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#OneGameAMonth is on hold

| Taro Omiya

As we’re transitioning to making Not a Clone into a full remake on the mobile, it’s becoming clear that a substantial amount of time and focus is necessary to complete the game. Unfortunately, this means that we will have to put the regular #OneGameAMonth on hold until the project is done. So what does this mean?

First off, there will be no changes to the Patreon campaign, since it charges only when a game is posted. Since no experimental free games will be posted for a while, rest assured that those who signed up to donate will not be charged during development. In the rare case that a new game does get posted (and it will, see below), it’ll be posted and charged like any other #OneGameAMonth games.

Second, because #OneGameAMonth is on hold, doesn’t mean there won’t be more experimental free games coming up. It will simply happen less regularly. For example, Ludum Dare is coming up next month, and we do plan on participating on it.

Thanks for all the support you’ve all been giving to us. We’ll post our progress with the game soon, so stay tuned.

Letters From Secret Santa Public Release!

| Taro Omiya

Originally an Indies Need Booze patrons‘ exclusive game, Letters From Secret Santa is now released publicly for free! Check it out in these web portals below:

  1. Itch.io
  2. GameJolt
  3. Newgrounds
  4. Kongregate
  5. IndieDB

Description:

From the minds of Robert Denner and Taro Omiya, take a holiday trip through various locales and discover different Christmas traditions as you journey inside the imagination of a small boy reading letters from his secret Santa, in this text platformer unlike any other you’ve ever played.

Screenshots:

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Assets:

Along with the public release of Letters From Secret Santa, some of the artworks used in the game are released as well, to respect the Creative Commons Share-Alike license. The artworks are only slightly modified from the Jimmy Jump Pack by 1001.com, but it should come to use for those who use Unity game engine like me. Without further ado, here are the zipped art assets:

letters_from_secret_santa_images.zip

Happy Holidays!

| Taro Omiya

Happy holidays from the entire Omiya Games team! We’ve made a few changes to the homepage that we hope you’ll like.

  1. We got rid of the annoying Patreon slider, and replaced it with the much less annoying button on the sidebar
  2. Slightly re-organized the sidebar
  3. Brought back the side bar in the Games and Contact Us page
  4. We didn’t mention this earlier, but we replaced the weird image gallery in Games to Itch.io widgets
  5. Added links to web portals under the Games menu item under the header
  6. Moved the Press-Kit link under Contact Us menu item under the header.

Indies Need Booze exclusive: Letters From Secret Santa

| Taro Omiya

Hey, guys. We’ve partnered with Indies Need Booze to create a game for patrons called Letters From Secret Santa. It’s an adorable game about a small boy’s interpretation of letters from Secret Santa. The platformer uses handwritten words as platforms, allowing our hero to jump from one sentence to another.

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This offer is exclusive to Indies Need Booze patrons for this month, December 2014. The private link to the game is available below:

http://www.patreon.com/creation?hid=1316547

What’s next? This month’s schedule.

| Taro Omiya

So now that Prototype: Murakami has unfortunately been delayed, what’s next? Well, we have a ton of stuff coming, and we think a little transparency is in order. Here are all the big events going on at Omiya Games:

First, a Pie for Breakfast game called Dead Man’s Trail is going to be submitted for Indies in the Middle at Smithsonian in DC. And naturally, we’re giving as much help as we can for the project to meet the live-judging deadline. We’ll keep you up to date on how that goes.

Second, we’re collaborating with Indies Need Booze to create next month’s free game for them. Jacob, the organizer, has been incredibly supportive of our games, and it’s only fair we return the favor. We’ll have more about that in the coming few weeks.

With two projects going on at once, we won’t have the time complete a game for November’s #OneGameAMonth. What does this mean to the Patreon donors? Good news! Donors will not be charged this month. The campaign is setup so that donors are charged only when a game is out, so this month, they get a break and keep those precious dollars for holiday shopping.

Lastly, this leaves December. We’ll be helping Tech Valley Game Space to organize Ludum Dare, the world’s largest online game jam, in the Troy, NY. This major event will take up the majority of December, since even after the 72-hour development period, there’s still a 3 week period of voting. We’ll probably do a lot of live streams playing other people’s games, so stay tuned about that.

Ludum Dare 31 (Jam & Compo)

Friday, Dec 5, 2014, 7:00 PM

Tech Valley Game Space
291 River St, Suite 304 (3rd floor) Troy, NY

5 Space Cadets Went

Are you ready to get started on the largest, longest running Online Game Jam in the world? Let’s kick-off the Ludum Dare challenge, both Jam (team, 72-hours) and Compo (solo, 48-hours), with a bang! Remember to read the rules and post on the Ludum Dare site that you’ll be participating this exciting event:http://ludumdare.com/compo/rules/Please …

Check out this Meetup →

Hopefully that makes our situation a little more clear, as well as explain why Prototype: Murakami was delayed a full 2 months. In the meantime, we have updated Suddenly, Thousands to fix several bugs, including the camera being obstructed by walls all the time. Expect an update on all the web portals soon.

Help Support Indies Need Booze Patreon Campaign!

| Taro Omiya

Hey, all. I wanted to give a shout-out to a great friend who regularly sets up events called Indies Need Booze, allowing both fans and indie developers to have a great, casual time to talk each other and laugh out loud. These guys has helped me a lot, and it only seems fair that I return them the favor!

indiesNeedBooze

They recently started a Patreon campaign to help sustain their blog, and it’s an amazing deal. Starting at just $3 a month, you’ll receive a free game every month. Sounds excellent? Here’s the link to their campaign:

http://www.patreon.com/indiesneedbooze

About those “Members only” posts…

| Taro Omiya

Hey, guys! You may have noticed that a few posts in this blogs appears as private, requiring a login to view. This has been something I’ve been working on for a while, and I think it’s time to open the covers. Long story short, I’ve been working hard to create a controlled environment for playtesting. Every hidden posts are alpha builds of games I’m working on. They’re generated by Jenkins, a server that automatically creates a game build and uploads the generated webplayer to this site. So, good news, you’re not missing out on any news, and you’ll still see games from me in finalized form.

As of right now, I’m working with people I know to make sure this system is stable. In the near future, though, I’ll be opening a new tier on Patreon to allow others to have early access to my games as well. For those interested, stay tuned…

Patreon Campaign now open!

| Taro Omiya

Hey, everyone. Omiya Games’ Patreon page is now open for feedback! If there’s anything I can polish or correct, let me know!

Note that I am, indeed, working on constructing a video. It’s going to take a bit, though, and I wanted to make sure the text and the images were alright, first. Now onto making games!