Hello #PitchYaGame This is Alpine Lake, a mountain life sim / innkeeper sim. Your town is in danger, and through the power of innkeeping you can save it. Who knew that brewing coffee, scrambling eggs, and photographing a cute duck could have such an impact on people's lives.

where the heck does this thing go

Imagine building and running a cute inn on a lake with this view for all your friends to come visit?? Oh cool, that's the exact video game I'm making and it's called Alpine Lake Tell your friends!

So much refactoring and dev tools being improved on but nothing new to share at the moment. Please accept this snarky beast for now.

POV what it’s like to play ghosts of yotei with a puppy that literally can’t stop playing even when passed out.

me: okay no more video games for a while after i finish hollow knight also me: okay really no more video games after i finish silksong. me after finishing both: f

These are the kinds of notes my wife leaves me. I’m okay with this.

protip: don't wait until the day before the tokyo game show to buy your tickets! you will end up being very ticketless and very sad like i am right now 😭. i guess i'll just have to have twice the fun at tonight's tokyo indies event.

Listen, i know i'm a total nobody, so 10k outstanding wishlists for my silly life sim on running an inn in the mountains is wild. this is a really big deal to me. thank you so much for all the support (and patience!)

Very happy for Alpine Lake to be included in the Cozy Job Simulators Event! Alpine Lake is a life sim about innkeeping! Build your inn from scratch, design the rooms in any layout you want, and decorate them! What most don't know is you can open a restaurant or cafe, right inside your inn!

two of these are video game entertainment systems that you play with and have a good time. If you play with the 3rd thing it literally wont stop biting you.

Announcing The Mailroom, an upcoming horror game job simulator where you work in the mailroom of a small regional office of Hell located in Modesto, California. youtu.be/whB8cXe5hmQ Please WISHLIST TODAY! #gamedev #indiedev #horrorgame #godot

look mom, i'm on "someone's" TV

people ask me if i play other cozy games for research and i always say no what i do is make my wife play and whatever she curses at the most i avoid / improve upon currently it's items that have different star ratings that can't stack, and very long cutscenes with psycho level overly friendly npcs

nothing a new coat of paint can't fix

Alarm sound idea: the rustlings of your partner in the other room making breakfast and coffee, paired with a perfectly timed uber eats order

Every year I update the UI a bit. I'm considering a new font for dialogue. The original is font A, which i still do like for its playfulness. fonts B and C are classically more readable choices though. Anyone have any strong preferences?

Any exterminators know how to deal with this kind of infestation?

Super excited to be participating in the East Asia Indie Games Celebration on Steam this week!

i can't believe i'm saying this at my age but... my dog ate my f***ing homework

Sorry for celebrating but it's been two years since starting twitch streaming and just broke the top 50k! Maybe partner next year?? 🙃

dog groomers in japan are next level. they just sent me this and how did they even get that photo.

No cheating, post your lock screen.

Had a fun conversation with BiteMe Games about cozy games, starting out as a nobody, and streaming over at BitSummit last weekend. Feel free to check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzVg...

QRP with your wings art 🦋

i get asked all the time, does streaming gamedev get you wishlists? My answer is always no. streaming gets barely any wishlists. Here's what happened when raided by 396 people with about 200 sticking around. (I avg 45). I do it cuz people are nice and it's fun :)

On my way to #BitSummit! Hit me up if you want to say hi, talk cozy games, twitch, or indie devving! Dog tax:

Post a pic you took (no description) to bring some zen

UNITY USERS. i've been using unity for 12 years, and using unity 6 for a few months now and i'm only now noticing this "prefab" property allowing me to quickly swap prefabs... HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN HERE?

Haven’t done this in like 15 years but Cottage cheese in buttered egg noodles.

Hey, I just published a steam page for a game I've been working really hard on, if you have a chance to wishlist it and tell your friends I would appreciate it so so much: store.steampowered.com/app/3778320/... #godotengine #gamedev #indiedev

only a few hours left! buy my games people say they're really good (i'm people)

Looking for an innkeeping adventure in a lovely nature area? Alpine Grove by @mossygrovegames.bsky.social might be for you! I spent about two hours playing 7 in-game days in the free Steam demo 🏞️ youtu.be/rb3x7Rj0q3s?... #VideoGames

you can provide your guests a laundry machine. guests want to be able to do their laundry! this is an exciting positive good nice decorative useful thing! 😇 🧺🧦 it's semi difficult to get excited and hyped about laundry but it's a pretty cute washing machine 😊 #indiegame

I think I’ve tasted heaven?

i'm almost 40 and i've never liked stickers more than i do now what is wrong with me. Also i just ordered like 200 custom alpine lake stickers to take with me to BitSummit :D

Tomorrow is Indie-Penance Day on Kotaku! If you have an indie game in development, or a recent release that's been ignored, email me: [email protected], with the subject line "INDIE PENANCE 2025". Please include a store link and a YT link (if possible). Rules next...

the current amount of custom furniture created so far to decorate your inns with. what am i missing?

potential room designs are getting cute and cozy! Here are a few of the latest decorations. If you're into decoration games and want to see NPC's actually interacting and enjoying your designs, consider checking out Alpine Lake on steam!

really excited to start swapping out placeholder models with custom made furniture and decorations. if you have a favorite style of furniture lemme know! i'm on the hunt.

In another 80 days 👇

I kinda hate thrift stores but I had to buy this.

Here's a house being built for a special new resident. Some guests in Alpine Lake will love their stay so much they'll want to move in! Sound familiar? #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #indiegame

80 days in between these photos...

wife: "why are you only in a good mood once a month" me pointing at my wishlist graph.

i just found a youtube account that has been re-uploading my stream VODS and pretending they're me. Please help me report and remove this account. www.youtube.com/@batustuna

if you like dorks you might like this dork.

3d modelers hate this place.

this is a nice message to wake up to. more details later :) just when you think you're running out of steam sometimes the universe knows how to give something back.

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