Associate Producer DnD Class: Druid Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw Pokemon Go Team: Mystic Empire or Rebellion: Rebellion Turtle: Donatello     When did you first get started in games and how? My experience started when I was really young – maybe 3 or 4 – and I would always watch my brother play games on his […]

OK, stop me if you’ve heard this one before: There’s no such thing as bad publicity.   If that’s the case, then the producers behind Sonic: The Movie should be feeling pretty good about themselves. The Internet has been having a field day making fun of this movie.  It’s pretty clear that Sonic memes are reaching […]

Social Media/Community Manager DnD Class: Ranger Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw Pokemon Go Team: Valor Empire or Rebellion: Rebellion Turtle: Donatello       When did you first get started in games and how? My family moved to Japan when I was about ten years old in the late nineties, and if there was ever a time […]

We hope everyone had a great and productive time at GDC last month! For those of you who were there, did you get a chance to check out the awesome Genvid Trailer that Akupara Games produced? If you weren’t able to catch it, couldn’t make it out to San Francisco this year, or just simply […]

We’re excited to announce that Desert Child has been nominated for the NAVGTR Awards in the categories of:   • Game, Original Racing • Song Collection • Song, Original or Adapted (Mega Ran and Bag of Tricks Cat – Love is Here)   We’re so proud of this and hopefully Oscar can bring home the hardware […]

Publishing 101 | Publishing 102 | Publishing 103 | Publishing 104   New year, new advice! My name is David Logan, CEO of Akupara Games, and I’d like to start the year with some more insider details on game publishing. Last year, I wrote the first entry for a series of articles to help guide […]

This guide is intended to inform you of the gameplay controls, as well as basic tips on how to play Desert Child. Please note, all gameplay descriptions are based off of an Xbox One controller, and it is highly recommended you use a controller to play this game. Basic Controls Movement – Use the Left […]

Rev your hoverbikes! The highly anticipated hoverbike racing shooter, Desert Child, by Australian indie developer Oscar Brittain and publisher Akupara Games is now available!     In Desert Child you are broke, but talented, hoverbike racer who needs to find a way off Earth to get to Mars to compete in the Grand Prix, the […]

We are excited to announce the launch date of the hoverbike racing adventure, Desert Child, coming on December 11, 2018 for $11.99.     In Desert Child you are broke, but talented, hoverbike racer who needs to find a way off Earth to get to Mars to compete in the Grand Prix, the greatest race […]

By Kyle Holmquist   Whispering Willows took inspiration from a variety of sources, but probably one of its greatest sources of inspiration is the show American Horror Story, which was still in its first season when the game was being conceptualized. Many of the members on the team were watching the show, as it had […]