🌸 DEAD PETALS BLISS 🌸

A few months ago (late 2022) I released a weird little game on Newgrounds called DEAD PETALS, which is a psychedelic twin-stick shooter where the enemies and bosses are unique every time you play. It was the first time that anything I had made got a modest amount of attention so it was pretty exciting; it makes me happy to think that people still stumble upon it and give it a go :)

Since then, I became friends with the developer of satryn. satryn is another hyper-saturated arcade-style twin-stick shooter. May and I have been working on a sequel to DEAD PETALS (and in many ways a sister-sequel to satryn) and as of today... it's got a Steam page where you can wishlist it! (Clicking that green Wishlist button is so helpful that it's hard to overstate, so if you take the time to do that, we really appreciate you.) The trailer music and game soundtrack is composed by Casey William, who you can find on Spotify and Youtube as ENNWAY. It also was the composer for

Here's a trailer for DEAD PETALS BLISS!

The only problem with BLISS is that it makes the original game look kinda jank by comparison :P But that's a good thing. May is wicked talented and has put a ridiculous amount of polish into it to make it feel like a solid, legit thing. It's amazing to be working together; it's almost surreal to see the game in this state. You can still check out the original game, but honestly DEAD PETALS to DEAD PETALS BLISS is like night and day.

I'll spare you the details and just say check out the Steam Page if you want a better sense of what game it actually is.

I wanted to end by saying... without Newgrounds, I don't think I would have had the motivation to continue with game dev. Far more people discovered it on this platform than itch.io, and people left so many helpful reviews. From the conversations I had with people, it's inevitably had a huge impact on the quality and design of this new game. Releasing a game on Newgrounds is not only fun but hugely helpful, and thanks again.

I'll likely be posting here more, especially since Tw*tter is burning down but if you do wanna keep up with us there, we're whadit and hello_maybell over on the hell site. Until next time!