Hey internet people!

I’m back into game development after almost 5 years of inactivity. I’ve been working on my new project for about a month now and progress has been way faster than I expected.

What’s the game about? It’s a Tidy Up-style title where you have to organize cubic toys inside a store, all with a retro aesthetic inspired by the PS1/N64 era and its low-poly models.

The biggest challenge right now is optimization. The game has 5,000 toys to put away. In the most loaded areas (with more than 1,500 objects simultaneous in certain corners of the store), FPS was dropping hard from 53 down to 7. After several optimizations I managed to get it running at around 20-30 fps on a test netbook (Intel i3 with 10 GB of RAM). My goal is to lock in stable 30 fps on minimum specs of 8 GB of RAM.

⚠️ Important note ⚠️: Everything visual in the current video is placeholders. None of the models, textures or graphics you see here will be the final ones.

Next steps I’m working on:

• Replacing the temporary art with the final models and graphics
• Make a PS1 Shader
• Creating all the textures for the 5,000 dolls
• Setting up the Steam page and a Demo (currently dealing with some documentation paperwork to get accepted into Steamworks)
• Posting regular DevLogs showing the project’s evolution

(Extra note: I’m also working in parallel on a pseudo-remastered version of an old point-and-click adventure game I developed between 2019 and 2021, with the plan to bring it to Steam later on).

I’ll keep you guys updated on the progress! Looking forward to your comments and feedback :)

Hey internet people!

I’m back into game development after almost 5 years of inactivity. I’ve been working on my new project for about a month now and progress has been way faster than I expected.

What’s the game about? It’s a Tidy Up-style title where you have to organize cubic toys inside a store, all with a retro aesthetic inspired by the PS1/N64 era and its low-poly models.

The biggest challenge right now is optimization. The game has 5,000 toys to put away. In the most loaded areas (with more than 1,500 objects simultaneous in certain corners of the store), FPS was dropping hard from 53 down to 7. After several optimizations I managed to get it running at around 20-30 fps on a test netbook (Intel i3 with 10 GB of RAM). My goal is to lock in stable 30 fps on minimum specs of 8 GB of RAM.

⚠️ Important note ⚠️: Everything visual in the current video is placeholders. None of the models, textures or graphics you see here will be the final ones.

Next steps I’m working on:

• Replacing the temporary art with the final models and graphics
• Make a PS1 Shader
• Creating all the textures for the 5,000 dolls
• Setting up the Steam page and a Demo (currently dealing with some documentation paperwork to get accepted into Steamworks)
• Posting regular DevLogs showing the project’s evolution

(Extra note: I’m also working in parallel on a pseudo-remastered version of an old point-and-click adventure game I developed between 2019 and 2021, with the plan to bring it to Steam later on).

I’ll keep you guys updated on the progress! Looking forward to your comments and feedback :)

Hey everyone! How are you doing?

It’s been many, many years since LeeWard was released. I still remember — and honestly, I probably always will — the two years I spent developing the game, from 2020 to 2021.

I worked on it for countless hours, often 10 hours a day, seven days a week, trying to turn this little project into something real.

Then I released it… and it failed.

And honestly, that absolutely devastated me, both morally and psychologically. After putting so much time and effort into the game, seeing it go nowhere was incredibly hard.

So I decided to move on. I let time pass, focused on my life, and started working on other projects.

Then, around 2023, I decided to make LeeWard completely free. It was basically my final goodbye to the game. If I hadn't managed to make any real money from it — less than $100 in total — then at least I wanted people to be able to play it without having to pay.

And then something unexpected happened.

By 2025, I noticed that LeeWard had reached over 5,000 downloads.

There was even a small community around it.

A small community, yes… but a community nonetheless.

There were gameplay videos on YouTube, people talking about the game, and even a wiki. I also started seeing people asking the same question:

"Why was there never a LeeWard 2?"

Seeing all of that honestly meant a lot to me.

I've always wanted to make games. But I was young, inexperienced, and the circumstances in my country back in 2022 made things even more difficult. That's ultimately why I released LeeWard on itch.io, where its reach was naturally quite limited.

Still, I'm incredibly grateful to everyone who played it and, especially, to everyone who took the time to give me feedback.

For more than two years now, I've wanted to release my first proper commercial game on Steam.

But life kept me busy, and I never really took the leap.

Until now.

🚨 LEEWARD IS COMING TO STEAM! 🚨

I've made the decision.

I'm bringing LeeWard back — completely remastered — and releasing it on Steam!

This will be my first real step into the commercial PC game market, and I couldn't think of a better game to start with.

