melos han-tani
@hantani.bsky.social
Hello I am making video games like anodyne, angeline era and danchi days. Welcome to my Blue sky.
email analgesicproductions at gmail
blog: https://melodicambient.substack.com/
They/them
email analgesicproductions at gmail
blog: https://melodicambient.substack.com/
They/them
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Angeline Era is OUT NOW!!!
🔍Every level hidden in plain sight…
🗺️… chart your own path through the world!
⚔️Tons of thrilling combat, mysterious places…
👼… and a soul-shattering story!
GET IT HERE!!
store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
🔍Every level hidden in plain sight…
🗺️… chart your own path through the world!
⚔️Tons of thrilling combat, mysterious places…
👼… and a soul-shattering story!
GET IT HERE!!
store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
Ever since releasing Angeline Era I've really gotten into the world of apples. I may not like minimaps but I sure like a good Apple Map (that's what it says at top) guiding the way thru two dimensional applespace
January 5, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Ever since releasing Angeline Era I've really gotten into the world of apples. I may not like minimaps but I sure like a good Apple Map (that's what it says at top) guiding the way thru two dimensional applespace
Negative reviews of my work with good points are like.. fair! But sometimes the reviews are very genre-normative and it's hard not to feel I'm reading an opinion from the Immune Response for Keeping Games Mid. In conclusion, eat an apple before writing reviews everyone
January 4, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Negative reviews of my work with good points are like.. fair! But sometimes the reviews are very genre-normative and it's hard not to feel I'm reading an opinion from the Immune Response for Keeping Games Mid. In conclusion, eat an apple before writing reviews everyone
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I get alot of people wonding how the 100,000,000 combo spell system in my puzzle game Rhell works, so heres me going over a possible spell combo and how it will function
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
January 3, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I get alot of people wonding how the 100,000,000 combo spell system in my puzzle game Rhell works, so heres me going over a possible spell combo and how it will function
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
The Coji-Coji lore keeps getting deeper...
January 4, 2026 at 2:41 AM
The Coji-Coji lore keeps getting deeper...
It's the year of the kappa in my heart... Excited for more players to meet Moro-Q in the new year!
Happy Japanese New Year from Moro-Q!
He's enjoying his festive kagami mochi, and wondering when it'll be the Year of the Kappa. There's always next year, Moro-Q!
He's enjoying his festive kagami mochi, and wondering when it'll be the Year of the Kappa. There's always next year, Moro-Q!
January 3, 2026 at 10:05 PM
It's the year of the kappa in my heart... Excited for more players to meet Moro-Q in the new year!
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And here comes the new point-and-click project I'm working on. Do you like Speculative Evolution or a similar world-building project based on alien life? Do you like a game where information about the world plays a significant role in the puzzle clue? This might interest you.
January 3, 2026 at 12:16 AM
And here comes the new point-and-click project I'm working on. Do you like Speculative Evolution or a similar world-building project based on alien life? Do you like a game where information about the world plays a significant role in the puzzle clue? This might interest you.
Really enjoying this game's story right now and excited the sequels coming in a few weeks!!
And if that sounds fun, you can already play the first game in the series, where you are writing fanfic on dial-up internet and surviving high school:
store.steampowered.com/app/1172800/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1172800/...
Perfect Tides on Steam
Perfect Tides is a point and click adventure game about the agony and anticipation of being a teen. Set in the year 2000, you follow Mara, an internet-obsessed young writer who lives on a so-called is...
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January 3, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Really enjoying this game's story right now and excited the sequels coming in a few weeks!!
It's almost 1 month after Angeline Era!
Wrote some new thoughts on its popularity (relative to our past work), its music, and its story. (Plus misc. other stuff!)
melodicambient.substack.com/p/almost-1-m...
Wrote some new thoughts on its popularity (relative to our past work), its music, and its story. (Plus misc. other stuff!)
melodicambient.substack.com/p/almost-1-m...
Almost 1 Month After Angeline Era
Liner Notes, Music and Popularity Reflections, etc...
melodicambient.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:32 PM
It's almost 1 month after Angeline Era!
Wrote some new thoughts on its popularity (relative to our past work), its music, and its story. (Plus misc. other stuff!)
melodicambient.substack.com/p/almost-1-m...
Wrote some new thoughts on its popularity (relative to our past work), its music, and its story. (Plus misc. other stuff!)
melodicambient.substack.com/p/almost-1-m...
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really enjoyed All Our Asias (han-tani.itch.io/aoa), which is quite refreshingly direct about diaspora politics for younger generations.
All Our Asias by Melos Han-Tani
Explore the supernatural landscapes of your ancestor's Memory World in this surreal, 3D adventure.
han-tani.itch.io
December 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
really enjoyed All Our Asias (han-tani.itch.io/aoa), which is quite refreshingly direct about diaspora politics for younger generations.
