SYNOPSIS:
ShelfLife: Art School Detective is a Mystery Adventure featuring a cast of loveable weirdos. Befriend and "investi-DATE" 7 potential suspects! Use psychic powers to astral project into Artworlds discover secrets. Unmask the mysterious ART KILLER that’s terrorising your campus!

STORY:
Johana is a non-binary art student with psychic powers attending Cruston Beaux-Arts Academy.

In the lead up to a grand exhibition in the campus gallery, 7 prestigious works of art have been murdered, and Johana has been framed as suspect number 1!

Team up with Yamato, the school Security Guard, and help Johana investigate 7 potential suspects, each with their own motives, agendas, and grudges. But time is short, and if Johana can't find the REAL Art Killer, Cruston Beaux-Arts Academy will be demolished and rebuilt into a disgusting Water Park!

Johana's future is on the line! So clear their name, unmask the Art Killer and save Cruston Academy!

GAMEPLAY:
ShelfLife: Art School Detective is a 2.5D Adventure Game with Dating Sim elements!

• Build connections with 7 potential suspects over several in-game days.

• Astral project into Artworlds to uncover secrets from the collective unconscious.

• Collect clues & evidence to build your case, and unmask the mysterious Art Killer before time runs out!

Explore a bizarre art school, investigate suspects, investi-DATE suspects, and have the time of your weird little life!

DETAILS:
Set in the year 201X at Cruston Beaux-Arts Academy (in the fictional New Zealand town of Cruston) ShelfLife is a goofy, nostalgic exploration of art school life, queerness, romance and the paranormal. ShelfLife features relationship-building, branching story routes, mixed-media graphics and 2.5D pixel art. The game is currently in development towards a 2027 PC release.

ShelfLife: Art School Detective will also be coming to Xbox, PlayStation and Switch.

LINK:ShelfLife: Art School Detective on Steam ⫸

Shelflife is being developed with support from the New Zealand Centre of Digital Excellence and the New Zealand Film Commission.

SYNOPSIS:
A story-driven GameBoy game about an emo teen in 2007 with a HUGE gay crush on his best friend! Explore, puzzle-solve and button mash your way through gratuitous dialogue in this GameBoy adventure about awkward teens!

STORY:
Small Town Emo follows the story of Ken, a seventeen year old emo with an awkward crush on his goofy best friend; Fergus.

In the lead up to a costume party, Ken and Fergus spend the day loitering around their small New Zealand town. Can Ken find the courage to confess his feelings, or is he doomed to have depressing song lyrics as his Messenger status for the rest of eternity?

GAMEPLAY:
Small Town Emo is a romantic walking simulator with a healthy dollop of mid-2000's awkwardness!

Take control of main character Ken, and guide him through a series of small town New Zealand locations rendered in pixelated GameBoy-style graphics. Talk to characters, solve simple puzzles, make (occasional) dialogue choices, and explore! Navigate through the complexities of a teenage crush, and let the story of this small town emo kid unfold around you.

DETAILS:
Small Town Emo is a queer coming-of-age romance story set in small town Aotearoa. It explores internalised homophobia, "bromances", early internet/emo culture, and queer teen identity.

Small Town Emo was selected to participate in Pride at Play; a curated exhibition of LGBTQIA+ games from Oceania and Asia Pacific presented in association with St Kilda Film Festival and Monash University.

Small Town Emo was also chosen to be a part of the 2023 Queer Games Bundle, an annual Pride Month initiative to raise funds (over 200,000 USD!) directly for queer creators. Additionally, Small Town Emo won the ‘Narrative’ and ‘Diversity’ prizes at the 2023 New Zealand Game Awards.

|/| Small Town Emo on Steam ⫸