Fanart of Lady Jasmine in white and shades of blue.
💙 New #SugarplumCafe fanart just dropped 💙
Look at this portrait of Lady Jasmine by @/hsundere on IG omgggggg I am always so grateful when people draw my characters 🥹💙
Title art for the game Sugarplum Cafe, with the name in large curly letters. Two ladies, Lady Milk Chocolate and Lady Vanilla, sit at a table having afternoon tea. In the background, they are surrounded by desserts.
Screenshot of a game set in a cafe, with a currency counter on the top right and a cameo-shaped UI on the top left. Next to the cameo, some text reads "Collect 6 Cameos." The walls are white with pastel pink and teal color accents and gold filigree. In the foreground, three customers (one wearing vanilla, one wearing chocolate, and one wearing strawberry) have speech bubbles over their heads indicating what desserts they would like to order. In the bottom right corner, there is a grid with some desserts. There is also a display window in the background with more desserts.
An elegant tearoom with baby pink curtains and large windows showing a pastel gradient backdrop. In the foreground, three tables with off-white tablecloths seat three pairs of characters, each pair having a tea party. From left to right: Jasmine and Lemon Madeline, Lady Strawberry and Lady Mint, and Lady Lemon and Lady Lime.
Hi #TeaseYaGame!
#SugarplumCafe is a cozy merge game with no time limits or microtransactions!
You can craft desserts and host tea parties for fashionable ladies 🍰🎀✨
It's still early in development, so join my mailing list for monthly updates - 🔗 in bio!
Photo of a hand holding two badge ribbons. The white one says "I worked at Sugarplum Cafe" and the pink one says "I broke Sugarplum Cafe". The game Sugarplum Cafe is playing on a laptop in the background.
I made #SugarplumCafe badge ribbons for Ursa Major!
If you play my demo you'll get a white ribbon, and if you crash the demo you get a bonus pink ribbon. Let's hope I don't run out of the pink 💀
#cozygame #cozygames #indiegamedev
My game #SugarplumCafe will be at Ursa Major, a J-Fashion convention in San Francisco this weekend!
If you like desserts and tea parties, this game is for you specifically! Come play the new demo this Saturday and you'll get a special badge ribbon! 🎀
#egl #eglcomm #eglcommunity #lolitafashion
Long time no see! I've been busy IRL, but the latest #SugarplumCafe newsletter is out now!
I write about upcoming #egl events, some cosmetic updates to the game, and a unique dessert parlor in Taiwan.
You can read it at thelettergii.kit.com, or join my mailing list so you don't miss the next one!
Title art for the game Sugarplum Cafe, with the name in large curly letters. Two ladies, Lady Milk Chocolate and Lady Vanilla, sit at a table having afternoon tea. In the background, they are surrounded by desserts.
Screenshot of a game set in a cafe, with a currency counter on the top right and a cameo-shaped UI on the top left. Next to the cameo, some text reads "Collect 6 Cameos." The walls are white with pastel pink and teal color accents and gold filigree. In the foreground, three customers (one wearing vanilla, one wearing chocolate, and one wearing strawberry) have speech bubbles over their heads indicating what desserts they would like to order. In the bottom right corner, there is a grid with some desserts. There is also a display window in the background with more desserts.
An elegant tearoom with baby pink curtains and large windows showing a pastel gradient backdrop. In the foreground, three tables with off-white tablecloths seat three pairs of characters, each pair having a tea party. From left to right: Jasmine and Lemon Madeline, Lady Strawberry and Lady Mint, and Lady Lemon and Lady Lime.
The cafe is empty save for a dialogue bubble, with Lady Vanilla in the foreground. The text in the bubble reads, "LADY VANILLA: Ah, you must be the new owner. Nice to meet you!" There are two filigreed buttons in the corner, one to view past dialogues and one to skip the conversation.
Hi #PitchYaGame!
