High Times Interview at PAX East 2026

Yang Yang Entertainment's Lead Designer Carlos Valdez discusses their visual novel High Times, which features a donut-making simulation and characters inspired by modern archetypes and ex-partners. The game is set to release on PC via Steam and Nintendo Switch in Spring. Valdez also revealed their next project, Spirit Rancher, a farming sim where players farm spirits, and expressed interest in creating JRPGs in the vein of Persona.

• GAME Persona
• COMPANY Crush Crush Side Band Studio
• GAME Shin Megami Tensei
• PLATFORM Nintendo Switch
• GAME Persona 3 Portable
• GAME Persona 4 Golden
• COMPANY Yang Yang Entertainment
• GAME Spirit Rancher
• PLATFORM PC