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Calico: Magical Girls Running Cat Cafés~

Created by Kells

Calico is a calm and cozy cat cafe simulator where you pet cats, decorate your cafe, and hang out with witches and magical girls!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

August Update! ⛅
over 3 years ago – Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 01:41:56 AM

Hello friends!

We're still working hard making Calico! Not much to update you on at this moment, we are very excited to be in some upcoming showcases in the Fall, but you'll hear more about that when we can publicly announce them! 

Reminder to send in your design tier designs!

There are still many people who have not sent in their designs for toys, pets, and potions. Although the original due date for those has passed, you can still email us to see if you can get your design in before launch! Email [email protected] if you backed a design tier and did not submit your design. :)

Bits and Sneak Peeks from our twitter!

Follow our twitter if you would like more frequent updates, and to see some sneak peeks of content! Below are some little peeks into areas of Calico! 💖

We have a steam page! Please wishlist us there if at all possible, it helps us a huge amount!

The Calico Discord is a great way to hang out with the Calico community and share pictures of your pets/ food/ cat memes

The Whitethorn Discord is a great place to see the other wholesome games our publisher is releasing, and find out more about them! They are good people. <3

Twitter is the best way to keep up with how we are doing week to week!

Thanks for checking in and please take care!~ ❤

~ Kells and the Calico Team

Summer Update! + New Clips! ⛅
almost 4 years ago – Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 05:24:45 PM

Hello friends, before I start with some exciting updates I want to mention current events. Lots of people excited about Calico are also excited about the diverse representation in both our game and our growing team. I want to express how important it is for us to direct that passion onto systemic issues like police brutality that impact Black people generation after generation. Incremental change is not enough, we need to do more. Kickstarter is an incredibly generous community, and I know good things can come from here. Please check out this website for ways to help.

https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

Calico Updates

Calico dev has been going along great! Though the pandemic has been hard on the whole team, we're still moving forward and pumping cute content into the game!

We have a new compilation of clips that you can watch! It features beautiful music by our composer John, as well as some new animals and a sneak peak at one of the five other areas on the island, snowy mountains!

The snowy mountains is a winter-y area with animals like arctic foxes, bears, and rabbits. It also features an onsen at the top of the mountain, with cozy hot springs. ❄

Also, if you like the music in the trailer, consider pre-ordering the album! You get 4 songs to listen to immediately when you do. :) It also helps support our wonderful composer John.

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We have a steam page! Please wishlist us there if at all possible, it helps us a huge amount!

The Calico Discord is a great way to hang out with the Calico community and share pictures of your pets/ food/ cat memes

The Whitethorn Discord is a great place to see the other wholesome games our publisher is releasing, and find out more about them! They are good people. <3

Twitter is the best way to keep up with how we are doing week to week!

Thanks for checking in and please take care!

~ Kells and the Calico Team

Things Are Weird But Calico Is Going Well! + Merch Giveaway
almost 4 years ago – Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 02:22:08 AM

Hello friends! I hope you all are happy and healthy as you can be during these odd and scary times!

Dev Updates:

In spite of all the wild current global events, Calico development is still coming along great. We're really sad we won't be able to show people the game in person at a convention any time soon, but we'll use this extra time home to make Calico extra wonderful. 💖

We also have a steam page! Please wishlist us there is at all possible, it helps us a huge amount!

Calico Merch and Giveaways

We have merch that we were planning on selling during conventions, but because that won't be happening any time soon, we are selling online! We currently have a super cute hat and keychains!

Calico Merch Store

We also have a giveaway for a hat and keychain set on Twitter running this week!

(We also have the hat in Animal Crossing!)

The Calico Discord is a great way to hang out with the Calico community and share pictures of your pets/ food/ cat memes/ TRADE POKEMON!

The Whitethorn Discord is a great place to see the other wholesome games our publisher is releasing, and find out more about them! They are good people. <3

Twitter is the best way to keep up with how we are doing week to week!

Thanks for checking in and please take care!