#SugarplumCafe is an ~aesthetic~ merge crafting game where you run a pastel rococo café 💖
🍰 Merge ingredients into desserts
🎀 Meet fashionable ladies inspired by sweets
🫖 Host elegant tea parties
✨ Embrace your frilly fairytale side
#cozygame #egl #cozygames
The latest #SugarplumCafe newsletter just went out 🎉
I share a sneak peek of a new illustration and talk about some fun strategies I'm trying out at game showcases!
Join my mailing list so you don't miss the next one!
thelettergii.kit.com/fc242bf18e
#indiegamedev #indiedev #gamedev
Title art for the game Sugarplum Cafe, with the name in large curly letters. Two ladies, Lady Milk Chocolate and Lady Vanilla, sit at a table having afternoon tea. In the background, they are surrounded by desserts.
A row of ladies in different outfits, each inspired by a different flavor. From left to right: Vanilla, Milk Chocolate, Strawberry, Mint, Jasmine Tea, Lemon, Lime, Raspberry.
An elegant tearoom with baby pink curtains and large windows showing a pastel gradient backdrop. In the foreground, three tables with off-white tablecloths seat three pairs of characters, each pair having a tea party. From left to right: Jasmine and Lemon Madeline, Lady Strawberry and Lady Mint, and Lady Lemon and Lady Lime.
A popup graphic appears in front of a cafe game screenshot, featuring a lady wearing pink. There is filigree around the graphic in the shape of the word "Meet", and there is text within the graphic that reads: "LADY STRAWBERRY. "Anything for the aesthetic!" You've received a new Cameo! Strawberry Madelines will now visit regularly!"
Hi! I'm working on #SugarplumCafe, a merge crafting game about desserts and tea parties!
My inspirations include #cookierun, #sakizo, #flowerknows, and #eglfashion - if you love these too, maybe this game is for you 🙏😊✨
#cozygaming #cozygame #cozygames #eglart #eglcommunity #nutcracker
A row of ladies in different outfits, each inspired by a different flavor. From left to right: Vanilla, Milk Chocolate, Strawberry, Mint, Jasmine Tea, Lemon, Lime, Raspberry.
Meet the Ladies of #SugarplumCafe!
I talk about creating the new Lady in the latest newsletter, including a #cookierun mention 👀
I also write about my showcase experiences and share insights that might be helpful for your #indiegamedev showcase!
Read it at thelettergii.kit.com!
A character intro graphic featuring a lady in a dark magenta velvet bodysuit and beret, and white blouse with poofy, frilly sleeves. The text on the graphic says the following: Lady Raspberry, The Actress. Favorite Flavor: Raspberry. Quote: “Someday, they'll lay out the red carpet for me!”
Meet Lady Raspberry! She's a budding young actress who lives for the theatre. Whether it's musicals or plays, she wants to do it all.
She's one of the characters in my cozy game #SugarplumCafe!
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev #cozygame #cozygames
Drawing of a lady wearing a chocolate-themed dress, holding a giant golden spoon. The spoon has a chocolate bar insignia at the top. The illustration has the feel of a traditional drawing, with pencil and paper textures.
Have you read the latest #SugarplumCafe newsletter at thelettergii.kit.com? It came out last month but I forgot to post about it OTL
I write about the Lady Chocolate poll and this illustration I drew for it, and maybe preview some new art? 👀
#indiegamedev #cozygames #balletcore #nutcracker
Choose your fighter 🍰
My characters from #SugarplumCafe! It has been a while since I revealed the last one...but hmm, maybe we reveal a new Lady if we reach 100 mailing list members? I'm only a few away 👉👈
#cozygames #fashionillustration #cosplaydesign #dessertgijinka #cozygame
Screenshot of a game set in a cafe, with a currency counter on the top right and a cameo-shaped UI on the top left. Next to the cameo, some text reads "Collect 6 Cameos." The walls are white with pastel pink and teal color accents and gold filigree. In the foreground, three customers (one wearing vanilla, one wearing chocolate, and one wearing strawberry pink) have speech bubbles over their heads indicating what desserts they would like to order. In the bottom right corner, there is a grid with some desserts. There is also a display window in the background.
