Mystery Queen: a game I’m creating with my family

Besides playing cooperative games together, my daughter and I have spent a fair amount of time playing crafting/foraging games too. One of the most famous games in this genre is Minecraft, although we haven’t personally played it much.

My first foray into this genre was My Time in Portia, where you play as a new Builder in the town on Portia. As you explore the town and its surroundings, you get to interact with the different people and there is an elaborate main story quest to propels you through the game. One of my favorite parts of My Time in Portia is the ability to develop relationships with the townsfolk, and also that the townsfolk do not just hang around aimlessly in one spot, but they have their own daily routines around the area.

Since then, I’ve introduced my daughter to these games as well. Together, we’ve played Terraria, Forager, Animal Crossing, and Garden Paws, and more! We’ve had a lot of fun playing these games, and at some point, we thought: instead of playing these games, why not create our own?

We’re proud to introduce… Mystery Queen! It’s the working title of a video game that my spouse, daughter, and I are working together to create, and the game will be in a similar vein to My Time in Portia, Garden Paws and others in this genre.

We’ve been working on the game on-and-off for a while now, mostly during vacation periods (since we have full-time jobs and school). Over Winter break, we reached a nice milestone in our game, and the…