Death and Taxes

Devlog

• Hats & Spanish
  July 30, 2024 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Heyo! Oak here quickly popping in to say that Death and Taxes now has... hats! And it's also available in Spanish now :3 Hope y'all are having a good time. Thank you all for your support! ^_^ Much lov... Continue reading
• Death and Taxes: Now in More Languages than Before <_<
  March 17, 2023 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hi Grims! It's Oak here, with a small update on what we've been doing with Death and Taxes. We've continuously strived to get Death and Taxes localized to other languages, and so far it's been going q... Continue reading

  
• Released a free Death and Taxes Coloring Book! (download here)
  March 18, 2022 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  #coloring book, #death and taxes, #free download, #grim reaper

  Hello Grims! 💀 ✨ Exciting news, we just released The Official Death and Taxes Coloring Book! You can download it HERE FOR FREE! Print it out or color it digitally, you choose! Features 9 pages of... Continue reading

  
• Death and Taxes @ IWOCon 2021!
  March 28, 2021 by Placeholder Gameworks

  Hey Grims! Oak here. I'm happy to announce that Death and Taxes has been selected into the lineup of IWOCon 2021 ! It's a completely independent virtual indie game expo spearheaded by beloved communit... Continue reading

  
• Death and Taxes Anniversary FATE BODY PILLOW Raffle!
  February 16, 2021 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  You read that right. Okay, uhh. Hi. Oak here. Hi grims. I have some explaining to do. So y'all know that Fate is an absolute stud of a herculean exemplar, and we decided to commission a body pillow. Y... Continue reading

  
• First Anniversary and Brazilian Portugese localization release!
  February 15, 2021 by Placeholder Gameworks

  PS: We also have a new build [v1.2.11] for a rare bug where your language gets reset to Brazilian Portuguese every time you launch the game. Hi Grims! Oak here. Our should I say.. Olá! We're thrilled... Continue reading

  
• Death and Taxes - Best Estonian Game of 2020!
  January 18, 2021 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hello Grims! Oak here. Time to party ^_^ Even though last year was a dumpster fire of a shitshow, we still had many fun moments and took what we could from any weird or unusual situation (which happen... Continue reading

  
• Halloween Update Update and Winter Sale!
  December 23, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

  Hi Grims! Good season's tidings to you all! The holiday season is upon us and thus, also a corresponding sale. We're a historic -45% off until 5th January, so if you like it, have played it elsewhere... Continue reading

  
• Death and Taxes in Top 100 for IndieDB Indie of the Year!
  December 11, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Okay so in another turn of unexpected events, here we are. Death and Taxes is in the running for IndieDB's Indie of the Year! Want to support us? You can actually vote for us ! ^_^ Check it out here:... Continue reading

  
• WHAT IS HAPPENING
  November 26, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

  Hi everyone! Oak here. So things have happened lately! I woke up to this on our Steam page: THANK YOU SO SO MUCH <3 <3 <3 It's one hell of a surprise to wake up to I'll give you that. BUT ANYWAY, plea... Continue reading

  
• HOTFIXES EVERYWHERE
  November 14, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

  Heya Grims, Oak here. So, I think we've finally arrived at a reasonable place with the stability of the update. Feel free to grab version 1.2.5 from here and enjoy the new content! Fixed in 1.2.5: Day... Continue reading

  
• Halloween Update 1.2.3 Hotfix
  October 29, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

  Fixed one of Mortimer's lines not activating Fixed Ra head not appearing. Changed the Bar to work so that patrons don't disappear but rather disable when their dialogue ends Fixed Herbert's (Plant Rea... Continue reading

  
• HALLOWEEN UPDATE RELEASED!
  October 29, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Oak here! Lets cut to the chase: we're happy to announce that we've released the long-awaited Halloween Update for Death & Taxes! Just grab the update here! To commemorate this momentuous occasion, De... Continue reading

  
• Halloween Update Coming 29th October!
  October 21, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hi everyone! Oak here again! ^_^ First off I want to extend my thanks to our wonderful cast of voice actors who will be playing the roles in our Halloween Update. I absolutely adore all of your work a... Continue reading

  
• Death and Taxes Released on Nintendo Switch! (WITH MERCH RAFFLE!)
  September 10, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hello Grims of the worlds! Oak here, with a MIND-BLOWING announcement: Death and Taxes is now available on the Nintendo Switch ! If you have a Switch JUST GRAB IT ALREADY X_X I'm super-mega-hyper-happ... Continue reading

  
• Death and Taxes' Switch Release Imminent!
  September 09, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

  Hi everyone! ^_^ Oak here. Grim or not, fan or not, it is time for me to grab your attention and herald the imminent arrival of the Nintendo Switch port of Death and Taxes ! Ported by our fine compatr... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 30: Death and Taxes coming to the Switch! (and more news)
  September 02, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Greetings, Grims! Oak here again! First of all, a big big thank you to everyone who joined us at Gamescom's Indie Arena Booth and of course to all of you who entered our magnificent Merch Raffle! Hope... Continue reading

