Yo! We're NOKOGODO, the worker cooperative game studio behind Sunshower and GNOMONIC!
Sunshower
The first game we've finished together, Sunshower, released on Nintendo Switch a little over a month ago! It's a colorful, casual arcade action game inspired by Pyoro / Bird & Beans that follows a robot's survival in a rain storm!! Use the plant installed on your head to reach for the sky as you achieve high scores, unlock secrets, and stop the rain from washing away the world. It even has local multiplayer so you can either reach for your highest score with a friend or compete to see who comes out on top!
Learn more about Sunshower on its Nintendo eShop page!
And find links to it on almost every other platform here!
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GNOMONIC
We first formed our studio to make GNOMONIC – the ART RPG! In this ART-PG, you'll walk through watercolor paintings, fight in real-time projectile battles, solve puzzles with shadows, meet friends with creative talents in worlds themed by artistic mediums, and discover a story about how we experience art… and how art experiences us. We'll be releasing the free first part of GNOMONIC on PC and consoles this year, and we're planning a Kickstarter for it too! The story miiight connect to Sunshower…
GNOMONIC doesn't have an eShop page yet, but you can wishlist it on Steam for now!
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Who are we?
Kody – Director, Programmer, Game Designer, UI, Writer
(That's me!) I used to translate Masahiro Sakurai's Famitsu articles and review games for Source Gaming. I also used to make stuff for my EarthBound / MOTHER fan website called Mother Forever, and I organized Mother Direct presentations from 2021-2024 that included EarthBound fan projects and inspired indie games.
JSpinz – Art Director, Artist, World & Character Designer
She's an artist who's specialized in watercolor illustrations and creating characters for over 10 years, and has been drawing for even longer!
Paxton – Programmer, Game Designer, UI
Paxton is a professional programmer who designs and illustrates games in his spare time, like his ZelDnD fan game that combines the world, characters, and mechanics of The Legend of Zelda games with tabletop RPGs!
Ask us anything!
And it's a giveaway!! We'll randomly choose two people to receive a code for Sunshower!
EDIT: Thanks for your questions, and we've chosen two winners for the giveaway!! Feel free to ask any other questions if you have them though and we'll get to them when we can.
You can follow our future announcements on our Bluesky!
by kodynoko
4 Comments
How important is the level of detail in the background in relation to gameplay?
Hi JSpinz! What sorts of challenges are their in creating a watercolor style in digital media? Are the tools you use similar enough in both media, or what sort of challenges were there with that?
Are there details or colors that were much easier / more difficult to do in one format or the other?
Hi Paxton! What’s your favorite story from a tabletop game that you played or ran? ZelDnD looks pretty spiffy!
The watercolor art style in Sunshower looks amazing! How did you decide on using watercolor for your games, and what challenges did you face integrating it into the gameplay?