Happy Halloween! @allymobbs.bsky.social  made some glitch art featuring a very spooky enemy who awaits you within #AWAYSIS #gaming #indiedev #Halloween

Excited to announce that #AWAYSIS is coming to Xbox Game Pass right from day one for Series X|S, and PC. We dropped a new trailer to celebrate as part of the ID@Xbox Fall 2025 Showcase. youtu.be/QpgTfqxKbNk?... #indiedev #gaming #gamedev

This is your friendly reminder to tune in 24 hours from now! We've partnered with @ign.com to reveal some incredible upcoming indies, tomorrow at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST! Find all the places to watch the showcase here: xbx.social/63322tBtsj #indiegames #xbox #idxbox

One of our level designers Andy is just dreaming of a magical sunset.  *17-BIT does occasionally allow our employees to see the sunrise, sunset, and encourages long walks along the beach for optimal viewing angles.  #indiedev #gamedev #AWAYSIS

Haha amazing - best game show ever

These little insights into game dev as the team works, has been a constant in my life here in Kyoto and a persistent reminder that video games are good, and when you have a team of brilliant people, you can make magic happen.

I think that long sigh sums up #indiedev in a definitive moment. Playtesting is fun, right folks?  #gamedev #AWAYSIS

You may have spotted this fiery fella in our last trailer. Matsuura-san immediately understood what we were trying to create with #AWAYSIS, and each art delivery was bursting with personality. #conceptart #indiedev

The folks over at @videogameschronicle.com dropped a huge interview with Hip Tanaka, going over some of his legendary music that helped shape the industry. We cannot overstate what a honor it is to work with such a legend on #AWAYSIS. We can't wait for you to hear the soundtrack.

Sometimes #AWAYSIS art reviews can get a little… weird 🤷 #gamedev #indiedev #gaming

Do we have any followers in #Melbourne? Head down to Big Games Night Out in Fed Square tomorrow night to check out #AWAYSIS for the first time in Australia, thanks to our pals over at Events Engine. www.biggamesnightout.com #indiedev #gaming #MIGW

Sometimes we ask @jkooza.bsky.social & @allymobbs.bsky.social to do level testing. Somehow they always get stuck fighting ⚔️ #gaming #indiedev #gamedevlife #awaysis

Great mention from @pcgamer.com "I was impressed when I saw Awaysis' physics-based slide jumps and enemy-propelling magic projectiles, but I was elated when I saw one player seemingly brush their co-op partner off a ledge and into an endless abyss by accident." We call it co-opertition. #indiedev

Great mention from @pcgamer.com "I was impressed when I saw Awaysis' physics-based slide jumps and enemy-propelling magic projectiles, but I was elated when I saw one player seemingly brush their co-op partner off a ledge and into an endless abyss by accident." We call it co-opertition. #indiedev

Death Stranding 3: Escape from Tokyo

Meat vs fish sushi at Kintan, Ginza. Pretty stunning.

TOKYO

TOKYO

The long ride to Makuhari Messe for Tokyo Game Show at the buttcrack of dawn is an age old tradition with my long time partner-in-crime @johntv.bsky.social

TOKYO

@84play.bsky.social pre-TGS party is a major highlight of every TGS, and has been for over 20(!!) years! This year was longer than ever and had insane live sets from LEGENDS Chip Tanaka (also doing music for our latest game AWAYSIS) and Yuzo Koshiro!!

👀 make sure you have this on the calendar folks!

Our CEO @jkooza.bsky.social made it up to #TGS2025 today after a long train ride. Some nice shots as he head into the convention center. #gamedev #indiedev

We asked the team to describe 17-BIT in a single sentence. It may be chaotic, but at the end of the day we have the most badass team around! #gamedev #indiedev

To make the world of #AWAYSIS feel as organic as possible, @allymobbs.bsky.social spent the day throwing piles of wood to capture authentic timber timbre. 🪵 #indiedev #gamedev

Always a top honor to be featured in the games industry’s finest journal, EDGE!!

