🏝️🪉🎶 Oh, this is an unexpected bonus – the soundtrack for Isles & Tiles just went live on Spotify! Check it out at birdworks.io/l/isles-tile... if you're looking for some chill French-folk tunes to help you focus. (Trust me, this isn't your standard #indiegame #soundtrack; it's well worth a listen!)

🏝️ I'm loving all the (positive!) let's plays and first look videos that are coming out for Isles & Tiles! It's been a successful launch so far, with some great feedback. If you've played the game on Steam I'd really appreciate it if you'd leave a review there, too! birdworks.io/l/islesandti...

We're very happy to be the official #TurnBasedThursday host this week. This community is amazing and support us a lot. Now it's your time #GameDev #IndieDev to let players discover your #turnbased games. Love #turnbased games? ♥ / 🔁 great games in the replies and @ who should be in this thread!

🏝️ My second game, Isles & Tiles, is out now on Steam – and on sale for 15% off! If you're into hexagons, deckbuilders, or chill island vibes you should absolutely check it out. birdworks.io/l/islesandti... #indiegames #indiedev #boardgamesky

🏝️ Hey, #screenshotsaturday! Take one last gander at Isles & Tiles, a cozy colony builder with terraforming, deckbuilding, and an original, super-chill French folk soundtrack. Coming out THIS MONDAY, so wishlist it now to snag the launch discount! birdworks.io/l/islesandti... #indiegames #indiedev

We’re happy to be the official host for this #TurnBasedThursday! The expedition is set, your heroes are ready! #GameDev, it’s time to show off your turn-based projects! Don’t forget to share this thread and have fun exploring new projects ❤️ and wishlist the games you liked!

It's #ScreenshotSaturday again! Where did the week go!? I'm finishing up the launch trailer and screenshots for Isles & Tiles, getting ready for the Back to School 2025 festival in August. If you like hexagons in your #indiegames, take a look! birdworks.io/l/islesandti... #gamedev #indiedev

Our game, #CtrlAltDeal , launches in less than a week! 😱 July 22, pick it up on Steam/Xbox. July 23 for PS. Switch date to come! Play your cards right and escape from an evil megacorp (is there any other kind?) Wishlist now to get notified on launch! store.steampowered.com/app/2146390/...

Your island, your deck, your destiny: forge a utopia one hexagon at a time in Isles & Tiles from @birdworks.bsky.social. We take a look at a demo build of this upcoming game. indiegames.substack.com/p/hold-and-f...

More Hexagons is back! I'm kicking things off this time with a review of @every1solid.bsky.social's cheerfully diabolical Net.Crawl: morehexagons.com/l/net-dot-cr... TL;DR: a very pinky-purple 👍🏻 from me; this is a snazzy, clever movement puzzle in a great theme. #indiegames #gamereviews #indiedev

This #ScreenshotSaturday has been all about polish, polish, polish for me. Here's a quick glance at one of the new factions I'm working on, complete with combat animations and effects. Any suggestions for what to call these guys? "Egyptians" just seems...kind of bland. #gamedev #indiedev

That feeling when your procgen levels come together to make an enemy and matching map that hits just right. (I lost this one!) #indiedev #gamedev

Hey, it's #screenshotsaturday! While I bat back the bugs that Next Fest players are reporting for Isles & Tiles (free demo at birdworks.io/l/isles-tile... !), here's a quick preview of loadout & party management in the as-yet-unnamed weird #chess prototype. #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Something new this Next Fest: a *lot* of player feedback for the Isles & Tiles demo (birdworks.io/l/isles-tile...) complaining about UI issues at tiny (1280x800) resolution. Turns out, that's the Steam Deck! So now there's one on my desk, and boy do I have #indiedev / #gamedev thoughts. 1/🧵

In standard #chess, the winner always takes one of the loser's pieces, right? And that's how you grow your army over time as you play through a campaign? (That's why they call it "Elo"; you say "Hello" to a new piece every time you win a match!) #indiegames #gamedev #indiedev

I'm building the party setup screens for my weird fantasy #chess prototype, so obviously I need to make sure to get the backgrounds and transitions all working first – even before I figure out quite what you even do on this screen... #gamedev #indiedev

