- Devlog #4: SFX Designer Chimes In!🎙️ - 15 September 2026
Hey everyone! Welcome to our fourth devlog about the development of Overhours! Today we've got the sound designer of Overhours- Darshan, to talk a little about the sound effects (sfx) he's designed for us over the span of 1-2 years 🎛️🎙️ "I find inspiration in the sound crafting in the other games, shows, and real life influences. I love taking references from other media, as it helps me build my internal library on what something should, and could sound." "An example of this would be Mai’s Skill, the Time Stop. When I think of anything that has an ability that stops time, I’ll always go with Dio’s 🗣️The World🗣️ from Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure! Just the larger than life clock ticks, and absurd bass boosted style from the anime, tied to an iconic villain makes it so memorable." Watch the clip below to see the skill in action 👇🏼"For the voices, we first thought of using voices for the…
- Devlog #3: Enemy Designs 😈 - 16 July 2026
Hey everyone! Welcome to our third devlog about the development of Overhours! Today we'll dive into the designs of our freaky lil fellas 😈Why Are They Based on Animals?🦉🐸Well, the easiest answer is that our main character is anthropomorphic, soooooooooooooo- But okay on a more serious note, when we started the designs for Overhours, our creative director realised her strengths were NOT in character design, later discovering that anthro characters had phenotypes and stereotypes that were easier to imagine and play around with (eg. yakuza-inspired lion gang in BEASTARS; tiny, sweet-talking sheep assistant from Zootopia). That of course spilled over into the enemy design department, and made the process of conceptualising enemies and their abilities much smoother! We combined animal phenotypes and behaviours from the real world and adapted them to classic TD enemy tropes. Thus, we've go…
- Summer Announcement: Southeast Asian Games Showcase - 6 June 2026
Catch our New Trailer this Summer Game Fest!☀️Night owls rejoice! Take a break and catch a new Summer announcement trailer for Overhours during the Southeast Asian Games Showcase 🏖️Celebrating games from developers in Southeast Asia at a global level, the event runs from June 1st - June 14th 2025 on Steam and will be livestreamed on the SEAGS Youtube Channel and Twitch at: 🕛June 6, 8AM (PT) / 11AM (ET) 🕛June 6, 11PM (GMT+8 / MYT) 🕛June 7, 1AM (AEST) Wishlist Overhours to Stay Updated! Join our Discord server to give us feedback or simply to say hi 👋🏻
- Devlog #2: Overhours Artstyle Development - 3 April 2026
Hey everyone! Welcome to our second devlog about the development of Overhours! Today we'll dive into the development of our current art style 🖌️🎨Evolution of the Game's Artstyle🖼️One of the main things our team wanted to achieve with Overhours was to inject a very different setting and visual style to a tower defense game. So, in initial concepts you'll see us testing out different environment designs, colour palettes and even straying away from classic TD enemy tropes (to which we eventually kind of went back to, don't fix what's not broken). Eventually, the tone and style of the game evolved over time as we worked with various artists and writers who helped shape the game into what it looks like today. Although it looks pretty different (and darker) from the modernist/ post-modernism-inspired early concept art, it's a sweet spot for our team at this point in time! Perhaps we'll sav…
- Overhours Demo Update: Tower Defense Fest 2026! - 9 March 2026
Hey everyone! Overhours is joining Steam Tower Defense Fest 2026, and we've got some new stuff to show! 🤗Overhours Demo: What's New?🦉Brand new stuff:New 'Sticky Note' TowerSome UI tweaks/ redesignNew Map (Level 4)! Previous demos and playtest builds only ran until Level 3New Map means New Miniboss! This is our first time showing off a boss enemy, so we're eager to know what you think of it!New-ish:Trap & Tower upgrade paths (one of our major demo updates from 2025)Switching between auto and charged gun shots Your Feedback Matters to Us 📝More fixes will be coming your way, but in the meantime...Please let us know what you liked or didn't like; some fixes may take a little longer to be implemented as we're a very small team, but we always want to know how we could maintain or make the gameplay experience better for our players! You can give us feedback by:👋🏼 Joining our Discord serve…
- Devlog #1: How We Started Making Overhours - 4 February 2026
Hey everyone! This is the first of a series of devlogs about the development of Overhours! Today we'll explain a little about how we came up with the game's concept 🤗Overworking Night-Owls🦉Some of our team come from a design background where long hours and late nights were fairly common, and some nights honestly, you just need to fight some demons; whether they're inner or your boss outer. Tower Defense🏰During early conceptualization stages a few years ago, one of the few genres we played often was tower defense, more specifically hybrid tower defenses, like Orcs Must Die and Dungeon Defenders. So when we started thinking about what games we wanted to make, a Tower Defense was high up on the list of considerations!Screenshots from the very first prototype of Overhours! Back then it was called a different name too.The very first prototype of Overhours also had 🤝co-op gameplay🤝 (extr…
- Overhours is Part of SEAGO 2025! - 9 December 2025
We're have Overhours as part of the Southeast Asia Games Onward (SEAGO) Event again this year!👋🏻🎉 This means we have a limited time free demo available for the month of December!So if you like tower defense hybrids like Orcs Must Die!😈 or Sanctum🤖 and are looking for something new in the genre, please wishlist Overhours, try the demo and let us know what you think in our Discord server!If you encounter any bugs or would like to give us feedback, feel free to join the Overhours community on Discord or X! The agency is always excited to welcome new emplo-, players!