If you want to play and discuss Anodyne 2 with others (potentially even locally!) then The Game Club could be for you!!
New Year, New Game - ANODYNE 2: RETURN TO DUST
A 3D-2D adventure where you travel a 3D world and explore 2D dungeons inside of its characters' bodies and minds! In an unforgettable, surreal story, travel the world, meet whimsical denizens, and save the world from the dangerous Nano Dust.
A 3D-2D adventure where you travel a 3D world and explore 2D dungeons inside of its characters' bodies and minds! In an unforgettable, surreal story, travel the world, meet whimsical denizens, and save the world from the dangerous Nano Dust.
January 2, 2026 at 12:12 AM
If you want to play and discuss Anodyne 2 with others (potentially even locally!) then The Game Club could be for you!!
Happy New Year to all!
I'm back to working on Danchi Days in 2026 with the gingham games team! A bittersweet and odd adventure set in Everyday 2000s Japan, very heavily researched game, too. Look forward to it!
I'm back to working on Danchi Days in 2026 with the gingham games team! A bittersweet and odd adventure set in Everyday 2000s Japan, very heavily researched game, too. Look forward to it!
🌻⭐️🌻⭐️🌻⭐️🌻
Hoshino here! The Danchi Days Demo is NOW OUT!!! Set in Japan, help me revive the neighborhood summer festival for my grandma, while connecting with my neighbors and surfing their personal websites!
🌻⭐️🌻⭐️🌻⭐️🌻
store.steampowered.com/app/3312850/...
Hoshino here! The Danchi Days Demo is NOW OUT!!! Set in Japan, help me revive the neighborhood summer festival for my grandma, while connecting with my neighbors and surfing their personal websites!
🌻⭐️🌻⭐️🌻⭐️🌻
store.steampowered.com/app/3312850/...
January 1, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Happy New Year to all!
I'm back to working on Danchi Days in 2026 with the gingham games team! A bittersweet and odd adventure set in Everyday 2000s Japan, very heavily researched game, too. Look forward to it!
I'm back to working on Danchi Days in 2026 with the gingham games team! A bittersweet and odd adventure set in Everyday 2000s Japan, very heavily researched game, too. Look forward to it!
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I made portraits and sprites of the Danchi Days game team!! ☀️🌻
We have @hantani.bsky.social doing the programming & music, @powdersandy.bsky.social the writer, me the artist, Ume on japanese marketing & Olivia on english marketing! @danchidays.bsky.social
We have @hantani.bsky.social doing the programming & music, @powdersandy.bsky.social the writer, me the artist, Ume on japanese marketing & Olivia on english marketing! @danchidays.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I made portraits and sprites of the Danchi Days game team!! ☀️🌻
We have @hantani.bsky.social doing the programming & music, @powdersandy.bsky.social the writer, me the artist, Ume on japanese marketing & Olivia on english marketing! @danchidays.bsky.social
We have @hantani.bsky.social doing the programming & music, @powdersandy.bsky.social the writer, me the artist, Ume on japanese marketing & Olivia on english marketing! @danchidays.bsky.social
I like timing based rpg mechanics but to me they organically made more sense when designed as part of a game meant to reduce mental stat-adjusting and buildcrafting burden of RPGs (paper Mario, Mario & Luigi, smrpg), instead focusing on little in-world interactions and platformery level design.
December 31, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I like timing based rpg mechanics but to me they organically made more sense when designed as part of a game meant to reduce mental stat-adjusting and buildcrafting burden of RPGs (paper Mario, Mario & Luigi, smrpg), instead focusing on little in-world interactions and platformery level design.
remembering the week during angeline era dev where i was cursed - starting with a kiwi that vanished from my shopping bag, ending only when i accidentally walked up a down escalator... darker times
December 30, 2025 at 11:13 AM
remembering the week during angeline era dev where i was cursed - starting with a kiwi that vanished from my shopping bag, ending only when i accidentally walked up a down escalator... darker times
did everyone like funneee fairy song gg htch.bandcamp.com/track/funnee...
December 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
did everyone like funneee fairy song gg htch.bandcamp.com/track/funnee...
It'd be cool if they made a game about collecting golden jigsaw pieces and musical notes while eating honey, touching multicolored neon bird-penguins and listening to British cartoon music. Also a mole teaches you gymnastics. Just a random game idea.
December 29, 2025 at 7:48 AM
It'd be cool if they made a game about collecting golden jigsaw pieces and musical notes while eating honey, touching multicolored neon bird-penguins and listening to British cartoon music. Also a mole teaches you gymnastics. Just a random game idea.
Reading this old 2020 theorypost about my "shuffled world" ideas is cool. The idea was mostly vibes but I can see some of its DNA in how Angeline Era came out and also current new brainstorming ideas
melodicambient.neocities.org/posts/2020-1...
melodicambient.neocities.org/posts/2020-1...
