{"id":4882,"date":"2025-11-07T11:11:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T10:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/?p=4882"},"modified":"2025-11-08T07:22:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T06:22:32","slug":"thieves-of-dingirra-release-and-whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/2025\/11\/thieves-of-dingirra-release-and-whats-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Thieves of Dingirra release and what&#8217;s next"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So, at long last I&#8217;ve finally released the game on Steam! I&#8217;ve also made a new gameplay trailer, more fast \/ cinematic (getting straight to the point, I&#8217;d say!) for people curious to see what is this game about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thieves Of Dingirra gameplay trailer\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AcDzRuCJyI4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see, I tried to create a showcase that highlights the game\u2019s main features while avoiding any storytelling elements, since I already have a separate \u201cstory trailer\u201d (as Steam calls it) ready. I think that\u2019s actually a good approach, unless your game is a pure visual novel (where there isn\u2019t much gameplay to show), some players are often more interested in seeing the gameplay than the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, what are you waiting for? Grab the game on Steam, do a review and spread the word!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/617990\/Thieves_Of_Dingirra\">https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/617990\/Thieves_Of_Dingirra<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wait&#8230; you can&#8217;t see it? It means you&#8217;re in one of the banned countries (like Germany) or you simply need ot enable adult content in your Steam account. But don&#8217;t worry, if you aren&#8217;t into adult stuff, this game has a &#8220;suggestive option off&#8221; (which is the default) which lets you play the game with only some minor sexy outfits or sexual innuendo but definitely NOTHING porn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this case you can still buy the game from itchio here: <a href=\"https:\/\/winter-wolves.itch.io\/thieves-of-dingirra\">https:\/\/winter-wolves.itch.io\/thieves-of-dingirra<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The inquisition again!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You might be wondering, wait if you can play the game in censored mode, why is it in adult content section? Well, to be honest, I&#8217;ve given up understanding this mentality, and also in all fairness, with the recent credit card processors madness, it&#8217;s likely not even Steam&#8217;s fault (they&#8217;re probably forced to be even more strict).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong: I&#8217;m extremely pissed but at same time, I know it&#8217;s pointless to argue, so I just accepted to lose sales from my 2nd best selling country (Germany). If I ever do another complex game like this, I&#8217;ll make sure there&#8217;s ZERO, really ZERO adult content in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then maybe it won&#8217;t sell because of that! lol such is the life of modern indie developer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, this brings me to my next announcement&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Doing a partnership!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, I&#8217;ve got in touch with another indie, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.andrealphusgames.com\/\">Andrealphus Games<\/a>, who is a well known adult games creator, about my next game, Glamour Photographer, and we decided to do a collaboration! It has been a while since I did one, last time was over 10 years ago if I remember well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, in case you&#8217;re wondering, I&#8217;ll still be developing the game mainly on my own, writing its story, so you can expect my usual humor (even more, since this will be a crazy comedy game!) and simulation gameplay (it&#8217;s not Thieves of Dingirra, but will have some light simulation elements). They&#8217;re providing a lot of support, both in marketing and also adding features never seen before in my games like animated character sprites! And who knows, maybe we&#8217;ll even get to animate&#8230; &#8220;those scenes&#8221; (ahem) which could be a Kickstarter stretch goal!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of this, we&#8217;re taking our time to launch the Kickstarter since we want to have a trailer showcasing all the new features, and also this way I&#8217;ll be able to add gameplay footage (as you know, I begin working on prototypes before the Kickstarter launch).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am not sure yet if we&#8217;ll manage to launch the Kickstarter next month or January, but in any case stay tuned since I&#8217;ll announce it here and also in socials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m excited about this collaboration since I&#8217;ll have more time to work on the game itself to make it the best I can! Speaking of which, I&#8217;ve finished coding several screens, like this one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/annamoretti.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/annamoretti-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/annamoretti-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/annamoretti-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/annamoretti-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/annamoretti-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/annamoretti-624x351.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/annamoretti.jpg 1635w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Anna is the first model you get in the game, since she&#8217;s your high school crush that you randomly encounter again at a local fair, and you dare to ask her to pose for you. As you see, on the right of this screen there&#8217;ll be all the phone numbers of the various models as you &#8220;unlock&#8221; them in the main story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember the game is set in 1980-90s so yeah, no socials, cell phones or other modern stuff. That explains also the &#8220;paper&#8221; look of the frames, buttons and so on. The photoshoot will be done with a match 3 gameplay (so finally I can use that match 3 framework I commissioned over 3 years ago!) and there&#8217;ll be various meta-gameplay elements that will influence the outcomes like photo quality, current trends, each model has favorite and disliked colors, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s all for now, see you next month where I&#8217;ll talk more about this game and hopefully the upcoming crowdfunding campaign! And remember to bookmark it if you want to be notified when it launches: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/winterwolves\/glamour-photographer?ref=crc2xo\">https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/winterwolves\/glamour-photographer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, at long last I&#8217;ve finally released the game on Steam! 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