Support/exposure for indie works

Guys it’s ALLLIIIVVEEEE! Battle Princess Peony has launched on Kickstarter today so click on the link to get to it!

Here’s a link  to my initial post about it too but in case you don’t want to read it cuz...lazy, so here’s a recap.

Boy do I love myself a good hero/villain romance and you get just that and more in Goodbye Battle Princess Peony, an lgbtq+ friendly comic series by creator Mira Ong Chua. She is getting ready to launch her kickstarter for this great comic next week and I will be detailing more information about the campaign and the comic when the kickstarter launches on February 15th. I am very excited about this comic because 1, there’s lesbian romance 

Look at them! So cute!

and 2, the story is very interesting and captivated me the moment I read it. 

The story is as follows:

OMG! Pine is almost fully funded with only 22 days left to go in the campaign! Check out my post for a link to the game and some more information I dug up about the game.

I found this awesome ambitious project on Indiegogo today called Down Hill King which is creator Ben Leunato’s first comic book inspired by his love for 90s anime car culture. It’s more of a thriller though since there are horror elements.

Down Hill King follows the Japanese protagonist, Clint, a sort of hot headed guy, as he takes on a bet for money from another racer. Sadly, Clint’s race turns deadly, resulting in the death of all drivers, and Clint’s girlfriend. Only one person survives and that is Clint, however, the dead have not forgiven him for ending their lives. 

So this seems like a fusion of fast and the furious or go speed racer go with a horror plot attached. The reason this comic caught my eye was the font and haunting image of a woman (Clint’s girlfriend I assume) with half her face ripped off. It reminded me of Naoki Urasawa’s Monster manga/anime and that alone made me hope for a psychological thriller, like that manga, for this comic. 

The pages are out of order

The art style captures my eye and draws me deeper into the story. It sort of reminds me of some of Junji Ito’s drawings that have the same feeling/technique. 

There’s not too many rewards on the indiegogo page, just a digital version of the book and a physical version for rewards.

So the devs for Coral Island gave an update on the 4th sharing some more details on the romance options in the game. Apparently there are 16 eligible bachelors/ bachelorettes on Coral Island just waiting for us to sweep them off their feet! I am more than glad to do just that~

I think Noah is my favorite so far. he’s so sweet and takes care of his mom! I won’t get too attached to him though since there are more romance options that will be shown later on in future updates. And apparently the fandom (yes we officially are beginning to have a fandom now) is loving Noah and Yuri the most so far on the update page. 

Yuri seems super cool and gives me lesbian or bi vibes. Am I the only one here who hopes these vibes are proven right? 

First The little Captain and now Pine for stories about loss and grief. 2020 seems to have really inspired this theme to pop up in creative media this year in 2021. Pine is an ambitious interactive game that plays more like a visual novel if a visual novel was also more of an animated film. The story follows the woodworker, who you play as, as he struggles to come to terms with the loss of his wife as he tries to push forward in life. The animated short in the kickstarter immediately gave me goosebumps and I felt the tears coming while watching. The creators are so passionate, in fact, they created their studio Made Up Games specifically for this game. Pine is a personal game that expresses the grief creator and illustrator Tom Booth (Website, Twitter, Instagram) went through in his own life. 

It seems like this game is planned to release on Steam as well as on ios and android phones. 

If you love meaningful stories and interactive gameplay, this game might be for you. it sure seems it’s the game for me. There is still 26 days left to go in the campaign and I sure hope this game is one that succeeds. 

So as I was cruising through Kickstarter tonight, this children’s book caught my eye because of the amazing drawing, illustrated by Yori Narpati. (Instagram, Twitter, Website)

“The little Captain is a 40 page illustrated story-book. It’s about grappling to hold onto the things we’ve lost and searching for answers to things that are not easily explained. It's the story of a young boy named Wilkie who lives with his family on a ship until one day he is snatched by the sea and taken on a harrowing journey as he fights to find his way back to them.Though the story does not culminate in a classic fairytale resolve, a remnant of hope is buoyed by the echoes of a lost memory.”  (Quoted from the Kickstarter) 

Not only do I want to highlight this book for the amazing story/ message it is trying to tell, but also for the heartbreaking story behind its’ creation. The story, written by Lindley Joyner, was made after he lost his seven-month old son in 2018. It was written in the hope that Lindley could help others work through their grief as other grief books have helped him and his family. I believe this book is for people of all ages, from all walks of life and will be a great read. I look forward to reading it asap if the kickstarter is funded. There is 19 days left in the Kickstarter with plenty of rewards left so please go support this amazing project if you can! And if you can’t do it with money, sharing it to friends and family will help as well. I really want this book to be made. 

Guys I am VERY excited for this farming sim game! It’s supposed to have a very modern twist on the classic farming sim games we all know and love like Stardew Valley and Harvest Moon. This game definitely gives me Stardew Valley vibes, especially with the relationships you make with the townies. Now, this game goes a step further in stating that there may be the ability to have children with townies! 

But wait THERE”S MORE! There is so much diversity in this game which vastly differs from old farming sims and I couldn’t be happier. Pretty much every ethnic group is in this game and is available when customizing your character. It also seems like you can fish, duel npcs and customize your home. 

Male Character Customization

Female Character Customization

Environment still picture

Character romance (left image) and dueling (right image)

Now I’m not sure if the game is lgbtq+ friendly because I haven’t seen anything about same-sex romance or any other romance besides heterosexual mentioned on the page but I assume there will be lgbtq+ characters since the devs seem to really care about diversity.