December 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Reading this old 2020 theorypost about my "shuffled world" ideas is cool. The idea was mostly vibes but I can see some of its DNA in how Angeline Era came out and also current new brainstorming ideas
melodicambient.neocities.org/posts/2020-1...
melodicambient.neocities.org/posts/2020-1...
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hello. here are some games that came out this year, this year of 2025, that are cool to check out. or don't check them out, i dunno it's your decision, i can't make it for you
December 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
hello. here are some games that came out this year, this year of 2025, that are cool to check out. or don't check them out, i dunno it's your decision, i can't make it for you
Really liked the central idea the short game Many Nights a Whisper is built around! (having to practice throughout the game, to sink a shot at the end of the game). There should be more dexterity-based "no go backs" things in games
store.steampowered.com/app/3541130/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3541130/...
Save 25% on Many Nights a Whisper on Steam
A short interactive essay on dreams, pressure, and expectations. Take part in an ancient ritual where one shot determines the fate of a generation.
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December 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Really liked the central idea the short game Many Nights a Whisper is built around! (having to practice throughout the game, to sink a shot at the end of the game). There should be more dexterity-based "no go backs" things in games
store.steampowered.com/app/3541130/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3541130/...
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It's our weekly Steam Review Request Time!! We'd love if you took a moment to write a review for Angeline Era on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
Thank you all for playing!!
store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
Thank you all for playing!!
December 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
It's our weekly Steam Review Request Time!! We'd love if you took a moment to write a review for Angeline Era on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
Thank you all for playing!!
store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
Thank you all for playing!!
Key things that explain my game taste are I like trails in the sky fc more than sc, and I like banjo kazooie more than Mario 64.
Yes
Yes
December 26, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Key things that explain my game taste are I like trails in the sky fc more than sc, and I like banjo kazooie more than Mario 64.
Yes
Yes
Added a few more AngEra community copies for 🎄🎁!! If you miss it there's still the bundle deal on steam for Anodyne 1 OR (owning both not needed!) Anodyne 2, otherwise the next discount will be around end of Jan and as often as I can after that.
Thank you for Bump Slashing
Thank you for Bump Slashing
Inspired by some other game dev friends, for those who can't pay for Angeline Era right now, I'll be making some free itch io community copies for Angeline Era available periodically! Scroll down and click "Claim access" here: han-tani.itch.io/angeline-era
December 26, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Added a few more AngEra community copies for 🎄🎁!! If you miss it there's still the bundle deal on steam for Anodyne 1 OR (owning both not needed!) Anodyne 2, otherwise the next discount will be around end of Jan and as often as I can after that.
Thank you for Bump Slashing
Thank you for Bump Slashing
Poking around I haven't found anything adjacent.. the idea is basically, a 2d platformer where you are a tiny animal shooting fruit out of trees with inaccurate methods like sticks. You can damage the fruit and your animal gets tired (like harvest moon) so you have to strategically throw sticks
Idea for a normal cozy farming game I want to make, partly inspired by some prototypes over the past years. Would be neat to check out some similar open-ended physicsy games on steam during this sale if anything comes to mind for people!
December 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Poking around I haven't found anything adjacent.. the idea is basically, a 2d platformer where you are a tiny animal shooting fruit out of trees with inaccurate methods like sticks. You can damage the fruit and your animal gets tired (like harvest moon) so you have to strategically throw sticks
I didn't add to this article but would like to share my pick, @halberball.bsky.social 's fragrance point OST! nice and dancey, fits right in with the game's future spacey smooth 3d aesthetic/ setting
youtu.be/tqaE3hF7U0g?...
Others I haven't played but heard good music from: ZATO and Eternity egg
youtu.be/tqaE3hF7U0g?...
Others I haven't played but heard good music from: ZATO and Eternity egg
December 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I didn't add to this article but would like to share my pick, @halberball.bsky.social 's fragrance point OST! nice and dancey, fits right in with the game's future spacey smooth 3d aesthetic/ setting
youtu.be/tqaE3hF7U0g?...
Others I haven't played but heard good music from: ZATO and Eternity egg
youtu.be/tqaE3hF7U0g?...
Others I haven't played but heard good music from: ZATO and Eternity egg
wahoo, Angeline Era's OST is here as Lena Raine's pick! I also released my liner notes, too, if you want to find out about its influences and composition: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
listen on bandcamp or streaming! htch.bandcamp.com/album/angeli...
also! the double-album's beautiful art:
listen on bandcamp or streaming! htch.bandcamp.com/album/angeli...
also! the double-album's beautiful art:
December 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
wahoo, Angeline Era's OST is here as Lena Raine's pick! I also released my liner notes, too, if you want to find out about its influences and composition: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
listen on bandcamp or streaming! htch.bandcamp.com/album/angeli...
also! the double-album's beautiful art:
listen on bandcamp or streaming! htch.bandcamp.com/album/angeli...
also! the double-album's beautiful art: