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Our Kickstarter is officially over at 125%!

Thank you everyone who has pledged, shared, Tweeted, and commented about our Kickstarter! 1,250 ameowzing backers have come together to reach reach (and zoom past) our goal and we couldn't have done it without you 🙀💖

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Our Kickstarter is now over 130% funded! Thank you to everyone who has followed, pledged, or shared 🥺🐾

We've got less than 40 hours to go! 🎉

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We’re only $4,000 away from being funded on Kickstarter! Thank you everyone for your support 🙀💕

Check out our Campaign ➡ https://bit.ly/3fdyslC

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New workbench for all your crafting needs!

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Yes, it's true! Snacko is now on Kickstarter! ✨ https://bit.ly/snackoks

Former big city kitties Momo and Mikan are starting a new life on a seemingly deserted island. Unravel its mysteries while you rebuild a community, farm, fish, and explore the island and beyond!

How do you like our new trailer? 😊

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Momo

Mikan

Waffles

Two cats owned by @snackodev and my Waffles being little farmers.

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Snacko joins over 50 other indie games including Ooblets and Chicory to showcase exclusive footage and announcements for @wholesomegames first Direct! Make sure to tune in, it'll be the cats meow 🐾✨

Tomorrow at 1PM EST: https://youtu.be/AwCNzOPR8Ck

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New main menu look and an extra bit of jiggle to make it sparkle ✨

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Would you be able to customize your farm kitty? Or are your only options the 3 preset kitties

We have character customization as a stretch goal right now 😊

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Where are your studios based?

We’re based in Vancouver, Canada!

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Oh man, I just stumbled upon this its so cute, I can't wait for it to come out!! I've already wish-listed it on steam, Cats and Farming? Two of my favorite things in a game?? Aaaaa

Yay! We’re so glad you’re excited. Hope you’ll enjoy playing once it comes out!

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Indie Game Spotlight: Snacko ( @snackodev​ )

This week’s Indie Game Spotlight is the cat’s meow. Snacko is a farming adventure game about two kitties starting a new life on a (seemingly) deserted island with a meow-sterious past! 

We chatted with husband and wife duo, Erisa and Jordan, who are making it out of their home studio in Canada, with the main cast based on their cats. Erisa does most of the art and community stuff like blog posts and social media, and Jordan is the lead (and only) programmer on the project. Read on!

What were some major influences in making the game?

Erisa: I grew up on almost exclusively Nintendo handheld games, so a lot of Story of Seasons and Rune Factory for the gameplay, and some Pokémon games for art. For particular features like the interior decorating, I draw a lot on my experiences playing The Sims.

Jordan: Unlike Erisa, I grew up playing games on console and PC, so, while we do share some common ground (namely in the farming sim department), my tastes are quite different! I bring most of my inspiration from action-adventure games such as The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, early 2000s MMORPGs such as Ragnarok Online and Phantasy Star Online, and platformers such as Super Mario 64.

Aside from farming, what other activities can you do?

We have some of the more common features found in other farming games, like fishing, cooking, and taking care of farm animals. But we’ve also added some extra activities to fill your days, like part-time jobs at the local diner, exploring procedurally-generated mazes in the mines, and decorating and growing your own island community. We have some more surprises we’re excited to reveal in the coming months!

How does customization work?

There are many ways to make your Snacko experience unique to you! Your farm, the town, and your home can all be decorated using crafting recipes and building blueprints you collect during your journey. You can mix things up by dyeing your furniture, or the roofs of buildings, different colors crafted from flowers and other materials found in the wild.

Another aspect of customization in Snacko is the villagers that live on your island. As you start rebuilding the town, you’ll find yourself in need of shops or services. You can take this opportunity to post on the bulletin board for potential villagers to respond to. Depending on what you’re offering and what you’re looking for, you can have an interesting combination of villagers on your island, and place their houses at will.

We’ve spent extra care in making the controls and options for building as convenient as possible to create spaces as you imagine them in your mind. My personal favorite is the ability to rotate freely and toggle seamlessly between snap-to-grid and free placement!

What has been the biggest challenge in creating the game?

Erisa: Staying consistent. I haven’t worked on a project this big before, and once you add on the fact that I’m essentially the art director of the project, as well as my own boss, it’s been a challenge to make sure all my assets stay consistent. I’ve gotten into situations where I’ve had to redo assets because they looked fine on their own, but out of place once implemented into the game.

Jordan: Picking and choosing what ideas get to make it into the game. No matter how small and easy you think it will be to put a new idea into the game, every new idea adds complexity and needs to be polished, maintained, tested, and localized into all of our supported languages. As the game has progressed, our ideas haven’t slowed down—so having to continually fight the urge to add more can get a tad stressful!

If you could be friends with any of the game’s villagers in real life, who would it be?

Erisa: Definitely Frits! He seems like a really chill guy to hang out with after work over some chicken skewers and drinks. I think so far, Frits is my favorite character I’ve designed.

Jordan: Outside of the characters that mirror our cats’ personalities, I’d have to go with Maru. He’s one of the more down-to-earth characters in our cast, and loves when he gets time to focus on his hobbies!

Snacko is currently available to wishlist on Steam! They’re currently developing for PC and will keep everyone updated for other platforms in the future. You can follow their Tumblr here!

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Order up!

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will there be on the Nintendo switch?

We don’t have anything concrete planned yet for console releases but we’ll be sure to announce if that changes in the future!

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When I first saw your game it looked incredible, it seems super unique and the gameplay looks great!

Thank you so much! 🐾