The children yearn for simulacra of manual labor

There's another new face on the Okomotive team! 😁 Please welcome Floris as our new Sound designer! 🥳🥳🥳

Deckbuilder Fest on Steam starts today and PinKeep is part of it! 😍 In our game, your cards are buildings and structures that you place on the board to defend against enemies... using a ball and flippers, Pinball style! And yes you can even place an additional flipper. Try the Demo now!

Dear Shepherds. Our @okomotive.ch game is currently sitting on 94% positive on steam. So close to reach "Overwelmingly Positive"! If you liked our game and haven't had the time to leave a review, it would mean a lot if you could help us make that final push! Lot's of love! <3 #adventure #indie

FAR: Lone Sails is currently... 50% of the App Store 85% off on Nintendo Switch 90% off on Epic Games Store 90% off in the Humble Store 90% off in Steam's Earth Appreciation Festival Grab it, or tag someone who might not have played it yet 😇💖

A new face in the Okomotive office! Please welcome Kathleen as our new Marketing and Publishing Intern🥳🥳🥳

My Calicorn arrived @okomotive.ch @panic.com !! I will keep Tulip safe and warm.

An old favorite of mine, when I used to work on a Wacom tablet using Photoshop~ #throwback #illustration

MASSIVE UPDATE for the PinKeep Demo NOW LIVE 😱 We've added controller support, a 3D overworld map, different start characters with their own starting decks, tons of tooltips for lots of features, lots of sound effects, story events, a ton of visual polish and more!

Friends, we've been working hard to get our main development branch ready for an updated demo. We'll be sharing more material very soon, and aim to release a big update in the coming weeks 👀

I love watching LinkedIn AI Bros fail at game dev. If you don't know how to design an AI won't do it for you Slop in slop out

📖 THE GAME NARRATIVE KALEIDOSCOPE ❄️ is out NOW! www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope 100+ essays on writing & narrative design, with articles from the writers of Baldur's Gate 3, Control, Call of Duty, Prince of Persia, Tomb Raider, Sam and Max... ALSO the Kaleidoscope Podcast with 2 full eps!

We are organizing our own industry conference: Gamespace! | 8. + 9. October 2026 The Gamespace Conference will bring together the international gaming industry in Zurich, Switzerland, for two days from 8 to 9 October 2026! FOR FUTURE ANNOUNCEMENTS SIGN UP HERE: gamespace.ch

some benevolent cyberpunk for you

Happy #Screenshotsaturday! Feudums has just pushed a patch to last week’s major update, addressing community feedback and reported bugs. A new, relaxed multiplayer session (for up to 64 players) has just started and will last for ~9 days! store.steampowered.com/news/app/473... #turnbased 🎮

Eines habe ich auf die harte Tour gelernt: Rechtsextremen begegnet man am besten vor Gericht. Man bietet ihnen keine Bühne und versucht nicht, sie im Diskurs zu "entzaubern". Ich will nicht Teil einer Maschinerie sein, die zur Relativierung & Legitimierung von Demokratiefeinden beiträgt. (1)

this one is good!! reporter kevin cortez talked to the developers of A Short Hike, Tiny Bookshop, and Kabuto Park about how and why labor feels fun in their games, and the whole idea of chores being "cozy" www.mothership.blog/cozy-games-l...

🍣 Goblin Sushi is out now in Early Access! 🔥 The goblin kitchen is officially open with a 10% launch discount to celebrate. From demo to EA, shaped by your feedback. Now available on Steam, Google Play & the App Store. Thank you for the amazing support ❤️ store.steampowered.com/app/3734290/...

If you want to try out a new and innovative pinball game mechanic, give PinKeep a try. We would love to hear your feedback! ❤️

This looks so neat—congrats to Okomotive!

The new kid on the block! Wishlist now! ❤️

NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT 😍 PinKeep is a pinball deckbuilding roguelite – Master the ball and flippers to collect resources and defeat your enemies! Demo coming in January, wishlist now! 👇

Folks, our Makeship campaign for Calicorn plushies is SO CLOSE to being fully funded 🥹🙏💖

Did you hear, we're up for the "Best Music" award in the Indie Game Awards 👀On indiegameawards.gg you can also find the "Community Picks" form, in case you want to suggest Herdling for an additional category 🥰

Have you heard about our Calicorn plushies yet? 🥹 We'll need your support to get these made!!

