Indie game developers and players are eager to get back on itch.io after it was hacked overnight on July 8, 2025. Users were unable to sign on to the site in the early morning hours of that day Eastern Daylight Time. Itch Corp confirmed on social media that the cause of the outage was theContinue reading “Game Distribution Service Itchio Hacked Again, Denial of Service Attack Reportedly to Blame”
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Studio Emiko Reportedly Back on Discord, Albeit Under Roleplay Account
Over the American Independence Day holiday weekend, on the day after such holiday on July 5, 2025, the Prophet Driller was working on a future PC-98 remix scheduled to be released this incoming Saturday when he received a notification for a friend request. At first, he didn’t recognize the username until he checked Discord, andContinue reading “Studio Emiko Reportedly Back on Discord, Albeit Under Roleplay Account”
Bridging Relationships Between Characters In Games
Out of all the games we have made, every character has a dream or desire. They become bold enough to pursue it. Sometimes, they can’t do it alone, and it may take one or more allies to help them achieve it and unlock their magic within. In an earlier blog post, we mentioned how DrillimationContinue reading “Bridging Relationships Between Characters In Games”
State of Drillimation: Summer 2025
I’ve begun every one of my on-screen appearances with the word “greetings”, but things are different this time around. We’re about ready to hit eleven years of Drillimation existing next month. Ever since August 20, 2014 when I created my very first GoAnimate video and after transitioning to fanon wikis and game development a fewContinue reading “State of Drillimation: Summer 2025”
Drillimation to Plan Long-Term Changes to Music on YouTube Channel Starting Next Month
Yesterday, Drillimation released their third “Hifuu” album as part of a collection of compilation albums produced by Drillimation under the name of Azure Celestial Wonder. The term Hifuu refers to the Secret Sealing Club, a fictional school club existing in the Touhou Project universe. The albums consist of original tracks and remixed songs, and typicallyContinue reading “Drillimation to Plan Long-Term Changes to Music on YouTube Channel Starting Next Month”
The Importance of Spirituality in the Federal Kingdom of Gensokyo
Even though Gensokyo has mostly had Shinto as the state religion, spirituality in Gensokyo would expand out of the regular faiths of Shinto, Buddhism, and Taoism, with other Abrahamic faiths joining in with the building of St. Mima’s Cathedral, said to be the first major Catholic church built on the continent. Known by the LatinContinue reading “The Importance of Spirituality in the Federal Kingdom of Gensokyo”
The Federal Kingdom of Gensokyo: How 100 Years of Swedish Backing Shaped Gensokyo
If you go to Gensokyo, namely the interpretation of Gensokyo in the Drillimation Danmaku Universe known as the Federal Kingdom of Gensokyo, things will certainly feel like you’re in Sweden or its capital city of Stockholm, but no. When Swedish pilgrims began colonizing Gensokyo and the subsequent establishment of the Federal Kingdom of Gensokyo, theContinue reading “The Federal Kingdom of Gensokyo: How 100 Years of Swedish Backing Shaped Gensokyo”
Why It Took Four Years to Revive This Project
In late 2020, while Chuhou Joutai 2: Paraided! was in its early stages of development, Drillimation began working on a side project named White Javelin that was intended for Whitethorn Digital. It ended up getting canceled due to Paraided! taking up most of the resources and had to be completed by the summer of 2021.Continue reading “Why It Took Four Years to Revive This Project”
How I Made Drillimation With Old Technology
One value of Drillimation’s philosophy is making old technology cool again. Even some of the things I use to make the games are years old. When it comes to creating games with cutting-edge technology, that gets expensive. Sometimes, it’s easier to make a smaller game with older technology. It could even break down with glitchesContinue reading “How I Made Drillimation With Old Technology”
The Untold Life of Queen Yukari
What a beautiful name, and monarch too. She was the founding mother of the Democratic Kingdom of Western Gensokyo, ruling from its founding in 1703 until her death in 1753. She had founded and ruled Yakumoshi in the years before the Kingdom’s formal establishment. She was the first daughter of a family living in Mayohiga,Continue reading “The Untold Life of Queen Yukari”
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