Moo Yu 🏹 Mythmatch (DEMO on Steam!)
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Making Mythmatch. Worked on Knights and Bikes, Subsurface Circular, LittleBigPlanet, Ratchet & Clank. Founding Team @pocinplay (he/him)
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🚨 GAME & DEMO ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
Mythmatch is a Greek mythology community sim about bringing people together by putting things together.
💪 Help the Mortals
🏡 Rebuild Ithaca
🐐 Create cute creatures
⚡️ Defy the gods
RT Please!
Link to Demo ⬇️
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Every job I've posted has been filled immediately.
- 100% Remote
- No experience requirements
- £250 per day rate
And this is for a tiny indie studio with very limited funding. It has nothing to do with a skills shortage.
TIGA’s new report has revealed that 68% of UK games studios are struggling to fill workforce vacancies due to skill shortages.
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OMG! The secret is out! Knights and Bikes has been picked up for a TV Series!
We've got some exciting news! Knights and Bikes has been optioned for a TV series by
@TigerAspectUK
! Look forward to even more high-fives and honking coming out of a TV near you!
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Are you a / do you know any streamers or YouTubers who play couch co-op games? Building a list for Knights and Bikes! RTs appreciated.
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Game designer question:
I'm getting ideas for my game from almost everything I watch or play.
Where is the line between healthy inspiration and the horrible upheaval of constantly changing your mind to chase the new hotness?
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Has anyone been in a state where you're working normal hours, loving your work, but feel completely exhausted all the time? Is it burn out? It feels just like burn out, but none of the likely causes are there. Non-work life is great too. I'm a bit baffled.
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I'm looking for a Freelance Writer to help on a prototype for a narrative puzzle game (Critters + Greek Mythology + Legally Blonde)
🏹~1 day per week
🏹£250 per day
🏹Remote (UK or EEA)
🏹Paid Trial Day (if needed)
Info here
RTs and tags appreciated!
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WOOOOOO!! We won the IGF Award for Visual Art!!!! AND my baby stayed asleep so I could watch it! A double miracle night!
Knights And Bikes is 25% off on Steam to celebrate our IGF and GDCA nominations for BEST ART, AUDIO & DEBUT!
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High fives all around! Four BAFTA nominations for Knights and Bikes! Hopefully, I finally make it to my first award show. :)
The nominees for our Family 🧩🎮 friendly games are:
🎮 Concrete Genie
🎮 Knights and Bikes
🎮 Luigi's Mansion 3
🎮 Untitled Goose Game
🎮 Vacation Simulator
🎮 Wattam
#BAFTAGames
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I'll be heading back to my hometown of Anaheim this weekend to show Knights and Bikes at PSX. Come play and say hello if you're around!
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My son said I should put my star trophy next to his star trophy.
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After working with Unity for 7 years now, I just realised a PropertyDrawer is a thing that draws the UI for the property. Because the first few I encountered were collapsible, I thought it was a drawer like in a shelf, a little place to put properties out of sight.
#Unity3D
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I'm looking for a Freelance 2D Artist for a prototype of a narrative puzzle game (Wild Animals + Greek Mythology + Legally Blonde)
🦌 ~1 day per week
🦌 £250 per day
🦌 Remote (UK or EEA)
🦌 Paid Test (if needed)
Info here:
RTs and tags appreciated!
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Knights and Bikes has been nominated for TWO IGF awards!! I just can't even fathom, especially this year of insanely good games. Hmm... maybe I will be going to GDC this year after all.
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All the stores are updated now so you can grab Knights and Bikes on PS4 or Windows, Mac, and Linux via Steam or GOG!
PS4 EU:
PS4 NA:
Steam:
GOG:
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In programming, we don't say "I love you," we say "I wrote a tool to automate that so you can focus your energy on creative tasks" and I think that's beautiful.
In game production we don't say "I love you" we say "I've labelled all the tickets so you can find them easily Xxx" and I think that's beautiful.
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I can finally say it! We'll be showing off what we've be up to at Team Artichoke in this year's Wholesome Direct! Can't wait to share this with you all! Tune in on June 8th 9AM PT / 5PM BST.
📺 Wholesome Direct will premiere Sat, June 8
⏰ 9am PT / 12pm ET / 6pm CET
✨ A vibrant lineup of artistic, uplifting, and emotionally resonant games from developers of all sizes from around the world!
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The Knights and Bikes novel is out today!
@GabrielleKent
did such a wonderful job of putting her own spin on our world and characters (making it spoiler free for the game). Thanks
@_KnightsOf
for making this a reality! Grab your copy here:
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I'm looking for a Freelance Sound Designer to do small bit of work on an action puzzle prototype with a high energy and cartoony vibes.
