- 10 years of One Night Stand! - 24 March 2026
Today marks 10 years since One Night Stand was first released into the world! To celebrate, here’s a brand new animation:I cannot believe it’s already been 10 years since I finished the Nanoreno game jam version and uploaded it... After a couple of days, One Night Stand gained a ton of coverage; from traditional press to popular Youtubers, including Pewdiepie, Squeezie, Jacksepticeye and Markiplier! I hadn’t even reached out to anyone (plus the game was full of bugs!) yet it was a time I’ll never forget. Back in 2016, you could actually release an indie game with no PR or marketing budget and it could take off! Things have change a lot since then.My first art tests for One Night Stand.On October 20th 2016, the full version of One Night Stand released on itch.io, shortly followed by Steam on November 7th. The full version fixed a lot of bugs, improved the animations, added double the amo…
- 10 years of game development! 🎉 - 8 January 2025
Guess what? I've been an independent game developer for 10 years now! 🤯 When I left EA Chillingo at the end of 2014, I was just eager to make my own games… I never for a minute imagined I’d still be here 10 years later with my own little business! 😊 My first released game, One Night Stand, was made during Nanoreno Game Jam, and it exploded in popularity and kinda took over my life! When things settled down, I realised my previous project I was working on would require a larger team to create the vision I had for it. So I started working on the semi-autobiographical ‘Memories’ while continuing to work on One Night Stand localisations, console port and physical edition. However, in 2019, my personal circumstances changed. I became disabled and struggled to work at the same pace I did before. Then 2020 happened, and Memories didn’t feel like the right game to be putting out in the world…
- Update notes for 2.32 - 3 January 2025
Hello everyone, A new update has gone live today (2.32) which updates the game engine and fixes three ending achievements that had stopped working. If you recently played the game and these achievements didn't unlock for you, please update and load the game. The missing achievements should unlock immediately! :) Apologies for the inconvenience and thank you to those who alerted me to the problem. If anyone is still having issues, please contact me at contact (at) kinmoku (dot) games and I will take a look. Thanks again for supporting One Night Stand!
- Update notes for 2.31 - 17 November 2024
Hello, Update 2.31 contains a fix for Steam achievements. Please update your game for achievements to work correctly from now on. Apologies for the inconvenience. This was caused by creating last week's build – 2.3 – on a different computer. Thanks again for supporting One Night Stand!
- One Night Stand – Update 2.3 - 14 November 2024
Hello everyone, it's been a while! ːons_shewavesː A small new update has just released for One Night Stand. It features: A clearer credits page Translation fixes ...and a whole new look for Kinmoku (that's me!) Please update so you have the latest version of the game! Inspired by the early roots of visual novels – from PC-98 to Sega Saturn – the new splash artwork features Kinmoku in their studio. If you look closely you can see references to Kinmoku's games, and even their dog, Goro! To learn more about the developer, please check out the new website at www.kinmoku.games
- Steam Summer Sale 2024 - 27 June 2024
Hi all. The Steam Summer Sale has just begun and One Night Stand is now on sale! If you’ve already played One Night Stand, my newest release – VIDEOVERSE – is also available for less than $10. VIDEOVERSE is a decision-based narrative adventure focusing on character development, friendship and love, set in an early online gaming community! It's a longer experience which launched on August 7 2023 to critical acclaim, with 90 on Metacritic and 92 on OpenCritic – I hope you can check it out! Enjoy 70% off One Night Stand and 25% off VIDEOVERSE until July 11 – Happy gaming!
- Steam Spring Sale 2024 - 15 March 2024
Hi everyone. The Steam Spring Sale has just begun and both of Kinmoku's games – One Night Stand and VIDEOVERSE – are now on sale! For those of you unfamiliar with VIDEOVERSE; it's a decision-based narrative adventure focusing on character development, friendship and love, set in an early online gaming community known as Videoverse! It launched on August 7 2023 to critical acclaim, with 90 on Metacritic and 92 on OpenCritic. I think if you enjoy the realistic conversations in One Night Stand, you'll enjoy VIDEOVERSE, too! Enjoy 66% off One Night Stand and 25% off VIDEOVERSE until March 21 – Happy gaming!