It's #PitchYaGame again, eh? Check out Isles & Tiles (demo on Steam at birdworks.io/l/islesandti...), a turn-based colony builder with terraforming and deck-builder elements. Play cards, build an island, grow a colony. 100+ cards to unlock and experiment with! #indiegames #gamedev #indiedev

👋🏻, #Boardgamesky! If you're a fan of chill tile-placement games like Dorfromantik or Islanders? If so, check out the demo for Isles & Tiles -- just one of a TON of awesome #indiegames in this year's #TurnBasedThursdayFest! 🏝️ birdworks.io/l/isles-tile...

We're happy to share that we're this week's official #TurnBasedThursday host!☺️ We welcome all #IndieDev and #GameDev creators to share their #TurnBased games in the replies (don’t forget to use #TurnBasedThursday!)🙏 Turn-based players… feast your eyes on the games below!👇

I'm honored to once again have a game in this year's #TurnBasedThursdayFest, for the second year in a row. If you like chill digital board games or think-y tile placement puzzles, check out the demo for Isles & Tiles 🏝️ birdworks.io/l/isles-tile...

Working on an overworld UI for my weir fantasy #chess / roguelite prototype – what do you think? I'm worried it's too...diegetic. The idea is that each faction would get it's own "war room" where you move from battle to battle. This is my first stab at a dwarf one! #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev

🏝 Need a mid-week break? Drop the real-time hustle and take some time to think with the #indiegames from this year's #TurnBasedThursdayFest. Not sure where to start? Snag the demo for Isles & Tiles (birdworks.io/l/isles-tile...) and bask in some chill, puzzle-y island vibes.

🚨 #TurnBasedThursdayFest's Steam Sale is LIVE! 🚨 store.steampowered.com/sale/TurnBas... 🎮 400+ featured games 💎 Hand-curated selections & hidden gems 🤑 Great deals up to 90%-off! RPGs, sims, grand strategy, deckbuilders, 4X, roguelikes, puzzlers, city builders… find your next favorite! #Gaming

Fancy a chill mini-break on a sunny, fictional channel island? The free (and awesome, and generous!) demo for Isles & Tiles is one of the #indiegames in this year's #TurnBasedThursdayFest! Play a few cards, learn some light magic, do a little casual terraforming. birdworks.io/l/isles-tile...

It's been a productive #gamedev week: the Isles & Tiles demo is ready to go for the #TurnBasedThursday festival next week, and I've just sent Governor of the West's iOS port off to Apple for review. My long-term #indiedev plan was always to have three games in flight at any given time, and ... 1/🧵

So happy to be this week's official #TurnBasedThursday host 🥳 Your turn to shine #GameDev #IndieDev, reply with your #turnbased games; use the hashtag! ☝ Love #turnbased games? ♥ / 🔃 great games in the replies and @ who should be in! RPGs, strategy, sims, all welcome!

I had way too much fun recording this turn-based battles supercut in my as-yet-unnamed weird fantasy #chess prototype. The gameplay in this is held together with popsicle sticks and glue, but I'm already kind of in love with it. Thinking this might be my next game... #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev

Absolutely psyched to be the official host of this week's #TurnBasedThursday! #GameDev & #IndieDev: Show us your game! Players of #TurnBased games, your moves are:  ❤️ Like ► 🔁 Share  🗨️ Comment  🌠 Wishlist Get ready to capture all the amazing games below 👇💜

I should really be writing more narrative for Isles & Tiles, but instead I'm spending this #turnbasedthursday adding features to my weird #chess prototype. This morning's addition: blocked tiles! #indiedev #gamedev

The closer I get to release the more working on Isles & Tiles starts to feel like work, so I took tonight off and instead I'm noodling on my prototype weird #chess engine. It must be getting better, because it just executed a classic fork against me! #indiedev #gamedev

This colony builder meets tile game looks worth checking out.

It’s my turn to host this week’s official #TurnBasedThursday! 🎲 Calling all #IndieDev and #GameDev heroes — show off your turn-based wonders below! 👇 Drop your games in the thread & tag your posts for that sweet visibility boost!👇 ♥️ + 🔁 to help keep the turn-based magic alive!