  
• Death and Taxes Merch Raffle!
  August 28, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hey everyone! Oak here again. As promised, here's the raffle! https://gleam.io/BP1P4/death-and-taxes-merch-raffle The raffle will end at 31st August, 19:00 CET and we will contact the winners shortly... Continue reading

  
• Death and Taxes reaps its way to Gamescom!
  August 26, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hello Grims! Oak here. We got accepted to the Indie Arena Booth at Gamescom this year (I'm very happy about that X_X) and we have quite the line-up of stuff for the event. Make sure to join our Discor... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 29: So, two Grims walk into a bar...
  July 22, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hi Grims! Oak here. I hope you're all enjoying summer, or the equivalent season in your respective area (it's summer for us here in Estonia at least!) :3 We're in half-work-half-vacation mode right no... Continue reading

  
• An Important Update
  June 06, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hello everyone. Oak here again. As you all know, the world is at somewhat of a turning point. I will try to keep it short and simple, even though the problems the world is facing are anything but that... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 28: Sound of Death (and Taxes)
  May 27, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

  Hi Grims! It's been fairly quiet on our front as of late, as we've been focusing more on the (inevitable) bureaucracy and paperwork that results after releasing a game. Good paperwork, naturally. But... Continue reading

  
• Death and Taxes -25% off @ LudoNarraCon 2020!
  April 25, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

  Hi everyone! Oak here. Everything is a blur because things happened so fast and it's a bit hard to catch up, but here we are! Death and Taxes is part of the LudoNarraCon 2020's Choice and Consequence... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 27: April Fooled Me
  April 12, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hi fellow Grims! Oak here. So we're off to an interesting month. Or life in general. But fret not, dear friends, colleagues and Grims - this too shall pass. I hope you're all safe and sound, and that... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 26: Going Open Source!
  March 18, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hi everyone. I'm Oak, and I did the coding for Death and Taxes, a game that released about a month ago. It was developed over the years by various people, but a final team of 10 people got the game ou... Continue reading

  
• Hotfix for v1.1.7
  February 27, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hi everyone! In light of some terrifying bugs coming to light yesterday, I have made a hotfix for the recently released v1.1.7 version of the game. Please update to this version if you can, to avoid p... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 25: The First Week
  February 26, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hi everyone! Oak reporting in. So the first week has been a DOOZY. We've been doing pretty well, mostly in bug-fix mode and just trying to handle the communication from the release. It's been hectic,... Continue reading

  
• Death and Taxes RELEASE!
  February 20, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hello everyone! After months, years, of hard work and toil, we are finally here. I only have one thing to say. Thank you. Thank you for everyone who has supported us in any way, for playing our game,... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 24: My Personal Dream Is Coming True: Death and Taxes Release!!
  February 19, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  The game that I dreamt of in 2017 is now ready for its release. ONLY ONE MORE DAY and it is out there! Warning: all of this might sound a bit cheesy and overly positive but I just had to share my thou... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 23: Price Announcement and Demo Update
  February 12, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hello Grims! Oak here... We're just a week away from release! And it's about time that we finally announce the release price for the game! We will be launching on Steam, itch.io and Game Jolt at $12.9... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 22: i have no idea what im doing (TWO WEEKS TILL RELEASE)
  February 06, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hey Grims! Oak here. So the last week has been pretty hectic. SO hectic in fact, that I forgot to do the regular Wednesday blog post. Oops! So where are we with the project? We're just about to finish... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 21: Mortimer, the Shopkeeper
  January 29, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hello Grims! Oak here. I won't keep you back with too much text today. I just want to show off something that we just finished and that I think is very cool. Of course, I'm talking about Quartermaster... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 20: Twitch integration in Death and Taxes
  January 22, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hello peeps! Oak here! As chief shitposter and coder extraordinaire, I'd like to talk to you a little bit about Twitch integration. I implemented a way for Twitch streamers to interact with their audi... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 19: Making a Trailer for a Non-Action Game
  January 15, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

  Another Wednesday, another blog post! This one is written by Leene and Oak together :) (AWW SHUCKS <3) We've been putting off making our gameplay trailer for a while just because we didn't have a lot... Continue reading