A popup graphic appears in front of a cafe game screenshot, featuring a lady wearing pink. There is filigree around the graphic in the shape of the word "Meet", and there is text within the graphic that reads: "LADY STRAWBERRY. "Anything for the aesthetic!" You've received a new Cameo! Strawberry Madelines will now visit regularly!"
The cafe is empty save for a dialogue bubble, with Lady Vanilla in the foreground. The text in the bubble reads, "LADY VANILLA: Ah, you must be the new owner. Nice to meet you!" There are two filigreed buttons in the corner, one to view past dialogues and one to skip the conversation.
A shop popup in a cafe game. The cafe is faded out in the background and the shop popup is surrounded by aesthetic filigree. The shop consists of a grid of squares, each with an item for sale. Some of the items are not buyable yet, indicated by their faded color and text in front that explains how to unlock the items.
game UI but make it ✨🎀aesthetic🎀✨
#SugarplumCafe #ScreenshotSaturday #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #cozygame
The latest #SugarplumCafe newsletter is here! This month I recap my time at the MADE showcase and share some more exclusive updates you won't see here! 🤭
Read it here: thelettergii.kit.com
#gamedev #indiegamedev #cozygame #cozygames
Every customer in #SugarplumCafe will give you a unique introduction when you serve them for the first time!
...also this game is still WIP so I haven't figured out all of the intro lines yet lol
#ScreenshotSaturday #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev
Lady Mint referencing the Shinji chair meme from Evangelion - sitting with her face in her hands, looking defeated
tfw when you forget to take photos of ppl playing your game at the indie showcase again
#gamedev #indiedev #SugarplumCafe
Title art for the game Sugarplum Cafe, with the name in large curly letters. Two ladies, Lady Milk Chocolate and Lady Vanilla, sit at a table having afternoon tea. In the background, they are surrounded by desserts.
Screenshot of a game set in a cafe, with a currency counter on the top right and a cameo-shaped UI on the top left. Next to the cameo, some text reads "Collect 6 Cameos." The walls are white with pastel pink and teal color accents and gold filigree. In the foreground, three customers (one wearing vanilla, one wearing chocolate, and one wearing strawberry) have speech bubbles over their heads indicating what desserts they would like to order. In the bottom right corner, there is a grid with some desserts. There is also a display window in the background with more desserts.
An elegant tearoom with baby pink curtains and large windows showing a pastel gradient backdrop. In the foreground, three tables with off-white tablecloths seat three pairs of characters, each pair having a tea party. From left to right: Jasmine and Lemon Madeline, Lady Strawberry and Lady Mint, and Lady Lemon and Lady Lime.
The cafe is empty save for a dialogue bubble, with Lady Vanilla in the foreground. The text in the bubble reads, "LADY VANILLA: Ah, you must be the new owner. Nice to meet you!" There are two filigreed buttons in the corner, one to view past dialogues and one to skip the conversation.
Hi #PitchYaGame!
#SugarplumCafe is a merge crafting game where you run a pastel rococo café 💖
🍰 Merge ingredients into desserts
🎀 Meet ladies inspired by sweets
🫖 Host elegant tea parties
✨ Be your frilliest, most aesthetic self
Join my mailing list, link in replies! #solodev
Screencap of https://thelettergii.kit.com/
The latest #SugarplumCafe newsletter is out now! This month I recap all of the QoL improvements I've made to the game so far, including some exclusive updates I haven't shared here yet! 🤭 #gamedev #indiegamedev
Read it here: thelettergii.kit.com
A screenshot of a game with pastel colors and gold filigree accents. The game is set in a cafe with a counter in the foreground. On the counter is a white electronic tablet, set on a gold filigree stand. The tablet's screen has a shopping cart icon.
The counter in #SugarplumCafe is no longer empty! I've added a tablet that directs you to the in-game shop, where you can buy ingredients and tools to craft desserts.
