2. The theme was "THAT'S NOT A COLLECTIBLE" and the rule was "MUST HAVE AN ACCESSIBILITY OPTION", so we brainstormed up a Papers Please type of game, but you grade trading cards. As for accessibility, we wanted to go for default high contrast, so we made a 1-bit shader with colour palettes.

1. This game started off as a Game Jam project, our first game together. A lot of the gameplay/art decisions we made were based on the theme/rules of the jam. We ended up winning the community ranking prize and decided to turn it into into a fully fleshed Steam game!

Trading Card Inspector comes out in 7 DAYS! 🙊 Want to win a copy of the game at launch!? 😮 ✨Follow us and share this post!✨ Five lucky future employees will receive a Steam key when the game launches on June 6th! 🃏🕵️ #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam #ScreenshotSaturday

Trading Card Inspector comes out so, so soon and I've run out of funny things to post... 🙈 So... for every repost this gets, I will reveal a 🌪️🌟💥𝑫𝑨𝑹𝑲 𝑫𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑳𝑶𝑷𝑬𝑹 𝑺𝑬𝑪𝑹𝑬𝑻✨🍃🐒 of which there are many... 🃏🕵️ #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam

Releasing this week Sister Ray UnderChoice Ourlands Gombo Alruna: End of History Swan Song You Know the Drill Trading Card Inspector #indiegame #indiedev

You may or may not see Trading Card Inspector in this amazing showcase... 🙊 who can say... 😅

French Localization for Trading Card Inspector coming IMMINENTLY! 🥖🕵️ (PLUS game giveaway on the Daydream Gallery account!) #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam

Don't tell anybody... but I just released a couple more things in a new build just now... 😅 📜Scrolling Background Toggles, ⚙️Demo Optimizations, ⌨️Various Text Fixes

You might think you know what "Trading Card Inspector" is about just from the name... I GUARANTEE you do not... 🙊 Win yourself a copy and find out for yourself! 🔍🤔

🚨Habubis Alert! 1.0.5 Update!🚨 💥Animated Opening! ✨Brazilian Portuguese Localization Added! 💖New Accessibility Features! 🔧Plenty of Minor Bug Fixes!🕵️🃏 TRADING CARD INSPECTOR LAUNCHES NEXT WEEK! #GameDev #IndieDev #CozyGames #Steam #IndieGames #ScreenshotSaturday

Trading Card Inspector comes out in 7 DAYS! 🙊 Want to win a copy of the game at launch!? 😮 ✨Follow us and share this post!✨ Five lucky future employees will receive a Steam key when the game launches on June 6th! 🃏🕵️ #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam #ScreenshotSaturday

Bem-vindo à Corporação Habubis! 😁 We just received the Brazilian-Portuguese localization for Trading Card Inspector! 🃏🕵️ We'll be adding it to the demo soon, along with the full game when it releases June 6th! 😮 🎮Play the Demo: s.team/a/3940840 #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam

🚨INDIE SPOTLIGHT🐒 Pet.Net, published by @2leftthumbs.bsky.social With an incredible web 1.0 aesthetic and vibe, you'll have a great time raising, playing with and evolving your own adorable digital pet! ✅Wishlist the game: s.team/a/4211870 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #wishlistwednesday 🙉1/3

🚨INDIE SPOTLIGHT🐒 Pet.Net, published by @2leftthumbs.bsky.social With an incredible web 1.0 aesthetic and vibe, you'll have a great time raising, playing with and evolving your own adorable digital pet! ✅Wishlist the game: s.team/a/4211870 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #wishlistwednesday 🙉1/3

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Another scorcher here in the UK... 😓☀️ So hot in fact... it set all my trading cards on fire!? 🃏🔥That can't be good... 🙊 🎮Play the Demo: s.team/a/3940840 #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam

Are you a handsome/genius games journalist/reviewer?🤔 D'ya wanna review an amazing papers-please-'em-up with a crazy story & hilarious gameplay, being featured in 2 upcoming showcases this June? Gimme a DM, I'd be thrilled to give you a review copy of Trading Card Inspector!🃏🕵️ #gamedev #indiegames