🏹2-4 days of work
🏹£250 per day
🏹Remote (UK only)
Info here:
RTs and tags appreciated!
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I love the level of polish in late stage game development. Right now I'm taking a look at the fact that the shadows on our apples (plural) are insufficiently fancy compared to other objects in the game. :) Ah. That's better.
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New Year, New Title. Very excited for 2022.
More info coming soon. 👀
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🥳 We've hit 5,000 Wishlists for Mythmatch!! 🥳
Before we announced, I told myself I'd panic if we got less than 2,000 and I'd feel good going forward if we got 5,000 so I'm feeling pretty great right now!
Thanks
@_wholesomegames
for shining a spotlight on us!
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First time seeing the Knights and Bikes book in the wild! At WHSmith in Heathrow.
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I'm looking for a few Game Designers to help out on Goddess of the Hunt (Village Sim x Greek Myth x Legally Blonde) in short sprints over the next few months.
🏹~4 days per sprint
🏹£250 per day
🏹Remote (UK only)
Info here:
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I asked my wife to invite me to her calendar events and she refused claiming she doesn't know how. When I went to invite myself, I learned she puts her events at random times and types the time of the event in the title. So there's a "Santa's Grotto at 2" set at 10AM. Not okay.
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Calling Content Creators!
We're announcing our Greek Mythology community sim on Saturday at Wholesome Direct!
If you'd like an email once it's live about how to play it and a link to our press kit, just pop your info into the form linked below.
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To make sure you don't accidentally get turned to stone, stay focused on the Wholesome Direct on Saturday! We'll be announcing the Greek myth game we've been working on for the last 2.5 years!
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I'm looking for more games like Beacon Pines and I think I mean
- Short
- Narrative arc
- Has gameplay other than text
- Has a literal storyline (not just allegory)
- Not primarily about grief or depression
Any suggestions?
And no shade at other games. Just loved BP so much!
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Less than two weeks until we announce our Legally Blonde meets Greek Mythology community building game. If you'd like to chat about it for a podcast or article to come out with / after the announcement (June 8th), jump in my DMs.
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For absolutely no reason, I keep thinking of when they proudly showed AI-generated animations to Miyazaki many years ago.
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Let's GOOOOO!
NEWS
Round 8 companies announced today!
"With the total number of funded projects in the UK Games Fund portfolio now nearing 200, the latest additions to the community are joining the ranks of some of the UK’s most exciting indie developers."
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Wouldn't it be cool
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I wish Unity had a feature to render around my cat's stupid head. She is super determined to sit here. I give up.
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Game Design Folks! As the only person currently focused on game design on my project, the main brainstorming tool I have is typing stream of consciousness into a doc to have a conversation w/ myself and critique my own ideas. Anyone else do this? Any suggestions of alternatives?
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I'm reposting our Content Designer role for a Greek Myth community sim.
I've relaxed the UK requirement and also wanted to make it clear no programming is required.
🏹1 day per week
🏹£250 per day
🏹Remote (with UK Timezone Overlap)
🏹3 Months (then 1 month rolling)
Link below
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Today is a big day for me so I could use some positive vibes if you've got any to spare.
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Oooh! Looks like Knights and Bikes reviews are rolling in. 👀
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Grabbed a cheap CCTV camera from the Black Friday sales because my wife wanted to figure out who was throwing all the rubbish in our yard. We've now caught them several times and it turns out they are foxes. Welcome to London.
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ICYMI Knights and Bikes has a Steam page now! Pop over and Wishlist it! Or help out by adding some (relevant) tags.
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I'm going to be giving a talk at Develop about some of the hiring ideas I've tried out and how they panned out for me and Team Artichoke.
One preview: You should respond to all of your applicants in a timely manner. Yes, ALL of them.
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I'm ecstatic to announce Knights and Bikes, a co-op game about kids, friendship, and knights! On Kickstarter now!
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@DiscussKing
It's horrible. I make a point of responding to 100% of my applicants. I do it manually so I don't see why bigger companies can't even do it with the software they generally use.
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Looks like European storefronts have refreshed so you can Preorder Knights and Bikes on Switch NOW with a 10% launch discount. Releasing on Feb 6th!
UK:
US:
WOOO! Knights and Bikes is coming to NINTENDO SWITCH on February 6th!
Pre order from TODAY and get 10% off!
Slide out a Joy-Con, pass to a friend & co-op the adventure wherever you are!
