latino man in his 30s with messy dark hair, a star wars t-shirt, glasses, and headphones on. he's sitting in an office chair, and in the wall behind him there is a cinnammoroll / tamagotchi mirror.
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 18/11/2025
two months later...
Hollow Knight: Silksong end completion screen.

GAME COMPLETION
PERCENTAGE: 100%
TIME: 54h 56m 52s
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 23/10/2025
zines for our next events 👀
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 19/10/2025
today at 4PM Chile Time (UTC-3), the first edition of INDIE CHILE FEST!!! 🤩🤩🤩 we're gonna be showcasing over 80 chilean games, including DON PEPE Y SUS GLOBOS and ERASURE!!! you can watch it on youtube and twitch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHjN... #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 23/09/2025
#silksong
a bottle of clear alcoholic beverage and a small glass on top of a wooden surface.

overlaid, the following text: "i wasn't gonna drink tonight but man...im missin cogwork dancers like a MF 🙏🕊️"
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 23/09/2025
top tier latin american meme
a rotund ben 10 inflatable doll with his arms crossed and looking slightly deflated on his head. his expression can be interpreted as of dissatisfaction.

on the lower right corner, in black text: "ste men"
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 16/09/2025
resting under the protection of the cinnamoroll tamagotchi mirror
a fluffy cat sleeping on top of a blanket on a chair, on the wall behind there is a tamagotchi themed mirror with cinnamoroll on it
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 14/09/2025
wrapped up work on our game's debut trailer 🫡 can't wait to show it off!
two frames from parks and recreation where ben shows off a stop motion doll from a short he made while off work and depressed. there is a video editing timeline placed on top of the doll in both frames.

frame 1: "i mean, look at what i've accomplished."
frame 2: "do you think a depressed person could make this?"
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 07/09/2025
Nico lore drop: I had the privilege of making a game for one of my favorite films (!)
a grid with my four favorite films: 
Mind Game (2004)
The Fall (2006)
Night is Short, Walk on Girl (2017)
Denominación de Origen (2024)
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 03/09/2025
i'm doing my part 🫡 there's this character we made called panchito that's based on a famous sea lion from here in valdivia and EVERYONE loves him. especially kids! well, turns out... he's got a zipper on his back 🤐 the animation is short so it's kinda hard to spot but someone is bound to notice
character selection screen from the videogame don pepe y sus globos, highlighting player one that is selecting the character panchito.

panchito is a creature that resembles a sea lioncropped screenshot of the videogame don pepe y sus globos showing the character panchito in his roll animation, which reveals a zipper on his back. this animation is very quick so it's easy to miss.
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 30/08/2025
just came back from SurPixel 2025 festival in Concepción, and our currently in development game "Don Pepe y sus globos" won 2nd Place at their 2D / 3D Indie Videogame showcase!!! 🤩 super proud of the team for our work so far but the best is yet to come 🫡 @ibisinteractive.bsky.social
a hand holding a 3D printed silver trophy of a stylized robot with the text Sur Pixel on the trophy's base.

in the background there is a printout of the same robot
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 26/08/2025
on non-gamedev news, gf got me into apothecary diaries and... i love it she's just like me fr
maomao from apothecary diaries looking nonplussed
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 24/08/2025
no context artisanal meme
a man pointing at another man dressed as a clown.

this meme format usually includes the text 'tuere el wason' (youre the joker) or 'tuere el balatro', but for undisclosed reasons this one has the prince of all cosmos' face overlaid on the clown along with the word 'katamari' so that the text now says 'tuere el katamari' (youre the katamari)
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 24/08/2025
showing my age here but Ski Free, or more specifically, the yeti from Ski Free
screenshot from the game Ski Free (1991) showing the abominable snowman chasing the player in a snowy scenario filled with trees and slopes
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 03/06/2025
still kinda surreal to be presenting both our game and the movie it's based on to a packed audience at my local independent theater 🥹
a screen at an independent movie theater displaying information about LongaMóvil, a videogame developed by Ibis Interactive that is an adaptation of the hit chilean film Denominación de Origen
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 02/06/2025
indie life 🙂‍↕️
a person's leg, a banner in its carry bag, a backpack and a foldable table, in the back seat of a bus
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 29/01/2025
Quedamos muy felices con la Global Game Jam Valdivia 2025 😁 Los participantes desarrollaron 12 juegos super diferentes en torno al tema de este año: burbuja 🫧 Fue muy gratificante organizar la jam en Valdivia luego de que no se hiciera el 2024, y esperamos poder seguirlo haciendo en el futuro 🫡🎮
Alrededor de 40 personas que participaron de Global Game Jam Valdivia 2025 posando en una escalera detrás de un edificio gris
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 21/01/2025
in a very different vein: do you guys have a favorite emoji? but like... the specific one from whatever version / phone brand it belongs to google noto color head shaking vertically is unmatched
This is how the 🙂‍↕️ Head Shaking Vertically appears on Google Noto Color Emoji 16.0.

