The first half of November was already a blast: last week we exhibited our prototype at the Hack&Make and this week, Michelle and Felix went to the GodotFest in Munich. Thanks again to @gamesbavaria.bsky.social for giving us the opportunity to attend this amazing event!

We’re planning — with support from @gamesbavaria.bsky.social and Nuremberg’s Haus des Spiels — a FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) GameDev Workshop starting in 2026! 🙌 Share your interest here: (Not a registration yet! — no interest, no workshop!) nextcloud.distantmeadows.com/apps/forms/s...

Wir planen, mit Support von @gamesbavaria.bsky.social und dem Nürnberger Haus des Spiels, ab 2026 einen FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) GameDev Workshop! 🙌 Interesse? Dann trag dich hier ein (Noch keine Anmeldung! Ohne Interesse kein Workshop!): nextcloud.distantmeadows.com/apps/forms/s...

Wowzers! 🤯 The Rising Tide Trailer Challenge results are in and out of 400 entries Waters of Sal Naména placed 34th!! 🥳 That's Top 9%! 🙃 Thanks a lot to everyone who might have voted for us! ❤️ We are pretty sure we will be back at the next trailer challenge. Next goal: Top 10/the prize ranks! 🤩 💪 😁

We are among the TOP 100 out of 401 entries in the Rising Tide Trailer Challenge! 😍🎉 The final round is open for voting now up until October 24th! All votes reset! 👈 You can support us once more! 👀 Voting's even more accessible now: blueoceangames.com/challenge 👏 Stay hyped and hydrated! 🚰 🤩

Last week we've entered a new production phase for the next months! Demo is calling! Excitiiing 😍 #feelslikesandsurfing #screenshotsaturday (Also, until Monday you can still help us make the Top100 cut in the first week of voting in the Rising Tide Challenge blueoceangames.com/challenge/vo... 😉 )

Last Saturday we had the opportunity to showcase our prototype at the Games&Future Festival in Fürth. We had a lot of fun spending the day at the festival, as you can see in the pictures! 🙌💚

We are back participating in the second RISING TIDE TRAILER CHALLENGE by Blue Ocean Games with 2 really pretty new trailers! blueoceangames.com/challenge/vo... And check out our RTC raffle on our Discord server (discord.gg/ApRu8TNypq) and win the chance to leave a footprint in Waters of Sal Naména!🎉

We are looking for a Marketing/Social Media Intern (f/m/d, remote or local) You are currently studying, still looking for an internship for the upcoming semester and want to experience everyday life in a small indie game studio first hand? More infos on our Discord! discordapp.com/channels/134...

Tomorrow, Saturday 27th, we will showcase Waters of Sal Naména again! Join us at the Games&Future Festival at the Jugendhaus OTTO in Fürth (close to the train station). Festival program starts at 10am and runs the whole day. Have a look: gamesandfestival.de We'd be happy to see old and new faces! 😊🙌

Here are some impressions of our visit at the Gamescom two weeks ago. We definitely had a lot of fun, good conversations and a great time trying out new games! 🎮💚

Temporary or permanent exclusivity, one thing’s for sure: When you get the Season, the games are yours. Play them on Playtiles, or export the ROMs to use on your favorite emulator or flash cart, it’s your call. 🎮 Grab Season 1: get.playtil.es

The best puzzle games are like magic! They use misdirection…and sometimes make us feel like fools. thinkygames.com/feat...

Next Indie Outpost Nuremberg: Sep 1st, 6 PM! Talks by: - @distantmeadows.bsky.social about: Open Source in Game Dev - Florian Fischer: Community Management @gamedevrgb.bsky.social Thanks, to our fantastic sponsors, @cipsoftgmbh.bsky.social and @gamesbavaria.bsky.social, for supporting the event!

Remember to order your tickets for the upcoming GodotFest later this year if you haven't already! Exciting talks, great venue and a chance to meet tons of other devs ✨ godotfest.com

🎮 Games/Bavaria @ gamescom 2025 At the Games/Bavaria booth in the Business Area (Hall 4.1, C057), we'll show 4 titles from our LEVEL UP accelerator. The last one: 🌊 Waters of Sal Naména by @distantmeadows.bsky.social A Game Boy-style Metroidbrainia in a desert world full of secrets & puzzles. 🏜️🧭

On this Sunday we want to #showcase a great partner of ours: Games Bavaria supports a lot of Bavarian games studios with networking events and other great advice, especially with the Level Up Accelerator Program we participated in. Us showcasing at GG Bavaria and gamescom? Thanks to them! 🤩

Values such as diversity, anti-discrimination and a harassment-free work environment are still not as self-explanatory as we would wish them to be. That's why we put our name on the list of the initiative hier-spielt-vielfalt.de. Showing colors is becoming more important every day in these times. 🏳️‍🌈🎮

Morgen ist es soweit ich freue mich schon auf euch.

