With two weeks left in 2020 right before the holiday season, we decided to take a break from some of our usual publishing, development and porting tasks to instead have a little fun. The Akupara Game Jam saw teams of developers, artists, writers, and designers come together to create prototype games and let the imagination […]

Farewell, 2020! With this year finally coming to an end, we’ve decided to collect all our accomplishments into a single video for your viewing pleasure. Before I go into any specifics, though, I’d like to thank all of the fans of our games for making the year such a success as well as the devs […]

Social Media Manager DnD Class: Space Marine Hogwarts House: “Hagrid’s Hut” or “Ravenclaw, but I sit with Slytherin at lunch because we’re cool like that” Pokemon Go Team: “Team Rocket Intern (I buy Shampoo for James)” Empire or Rebellion: I’m that dude minding his own business selling Space Empanadas on one of those planets that […]

It’s the long awaited return of the Akupara Podcast!   Earlier this year, we recorded two episodes digging into the development behind Relic Hunters Zero: Remix. Today, we’re continuing the series with a peek behind the curtain at our social media master, Miguel Moran! Coming from indie games journalism, Miguel immediately hit the ground running […]

If you’ve been following Akupara Games over the last year, you’ll have seen us in a ton of different indie showcases. We’ve been featured in The Mix Next, by IGN and just last week Mutazione won the Grand Jury Prize at IndieCade 2020! A neat side effect of participating in all these shows is it […]

About a year ago, we shared Mutazione with the world. A quiet town with colorful characters and a mystery to unravel with the help of seven gardens. Now, Mutazione is a favorite with the PS4 audience, one of the best reviewed games we’ve ever published, one of the highest rated games in the entire Apple […]

Let’s get started.   Gone Viral, the rough and tumble roguelite brawler you know and love, hits Early Access today! If you love the brutality, if you love the carnage, if you love the roaring crowd, then be prepared for the game to enter overdrive and dole out goodies all over the place. If you […]

Programmer DnD Class: Druid Hogwarts House: Slytherin Pokemon Go Team: Mystic Empire or Rebellion: Rebellion Turtle: Franklin     When did you first get started in games and how? I was the kid who wasn’t really allowed to play games growing up, so everytime I went to a friends house and played Halo or Mario […]

In a world where getting the word out about indie games gets harder and harder, we as developers and publishers need to find new opportunities and avenues to rise above the chatter and make a place for ourselves and our games. There are dozens of ways to do this – Victoria Tran of Kitfox fame […]

From a game jam in 2015 to a premium title on the Nintendo Switch, Relic Hunters Zero has gone through quite a journey! One of the most impactful changes made to the game over its lifetime has been the efforts to localize the game for its 1.5 million players worldwide. As a game driven to […]