Yeah, technology exists in this world! Sorta!
#ScreenshotSaturday #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev
A set of four tea sets, each with a teapot, saucer, and three-tiered dessert tray. From top left clockwise: a pastel floral teaset, a mint teaset with brown doodly decoration, a white teaset with black borders, and a dark brown teaset with white swirls.
Every Tea Party in #SugarplumCafe has a dedicated Tea Set to match its theme! These are just four of the many themes to discover.
Can you guess what themes these Tea Sets represent and what sort of Ladies would like them?
#ScreenshotSaturday #indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev #cozygame #cozygames
#SugarplumCafe UI is getting an upgrade!
This corner used to only track a collectathon element, but now it also shows all quests and tasks you receive. Hoping this helps guide players better and makes game progression easier!
#ScreenshotSaturday #gamedev #indiedev #artimprovement
A comparison of two screens with UI elements in the top left corner. On the top is a cameo surrounded by pearls with the number 1, with text on the right of the cameo reading "Next guest in 2 Cameos." On the bottom, the cameo and text are surrounded by filigree. The cameo now has three lines that indicate a main menu. The text also alternates between various tasks, such as "Collect 4 Cameos." and "A new item is available! Press S to visit the Shop."
#SugarplumCafe UI is getting an upgrade!
This corner used to only track a collectathon element, but now it also shows all quests and tasks you receive. Hoping this helps guide players better and makes game progression easier!
#ScreenshotSaturday #gamedev #indiedev
Thought about adding a drive thru to Sugarplum Cafe. Decided against it for some reason
#gamedev #indiedev #ithinkyoushouldleave #SugarplumCafe
A screenshot of a Gmail inbox, with an email highlighted so that a menu appears next to it. On the menu, the "Label as" option is highlighted and a submenu appears next to it, with a checklist of label names. No boxes are checked.
This month's #SugarplumCafe Newsletter is now available on thelettergii.kit.com! I yap a little more about GDC in this one.
If you're on the mailing list and you aren't seeing my newsletters, uncheck all labels on a past newsletter and they'll show up in your inbox moving forward!
@thelettergii.bsky.social's Sugarplum Cafe looks adorable as heck, I had to draw one of the Madeleines.
#fanart #SugarplumCafe
Madelines are schoolgirls who wear uniforms inspired by the shell-like madeleines. They're some of the guests you’ll meet in #SugarplumCafe, my ~aesthetic~ cafe game!
Here are some of the flavors I've revealed so far!
#ScreenshotSaturday #gamedev #characterdesign
A row of ladies in different outfits, each inspired by a different flavor. From left to right: Vanilla, Milk Chocolate, Strawberry, Mint, Jasmine Tea, Lemon, Lime.
I heard we were celebrating Ladies today? 🤭 #InternationalWomensDay
All characters are for my cafe game with no time limits, #SugarplumCafe! It's inspired by frilly pastel shoujo aesthetics, and there are desserts + tea parties galore 🍰
#ScreenshotSaturday #gamedev #cozygame
A character introduction graphic featuring a lady in a mod dress made of light green vinyl. The text on the graphic says the following: Lady Lime, The Mod Girl. Favorite Flavor: Lime. Quote: “Far out!”
Meet Lady Lime!
She’s very much inspired by mod fashion - I think lime is a perfect color for that era.
She’s one of the Ladies you can meet in my cafe game with no time limits, #SugarplumCafe!
#cozygame #indiedev #gamedev
A character introduction graphic featuring a lady in an outfit made of clear yellow vinyl. The text on the graphic says the following: Lady Lemon, The Gossip. Favorite Flavor: Lemon. Quote: “Spill that tea!”
Meet Lady Lemon!
She loves drinking tea as much as she loves dishing it. She’s a sucker for gossip - but let’s be real, who isn’t?
Visit the #SugarplumCafe hashtag to meet other Ladies! Sugarplum Cafe is my sweets café game with no time limits 🍰
#gamedev #indiedev #ScreenshotSaturday
