The developer proposed to the girl in his own demo game

Game developer Shane Canning made an original proposal to his girlfriend, Makiko, using an unfinished game he was working on.

Canning is developing the Japanese game KEMURI for indie studio UNSEEN, and decided to take the opportunity to use the unfinished demo for a special moment.

Shane invited his girlfriend to the studio under the guise of testing the game. In the game, he designed a special area with NPCs, among whom was a key character who was to become the center of the plot of the proposal. As Makiko was controlling the character, she came across this NPC and he made a motion that looked like a proposal gesture. Then Shane, standing next to her, showed her the engagement ring and confessed his love, proposing marriage. "Will you marry me?" he asked, and fireworks began to explode on the screen. The answer was positive — "Of course!"