https://koifu.com/authors/jc/Recent content in jc on Koifu GamesHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usTue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/gridly-is-officially-out-on-google-play/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/gridly-is-officially-out-on-google-play/It is no longer in testing. Gridly is out. As of today, the game is fully available on Google Play — open to everyone, no testing program required. You can download it right now. Get Gridly on Google Play This milestone exists because of the players who joined during open testing. You filled grids, flagged rough edges, and stuck around. That feedback shaped what launched today. Genuinely — thank you.https://koifu.com/news/gridly-open-testing-is-live/Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/gridly-open-testing-is-live/This is the moment we have been working toward. Gridly — our mobile crossword puzzle game — is now in open testing on Google Play. Anyone can join, play, and give feedback. No invite needed. We need real players putting the game through its paces. Does the grid feel satisfying to fill? Are the words fair? Does anything feel off? Your feedback at this stage is not a footnote — it directly shapes what ships.https://koifu.com/news/gridly-multi-language-update/Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/gridly-multi-language-update/Big update for Gridly. The game now supports five languages – English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese. It auto-detects your device language, so it should just work out of the box. We also added thousands of new words across all languages. More variety, more replayability, fewer repeated grids. On top of that, your progress now syncs to the cloud. Switch devices, reinstall, whatever – your data follows you. A handful of bug fixes too.https://koifu.com/news/gridly/Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/gridly/We are working on our first mobile game! Gridly is a crossword puzzle game for mobile — fill in words, clear the grid, keep your brain busy. It’s our first step into mobile, and we’re excited to bring the Koifu style to a new platform. Stay tuned for more updates!https://koifu.com/news/droid7-v1.2.0/Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/droid7-v1.2.0/DROID7 v1.2.0 release has the following game changes: Improvements Better low volume handling in audio settings Added vsync video settings Added camera smoothing settings Added Discord rich presence Improved credits screen Added mute settings Added TV filter and settings Added start screen phrases Added again menu navigation with keyboard and controllers Added Koifu splash screen Enhanced Juan Colacelli splash screen Added poop cheat code New wallpaper with TV filter available General performance optimizations Bug Fixeshttps://koifu.com/news/new-logo/Mon, 28 Jul 2025 15:49:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/new-logo/We have a new logo! As Koifu grows, we wanted a visual identity that feels like us — clean, minimal, and a little retro. This is the face of Koifu going forward. You’ll start seeing it across our games, social channels, and press kit.https://koifu.com/news/follow-us-on-bluesky/Thu, 28 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/follow-us-on-bluesky/Hey, we are now on Bluesky 🦋! Please, follow us at https://bsky.app/profile/koifu.comhttps://koifu.com/news/autumn-sale-2024/Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/autumn-sale-2024/It’s Autumn Sale 2024 on itch.io 🍂 Get DROID7 90% off for a limited time!https://koifu.com/news/koifu/Sat, 16 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/koifu/Koifu is our new studio name — same developer, same games, new identity. We wanted to give our work a proper home and separate the studio from personal accounts. From now on, all games will be published under the Koifu brand. Please follow Koifu social networks: Bluesky X Instagram Darflen YouTube Discordhttps://koifu.com/news/summer-sale-2024/Fri, 28 Jun 2024 02:11:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/summer-sale-2024/It’s Summer Sale 2024 on itch.io 🌞 Get DROID7 75% off for a limited time!https://koifu.com/news/play-retro-snake-on-your-browser/Tue, 16 Jan 2024 18:23:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/play-retro-snake-on-your-browser/I just uploaded Retro Snake html files, so the game will be playable on your browser without downloading anything! Retro Snake by Juan Colacellihttps://koifu.com/news/winter-sale-2023/Wed, 20 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/winter-sale-2023/It’s Winter Sale 2023 on itch.io Get DROID7 75% off for a limited time!https://koifu.com/news/black-friday-creator-day-2023/Fri, 24 Nov 2023 07:36:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/black-friday-creator-day-2023/It’s Black Friday Creator Day on itch.io Get DROID7 75% off for a limited time!https://koifu.com/news/halloween-sale-2023/Tue, 24 Oct 2023 13:25:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/halloween-sale-2023/It’s Halloween Sale 2023 on itch.io 🎃 Get DROID7 75% off for a limited time!https://koifu.com/news/retro-snake-published/Sun, 16 Jul 2023 04:00:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/retro-snake-published/I just released a new mini-game! Retro Snake is a mini-game inspired by the legendary game Snake Play it, it’s free! Retro Snake by Juan Colacellihttps://koifu.com/news/summer-sale-2023/Sun, 02 Jul 2023 13:52:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/summer-sale-2023/It’s Summer Sale 2023 on itch.io 🌞 Get DROID7 50% off for a limited time!https://koifu.com/news/retro-snake/Sat, 20 May 2023 09:39:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/retro-snake/Hey! I’m working on a new mini-game called Retro Snake, it’s inspired by the legendary game Snake. Here it is the first prototype:https://koifu.com/news/march-2023-creator-day/Sun, 19 Mar 2023 20:37:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/march-2023-creator-day/It’s March Creator Day 2023 on itch.io Get DROID7 75% off for a limited time!https://koifu.com/news/floppy-disk-published/Sat, 28 Jan 2023 04:00:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/floppy-disk-published/I just released a new mini-game! Floppy Disk is a mini-game inspired by the legendary game Flappy Bird Play it, it’s free! Floppy Disk by Juan Colacellihttps://koifu.com/news/floppy-disk/Tue, 24 Jan 2023 15:42:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/floppy-disk/Hey! I’m working on a new mini-game called Floppy Disk, it’s inspired by the legendary game Flappy Bird. Here it is the first prototype:https://koifu.com/news/memo-memo-published/Thu, 19 Jan 2023 20:53:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/memo-memo-published/I just released a new mini-game! Memo Memo is about improving your memory by matching pairs of cards. Play it, it’s free! Memo Memo by Juan Colacellihttps://koifu.com/news/droid7-v1.1.1/Fri, 30 Dec 2022 16:14:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/droid7-v1.1.1/DROID7 v1.1.1 release has the following game changes: Wallpaper updated Shadows now will have high contrast for easier visibility Performance improvement showing and processing only already reached elements Player double-jump spinning direction now will follow the player movement Pickups will not appear on blocks with enemies anymore Shaders now will work on old computers (GLES2) Player powers now will be visible on boss level Fix minor details on level 1 backgroundhttps://koifu.com/news/droid7-v1.1.0/Tue, 20 Dec 2022 19:22:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/droid7-v1.1.0/DROID7 v1.1.0 release has the following game changes: In game changes: Updated game engine (Godot Engine 3.4.5) Added teleports Added super batteries Added items roulettes, they cycle between all items, so you can choose which one to pick Added walking machines Added different backgrounds per level Changed initial HP from 2 to 4 Decreases max HP from 5 to 4 Added HP background to show the max HP Improved enemies, now they are angry DROIDs Improved batteries icons Improved batteries effect nullifying other batteries Improved laser graphics and animation Added laser particles when a map element is destroyed Improved boss laser graphics Added pickup animation to items, so you can see what