Anyone else seeing a ton of bees around? 🤔 No, not outside, in the office! 🐝 They're everywhere! 🐝🐝 They're getting in the way of my cards! 🐝🐝🐝 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🃏🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🕵️🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 🎮Play the Demo: s.team/a/3940840 #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam

Anyone else seeing a ton of bees around? 🤔 No, not outside, in the office! 🐝 They're everywhere! 🐝🐝 They're getting in the way of my cards! 🐝🐝🐝 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🃏🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🕵️🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 🎮Play the Demo: s.team/a/3940840 #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam

🚨INDIE SPOTLIGHT🐒 A Line Held Tight by @humblegrove.bsky.social Unionizing a "striking" art style, incredible atmosphere and branching narrative, this Visual Novel feels like a real labour of love. ✅Wishlist the game: s.team/a/3897300 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #wishlistwednesday 🙉1/3

It's a hot and sunny #ScreenshotSaturday ! 😅🌞 Beat the heat by staying inside and checking out Trading Card Inspector, 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒸ℴℴ𝓁ℯ𝓈𝓉 ℊ𝒶𝓂ℯ ℴ𝓃 𝓈𝓉ℯ𝒶𝓂 😎✨ Coming out in 2 weeks (oh god😰)! 🎮Play the Demo: s.team/a/3940840 #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam

I don't mean to brag... but I made a pretty sick album cover for the Trading Card Inspector OST... 🎨🐒 And believe it or not... the soundtrack is even cooler than the cover! 😍🎶 🎮Play the demo to hear it: s.team/a/3940840 #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam

🚨INDIE SPOTLIGHT🐒 A Line Held Tight by @humblegrove.bsky.social Unionizing a "striking" art style, incredible atmosphere and branching narrative, this Visual Novel feels like a real labour of love. ✅Wishlist the game: s.team/a/3897300 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #wishlistwednesday 🙉1/3

I guarantee you haven't played a game like Trading Card Inspector. 🃏🕵️ You might be saying "Oh it's like Papers Please/Pokemon Cards/Frog Fractions/Severance/etc..." Sure... it's a bit like that... 𝓑𝓤𝓣 𝓦𝓐𝓨 𝓑𝓔𝓣𝓣𝓔𝓡 🙊‼️ 🎮Play the Demo: s.team/a/3940840 #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam

We accidentally made a game with no genre... 🙊 Whoops! 😅 🎮Play the Demo: s.team/a/3940840 #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam

Hire your friends and have an amazing time making a game together. 🎨🐒⌨️🐒🎹🐒 That's what we did, and our game is AWESOME!🃏🕵️ Trading Card Inspector comes out this June and we're so excited! 😍 🎮Play the Demo: s.team/a/3940840 #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam #ScreenshotSaturday

Hire your friends and have an amazing time making a game together. 🎨🐒⌨️🐒🎹🐒 That's what we did, and our game is AWESOME!🃏🕵️ Trading Card Inspector comes out this June and we're so excited! 😍 🎮Play the Demo: s.team/a/3940840 #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam #ScreenshotSaturday

Haha lol our game is so silly XD ! 😋😜😍 ... what do you mean these cards have blood on them?😨 Find out why when Trading Card Inspector drops THIS JUNE!!!🃏🕵️ 🎮Play the Demo: s.team/a/3940840 #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam

Heard the good news? 🐵📢 Trading Card Inspector will be out NEXT MONTH! 😮 Wishlist the game and get ready for your first shift this June! 🃏🕵️ 🎮Play the Demo: s.team/a/3940840 #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT! Trading Card Inspector now has a release date!🙊 Check out the trailer, wishlist the Steam page, play the demo and GET READY FOR THE FULL GAME THIS JUNE!!!🃏🕵️ #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam #ScreenshotSaturday

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT! Trading Card Inspector now has a release date!🙊 Check out the trailer, wishlist the Steam page, play the demo and GET READY FOR THE FULL GAME THIS JUNE!!!🃏🕵️ #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam #ScreenshotSaturday

AAA JUNE I CAN'T WAIT!! PLEASE go play the demo for this, I'm so into it gamers uwu

