it is once again the most time of year

We didn't think we'd make this post so soon after launch but we have now hit 100k unique players in Young Suns!! We're so grateful to all you sundogs playing the game and giving us feedback. We'll see you all in 2026 with lots of updates ❤️ Now's your time to shine!

This is a hard ask with everything going on in the world, but one of my oldest friends recently found out his dog has oral cancer and is running a GFM to pay for it. He’s been out of work for a while, so if you’ve some money to spare, it would mean a lot if you could help. gofund.me/b2ecd72cb

social transition but it's just my leitmotif in a minor key

there’s no way to address the issues in the games industry without talking about the casual and rampant anti-Blackness

Sundogs!! A small patch before we go on holidays for new players to have a bit of guidance of what to do after the tutorial. We'll be back in the new year with bug fixes and updates. Now's your time to shine!

And send in your own translations to us for consideration at ANMLY.submittable.com!

all of my itch.io games are free, so i can't put them in the holiday sale, but i did just update MOOD's suggested donation to $6.66 thanks to a generous and eagle-eyed tear//and//rip afficionado. nicknicknicknick.itch.io

waiting for a style that you personally like to be “back in fashion” is so embarrassing…you’re not gonna wear eyeshadow because the free hand of the market said no? grow up

sign up for our final newsletter of the year if you want a look at a bunch of behind the scenes of Young Sun's development and some GVH trivia. It'll be going out on Thursday! buttondown.com/ko_op

game development means that sometimes characters just become bald

Perfect screenshot. Worf as a focal point is already killer, then your eyes travel to Data in the friar haircut and you think "this can't possibly get any better," and then there's the finishing blow of Geordi in his space visor plucking a lute

Our first patch is LIVE! Check out the full patch notes here: www.notion.so/koop/Young-S... Happy travels, sundogs!! ✨🚀

how we started vs. the glow up 😌🫶

leon’s back, baby

doing MY part by requesting finger waves be added to young suns 🙏🏼

the best part of game dev is finding the funniest audio to pair with bugs

for the emperor

I HAVE BOOKS! 📚 YOU CAN BUY ‘EM! 💸 Frankie and the Beastly Bog Song is my newest early reader comic! bookshop.org/p/books/fran... JONESY is an all-ages comic I did with @samhumphries.bsky.social almost a decade ago, collected into one volume for the first time! bookshop.org/p/books/jone...

We're so close to launch and only a little less than 2k away from our goal of 10k wish lists. 😊 For our first game, this means a lot!!! Wishlist Drywall Eating Simulator: store.steampowered.com/app/3749110/...

We're $476 from our goal!

i'm terrible at remembering to point people towards this, but i DO have a little print shop & everything IS on sale for the next ~6 hours!

just thinkin' about eris morn again #destiny2

incredible things are happening at ko_op

gamers

Young Suns (20X6)

for World AIDS Day, a 1988 cartoon from the Advocate's Gerald Donelan

responding with “first time, huh?” to every cis person experiencing a soupçon of dysphoria when they can’t make the masc butch boy of their dreams

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last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')

what the hell, let’s have another 🗣️🗣️🗣️

letting out one sharp bloodcurdling scream as a treat

Thanks! Thanks so much! Thanks for reaching out! Can't wait to connect! Can't wait to hear more! Looking forward to our conversation! Looking forward to hearing from you! Let me know! Let me know if this works for you! Let me know if this works for your schedule! Let me know when you're available!

Cat's out of the bag! While I didn't work directly on the build launching today, I've been collaborating w/ KO_OP's marketing team on playable microfiction set in the world of Young Suns! You'll also, I'm sure, see world building I've contributed make its way into future future stories in YS proper.

havin' a nice quiet day off from the space horrors #drifteris #destiny2

Reposting Ryan specifically here because his work isn't reflected in the trailer, but he and the rest of the marketing team put some really cool stuff together for our Discord. That'll be over here soon: discord.gg/xZUTddkh Also, this is his last week with us, and you should hire him!

common KO_OP W 🙂‍↕️

finally…our fps metroidvania soulslike racing game is here

“gender is a social construct but sex is immutable” wrong!! with allies like these who needs enemies good lord

“your cat is overweight” my lobster is too buttery, my steak is too juicy

Please join us for this fundraiser to help communities impacted by the devastating typhoon in Western Alaska!

I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed. Here are the words she left behind: www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...

Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.

Happy Halloween!! 🎃🔪

wanna see what i've been working on? come check it out 👀👀👀

Coworking with @princxporkchop.bsky.social saying sentences out loud like "that motherfucker cloistered as hell."

yeah, i read theory

I don’t want to point fingers but I don’t think it’s coincidence that I had an unbearable pain flare + bad brain day when we switched from libra season to scorpio