Akupara Games is turning 8 years old and to celebrate, we have put Universe For Sale on sale for 18% off! Be sure to grab those deals, check out our lovely event page, and check out the sales! Maybe the game youve been waiting for is waiting for you here, with a crisp sale to match. https://store.steampowered.com/sale/akuparagames8thanniversarysale
Also, to celebrate, we will be hosting a multi-hour stream with tons of activities, announcements, and more! Stream is starting at 11:45 PM PDT! We really hope to see you there - and heres to another year of publishing your favorite indie games on the market https://www.twitch.tv/akuparagames - Riv otter

Hey Cultists, We have just released a small patch note which fixes some minor graphic details, updated traditional Chinese and Korean texts, and more.

Full Patch Notes

• Solved a bug in the market that softlock the master in an animation when entering in a market (robot) if pressed on the Robot seller when the master is walking inside.
• Fixed some minor graphic details.
• Updated credits welcoming traditional Chinese and Korean translators.
• Updated traditional Chinese and Korean texts correcting many grammatical issues.
• Fixed a bug (but no locker one) in the cult chapter where a contextual balloon could be opened within a dialogue between characters.

Hey cultist, Universe for Sale won outstanding art in Italian Game Awards! The Italian Game Awards reward the best video games published during the year and promote the cultural and artistic. If you missed the awards and want to watch it, you can view it here! Congrats to all the other games that also won awards in the Italian Game Awards. It was a blast to see all the creativity in the different games. - Riv Otter

Hey cultist, We are still hard at work with Universe for Sale! We have just released a patch which adds Traditional Chinese and Korean localization to Universe for Sale!

Here are the full patch notes!

• Added Traditional Chinese and Korean localization
• Fixed a bug on church that bring to skip the pc minigame
• Fixed some graphic details.

Hey cultists, We have just released a patch which changes the save system in Universe for Sale which makes them more stable. Unfortunately, saves from before this patch cant be carried over to this new save system. We have opened a beta branch which will allow players to continue saves from before this patch. To join the beta branch follow these steps. [olist]

We are happy to tell you that our next update will significantly improve the game's stability! However, to achieve this, we had to change how the game saves progress completely. The old saving system caused many issues. We advise you to update to the newest version when we release it shortly. But, doing so means you will lose your existing save progress. If you want to keep playing on your current save, we've moved this game version (1.0.5z) to the "old-savegame" branch on Steam. Please set this in your Steam game settings!

Hey cultists, We have released a patch to fix some of the various softlocks that have been reported plus fixing the steam overlay appearing upside down.

Bug Fixes

• War Chapter: players should now be able to progress past shooting the first set of robots.
• Game shouldn't softlock when clicking haphazardly when entering rooms.
• Lilas Market: softlocks in various places of this chapter should be resolved.
• Teahouse: players should no longer softlock during the first universe making scene.
• Fixed small graphical bugs and typos
• Steam overlay no longer appears upside down when notifications pop up.

Hey, cultist! First off, thank you for the amazing release of Universe for Sale. It has been great to be able to share with you the beautiful heart wrenching story that Universe for Sale tells. Steam Awards voting starts now! The Steam Awards are a community-voted celebration of the best games on Steam, announced every year. There are many categories that we can vote for however it is best we unite to vote on one category for Universe for Sale!! We're asking players to band together and vote Universe for Sale for Outstanding Visual Style. Every scene in Universe for Sale is beautifully hand drawn showing off the warm colors of Jupiters environment in the space colony with each character having a unique appearance! -Riv Otter

Hey cultists, Thank you for the amazing launch yesterday! I hope you all have been enjoying the hand drawn art, the wonderful music, and story of Universe for Sale! Did you remember to pet the lomri? Only 25% of players have gotten the achievement for petting the lomri which means 75% of lomris remain unpetted. We have released a patch that updated the controller functionality as well as fixed some other minor issues. You can read the full patch notes below.

