You may have been taken by surprise with today’s update for CHUCHEL. It comes with a fair amount of minor bug fixes and tweaks that you may never even notice, but there’s one more thing you surely can’t miss.
This is your new Chuchel.
In reaction to a number of requests we’ve seen coming from the players throughout the year, we ultimately decided to swap Chuchel’s colours and change his body colour from black to orange. We acknowledge that due to significant differences in culture and history between Central Europe and other regions, we did not consider the possibility of Chuchel, a living dust bunny, being associated with ‘blackface’, a theatrical racial stereotype which emerged in the United States in the 19th century.
We would like to sincerely apologize to anyone who has been offended by the original appearance of Chuchel. As a team of peace-minded creative people, we simply do not want any of our games and characters even remotely associated with racism or any other form of hate crime. In order to avoid any further misinterpretations, Chuchel’s appearance has just been updated here on Steam and will be changed on all platforms in the upcoming days and weeks.
Thank you for your understanding and ongoing support,
Amanita Design
Creaks is Amanita Design's Next Game
Hello!
I am excited to announce that our next game 'Creaks' is coming to Steam next year!
We just launched the Steam page (which is also where you can check out the first teaser trailer and a handful of screenshots) so you can easily add Creaks to your wishlist.
Creaks is being developed by one of Amanita’s new teams, headed by Czech designer and artist Radim Jurda. The music (for both the teaser and the game) was done by Scottish composer and multi-instrumentalist Joe Acheson aka Hidden Orchestra.
Follow Creaks on Steam so you don't miss any of the upcoming details!
DVA's adorably wacky soundtrack to CHUCHEL is now available on a 180g audiophile quality LP!
We just had to go with the cherry red color - it actually looks like an LP-shaped cherry candy. Chuchel would eat that, but you probably shouldn't. Just playing it is sweet too, though!
If you enjoyed CHUCHEL's music, check out the record in our store: 'Cherries on Air' LP
DVA are a Czech alternative folk duo best known for use of fictional languages and the amazing soundtrack to Botanicula which received the IGF Excellence in Audio award in 2012. They often describe their music as 'pop for non-existent broadcasters'.
Join Amanita Design on Discord!
Hello!
Guess what - Amanita Design's official Discord server is now a thing!
Come and chat with fellow mushroom pickers, get the latest news, TOP SECRET sneak peeks and speculate about 'Machinarium 2'! (even though we're not working on it)
Please join us (and invite your friends!) via this link: https://discord.gg/Gr4Ec6K
Meet you there!
Lukas
CHUCHEL VS. BitSummit Vol.6
Ever heard of BitSummit?
It's a lovely indie games festival taking place in Kyoto. We've been there with Samorost 3 a couple of years ago and now we came back with CHUCHEL. As you would imagine, it was tons of fun to meet with fellow devs, fans and newcomers. However there was one particularly amazing moment.
Watching parents play CHUCHEL with their children is always as heartwarming as it gets. So at this year's BitSummit there was this little kid who was a bit... careless about the game at first. Almost critical. But his dad wanted to try it anyway. And I'm so happy he did, because after a couple of minutes just dazedly watching the screen, that same kid hurried to sit on his dad's lap, took the headphones and became completely enchanted, smiling and curiously clicking on literally everything.
I didn't understand a single thing they were saying because they were only speaking Japanese, but it sure felt great.
They came back twice to play some more.
Finally there was a little cherry on top of all that - a 'Media Highlight' award from Dengeki PlayStation! :chuchelwow:
See you again, Kyoto!
Lukas
CHUCHEL Posters In Stock!
Great news for all Chuchelheads - a set of 4 posters is now available in our merch store! :chuchelwow: :chuchelwow: :chuchelwow:
They're delivered in a cardboard tube without being folded or anything. Frameable. Pretty. Cool.
CHUCHEL Comic Strip | #2
CHUCHEL Stickers & Free Shipping!
Hi everyone,
Just wanted to let you know that we recently started selling a large set of colourful CHUCHEL stickers and T-shirts with all the crazy characters and faces!
Also - no matter where you live, you can easily get a free shipping until end of April! How?
1. Click this 👉 https://merch.amanita-design.net/discount/ZEROSHIP
2. Put goods of at least $30 total value into your cart
3. Enjoy your free shipping! 🎉
CHUCHEL VS. Steam Trading Cards!
Hello.
You asked for it! Just one month after CHUCHEL launched on Steam we're bringing you some more good stuff to collect.
Now you can make your Steam profile much prettier thanks to:
