Guess what? I've been an independent game developer for 10 years now! 🤯

When I left EA Chillingo at the end of 2014, I was just eager to make my own games… I never for a minute imagined I’d still be here 10 years later with my own little business! 😊

My first released game, One Night Stand, was made during Nanoreno Game Jam, and it exploded in popularity and kinda took over my life!

When things settled down, I realised my previous project I was working on would require a larger team to create the vision I had for it. So I started working on the semi-autobiographical ‘Memories’ while continuing to work on One Night Stand localisations, console port and physical edition.

However, in 2019, my personal circumstances changed. I became disabled and struggled to work at the same pace I did before. Then 2020 happened, and Memories didn’t feel like the right game to be putting out in the world anymore. My life and everyone else’s was changing, so I wanted to make something more hopeful (and bittersweet)… In came VIDEOVERSE!

After three years development, VIDEOVERSE launched on August 7th 2023 to critical acclaim. I never expected the reviews to be as glowing as they were and it seemed like switching my focus in 2020 was the right call.

Sometimes, I feel sorry for my unreleased projects…but One Night Stand and VIDEOVERSE wouldn’t have existed without them. And hey, I haven’t fully given up on finishing them either, but indie development is certainly more competitive now than it was 10 years ago, so – for the time being – I’m focussing on smaller, more manageable projects! 💪

What's next for Kinmoku?

Entering 2025, I’m continuing support on VIDEOVERSE (including a Japanese localisation) and already far along with my 👀 next project 👀 ! The story is written, in-engine and even features character and background art...but there is still a lot to do! However, this next project will be smaller than VIDEOVERSE, so I’m hoping to release before the end of the year. The tricky part now…is coming up with a title!

To stay updated with my games, please follow me here or consider subscribing to my newsletter on www.kinmoku.games[www.kinmoku.games]

Thank you for reading and best wishes for the new year!

Hello everyone,

A new update has gone live today (2.32) which updates the game engine and fixes three ending achievements that had stopped working. If you recently played the game and these achievements didn't unlock for you, please update and load the game. The missing achievements should unlock immediately! :)

Apologies for the inconvenience and thank you to those who alerted me to the problem. If anyone is still having issues, please contact me at contact (at) kinmoku (dot) games and I will take a look.

Thanks again for supporting One Night Stand!

Hello,

Update 2.31 contains a fix for Steam achievements. Please update your game for achievements to work correctly from now on.

Apologies for the inconvenience. This was caused by creating last week's build – 2.3 – on a different computer.

Thanks again for supporting One Night Stand!

Hello everyone, it's been a while! ːons_shewavesː

A small new update has just released for One Night Stand. It features:

• A clearer credits page
  
• Translation fixes
  
• ...and a whole new look for Kinmoku (that's me!)

Please update so you have the latest version of the game!

Inspired by the early roots of visual novels – from PC-98 to Sega Saturn – the new splash artwork features Kinmoku in their studio. If you look closely you can see references to Kinmoku's games, and even their dog, Goro!

To learn more about the developer, please check out the new website at www.kinmoku.games[www.kinmoku.games]

Hi all.

The Steam Summer Sale has just begun and One Night Stand is now on sale!

If you’ve already played One Night Stand, my newest release – VIDEOVERSE – is also available for less than $10.

VIDEOVERSE is a decision-based narrative adventure focusing on character development, friendship and love, set in an early online gaming community! It's a longer experience which launched on August 7 2023 to critical acclaim, with 90 on Metacritic and 92 on OpenCritic – I hope you can check it out!

Enjoy 70% off One Night Stand and 25% off VIDEOVERSE until July 11 – Happy gaming!

Hi everyone.

The Steam Spring Sale has just begun and both of Kinmoku's games – One Night Stand and VIDEOVERSE – are now on sale!

For those of you unfamiliar with VIDEOVERSE; it's a decision-based narrative adventure focusing on character development, friendship and love, set in an early online gaming community known as Videoverse! It launched on August 7 2023 to critical acclaim, with 90 on Metacritic and 92 on OpenCritic. I think if you enjoy the realistic conversations in One Night Stand, you'll enjoy VIDEOVERSE, too!

Enjoy 66% off One Night Stand and 25% off VIDEOVERSE until March 21 – Happy gaming!

It’s that time of year again for the Steam Winter Sale – Enjoy 66% off One Night Stand until January 4th 2024!

For those of you that may not know, in 2023 I released my second game – VIDEOVERSE – which is also on sale at the moment. VIDEOVERSE is a narrative adventure game set in an old school online social gaming network, which is inspired by Miiverse, MSN Messenger and early 2000s message boards. It's received some pretty cool reviews, with 90 on Metacritic and 92 on OpenCritic, making it one of the highest rated games of 2023!

On the surface, VIDEOVERSE looks quite different to One Night Stand, but if you enjoyed the gameplay of One Night Stand – making narrative choices while getting to know someone – I think you’ll love it! VIDEOVERSE is a longer experience with around 4-7 hours of gameplay depending on how many side quests you want to do, plus there are a few different endings which reflect your play-style. I hope you're able to give it a try!

Thanks again for supporting me and One Night Stand over all these years, and best wishes for 2024!

I'm excited to announce that One Night Stand is taking part in Steam Visual Novel Fest, which started yesterday and lasts until August 14th. To celebrate, new players can enjoy 75% off.

Another visual novel in the sale, which you may be interested in, is my next game VIDEOVERSE – A narrative adventure about love and friendship, inspired by Miiverse! VIDEOVERSE sends players back in time to a fictional video game era, where players can foster friendships, share fan art and browse the lively gaming communities.

Compared to One Night Stand, VIDEOVERSE is a longer experience which has also taken me much longer to make! Like One Night Stand, it focuses on deep connections and is full of choices. You may also find a few One Night Stand references in there, as well!

Thank you and enjoy the festival! ːsteamhappyː

Hello everyone. This update fixes achievements.

Yesterday, some users reported that achievements had stopped working after the big update. This was caused by the latest engine updates not supporting Steam achievements correctly. This unfortunately means that Mac OSX 10.15+ can no longer be supported. I have contacted the Ren'Py developers directly and hope this issue will soon be resolved so Mac OSX 10.15+ will be fully compatible. Until then, I advise Mac OSX 10.15+ users to download One Night Stand on itch.io, as this version is 64bit.

Thank you for your patience.

Wow! It's been 5 years since the Nanoreno game jam version of One Night Stand released on itch.io! I can't believe it's been that long already! Thank you all for supporting One Night Stand and helping it become such a beloved indie visual novel!

To celebrate, One Night Stand will now be playable in Japanese and Italian on PC, Mac and Linux! Download the latest build and select the flags from the main menu to enable.

This build will also update Mac builds to 64bit, meaning One Night Stand will now be playable on OSX 10.15+.

For Playstation 4 owners, a physical edition of One Night Stand, featuring the new artwork above, is on the way! You can pre-order your copy now over at Red Art Games' website.

I hope you enjoy the latest update. :)