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We're going to refresh this account with an announcement:

Reincarnation Trial is on hiatus!

(Rumi and Vauhn are going on vacation while we clean the game up) We've realized this was too big of a project for our first game, so we're changing some things. It's a common problem for game devs to go too hard into their first project, so let's talk about that a little more:

The project's been on hold for a couple of months now, because we want to start from the top again and really make things the right way, from the start. The game direction got a little messy and chaotic, the scope expanded with no direction, etc...this was initially Cheli's very small project to test the waters, but it quickly got out of hand the more fun we were having

So! We'll try to come back to it with fresh eyes, and in the meantime we'll hone our skills with a new project.

There's no risk of us abandoning the fun little project we started at the beginning of the year - we're just picking a smaller, more manageable one to complete so that we can learn and grow from that first. Our programmer @hazzmat-shelter's already been posting about it BUT we'll share more info here as it comes (and on Bluesky as well)

That being said, we'll be a little more active now! We'll share posts from our personal accounts here & post any major updates - this is more of a hobby for us than anything, so we'll share what we have whenever we happen to have it. Another big issue we had was trying to post weekly updates for a game that just didn't have enough development to keep up, so we're going to stay lax on how much effort goes into social media upkeep.

So, I mean. All of that being said…hello again everyone! See you again soon 👋

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Experimental Rumi doodle

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It's Rumi!!!!!!

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Weekend's over...back to work, everyone 🏃‍♀️🪑

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Happy Saturday! Rumi's ready for the weekend 🪑

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Happy Screenshot Saturday! We're working on the little guy that helps the player revive when they die - we're keeping more info about it to ourselves for now, but soon you'll be seeing it pretty often.

(Also, it's totally waving to you with both hands. say hi 👋👋)

(You can find more info about Reincarnation Trial here!)

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No update this week! our cast is too busy playing the hand slap game

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There are many, maaany little designs for some little guys we've been working on the past year. One of them is from a sort of prototype of the game, born around December - the others have been lovingly shaped after that one ever since!

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There are many, maaany little designs for some little guys we've been working on the past year. One of them is from a sort of prototype of the game, born around December - the others have been lovingly shaped after that one ever since!

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game development this week is going smoothly.

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No update this week! our cast is too busy playing the hand slap game

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No update this week! our cast is too busy playing the hand slap game

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Happy Screenshot Saturday! We're working on the little guy that helps the player revive when they die - we're keeping more info about it to ourselves for now, but soon you'll be seeing it pretty often.

(Also, it's totally waving to you with both hands. say hi 👋👋)

(You can find more info about Reincarnation Trial here!)

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We...have been working on throwing mechanics. Sort of. A little bit

These were set up a while ago, but now that we've gained more insight throughout development and reworked a lot of systems, Cheli's finally started working on the throwing sprites! Only Rumi's little legs move right now, but she'll get her throwing form back soon.

It'll still be a while before this system is functional. Unfortunately. Hazzy's brain is melting trying to clean up our follower systems. 😔

(You can find more info about Reincarnation Trial here!)

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Working on Rumi's portraits again today :-)

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Follower movement + idle time out + peace sign

(Rumi's sprite is still a work in progress)

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Vauhn is here! And he's already exhausted

(He now officially has more clean sprites than Rumi does, so she'll finally get her own touch-ups soon)