~ Kells and the Calico Team

Official Launch Date! Also Con pics and more!
about 4 years ago – Wed, Mar 04, 2020 at 01:57:22 AM

Hello there!

Hello friends! First of all CON SEASON IS OVER! For the past 6 months or so, we've had a con about every other month, and we are glad to be back home and now filled with new Feedback about Calico to pass into development. 🥰

Launch Date: October 2020!

To explain more; When we originally set the date when launching the Kickstarter, it was pretty nebulous. We didn't know what stretch goals we would reach, or at what scale we would be able to afford development, so we ended up just pushing that delivery date to a year from the Kickstarter. We are now super excited to be able to set a firm launch date of October 2020. This date is for all platforms.

We hope this gives you all ample time to ramp down on playing the new Animal Crossing before we launch. 😉

Also please wishlist us on steam! Even if you already backed the game, being on wishlists really helps us with visibility. :)

Dev Updates

Where to begin?? We've been getting a TON of great work done, and Calico is really starting to take shape!

We changed our companies name from Cat Bean Games to Peachy Keen Games! We think this will be easier for people to say and spell. :) 

We have a new cafe layout that gives you more room to decorate both your cafe and room!

We're making many many townsfolk for the island, each with expressions!

So many cuties!

This also means we are fairly close to being done with a demo of the character creator! We are SUPER excited about that and may be able to show it by the next update!

Merch

We're also developing some fun merch! Hopefully we will be able to sell these by the next con we are at (and online!)

Both caps and beanies!
The caps are made!
Keychains!

PAX South

In January we were at PAX South in San Antonio Texas! It was super fun and we got a bunch of great feedback from people and met a bunch of Kickstarter backers! I also did a panel about wholesome games that will be uploaded and posted on our twitter soon!

Kells and Andrew at the Calico Booth!
A crowd at the booth!

PAX East

Last weekend we were at PAX East in Boston at the Indie Mini Booth! It was a really amazing time and met a bunch more Kickstarter backers! We also won "best Indie Game" from Marooners' Rock which was very exciting!

Our over decorated Pax East booth d:
Winners!

Kickstarter Stuff

Last update we sent out emails to all the backers who backed design tiers. If you still haven't sent your reply, or having seen the email yet, please contact us! We will be sending out reminder emails to those of you we haven't received answers for yet. We will also be working our way through the designs we have received to get them in the game and get your feedback!

Random Kells' Chickens Update

My chickens have started laying eggs!! I am very proud of them and I hope you are too. Definitely need to get chickens in the game soon.

We hope you are having a good start to your 2020 year, and if not, we hope every day gets better!

Links!

The Calico Discord is a great way to hang out with the Calico community and share pictures of your pets/ food/ cat memes/ TRADE POKEMON!

The Whitethorn Discord is a great place to see the other wholesome games our publisher is releasing, and find out more about them! They are good people. <3

Twitter is the best way to keep up with how we are doing week to week!

- Kells and the Calico team

Autumn Update! 🍁
over 4 years ago – Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 10:08:55 PM

Hello friends! 

Calico development has been going very well! We're mostly just working away, filling the game with content and cuteness! ((And a few shenanigans!))

Kickstarter Backer Rewards:

An email was sent out to everyone who pledged to a design tier to get their designs in! We'll be sending out follow up emails to people who haven't responded to that email yet. If you pledged to a design tier but never received an email, please get in contact with us!

What's the Team Up To?:

Along with working hard making the game, we also showed Calico at a convention in China, as well as took a trip to Japan! We had an absolutely wonderful time and went to a whole bunch of animal cafes for "research"

Reminders:

The Calico Discord is a great way to hang out with the Calico community and share pictures of your pets/ food/ cat memes/ TRADE POKEMON!

The Whitethorn Discord is a great place to see the other wholesome games our publisher is releasing, and find out more about them! They are good people. <3

Twitter is the best way to keep up with how we are doing week to week! We'll be posting a lot more frequently starting at the end of the year and a ton of new assets and features!