Introduction Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A good idea doesn’t always make for a good game.   The video game industry is built on wild ideas, but an idea alone doesn’t make a playable product. The biggest challenge indie developers face isn’t a lack of creativity; it’s the sheer complexity of the […]

Signing with a publisher can be a pivotal moment for a developer looking for external support and financing, and even the most experienced industry veterans don’t always know or recognize the telltale signs of a bad partnership. Publishing deals are often positioned as a necessary lifeline: funding, marketing support, platform access, and perceived legitimacy. But […]

Happy January! I hope the new year has been treating you well. I’ve been playing with Blender and trying to learn that beast of a program. I want to get better at 3D stuff. Anywho, we start this year with a release date announcement for one of our titles along with a very informative wrap […]

Happy Holidays, everyone! Whether you are spending your time with those close to you or getting cozy all by yourself, I hope you have been enjoying the last month of 2025.   Here are the games in the final 2025 dev log! The Darkside Detective: Backside of the Moon Future Vibe Check Airframe Ultra Dead […]

Happy November! For our American fans out there, I hope you had a great Thanksgiving and made some food for the holiday! If you’re like me, you have months of leftovers in the freezer now. This month has been very busy with a new game launch and a new publisher reveal! Let’s get started!    […]

We’re excited to bring back Meet the Team, where you lovely folks get to learn more about the people behind Akupara and the insight they bring to the company! And to start us off, we’re starting at the top- Well, second to the top, with Alyssa Kollgaard, the newly-named Chief Operating Officer of Akupara! Buddy […]

Halfway through the year already! Man, this year is going by so fast already. I hope that you have been surviving the hot, hot summer. This month was filled with updates, demos, and even a game release!  From the cozy relaxing game of Nanomon to the high adrenaline racing of Airframe Ultra, there’s a lot […]

We are finished with the shortest month of the year! Yep, May only has three letters in its name, so that’s what I’m going with. With a couple betas, PAX East, updates, and a new demo, we have a lot to talk about!   Here is what will be in this month’s Dev Log GIGASWORD […]

April was a big month for us with revealing a new game we are publishing, releasing a new title on PC, starting a new beta, and more! We have numerous games and an abundance of game news to go through so lets get right into it!   The games that are in this dev log […]

March has come and gone and we have had a ton of things happen this last month. With the 5th year of Rain World Art Month, Rain World: The Watcher being released, a new game being revealed, the success of launching Cabernet and so much more! This month was filled with tortoise news and activities. […]