All shall be subsumed into Shadowstone. :eye: Join the #Shadowstone Closed Playtest and become part of the journey. Sign up below ⬇️

🎲 Roll the dice in this turn-based roguelike tactical RPG by our fellow Dutchies at Gamepie! Enjoy the island battles with a claymation art syle with localizations by:

Time to mix tunes and change lives! Jill and Dorothy have entered the Rift, along with some of your favourite jukebox songs by Garoad 🎶 Get our new VA-11 HALL-A DLC and enjoy our launch discounts on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3627080/...

We’re celebrating our biggest update with a 50% sale! Get #Sunderfolk for 50% off and start your next game night with a new hero. 🐭 Details in link/bio.

ICYMI—Ratcheteer is out NOW on Steam, Switch, Mac App Store, and Itch. If you've got a minute, we'd appreciate reviews on whatever platform you frequent. Many thanks! ⬇️ ratcheteer.com

Patch 2.0 is HERE! 🔥 #Sunderfolk now includes: ⌨️ Native Mouse + Keyboard controls on PC 🖥️ PC Online Multiplayer 🐭 New Class: The Vanguard 🗺️ New Missions: Arena Rumble & Sacred Sand Full patch details in link/bio!

hot tip: signups are now open for a special Big Walk Preview in our office here in Portland OR. bring your friends and be the first to play the game for an hour or so. we'd love to see you. availability is extremely limited! forms.panic.com/big-walk-pre...

🔧 Coming straight from the yellow Playdate handheld to a Nintendo Switch and computer near you: it's Ratcheteer DX by @shauninman.com! Explore the depths, frozen surfaces, and the Snowcean in this lo-fi adventure published by @panic.com.

Our path to Shadowstone is just beginning. Join us on the Secret Door Discord for first dibs on sneak peeks, and keeping an eye on #Shadowstone and #Sunderfolk. ✨ discord.gg/secretdoor

Your next adventure in Arden awaits! Our 2.0 patch arrives March 10, 2026, and we're bringing: ⌨️ Mouse & Keyboard Controls 🖥️ PC Online Multiplayer 🐭 New Hero: The Vanguard 🗺️ New Missions: Arena & Sand We'll see you back in Arden soon!

A very fun project I got to work on: after designing the logotype for the game Herdling, I was asked to make localized versions in Arabic and Chinese. I got to keep the horn shapes, and the implied mountain in the Arabic. 🗻 Play it! herdling.game

INDIGO 2026: June 2-3, World Trade Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands! ✅ 1000+ pros 🎤 Industry Legends on stage 🤝 MeetToMatch meeting zone 🕹️ INDIGO Discover Showcase + Pitch Perfect ☕️🍽️🍻 tickets include coffee/tea/water + lunch + networking drinks See you there. #INDIGO #gamedev #gamesindustry

- Yung Venuz returned thanks to @doseone.bsky.social! - Shoutout to @jujuadams.com for Mac and Linux Builds! - Localization was organized by @local-heroes.com, not an easy job to translate a game into 14 languages while having such limited space! And all the friends who helped with LQA below:

🌍 Use the latest in gaming technology to get a grip on the inner and outer workings of climate change in Climate Station. Developed and published by Sony interactive Entertainment in collaboration with the United Nations, this PS5 and PlayStation VR2 experience brings complex climate data to life.

🪨 Restore nature as a golem magically brought to life in Unpetrified: Echoes of Nature from Dreamhunt Studio, published by Mindscape Games. You'll meet some cute creatures, colorful locations and mysterious puzzles in this emotional adventure!

🕸️ Turn your arachnophobia into arachnophilia with A Webbing Journey by @firetotemgames.bsky.social, published by @futurefriendsgames.com! Be a spider and swing through living rooms as you try to tackle tasks in this spider-sandbox game.

🎖️ Stratego Online by Wanted 5 Games lets you play the classic game with bombs and spies on your computer or smartphone against anyone in the world! It's a good thing then, that we've got our own army of localizers lined up to make this game as accessible as possible:

🛰️ The character-action title Stellar Blade from Korean developer SHIFTUP and publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment made some waves when it launched on PS5. It later showed protagonist Eve in action-packed combat saving Earth on PC as well!

💃 Hold on to your socks! Just Dance 2026 Edition is shaking its way onto platforms! Developed by Ubisoft Paris and published by @ubisoft.com, the dance fest returns once more. And dancers of all ages can join in through the localization efforts of our partners InMotion (NL) and Albion (PL).

🏍️ Bend Studio and Sony Interactive Entertainment got back together for the art of motorcycle maintenance and released Days Gone Remastered on PS5 and PC. We provided some zen localization courtesy of our "technical" partners:

📺 Have you watched all the great content on @blippo.plus already? It's a visual novel, but television! So, it's novel... visual... television...? Regardless, jump into the world of Blip and discover truly alien TV!

🍞 Here's a very special project: Consume Me. A very personal journey about food and expectations, hobbled by family, friends, and culture by @qdork.bsky.social. Published by Hexecutable and co-developed with @apthomson.bsky.social, @frogfungus.bsky.social, Violet W-P, and Ken Snyder.

🥸 Meet Henry, half a head, with the ability to become any object within their reach! Henry Halfhead is developed by @lululu.games and (co-)published by @popagenda.co. Bet they can't turn into our peculiar localizers for this game:

⚔️ Aim for the Nub in Nubs!: Arena, where fast-paced top-down player vs. player combat determines the last one standing. Made by Rangatang and Glowfish Interactive, we managed to throw our following partners into the localization arena for your entertainment: 4-Real (DE), GameLoc (ES), Loc-3 (FR)...

