Hey there 🌸

I released Minami Lane on Steam in February, and since then, I really wanted to put it on itch too.

I love itch, it's such a great place for indie developers. I clearly won't be the game dev I am today without this platform. It's full of interesting people, great ideas, tiny creative things and communities that are way less visible outside of here.

So why did it take so long? Minami Lane was a success way beyond what we anticipated, and the financial side of this was hard to properly manage. I had to create a company to make sure everyone who worked on the game received their share of the profits and had their rights properly covered. I had to learn about so many boring stuff, and every little addition to that seemed to make everything even more complex. Releasing the game on another platform was one of those additions. But now that everything seems to be set up properly, I took the time needed to prepare for an itch release. That's also why you can see the game distributed by a new account Doot Tiny Game and not by mine directly.

I also wanted to talk about another matter: does buying games on itch gives more money to the devs? It depends. On Steam and most other big platforms, the platforms take 30% of your sales. On itch, you get to decide, and they set the default at 10%. Since I sell here mostly to support the platform, I decided to put it at 30% on Froggy's Battle and Minami Lane. So no, I won't get more revenue here. Thats not the important thing though! Steam's monopoly is dangerous, and the itch versions of my games will always be DRM free. Buy it and share it with all your friends if you want!

Have fun and continue making itch the wonderful place it is!