Patch Notes

• Credits updated
• Minor bugs fixed
• Controller functionality update

Hello Cultists, Universe for Sale, a point and click virtual novel is out now! https://youtu.be/EwwqcNjSbrc Follow the adventures of a cultist, whose past is written on his face and bones, visiting a space colony nestled in the clouds on Jupiter. Under a failing shield against acid rain, rebellion foments in the discarded populace of this abandoned mining settlement. Within this mysterious community, a young woman crafts universes in the same way you or I might brew a cup of tea. She has a little shop tucked away in the ramshackle bazaar. What universe will you buy there? Heading into launch, Universe for Sale won Best Art at BIG 2023 for its stunning hand drawn art and also took home Best Narrative at the Overcome Film Game Awards for its heart wrenching storytelling! -Riv Otter

Hey cultist, Universe for Sale now has a release date! On November 16th we will be able to create universes and sell them on the market on Jupiter! https://youtu.be/hfQoVg3ADT4 Visiting Jupiter in a space station nestled in the clouds, youll learn the mysteries of the colony and the people that live under the failing shield protecting the colony from acid rain. A cultist meets a young woman with the ability to craft universes from liquids and depending on what is in that liquid changes the contents of the universe. Universe for Sale won Best Art at BIG 2023 + Best Narrative at Overcome Film Game Awards! Its time to plan what type of universes you will design. - Riv Otter

Hey, cultists! We are still hard at work on Universe for Sale! Over the weekend we had so many players visit the booth, and play Universe for Sale at Gamescom! Were absolutely delighted with the reception- Big thank you to everyone who came by, and visited our booth! We were over the moon to see everyone trying out Universe for Sale and experiencing the story on Jupiter! Being able to showcase this game in front of fans at an event as large as Gamescom was a pleasure. We appreciate all the feedback we have received at Gamescom! We are already using the feedback given to discuss how we can improve Universe for Sale before launch.
If you missed the IGN exclusive Universe for Sale trailer, you can view it here! -riv otter

Hey cultists! Im excited to announce that Universe for Sale won best art at the BIG festival! You can watch the moment that Universe for Sale was announced here! Thank you everyone who was at the BIG festival or who tried out the prologue for Universe for Sale on Steam! I've got a lot to share about all the drama and intrigue on Jupiter so keep an eye out later in July where I dive deeper into some of the characters in Universe for Sale! Riv otter

Hey cultists! Universe for Sale is joining a whole host of games at the BIG Festival! The BIG Festival is the biggest business hub for the games industry in Latin America! If you are going to the festival, you can try out the Universe for Sale demo at the booth (youll find us among the rest of the nominated games! It will be a lot of fun, and we hope to see you there! If youre eager to get your hands on Universe for Sale and you arent attending BIG Festival, dont forget: The Prologue is available to play for free, on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1627820/Universe_For_Sale__Prologue/ Be sure to tune into the BIG Festival awards ceremony, which takes place at 6/30 @ 7PM GMT -3 -riv otter

Hello everyone! Were participating in devcoms Art & Animation Summit tomorrow! Join us online for free and listen to our Art Director Zeno Colangelo talk about creating a hand-drawn video game from a comic book. If you missed his presentation before, nows your chance to catch up! We invite you to come and listen! Register here: https://bizcommunity.gamescom.global/login/en-US/event/devcom-fall-summits-2022/ticket/VGlja2V0VHlwZV8zNTE=/page/UmVnaXN0cmF0aW9uRm9ybV84MDA

We had the pleasure to participate in the PLAY - Creative Gaming Festival this year and talk about how to imitate comic book art in a game. It was great to meet you all!

You can watch the recording online, starting at around 1h 4m

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1640574041

Hello everyone! Were participating in Games Gathering 2022 this week. Our Art Director, Zeno Colangelo, will give an online lecture on creating a video game from a comic book using his experience as a comic author and illustrator. :) We invite you to come and listen! https://ggconference.com/en/conference/games-gathering-2022-bratislava/

We made it guys! We arrived 3rd at the Big Indie Pitch competition!! :) We had to present the project in "Elevator pitch mode ON" (5 minutes max) in different rooms to a diverse jury of journalists and experts in the field. I assure you that 5 minutes are very few to make the jury feel the universe we are creating ;) But they rewarded us with a nice third place!