Hi everyone! 💚

It feels a little unreal to finally say this, but...

🌸 Garden Ink is releasing on September 10th! 🌸

We've been working on this little world for a long time now and knowing that you'll soon be able to experience the full game is both incredibly exciting and a tiny bit terrifying. We honestly can't wait.

As this is our last development update before launch, we wanted to share what we've been up to and also ask for one small favor.

Over the last few weeks, our focus has been almost entirely on polish.

That means lots (and lots) of:

🐞 Bug fixes

✨ General polishing

🎮 Minigame improvements and balancing

⚡ Performance tweaks

💚 Small quality-of-life adjustments

There isn't much new content to show this time around and that's actually a good thing! At this stage, we're making sure everything feels as smooth and enjoyable as possible before release. So we hopefully have less bugs to fix on release date.

A little while ago, Arne one of our developers joined schnitzel55555 and Edga_The_III for a livestream interview about Garden Ink, game development and our journey so far.

If you'd like to learn a bit more about the game and the people behind it, you can watch the interview here:

▶️ YT Interview

While we're putting the finishing touches on Garden Ink, we've also started quietly exploring our next project.

It's still very early and just a secret concept at the moment, so we can't share anything yet. But one thing we can say is that our journey doesn't end with Garden Ink.

The Kranich Games legacy is only just beginning and we can't wait to create more cozy worlds for you in the future. 💚

As launch gets closer, we're trying to introduce Garden Ink to as many cozy game lovers as possible and this is where you can make a huge difference!!!

Do you have a favorite content creator who enjoys cozy, creative and or sandbox games?

Or maybe you create content yourself?

If so, we'd absolutely love to hear from you! Feel free to recommend creators you'd like to see play Garden Ink or reach out directly if you're interested in covering the game.

Every recommendation, stream, video, and post helps more people discover our little game and we appreciate every bit of support.

Over on our Discord, we're also sharing videos and streams from creators who play Garden Ink, so come join us if you'd like to discover them or be featured yourself! 🌿

Whether you've been with us since the very beginning or have only just discovered Garden Ink recently, thank you.

Thank you for playing the demo, your feedback, your bug reports, for every wishlist, screenshot, comment, recommendation and all your kind messages.

You've helped shape Garden Ink into the game it is today.

The next time we write one of these posts... the game will be out!!!

We honestly can't wait to share it with you.

See you on September 10th! 🌿

- Jess & the Kranich Games Team