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@nozomugames.com
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Making games at nozomugames.com, head of publishing at inner-pocket.com Burn With Me comes out October 12th! store.steampowered.com/app/2954010

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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 4h
Biggest problem with pre-release weeks is the constant state of nervous anticipation, not being able to think about anything except for the game ...this time me and Eva decided to cheat and go for a beach vacation for a whole week right before release :)
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 6h
Finally got over two big milestones for Burn With Me: 1000 followers and top-2000 wishlisted! Still feels surreal so many people saw my game and liked what they saw... Here's to you all liking the actual game too. 12 days left until release!
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 6h
Thank you so much! Happy to hear 🧡
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 29/09/2026
Burn With Me releases in 13 days! We may be insane to make a gloomy and suspensful game that was almost impossible to market, but I wouldn't take it any other way.
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 29/09/2026
I just want to finish the game...
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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 28/09/2026
🌟 Presenting the LudoNarraCon 2026 Official Selection 🌟 🎮 51 narrative indie games 🗓️ October 8–15 PT on Steam 💙 Supported by @jacobgeller.com, @lookingfor.game, @remapradio.bsky.social & @thisweekinvideogames.com 🌐 More info at bit.ly/FTLNC2026 📬 Sign up for our newsletter to stay updated!
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Chao @chao-c.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I've been working on this little garden for the past year, and today it's finally open! 🌱 Chomp Garden is out now on Steam! A bite-sized puzzle adventure where you play as a tiny lamp, guide strange plants with light, and find your lost pup! store.steampowered.com/app/4457150
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AnaitGames @anaitgames.com · 28/09/2026
📰 Burn With Me será invocado en Steam el 12 de octubre: zpr.io/xs65TYvwUuJd El pequeño estudio alemán Nozomu Games ha terminado el desarrollo de este «deck-burner» que se originó en la Ludum Dare de 2024.
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Burn With Me será invocado en Steam el 12 de octubre
Lee la noticia completa.
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 28/09/2026
It is! 21k, will probably get to 30k with the calendar. People say that depending on genre and timings, it can kick in even with as low as 5k wishlists, but the mileage may vary!
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 28/09/2026
Personal calendar I love you Yesterday was the first day, that means - 2 weeks until Burn With Me release!
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 27/09/2026
Burn With Me is structured as a fairytale — both in each individual chapter and on global level! World of living and world of dead, initiation rites, hero's journey, death rituals and other sacred tropes that players have most likely seen in some form – so the main flow of the story seems familiar.
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 27/09/2026
People sometimes ask what Burn With Me was inspired by... And although there are no direct influences from games or other media, I still want to highlight a book (or rather two books) that have helped and influenced the narrative of the game a lot: the analysis of folktales by Vladimir Propp.
Morphology of the Folktale by Vladimir ProppHistorical roots of the Wondertale by Vladimir Propp

(no idea why it's not "Folktale" here. This is the main book out of two btw)
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 25/09/2026
Thank you! It's still more of an afterthought than something we genuinely love or can do (your interfaces in Milki Delivery are gorgeous!), but it's something :)
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 25/09/2026
FINALLY found a free evening to refine the interfaces in Burn With Me: add decorations, replace default buttons and sliders, etc. It bugged me for almost a year, but we always had something more important (like finishing the game, haha). Happy with how it's looking now!
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 25/09/2026
Games that had influenced me before my frontal lobes have formed or something like that
The Neverhood
Portal
Duke Nukem 3D

VooDoo Kid
Gravity Defied: Trial Racing
Echochrome

Braid
Wipeout Pulse
LocoRoco
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 24/09/2026
I wish! Thank you, haha Will see how people receive the game in a couple of weeks :)
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 24/09/2026
Burn With Me has been almost 2 years in development! Started as a small Ludum Dare prototype made in 3 days in 2024; Then we explored the visuals a bit; Then restarted the development early 2025; And, of course, the final look of mid-2026. So fun to look at all the stuff that changed - or stayed!
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 23/09/2026
Thank you 💚 Hoping for the best!
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 23/09/2026
I think I still haven't realized... I've, like finished the game. My biggest game to this date! 2 years of my and Eva's lifes, our hearts, souls and brains - all distilled in several hours of gameplay. Will people enjoy Burn With Me? Will it resonate with someone? Will we be heard and seen?
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Celia @celia-14.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I want to share more about what to look forward to in The Archives of Trevosa, our language-translating family-tree deduction game set in a mysterious kingdom, but I’ve been too busy making it! Here’s a preview of the lexicon, where you can (optionally) take notes on the words you’re learning.
A screenshot from The Archives of Trevosa: a notebook with a list of words over a family tree of connected portraits
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 23/09/2026
Thank you so much for the kind words!
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 22/09/2026
Burn With Me, my eerie and stylish narrative deck-burner, launches on Steam October 12th! Follow the lives of occult students, guide them through the rituals toward their deepest desires, and - keep an eye on the Teacher, shall you? store.steampowered.com/app/2954010/...
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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
DLC ANNOUNCEMENT! Just when you thought the card-flipping horrors were over... new secrets are unearthed. Introducing a brand new story-driven DLC, Forbidden Solitaire: The Discarded! Please wishlist and share: store.steampowered.com/app/5238350/... New levels, enemies, jokers, sigils + more!
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 22/09/2026
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Perry The Platypus Adjusts Fedora
ALT: Perry The Platypus Adjusts Fedora
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 22/09/2026
Platypus!
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 22/09/2026
We're also looking for content creators, journalists and other nice people who want to cover the release — please DM me for a key!
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 22/09/2026
Burn With Me, my eerie and stylish narrative deck-burner, launches on Steam October 12th! Follow the lives of occult students, guide them through the rituals toward their deepest desires, and - keep an eye on the Teacher, shall you? store.steampowered.com/app/2954010/...
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 21/09/2026
Players probably wouldn't even notice, but we saw it all: slightly different palette, strange font sizes, questionable interface decisions...
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 21/09/2026
Noticed how old were some of Burn With Me screenshots on Steam. Refreshed some, added some more!
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 21/09/2026
Thinking about it.. Yeah, okay, it all makes sense now :D
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 21/09/2026
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The Neverhood Klaymen
Alt: The Neverhood Klaymen
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 18/09/2026
Thank you!
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 18/09/2026
100k copies sold and we'll be ready to do it :)
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 18/09/2026
Even though the game has some replayability, it's a narrative deckbuilder at its core! With chapters! Burn With Me is a deckbuilder, but NOT a roguelike :) But, if you are up to a novel and stylish 3-5 hour long journey, this might just be the game for you 🧡 store.steampowered.com/app/2954010/...
Screenshot from Burn With Me, showcasing chapter select screen. Chapter 3 is selected, with a rabbit-looking character standing in the center of the screen.Screenshot from Burn With Me, depicting narrative part of the game. Seems like the narrator tells about a deer character with a magnificent antler. Yes, just one antler. Where is the second one?Screenshot from Burn With Me, depicting gameplay. Looks like a spider boss!Screenshot from Burn With Me.

