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Kitsune Tails is OUT NOW!! Run, jump, and dash across a land inspired by Japanese mythology and untangle the love triangle between three young women on a journey of self discovery. Explore the complicated relationships between kitsune and humans through classic platforming action.

get it now on steam store.steampowered.com/app/132… or itch eniko.itch.io/kitsunetails

we're a small underfunded team with a majority queer developers, and while we're punching way above our weight class we need the support of our community if this game is going to be a success. please boost this post, and if you can afford it buy it on steam and leave a positive review on the first day (the text doesn't matter, only the thumbs up, so "i like gay fops" is totally valid as a review)

i also want to prove fedi is powerful enough to make an indie game succeed, so even if you're not personally that into the game, please boost this post? 🙏

#KitsuneTails #QueerGames #GameDev #PixelArt

Kitsune Tails on Steam

Run, jump, and dash across a land inspired by Japanese mythology and explore the complicated relationships between kitsune and humans in this follow up to Super Bernie World.
store.steampowered.com
#pixelart #gamedev #queergames #kitsunetails
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jorngle bells
jorngle bells
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Super excited about the modding support you were posting about, my kid is on a big "I wanna make games" kick and loves platformers, we're getting this installed for him tonight
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bri
bri
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i may have jumped the gun 😹 (this resolved right away, not a support request ha)
screenshot (well, photograph) of an error message: “failure; an error occurred while installing kitsune tails: ‘game not released’”
Unknown parent

Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
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@hirnsushi maybe we should've given an achievement for completing the postcard customization 🤔
@hirnsushi watching the sunset
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Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
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i have been informed that the linux version in a "default whisky bottle just works" on macOS

i'm gonna be real and admit i have no idea what that means, but hopefully this will be useful information for those of you wanting to play kitsune tails on mac

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Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
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if you're wondering when/how to buy the game so help us as much as possible, i've answered that here: peoplemaking.games/@eniko/1128…

Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!

2024-07-31 14:31:38


so lots of people have asked me: do you want me to buy kitsune tails on steam or on itch?

the answer is that buying it day 1 on steam, playing for a few hours, and leaving a favorable steam review (text doesn't matter, even if it's just "good game" or "gays fopsgirl 👍") is what's best for us

we get a couple extra bucks when buying on itch but our only shot at organic visibility is by getting our steam metrics high enough, and that's our only shot at reaching an audience large enough that everyone can get paid properly


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Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
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we're on new & trending on steam's front page! thank all of you for getting us there!
steam store front page new & trending section showing kitsune tails at the top
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JustAFrog
JustAFrog
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Top 10 would have been nice.

Top spot is OMGWTF territory.

It's okay to scream a little.

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Kat Marchán 🐈
Kat Marchán 🐈
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I'm neither particularly a fan of this type of game nor do I know when I'll have time to play it but the game still sounds amazing and I very much want to support it so I bought it anyway
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Robin Neal
Robin Neal
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congratulations, _now_ hopefully you can rest! I know this thing has been a mammoth undertaking, I hope you see the success you deserve.
I'm broke as heck currently but I'll be sure to pick it up when I finally have money again ♥️
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Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
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Until we can get Steam Workshop support going we've created a Discord forum on the Kitsune Games Discord where you can post levels and minigame mods for Kitsune Tails. You can join the discord at discord.gg/kitsunegames

#KitsuneTails

Join the Kitsune Games Discord Server!

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#kitsunetails
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Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
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in 24 hours we've blown past 250 reviews for kitsune tails, what an amazing result! please do keep 'em coming though, we're aiming for overwhelmingly positive at 500, and then, the world!! >:3

#KitsuneTails #GameDev

kitsune tails steam store page, showing 266 reviews on record (very positive)
#gamedev #kitsunetails
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JustAFrog
JustAFrog
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I was there when Eniko started to conquer the world and all I got was this lousy T shirt.
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Glitchy Pixel
Glitchy Pixel
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When you get a game to 500 overwhelmingly positive reviews, you get to choose three superpowers of a list.

It's the Steam law.

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Loren
Loren
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I played it for a little under two hours last night and had a great time. Looking forward to playing more this weekend. :)

This post also reminded me to review the game myself, so I went ahead and did that.

