NOKOGODO gives a pulse to potential in our watercolor games and indie RPG showcases!
We’re an American worker cooperative video game development studio founded in 2020 that brings games to life with fun ideas and traditional watercolor aesthetics.
Our first release was an arcade survival game titled Sunshower in November 2024. We are currently developing an RPG titled GNOMONIC. The first part of GNOMONIC is planned for a free release on all platforms in 2025.
We plan to annually host RPG Direct to celebrate and showcase indie RPGs!
We can assist with the development of games and game-adjacent projects outside of our studio through trailer video editing, scenario writing, and graphic arts.
Reach out to us with any questions about our games, showcases, or services below!
TEAM
KODY – Director, Writer, Programmer
Kody is a writer who has been playing story-driven games for all of their life. During their writing career, they wrote and translated Japanese-to-English for Source Gaming and ran an EarthBound / MOTHER game fan website. On their journey to an English degree, they researched power dynamics between games and their audiences.
JSPINZ – Art Director, Artist
JSpinz is an artist who has specialized in watercolor illustrations for over 10 years. She has programmed and created pixel art for her own games before, and she has contributed to her friends’ games too, like in Harvest Hero Origins.
She has been preparing her characters for their video game debut long before the start of NOKOGODO because she always thought of them as eventually being part of a game she would make. She is new to having a presence online, but you can tell from her grade school notebooks that creating new characters and worlds is nothing new to her.
PAXTON – Game Designer, Programmer, Artist
Paxton is a professional programmer who designs and illustrates games in his spare time, like his ZelDnD fan game that combines the world, characters, and mechanics of The Legend of Zelda games with tabletop RPGs. He understands what makes a game good: that it’s fun.
DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS
ANTONBLAST Demo and Steam Page – English-to-Japanese Localization
“ANTONBLAST is a fast-paced explosive action platformer that’s all about destruction. Play as the enraged Dynamite Anton (or his cranked-out coworker Annie) and use your Mighty F’n Hammer to demolish bizarre worlds, tussle with screen-filling bosses, and steal your Spirits back from Satan!”
NOKOGODO localized a demo for ANTONBLAST from English to Japanese in 2022. This demo was showcased with our localization at BitSummit 2022 in Kyoto, Japan. We also localized the game’s Steam page into Japanese.