It's June again, and the tofurocks and Project Ensō websites are (mostly) back online! They've both been rebuilt in WordPress so they can have proper press kits for our larger games, among other neat little features. The place you're reading this blog post on now is built using Fourthwall, which will serve as a combination merchandise shop and monthly subscription platform a la Patreon.

Supporting queer folks is important year-round, but now is a crucial moment for the future of tofurocks. I (aka BáiYù, hi) was fired from my day job a little over a month ago, and still have yet to secure traditional employment; it's difficult to find work that won't aggravate my chronic fatigue and pain. I would love to take this time to transition fully to indie game development, but to do that I need to pay the bills.

This is where all of you can come in! I've been preparing a pitch deck for Blood & Play so I can approach a few funding groups, but this is still a process that takes a while as we communicate  with each company. I've set up several tiers that you can pledge to so you can show your support for tofurocks during this time. Each dollar keeps me afloat so I can concentrate on game development and gives you access to some of the exclusive posts sharing progress on Blood & Play and other projects in the works.

To kick things off, we have a 10% membership discount until the end of June. Just enter PRIDE2024 at checkout to get it! And if a monthly contribution isn't feasible for you at this time, you can always buy some merch or leave a tip on itch.io!

We have a backlog of posts to share, and I'll be publishing them on a weekly basis on either Friday or Saturdays, just depending on how things shake out. Thanks for reading!