you picked up easily Added skip boss animation Fixed springboards and jetpacks being affected by batteries Rebalanced all map elements Rebalanced all powers durations Improved map graphics, walls and roof will be bigger GUI and application changes:https://koifu.com/news/winter-sale-2022/Tue, 20 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/winter-sale-2022/It’s Winter Sale 2022 on itch.io Get DROID7 75% off for a limited time!https://koifu.com/news/november-2022-creator-day/Fri, 25 Nov 2022 07:44:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/november-2022-creator-day/It’s Creator Day 2022 on itch.io Get DROID7 75% off for a limited time!https://koifu.com/news/tiny-tofu-comics/Sat, 29 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/tiny-tofu-comics/I started my own comics called Tiny Tofu Comics, if you want to take a look check tinytofucomics.com Tiny Tofu Comics is also on: Patreon Instagram X Facebook Mastodonhttps://koifu.com/news/halloween-sale-2022/Thu, 27 Oct 2022 14:38:09 -0300https://koifu.com/news/halloween-sale-2022/It’s Halloween Sale 2022 on itch.io 🎃 Get DROID7 90% off for a limited time!https://koifu.com/news/july-2022-creator-day/Fri, 29 Jul 2022 04:28:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/july-2022-creator-day/It’s July Creator Day 2022 on itch.io Get DROID7 75% off for a limited time!https://koifu.com/news/summer-sale-2022/Mon, 20 Jun 2022 21:47:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/summer-sale-2022/It’s Summer Sale 2022 on itch.io 🌞 Get DROID7 75% off for a limited time!https://koifu.com/news/creator-day-2022/Fri, 18 Feb 2022 05:47:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/creator-day-2022/It’s Creator Day 2022 on itch.io Get DROID7 50% off for a limited time!https://koifu.com/news/lunar-new-year-sale-2022/Wed, 26 Jan 2022 18:38:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/lunar-new-year-sale-2022/It’s Lunar New Year Sale 2022 on itch.io Get DROID7 75% off for a limited time!https://koifu.com/news/winter-sale-2021/Mon, 20 Dec 2021 16:50:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/winter-sale-2021/It’s Winter Sale 2021 on itch.io Get DROID7 75% off for a limited time!https://koifu.com/news/escape-pod-november-report/Thu, 16 Dec 2021 07:29:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/escape-pod-november-report/Introducing the following additions: Asteroids Weapon cooldown indicators Auto-aim weapons Shields Chests Asteroids Everybody loves asteroids, right? Every planet has a probability to spawn asteroids. When an asteroid is destroyed, it drops some credits. Weapon cooldown indicators Small GUI update, now weapons have cooldown indicators. Auto-aim weapons Some weapons (like missiles) have the ability to auto-aim. Shields Spaceships now have the ability to wear shields. Shields act like a second life.https://koifu.com/news/black-friday-2021/Fri, 26 Nov 2021 16:28:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/black-friday-2021/It’s Black Friday 2021 on itch.io Get DROID7 75% off for a limited time!https://koifu.com/news/halloween-sale-2021/Wed, 27 Oct 2021 14:38:09 -0300https://koifu.com/news/halloween-sale-2021/It’s Halloween Sale 2021 on itch.io 🎃 Get DROID7 75% off for a limited time!https://koifu.com/news/how-is-my-new-game-looking/Tue, 27 Jul 2021 19:45:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/how-is-my-new-game-looking/This is how my new game is looking, and yes, I am a camper… I will be posting more news soon!https://koifu.com/news/droid7-v1.0.2/Tue, 22 Jun 2021 03:25:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/droid7-v1.0.2/DROID7 v1.0.2 release has the following game changes: Fixed some menu options that could be selected with the mouse Update game engine to its last version (Godot Engine 3.3.2)https://koifu.com/news/summer-sale-2021/Sun, 20 Jun 2021 21:47:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/summer-sale-2021/It’s Summer Sale 2021 on itch.io 🌞 Get DROID7 75% off for a limited time!https://koifu.com/news/lunar-new-year-sale-2021/Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:21:58 -0300https://koifu.com/news/lunar-new-year-sale-2021/It’s Lunar New Year Sale 2021 on itch.io Get DROID7 50% off for a limited time!https://koifu.com/news/droid7-v1.0.1/Fri, 15 Jan 2021 08:34:20 -0300https://koifu.com/news/droid7-v1.0.1/DROID7 v1.0.1 release has the following game changes: New splash screen Splash screen can be skipped with pause key (Escape by default) Windows icons fixed Terminal debug window removedhttps://koifu.com/news/new-space-shooter-game/Sun, 10 Jan 2021 10:43:57 -0300https://koifu.com/news/new-space-shooter-game/Well, new year 📆, new game 🎮. I always wanted to create a 1-bit game and in my childhood I played a lot of space shooter games 👾, so I decided to combine both and create a 1-bit space shooter. I’m working with Godot Engine and Aseprite using 1-bit colors (black and white only). Status The game is in development, so it is not yet published. This is how it’s looking right now:https://koifu.com/news/winter-sale-2020/Thu, 17 Dec 2020 18:14:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/winter-sale-2020/It’s Winter Sale 2020 on itch.io Get DROID7 50% off for a limited time!https://koifu.com/news/black-friday-2020/Fri, 27 Nov 2020 16:28:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/black-friday-2020/It’s Black Friday 2020 on itch.io 🎃 Get DROID7 50% off for a limited time!https://koifu.com/news/droid7-v1.0.0/Mon, 02 Nov 2020 01:29:03 -0300https://koifu.com/news/droid7-v1.0.0/DROID7 has been an endless game since the beginning, but now it’s limited 10 floors of difficulty, and a fight versus its creator (Doc). DROID7 1.0.0 release has the following game changes: Gameplay It’s not an endless game anymore Floor 10 is the maximum floor Once you left the building you will fight versus DROID7 creator (Doc) General changes Game completely translated to Spanish and Esperanto New splash screen has been added to the game Credits screen has been added Several bug fixeshttps://koifu.com/news/halloween-sale-2020/Tue, 27 Oct 2020 14:38:09 -0300https://koifu.com/news/halloween-sale-2020/It’s Halloween Sale 2020 on itch.io 🎃 Get DROID7 50% off for a limited time!https://koifu.com/news/droid7-v0.0.4/Sat, 01 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/droid7-v0.0.4/I received a lot of comments about laser being a little frustrating, so I decided to rework it. Another issue was the fast camera movement, I reworked it too. Introducing new items: 2 lives Jetpack Yellow battery Red battery Mushroom Hourglass DROID7 0.0.4 release has the following game changes: Laser Take one player’s life instead of one shoot it Enabled from level 1 Laser mechanics reworked Camera Smooth movement Zoom in / zoom out Look up / look down Itemshttps://koifu.com/news/summer-sale-2020/Tue, 23 Jun 2020 16:55:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/summer-sale-2020/It’s Summer Sale 2020 on itch.io 🌞 Get DROID7 50% off for a limited time!https://koifu.com/news/droid7-v0.0.3/Sat, 20 Jun 2020 03:21:50 -0300https://koifu.com/news/droid7-v0.0.3/DROID7 v0.0.3 launched! Introducing the levels, in the beginning the game will start paced off, and then it will be scaling and getting harder through levels. Settings screen has been added with fullscreen support and volume sliders. Input settings screen has been added too with joystick support. DROID7 0.0.3 release has the following game changes: Levels Difficulty scaling Level indicator Lights Floor light obfuscation added Start screen Menus now have lights Screens now have background music Menus now have sound on focus and press Settings screenhttps://koifu.com/news/droid7-v0.0.2-beta/Fri, 12 Jun 2020 05:37:24 -0300https://koifu.com/news/droid7-v0.0.2-beta/DROID7 was originally created for mobile devices, but now it’s re-designed for desktop computers. DROID7 0.0.2-beta release has the following game changes: Window aspect changed to 16:9 Player movement with arrow keys (originally automated) Start screen updated Lives now will be shown with hearts (originally with numbers) Top and score moved from top to the right cornerhttps://koifu.com/news/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality/Tue, 09 Jun 2020 06:45:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality/You can get +1,500 projects including DROID7 