⚙️ Maintain a thriving town and fight an apocalyptic enemy force? Where do I sign up? In @playlynked.com! This vibrant action-RPG developed by FuzzyBot and publisher @dreamhaven.com is just the ticket! Gather your Unibot friends and defeat the Combot menace...

🐐 Have you ever guided a herd of lovable fluffy horned Calicorns? No? Well, now's your chance with Herdling from Swiss developer @okomotive.ch and Oregonian publisher @panic.com!

💎 Traverse an Iceland-inspired world that ended long ago in Echoes of the End by Myrkur Games and published by Deep Silver. Play as the vestige Ryn and rescue your brother with swordplay, magic and help of her companion Abram.

🧙‍♀️ Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world. Rift Riff is a refreshing take on the tower defence genre and a collaboration by @adriaan.games, @simkaart.co, @matthijskoster.com, @franzlazerte.bsky.social, and @professionalpanda.bsky.social. We got the chance to plunder their localizations!

🪰 Everybody knows time flies when you're having fun, but nobody has experienced fun quite like in Time Flies! Made by @playables.net and published by @panic.com, you'll have a bucket list of things to do as a fly, but preciously little time before you kick said bucket!

🌌 It is time! Congrats to Moonshot Games and @dreamhaven.com for releasing @playwildgate.com, the wild crew-battler in spaaa~ce! And what better way to tackle that localization artifact than with our own out-of-this world crew.

⛰️ Have you peaked already? From @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social and @landfall.se comes this crash-and-climb-to-the-mountaintop co-op experience by Caelan Rashby-Pollock, @thepethen.landfall.se , @galendrew.bsky.social, @bestzorro.bsky.social, @wilnyl.bsky.social, @smashynick.bsky.social, and Erik Skog!

🦸 Save Earth from the Crime Syndicate by building the ultimate squad of DC Super Heroes and DC Super-Villains in DC Worlds Collide by Warner Bros. Games San Francisco! Publisher Warner Bros. Games allowed some of our Local Heroes to team up and add localizations!

👑 Become the king of kings in the kingdom-building roguelike 9 Kings by Sad Socket! We're very proud to have been chosen by publisher @hoodedhorse.bsky.social to embark on the game's localization campaign.

💸 Thanks to Pocketwatch Games and The Powell Group we provided localization for Monaco 2 on PC: a daring multiplayer heist experience for four players. Plan ahead and sneak away with treasure!

Join us next Wednesday for the DGA Network Lunch at Dotslash Utrecht! Connect with fellow industry professionals, exchange advice, and check out some exciting new Dutch games on display. 🎟️ Get your free ticket: www.eventbrite.nl/e/tickets-dg...

⚽ Immerse yourself in the streets of Quito, Ecuador, 2001, in @despelote.game, a soccer game about people. This unique slice-of-life game is created by Julián Cordero and Sebastian Valbuena in cooperation with @panic.com. Experience it in DE, EN-US, FR, PT-BR, and ZH-CHS thanks to Pinknoise.

INDIGO SPEAKER Rami Ismail - Indie Advisor & Mentor, will speak at INDIGO: Rami’s Talk. “All my knowledge and experience combined for a session full of useful (business) tips for developers.” INDIGO 2025, May 27–28, Rotterdam. More info: indigoshowcase.nl #INDIGO2025 #gamedev #indiegame #talks

🌳 Grab your friends and mobile devices and prepare for a role-playing game night with Sunderfolk! Narrated by a single game master and played with a mobile device, we're delighted to note that you can play in DE, ES, FR, IT, PL, PT-BR and ZH-CHS!

🎸 With Crypt of the NecroDancer launching almost ten years ago, it's time for a new spin-off: Rift of the NecroDancer by @braceyourselfgames.com! A new rhythm game in which you match the beats to on-screen enemies. Now available in DE, ES, ES-LA, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT-BR, RU, ZH-CHS, and ZH-CHT!

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Congrats to all nominees of the @indiegameawards.gg! I had the pleasure of being part of the German localization teams of a few of the nominated games (+Pacific Drive 🚗 and Arranger 🧩) for @locquest.bsky.social, @local-heroes.com, and other clients. You can't go wrong with any of these indie gems!

With Anne finally in the office, she got the opportunity to taste... *PEANS* in cookie form! Known far and wide from Thank Goodness You're Here, of course! Thanks again @coalsupper.bsky.social and @panic.com !

We made a starter kit for ethical game localization! Useful for translators wishing to connect with others and for game devs, or anyone interested in game loc really 🤍 Feel free to share and let us know if you'd like to be included! 💫 go.bsky.app/3wN9Ep5

👋 Oh, hi there! We are Local Heroes. An independent localization company for world class local game translation and dubbing services. Some recent titles we've worked on: 🎢 Planet Coaster 2 ⚙️ Lynked: Banner of the Spark 🌷 Grunn 🧹 Harry Potter Quidditch Champions 🫛 Thank Goodness You're Here!

🧑‍🚀 Join the roguelite platforming runs deep into hostile alien planets in Cosmocat's Astral Flux. The new Submerged update is now available on PC, with the entire game and all of its free updates also launching on Nintendo Switch! All localized in German, Spanish, and French!

🧹 "Up! Uuuuup!" Still not getting your broom to fly into your hand? All good, Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions is here to allow you to experience flying like a proper witch or wizard. All available in Brazilian Portuguese thanks to the localization efforts of Locsmiths and UniDub Brazil!

🤖 Have you already played Lynked: Banner of the Spark in early access? Rescue friendly bots, defeat evil bots in roguelite runs, and partake in village building! We're excited to provide localization for this title with the help of 4-Real, GameLoc, Pinknoise, Loc-3, Localize It!, and Locsmiths!