We’re so excited to bring our game to Nintendo ❤️ Pls help us spread the news 🙏
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Learning to work well with others (especially of different disciplines) will lead to better games WAY more than all the technical skills in the universe.
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Two very convincing girls demanded a second go after finishing the Knights and Bikes demo. My heart nearly melted. :)
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I'm not sure how to ask this, but can anyone think of talks or discussions around "quiet" indie devs? I'm inspired by folks like Wren & Tim (Unpacking) and Madison Karrh (Birth) while trying to figure out where I fit in as someone who is a bit more reserved, especially online.
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Yesterday I was granted the highest compliment any programmer can receive.
@nictringali
wrote an entirely different game based on my code without having to ask me any questions. Also, I don't comment my code. :P
I did technical art and wrote all of the new code (based on
@oneofmoo
's work for Subsurface) on our follow up Quarantine Circular, which is out now!
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Still buzzing after an incredible Day of the Devs yesterday! Was wonderful to meet up with so many talented devs, lovely backers, and old friends. Thanks for the invite
@DoubleFine
and
@iam8bit
!
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Speaking of behind the scenes of Knights and Bikes, here's a YouTube video I made a while back that shows some additional details about how the bikes are implemented. Warning that the video is old so the game footage and my face may look a bit different.
Taking our bikes for a spin.. behind-the-scenes edition.
3D world > 2D bike art painted in 22 directions > 3D world movement. Particles, tyre trail & cloth-flags for smoother motion overall.
Making fake realities is weird.
#screenshotsaturday
#gamedev
#madewithunity
#indiedev
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I really loved doing this interview and am so happy with how it turned out! Thanks
@trilbyberesford
for the great questions and write up!
'Knights and Bikes' devs on creating 'Goonies'-inspired positive co-op experience
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This is good advice, but the SLIGHT tweak that I'd put on it is to storyboard a trailer over a pitch deck because it focuses your attention to how to communicate to players rather than profit-focused organizations and I think that does serve the design better in the long run.
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I don't usually celebrate my birthday, but I'll take the opportunity to share my namesake from the game and my favorite little moon ox, Agamoomnon.
So please help me share him with the world and wishlist our game, Mythmatch!
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That wonderful feeling as a game designer between when you've thought of a solution that you think will work and when you implement it and it doesn't.
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I'm working on the credits for Knights and Bikes and reminded of how great it is to see the names of all the backers, especially people I've met since the campaign and didn't know they backed. Thank you all. I'm just using KS names now, but will ask for your proper names later.
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The more I've been thinking about this, the more I realise that "being an internet personality" can help, but isn't necessary to promote your games. I've been reminded of how many folks lead with their game and support that with their lives and experiences that inspired it.
I'm not sure how to ask this, but can anyone think of talks or discussions around "quiet" indie devs? I'm inspired by folks like Wren & Tim (Unpacking) and Madison Karrh (Birth) while trying to figure out where I fit in as someone who is a bit more reserved, especially online.
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My wife and son designed this custom mini fig of me and maybe it's a bit TOO accurate. Gonna sleep with one eye open.
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I cannot express how happy I am for
@nonplayercat
and
@perplamps
! They are genuinely the most wonderful people in the world and I have been so lucky to get a chance to hang out with them and learn from them! They've captured so much joy and positivity in this game. GET IT!! ❤️
We spent the last 4 years making this lil game about collecting creatures, farming, dancing, and other stuff—and it's finally out 😭
PC:
Xbox:
Huge thanks to everyone who's been along for the journey!!
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I'm looking for a Unity VFX Artist who is comfortable with cute / cartoony styles for a bit of work on my game demo.
🏹 ~4 days (will discuss and scope)
🏹 £250 per day
🏹 Remote (Near UK Time Zone)
More info here:
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As the waves of GDC fomo wash over me, I just remind myself of the times I've been lucky enough to go to GDC and while there, had waves of GDC fomo wash over me. At last this way, I'm not stuck in some strange city far away from my family.
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The indie game I'm making and three of the NON-GAME inspirations behind it.
The indie game I'm making and three of the NON-GAME inspirations behind it.
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I'm an American-born, Chinese programmer living in the UK who also dabbles in game design, bizdev, and whatever else comes up while being half of
@foamswordgames
. I'm currently working on Knights and Bikes.
#IamPOCinPlay
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@tha_rami
We're heading in the home stretch with Knights and Bikes.
Folks and wishlist here if they like what they see:
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Is there a term for the weight one feels as a member of an underrepresented group to be overly cautious because they are aware some people will use their actions to judge the rest of the group? I swear there was a snappy term for this.
