How Was Your Day?
@madcarnivalgames
Woman & POC-led studio creating beautiful, family friendly games. Working on How Was Your Day? A supernatural coming-of-age mystery thriller set in 80s NZ about light vs dark, facing fears and finding your true self.✨Wishlist:
Best lemonade in town...?? Diya's face says it all. Will she let Jesse down easy? #GameDev #IndieGame #NarrativeGame #PointAndClick #IndieDev
Jesse, Beans, Diya, and... Karen?! What's a 'normal' name anyway? #GameDev #IndieGame #ScreenshotSaturday #PointAndClick #80s
According to Myles, his day was perfect. Diya's… not so much. #IndieDev #IndieGame #NarrativeGame #SiblingGoals #NZMade
Unity noob gets dev access. 🫣 Starting out with a simple task: Add new rock asset to Diya's bedroom. Nailed it. 🪨 Like and subscribe for more totally professional game dev moments. #GameDev #IndieDev #Unity #IndieGame
What's a point and click adventure without a library? This one holds the key to the mysteries of Lakeview – if you know where to look... and who to ask. #IndieDev #WishlistWednesday #MysteryGame #GameDev
Dumpster Darlings - 80s style, in-game collectables. Some of them just feel a little ahead of their time... #6 of the Dumpster Darlings - Privileged Pete started from 'nothing'. #GameCollectables #80s #retro #IndieGame #IndieDev #GameArt
Tui - our noisiest local. Beautifully vocal, at times reminiscent of a dial-up modem. 😆 🐦️ One of 18 Birds of Aotearoa to discover and 'collect' in game. #BirdsOfAotearoa #indiegame #nzmade #birdsingames
You done? Diya's had enough of Justin's smack talk. #ScreenshotSaturday #indiegame #indiedev #narrativegame #80s
When the ball, the day, and everything else is against you. Diya's having one of those days. #IndieGame #football #narrativegame #PointAndClickFriday #worldcup
Gotta love that NZ accent getting captioned in YouTube. Bains the dog... named after baked bains. 💀 #NZGames #IndieDev #CaptionFail #KiwiAccent #GameDev
What's a girl gotta do to get her dog back? 🐾 ⚡ #WishlistWednesday #indiegame #pointandclick #indiedev #narrativegame
🎨 Introducing our new "Art Imitating Life" series... 🎨 Lakeview's inspo taken from our own backyard. New Zealand's skies hitting all the right notes 😍. #ArtImitatingLife #IndieGame #IndieDev #GameArt
In Lakeview, the day before Diwali just… won't end. 🌀 Same alarm. Same song. Same missing dog. Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/3235570/... #IndieGame #timeloop #StrangerThings #wishlist #GameDev
What would you do if your best friend just… vanished? For Diya, everything changed the day Beans disappeared. #ScreenshotSaturday #IndieGame #HowWasYourDay #doglovers #wishlist #Dark #IndieDev
Should be posting game screens but this isn't too far off the subject. It was a gorgeous night in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) in Aotearoa (New Zealand). 😍 Our beautiful skies have been the biggest inspo for the game's setting and aurora themed nights.
Just a normal afternoon stroll. Nothing to see here. 🌫️👀 Wishlist How Was Your Day? on Steam 🔗 #HowWasYourDay #IndieDev #IndieGame #PointAndClickFriday
We blinked and missed 5k. You lot are unreal. 🏔️✨ 5.5k wishlists and counting on Steam! 👀 #HowWasYourDay #IndieDev #IndieGame #wishlistwednesday
Lake Māhaki - Māhaki means placid, calm, quiet... Sure it does. #IndieDev #LakeMystery #GameDev #PointandClickFriday
Oops - forgot to post we're now at BitSummit. So... uh, we're at BitSummit, come see if you can find Beans!! #BitSummit2026 #BitSummit #IndieDev
Meet Alfie – the goodest boy who inspired How Was Your Day?'s very own Beans. 🐶 And yes, he found Beans' missing poster and was completely unbothered. Wishlist on Steam🔗 #HowWasYourDay #IndieDev #IndieGame
🎶 Nothing's right it's torn... 🎶 Why is this letter so hard for Diya to read? #torn #HowWasYourDay #IndieDev #IndieGames #ScreenshotSaturday #pointandclick
Not all heroes carry a book. Some carry a rugby ball and call it 110%. 🏉 💪 Meet Rugby Rick - Dumpster Darling #8. One of 16 in-game collectables hiding in How Was Your Day? He'll also be at BitSummit if you want to grab him in person. 👀 #IndieDev #IndieGame #GameDev #PointAndClickFriday #80s
Myles on the phone with his girlfriend vs. Diya just trying to exist 💀 The 80s were truly something else. ☎️💕 #HowWasYourDay #HWYD #IndieGame #PointAndClick #IndieGameDev #NarrativeGame #80sVibes #SiblingLife #ComingOfAge
Annoying in any language. (Do it, Diya.) #ScreenshotSaturday #IndieGames #PointAndClick #siblings #IndieDev #AdventureGames
We're heading to Kyoto! ⛩️ Find us at BitSummit PUNCH 2026 — booth 1F – A05 (CODE NZ) Grab a slap band or Dumpster Darling Collectible card 👀✨ 📅 22nd – 24th May See you there 👋 #BitSummit #IndieGame #HowWasYourDay #GameDev
We're featured in the ANZ Indiefest steam event for 2026! Check out our demo stream: store.steampowered.com/app/3235570/... #anzindiefest #indiegames #anzgames #newzealand #cheese #IndieGames #IndieDev
Showcasing How Was Your Day? at Powerhouse ALT: GAMES in Sydney. Queues, squeals, and people seeing characters that look like them on screen for the first time. Worth every late night! Thanks @chloeappleby.bsky.social and the Powerhouse team! #ALTGAMES #PowerhouseMuseum #DiverseGames
Not Prada. But the devil might be near. #Devil #IndieGameDev #PointandClick #TimeLoop #IndieDev
Late to the party but... #dlss5 Never mind Diya... Beans is now a golden retriever! #indiegame #nvidia #gamedev