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Mister Dave
Mister Dave
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i don't have a windows machine right now so I'm not sure if it'll let me review, but i plan to pick it up
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Mister Dave
Mister Dave
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y'know I've been meaning to put a Linux partition on the imac, maybe this is the push
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Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
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@misterdave yeah there's some effort going on to make it work on Mac with whiskey but I think it's a ways off still
@Mister Dave
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Kyyrypyy
Kyyrypyy
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Apparently Whisky is a wordplay on WINE (the Linux not-a-WIndows-emulator), as Whisky.app seems to do the same thing, but on Mac. And if it runs the Linux version also, I guess it's bit more versatile compared to WINE. I take it "bottle" is some sort of container or wrapper.
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Jenniferplusplus
Jenniferplusplus
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Congrats, this is huge! I'll definitely fire it up after work tonight.

Not to create more work for you, but on itch I've seen people have free copies for people who can't afford the game. Is that a thing you plan to do, and if so, can I donate some copies?

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Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
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@jenniferplusplus yeah i think that would be a nice thing to do but not today >_> can you send me another message on the weekend? i'm getting so many notifications now this will surely get lost in the shuffle
@Jenniferplusplus
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Raph Levien
Raph Levien
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I bought it, and look forward to trying it, probably this weekend. Congrats on the launch!
Unknown parent

Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
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@mkj it's using monokickstart so everything it needs to run should already be bundled with the game
@mkj
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Artéan
Artéan
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Congratulations! I'd buy it immediately but I'm wondering, what would be better for overall sales: that I buy the game right now to increase sales number (and perhaps Steam visibility?) or buy it full price after the discount? (my birthday is the day after the end of the discount, it'd be a nice gift for myself ^^)
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Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
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@artean it is absolutely best to buy it right now and play it for a few hours (or leave it idle) and do a day 1 favorable review
@Artéan
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Artéan
Artéan
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Will do! :blobfoxdealwithitfingerguns: Good thing it runs on Linux, it's the only computer I have with me right now. ^^
Unknown parent

Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
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@laura ah, i answered that here peoplemaking.games/@eniko/1128…

Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!

2024-07-31 14:31:38


so lots of people have asked me: do you want me to buy kitsune tails on steam or on itch?

the answer is that buying it day 1 on steam, playing for a few hours, and leaving a favorable steam review (text doesn't matter, even if it's just "good game" or "gays fopsgirl 👍") is what's best for us

we get a couple extra bucks when buying on itch but our only shot at organic visibility is by getting our steam metrics high enough, and that's our only shot at reaching an audience large enough that everyone can get paid properly


@laura
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Mark W. Gabby-Li 🐌
Mark W. Gabby-Li 🐌
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Pal
Pal
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🎉🥳 Congratulations on the release! Looking forward to taking it for a spin very soon
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Winter Trabex
Winter Trabex
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This looks enormously fun. If you ever partner with Ratalaika to get this on PS4/PS5, I'll hit that buy button so fast.
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Carnivius
Carnivius
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let's go! 🙂
Photo of monitor screen displaying the title screen to Kitsune Tails. Action figures of He-Man and the Ninja Turtle, Raphael are on the left in front of the monitor
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Carnivius
Carnivius
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oh thanks. Usually there's more there but I'd been tidying up the desk a bit to make room to doodle some stuff on a lil sketchpad. Anyways I've been playing the game and it's great fun. It feels so nice to play. :D
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Carnivius
Carnivius
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Very cool. Yeah this is a modern update of that same figure (with improved articulation and such). :) I bought it primarily because it's directly based on that vintage Raph I had as a kid and was one of my fave toys. :D
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[∞/ΘΔ/&] autumn
[∞/ΘΔ/&] autumn
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no macos builds but a linux build? based as fuck
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Raptor :gamedev:
Raptor :gamedev:
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@autumn what, i mean, it's simple....all you have to do to make a mac port is buy an expensive mac, an xcode license, a developer license, port your project files to run in xcode, remake all the graphics code to use metal, maintain two versions of the game as you need a signed and unsigned version to comply with apples policy, and pay apple for the privilege of witnessing this procedure. Yes, a totally easy and sane way to get devs to port to your platform.../s
@[∞/ΘΔ/&] autumn
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j2i.net
j2i.net
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Question from curiosity, what game engine or technology was used to make the game?