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On Thursdays, I work on someone else's project and my son popped into my office to grab a toy and noticed. So for the rest of the night he kept saying "Why aren't you working on the matching game? When is it going to be done?" I might have a little project manager on my hands.
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Do I know any narrative designers who are actively learning to code and could use a sounding board? I'm going the other direction and thinking of doing a expertise exchange sort of thing. Anyone insterested?
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Check out this little dude from Luna, a hand animated adventure game on
@kickstarter
. Squee!
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Guess who accidentally arrived at an event 3 hours early so is hanging out at the British Library.
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It's so much fun learning new things. I've felt like I've plateaued in programming for a long time and have recently been doing some narrative design and today I'm putting my first text doc writing into engine and just that change in context has opened my eyes to so many things.
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Congrats to all the new
#BAFTACrew2018
members. I thoroughly enjoyed my time there, learned loads, and met tons of great people. Enjoy!
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Doing a bit of research. Tell me your favorite mini game from any video game (or main game if it's very simple).
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Now that Mythmatch (and the demo) are out there, I wanted to thank the wonderful team who made all the stuff you see in the demo.
Let's start with
@GuoBetty
who drew all the wonderful worlds and characters!
🚨 GAME & DEMO ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
Mythmatch is a Greek mythology community sim about bringing people together by putting things together.
💪 Help the Mortals
🏡 Rebuild Ithaca
🐐 Create cute creatures
⚡️ Defy the gods
RT Please!
Link to Demo ⬇️
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After my first conference in a long while, just a reminder to manually include new people into conversations. I remember how intimidating it was when I started out and made a concerted effort this weekend and the relief on people's faces is still beaming in my memory.
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When all your friends are posting about their games in the Steam Summer Sale and you wonder if past-you remembered to set up a discount.
And he did! Knights and Bikes is 50% off during the sale!
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@studioanisa
Similarly, UI programming is considered an entry level task until you start trying to make really great UI.
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If you'd like to come chat about Mythmatch, Team Artichoke, or Greek Mythology, we've just set up a new Discord and would love to have you there!
Link Below
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Finally have a second to reflect on an amazing week.
@developconf
was short, but amazing. Did bunch of stuff: press interview, advice meeting, pitch, roundtable, award show and they all seemed to go great. And great chats with amazing folks in between.
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Watched Inside Out with little one in preparation to see Inside Out 2 and he asked me what was going on when Joy fills a bag with imaginary boyfriends and I don't know what it says about my parenting, but when I explained it's like green Tinykins, he understood immediately.
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Preorders are live for the Knights and Bikes PS4 Physical Release! Disc + Case + Map + Mini-Art Book. Orders open for 2 weeks only!
Knights and Bikes — the hand-painted, co-operative adventure game with bike riding, frisbee throwing, goose petting, friendship building, and treasure hunting — is now available.
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Heading to the museums with these two goofs. I'll let those who know me guess if I joined in on matching outfits.
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I'm looking for a Unity-based Content Designer to help on our Greek Myth community sim.
🏹1 day per week
🏹£250 per day
🏹Remote (UK Only)
🏹~3 Months (then 1 month rolling)
Info here:
RTs and tags appreciated!
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This was my first full time week on my indie project and I started it with 25 open tasks for a new feature prototype. An hour and a bit left in the week and it's done, video recorded, and build uploaded for the team to check out. Rewarding myself by watching some game showcases.
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Genuinely blown my mind.
My son got a little circuit set from his school fair so we've been turning on light bulbs and stuff and he wanted to copy the image on the box and it's a functioning radio.
Time to read the manual!
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I always forget to tweet these things but if there's somehow anyone who follows me, wants to play Knights and Bikes, but hasn't, it's 50% off on Steam right now.
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I was lucky enough to work on this for a bit with all these lovely folk! So happy it's out on the open now! Hope y'all dig it!
🎉 IT'S OFFICIAL!
SALTSEA CHRONICLES is the next game from
@gutefabrik
, premiered at
@dayofthedevs
!
🌊
#SaltseaChronicles
is a story-driven adventure game featuring beautiful locations, wonderful characters & a compelling mystery...
Wishlist today:
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Gamescom trailer is more than 100k dollars, so here's a GIF of my indie game
Gamescom trailer is more than 100k dollars, so here's a GIF of my indie game
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I HAVE SURVIVED!
Just finished a talk I gave at my son's school. It was super fun and the kids were super engaged!
And my evening meeting has been cancelled so I might just nap today.
I know they say being an adult is saying that things will calm down if you can get through the next two weeks, forever, but genuinely, I hope I can get through this week. Lots of good things, but I may have said yes to too many.
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