I've already been working on the remaster for the past few days, going back into the code and rebuilding parts of the game.

The plan is to add:

• 🎨 New artwork
• 🎵 New music
• 🔊 New sound effects
• 🛠️ Bug fixes and improvements
• ✨ Completing and polishing unfinished parts
• 🎁 New extras and additional content
• ⚙️ General improvements and quality-of-life changes

I don't want to simply put the old game on Steam.

I want to give LeeWard the version it always deserved.

So, this post is my official announcement:

LEEWARD IS COMING TO STEAM!

When?

I don't have an exact release date yet, but if everything goes according to plan, I'm aiming for late 2026.

Over the next few days, I'll start sharing more concrete news, including the Steam page, where you'll be able to add the game to your Wishlist.

I'll also be posting development updates and devlogs as the remaster progresses, so you'll be able to see how LeeWard is coming back to life.

After all these years, it feels incredibly strange — and incredibly exciting — to be working on this game again.

Thank you to everyone who played LeeWard back then.

And thank you to everyone who is still here.

I love you, internet people. ❤️

See you in the next devlog.

I have decided to release the video game LEEWARD EPISODE 1 totally free! If you can now download it for free or by donating whatever you want, I hope you try it! 

 Download it here: https://esterasbros.itch.io/leeward-episode-1

A girl named Wendy Fisher, from a family of fishermen, will be involved in an adventure in the four seas in search of her missing father, it sounds generic... but it will be so... she will run into peculiar and colorful characters. with diverse personalities and lives, who try to help her or not in her adventure. Help Wendy on her journey by solving puzzles, dilemmas, problems, making friends or enemies and much more. or that's what we have to say to make it sound interesting. An adventure full of black and absurd humor, strange places, like its inhabitants A game that is inspired by those graphic adventures of yesteryear and popular culture

I

Download it here: https://esterasbros.itch.io/leeward-episode-1

I have decided to release the video game LEEWARD EPISODE 1 totally free! If you can now download it for free or by donating whatever you want, I hope you try it! 

 Download it here: https://esterasbros.itch.io/leeward-episode-1

A girl named Wendy Fisher, from a family of fishermen, will be involved in an adventure in the four seas in search of her missing father, it sounds generic... but it will be so... she will run into peculiar and colorful characters. with diverse personalities and lives, who try to help her or not in her adventure. Help Wendy on her journey by solving puzzles, dilemmas, problems, making friends or enemies and much more. or that's what we have to say to make it sound interesting. An adventure full of black and absurd humor, strange places, like its inhabitants A game that is inspired by those graphic adventures of yesteryear and popular culture

I

Download it here: https://esterasbros.itch.io/leeward-episode-1

I have decided to release the video game LEEWARD EPISODE 1 totally free! If you can now download it for free or by donating whatever you want, I hope you try it!

Download it here: https://esterasbros.itch.io/leeward-episode-1

I

Download it here: https://esterasbros.itch.io/leeward-episode-1

Hi Onkel-Helga... that's look like a memory error, we will do our best to fix it... We apologize for the bad experience finding a bug, we hope you will love the rest of the game regardless of this little bug. thanks for everything, enjoy leeward

Hi MrDroid.... sorry, but I don't know what the problem would be... the wallpapers pack is included with the base game

Purchase Leeward Episode 1 at a 20% OFF

or Purchase  the Bundle Leeward Episode 1 + Official Soundtrack for 26% OFF

available from 01/21/22 to 01/25/22

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A little girl named Wendy Fisher, from a fishers family, will be involved in an adventure in the four seas looking for her missing father, that's sound generic... but so it will be... she will bump with quirky and colorful characters with various personalities and lives, who try to help her or not in her adventure. Help Wendy in her crossing solving puzzles, dilemmas, problems, making friends or enemies and much more. or that's what we have to say to make it sound interesting. An adventure full of black and absurd humor, strange places, like its inhabitants  A game that is inspired by those graphic adventures of yesteryear and the popular culture

https://esterasbros.itch.io/leeward-episode-1

Game Link 👉 https://esterasbros.itch.io/leeward-episode-1

https://itch.io/embed/1162898?bg_color=000000&fg_color=ffffff&link_color=cea533&border_color=6a7883

A little girl named Wendy Fisher, from a fishers family, will be involved in an adventure in the four seas looking for her missing father, that's sound generic... but so it will be... she will bump with quirky and colorful characters with various personalities and lives, who try to help her or not in her adventure. Help Wendy in her crossing solving puzzles, dilemmas, problems, making friends or enemies and much more. or that's what we have to say to make it sound interesting. An adventure full of black and absurd humor, strange places, like its inhabitants  A game that is inspired by those graphic adventures of yesteryear and the popular culture

Internet friends and weird people 

It's now available to buy our first commercial video game!

