- Spinch in Dead Pets - 5 February 2026
Hey Spinches,The little Spinches are hanging out with the new punk band on the block in Dead Pets to play Chemical Canyon by Thesis Shai8.Struggling punk rock band, Dead Pets, are looking for their big break. Play rhythm games at band practice, work a diner shift, converse with characters and manage Gordy’s life. Dead Pets Unleashed is a feminist, slice-of-life, management-lite, minigame-heavy story; unleash your inner demon!Check out Dead Pets here! -Riv otter
- Speedrun patch - 19 February 2025
Hey Spinches, We have released a huge new patch which fixes some physics bugs, leaderboards, achievements, and more. Bug Fixes: Gameteleporting after colliding with corners during vertical chase sequences Clipping through walls and platforms Game getting stuck on flat geometry later level leaderboards not functioning at all some levels displaying other level best times some achievement bugs We also added some QOL/speedrunning features: Accessibility Features Customizable controls for key rebinding and button remapping Audio volume control Speed Running Features Restarting levels with hotkey Replaying boss levels - Riv otter
- Akupara Games Celebrates 8 Year with Sales and Livestream - 4 October 2024
Hey Akuparians! Guess what, it’s our birthday!, Akupara Games is turning 8 years old and to celebrate, we have put Spinch on sale for 68% off! Be sure to grab those deals, check out our lovely event page, and check out the sales! Maybe the game you’ve been waiting for is waiting for you here, with a crisp sale to match. https://store.steampowered.com/sale/akuparagames8thanniversarysale Also, to celebrate, we will be hosting a multi-hour stream with tons of activities, announcements, and more! Stream is starting at 11:45 PM PDT! We really hope to see you there - and here’s to another year of publishing your favorite indie games on the market https://www.twitch.tv/akuparagames - Riv otter
- Check out the Spinch Mixtape! - 31 August 2021
Hey, Spinches! Check out the Spinch Mixtape! We're partnering with some of the best and brightest in underground indie music! If you love bangers by Mega Ran, Wordburgler and Dreamsters Union, you'll love the Spinch Mixtape, coming soon! We debuted the mixtape along with a ton of other announcements at the Indie Houses Keynote which included a ton of news from a ton of indies just like us. Give it a watch if you haven't!
- Patch Notes 1.0.6 - 15 January 2021
Hey, Spinches! This update is going to be quick. We’ve deployed a hotfix to address a number of small issues that Mac users had reported, including the delayed fixes for Mac from the 1.0.5 Patch. We’ve also patched the PC version of the game, since some of the issues crossed over between them, but most of these issues impact Mac users. Changelog: -Fixed an issue causing players’ audio settings to not save with certain menu navigation -Fixed a leaderboard issue after defeating the World 3 Boss -Fixed a leaderboard issue where times were sometimes pulled from incorrect levels -Fixed a leaderboard issue for Mac showing incorrect times -Fixed the Mac version failing to launch under some circumstances with updated builds -Fixed graphics sometimes not spawning correctly on level 6-1 for Mac players -Fixed an incorrect graphical artifact spawning for Mac players on certain levels -Fixed a visu…
- Patch Notes: 1.0.5 (Hotfix) - 23 December 2020
Hey, Spinches! This update is going to be very short. We’ve deployed a hotfix to an issue some players were having trouble with last week, wherein a save file was blocking their progress from the game. This has since been fixed (a few days ago in fact!) As always, if you’re having any other issues with the game, please feel free to let me know in our Steam Discussion forums!
- Patch Notes 1.0.4 - 16 December 2020
Hey, Spinches! It’s been a while since our last update to the game and I bring good tidings for a host of requested features, changes, and bug fixes that have made it into Spinch! These changes are Windows only for the moment, but we’re working hard on getting them up and running on our Mac builds as well. Most of our changes this go around were targeting problems with the game’s display. You’ll now be able to set the game to windowed mode and effectively set the game’s resolution yourself by sizing that window correctly. This should solve a whole host of weird problems folks were seeing with the pixels not being quite right for their resolution. We’ve also made a ton of fixes to animations in the game not firing correctly, so all your strobing rainbows will strobe appropriately from now on. We also listened to some player feedback from the Discord about the difficulty of the 6-1 mega m…
- Nominate Spinch for The Steam Awards! - 25 November 2020
Rise and shine, you little Spinches! The big Steam Autumn festivities kick off today! If you know anyone who’s had their eye on Spinch but hasn’t bought it yet, or have someone you want to gift this super trippy psychedelic platformer to, the game is currently on sale for 20% off during the Steam Autumn Sale! That brings the game down to the oh-so-sweet price of $14.99, but that Spincherific deal only lasts until December 1, so move fast! While you’re here, why not help us get Spinch recognized in The Steam Awards? The game is eligible for any category, but the Outstanding Visual Style award just SCREAMS Spinch. If you agree, do us a solid and nominate the game for the Outstanding Visual Style category! It helps us a lot! That’s all, my little spinchlings. Catch you later!
