The Making of KatataK

Not enough love is given to voice actors so here is the dialogue script for KatataK which was brought to life by the wicked awesome Melissa Hutchinson, Adam Harrington and Gavin Hammon. Also Tom.

The reference artwork again was created by the super skilled Kristen Des Vignes who is open to commissions!

Bonus shout-out to sound designer Dan Pugsley who had to cut and edit every single individual line of dialogue and sound effect for the game <3

December 6th 2014

KatataK is out!!! After months and months of hard work and late nights and embarrassing delays it's finally finished and available for download. I've been writing this blog in third person but I want to take a moment to thank everyone as much as I can for taking part in this game; everyone who helped make it a reality and every one of you who cared enough to follow us on the journey. Thank you so much. It means so much to me (Tom) and I hope this is the start of something wonderful.

You can get the game on iPhone/iPad/iStuff and Android devices.

Thank you, have fun, and good luck beating the final boss. You'll need it.

December 2nd 2014

Elliot and Amy Guy launch the official KatataK website because it's about damn time we had one of those!

November 30th 2014

The fantastic soundtrack to KatataK has been hanging out on iTunes/Amazon for a while in anticipation for the game's (embarrassingly delayed) release.

Todd 'LilDeuceDeuce' Bryanton created the 24-track OST wi a sexy retro style to match the 16-bit look of the game. We love him in lots of ways. All sales of the soundtrack go directly to the man himself so if radical chiptune music is your thing then show Todd some love and get it while its hot!

November 2014

The game is done!!! Submitted to iTunes and Google Play and everything. Tragically however we're now at the mercy of the unpredictable iTunes app review processes. Approval can take anywhere between 1-30 days and there's always a chance the game will get rejected for one of a thousand reasons. Here's hoping!

The app icon has been changed to be a little more reflective of the game itself and animator Matt Ley is working on a little promo poster to go up on Facebook and Twitter whenever the game is linked out.

A selection of mini gameplay teasers have been put together to go at the end of the next few videos and a full gameplay trailer is ready to go live as soon as the game itself is!

The "Video Games Are Dumb" sketch (animated by Mr Ley) will be hitting the TomSka channel as soon as iTunes graces us with their approval and boy are we gonna make some noise about it.

On a side note, the game is actually pretty good. WOO!

November 27th 2014

Sneaky lil' gameplay preview oh my.

October 21st 2014

A gaggle of nifty mofos flood the PixelSpill offices to play-test the veryextremelynearly finished game.

They are rewarded with snacks.

So many snacks.

October 19th 2014

Chris finalises the store images for iTunes and Android (and Windows maybe?) using in-game stills and Hayleigh's art. Radical!

September 16th 2014

Tom announces David's act of heroism to the world and reminds people that the game does in fact still exist. Honest.

September 2nd 2014

The opening splash screen animations for the two development teams TurboPunch (Tom's company) and PixelSpill (Jim's company) are completed.

TurboPunch's splash is animated by Anthony 'Kreid' Price (with logo design by Jonti 'Weebl' Picking) and PixelSpill's is animated by Elton Kuns.

September 2014

Bugs, beta testing, and broken wrists. When the speed of development is dependent entirely on the rate your coder can type an unusable hand is about as bad as it gets. Get well soon, David <3

YouTuber and professional screamer 'Markiplier' lends his voice to the game and sneaks his way into one of the cutscenes, the sly dog.

The game now nearing completion, beta testers are brought in to try their hardest to break it. They fail. Hooray!

August 22nd 2014

The stresses of game development really start to show. Deadlines become less respected than a YouTuber at a film festival. David now lives in the office.

August 18th 2014

Jonti finishes the cutscenes for the game. Hell yeah.

August 8th 2014

Tom introduces the world to the rest of the team behind the game.