We hear it's #pitchyagame time, so let us introduce HERDLING: 🦬 Travel with a herd of weird creatures 🏔️ Journey to the mountains 🍂 Leave society behind 🌳 This is a game you play for the ✨vibes ✨ Also it has ~94% positive reviews and was just nominated for several awards so go for it?

Herdling has been nominated for a Unity Award in the "Best 3D Visual" category 😍 Please consider voting for us on unity.com/awards !

We're nominated for the Deutscher Entwicklerpreis (German Developer Awards) in the categories Best Indie Game, Best Game Design and Best Audio Design 😱😍 deutscherentwicklerpreis.de/nominierte-g...

Herdling is $19.99 on US eShop buff.ly/Ms336mg Steam buff.ly/mhJrA8x also on Game Pass Ultimate

👁️Henry Halfhead👁️ OUT NOW 👃 🍎 Play as 250+ everyday objects 💌 Experience a wholesome life story 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Join a friend in the local co-op mode! Get it on Steam, EGS, PS5 and Switch! Tell your friends, family and help us share this post!

This is a cute (and soft) extra from @okomotive.ch for completing the story in #Herdling. It feels like it has a place on my old merit badge sash, but I'll save it for a nice jacket I have in mind. Thank you again for an excellent story. I look forward to exploring your catalog. 🩵

just imagine a world without microsoft excel. make it happen at herdling.game

Video game things that (in hindsight) were probably a mistake: - Large teams - 3D - Cinematics

Congratulations @okomotive.ch on the release of Herdling! Here is my full Via costume. It's really warm. @donschmocker.bsky.social

If you’re complaining about clumsy controls or maneuverability in Herdling, I highly recommend you volunteer at your local ranch or dairy farm some time. Moving cattle really do be like that. 🐄 🐄 🐄 🚶🏻‍♂️ 🐄 🐄 🐄

To celebrate the release of Herdling, we've put together a bundle of all Okomotive games with some very attractive discounts, check it out! 🥰 store.steampowered.com/bundle/58145...

Herdling is OUT NOW! We’re stoked to finally invite you on this journey 🐐🦬🐏⛰️ Get the game now on Steam, Epic Game Store, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S or Game Pass, links below! We’ll give away 5 Steam keys among everyone who reposts this 🎉🎉🎉

🥁Release Countdown🥁 HERDLING’s release is just 1 day off! That’s tomorrow!!!! The journey is about to begin!!!

🥁Release Countdown🥁 HERDLING will be out in 6 days! The mountains are calling!

I’d like to talk a little bit about my process of creating the key art for Herdling (thread: 1/10)

✨Release Date Announcement✨ Henry Halfhead comes to Steam, EGS, PS5 and Switch on: 👁️September 16, 2025 👁️ 👃 Tell your friends, family and help us share this post!

Alright, due to popular demand, let's start talking about the 🎶 Beasts with the fur (with the fur) 🎶 in ✨HERDLING ✨ Here's a 🧵 with the process and tech behind the fur on our fluffy Calicorns:

✨BREAKING NEWS ✨HERDLING is coming Xbox Series X|S and Game Pass, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Epic Game Store and Steam on AUGUST 21 2025 Release Date Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvho...

Herdling out Aug 21

Time Flies is OUT NOW!! Available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Mac/PC. timeflies.buzz 🪰

As release gets closer I'll probably cover all of these, but here's some tech-art topics I can make threads on: -Clouds -Volumetric lighting -Grass -Fur -Water -Terrain tools -Interaction effects (grass motion, water ripples etc) -Fake lighting volumes Any of those tickling your fancy to start? 👀

One of the coolest concepts I've seen for quite a while: store.steampowered.com/app/2000120/... Go and buy this gem from @playables.net!

TIME FLIES TOMORROW!! timeflies.buzz

I've been asked if I know any game-dev person who uses AI in a professional or research context. I guess they are not really interested in somebody asking ChatGPT questions but rather using other GenAI tools to do game-dev related stuff. Do you know anybody besides the usual annoying AI-bros/bubble?

I keep thinking about this one