on this awesome itch.io bundle.https://koifu.com/news/lockdown-sale/Sat, 06 Jun 2020 19:05:21 -0300https://koifu.com/news/lockdown-sale/DROID7 is on sale on itch.io until June 21, 2020. Claim it now, and keep it forever!https://koifu.com/news/droid7-published/Thu, 12 Mar 2020 21:23:00 -0300https://koifu.com/news/droid7-published/DROID7 (formerly called Jump Game) has been published on itch.iohttps://koifu.com/news/welcome-to-the-dark-side/Mon, 02 Mar 2020 02:55:39 -0300https://koifu.com/news/welcome-to-the-dark-side/Today I’ve been working on game lights. Game lights have been in the game since the beginning, but they worked more like a glowing instead of lights. Now the game is in darkness and it’s enlightened by lights. Additionally, springboard and lives now have their own light. Also I noticed that lava was offtopic, since I changed the game theme. So, lava has been replaced with a laser that will follow the player along (the player dies if it passes through).https://koifu.com/news/tileset-overthinking/Sun, 01 Mar 2020 05:09:43 -0300https://koifu.com/news/tileset-overthinking/I’ve made some improvements on the tileset, limits will be less intrusive and one way floor will be more visible. Minor changes Removed unused tiles from spritesheet. Background bricks and stars improved (moved to tileset instead of static image).https://koifu.com/news/new-game-look/Sat, 29 Feb 2020 01:10:48 -0300https://koifu.com/news/new-game-look/I have been working a lot on the game, that’s why I couldn’t post on weekend :( but I really like how it’s looking now. I dropped PICO-8 color palette, now I’ll be using Bubblegum 16, because it has really flashy colors and it gives a new fresh look to the game. Minor changes Dotted-line blocks will toggle all at once (synchronized). Floor now will blink 3 times before disappearing. Floor tilesets now have start, middle and end.https://koifu.com/news/lava-and-dotted-line-blocks/Sun, 23 Feb 2020 20:38:41 -0300https://koifu.com/news/lava-and-dotted-line-blocks/Today I added lava and dotted-line blocks to my new game. Lava will go up constantly pushing the player to be faster, and dotted-line blocks are just blocks that appear and disappear constantly. Minor changes Blocks tileset improved. Player will no longer be stuck between two tiles.https://koifu.com/news/let-there-be-light/Fri, 21 Feb 2020 00:34:50 -0300https://koifu.com/news/let-there-be-light/Well… I’m not God, but I added light to my new game. Changes made Light shader has been added, it will just use PICO-8 color palette colors. Light has been added to player. Floor tiles (without one way collision) will occlude light. Bricks and stars backgrounds have been added. Light will be reflected on bricks and not in the stars.https://koifu.com/news/game-style-improved/Tue, 18 Feb 2020 18:06:29 -0300https://koifu.com/news/game-style-improved/Today I improved the style and resolution of my new game. I changed sprite resolution from 16px to 8px and also improved the tileset. Minor changes Font changed from Atlantis international to Munro (small). Display resolution changed to low resolution (135x240px). Speed, jump height and gravity adjusted to new resolution. Spikes now have a minimal delay before the collision is enabled, so player can escape before being hurt.https://koifu.com/news/i-started-a-new-game/Sat, 15 Feb 2020 04:33:52 -0300https://koifu.com/news/i-started-a-new-game/I’m woking on my new game, it doesn’t have a name yet (I just call it “Jump Game”), but it has a lot of love already ♥. Jump Game is about jumping and evading spikes. It looks simple but as you go through levels it becomes harder. The game source code is completely made with GDScript in Godot game engine and for the sprites I used Aseprite with PICO-8 color palette.https://koifu.com/news/hello-world/Tue, 19 Feb 2019 13:31:20 -0300https://koifu.com/news/hello-world/This is my first post, and it always will be. I just wanted to say hello, have a nice day! puts "Hello world!" <?= "Hello world!"; ?> alert('Hello world!'); fun main(args : Array<String>) { println("Hello world!") } class HelloWorld { public static void main(String args[]) { System.out.println("Hello World!"); } }