We're on sale! During Steam's summer sale event grab The Island of Doctor Morose for only $8.99! If you have a friend who hasn't picked it up yet, now is a great time! store.steampowered.com/app/3788120/...

I have discovered "Mothward". Whichever one of you was responsible for creating that, thank you. He's amazing

Man it feels good to play this game at 6 frames per second while working in-engine again...

Hello! Sorry for the silence! Had some personal stuff come up, but 1.1.0 is still on for a release very soon (hopefully in the next few weeks!), and the art book is done! We're getting it ready for digital distribution atm but will update you as soon as we can!

The art book for #theislandofdoctormorose is nearly complete! Just editing a few comments and text related stuff! Expect a release date for it soon! Also, version 1.1.0 is coming along well, so news related to that is also coming very soon! In the meantime, have a look at the book!

Some more bonus lore cards! Thanks again to those who showed up for the livestream of #theislandofdoctormorose ! This artbook is now over 120 pages... I never suspected it would be that long ever.

showing my indie game to non-gamer friends and family:

www.youtube.com/live/iY7VAOb... JOIN OCTO LIVE! MCKENNA MAY EVEN MAKE A GUEST APPEARANCE (she won't, but you know)

We are back in action after a bit of a delay, and ready to do a livestream playthrough/Q&A of #theislandofdoctormorose Well, Octo is, anyway! Tomorrow starting at 1:30pm MDT!

Everyone's least favorite enemy, the spider things! Don't worry, we'll (probably) adjust the hitboxes a bit in 1.1.0. We never released this lore card prior to the game's release, so here it is now! Play #theislandofdoctormorose today on Steam!

Work continues on the art book for #theislandofdoctormorose, as well as new content for the game (v1.1.0), and preperations for the livestream Q&A on the Square Butterfly Interactive channel! In the meantime, happy pride month to all our LGBTQ+ fans and friends. We hope you all feel loved and seen!

When we started development, our sales goal was 500 copies. Now, only 15 days after launch, #theislandofdoctormorose has sold DOUBLE that. We can't thank you enough for your support of our very first #indiegame but we CAN give you a hint about what's coming in the next #update . Stay tuned!

Version 1.0.7 is going live now! Fixes include a (hopeful) fix for the Black Screen of Death bug, a fix to a bug which made the originally intended worst ending inaccessible, and a few other stability changes. More news coming soon!

The cause of the black screen issue has been determined (we think). Now we can fix it, hooray!

Yes, this is EXACTLY how it went lol. Fantastic artwork by the way, made us laugh!

Would y'all be interested in a livestream Q&A/director's commentary playthrough of #theislandofdoctormorose? If so, I might do this in the not too distant future...

Patch notes! These are just some of the changes made to #theislandofdoctormorose in the latest #update, which just dropped this morning! Version 1.0.6 is now live! For full deets, check the Steam Community tab!

Careful İn The Dark There İs Madness There The İsland Of Doctor Morose - Fanart #speedpaint #fanart #digitalart #theislandofdoctormorose #tiodm #theislandofdoctormorosefanart #scary

WE HAVE FOUND THE BUG. YOU SHALL SOON PERISH BUG. ...we hope.

THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOROSE IS NOW AVAILABLE ON STEAM!! store.steampowered.com/app/3788120/... Have fun! Good luck! Don't die (too many times)!! #theislandofdoctormorose #indiehorrorgame #launchedatlast #spooky #handdrawn

Congratulations are in order!!! The Island of Doctor Morose launches in just a few hours!

Hey guys! Quick update on the art book! We wanted to take our time and really ensure it's the best quality it can be, so it may be a week or two between the launch of the game and the digital art book! We'd like to do physical ones too, eventually, so stay tuned for info! #tiodmgame #update

Soon indeed.... fantastic art as always!

youtu.be/U4c8vG18tKs?... Yup! It's launch trailer time! #theislandofdoctormorose #spooky #indiehorrorgame #comingsoon #noAI

Special promo posters for #theislandofdoctormorose See you all tomorrow when the launch trailer drops, and on the 15 at 12:00am mountain time when the full game goes live! #indiehorrorgame #spooky #comingsoon #promoart #noAI #handdrawn #horror