- Spinch Trading Cards Now Available! - 24 September 2020
Hey, Spinches! This one isn't a patch, but it is very good news! Trading Cards are now available for your favorite psychedelic platformer! There are five cards that you can earn over the course of your dashes, jumps, wall-slides and speedruns! If you want to get trading, head over to our Steam Discussion threads to try and make matches!
- Spinch Patch 1.0.3 - 22 September 2020
Hey, Spinches! One of the biggest problems the community identified on launch was achievements. In our last patch, we fixed some of the immediate problems with achievements, but there were still leftover issues that we needed to sift through. Today, I’m happy to report those fixes are all in! Every single achievement in the game should be working and if you earned credit towards that achievement before today, you will retain that credit (up to and including earning the achievement) today! You may need to re-trigger the achievement by jumping, dying, or breaking open a hidden door. Most achievements will re-trigger when you hit the “Play” button on the home screen. We also prioritized the problems we were seeing on the final boss fight. Sometimes, the credits would fail to roll. Sometimes, the final boss would cause a crash and you’d need to restart the fight. These are also both fixed!…
- Enter Astral Island - PAX/EGX Edition - 12 September 2020
Enter Astral Island is a live illustration and music session that takes place every Wednesday at 5PM PT / 8PM ET on Twitch featuring the creator of Spinch, award winning Canadian cartoonist, Jesse Jacobs, and the sound composer of Spinch, Canadian hip-hop and graffiti artist, Thesis Sahib. Watch Jesse Jacobs create one of his illustrations live, while Thesis Sahib plays beats on his Gameboy and other circuit-bent, modified toys. Stop by to ask questions, and even see their reactions to a collection of clips they find of people playing Spinch throughout the week! Enter Astral Island Twitch Channel Link: https://www.twitch.tv/enterastralisland For more information on Jesse Jacobs Website: https://www.jessejacobsart.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/je55ejacobs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jacobs_comics/ For more information on Thesis Sahib (James Kirkpatrick) Twitter: https://twitt…
- Patch Notes 1.0.2 - 9 September 2020
Hey, Spinches! Here it is! If you’ve been following us on social, hanging with us in Discord, or keeping up with our Steam discussion threads, you know that there are a few high priority issues that we’ve been working on fixing for Spinch. In today’s patch, we’re tackling a bunch of them! Our big focus has been fixing achievements, which turned out to be very complicated! What we thought was one issue turned out to be a couple bugs all layered on top of one another, so rather than delay the patch to hit everything, we’re shipping what we have fixed now. We’ve also fixed a number of other issues to have the game running smoother for all the speedrunners, achievement hunters and just Spinch lovers out there. There are a number of issues that we’re still tracking but haven’t yet solved. It looks like some of the world by world achievements like “Baby Collector” aren’t triggering properly,…
- Spinch Speedrunning Contest - 7 September 2020
Spinch Speedrunning Contest Start: September 4, 2020 10:00 AM PT End: September 13, 2020 11:59 PM PT Win a pair of custom sneakers designed by the creator of Spinch, Jesse Jacobs! Post a screenshot on Twitter of your fastest time on World 2.4 (with all the babies found), and be sure to tag us @akuparagames and include the hashtag #SpinchRun, and the person with the fastest time wins the sneakers! We will be posting up the best times each day. UPDATE: The current best time is: 1 Minute, 36.55 Seconds In an instance there is a tie, a tie breaker round will be announced. There can be only one winner. This contest is open to all people in all regions, and you can keep posting up your best times after the first submission.
