Gloomy Juncture receives Visual Excellence Award at BitSummit Drift 2024

BitSummit is Japan's industry-leading independent game development festival, held in Kyoto from July 19th to 21st, 2024. Gloomy Juncture was an official selection.
During the award ceremony, Professor and Game Designer Iida Kazutoshi from Ritsumeikan University shared these kind words about my peculiar work:
"𝘈 𝘱𝘶𝘻𝘻𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘶𝘻𝘻𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘶𝘻𝘻𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘻𝘻𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨.
𝘍𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦-𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘪𝘵𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵, 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭."
The creative journey is filled with insecurities and can be a lonesome one, so this recognition means the world to me. Also I must confess that Gloomy Juncture winning the first award in Japan-the country responsible for my passion in video games and renowned for its industry that excels in high-quality, innovative titles-is more than I could ever dream to achieve in life.
To the BitSummit team and everyone who voted for Gloomy Juncture - thank you from the bottom of my heart. Your support of indie developers is invaluable. I also want to express a special thanks to the small community who supports me and shares opinions with so much love - your support already made this journey worthwhile!
A huge shout out and thanks to Laura Teixeira for repping me and for her invaluable help with the Japanese translation!
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00:00 Introduction
00:25 The Winner Is...
01:01 Review from Professor Iida Kazutoshi
02:09 Brief English Introduction
02:50 Acceptance Speech (English)

[@samerr12]

congrats, keep up the incredible work!!

[@subtalesstudio]

Thank you! Will do 💪