Today, we’d like to highlight black developers and black owned indie game studios in an effort to help the cause of representation within the games industry.     Notion Games LLC Notion Games is the vision of Andrew Augustin, a Forbes 30 under 30 dev from Texas. His game, Super Ubie Island, brings a cartoonish […]

QA Analyst DnD Class: Cleric Hogwarts House: Gryffindor Pokemon Go Team: Valor Empire or Rebellion: Rebellion Turtle: Mary River Turtle     When did you first get started in games and how? My grandparents had an Atari, which was the coolest thing in the world until my parents brought home an NES. From there my […]

Last year, we brought all the crashing and blasting action of Relic Hunters Zero to the Nintendo Switch in the franchise’s first ever port to a Nintendo system. While developing the Nintendo Switch version, we updated the core game to bring even more excitement and action to players, who have been eagerly anticipating Relic Hunter […]

The hunt is on! For the first time on console, Jimmy, Pinkyy, and the rest of the Spaceheart crew are ready to crack open the Asteroid Dungeon Nemesis and beat back the Ducan menace! Relic Hunters Zero: Remix is available now for download off the North American and European Nintendo eShop! If you pick up […]

  This is a living article and will be updated as more opportunities are announced, information on listed events is made available, and timelines are defined. We also encourage you to sign up for our events calendar, Indie Calendar Buddy, which tracks opportunities worldwide and year-round. We hope you find these helpful resources. Digital Events […]

We are tremendously excited to announce that Relic Hunters Zero: Remix will be hitting the Nintendo Switch in just a few weeks on Thursday, May 7th! For the first time on a console, you’ll be able to join Jimmy, Pinkyy, and the Spaceheart crew as they enter Asteroid Dungeon Nemesis, face down the Ducan menace, […]

Akupara Games recently joined forces with game industry leaders across the world in support of the #PlayApartTogether initiative.   By bringing special events, exclusives, activities, rewards and inspiration to some of the most popular games in the world, #PlayApartTogether encourages users to adopt best practices for the sake of their own health and that of […]

Reprinted with the permission of our friends at DownloadAstro, Akupara’s narrative kingpin Kyle Holmquist gave a great interview on the development of Whispering Willows! As always, you can feel free to pick Kyle’s brain yourself by following him on Twitter or joining our Discord!     Did you have any prior development or coding experience? […]

  Akupara Games will be releasing Spinch on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, alongside its upcoming Steam release. A 2D precision platformer where you run, jump, dash, dodge and slide your way through a hostile world of strobing, colorful monstrosities, Spinch fits perfectly into the catalogue of the console that defined the term “Nintendo Hard.” Not […]

Akupara Games is a fully remote video game developer and publisher operating mainly out of Los Angeles, California. My name is Alyssa Kollgaard and I am Akupara’s main producer across all of our development, marketing and publishing efforts. We have been successfully shipping products for over three years across a multitude of genres, engines (Unity, […]