Meet just a few of our adorable night critters from Mingle, a casual game that’s a little bit like Where’s Wally (or Waldo if you’re in the US). We’re working to get a demo up on Steam ☺️ store.steampowered.com/app/3782840/... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #mingle #casualgame

People must really like packing bags! Thank you everyone for helping us achieve 1000 Steam wishlists on Snug! If you like playing cozy games like Unpacking and A Little to the Left we think you’ll like Snug too ☺️ store.steampowered.com/app/4017680/... #indiegame #cozygame #indiedev #packinggame

Adding adorable little outfits to our game Pikwip ☺️ If you’re keen to be part of our dev journey we have a discord: discord.gg/NAreGExMMW And if you wanna play the original prototype: cookiecrayon.itch.io/pikwip #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #characterdesign #gameart

Our current setup ✨ straight back into it the day after Christmas #indiegamedev #indiedev #gamedev

1 year in 1 minute! Big thank you to everyone who’s followed and supported our journey so far! Have a wonderful holiday and see you in 2026 👋 #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #2025recap

Thank you so much to everyone at the Indie Game Awards for selecting us for this year’s Indie Vanguard ❤️ #indiegame #indiedev #indiegameawards

The NEX Playground, a "box that looks like the OUYA and Kinect had a kid," outsold the PS5 in the US the week before Thanksgiving. https://bit.ly/4iHf02P

Where we lived and played games and made games for about a year 😄 this van was our home and studio. We even had a tiny desk and an even tinier power bank that was barely capable of charging our laptops at the time 😆 #indiedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment #vanlife #gamedevlife

Snippets from our time at WePlay in Shanghai! We had an amazing time and loved seeing everyone have so much fun playing Neon Knives ☺️✨! Huge thanks to Chromacon and Code for setting this up and to all the amazing nz devs that made this such an awesome experience! #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

Super excited to be a part of this 🤩!! www.nz-code.nz/post/chromac...

HELLO FELLOW GAME DEVS - do you want to force yourself to make social media posts about your game??? Then you should try the: 🎄 12 DAYS OF #DEVMAS 🎄 Join us from December 13th-24th in making posts based on these 12 prompts~ ⬇️ MORE INFO BELOW ⬇️

One of the most exciting parts about making games is having an excuse to make fun merch 😄 WePlay is our first expo and we’re super excited for it!!! #indiegame #indiedev #gameexpo #gamemerch

Building designs for our game Aeon Guard. We wanted the world to feel dark, extra terrestrial yet familiar, and somewhat dangerous. We drew everything with silhouettes, not really pre planning anything, just experimenting and having fun with it. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gameart #gamedesign

For our cozy packing game, Snug, we added the option to choose a second language to learn the names of the items you pack. Could come in handy for that next trip ☺️! store.steampowered.com/app/4017680/... #wishlistwednesday #wip #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #cozygame

We made a quick little video that shows our art 👉 rig 👉 animation pipeline in Unity for Mingle ☺️ Would love any tips on other methods of animating 2d in Unity that don't involve sprite sheets or parenting to nulls! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #animation #gameprocess

Snug teaser is up on our YT channel ✨! We added some new things to the game since the prototype on itch and are excited to share them with you ☺️! youtu.be/DJg6F0DWGaM #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #cozygame #packinggame

✨We’ve launched our Discord✨ It’s a space for players of Pikwip, Mingle, Neon Knives and Snug to chat, share ideas, give feedback, and help shape our games together ☺️ We’d love to see you on the Cookiecrayon Discord: discord.gg/NAreGExMMW #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gamecommunity

We’ve hit 1,000 wishlists on Steam! Thank you to everyone who has supported Mingle, from the early prototype on itch, to the special motion controlled version on the Nex Playground, and all the future players on Steam 💯✨🙏 store.steampowered.com/app/3782840/... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

Dino, Dingo, and Darjeeling enjoying the autumn vibes 🍂 bit of fan art for Steam’s autumn sale ☺️ store.steampowered.com/app/3317170/... #indiegame #indiedev #gameart #gamecharacter

Games made in New Zealand Steam Event has begun!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3782840/... We’re super stoked to have Neon Knives, Snug, and Mingle alongside so many other awesome games made in Aotearoa 🫶! You can find our 3 games here ☺️ store.steampowered.com/developer/co... #indiegame #indiedev

Your birth month = you as a Mingler 😆 #indiegame #mingle #characterdesign

Aeon Guard got mentioned in a Polygon review!! On one of our birthdays!!!!! So stoked!!! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #motioncontrol

We’re super excited about Mingle coming to the Nex Playground soon!!! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #motioncontrol #motion

Here's an exercise routine that I recommend to game developers in 2025. Stay healthy 💪 #gamedev

