File 06's development continues into the new year! What I worked on since the last update: Blocked out all backgrounds, finished 15 Rendered placeholders for CGs, unfinished backgrounds Made another music track Conducted playtests Last month my main goal was working on all those backgrounds — I'm pleased to say that I am very close to completing them, and that the remaining ones just need a few additional props and lighting. My new workflow of doing multiple passes of every b

Happy New Year! 2025 was an exhausting, but exhilarating year. After the back-to-back releases of Files 04 and 05, I felt pretty burned out and really struggled with getting the last two Hangouts finished. Fortunately, things picked back up once I began working on File 06. Even though it was difficult to write, it was much more interesting to work on, and towards the end of the year, starting to put the art assets together and see the ending in sight was very motivating. Now,

The Masterminds have some fun outdoors! Happy Winter Holidays! Hope you look forward to more in 2025! — LockedOn.

Characters are finished! What I worked on since the last update: Finished the designs and sprites for the characters Coded the game to a "playable" state Finished File 06 UI recoloring This month went by super quickly, and after designing the characters went so slowly, I've realized I really need to ramp up my productivity if I want File 06 to be released in early 2026. So I've been pushing myself to work more, and have just finished make the File fully "playable" — I'm now a

I have finished writing File 06! What I worked on since the last update: Finished writing File 06 Created 2 music tracks Designed 3 characters Well, it took a little longer than I thought, but I finished writing File 06, which means that The Canada Files is now fully written. I can finally move on to the other parts of the process, which are still difficult but not nearly as much of a struggle to get myself to do. I'm pretty excited about it— it's a dark and dramatic finale.

Writing has begun on File 06! What I worked on since the last update: Outlined the mystery for File 06 Wrote Chapter 26 Designed 1...

The final two hangouts have been added to the game!

Hangout Five has been written! What I worked on since the last update: Wrote Hangout Five Implemented 3 Outfits Coded all Hangouts The...

The 14th Anniversary of LockedOn Games has arrived.

Hangout Four has been written! Hangout Four has been written, and soon I can send it off for translation! As I was aiming for, it's about...

Note: This update may break old saves as it contains improvements to previous Files! In this update... File 05 After last Stage's...

So, File 05 is already completed and we're finishing up translation! But how did I get it done so quickly?? During File 04's development,...

It's been five years since I completed Methods ! It was another great year for Methods — the mobile version of the game is now fully...

File 04 is has been released! Now it's time for work on Hangout Four to begin... Here's what I worked on since the last devlog! Fixed...

Note: This update may break old saves as it contains improvements to previous Files! In this update... File 04 In the final round of...

File 04's English version is done — now all that's left is the localization. Here's what I worked on since the last devlog! Finished...

File 04 is getting closer to completion! Here's what I worked on since the last devlog! Composing music tracks Drawing CGs Testing the...

A devlog is definitely overdue, so here's the latest news! Here's what I worked on since the last devlog! Composing music tracks Creating...

Happy New Year! 2024 was a year of learning for me. I've been making games for a long time, but I definitely don't have everything...

772 gets a nice present! Nell does not enjoy her gift. Happy Winter Holidays! Hope you look forward to more in 2025! — LockedOn.