Pumpkin Spice Story

Devlog

• Back at it Again with the Content Updates!
  November 17, 2024 by Saba Soft#2D, #Comedy, #Cute, #Halloween, #Indie, #Pixel Art, #Spooky, #Turn-Based Combat, #rpg

  Welcome back to another devlog! We hope you've enjoyed the Director's Cut update, and had a happy Halloween while you were at it. We have a surprise for you--we're working on a new content update! A n... Continue reading

  
• Post Mortem: Director's Cut Update
  November 03, 2024 by Saba Soft#2D, #Comedy, #Cute, #Halloween, #Indie, #Pixel Art, #Spooky, #Turn-Based Combat, #pumpkin, #post mortem

  Pumpkin Spice Story started out as a solo project by Darian Shaw in 2022 -- originally called Pumpki-boo! When working on Pumpki-boo in isolation, there were no limits to what could have been included... Continue reading

  
• Leave No Stone Unturned!
  October 20, 2024 by Saba Soft#s 2D, #Comedy, #Cute, #Halloween, #Indie, #Pixel Art, #Spooky, #Turn-Based Combat

  Several environmental objects were originally intended to provide flavor text to give more context to the world of Pumpkin Spice Story. While this was left on the cutting room floor for the initial re... Continue reading

  
• Give it a Little Kick!
  October 13, 2024 by Saba Soft#2D, #Comedy, #Cute, #Halloween, #Indie, #Pixel Art, #Spooky, #Turn-Based Combat

  This week, the UI underwent a few tweaks. In a similar vein as the timeline UI mentioned in " Snappy UI? Squishy Cats!? ", the goal was to give the UI subtle but satisfying feedback, such as Punkin's... Continue reading

  
• So Many Flavors!
  October 06, 2024 by Saba Soft#2D, #Comedy, #Cute, #Halloween, #Indie, #Pixel Art, #Spooky, #Turn-Based Combat

  Polishing the combat flavor text continued over this past week as we included new text for using grimoires, tricks, treats, and items. These have been given special text effects as well! After some bu... Continue reading

  
• There's So Much to Say!
  September 29, 2024 by Saba Soft

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  #2D, #Comedy, #Cute, #Halloween, #Indie, #Pixel Art, #Spooky, #Turn-Based Combat, #RPG

  It's time to share one of our most lamented cuts: combat flavor text. A combination of limited time and a rather huffy text system kept this feature at bay, but that will soon change! Most actions now... Continue reading

  
• Tidying Up
  September 22, 2024 by Saba Soft#2D, #Comedy, #Cute, #Halloween, #Indie, #Pixel Art, #Spooky, #Turn-Based Combat

  Good afternoon everyone! Another weekend is here and, with it, there are new assets being refined for the game. As you already know, we've been polishing the game till it shines, adding in things we s... Continue reading

  
• Snappy UI? Squishy Cats!?
  September 15, 2024 by Saba Soft#2D, #Comedy, #Creepy, #Cute, #Halloween, #Fantasy, #Indie, #Items, #Pixel Art, #Spooky, #Text, #Top-Down, #Turn-Based Combat

  One of our goals for the Director's Cut Update is to rethink our approach to the current combat system. Considered factors include balancing, UI, feedback, and more! Our programmer Bobby has already b... Continue reading

  
• Back from the Dead! (AKA Vacation)
  September 08, 2024 by Saba Soft#2D, #Comedy, #Cute, #Halloween, #Indie, #Pixel Art, #Spooky, #Turn-Based Combat

  Hello everyone! Welcome back to another devlog. As our Art (and Creative) Director Darian was on vacation for a week, progress has been limited. Save for established responsibilities, little can be do... Continue reading

  
• Polished to a Shine!
  September 01, 2024 by Saba Soft#2D, #Creepy, #Cute, #Fantasy, #Halloween, #Pixel Art, #Spooky, #Top-Down, #Text, #Items

  We're not going to sugarcoat it: Bobby (our programmer) had a score to settle with the text system. Several features took a lot of black magic to get working, while others had to be left on the cuttin... Continue reading

  
• The Director's Cut!?
  August 25, 2024 by Saba Soft#2D, #Creepy, #Halloween, #Cute, #Fantasy, #Pixel Art, #Spooky, #Top-Down

  It's almost been a year since the launch of Pumpkin Spice Story! Many things have changed since then. Let's talk about it: To start, we've been hard at work on a new project since the start of this ye... Continue reading