Orkward: The Space Ork Dating Game

Devlog

• You should watch this playthrough
  June 17, 2022 by Monstro

  Paperpup has posted the most wonderful playthough of Orkward. He narrates the game, putting on PERFECT orky voices and just absolutely living the experience. I can't recommend it enough. I love it!... Continue reading
• 1.0 Release Notes
  September 12, 2021 by Monstro

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  That's it - Orkward, the space ork dating game, is FINISHED! It's been crazy hard over the summer to find the time and energy to ge Orkward over the finish line. There were a bunch of things I wanted... Continue reading

  
• Looking for testers
  September 06, 2021 by Monstro

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  So it's been a while. Again. I've barely touched Orkward since the last release back in - wow - May. Apart from this week, when I've been able to scramble together some of the final story strands and... Continue reading
• Devlog #6 - Orkward the musical!
  May 16, 2021 by Monstro

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  Hello! I'm Joe, and I'm making Orkward: the space ork dating game. Yep, I'm still here! In this week's update, I'll be talking about the game's soundtrack, which was added to the game back in 0.10. I'... Continue reading

  
• 0.11 Release Notes
  May 09, 2021 by Monstro

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  Well it's been a long time coming, but here it is, Orkward 0.11! With a big new feature: The Guide! I'm really excited about the guide. Trophies have been upgraded to Stories and are now much more cen... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #5.5 - Holding Pattern
  April 12, 2021 by Monstro

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  Quick update for anyone who's keeping an eye on these orky boyz. The next release is a while away so I just wanted to post and hold the space. The next update is basically ready to go content-wise. I'... Continue reading
• 0.10 Release Notes
  February 28, 2021 by Monstro

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  Thrilled to announce the release of Orkward - the musical! Development on the game has dropped to just a couple of hours a week, plus the complexity and intricacy of the story is increasing. So update... Continue reading
• Devlog #5: Isaac's Artwork
  January 20, 2021 by Monstro

  Hello, I'm Joe, and to my surprise, I've spent the last four months making Orkward: the space ork dating game. This devlog is guest written by the project's artist, Isaac Garabito . Isaac has done th... Continue reading

  
• 0.9 Release Notes (and a roadmap)
  January 16, 2021 by Monstro

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  After a bit of a break over Christmas, I am delighted to release Orkward v0.9! 😍 A new title/logo graphic from Isaac 💚 Status icons for the orks - indicated whether they've befriended you, reje... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #4.5 - Still going!
  January 11, 2021 by Monstro

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  Just a small update to say that I'm still plugging away at this thing. I've taken quite a long break over Christmas - sort of a holiday from my sabbatical. I was slowing down a lot in December and str... Continue reading
• Devlog #4: Narrativ' Stuff
  December 10, 2020 by Monstro

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  #devlog

  Hello, I'm Joe, and to my surprise, I've spent the last two-and-a-half months on sabbatical making Orkward: the space ork dating game. It's in active development and available to play for free right h... Continue reading

  
• 0.8 Release Notes
  December 09, 2020 by Monstro

  Really pleased to release 0.8 today! This is a big visual/UI update, I've been looking forward to this one. Huge thanks to Isaac Garabito for the art assets - it really transforms the game. * Fully c... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #3: Getting Ink
  December 02, 2020 by Monstro#ink, #inkle

  At the time of writing, Orkward is coming up to 6000 words of richly interconnected interactive fiction. It's written using Ink , a scripting language by Inkle which drives their own games - including... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #2: Meet Da Boyz!
  November 27, 2020 by Monstro

  In Orkward, the space ork dating game, you'll get to meet five hunky, grumpy space orks. How, exactly, do you "date" an ork? Well, the tricky bit is usually to survive. Getting home safely is what we... Continue reading

  
• 0.7 Release Notes
  November 25, 2020 by Monstro

  Happy to release v0.7, including the following features: Trophies: these don't persist after you close/refresh the page, and the UI needs some work. New Art: I've added three end-game pictures, thanks... Continue reading
• Devlog #1: Well, this is Orkward
  November 23, 2020 by Monstro

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  #inspiration, #introduction

  Hello, I'm Joe, and to my surprise, I've spent the last two months on sabbatical making Orkward: the space ork dating game. It's available for free on here on itch.io. This the story of its developmen... Continue reading