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one half of epic banana games. i made the game reginald does his thang. currently working on Petunia's House.
trying to figure out a knight
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September 12, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Petunia and crew, currently. Shooting for ~50 souls for the first build of the game.
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September 3, 2026 at 1:59 AM
steps taken to find the look for Petunia's brother, Florian. He's going to greet her at the start and be part of the tutorial
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August 30, 2026 at 9:38 PM
now, getting super nauseous results in vomiting bloody chunks and taking damage, so characters can vomit to death. indie games!
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August 25, 2026 at 9:13 PM
working on the tutorial! some of the assets:
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August 20, 2026 at 2:47 PM
"iron gut" status will be achieved by injecting a pepto bismol equivalent into any willing or unwilling recipient
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August 14, 2026 at 3:41 PM
now, eating too many pills causes nausea!
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August 8, 2026 at 3:31 PM
more soul traps! satisfying to draw
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August 5, 2026 at 10:30 PM
some bespoke soul traps
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August 2, 2026 at 10:07 PM
soul trap mechanic in, UI pop up added, items and teleporter locations can be unlocked for each soul... next up: tutorial?
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July 26, 2026 at 9:32 PM
soul trap prototype coming along, will be used to feed the house souls of NPCs for unlocks and progression
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July 18, 2026 at 8:11 PM
some sort of a soul doctor!
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July 5, 2026 at 7:15 PM
asking the age-old questions: can a sentient mannequin's legs be amputated? if so will it eventually bleed out?
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June 27, 2026 at 9:03 PM
now, if one were so inclined to systematically murder all the phone contacts, their contact cards reflect as such
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June 20, 2026 at 5:45 PM
working on house destruction, bricks, steel supports
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June 18, 2026 at 8:03 PM
blasted the detective right into the house frame!
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June 14, 2026 at 5:33 PM
servant sprite sheet done - player will be able to pay the Butler to hire multiple servants to help around the house, inadvertently adding to the chaos
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May 18, 2026 at 3:37 PM
orange highlighted characters are yet to be added into the game - construction guy ("factotum") is next!
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May 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Butler and other Helpful NPCs now go vomit into the grinder when ill, for coins. very helpful indeed
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May 9, 2026 at 9:22 PM
now, ignoring the authorities long enough results in a ... bruce force approach.
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May 3, 2026 at 2:09 PM
the front door is now destructible, which will grant access for ne'er-do-wells and authority figures (and grandmas)
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April 26, 2026 at 10:24 PM
a jaunty skeleton... back to it after some busy life-stuff!
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April 18, 2026 at 6:47 PM
sussing out a little skeleton of sorts
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March 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
butler! Petunia will able to call and hire the butler, who will wander around and take corpses to the grinder, open the door when guests are ringing the bell, etc.
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March 15, 2026 at 11:23 PM
not entirely sure his role yet, but i wanted to create a demon character, so into the game he goes!
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March 8, 2026 at 3:25 PM