  
• First Gameplay Teaser Trailer Released!
  January 11, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hi everyone! Oak here with some big news! The moment is finally upon us. We're inching closer and closer to content completion and thus also the completion of the game. To celebrate this massive miles... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 18: Retro Style and Symbolism in Game Art
  January 08, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Leene here this time talking a bit more about the visuals of Death and Taxes :) Firstly I want to say how excited I am for the release! We are almost there, only one and a half months to go!!!!!!! AAA... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 17: Happy New Year!
  January 04, 2020 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hello Grims! Oak here. A little oops happened in our scheduling so I'm posting our (THIS YEAR'S FIRST) devlog a bit later than intended. Much, much later >_> But it's still this week, so yay! This is... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 16: Happy Holidays!
  December 25, 2019 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hello everyone! Just wanted to let you all know that we appreciate your kindness and the support you all have given us. We are taking a few days off to enjoy the holidays and then we can start wrappin... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 15: Writing (THE GRIND)
  December 18, 2019 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hello, ghouls! It's finally time for the writer to write something to this devlog. So, I'm the lead writer for Death and Taxes, and I guess I have a few words about writing. Unfortunately, I have litt... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 14: How to name your Indie Game
  December 11, 2019 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hi fellow Grims! Leene here this time! I think it is time to tell you more about where the name of Death and Taxes came from. Game names: Naming an Indie Game is hard but I think that It is important... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 13: Elevate Me
  December 04, 2019 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hello hello! It's Oak again. Quick update on the demo situation: I fixed a small issue where the game wouldn't quit properly the first time you would try to do so. Nothing big, but still significant e... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 12: Winter Is Coming
  November 27, 2019 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hi guys! Oak here again! I'll keep this week's devlog fairly short, just with a few updates on what we've been doing lately, and what you can expect to come in the course of this year. First off: We'v... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 11: The Evolution of an Indie Game Art
  November 20, 2019 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hi! Leene here for the second blog post! ^^ This time I wanted to show you how the art of Death and Taxes has evolved and why I made some of the art direction decisions. Maybe some developers find som... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 10: Grim Reapers, EVERYWHERE.
  November 13, 2019 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hey everybody! Leene here this time, so excited! This is my first post here so let's start with some light topics: Let’s talk about.. (╯Õ_Õ)╯✿ THE. GRIM. REAPER. ✿ Death has been perso... Continue reading

  
• New Demo Available In Browsers (WebGL)!
  November 06, 2019 by Placeholder Gameworks

  Hi everyone! Oak here with some exciting news :3 So after launching our Steam page last week and after participating in for Spelkollektivet 's 2019 Halloween Game Jam with our game Paper Cages , we... Continue reading

  
• NEW DEMO & STEAM PAGE LAUNCH!
  October 31, 2019 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  It's time. You can get the new demo, right here, right now. You can get it from the main page or if you scroll down from the post here. Get ready to get your Grim on :) This is going to be the commit... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 9: Pre-Halloween Update
  October 30, 2019 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hiya everyone. Oak here. Going to keep this quite short. We're launching on Steam tomorrow! You heard it here first >_> We have the store page assets loaded, and we have been "APPROVED FOR RELEASE" by... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 8: Spooktober News
  October 23, 2019 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  EARTHQUAKE. No, actually. Come to think of it that's a terrible joke to make. Earthquakes are terrifying. I've never felt one, except for the simulated one in the Natural History Museum in London. Any... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 7: Writing
  October 16, 2019 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  #writing

  Hello everyone. Oak reporting in. Time for another devlog! We're gonna talk about writing. Gamewriting, in particular. Writing for games. For Death and Taxes. Short, understandable sentences. Easy to... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 6: More Sweden (and more Stats)
  October 09, 2019 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hi everyone! Oak checking in. The past week has been pretty intense. We partook in Ludum Dare 45 (may or may not have been a mistake in terms of mental health, but hey, we made something!) with some o... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 5: Art
  October 02, 2019 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  #art, #devlog

  Good tidings, reader! Oak here, again. As we've teased in previous weeks, we are keen to share the way we handle our art pipeline. It can be a super-long process to move from initial sketch to finishe... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 4: Greetings from Sweden!
  September 25, 2019 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  Hello again everyone! Oak here again. I hope you've all had a wonderful week. If not, hopefully it will get better soon ^_^ So, Leene and I just arrived, on Monday, to Spelkollektivet . The largest (t... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 3: WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED
  September 18, 2019 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  #devlog, #Marketing

  Holy CRAP. Ott from Placeholder Gameworks reporting in. So, today is blog-post day, since it's Wednesday. And somehow we decided that Wednesday is blog-post day. Yayyy. But, it really didn't start out... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 2: First week on itch.io
  September 10, 2019 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  #devlog

  Hi everyone! I'm not sure if there's anyone reading any of the dev logs, *taps microphone*, but this is going to be a regular thing. Hopefully some of you find joy, amusement or solidarity in these ti... Continue reading

  
• DevLog 1: Launching on itch.io!
  August 30, 2019 by Placeholder Gameworks

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  #devlog

  Hello everyone and welcome, on behalf of the Death and Taxes team! To anyone tuning in, HI HENLO. This is a game about the inevitabilities of life (and death), about aligning one's moral compass, and... Continue reading