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Development Update #2: Events, Demo Update and Music

Hello everyone, Lina here! 🎴🎄

First things first, we'd love to wish you all a Merry Christmas from the whole Mango Factory team!

It's been a roller-coaster of a year for us and we're so honoured having you all along for the ride! That said, we've got plenty of gifts to share with you all, starting with this stunning holiday artwork from our Art Director AlyenGhoul!



With our Absolute Plastic Surgeon's birthday likewise being December 25th, spotlighting her here was an easy choice. Check out all the little details!

Now onto the (slightly) more meaty stuff!



We're very excited to talk about a few digital events we're taking part in over the coming months, starting with Southeast Asia Games Onward 2024!

https://store.steampowered.com/curator/25278687-Virtual-SEA-Games-from-SEAsia/sale/seago


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As an Indonesia-based studio, we were so honoured to be invited to one of the largest showcases of our region’s upcoming games, and we hope you'll all come check it out! There's additionally a video presentation being hosted on December 29th over on the organizer’s YouTube channel.

Then in February, we'll also be a part of Two and a Half Studios’ event called The Storyteller’s Festival, a big celebration of narrative games and visual novels! More info on that next month, but we'll have something very special for the occasion!



In February 2025, we'll be releasing a content update for the Kumitantei Demo Version to polish it up in line with our standards for Episode 1, including bugfixes, QoL improvements, new features, and what we're revealing today... Tsubaki InĹŤe as a brand new Battle Demo opponent!



Tsubaki will be bringing her unique Palaeontologist Talent Card, as well as her unique animations and a bunch of never-before-seen character sprites from Episode 1!

Eagle-eyed viewers might also notice the suspiciously-Trial-Grounds-shaped backdrop, could this update even bring a change of scenery for the Battle Demo? Only time will tell, so stay tuned for next month.



As a final surprise for this month, we'd like to share with you a brand new track coming with the Demo Update titled “Nyanus, Your Overseer”, courtesy of our Composer and Audio Director Hundotte. Please enjoy!

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To wrap this up, we'd like to again wish our whole community a wonderful holiday season and good tidings for the new year. We're able to keep working on this project we love because of you all, and we'll never ever take that for granted.

We have so much cool stuff in store for 2025 and we genuinely cannot wait to share all of it with all of you, so stay safe and have an Absolute Christmas!



Discord: https://discord.gg/mangofactory

Website: https://www.mangofactory.win/kumitantei

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@MangoFactoryEN

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MangoFactoryEN

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mangofactory.win

Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/mangofactory

Development Update #1: UI and Social Media

Hey everyone, Lina here!

It's been a whole month already since Episode 1 was successfully funded and our last update, but don't worry, we're not dead yet! We spent the last two weeks of October giving the team a well deserved break, and on November 4th we all got right back to work.

Let's see what's new, shall we?



Graphic design is, genuinely, one of the most difficult parts of creating a game. It takes such a unique blend of artistic and technical skills to create good menus for video games, especially considering how when designed well they go largely unnoticed.

…I say all of that just to preface how GyleToTheRescue, our Motion Graphic Designer, makes it look easy.



These beautifully smooth and stylized Pause Menus hearken back to manga and advertising of the 1980s, making all of the settings and info you'll need easily accessible and visually striking!

We hope you'll all enjoy this eye-candy as we continue pushing forward. Given how much of our current workload is backend or spoilery, we're a little dry on things we can showcase for this month, but hope to have more in a few weeks!



Quite a bit has happened outside the confines of game development in the last few weeks, as I'm sure many of you are aware.

Just to cut to the chase, we're phasing out our activities on Ex-Twitter and have already begun shifting our social media presence to Bluesky.



You can follow us there using the button above, and, we've even prepared a Starter Pack with our dev team + collaborators!

In addition, something we've been asked a lot is how to support us further now with the Kickstarter concluded. Our answer to that is Ko-fi!



For those uninitiated, Ko-fi is a platform very similar to Patreon except way less predatory. It allows us to both take one-time donations and offer recurring monthly Memberships, meaning that if someone wants to help us out, they can in whatever capacity they prefer.

Donations and Memberships on our Ko-fi support our team directly instead of going into Kumitantei’s development, so Kickstarter Backer rewards will not be offered through the platform.



I know we've said this a lot, but we mean it so sincerely: Thank you, everyone, for every ounce of faith and support you've given us. We're so honoured to have such a dedicated and tight-knit community.

As I said, this update is a little light due to the circumstances, but now we're locked in and making sure the next one’s more bountiful. See you then!



Discord: https://discord.gg/mangofactory

Website: https://www.mangofactory.win/kumitantei

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@MangoFactoryEN

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MangoFactoryEN

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mangofactory.win

Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/mangofactory

Happy Halloween from Kumitantei!


Happy Halloween everybody! We hope you'll have a great spooky time this year.

We will be showing up in Steam Scream 3D on October 28th at 10 AM. We hope to see you there!

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[h3]You can still late pledge for the Kickstarter until November 5th 2024 to get a copy of the game and various other bonuses.[/h3]





Website: https://www.mangofactory.win/kumitantei

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@MangoFactoryEN

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MangoFactoryEN

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mangofactory.win

Kickstarter Concluded. We Are Officially Funded!



The Kickstarter campaign for Kumitantei: Old-School Slaughter has officially come to an end, and we've raised over $22,030 with over 269 backers behind it throughout its duration!

Thank you so much for putting faith in us. It was with all of your support that we were able to get this far, and we will not betray the trust you've placed in us. We will use this funding to bring our vision to life and deliver you the best experience this game can offer.

The journey begins now!

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[h3]You can still late pledge for the Kickstarter until November 5th 2024 to get a copy of the game and various other bonuses.[/h3]



Website: https://www.mangofactory.win/kumitantei

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@MangoFactoryEN

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MangoFactoryEN

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mangofactory.win

Kickstarter's Goal Met! Thank You So Much!

Hello everyone! This is Lina, the Creative Director of Mango Factory! And today, I finally have the honour to say that...

Kumitantei: Old-School Slaughter's first episode is officially 100% funded!


We'll be able to keep working on our dream project for the foreseeable future now and bring to life the game you've all been so kind as to believe in.

We could not have possibly gotten here without all of you, and we're going to do everything in our power to make sure we not only meet but surpass your expectations. From the bottom of my heart and all of Mango Factory's, thank you each and every one so much! 🎴🖤


[h3]There is still time until 17 October 2024 for you to pledge for the campaign. You can go to our Kickstarter page right now through the link below![/h3]



Website: https://www.mangofactory.win/kumitantei

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@MangoFactoryEN

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MangoFactoryEN

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mangofactory.win