developing games in a panic!!!

mainly for giving updates on games in progress on this blog and announcing games we've released

[mysticsablaze]

Our 3 days exhibiting Mystics Ablaze at Dreamhack have come to an end. We want to make games that bring people together. Seeing you play the game with each other, hang out and theorize about the characters and their mechanics - these are memories we will cherish. 🌠

[mysticsablaze]

Finally! We remembered our password so here’s a few updates:

We didn’t get into SGA, but we've been hard at work in these last few months. You’ll start to see the fruits of our labor shortly. 

We met up and playtested with the local fighting game community LightDashSthlm in September. It was really fun and we got some interesting insights. We’re looking forward to coming back in the future.

Due to popular request we have also created a bluesky account, feel free to follow us there: https://bsky.app/profile/mysticsablaze.bsky.social

We are also very excited to announce that we will be present at Dreamhack on the 22-24 of November. We'll update you with our exact time schedule once it's been finalized.

[wearepanicking]

Small UI update!

Hope everyone had a good Valentine's/Single awareness day yesterday!

We've updated certain UI-elements in the newest updated version of Illusrigare's game demo! Check out the game here: https://user2002chr.itch.io/illusrigare!

Cherry blossoms sure are fleeting, aren't they?

[wearepanicking]

Illusrigare: demo and its trailer!!!

As promised earlier, here they are: the demo for Illusrigare and its trailer are finally being released (not making liars out of ourselves just yet)!!!

We'd be super happy if you take some time just to play the demo (it's only like 30 min, at least should be under an hour!!!) and then participate in our survey (though the latter is not strictly mandatory to play the game!).

We're quite proud of what we managed to accomplish (despite all the delays and problems that seems to sprout whenever we look away for a half second (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻) but guess that's just game development and marketing for you ╮(╯—╰)╭.

Anyways, thanks for taking your time reading this rambling, and please enjoy our game demo o((>ω< ))o!!!

[wearepanicking]

Upcoming trailer and game demo release

"From the deepest of abyss to the highest of heavens

Where do we go from here...?"

"It doesn't matter to me, as long as we go together."

Haven't posted in a while so wanted to give a short heads up before the announcement/post for the trailer and release of the game demo of our visual novel, Illusrigare.

It's been a busy couple of weeks but hopefully it'll all be worth every second of it!! Feel free to keep an eye out for the project!

[taylormgandy]

You’re 12, in the backseat of your parent’s car as you pass a dead cornfield in the height of autumn somewhere in Central New Jersey.

Trying to get better painting with color with Procreate!

[retrogamingblog2]

Kirby Studio Ghibli Pins

[wearepanicking]

Late but happy new year!

It's been a busy couple of days—smoothing out storybeats, finding music (as would take to long to make original at the moment, unfortunately!) and creating art assets for the gamedemo—so here is an update!

Welcome to Illusrigare! A mysterious city overflowing with water, and the primary setting of the game's story!

As time goes on and the story progress, the water level starts to rise. Higher and higher.

Why have you woken up in such a strange city?

Why, to find someone you cherish! Someone you can't seem to remember...

And yet, you know that they are here, in this city.

[wearepanicking]

well, it took longer than it needed to but the character designs for our visual novel to be have been finalized! (at least the basic designs and general color values)

[wearepanicking]

New project ongoing (and incoming)!

We've started making a visual novel for a university study (for a bachelors degree, please pray for us!). Unfortunately, it's mostly just a flowchart, moodboards and a minimal amount of concept art.