I light this fire
And trust my soul
To the Dark that waits
For my desperate call.
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 18/09/2026
It is! I love Inscryption, and yes, Burn With Me definitely is much closer in structure to it than to StS or Balatro. Also, as a side note - Daniel Mullins, author of Inscryption, even played the prototype of Burn With Me and gave his seal of approval :)
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 18/09/2026
BUT, if you still want to have more fun with the game after it ends, we do have optional challenges and the whole bestiary thing! Some of the playtesters really got in the groove :)
Screenshot from Steam

Burn With Me - 33 hours played total
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 18/09/2026
Even though the game has some replayability, it's a narrative deckbuilder at its core! With chapters! Burn With Me is a deckbuilder, but NOT a roguelike :) But, if you are up to a novel and stylish 3-5 hour long journey, this might just be the game for you 🧡 store.steampowered.com/app/2954010/...
Screenshot from Burn With Me, showcasing chapter select screen. Chapter 3 is selected, with a rabbit-looking character standing in the center of the screen.Screenshot from Burn With Me, depicting narrative part of the game. Seems like the narrator tells about a deer character with a magnificent antler. Yes, just one antler. Where is the second one?Screenshot from Burn With Me, depicting gameplay. Looks like a spider boss!Screenshot from Burn With Me.

I light this fire
And trust my soul
To the Dark that waits
For my desperate call.
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 18/09/2026
Probably for now I'll opt to saying stuff like "journalists, youtubers and other nice people who can tell their audience about our game" :)
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 18/09/2026
Makes sense! Not the best wording on my side. But I'm not a fan of using the term "content creators" either. Creators yes, but "content" is such an... underselling? word. I wouldn't want to call *this* the things I create, so I try not to use it for others
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 17/09/2026
Some would say, that we needed to add the bestiary in the game for all the freaks who want to have reasons to replay the chapters several times. I would say - I just wanted a dedicated place to see all the cool creatures Eva drew in one place, and then get as many cool collab artworks on top :)
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 17/09/2026
Some animations/sfx are missing, but I like it already :)
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 17/09/2026
Sneak peek at in-game Bestiary for Burn With Me!
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 17/09/2026
Also, ~3 weeks until the release, I think it's finally time to show some of the game and not only talk about it... Let me just convince myself I don't need to worry to spoil too much of the game
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 17/09/2026
Submitted almost-complete build of Burn With Me for Steam review! Also this means we will start sending out some keys for the press/influencers soon. I'll do a proper post on Monday, but feel free to reach out already, will be happy to connect 💚
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 17/09/2026
Интересно, сколько ещё разработчиков так станут меня недолюбливать, после отказа... При этом не всем можем дать конкретный ответ вроде "не умеем работать с мультиплеерными играми", кому-то приходится и просто отказывать по субъективным причинам... Видимо, неизбежно 😅
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 17/09/2026
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Ryan Gosling Lying in Snow (Blade Runner 2049)
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 16/09/2026
I've done some novice gamedev in the past, but never anything serous. But with Godot, just in 2 days after using it, I knew "this is it". The spark! The ease! The joy! My whole life has changed in the last years because of gamedev - and it all started with me just trying out Godot :)
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 16/09/2026
It's been 3.5 years of me using #GodotEngine - and 2 years of supporting! (slightly more if you count GodotCons). If Burn With Me sells well, will be happy to push the donation up. It's a phenomental engine, with equally nice community 💙 If not for Godot, I'd probably not have gotten into gamedev!
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 16/09/2026
Thank you, will need some :D I've already implemented controller support in my previous game, but for a card game with non-orthodox layout, it's on another level...
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 16/09/2026
I'm considering adding at least a virtual cursor for now, at least for it to be playable without too much work on my side. But in the perfect world I'll find resources for proper implementation
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