- Spinch: Day One! - 4 September 2020
Thank you, thank you to all the fans coming out for our weird, trippy platformer. It means the world to the whole team to get this much love and attention day one! Speaking of day one, Spinch has not been immune to day one issues. While that's indeed unfortunate, we're working on fixes as you read this. Here are a few problems that are known issues actively being addressed: Achievements aren’t triggering correctly. Some work, some don’t. The game gets grainy and pixelated with unusual resolutions. The game doesn’t track every Spinch baby on world 3-4 The spikes on 5-3 aren’t properly damaging players Certain high end machines are causing Spinch to suffer lag and framerate issues. For that last one, we’ve found a workaround! If you’re experiencing lag or framerate issues causing your game to slow down significantly, set the refresh rate of your monitor to 59hz. If you’ve come across any…
- Brave the Psychedelic Storm! Spinch is Available Now! - 3 September 2020
Run! Jump! Dodge! Dash! Dive! Save your babies today as Spinch launches on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/794240/Spinch/ Not only will you get the strobing rainbow platformer if you pick up the game today, but you’ll get it at 33% off! We’ve partnered with the Gamemaker Sale for the game’s launch to offer a special, limited time discount to everyone that buys in the first few days. If you’ve ever tuned into a stream of Enter Astral Island, liked one of my gifs on Twitter (god, how many gifs I made for Twitter,) this one’s for you! And given that it’s launch day, you better believe we’ve got a ton of launch day festivities planned! You’ll find very cool streamers ready to lose their minds to the transcendental creatures and locations of Spinch all day on Twitch! Tomorrow, yours truly (me, Buddy) will be streaming the second episode of Buddy Gets Good: Spinch, wherein I hilario…
- SPINCH comes to Indie Arena Booth! - 27 August 2020
Hey, spinches! We're officially one week out from launch on September 3rd! But you won't have to wait that long to get a little taste of the sugary Spinch action! Starting today, we're once again setting the Spinch demo live for the weekend because Spinch is featured in Gamescom's Indie Arena Booth. The demo includes three different levels featuring wild and innovative mechanics that you'll see more of next week when Spinch launches! If you are still champing at the bit for Spinch, we're also going to feature content creators and streamers for Spinch on our game page all weekend! No matter what time you tune in, you can guarantee that there will be an awesome personality giving the 2D precision platformer their all! If you want to tune in to some of our livestreams, here's the schedule! Friday, August 28th: Fefer at 11AM Eastern, 2PM Pacific, 9PM GMT! CarneyVorous at 1PM Eastern, 4PM Pa…
- Spinch featured as part of the Yogscast Tiny Teams Event! - 9 August 2020
Spinch is just around the corner! Though the game launches in just a couple of weeks on September 3rd, we wanted to give a little 2D precision platforming power back to the fans! Until August 15th, we’ll be featured alongside a number of other teams in the Yogscast Tiny Teams event, so look forward to round the clock streams on our Steam page as well as a free demo of the game up for the whole week! The demo features three completely different levels each showing off mechanics, visuals and music from the game's six individual worlds, so if you're looking to get that sneak peak before the game launches next month, now's your time! As always, if you questions or concerns about the demo, you can get in touch with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Discord! While you're at it, the demo to our other upcoming title Gone Viral will also be up for the duration of the Yogscast Tiny Team even…
- Psychedelic platformer Spinch will launch in September - 22 June 2020
This is absolutely not a game about a tiny cartoon sperm escaping giant rainbow monsters. It’s got while tentacle-y little legs and shoots its other sperm babies out of cannons to attack big baddies but no, I refuse. Spinch is just a game about a colorless little creature trying not to get squished or spiked or swallowed by a giant rainbow worm. Oh, and it’s launching in September. (more…)
- Spinch comes to Steam on September 3rd! - 22 June 2020
You might have heard this news during the Day of the Devs event, but the rumors are true! The psychedelic 2D precision platformer will be landing for digital download on September 3rd, 2020 for just $14.99! Featuring the mind-blowing art of indie comic legend, Jesse Jacobs; the chiptune music of Ontario rapper, James Kirkpatrick; and the innovative gameplay from upstart Canadian studio, Queen Bee Games, Spinch will challenge, amaze and mesmerize players of all kinds! https://store.steampowered.com/app/794240/Spinch/ https://youtu.be/kMnNJMRmrXk Enter into a world thick with bubbling psychedelia. Descend deep into a new ecology teeming with multiple pathways, luminous levels, and complex obstacles. Transcend the material realm and assume your true form as Spinch, a hyper-agile organism consumed by the quest to rescue its litter of missing offspring from an endless invasion of misshapen a…
- Kenhie Livestream - 20 June 2020
Our good friend Kenhie is a variety streamer and speedrunner, and will be playing Spinch live for an hour. Let’s see how far he can get! Kenhie is a full time streamer on Twitch. He is currently doing a long blind marathon of From Software games like the Dark Souls trilogy/Sekiro/Bloodborne. Once he’s done with the blind marathon he wants to challenge himself even further and learn to speedrun some of these titles, so be sure to check him out! See him on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/kenhie Monday / Wednesday / Thursday: 8:00AM PT Friday / Saturday: 7:30PM PT About the Game: Enter into a world thick with bubbling psychedelia, as you disrupt your psychic architecture and be absorbed into the environment teeming with multiple pathways, luminous levels, and complex obstacles. Transcend the material realm and assume your true form as Spinch, a hyper-agile organism consumed by the quest to r…