LEEWARD EPISODE 1 ⚓

A little girl named Wendy Fisher, from a fishers family, will be involved in an adventure in the four seas looking for her missing father, that's sound generic... but so it will be... she will bump with quirky and colorful characters with various personalities and lives, who try to help her or not in her adventure. Help Wendy in her crossing solving puzzles, dilemmas, problems, making friends or enemies and much more. or that's what we have to say to make it sound interesting. An adventure full of black and absurd humor, strange places, like its inhabitants  A game that is inspired by those graphic adventures of yesteryear and the popular culture

https://itch.io/embed/1162898?bg_color=000000&fg_color=ffffff&link_color=cea533&border_color=6a7883

https://itch.io/embed/1170472?bg_color=000000&fg_color=ffffff&link_color=ffd961&border_color=6a7883

Episode 1 has an approximate duration of between 3 to 4 hours 🕗

Contact Us

📧 leewardgame@gmail.com 📧

All content copyright to Lautaro J. Esteras 2022 ©

Buenas noticias a todos !!!

Leeward Episodio 1 ¡¡¡El desarrollo está hecho !!! En las próximas semanas anunciaremos la fecha de lanzamiento oficial ...

Espere nuevos avances y clips en los próximos días

Por ahora, visite el sitio web previo al lanzamiento =  https://esterasbros.itch.io/leeward-episode-1

Good News Everyone!!!

Leeward Episode 1 Development is done!!! In the upcoming weeks we will announce the official release date...

Wait for new trailers and clips in the next days

For now visit the pre-launch web site for more info = https://esterasbros.itch.io/leeward-episode-1

Hello internet people 🖖

I want to publish an announcement here for the first time that the development of my first commercial game is in its final stages.

Leeward Episode 1 https://esterasbros.itch.io/leeward-episode-1

We have been working on it since April 2020, and if nothing goes wrong, its release is planned for late November or early December (more in the future we will say the exact date)

We do not have any demo to show you, because the duration of the game is approximately 4 hours of gameplay.

Here we leave you a quick synopsis of the plot and some features and images, so that you are interested in the project ... I would love to hear your comments

PLOT:

A little girl named Wendy Fisher, from a fishers family, will be involved in an adventure in the four seas looking for her missing father, that's sound generic... but so it will be... she will bump with quirky and colorful characters with various personalities and lives, who try to help her or not in her adventure.

Help Wendy in her crossing solving puzzles, dilemmas, problems, making friends or enemies and much more. or that's what we have to say to make it sound interesting.

An adventure full of black and absurd humor, strange places, like its inhabitants 

A game that is inspired by those graphic adventures of yesteryear and the popular culture

Features:

-You will explore  the nautical world in search of your missing father (super imaginative plot)

-You will meet new friends and enemies

-You will solve puzzles of all kinds

-You will try not to die trying

-You will become a pirate 

Hola chicos ...  Estoy trabajando en un videojuego estilo aventura gráfica, siendo el primer juego comercial para mí ...

y lo estoy terminando ... si quieres comprobarlo =  https://esterasbros.itch.io/leeward-episode-1

Quiero hacer un segundo proyecto experimentando con novelas visuales, y decidí crear esta publicación para   recibir retroalimentación y poder hacer algo mejor, y obviamente conocer gente que esté interesada en mi proyecto y quiera aportar cosas como una comunidad de fans.

Me gustaría hacerte una pregunta simple para comenzar =
Tengo varias ideas para hacer varias novelas visuales, pero quiero comenzar con dos que tengo ... ¿Cuál de estas dos ideas te parece más interesante?

1- Eres un joven luchador que se va abriendo camino en el mundo de las indies mientras mejoras tu carácter y conoces gente, relaciones, etc., hasta llegar a la máxima empresa de lucha libre y llevas unos años en ella (más contenido podría ser agregado con actualizaciones)

2- Eres un personaje de fantasía medieval en un futuro distópico estilo cyberpunk, donde mejoras tu personaje, características, etc., conoces gente, y luchas en mazmorras, historias secundarias etc.

Me gustaría saber tu opinión, así que ... empezaré a sentar las bases de este nuevo proyecto con tus opiniones.

más tarde, determinaré los elementos más profundos de la historia, el juego, la monetización, o será un juego gratuito basado en el soporte de Patreon, idk

Espero tus opiniones !!!