- Happy Holidays from Kinmoku! - 21 December 2023
It’s that time of year again for the Steam Winter Sale – Enjoy 66% off One Night Stand until January 4th 2024! For those of you that may not know, in 2023 I released my second game – VIDEOVERSE – which is also on sale at the moment. VIDEOVERSE is a narrative adventure game set in an old school online social gaming network, which is inspired by Miiverse, MSN Messenger and early 2000s message boards. It's received some pretty cool reviews, with 90 on Metacritic and 92 on OpenCritic, making it one of the highest rated games of 2023! On the surface, VIDEOVERSE looks quite different to One Night Stand, but if you enjoyed the gameplay of One Night Stand – making narrative choices while getting to know someone – I think you’ll love it! VIDEOVERSE is a longer experience with around 4-7 hours of gameplay depending on how many side quests you want to do, plus there are a few different endings whi…
- One Night Stand is part of Steam Visual Novel Fest - 8 August 2023
I'm excited to announce that One Night Stand is taking part in Steam Visual Novel Fest, which started yesterday and lasts until August 14th. To celebrate, new players can enjoy 75% off. Another visual novel in the sale, which you may be interested in, is my next game VIDEOVERSE – A narrative adventure about love and friendship, inspired by Miiverse! VIDEOVERSE sends players back in time to a fictional video game era, where players can foster friendships, share fan art and browse the lively gaming communities. Compared to One Night Stand, VIDEOVERSE is a longer experience which has also taken me much longer to make! Like One Night Stand, it focuses on deep connections and is full of choices. You may also find a few One Night Stand references in there, as well! Thank you and enjoy the festival! ːsteamhappyː
- One Night Stand 2.282 - 25 March 2021
Hello everyone. This update fixes achievements. Yesterday, some users reported that achievements had stopped working after the big update. This was caused by the latest engine updates not supporting Steam achievements correctly. This unfortunately means that Mac OSX 10.15+ can no longer be supported. I have contacted the Ren'Py developers directly and hope this issue will soon be resolved so Mac OSX 10.15+ will be fully compatible. Until then, I advise Mac OSX 10.15+ users to download One Night Stand on itch.io, as this version is 64bit. Thank you for your patience.
- One Night Stand celebrates 5 years! - 24 March 2021
Wow! It's been 5 years since the Nanoreno game jam version of One Night Stand released on itch.io! I can't believe it's been that long already! Thank you all for supporting One Night Stand and helping it become such a beloved indie visual novel! To celebrate, One Night Stand will now be playable in Japanese and Italian on PC, Mac and Linux! Download the latest build and select the flags from the main menu to enable. This build will also update Mac builds to 64bit, meaning One Night Stand will now be playable on OSX 10.15+. For Playstation 4 owners, a physical edition of One Night Stand, featuring the new artwork above, is on the way! You can pre-order your copy now over at Red Art Games' website. I hope you enjoy the latest update. :)
- One Night Stand is now playable in Traditional Chinese, Spanish and Portuguese - 2 October 2019
I am happy to announce that One Night Stand is now playable in Traditional Chinese, Spanish and Portuguese! Download the latest build and select the flags from the main menu to enable. This week, I'm also celebrating the launch of One Night Stand coming on consoles! Play One Night Stand on Playstation 4, Xbox One or Nintendo Switch. A huge congratulations to Ratalaika Games who managed to port Ren'Py to consoles! And thank you to you all for your continued support :)
- Update 2.252 - 11 April 2019
Just a small update this time! An achievement bug stopping Chinese and German players from getting "Coincidence much?", "Sure, why not?" and "How unfortunate…" has been fixed. Some spelling and formatting errors have also been improved. Thanks again for playing!
- Have You Played One Night Stand? - 26 March 2019
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. One Night Stand is a perfect study in awkwardness. When you wake up in a stranger’s bed with a stinking hangover and no memory of the night before, just what is the polite thing to do? Get dressed and leave as quickly as possible? Pry into her wallet to try to find out her name so you don’t look like a total jerk? Or perhaps you make a go at some small talk, chatting about the stacks of books and records on her shelves to try to establish a better relationship? Or maybe you get caught trying on her underwear and get turfed out the door in the nip. All things are possible in this beautifully observed visual novel, where feeling intensely uncomfortable has never felt so damn right . (more…)
- One Night Stand celebrates its third birthday! - 22 March 2019
Hello, It's been three years since the original, game jam version of One Night Stand came out! To celebrate, we're having a half-price sale for the next three days. Tell your friends! Happy birthday to us! :D
- Update 2.251 - 25 February 2019
Good news for Chinese and German players! The bug which was stopping Chinese players from finishing the ending "In a Twist" has been fixed. Small graphical improvements have been made to the Chinese and German versions as well. Also, there has been an engine update. See https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/changelog.html for more information. Thank you all for continuing to enjoy One Night Stand!
- One Night Stand is now playable in German and Simplified Chinese! - 26 September 2018
I am happy to announce that One Night Stand is now playable in German and Simplified Chinese! Download the latest build and select German or Chinese from the main menu to enable. Thanks to everyone who helped make these translations possible. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F26739532%2F7fbae5fff0c44eee4165649a9da294479be8460f.jpg https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F26739532%2F6164c67afd49bc3b3fd9cb47749dd40f22fbede3.jpg
- One Night Stand is now playable in brazilian portuguese and French! - 21 June 2018
I am happy to announce that One Night Stand is now playable in French and Brazilian Portuguese! Download the latest build and select French or Brazilian from the main menu to enable. 2.24 also fixes the following bugs: Crashes when replaying a reset game, main menu flickering, a typo when clicking on the notebook, and the True Friends replay not working correctly. Thanks again for your continued support! https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F26739532%2F831084b04aa4b175dcf9c8bbdbc9c647209ef346.jpg https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F26739532%2F0c066b527412a317c0fcb5e391355c6d7a672e9c.jpg Enjoy the Steam Summer sales!
- Update 2.23 - 19 February 2018
Just a tiny update this time! An achievement bug has been fixed. Thank you for bringing it to my attention and continuing to support One Night Stand!
- Update 2.23 - 19 February 2018
Just a tiny update this time! An achievement bug has been fixed. Thank you for bringing it to my attention and continuing to support One Night Stand!
