Skin Deep (Blendo Games, 2025)

I've played an early build and this was very fun!! Excited to check out the final version. Congrats to Bruno for the tremendous effort of getting this whole thing put together and polished!!

The layoffs have come for me and time at Heart Machine will be wrapping up at the end of the month. If you're looking for a Technical Artist with experience in Houdini, Unreal, Unity, Python, VEX and C++, lets chat. 🫡 (portfolio updates incoming) randireynolds.artstation.com

My time at Heart Machine has sadly come to a rather abrupt end. I was there for almost 6 years, & had been working on Breaker since summer 2020. It was a pleasure working with them! Now, a new chapter begins.

After 7.5 years, my time making music & sound at @heartmachine.bsky.social is ending w/ the recent layoffs. I'd love to keep pushing boundaries -- please reach out if you think I can help solve your audio problems, especially if you're doing something artistically wild. RTs appreciated 🙏

The Terrible Layoff Beast has come for me and I no longer work for Heart Machine. It was a good team, I'm sad I won't get to work with them anymore. If you're looking for a game designer, I'm available for full time gigs and consulting. I'm pretty OK at it. I'll have more info to share in a bit.

I playtested an early build of this and it rules

Los Angeles came out in droves. #NoKings

Buy Skin Deep or perish. This includes those of you who already bought it.

Skin Deep is 25% off on Steam -- 2 days left in the sale! store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...

Worked closely with Frank on Ruined King and he is an extremely fun, reliable, selfless coworker. You'd do great to snag him!!!

I've reposted many posts made by folks who were recently laid off from Heart Machine, but here is a thread that highlights them all. I am also including folks who were previously laid off & are still looking for work. I will be linking their Bsky posts, as well as LinkedIn. Please, share this. 🖤

Hi friends. Unfortunately, my time at Heart Machine is coming to an end. I’m seeking a new role and would appreciate your support. Saying goodbye to such a talented team is difficult, but I am excited for the next adventure. <3 I'll have more info soon. Thanks everyone. Stay strong out there.

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I did some localization editing on this one!! Very excited for you to play this and experience tremendous suffering

I've done three "Hire X HIRE X" posts recently, but genuinely I'd like to ask that anyone looking for staff right now please look at the posts here or on LinkedIn from folks that are being laid off from HM, these people are SO talented and SO amazing and I'm heartbroken to lose them as coworkers.

Hey friends - my time at Heart Machine is ending after nearly 6 years. It’s difficult to say goodbye to a studio that has seen so much growth in myself and others. If you know of any studios hiring for audio lead or senior roles, please send them my way. DMs are open! #AudioJobs #OpenToWork

Six years ago, I wrote most of the Tragedian dialogue for Pathologic 2 in iambic pentameter. I'm back now doing the same for Pathologic 3. I figured it was helpful to write a guide on *how* I did it – in case I get hit by a bus and the team has to carry on without me. azhdarchid.com/so-you-want-...

If you hire me AND bruno, you could get two long-time collaborators who will make your material, whatever it is, *alarmingly* unhinged

Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month. Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!

It's that time again, folks. I have been told I will be let go from Heart Machine next week. The people there have been amazing friends and coworkers and anyone else who has been affected deserves all the love and support. I will be updating my portfolio soon; any Env Art leads would be appreciated

If not for the “too many games” problem, you’d already have played this. Don’t wait any longer! You deserve nice things!

Nobody who is capable of making a twitter should ever be allowed to make a twitter. Nobody who *wishes* to make a twitter should be allowed in public life. Give them a frozen pumpkin filled with ground-up meat and let them worry at it in the corner of the enclosure

I wouldn't say it's the BEST (only because its peers are often SO wildly different) but Skin Deep is a heavyweight amongst a whole wave of great indie immersive sims It fixes the problem of 'I can't do violence because the game will say I'm mean!' by making the enemies immortal comedy punching bags

skin deep is on sale!! play our game about scrutinising warning labels and flushing your less-observant adversaries down the trash chute store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...