🚨GAMER'S ALERT!🚨 The release date trailer for Trading Card Inspector just went live, with a teaser of our incredible animated intro! Check out the trailer, wishlist the game, play the demo and GET READY FOR THE FULL GAME THIS JUNE!!!🃏🕵️ #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam

Get in.... NOW!!! 🌏🐒

We're so thrilled to announce that Trading Card Inspector will be in tomorrow's ANZ Indie Showcase, hosted by @theindiebrew.com.au ! 🎮🌏 Tons of great games ready and waiting for ya, hop in at: May 8th, 7:30PM AEST (10:30AM BST) 🕵️🃏 #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam

🚨INDIE SPOTLIGHT🐒 Grenouilles 3D by @cumulet.itch.io A toadally cute, creative and FREE co-op climbing game. Gather your favourite froggy friends and hop your way to the top! 🐸🐸🐸🐵 🎮Play the Demo: s.team/a/3645100 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #wishlistwednesday 🙉1/3

🚨INDIE SPOTLIGHT🐒 Grenouilles 3D by @cumulet.itch.io A toadally cute, creative and FREE co-op climbing game. Gather your favourite froggy friends and hop your way to the top! 🐸🐸🐸🐵 🎮Play the Demo: s.team/a/3645100 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #wishlistwednesday 🙉1/3

Deckbuilding games huh...? Yeah... sure... 🃏🤔 How about a Deckdestroying game??? 💥🃏😮💥 Value real cards while obliterating invalid cards by the truckload in Trading Card Inspector! 🃏🔫🐒 🎮Play the Demo: s.team/a/3940840 #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam

Hi Casey, thanks for doing this!😁 We're working on Trading Card Inspector, a quirky, hilarious take on the "Cozy Job Simulator" for a job that doesn't (and shouldn't!!!) exist! 🃏🕵️ Coming out very soon... 🙊 store.steampowered.com/app/3940840/...

You'll love our Indie Game if you love: - Pokémon Cards🎴 - Papers Please🛂 - Frog Fractions🐸 - Taskmaster💌 - Severance🏢 🎮Play the Demo: s.team/a/3940840 #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam #ScreenshotSaturday

My first Steam game FLY2K is 20% off for the next week! Go pick it up now!! store.steampowered.com/app/3807220/... #indiegame #sale #steam

"Oh, I love games with colour palette options!" 😋 Oh yeah? What about a game with FORTY (40) of them??? Huh!? 4️⃣0️⃣🎨🐒👍 🎮Play the Demo: s.team/a/3940840 #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam #WishlistWednesday

🚨INDIE SPOTLIGHT🐒 Shrimp Game by @gasgod.bsky.social Pilot a Shrimp to krill your friends (or giant bosses) in this fast-paced, chaotic, third-person shooter RPG under the sea! 🐒🔫🦐 🎮Play the Demo: s.team/a/2824880 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #wishlistwednesday 🙉1/3

🚨INDIE SPOTLIGHT🐒 Shrimp Game by @gasgod.bsky.social Pilot a Shrimp to krill your friends (or giant bosses) in this fast-paced, chaotic, third-person shooter RPG under the sea! 🐒🔫🦐 🎮Play the Demo: s.team/a/2824880 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #wishlistwednesday 🙉1/3

Due to a factory error some of these cards were printed with ink that dissolves in oxygen!🃏💨 Hurry and value them before the info disappears!😮 BTW, you can turn this modifier off any time, no penalty! 🐵👍 🎮Play the Demo: s.team/a/3940840 #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam

In Trading Card Inspector, the dog isn't just for petting (which you can do any time), he's got a job to do!🐶👮 Use Security Dog's trained nose to sniff out cards containing illegal contraband and shred 'em! 🃏🐕🚨 🎮Play the Demo: s.team/a/3940840 #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam

Yeah, Tomodachi Life is pretty good 🎨🐒

Think you've got what it takes to sort the fakes from the foils in Trading Card Inspector? 😠🔎🃏 You probably do! 😁👍 Just look at you, handsome, smart, clever, talented...🙊 🎮Play the Demo: s.team/a/3940840 #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam