Cats really love boxes, so we added feature where Mikan can jump into a box to collect things. What’s the first thing you’d want to find inside? #IndieGameDev #CozyGames #CatsOfBluesky #pixelart #kawaii

GDX 2025 is a wrap for Mikan House! Thank you to everyone who came by, checked out our merch, played and wish-listed our game! We appreciate it! Wishlist our game on Steam bit.ly/4kEstI6 #gamedev #cats #indiedev #catgame #games #pixel #pixelart #gdx2025 #edmonton #alberta #albertacanada #kdays

Mikan is going to GDX! Come visit our Neko House table at GDX and say hi, try our game, and pick up some adorable stickers, prints, bookmarks, as well as plushies and key chains! Wishlist our game on Steam bit.ly/4kEstI6 #gamedev #cats #indiedev #catgame #games #pixel #pixelart #gdx2025

Dev Diary: Today I helped make assets, by PLAYING with YARN. They sit at their computers all day, so I showed them what fun is. They even added yarn balls to the game! Because of ME! NOTE: Yarn in real life isn't safe for cats. #pixelart #cats #indiegamedev #pixels #nekohouse #indiegames

Dev Diary: Guess what we are adding? We are in the process of flushing out the town and filling out the houses! You will see new houses and new interiors around! What are some essentials you would like to see in the houses? #pixelart #cats #indiegamedev #pixels #nekohouse #indiegames

To all the cat moms out there…Happy Mother’s Day 🐱🌹

Mikan's diary entry #1. Mikan made a confession about a secret. The confession is written on the image. Has your cat ever farted in front of you? #pixelart #cats #indiegamedev #pixels #nekohouse #indiegames

Humans need to stay hydrated, but so do cats 😊 #pixelart #indiegamedev #gamedev #kawaii #neko #pixelanimation

This is an old menu design, but we might adjust it and reuse it for something else. What do you think? Should we reuse it for something new? #pixelart #indiegamedev #catart #gamedev #kawaii #neko

Would you adopt this kitty? #indiegamedev #illustration #catart #cats #gamedev #pixelart

Apparently Feb. 22nd is cat day in Japan. Happy Cat day! #pixelart #cats

A little peek inside the shelter when you first start. It’s definitely seen better days, but with some care (and a few furniture swaps), it’ll start feeling a lot more like home. What’s the first thing you’d upgrade? #indiegamedev #gamedev #pixelart #art #cats #cozygames #nekohouse #indiegames

Throwback to an earlier iteration of our shop UI, designed by our former graphic designer. It’s always interesting to see how things have evolved! What do you think—would you have navigated this easily, or do you prefer a different approach? #indiegamedev #pixelart #gameart #gamedev #cats #ドット絵

This is an old mockup of our store. It looks totally different now, but our former graphic designer worked really hard on it, so we wanted to share. #indiegamedev #pixelart #art #cats #kawaii #cozygames #cozygamedev #indiegames #nekohouse

Old concept art of Matsue and Mikan. Wonder what they’re dreaming about? #illustration #art #indiegamedev #indiegames #cozygames #cats

Another lovely illustration that our artist created. Sleeping Mikan. Does your cat move in their sleep? #illustration #art #indiegamedev #indiegames #cats #kawaii #cozygames

Ever dress up your cat? Here’s Mikan dressed in a sailor outfit. Our artist illustrated a cute version of the original photo. If you have any adorable cat photos, we’d love to see them! #illustration #art #cats #indiegames #indiegamedev #cozygames

Our artist created this adorable illustration of the founder’s cats, Haru and Natsu! What do you think—should they make an appearance in Neko House? #illustration #kawaii #neko #indiegamedev #cats #videogames

The area where most of our team are based posted some great games on the Global Gam Jam site! Everyone worked so hard in the limited time they had. Our Level Designer made a solo project and her artwork is so cute! It’s called Time Bubble. globalgamejam.org/group/11840/... #GGJ25 #indiegamedev

Anyone working on games for Global Game Jam this week? #GGJ25 #indiegamedev

Fun fact of the day. Has your cat ever done this to you? What’s the most passive aggressive thing your cat has ever done? #pixelart #indiegamedev #ドット絵 #cozygames #pixelanimation #cats

We plan to have a pretty UI clock in the corner. What do you think? #pixelart #ドット絵 #indiegamedev #cozygames #nekohouse

What do you do during your “me time”? #pixelart #ドット絵 #indiegamedev #cats #cozygames

Throwback to an early pixel design—a ragdoll cat that didn’t fit our Neko House aesthetic. Thinking of reusing it as a background detail. Have you ever scrapped a main design but repurposed it elsewhere? Would love to hear your stories! #pixelart #ドット絵 #indiegamedev #cats #cozygames #aseprite

We had planned to print a sticker sheet, but it didn’t work out because of the file type. Still, we wanted to share it with you all—our designer put so much care into creating it, and it’s too good not to share! #pixelart #indiegamedev #cats #cozygames #stickers #nekohouse

We're looking at a potential character inspired by a real-life rescue from a cat shelter. What has your experience been like with your cat? We'd love to hear your stories! #pixelart #illustration #ドット絵 #indiegamedev #cozygames #cozygameart #nekohouse #cats

Filling out 'role in the company' forms is always tricky for an indie game studio—how do you fit founder/producer/project manager/artist/marketing coordinator into one box? What’s the most unexpected hat you’ve had to wear at work? #pixelart #ドット絵 #indiegamedev #cozygames #cats

Happy New Year! Starting 2025 on the right paw. Have you made any new years resolutions? #pixelart #cats #indiegamedev #ドット絵 #happynewyear #cozygames

Matsue (Mikan's human companion) welcomes Mikan's latest rescue—a little black cat with a big story. #pixelart #ドット絵 #cozygames #cats #gif #indiegamedev #nekohouse

Here’s the original Neko House logo! The design might change as we evolve the game, but we wanted to highlight the creativity and effort our graphic designer at the time poured into this. What do you think? #pixelart #ドット絵 #indiegamedev #cozygames #cats #nekohouse #gif

Here’s a glimpse of the title screen for Neko House. This version was designed by our founder and will likely evolve as we collaborate with our artist. We’d love to hear your thoughts. #pixelart #indiegamedev #ドット絵 #gif #cozygames #cats #nekohouse

If you named your cat after the last video game you played, what would it be? #pixelart #indiegamedev #cozygames #cats

Throwback to some earlier pixel art designs of cat toys for Neko House. Which one is your favorite? What kind of cat toys do you have? #PixelArt #IndieGameDev #cozygames #kawaii #cats

We had fun creating these bookmarks for Mikan House! Just a little something to celebrate our love for cats and stories. #pixelart #indiegamedev #cozygames #cats

Throwback to one of our older designs: an adoption form! Stay tuned—we’ve made some updates that we can’t wait to share in the future 😊 #pixelart #ドット絵 #indiegamedev #cozygames #cats

Picnic under an orange tree with our cats anyone? I know it’s winter, but a person can dream right? 😁 #pixelart #ドット絵 #indiegamedev #cozygames #cats

This is a house that our artist designed for a different game idea we had a while back. It doesn't quite fit with Neko House, but it's still beautiful, so I'll share it here 😊 #pixelart #pixelhouse #indiegamedev #cozygames #ドット絵

Testing gifs to see if it works. #pixelart #ドット絵 #GIF

Mikan is ready to answer any questions about our game Neko House…but the responses may be a bunch of “meows” 😅 #pixelart #indiegamedev #cozygames #cats

Any plans for the weekend? Mikan has scheduled an extra long nap 😴 #pixelart #indiegamedev #cozygames #cats

Step 1: Find box. Step 2: Claim box. Step 3: Victory. #pixelart #indiegamedev #cozygames #cats

Sometimes you just have to curl up with your favourite cat and drink some tea by the window sill ☺️ #indiegamedev #cozygames #pixelart

This is our cat Mikan for our upcoming game Neko House. It’s still in development, but she wanted to say, “hi.” She was also in the process of rummaging through the snack drawer 😅 #indiegame #cozygame #pixelart #cats #nekohouse