Eyyyyyyy Murder at the Birch Tree Theater crossed the Steam review threshold from Positive to Very Positive 💅

hey @selmaleh.bsky.social a few years ago we chatted on the bird app about Sondheim and the intersection of musicals and video games. You might dig the musical theater murder mystery game I developed and released last week! store.steampowered.com/app/2864590/...

An excellent review of Murder at the Birch Tree Theater from Game Observer: gameobserver.com/murder-at-th...

Murder at the Birch Tree Theater now available on Bandcamp! mikepettry.bandcamp.com/album/murder...

More drama, sabotage and potentially even more murder as we continue with Murder at the Birch Tree Theater on stream today! youtube.com/live/TxkQNJA... #indiegame #detectivegame #livestream

If you're thinking "Broadway musician who moonlights as an indie game maker? How does that work???" I had the same question! So, I got the answers.

I couldn’t agree more!

Murder at the Birch Tree Theater is still on introductory sale for rest of the day, just $11.99 USD! That's a bargain for musical theater mystery solving 🔪🎭👾 store.steampowered.com/app/2864590/... #indiegames #gamedev #mysterygames #pointandclick

It’s time I introduce the cast of voice actors who contributed their talents to Murder at the Birch Tree Theater! In order of appearance: Brent Black (aka Brentalfloss) Allison Posner Mike Pettry Max Sangerman Kate Diaz Barry Dunne #indiegame #gamedev #voiceover #indiedev #gaming

Wow! Lovely review for Murder at the Birch Tree Theater at New Game Plus new-game-plus.fr/test-murder-...

Last night I finished Murder at the Birch Tree Theater (MATBTT) from @mikepettry.bsky.social who kindly gave me a copy. This Golden Idol lineage game has you following a murderous musical theater troupe across time and body count. I love the music and ongoing... store.steampowered.com/app/2864590

Murder at the Birch Tree Theater is now out! Uncover the sinister story of a community theater spanning decades of troubled musical productions.

📣 As of today, Murder at the Birch Tree Theater is available on Mac and PC! Check out my musical theater murder mystery! 🔪🎭👾 store.steampowered.com/app/2864590/... #gamedev #indiegames #adventuregames #pointandclick

March 16!!! store.steampowered.com/app/2864590/... #gamedev #indiegame #madeingodot #pointandclick

Murder at the Birch Tree Theater launches on March 16th! Enjoy this fake in-game commercial #gamedev #indiegame #pointandclick #madeingodot #gaming

📣 Release date announcement! 📣 Murder at the Birch Tree Theater will launch on Mac and PC on March 16th. Here's a brand new trailer! Play the demo and wishlist on Steam now: www.cruciblejuicegames.com/murder-at-th...

Wa-cuomo

I haven't posted an update for while, but I'm actually very close to the finish line of my musical murder mystery game Murder at the Birch Tree Theater! I just finished plugging in all the clues into the final level, which is more than twice the size of any previous level.

LAPD when they think no one’s looking

Loving this new Switch 2 game, The Waiting Game

Murder at the Birch Tree Theater is a detective game inspired by The Case of the Golden Idol, but with a musical twist! thinkygames.com/feat...

OMG. I was wondering that as the tariff numbers made no sense, but this is even dumber than I thought. I mean, this is "fail your econ 101 class and have to go meet with the professor" bad.

They literally said “Hollow Knight: Silksong (2025)” and left it at that

Back at it! My musical theater murder mystery video game Murder at the Birch Tree Theater will be released this year 😄 👾🔪🎭 Wishlist on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/2864590/...

well back to scrolling on here I guess

I’m sure watching the ball drop is nice, but I beat Final Fantasy VII Rebirth at 12:01 and it’s probably the most satisfying New Year’s Eve I’ve ever had

New episode of The Daily starts downloading: “The Year in Wisdom” Me: oh fuck you

jesus christ he was hiding in plain sight

today’s comic is inspired by a price tag i saw in a clothing store several months ago. when i was drawing this i looked for reference for the price difference in clothes, and found NOTHING. i started panicking, so i switched to books. same problem. i tore up my bookshelf looking for US vs. UK prices

First day of Redwood rehearsals! Previews start at the Nederlander January 24th 🌲🌲🌲 #broadway

Select and Start is a podcast where I talk to guests about the video games that mean the most to them! You can stream and download wherever you like to listen to podcasts! RSS feed: pinecast.com/feed/select-... Website: select-and-start.pinecast.co Patreon: www.patreon.com/KeifersCorner

BTS: the 9/12/19 orchestral overdub session of my favorite Sack Lunch Bunch song, the Nyro/Bacharach homage “I Saw a White Lady Standing on the Street Just Sobbing”. @mikepettry.bsky.social’s beautiful arrangement soars all on its own.

Very exciting to see my game featured in multiple categories for Steam Next Fest! #steam #nextfest #steamnextfest #indiegame #indiedev #indiegamedev #procreate

Experience the first two cases of Murder at the Birch Tree Theater by playing the demo on Steam! 🔪🌲🎭 store.steampowered.com/app/2864590/...

Two days late, but Football Too Well

Screw it, I'll be streaming music composing for my game Murder at the Birch Tree Theater in a few minutes. Join me! 🎹👾🕹🔪 www.twitch.tv/mikepettry

one of the things they don't tell you about #gamedev is that you get to make funny little guys

sick burn tbh

Time lapse video of me drawing the second level of Murder at the Birch Tree Theater www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rkv... #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #procreate

I've just about wrapped up the second level for Murder at the Birch Tree Theater! More puzzles! More clues! And more sweet cartoon animals meeting untimely ends, unfortunately 😰 #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Happy #screenshotsaturday -- here are some stills from my early-in-development murder mystery musical theater puzzle game, Murder at the Birch Tree Theater. Inspired by games like Obra Dinn and Golden Idol, built in Godot.

just out here making fake musical posters for my video game

not the most important step in game design, but i just made a masthead for my game company

I put these labels on my midi controller in 2020 not realizing that within 2 years they would both be gen z slang

Wild announcement! For the past few months I've been creating a murder mystery video game called "Murder at the Birch Tree Theater," which tells the sordid tale of a community theater and the people who vied for power in it.

Streaming more Dark Souls in just a few minutes, join me! www.twitch.tv/mikepettry

Back on my DS (Dark Souls, that is). Come with me to Blighttown! www.twitch.tv/mikepettry

Friendly reminder to musicians that you can and should buy replacement ear pads for your Sony MDR 7506’s every five years