Can't believe I'm saying this again so soon, but I've been laid off from Heart Machine. Please check out Possessor(s) on Nov 11th, I'm incredibly excited for you all to experience what I've been working so hard on the past year. Gonna just keep on moving forward and makin art mattgraczykart.com

youtu.be/WAHg0j0WZ-A I just released this video for Oceans Of Yore! It was one of the earliest "radio" songs I did for Skin Deep. Grendel had a wonderful voice and he put it to good use. I wanted to make this to celebrate the old man's legacy and create a little memorial. Captain Palanka forever 💜

i don't spend a lot of time on bsky, but when I am here, it's to block a discord's worth of bad commenters pestering my friend. i love blocking all the people who liked a bad reply and seeing ALL the bad replies on my friend's post disappear at once. like immolating a hive of wasps. i see you fucks

I hire Bruno as often as I possibly can. He's great at giving extremely actionable feedback as directly and helpfully as possible. If you're writing your own indie game for the first time, there is nobody better suited to give you advice (and a taste of real live professional editorial)

Time for another one of these posts: I'm a narrative designer/writer with 8+ years of experience, including at a lead level. I'm available for short- or long-term contracting on: - Writing; - Systems, narrative, and economy design; - Design or narrative consulting; Full credits: brunodias.dev/bio

maddie came out of officeworks with a suspicious roll of card stock under her arm but it turns out it was merely ORDINARY BUSINESSMAN LITTLE LION (shown with monty for scale)

haven't watched yet but for those who partake sgdq, they got developer @blendogames.bsky.social on commentary for this youtu.be/67t3j0WWs_U

DIY Skin Deep papercraft cats 🐱: blendogames.com/news/post/20... You too can make a cat...!

You should play Skin Deep (a video) 📼: youtu.be/S795oPGKaEU

It's been very interesting to see the way some people react to the cats in Skin Deep. Normal people seem to be like "haha, nice." And Blendo fans know the cats are part of "the IP" and expect them. But some people are like "the moment I saw a cat!?! I assumed this was cringe, but it proved me wrong"

You heard it here first (and so did I): Skin Deep is horror adjacent. Thank you for the kind words

Skin Deep ($15.99) - an immersive FPS, and i mean 'sneezing can alert guards' immersive. you're the 'insurance policy' on a starship, and the means of protecting it against pirates is endlessly inventive and incredibly funny. a fantastic comedy stealth sandbox. store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...

Damn is that Nina Pasadena from the hit game Skin Deep now 20% off in the Steam Summer Sale???? www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...

Deep dive into the storyboard process in Skin Deep: blendogames.com/news/post/20...

✨Skin Deep Designers Play Skin Deep✨ In case you missed it, here's our recorded livestream: youtu.be/vEBr3uLgXek Featuring the Skin Deep designers: Suzanne Will @binarypartitioned.space , Tynan Wales, and myself

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I finished Skin Deep yesterday and had a fantastic time from start to finish!

Skin Deep is 20% off in the Steam Summer Sale!!!! If you haven't yet guided Nina Pasadena barefooted through her adventure to a) save all cats and b) defeat all space pirates, now is your chance: store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...

Skin Deep is on sale and one of the funniest immersive sims ever made. It's like Venture Brothers and Die Hard put in a blender... in SPACE! You are Nina Pasadena: Insurance Commando. You rescue cats, who are the standard crew of industrial vessels. Your enemies are immortal comedy space pirates.

We released the Skin Deep Map Kit on the Workshop today. This is a little resource with a load of simple examples for how to set up certain things in your maps and mods. It also contains, I think, my finest work. steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...

Today we're releasing the MAP KIT, a collection of sample maps to help you get started modding for Skin Deep! blendogames.com/news/post/20...

Skin Deep is 20% off in the Steam Summer Sale!! play our video game!! tell your friends!! store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...

🚨Skin Deep is terrific! A fully simulated immersive sim/stealth FPS with sharp humor, clever writing, brilliant level design, and open-ended gameplay. My favorite game of 2025 so far.

Skin Deep source code released: blendogames.com/news/post/20...