We got so much nice feedback from our booth visitors when we exhibited Waters of Sal Naména for the first time at the GG Bavaria in Munich. 😊 We wanna share some more quotes with you! 💚 #feedbackfriday

Today's #ShowcaseSunday: the unusual job simulator game "That's not my Neighbor". It combines the popular gameplay concept of Lucas Pope's "Papers, Please" (2013) with humor, horror and bizarre aesthetics and was entirely developed in Godot 4. (Screenshots by Nachosama Games)

It's #TreasureTuesday and today's pick is one of Programmer Michelle's favourite game series: Portal - the iconic puzzle and platform games with one of the best antagonists ever. Have you played it? (Logo, Art & Screenshots by Valve Corporation)

Featuring this #ShowcaseSunday: Our main co-working tool Nextcloud! We built our own custom workshop aided by the integrated app store: messenger, mail, tasks, video calls, calender, contacts, files and many more. And ofc: It's all open source! We love our cloud! 🥰 Maybe you'd too: nextcloud.com/de

Blue Ocean Games wrapped up its Rising Tide Challenge: We weren't chosen as one of the winners, but we placed in the top quarter and we're pretty happy with that result for there were some pretty awesome entries. 🥰 We are eager to compete again with a better trailer and rank even higher next time!

🎮 So bringst du dein Game auf Erfolgskurs – in 6 Schritten. LEVEL UP, der Games/Bavaria-Accelerator, begleitet dich mit Mentoring, Netzwerk & Know-how. 🚀 Bewirb dich jetzt – Frist verlängert bis 6. Juli 2025! 👉 games-bavaria.com/level-up

✨Next Indie Outpost Nuremberg: July 7th, 6 pm ✨ With talks from: - Johanna Czerny: about localisation in Games - Jascha Gerhardt: about the craft of concept art As always, the talks are followed by pizza and drinks, sponsored by @cipsoftgmbh.bsky.social and @gamesbavaria.bsky.social

🌊 DAY 8 of public voting for the #RisingTideChallenge and we're still discovering hidden gems in these 1000+ submissions! Blue Ocean Games is taking a different approach - every vote validates concepts that traditional funding might overlook. 9 days left to shape the future - blueoceangames.com

Time for another #TreasureTuesday, where we present games and other stuff that shaped us and brought us to game dev. Today's Turn: Robin (Narration & Management) with Return of the Obra Dinn (2018). A metroidbrainia-like murder mystery on an old sailing ship. Beautiful art style. Captivating OST.🎶⚓

Indie-Devs aufgepasst: Unser Accelerator LEVEL UP geht in die zweite Runde! Du willst dein Game auf ein neues Level bringen? Bewirb dich für 6 Monate Workshops, Coachings, Feedback & Netzwerk. 🗓 Bewerbung bis 30.6., Start: August 2025 🔗 Infos & Bewerbung: www.games-bavaria.com/level-up-der...

The Rising Tide Challenge is now 🌊OPEN for public voting🌊 For the past month, thousands of indie devs from around the world have been working on concept trailers for their dream games. Now they need YOU to validate their concepts for a chance to win up to $300k in funding!

Could be chilling at the beach right now… but instead, it’s all about the grind at the Blue Ocean Rising Tide Challenge! 🌊 Voting just started, and this first week really matters — Your support shapes what’s next on the gaming horizon! 🫵 #watersofsalnamena #blueoceangames #risingtidechallenge

🚨 The #RisingTideChallenge by @blueoceangames.bsky.social is live! 🌊 Cast your vote and join our raffle by spotting our trailer! 🎥👾 More info on Discord: discord.gg/sPpPyP7cff Rising Tide Challenge: blueoceangames.com?referrer=38c... #gaming #WatersOfSalNamena #Metroidbrainia #PixelArt #RTC #games

Thinking of adding a few small critters to the game… #pixelart #aseprite #gamedev #gameart #8bit #gaming #watersofsalnamena #screenshotsaturday

#FeedbackFriday Here are some of the first audience reactions from GG Bavaria 2025, where we showcased Waters of Sal Naména to a wider public for the very first time six weeks ago. ⭐️💚 #gaming #watersofsalnamena #metroidbrainia #gameboy #retrogame #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart @ggbavaria.bsky.social

Finally, if you're looking for your next puzzle to solve, here's a list of similar games! thinkygames.com/feat... 5/5

#ShowcaseSunday: Did you know that @joinpeertube.org just released its iOS and Android apps? 📱 This brings us one step closer to a world with a privacy-friendly, ad-free alternative to YouTube. You can find us there too! #fediverse #peertube #opensource #youtube joinpeertube.org/news/app-v1

Our indie game dev colleagues @spaceflowerde.bsky.social just released the demo to their new game! 🎉 Don't miss your chance to play it for free and leave them a positive review if you liked it! ✨ #indiegame #gaming #videogames #indiedev #steam bit.ly/4k4csvH

#TreasureTuesday Super Metroid is a dark, melancholic, and grotesque descent into an otherworldly ecosystem that seems to reject the player like an intruder. A prime example of atmosphere, pacing, and exploration! ❤️‍🔥 #SuperMetroid #Metroid #RetroGaming #Nintendo #PixelArt #Gaming #GamingIsLife

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We’re also revealing the answer to our giveaway riddle – and sending big congratulations to the three winners who were randomly selected from all correct entries today. Thank you all for taking part! ☀️💚🎉 #WatersOfSalNamena #Metroidbrainia #Gaming #IndieGame #GameDev #PixelArt #RetroGames #Giveaway

Our first Draw Your Character contest has come to an end! It was a close race, but in the end, one irresistibly cute duck took the crown. 💚 Congratulations! 🎉👾 #WatersOfSalNamena #PixelArt #Gaming #IndieGame #GameDev #GameBoy #Metroidbrainia #RetroGames

Our Puzzle 101: Bushes need to be watered according to the number of fruits they bear. The first two variants are simple. But the last one...? 🧩 Disclaimer: What you see are prototype graphics – the final game will look different! #ScreenshotSaturday #WatersOfSalNamena #Metroidbrainia #Gaming

Our first Draw-Your-Character Contest has come to an end! 🏁 Thanks for all your amazing submissions – they’ve already won our hearts! 💚 We'll announce the winner on Sunday. On the same day, we’ll also reveal the raffle results. 🏆 #WatersOfSalNamena #gaming #pixelart #indiegame #metroidbrainia

Only about 24 hours left for our first Draw-Your-Character contest! ⏰ We're thrilled with the first submissions and can't wait to see what rolls in at the finish line! 🏁 Join our Discord and take part – it's easier than you think! 👾🎨 #watersofsalnamena #metroidbrainia #gaming #pixelart #indiegame

Dear community, Now that the first spoiler-heavy images from GG Bavaria are making their way online, we guarantee: You will never be spoiled about the epiphanies of Waters of Sal Naména on our channels! You can find more details in the attached statement. #watersofsalnamena #metroidbrainia #gaming

Here’s our GG Bavaria 2025 appearance in numbers: 👥 Trade fair visitors: over 6,200 🎨 Stickers handed out: 808 (most popular: cats / blue) ✏️ Draw-Your-Character cards handed out: 293 🎟️ Raffle participants: 151 ⚡ Fastest demo run: 14 minutes @ggbavaria.bsky.social #watersofsalnamena #gaming #pixelart

Day 2 at GG Bavaria was full of WTF moments: Quite a few of you had your first big Waters of Sal Naména epiphany and were blown away! 🤯 That alone made the event worth it. 🎉 Huge thanks to @gamesbavaria.bsky.social for this fantastic con! 👾💚 @ggbavaria.bsky.social #watersofsalnamena #gaming #gamedev

Yesterday at GG Bavaria was fantastic! 😱💚 Visitors had the chance to play our prototype of Waters of Sal Naména. 🎮 We met so many amazing people, saw incredible cosplays, and received great feedback. 🎉 Here are some impressions. 🎆 @ggbavaria.bsky.social #watersofsalnamena #gaming #indiegame #gamedev

📢 Our first Draw-Your-Character Contest is starting! 👾✍️ Grab a template and draw your own little Desertling. The best submission will be featured in the finished game! 🏆 We can't wait to see your creations! discord.gg/RHMSrxTC74?e... #gaming #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart #watersofsalnamena #contest

Check out our adorable stickers! 😱❤️‍🔥 We’ll be handing them out to visitors at our booth this weekend at GG Bavaria. 🎁 Stop by, grab yours, and spread the message: Stay hydrated! 💧 @ggbavaria.bsky.social #watersofsalnamena #gaming #gamedev #indiegame #ggbavaria25 #metroidbrainia #pixelart #sticker