Greetings!
I'll be blunt, I have no idea how exactly to use Tumblr right now, so please bear with the randomness!
I don't want this to simply become another page for current development updates, since that is already what the devlogs on itch.io are for.
Instead, I might occasionally post about behind-the-scenes topics that are not usually addressed. For example, how IWM started, why I made it, what inspired it, why certain things are the way they are, and so on.
And of course, if there is anything you are curious about, please feel free to ask!
Today, I will simply mention a little fun fact that probably very few people know.
In the image, you can see the prototype for Interact With Me!
It was originally a jam entry for...
I forgot. Wait, let me check...
Ah, it was for Scream Jam 2025.
That is why the official published date on the store page is Oct 17, 2025, rather than Feb 13, 2026, which is when Version 0.1 was released.
Personally, I consider the latter to be the official release date, since the prototype and the current version are essentially completely different games.
Frankly, the prototype was very bare bones and didn't achieve anything particularly impressive, but you can already see the clear direction of what would eventually become the current version.
For example, you can compare what the title screen looked like back then with what it looks like now:
I'm... I'm not the only one who thinks this is quite a leap... right?
Well, anyway...
That is... about it, yeah.
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Thank you for your time!
Warm regards!