Anyone heading to TGS this year that would like to talk #AWAYSIS from @17-bit.bsky.social? Let me know - we have some limited slots available on the business days with our CEO and Creative Director @jkooza.bsky.social. #TGS2025 #TokyoGameShow #indiedev

👀 Maybe you'll want to pencil this one in. #gamedev #indiedev #TGS2025 #PCGamingShow

Our sound designer and in-house musician @allymobbs.bsky.social put together an incredible live set and put our guest musician the legend Chip Tanaka on stage for a mind blowing session as well! We celebrated with street beers afterwards.

So many friends to celebrate videogames with at BitSummit!! @swerytd.bsky.social @liambme.bsky.social

BITSUMMIT XIII was one of our best shows ever, booth was packed the whole show, lots of smiles and return customers. People loved it, and it was incredible to experience so much love and excitement for all our hard work on AWAYSIS!! Thank you everyone who came by!!

Day 2 of #BitSummit was incredible! So many folks came by to play #AWAYSIS and had a great time. Same place. Same time. See you tomorrow! #gamedev #indiedev

Incredible show tonight by the LEGEND, Hip Tanaka, who is working alongside our own @allymobbs.bsky.social on the soundtrack for our new game AWAYSIS!! First playable this weekend at BITSUMMIT!!

I was commissioned by @17-bit.bsky.social to make a goblin from their brilliant new game Awaysis. Character designed by Satoshi Matsuura and the logo by some guy called @jontofski.bsky.social 😜 If you are at Bitsummit this weekend head up to the third floor opposite Nintendo to check it out.

Collaboration was an absolute pleasure, hope to do it all again!!

Merch booth is fully operational at BitSummit!! New 17-BIT shirts and hats just came in!! COME GET SOME!!

Welcome to BITSUMMIT!!!! The goblin is ready for a fight, straight from the incredibly talented @feltmistress.bsky.social

BITSUMMIT IS GOOOOOOOO

Setup day is done! We can’t wait to see everyone come on by the booth at #BitSummit this weekend. Come play #AWAYSIS! We are on the third floor, opposite Nintendo! #gamedev #indiedev

It’s a circus over here today getting ready for the BitSummit weekend but spirits are high, game is looking GREAT and so much fun, can’t wait for people to get their hands on!!

Amazing work!!

Meet @potatodonkey.bsky.social, our COO who brings stability and reason to the chaos of our energetic team. He keeps things grounded, the lights on, and the toilet paper stocked .. usually #gamedev #indiedev

Last week we caught up with @bb.wavelengths.online to show him #AWAYSIS. It was an absolute pleasure to talk about what we want to achieve with our game, and what it's like running a studio in Kyoto. They talk about it on the latest @intothecast.bsky.social episode: intothecast.online #gamedev

Meet @jkooza.bsky.social, our fearless leader and creative fireball. His art and creative sensibilities power everything that we do here at 17-BIT, not to mention his endless well of enthusiasm. Don't take it from me, see what the team had to say about him. #indiegames #gamedev #gaming

🦊🐸🐦🐢 Our tiny heroes are ready for battle! ⚔️ Get ready for physics done right when #AWAYSIS arrives on PC and console later this year. Help us out, and wishlist the game on Steam here: store.steampowered.com/app/3334760/... #gaming #gamedev #indiegame

lol I look so awkward in this first picture. Like I'm waiting to meet a celebrity

If you haven't wishlisted Awaysis yet, where have you been? PRAISE BE FROG IN SOUP!

11 years ago today, our animator @callenwagner.bsky.social suited up as A-TAK from #GALAK-Z at PSX 2014. I asked for fun memories. 🥪 They had bomb catering 🐼 I got to hang out in a mascot room with other mascots 🤸‍♂️ Tight outfits are only comfy for the first 15 mins! #gamedev #gaming

I had a ton of fun playing this when it came out, it is totally worth the price (and more)! And there’s the bonus of Mike Sinterniklaas providing the voice of our brave pilot!

A-Tak needs to save the universe in GALAK-Z! If you haven’t had the chance to check out our physics-driven space shooter, grab it now for less than a Venti latte! bit.ly/4ku3Qyt #gaming #SummerGameFest2025