🏝️ Finally! The PC demo for Isles & Tiles is live on Steam, for Windows & macOS. Check it out now at birdworks.io/l/IslesAndTi... if you like cards in your colony builders or hexagons in your deckbuilders! #indiegames #indiedev #videogames

Hi all, I'm excited to host this week's official #TurnBasedThursday! 🤩 🖱️Developers: Post your games below and use the TBT hashtag! 🎮 Players: 💖Like, 💬Comment & 🔄️Repost to support developers! Let's surface some awesome turn-based games together! #IndieDev | #TurnBased | #IndieGames

Next up in indies-reviewing-indies: it's Cribbish, a stylish Balatro clone with impenetrably confusing scoring. But in a good way! Mostly! Full review at morehexagons.com/l/cribbish #indiegames #videogames

🏝️ Sure, Isles & Tiles is a resource management game -- but did you know it also has 100+ unlockable & upgradeable cards? Wishlist on Steam at birdworks.io/l/islesandti... to snag the demo when it unlocks on May 14th! #indiedev #gamedev #wishlistwednesday

Another day, another #gamedev milestone down in the relentless march to getting a demo released! Today I'm tackling localisation hurdle #2: font swapping for non-Latin languages. Happily, it looks like I can just drop in the code from GOTW and things just...work. #indiedev #translation

🏝️ For this #ScreenshotSaturday, here's a tour of some of the more advanced buildings from Isles & Tiles. I've been doing a major difficulty rebalance this week, so building sprawling, complex islands like this one is now a lot more viable! #indiedev Wishlist on Steam at birdworks.io/l/islesandti...

Whoa! Had a brainwave this morning about how to properly balance Isles & Tiles on harder difficulties, and now I just *barely* scraped a win on the second-hardest scoring mode in...47 minutes. 🏝️ Check out that epic island! #indiedev #indiegames Wishlist on Steam at birdworks.io/l/islesandti...

We're officially hosting this weeks #TurnBasedThursday! 🕹️ #indiedev: Reply with your game & don't forget the hashtag 🎮 #players: ❤️Like, 🗨️Comment & 🔄️Repost If you don't, we have a spot reserved for you in our haunted domain 👀!

There are two moments I dread in localisation testing, and I just hit the first one tonight: switching into German for the first time. So far, so einigermaßen ok! #indiedev #gamedev #translation

Oh my god, Valve, you're going to kill me.

One way or another, we're having a tense, high-stakes watching party on May 7th...

After a weirdly productive Sunday morning #indiedev session I finally have end-to-end Steam workshop support working. Create local mods, upload 'em to Steam, and other players can subscribe and have them show up in their game! Want to write your own? Wishlist at birdworks.io/l/islesandti...

Another #indiedev reviews, this one a...cautionary tale. This game could not have been more my kind of thing, but instead of grabbing my attention it taught me a lesson about how not to do #gamedev. They can't all be gems, sadly. morehexagons.com/l/oasis-miss...

♟️🫣🎉 I've been working on a #chess engine as part of my next prototype, and I think I've FINALLY got a half-decent AI player. It won't win any tournaments, but it plays defensively and doesn't make (many) brain-dead moves. I'm calling that a win! #TurnBasedThursday #indiedev #gamedev

Temple of the Roguelike is honored to officially host #TurnBasedThursday today! Developers, share your #turnbased game as a reply to this post (all genres are welcome!). Everybody, if you enjoy turn-based games, repost this message to get more people playing these great games!

🏝️ A first for me: Isles & Tiles will support Steam Workshop at launch, letting players publish their own story beats & decision trees. It's a minor kind of mod, but I'm really proud of it. Want to try your hand at writing micro-scale fantasy? Wishlist at birdworks.io/l/islesandti... ! #indiedev

I’m very excited to host the official #TurnBasedThursday this week! 🎉 #GameDev / #IndieDev Reply to this post and add the hashtag to share your turn-based games! ✨ Love turn-based games? Make sure to comment, like and retweet the cool games in this thread. 💬❤️🔁