Hey everyone!
We’re getting really close to the end of the Kickstarter, and there’s one last thing we want more than anything:
to hit $20K and finally bring voice acting to Celestial Return.
That means Howard would finally speak.And not just him. Intelligence, Virtue, Foolishness… we have the scripts ready and the vision clear. We just need that final push to bring them to life.

We’ve been imagining how they’d sound for months, and honestly, hearing them come to life would mean the world to us.
What you can do:
1. SHARE, SHARE, SHARE! Post the Kickstarter Link on your social media, in relevant forums, or with a friend who loves deep narrative games. This is the single biggest thing you can do.
2. CONSIDER UPGRADING. If you've been thinking about moving up to a higher tier, now is the perfect time. Every single dollar gets us closer to hearing Howard's mind speak.
3. CHANT WITH US! Even just a comment of support on the Kickstarter page boosts our visibility and keeps us all motivated.
Here’s the link → https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/metaphorgames/celestial-return-sci-fi-noir-rpg
We have 10 days. Let's do this together.
Let's give these characters the voices they deserve.
– The Metaphor Games team
We thought: how can we make Penguin Panic even crazier?
Well, by hiding a brand-new underground level, of course.
And for those who dare to dig deeper… there’s a secret rocket waiting. Where does it go? To space! Yes, our penguin has officially gone intergalactic.
We’ve added new music, polished the menus with a fresh layer of ice, and fixed a bunch of bugs that slipped on the way out.
Download the update and see how far you can go – or how deep you can fall.


Hello, dear players — both new and old.
As many of you know, Tits and Shadows ended quite a long time ago.
Yes, I do have plans for a sequel, but before continuing down that path, I wanted to experiment with different kinds of games and work with a development engine that offered me more freedom: Godot.
Over the past couple of days, I received notifications that people are still playing and discovering this adventure I made so long ago.
Honestly, that filled me with emotion.
I must admit, even though I had so many ideas for expanding the game, I eventually reached a point where I felt trapped — as if I’d need to rebuild the whole game from scratch to make those ideas possible.
For example:
The expansions started to feel repetitive; new items were basically stronger versions of older ones.
Accessories and armors had such crazy abilities that I didn’t know how to top them anymore.
The number of playable characters grew so much that adding more only made things messier (and, truth be told, I have my personal favorites and rarely try the others).
Fixed the dialogue between Wendy and Hero that didn’t display English text.
Updated all VisuStella plugins, so you might notice some new notifications.
Fixed a minor crash caused by the missing file [c]explosion_02[/c] by adding the missing asset.
To fix that dialogue, I had to replay my own little creation… and it honestly shocked me how big Tits and Shadows really is.
There are so many characters — each with their own stories — and maybe many of you never even got to see them all.
My eyes filled with tears and nostalgia as I revisited my own story.
Not because it’s grand or the best thing ever made, but because a huge part of myself lives inside it.
From the beginning, I wanted to make something more than just an excuse for NSFW content — I wanted characters, story, and gameplay.
Seeing that it worked, in its own way, truly makes me happy.
It’s a simple game… and within that simplicity, there’s me, doing what I love.
To all of you, new and returning players: thank you.
Thank you for keeping this world alive.
I invite you to take a look at my newer projects:
Space Valkyries
(A tiny, free project — hard to describe, but one I’d love to expand someday.)
Tezcatlipoca
(My first big step into 3D. Though honestly, when I compare it to the number of characters, stories, and imagination in Tits and Shadows, I can’t help but feel a bit disappointed in myself... but I’m still learning.)
For a long while, I wasn’t receiving any notifications when players posted on the Tits and Shadows forum, so several comments and questions completely slipped past me.
It wasn’t out of disinterest — I simply didn’t know they were there, and I truly regret not being able to answer sooner.
What does the future hold?
Maybe we’ll revisit the Kiwi Village someday…
Maybe we’ll see new versions of the characters I love so much.
From the bottom of my heart,
thank you for playing this thing that I love so deeply.
— Bec Santus

The Carbon ARPG community has officially passed 1,000 members on Discord!
If you have backed the project but have not yet joined, this is your moment. The server is where developers, backers, and cyberpunk fans discuss feedback, share gameplay clips, talk lore, and help shape the game together.
Our Discord is the place to be, get news first, join playtests, ask questions, and chat directly with the dev team.
Join here: https://discord.com/invite/dT68qHc
Let’s keep the signal alive and make Carbon even stronger together.
