💌 Discounty News - April 2025
Attention shoppers!
We recently sent out our April newsletter! A LOT has been happening in the last few months, so we're excited to finally spill the tea a bit. So here's an excerpt from our last email about what we've been up to! Make sure to subscribe to our newsletter for the full version — new subscribers get the latest issue in their inbox!
[h2]🎉 TAGS Event in Copenhagen[/h2]
We recently showed our game to the public for the first time EVER! In February we had the opportunity to show Discounty as part of Copenhagen Gaming Week. Our core team is located in Denmark, but we were able to bring in our publishing team and social/comms manager Ian, and it was actually the first time we all got to meet together in person! It was really special to chat with each other while watching random people trying Discounty, while also getting useful feedback to improve the game.
[h2]🧪 PLAYTESTING: Getting your feedback [/h2]
We've also had our first closed playtests since our last newsletter! We invited a small number of testers to play the first two hours of Discounty. As they played, they provided ongoing commentary and reactions to everything they experienced. We are currently preparing for a much larger-scale playtest in the next couple months, so stay tuned if you've signed up already, or join our newsletter to get the signup link!
[h2]🪞 CHARACTER CREATOR: Be who you want[/h2]
Our much-anticipated character creation system is now fully implemented! There are 6 categories you can adjust to change your character's appearance, each with a wide range of color options. Behold:
[h2]🎵 Meet the Team: James (Music)[/h2]
About Me: I’m a working musician in London but for the last 5 years I’ve been composing music and doing audio for games! It was an easy bridge of two of my passions! Bringing worlds to life and bouncing ideas off a dev team has been an absolute joy. Especially inside the indie game scene where such amazing art and game design really helps fuel the music I can make. I love working with soundfonts and working around their limitations but also any excuse to make something grandiose is never out of the question!
[h2]🏆 Some A MAZE.-ing News[/h2]
Discounty has been nominated for an A MAZE. Award! We are honored to be nominated for the WINGS Award, presented by WINGS Fund, which recognizes games made by teams with women & gender-marginalized developers in key positions, like us!
As part of the nomination, we'll be able to exhibit a demo of Discounty throughout the event from May 14-17 in Berlin. So if you happen to live in the area and want to give Discounty a try, please come by. (And congrats to our fellow nominees! So many cool games!!)
[h2]👋 Until Next Time[/h2]
That's it for now, but since we're getting ever closer to the game's release later this year, we're going to start sending out these newsletters every month. Subscribers get these updates first, and with twice as much content, so make sure to sign up here! Thanks for reading, and see you next month!
xoxo
Crinkle Cut Games
We recently sent out our April newsletter! A LOT has been happening in the last few months, so we're excited to finally spill the tea a bit. So here's an excerpt from our last email about what we've been up to! Make sure to subscribe to our newsletter for the full version — new subscribers get the latest issue in their inbox!
[h2]🎉 TAGS Event in Copenhagen[/h2]
We recently showed our game to the public for the first time EVER! In February we had the opportunity to show Discounty as part of Copenhagen Gaming Week. Our core team is located in Denmark, but we were able to bring in our publishing team and social/comms manager Ian, and it was actually the first time we all got to meet together in person! It was really special to chat with each other while watching random people trying Discounty, while also getting useful feedback to improve the game.
[h2]🧪 PLAYTESTING: Getting your feedback [/h2]
We've also had our first closed playtests since our last newsletter! We invited a small number of testers to play the first two hours of Discounty. As they played, they provided ongoing commentary and reactions to everything they experienced. We are currently preparing for a much larger-scale playtest in the next couple months, so stay tuned if you've signed up already, or join our newsletter to get the signup link!
[h2]🪞 CHARACTER CREATOR: Be who you want[/h2]
Our much-anticipated character creation system is now fully implemented! There are 6 categories you can adjust to change your character's appearance, each with a wide range of color options. Behold:
[h2]🎵 Meet the Team: James (Music)[/h2]
About Me: I’m a working musician in London but for the last 5 years I’ve been composing music and doing audio for games! It was an easy bridge of two of my passions! Bringing worlds to life and bouncing ideas off a dev team has been an absolute joy. Especially inside the indie game scene where such amazing art and game design really helps fuel the music I can make. I love working with soundfonts and working around their limitations but also any excuse to make something grandiose is never out of the question!
[h2]🏆 Some A MAZE.-ing News[/h2]
Discounty has been nominated for an A MAZE. Award! We are honored to be nominated for the WINGS Award, presented by WINGS Fund, which recognizes games made by teams with women & gender-marginalized developers in key positions, like us!
As part of the nomination, we'll be able to exhibit a demo of Discounty throughout the event from May 14-17 in Berlin. So if you happen to live in the area and want to give Discounty a try, please come by. (And congrats to our fellow nominees! So many cool games!!)
[h2]👋 Until Next Time[/h2]
That's it for now, but since we're getting ever closer to the game's release later this year, we're going to start sending out these newsletters every month. Subscribers get these updates first, and with twice as much content, so make sure to sign up here! Thanks for reading, and see you next month!
xoxo
Crinkle Cut Games