- We're Working OVERHOURS this Summer... with a New Demo! - 3 June 2025
Attention Night Owls! Don't clock out so soon... our little tower defense game about overworking and sh*tty bosses is releasing a limited time public demo in conjunction with a few summer showcases— The (new!) Southeast Asian Games Showcase: Summer Game Fest Edition Celebrating games from developers in Southeast Asia at a global level, happening June 6th - June 20th 2025 on Steam and livestreaming on the SEAGS Youtube channel at: 🕛June 7, 12PM (PST) / 3PM (EST) 🕛June 8, 2AM (GMT+7) / 3AM (GMT+8) 🕛June 8, 5AM (AEST) The MIX Summer Game Showcase: SEAGS Official Selection Happening online now on Steam and in-person on June 6th, 5pm at the Grammy Museum Rooftop in Los Angeles, CA. If you're at the event and spot our booth, please take some pictures and tag us on social media! Wishlist and get notified for the new limited time demo on June 6th! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2439500/O…
- Overhours is part of the Laughs & Smiles Game Festival event on Steam! - 30 January 2025
Overhours is part of Laughs & Smiles Game Festival, a digital showcase celebrating games that will make you laugh and/or smile! We're hosting a limited-time public playtest for Overhours in line with the Laughs & Smiles Game Festival! To be part of our playtest, simply head to the game's main page and click the "Request Access" button, wait for your account to be given access and voila! Also feel free to join our Discord community and leave us some feedback as we continue building the game. The event is hosted on Steam and will happen between January 30th and February 6th (as well as our playtest!). Check it out here: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/CrunchingKoalas/sale/LaughsAndSmiles2025
- SEAGO Event Goers: Read Here! - 16 December 2024
Hello to players visiting from the Southeast Asia Games Onward (SEAGO) Event!👋🏻 We're excited to have Overhours as part of the SEAGO 2024 Steam Sale!🎉 While we don't have a free demo available for the event, we're releasing new updates for our alpha build and are looking forward to giving out more Steam keys (by batch) to the build over on our Discord server! So if you like tower defense hybrids like Orcs Must Die!😈 or Sanctum 2🤖 and are looking for something new in the genre, please wishlist Overhours and join our Discord server to stay up to date! Check out more Southeast Asian indie games in the SEAGO Steam sale here!
- Post-PAX Aus 2024: Update and Reminder - 29 October 2024
Happy Halloween & Happy PAX Withdrawals!👻 The team had a fantastic time at PAX Aus 2024 and we hope you did too! Thank you to everyone who came by the booth to try the game, grabbed some free merch and candy. We're back in our workstations, continuing development based on feedback we've received from yall! IF you've received a 🎃Halloween postcard🎃 from us (see below), this is a gentle reminder that there is a Steam Key on the back that gives you access to our playtest build. There is no limited time for you to claim the key (for now!), but we would greatly appreciate if you try the build and let us know what you think in our Discord server! Discord community members will also get notified of future playtester intakes first! 🎃Postcard front and back That's it folks, wishlist Overhours and follow us here for future updates!
