Snackois the work of husband and wife team Erisa Liu and Jordan Gonzalez, who have been creating and developing the indie game since 2018. WhileSnackostill won’t release for a bit longer, what’s been revealed has players excited for when it will be available.Snackois a “cat-venture” farming simulator, but it’s got lots of other elements that will keep players invested for a long-term experience.Snackowill feature cats as the main characters - Momo and Mikan, based on Erisa and Jordan’s cats - but will also have other animals to interact and form friendships with.
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Snacko and the ‘Wholesome Hug of Death’
Wholesome Games and its events,Wholesome Snack and Wholesome Direct, do a lot of good for indie games and developers by showcasing their games.Snackohas been involved with Wholesome Direct since the beginning, so its appearance at this year’s Wholesome Direct during E3 wasn’t a surprise. However, Jordan said he and Erisa were blown away when they found out Wholesome Direct would be part of E3.
“I feel like indies have a really hard time getting spotlighted and Wholesome Direct, and just the Wholesome Games in general, is a really awesome way to give these much smaller devs a more concentrated spotlight and they just do so much work. I’m blown away by how much they do for all these games for nothing.”
Wholesome Direct also organizes charity donations, so some of the profit from any items sold gets donated.Snackohas one music track on a vinyl record, andproceeds from those record saleswent to the charity of Wholesome Games’ choosing. This year’s Wholesome Direct saw a t-shirt with tons of protagonists from its indie games featured in the lineup,Snackoincluded, and proceeds went toward the International Rescue Committee (IRC).
Erisa and Jordan talk about how grateful they are to be considered for Wholesome Direct each year, but also discussed how the “Wholesome Hug of Death” affected them their first time around.Snackoincluded a surprise announcement at the end of its Wholesome Snack slot saying it was now on Kickstarter. So manypeople clicked the link that its redirectthrough the game’s website actually crashed. This instance is what prompted the duo to stop self-hosting and pay to have a different company host their website, according to Erisa.
“I know you asked earlier, “How was Wholesome Direct for the game?” And I think a lot of developers, not just us, were hit with a lot of traffic. So some of the smaller ones who haven’t experienced the ‘Wholesome Hug of Death’ before had their websites go down… That should be one of the advice is if you’re going to be part of the event, just pay for it, don’t do your own hosting.”
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Snacko on Patreon, Ko-Fi, and More
Erisa and Jordan were quick to point out that were it not for the help of their patrons on Patreon,Snackowould not exist as it is today. The Patreon is regularly updated, so anyone wanting to invest inSnackocan still do so there. According to Erisa, Ko-Fi has the best text editor, sothat platform is the best for herin terms of usability. Those who want to contribute toSnackocan also do so through Ko-Fi. The Kickstarter forSnackohas ended, but Patreon and Ko-Fi are great ways to still get involved with the game and keep up with its updates.
The best way to communicate is through theSnackoDiscord server, especially for things likeKickstarterrewards, and Erisa said she always encourages people to join. ThoughSnackowon’t release until 2022 at least, there’s a lot to preview about the upcoming cat-venture that keeps people excited for more information.
Snackois in development for PC and Switch.
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