@eniko

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Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
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the engine is all custom, but it runs on top of SDL2 and a bit of FNA, programmed in C#
@j2i.net
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j2i.net
j2i.net
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Yay! A fellow C# developer!

Downloading!

非常に興奮しています!!!

I can't wait until this weekend when I can play!

#videogames
@eniko

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j2i.net
j2i.net
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I'm really late, but I got time to play last night. This is a charming game!

youtube.com/watch?v=OVSxqufAdw…

@eniko

#VideoGames #SteamGames #Steam


Kitsune Tails (キツネテイルズ) | j2i.net gaming

This game gave me from Mario Brothers 3 vibes. It's a platformer with a story line based on Japanese lore. I've only played through Found on Steam:https://st...
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Shantara
Shantara
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Congratulations on the release! The game looks like a perfect match for my interests! Bought it instantly.
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Lua🏳️‍⚧️
Lua🏳️‍⚧️
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wish there was ultrawide support but I'm having a good time so far nonetheless c:
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Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
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@luatic yeah there's a lot of reasons the game has a fixed aspect ratio. If you played it in ultrawide it'd feel slow. I know that cause we used to match SMB3 speeds which is 4:3 but had to increase the speed cause people felt it was slow in 16:9
@Lua🏳️‍⚧️
Unknown parent

Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
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@tess and Disney! Though I think maybe it's just any game that was in popular upcoming sorted by date and time of release though I'm not 100% on that
@Dana Fried
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Thom, a fat Yoshi :fatyoshi:
Thom, a fat Yoshi :fatyoshi:
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I'm having so much fun. Everyone who has contributed over these past four years can be incredibly proud of everything they've put in this game.

Congrats on the release, and I hope many, many sales will follow!

Unknown parent

Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
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@shine yep we're hopefully gonna hit those first quarter 2025
@shine
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phi1997
phi1997
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Bought the game! While I've only had the time to play the first level, I can already see big presentation improvements compared to the demo
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Thia
Thia
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Congratulations on the release! It looks amazing and I'll pick it up once it launches on the switch.
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Jill Veldhuis 💾
Jill Veldhuis 💾
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Looking good! Works perfectly on my Debian Sid desktop with a PS3 controller too. :Gritty:

I was thinking I should wait until the Switch port came out, but then I decided I wanted to be part of the day 1 hype, and I think I made the right move. About an hour in and loving it so far! 😊

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Syphist :verifiedtrans:
Syphist :verifiedtrans:
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I have a question. Does this game have DRM or run without steam? It won't change the fact that I own it. I just want to know if I might have a chance at throwing it in Winlator on my Retroid Pocket 4 Pro.
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Syphist :verifiedtrans:
Syphist :verifiedtrans:
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I don't know. I bought the game from steam because I actually have an account there (unlike itch) and before I thought of this idea. If it won't work that's okay. I just think it might be fun to try to get working since the minimum specs are probably low enough.
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Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
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@syphist @imikoy it'll run without steam. in fact if you delete "steamver" file, which is just an empty file, it won't even try to connect to steam
@Syphist :verifiedtrans: @imikoy
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Halla Rempt
Halla Rempt
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Okay... It's... Well, maybe it's just because I'm not twelve anymore, but this is harder than jet-set-willy.

Still fun, though.

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Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
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@halla please dont hesitate to switch playstyles to leisurely stroll for an instant revive if you feel youre getting frustrated
@Halla Rempt
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rfnix
rfnix
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congratulations on the launch! 🎉

Among all the cool screenshots I somehow missed that there's actual /voices/ in the game which was a pretty nice surprise as I wasn't expecting characters to speak!