We've officially gone gold and are fully ready for launch! Codes are being sent out starting today for reviewers and influencers. We hope you have fun with #theislandofdoctormorose and will see you all on May 15! #gonegold #comingsoon #indiehorrorgame

ONLY ONE WEEK REMAINS UNTIL THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOROSE LAUNCHES! THIS IS NOT A DRILL! ...oh and also, meet Angelique! #theislandofdoctormorose #spooky #indiehorrorgame #comingsoon

2 weeks remain... (At one week, we'll drop a new lore card) #theislandofdoctormorose #spooky #handdrawn #indiehorrorgame #gamedev #comingsoon

Daily dose of Morose! Not long at all until launch! #theislandofdoctormorose #indiehorrorgame #dreamlike #abstract #horrorgame #handdrawn #comingsoon

One moment he's here, the next he's gone... #theislandofdoctormorse #screenshots #indiehorrorgame #comingsoon #handdrawn #adventuregame

Have now played The Island of Doctor Morose using a controller. That was pretty neat. Please do not play this with a controller (it makes the game way harder) but you can do it if you really want to. We're trying out a few layouts to see what works atm.

Got actually scared while testing today. That's a good sign....I think...

In just 3 weeks, The Island of Doctor Morose will be released! We're all a bit nervous, but extremely excited for you all to jump into the game for yourselves! Not much time left! #indiehorrorgame #comingsoon #horror #handdrawn #theislandofdoctormorose

@calyps0art.bsky.social made an excellent video theorizing about the lore of #theislandofdoctormorse ! We can't confirm or deny the theories just yet, but if you're interested in theorycrafting about the game, this is for you! Fantastic effort!

Nessie would like to remind everyone that she's very excited to eat, er, meet you on May 15! #theislandofdoctormorose #indiehorrorgame #comingsoon #noAI

So like...what WAS the deal with this place, anyway? It's kinda unrelated to anything else on the island, huh? #theislandofdoctormorose #indiehorrorgame #spooky #handdrawn #secretarea #comingsoon

One thing about the art for the game being done is that now, we can draw the characters in whatever style we want! This is Howard, drawn in the game director's natural art style. You can see more fun art like this in the art book, but we figured we'd throw you all a bone early! #tiodmgame #howard

Uh oh....looks like Howard's asked Knowhere about something he shouldn't have... Knowhere seems nice enough about it, though! #indiehorrorgame #npc #spooky #handdrawn #comingsoon

This is what a very big problem looks like, in case you were wondering. #theislandofdoctormorose #indiegamedev #glitches #indiegamebugs #wewillfixiteventually

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Oh hey! Look at that! No pink dot! #theislandofdoctormorose #indiehorrorgame #comingsoon #noAI #handdrawn #horror

I got creative and made Howard just before he fully reforms after he respawns from the save flower #theislandofdoctormorose

6 weeks to launch... #theislandofdoctormorose #spooky #indiehorrorgame #handdrawn #countdowntolaunch #noAI

I have now seen (and more importantly, heard) the finished visuals and cutscenes for all 4 endings, fully scored. We ended up deciding on only two voices, a narrator, and a voice for Howard. I really think you'll enjoy these endings. Some of them are quite moving, I think.

Here's your first look at the digital art book! We've compiled all the art from across the development of the game to make this book happen, so you'll get to see tons and tons and tons of behind the scenes work! There's even new lore tidbits and insights from all of the devs! Look forward to it!

It's really fun to be at the point in development we're at, because I can just play through the entire game right now, but we haven't turned off the dev testing stuff yet, so some rooms will just have egregious spoilers infinitely repeating on loop, and multiple Nessies just sitting around

7 weeks from now, you'll be playing The Island of Doctor Morose. Animals, humans. All are tools for The Doctor's experiments. All are meat in the eyes of a madman. #indiehorrorgame #theislandofdoctormorose #spooky #handdrawn #NoAI #indie #bodyhorror

In case you missed it on YouTube, we've confirmed that The Island of Doctor Morose will be natively compatible with Linux at launch! SteamDeck support and controller support are being worked on actively, so stay tuned for updates about that! (Mac users hang tight, we'll figure something out!)

Heard you guys wanted to see Howard smile...here's a doodle of what that might look like. What's the saying? Felt cute might delete later?

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