As COVID-19 ground the world to a halt, the games industry was one of many forced to adapt to the ‘new normal' of a global pandemic. Developers, forced away from their studios by lockdown and quarantine, had to bump deadlines and cancel convention appearances. With already limited resources and sometimes a skeleton-crew staff, indie developers like Troglobytes Games, the studio behind the upcoming Blind Fate: Edo no Yami, faced a particularly daunting challenge during the pandemic.