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Syl (Sylvia Bun) :neobun_bi: :neobun_trans:
Syl (Sylvia Bun) :neobun_bi: :neobun_trans:
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Hi Eniko, my partner bought me a copy of the game and I've been watching a friend play it and I'm really excited to hop in! The only thing that I was a little sad to notice missing is resolution options for when you go into windowed mode. Is there a possibility of this being able to be patched in at a later point, to make ensuring your windowed resolution is the right aspect easier?
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Syl (Sylvia Bun) :neobun_bi: :neobun_trans:
Syl (Sylvia Bun) :neobun_bi: :neobun_trans:
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That is totally fair and a reasonable response! Regardless, I'm super stoked to hop in and play and I wish you and your team the most luck in making this a successful launch :3 it looks so pretty from what I've seen so far!
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athousandcateaus
athousandcateaus
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i bought game. i appreciate PS4 controller support on Linux. A lot of times with non-steam games you gotta add 'em through steam and use steaminput for that.

I am looking forward to playing the game. SMW and SMB3 were a big part of my childhood. I had 'em on GBA and played them like everywhere I went.

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SinbadEV🎲
SinbadEV🎲
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I follow someone on YouTube who already made a minigame! youtu.be/KbSIncVn5Ws?si=TV4Yod…

Custom Kitsune Tails Minigame - Kaboom! Clone

kitsune tails has a lua game engine built in to power the minigames, and players can use it to create their own stuff. i challenged myself to make something ...
YouTube
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Linh Pham
Linh Pham
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Congrats on the launch! I just started playing it on my Steam Deck. Definitely need to get my platforming skills back up to snuff (been really, really bad in Mario Maker and Mario World).
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Sir Garbagetruck
Sir Garbagetruck
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um
How do you exit the ghostzilla minigame? (:

(Yes I went to the examples first because I want to save the rest for later and I was just testing (: )

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Sir Garbagetruck
Sir Garbagetruck
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Ok (:

I tried a bunch of other things and it just... didn't (:

That could maybe use a hint, though it's PROBABLY in the documentation somewhere.

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Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
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@Truck its actually shown at the bottom of the mods menu?

but i've edited ghostzilla to let people back out with escape now

@Sir Garbagetruck
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Sir Garbagetruck
Sir Garbagetruck
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I may have been excited to play the game and tired from hosting Assembly (and blowing my nose into the microphone while we thought we were not on air)
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Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
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@Truck oh nooooo XD

its okay, i should have added a proper way to exit the game into it, i was just too rushed with release

the reason it requires a special key combo is cause you can use start/select inside minigames too so i couldn't dedicate any button to exiting

@Sir Garbagetruck
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Ishambard
Ishambard
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This was literally on my periphery, I remember making a mental note to check this out when I got a chance, but as always I got distracted by things!

Will definitely make an effort to check this out as soon as possible, really looking forward to this!

Unknown parent

Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
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@gdeyke well you should play Kitsune Zero, not SBW, if that's your aim. But all that'll do for you is give you a little background lore and a slightly more detailed overview of Yuzu's parents' romance which they still talk about in Kitsune Tails anyway

So you won't be missing anything by jumping straight into Kitsune Tails

@G. Deyke
Unknown parent

Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!
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@gytisrepecka yeah its got a linux native build that works perfectly, we did a decent amount of testing

Alas steam doesn't let you request steam deck reviews easily

@gytisrepecka
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Halla Rempt
Halla Rempt
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Argh, this is so much fun that my brain has put it in the "can't enjoy this until all chores are done" category, like painting, reading grammars or comics...
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Carey
Carey
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Entirely coincidentally, my daughter was asking if I had any platform games in my Steam library yesterday, so I bought her a copy of Kitsune Tails to play.
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DankeyKang
DankeyKang
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Had no idea I'd stumble upon one of the devs of this game on the Fediverse!
Around launch, a buddy brought this game to my attention. Pretty sure I said, "Sounds gay, I'm in", bought it, and dumped hours into it.

Controls are tight, art is cute and colourful, but I need to listen to more of the music. Most of my playtime so far has been in a quiet env. Gameplay heavily reminds me of SMB 3 in all the best ways.

I need to go back and finish the game. Thanks for the reminder! ❤

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DankeyKang
DankeyKang
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@Njord @rally @Lizstar @kitsunegames Get followed, gamers! 😆

Edit: But also, thank you all for your work on this game! I really enjoy it. ❤️

@Njord @rally @Lizstar @Kitsune Games
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