Denkiworks - TANUKI: Pon's Summer DEMO OUT NOW!

@denkiworks.bsky.social

A Kyoto-based boutique indie game studio. Currently developing TANUKI: Pon's Summer (Wishlist on Steam now!)

What's this? PON in a newspaper? Well... a website of the newspaper! But, his little TANUKI butt being covered by such outlets is sure to get his summer plea noticed! Thank you Guardian for spending time with us 😊

Sarah Thwaites@sarahathwaites.bsky.social · yesterday

For @theguardian.com Summer Games Previews, I spoke to the lovely @liambme.bsky.social of @denkiworks.bsky.social about Tanuki: Pon's Summer 🦝🌿 www.theguardian.com/games/2026/a...

Super proud to see Denshattack! just absolutely flying, super inspiring stuff and to have shared talent is just absolutely heartwarming. Congrats guys! <3

Denkiworks - TANUKI: Pon's Summer DEMO OUT NOW!@denkiworks.bsky.social · 3w ago

What's Pon doing this weekend... PLAYING @denshattack.bsky.social! Congrats to Undercoders on an incredible launch, we can't wait to ditch our BMX for a Train! Special congrats to our Tanuki Team mates @seanbialo.com & @jacobwmills.bsky.social who both lent their skills to the Denshattack team!🦝🚃

Finally had time to play @denkiworks.bsky.social Tanuki: Pon's Summer. My highlights are: - Fun movement with depth - Map markers vice arrows = joy of finding your own route - Contextual music - Some words and phrases still in Japanese - Representing yakitori with the best kind (葱間) (1/3)

Screenshot of Takuni: Pon's Summer showing the yakitori restaurant with a large model of negima (chicken and scallion skewer) on top.

Wow. @denkiworks.bsky.social is cooking something amazing with Tanuki: Pon's Summer. The story is silly, the sidequests and activities were fun, and, maybe most importantly, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A FAT LIL RACCOON SHRED LIKE THIS?! I think not. Check out this game. 🤣 #indiegame #indiegames #indiedev

Shacknews@shacknews.com · 2mo ago

It's showtime! Tune in for a fresh demo of TANUKI: Pon's Summer by @denkiworks.bsky.social on this week's episode of #indielicious! Twitch: twitch.tv/Shacknews YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPbK... #SteamNextFest

Pon doesn't speak in TANUKI, so I got to draw a lot of emojis for his expressions, other characters and objects. I had a lot of fun with these... tbh it was hard to pitch the game to people without mentioning them sometimes. its been especially rewarding having the dev team use them in comms

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What's Pon been up to? He's been PONdering. slScheming, even. He still tries to earn more and doesn’t work at all. To this day, the shrine still stands in disrepair while he plays videogames. Relatable, huh? Anyways, a demo of TANUKI: Pon’s Summer is coming soon, stay tuned!