- Play Overhours @ PAX AUS 2024! - 7 October 2024
HOWDY! We're bringing a new demo to PAX AUS 2024! 😎 The event is happening at the MCEC, Melbourne from 11th - 13th October 2024. You can catch us at Booth 27, in the PAX RISING section by the main entrance/ queue hall. Please feel free to come by and have a go at our new build, or simply have a chat with the team 🗨️ We'll also be giving out Steam playtest keys to anyone who comes to play the demo! However we do have a limited number of playtest keys (and merch) to give out each day so do come by as early as you can! See you at PAX AUS 2024!
- Thank You for Joining Us at LEVEL UP PLAY! - 20 September 2024
Hello players! Our team is just unwinding from the recent LEVEL UP PLAY weekend at KLCC and just wanted to say a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who came by to try our new convention build or simply had a chat with the team! A gentle reminder that if you were given a postcard after playing, there is a Steam Key on the back of the card that gives you access to our playtest build— which we update from time to time with feature polishes and gameplay improvements. It features two extra levels compared to what was shown during the event, and more comic cutscenes that give you more context to the game's story! So, You Already Claimed the Playtest Key... Please join our community in the Overhours Discord server! There, you'll be able to leave us with feedback and suggestions as development carries on, and stay-up-to-date with any news from our team. And if you don't have a playtest key, you'll be n…
- LEVEL UP PLAY 2024 - 10 September 2024
New demo at LEVEL UP PLAY 2024! Hey everyone! It's convention season again and we're kicking it off with LEVEL UP PLAY, happening from 13th-15th September, Friday-Sunday at KLCC (KL Convention Centre). You can catch us at the Indie Games Zone, Booth 5092 in Hall 5! Please feel free to come by and have a go at our new build, or simply have a chat with the team 🗨️ We'll also be giving out Steam playtest keys to anyone who comes to play Overhours at our booth! 😁 However we do have a limited number of playtest keys (and merch!) to give out each day so do come by early! We're honoured to also be part of the month-long Level Up 2024 Steam event, together with the other games being featured at the show. Check it out here: LEVEL UP KL 2024 STEAM EVENT See you all at LEVEL UP PLAY 2024!
- Taipei Game Show 2024 - 26 January 2024
This furry tower defense has made it's way to the Taipei Game Show | 台北國際電玩展 2024 ! Hey all! This is a little bit of a late announcement, but we're excited to have a playable demo available on the showfloor, thanks to the folks at Ukiyo Studios! You may head over to Ukiyo Studios' Booth A01 at the Indie House section and try Overhours on the ASUS ROG Ally! For more info: https://twitter.com/ukiyostudiosau/status/1750055846263009331
- Announcing the Southeast Asia Games Onward (SEA GO) Event - 18 December 2023
Southeast Asia Games Onward (SEA GO) Online Event To wrap up 2023, Overhours will be joining the Southeast Asia Games Onward (SEA GO) Online Event, a collaborative video game showcase event running from December 14th, 2023 to February 2nd, 2024! Players get to browse from a catalogue of 100+ games from Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. Try some demos, snag some discounts, get your Christmas shopping done here! Be sure to also catch part 2 of the event, which is a video showcase featuring all the upcoming and newly released titles from across the region. The video will premiere December 28th, 2023, on SEAGamethetic's Youtube channel. Check out the event page here: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/25278687/sale/SEAGO2023 CtrlD Studio would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy 2024! SEAGO is hosted by Southeast Asia Game Aesthetic (SEA…
- Steam Event Announcement - 24 August 2023
Overhours has been featured in the Level Up KL 2023 Steam Event! This event showcases some of the released and upcoming games made in Malaysia and Southeast Asia, as part of the upcoming Level Up KL 2023 games convention happening late October under the Malaysian Digital Content Festival 2023. Wishlist Overhours, and check out the event below: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/levelupkl2023
- We have a discord now! - 12 June 2023
We just concluded a series of both offline and online playtesting last week! Tqvm everyone who took the time to try Overhours✨ Interested to be part of our next playtest? Join our *now public!* Discord server for updates!👇🏼 Overhours Discord