Throwback to one of the funniest struggles we had when making our first motion controlled game 😆 #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #motioncontrols

A quick little video showing how we built the 400+ characters for our game Mingle in Unity. Coming soon to steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3782840/... #indiegame #indiedev #characterdesign #gamedev

We're back to working on Pikwip! Play co-op or solo as two clumsy little characters tethered together on their way up a mountain #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #coopgame #climbing

All the symbols we designed for Aeon Guard. In the game, each one is formed by a different pattern sequence you trace with your hands. Inspired by art we were surrounded by at the time, with hints of Māori design woven in too. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gameart #gamedesign

Officially shared by itch.io 🤩 cookiecrayon.itch.io/snug #indiegame #indiedev #cozygame

Snug is a cozy bag packing game inspired by our travels. It’s recently had a surge in players with funny, surprising, and super helpful reviews. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the game too! cookiecrayon.itch.io/snug #cozygame #indiegame #indiedev #packing

You can now Mingle with a mate 😁! We’ve added new levels, new mechanics, and a 2p mode for a bit of competitive co-op ✨ Coming soon to Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3782840/... #WishlistWedensday #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

Match 👯 merge 🙏 repeat 🔄 = Mingle✨! Coming soon to the Nex Playground and Steam ☺️ store.steampowered.com/app/3782840/... #indiegame #indiedev

The crowd’s getting bigger! Mingle is coming to Steam and Nex Playground ! 25 levels, 400+ characters, local co-op, trophies, and more. Thanks to everyone who played the original Itch demo! store.steampowered.com/app/3782840/... #indiegame #indiedev #mingle

Play games. Fund futures. 🎮 🌱 @rootsofpacha.com‬ 🔪 Neon Knives 🏹 The Nightwatch 🏝️ Island of Insight 🌿 Plantasia Buy these in the #DownloadForCharity Steam event & support IGDA Foundation 💖 👉 buff.ly/FRwnFtE #Gamedev @cookiecrayon.bsky.social @astrowgames.com‬ @cavebeargames.bsky.social

Neon Knives is part of the Download for Charity event on Steam this week to help support @igdafoundation.org Play the game here: store.steampowered.com/app/3317170/... Thanks everyone ✨

🎮 Play great games. Power game makers. 🕹️ Our Download for Charity Steam sale is live through June 1! 24 games. One mission: support the IGDA Foundation & future devs. Extra day off = extra time to game for good. 👉 buff.ly/VhLesTj #GamingForGood #SteamSale

Sharing some of the concept art we did in procreate for our little game Snug Does anyone else use procreate for final game art? What do you think of the process? We find it a bit slow, but also love to be able to make game art anywhere #indiegame #indiedev #gameart #gamedesign #gamedev #procreate

Some of the sketches we scribbled for our game Snug ☺️ #indiedev #gamedev #gamedesign

Sharing our play screen for Snug ☺️ Little bit unexpected, sort of like the game. Playable demo on itch cookiecrayon.itch.io/snug #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #cozygame #procreate

We’ve got a new little demo on itch ☺️ Snug is a cozy game about packing your bags. Hope you like it, feedback appreciated! #indiegame #indiedev #cozy #cozygames cookiecrayon.itch.io/snug

Are we the only ones that never even knew this button existed?! We recently spent hours trying to figure out why one computer would play past the steamworks error and another computer wouldn’t, and turns out it was due to this tiny little button we never even knew about 🫣 #indiedev #gamedev

Today’s #screenshotsaturday features Dingo, doing his best and failing to escape that pesky little rain cloud. Neon Knives is discounted during the Steam Spring Sale store.steampowered.com/app/3317170/... Thank you all for your support! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

The Steam Spring Sale has begun and Neon Knives is on special! You can indeed play the game outside and among the flowers if you wish ☺️☺️🔪☺️💀 Neon Knives on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3317170/... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

New level in Neon Knives! You know how it goes: stop on the red, stab on the green Play on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/3317170/... #wishlistwednesday #indiegame #indiedev

Snug (@cookiecrayon.bsky.social) "A game about packing bags." PWYC to download / play on itch.io - Windows, Mac, Browser: warpdoor.com/2025/03/08/snug/

Nothing like a peaceful camping trip - just you, the trees, and the cold, unblinking stare of someone about to shank you. New level for Neon Knives in the works🌲⛺️🔪 #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

Here’s a short trailer of where we got up to with our game for the Brackeys Game Jam 2025. We didn’t actually finish it, but we really like the vibe of the game so will keep it for a rainy day. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment #gametrailer #wip #wipwednesday

Now that the rig is working we started sketching some environment ideas to visually tell a story #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gamedesign

Rig finally works 🤩 and we discovered how to make some stuff look pretty ✨ #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

How’s your day going 🙃? #gamedev #indiedev