It may appear differently on other platforms.
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 16/01/2025
irrevocably unity-pilled i guess
game view in the unity editor, showing a promo image for GGJ Valdivia 25's guest speakers in a grid
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 16/01/2025
my team and I are hosting the local Global Game Jam site this year! it's been TONS of work but we're fortunate to have good help from the local community and previous organizers super tired of planning and setting up stuff but it's gonna be a blast! also here's our poster 🤩
poster for Global Game Jam Valdivia 2025, depicting three people floating in the middle on top of a cloud-patterned background: 
- an artist with dark hair and dressed in a purple shirt, drawing on a pad with their legs crossed
- a musician with silver hair and headphones, dressed in blue, playing a piano on their lap
- a programmer with orange hair and glasses, dressed in red, coding on a laptop
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 23/12/2024
also our merch rips
image 1: fake blade of the overlord cards printed in holographic foil, and round ibis interactive logo stickers

image 2: stickers with characters from ibis interactive games, and keychains our artist sells

image 3: print for the game picoteo in a nes cover art style
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 23/12/2024
it went so well that we've basically commited to releasing a full version in 2025 😬 and also one dude is getting a playable character because he won a tournament we held on the main stage (!) wild week thank you for everything aguacero 🫶 see you again next year with something cool
a red sign from the ibis interactive stand at festival internacional aguacero 2024
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 16/12/2024
@ibisinteractive.bsky.social estará presente en la décima edición del Festival Internacional Aguacero! ☔ del 17 al 22 de Diciembre en Dreams Valdivia, entrada liberada 🤑 ven a conocer nuestros juegos! 🎮 además habrá stands y expositores de comics, animación, juegos de mesa, videojuegos, y más!
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 15/12/2024
se inaugura la temporada de cola de mono 🙂‍↕️
una bolsa de cola de mono CTL, junto a dos vasos whiskeros con hielo
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 13/12/2024
putting the year after a title really does make it feel legit, huh
left: sceenshot from the game Picoteo (2024) showing a bandurria in the wetlands trying to get some food

right: screenshot from the game You're Next (2023), showing a group of friends talking in an old mansion. one of them, Nick, says: "How about this: if you guys promise to keep out of the basement, I'll tell you as much as I can without breaking my NDA. Sounds good?"
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 10/12/2024
late night duolingo is genuinely terrifying*
the duolingo widget on top of a pixel art beach sunset beach wallpaper. in the widget, the owl stares menacingly with shining red eyes. the whole widget is tinted dark red. its text says "Last chance!"
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 05/12/2024
show me four games that influenced YOUR current game project #gamedev #indiedev
screenshot from the videogame Helldivers II, showing the galactic war screen that includes major orders (community missions) and personal orders (individual missions)screenshot from the videogame No More Heroes II, showing one of the work minigames in which Travis has to cook meat to the correct temperaturescreenshot from the videogame Splatoon 3, showing the hub plaza with a player showing a drawn message that says "i <3 kidney stones" next to the monster energy logoscreenshot from the videogame Inscryption, showing the in-game map from the forest area
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Nico 🔜 EVA 2026 @njaramillo.itch.io · 03/12/2024
factoid™️ from You're Next (narrative/horror game): the beer the characters drink uses the label of a real beer a friend brews! they havent made the exact one pictued again though, so i guess it lives on in the game...? njaramillo.itch.io/youre-next
a low poly scene: a bottle of beer with a light blue label sits on top of a table. it's a Manguito Clasico, brewed by Pilsen Love. the label itself is mildly pixelated
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