You can now follow Sunny Demeanor Games on Steam!

I'm happy to announce that Sunny Demeanor Games now has a developer page on Steam, where you can find all games I make and "follow" to receive notifications wherever a new game from Sunny Demeanor Games launches:https://store.steampowered.com/developer/SunnyDemeanorGames Why set up a developer page now? I'll be announc...
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Announcing a new game bundle with 10% discount at launch!

Starting on May 1st, A Weekend in Puzzleburg will be part of a new game bundle on Steam called the "Document Your Journey" bundle. What the bundle includes:A Weekend in PuzzleburgWe the Refugees: Ticket to EuropeWhy bundle these games together? We the Refugees: Ticket to Europe is an interactive fiction game with comic...
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Everything You Can Do and See in Puzzleburg

In A Weekend in Puzzleburg, there's a built-in hint system for completing every quest in the game (just talk to the hotel concierge Dante, and he can point you in the right direction for any step of any quest), but how can you know if you've FOUND/STARTED every side quest in the game?You'll of course come across every ma...
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Reflections on A Weekend in Puzzleburg three weeks before release

With A Weekend in Puzzleburg now less than three weeks from release, this is a good time to reflect on how I think the game turned out before the reviews start coming in and influence my perspective.  So these are my own thoughts now that the game is complete (save for some playtesting and bug fixing) before putting it o...
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A look back at 2022 and a look ahead at 2023

With 2023 now upon us, I figure this is as good a time as any to take stock of what I accomplished with Sunny Demeanor Games and A Weekend in Puzzleburg in 2022, as well as to share what I can about what's in store for 2023.  Without further adieu, here are the main accomplishments for 2022: Early May 2022 - Lau...
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How much will A Weekend in Puzzleburg cost?

A Weekend in Puzzleburg will cost $18 at launch ($20 normal price with a 10% launch discount to reward early players).  I would like to emphasize that with A Weekend in Puzzleburg, you're not buying a video game so much as you're buying an entire vacation.  One that you can play over and over again whenever you want, get...
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Is the town of Puzzleburg inspired by any real-world locations?

Yes, the fictional town of Puzzleburg is inspired by a wide variety of (mostly coastal) cities and locations across the United States. Here is a sampling:Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and Catalina Island (all are island communities, like Puzzleburg)Los Angeles (Venice Beach)San Francisco (Fisherman's Wharf) Wilmington,...
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Will "A Weekend in Puzzleburg" have achievements? If so, how many?

A Weekend in Puzzleburg will not contain achievements. I've spent quite a bit of time thinking about what achievements I would put in the game if the game was to include achievements and whether giving players extrinsic motivation through achievements even fits the game. I came up with a few different varieties of achi...
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Over 180,000 ways your weekend vacation can play out

Now that A Weekend in Puzzleburg is pretty far along in development, I took a moment to sit down and do some math on just how many different ways your weekend in Puzzleburg can play out. And the number I came up with is 181,440.   Here's the breakdown: 7 job classes X 3 books to read X 10 hair color choices X 2^5 for m...
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Release date reveal + new trailer for "A Weekend in Puzzleburg"

I've just released a new trailer for A Weekend in Puzzleburg to the company YouTube page titled "The Puzzles of Puzzleburg."  After releasing the first trailer titled "Scenes Around Puzzleburg," I received feedback that people were interested in seeing more of the puzzles in the game (the game does take place in a town c...
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