In our second episode of the Akupara Podcast, Ashley Sarroca joins Buddy Sola to dive deep into the art of Relic Hunters Zero: Remix! From the pixel art sprites to the brand new skins, Ashley gave the Relic Hunters a fresh look and a new style with her skills as an animator and illustrator. […]

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 […]

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 […]

Last Wednesday, Mutazione took home the Independent Games Festival award for Excellence in Audio. As one of the most prestigious awards ceremonies for indie games, the team at Akupara was humbled and honored to have been a part of Mutazione’s win that night. Given the nature of the award, the lion’s share of the credit […]

In what feels like a truly spectacular whirlwind, Akupara Games announced its attendance to the Indie Megabooth at PAX East 2020 on February 11th. For several weeks before and since, we’ve been consumed by it. What are we presenting? How many machines? Where are we going to find the hardware? What kind of configuration are […]

In our grand tradition of featuring games industry experts on the Akupara Blog, today’s entry is brought to you by Cat Arthur! Akupara and Rogue Snail approached me in 2019 to give Relic Hunters Zero a fresh new soundtrack to go along with all their updates in Relic Hunters Zero Remix and I immediately said […]