late new year post! 2025 was definitely a year of firsts for me - started my first full-time job, won my first game jam, launched a demo on Steam for the first time, and took part in an interview about my game! here's to learning more in 2026 and continuing to grow the world of Floramino <3

should #FlowerFriday be a thing? 🌼 heh. well, introducing the workhorse of Floramino: the Daisy! Daisies are one of the fastest growing flowers in Floramino & the perfect size to fit into those awkward corners. they won't grow your reputation as a gardener fast, but they sure are handy! #cozygames

it was so much fun to do this interview with @mayamada.com! thank you so much for having us - it was really fun to chat about floramino and the dev process!

🕹️ Interactive gameplay interview happening NOW with @luxille.bsky.social cial and @vickyagain.bsky.social Watch as they play their own game whilst discussing their creative process. Tune in: twitch.tv/mayamada

you can finally play & experience the culmination of our hard work over the last several months!! if you like flowers or puzzle games, give the demo a try :D it’s free! #indiedev

i will be there even though she spelled my username wrong 😤 tune in at www.twitch.tv/mayamada

doing this today!!!! my first game dev interview hehe super excited and thankful to be a part of this :D can't wait to chat about our journey in indie dev and making Floramino!!

!! tomorrow morning Luxille and I will chat about Floramino 🌷✨️ #gamedev #indiegames #indiedev

Excited to announce @luxille.bsky.social and @vickyagain.bsky.social from Studio Lavacado will be joining the Next 1UP livestream on 13th Dec! Sharing Floramino & their indie dev journey in a live gameplay interview @1:50 PM GMT. 📺 twitch.tv/mayamada youtube.com/mayamadatv #Next1UP #IndieGames

on the altar of our love / martyr 🕯️ november's illustration! #art #artsky #digitalart #illustration #cafedot

happy #TrailerTuesday!! Floramino has a brand new trailer because our demo is out now on Steam!! 🥳 #CozyQuest2025 #gamedev #indiegames the demo is more than 8x the size of our game jam winning edition, with brand new maps, new flower shapes, & so much more!🌷 store.steampowered.com/app/3999350/...

you can finally play & experience the culmination of our hard work over the last several months!! if you like flowers or puzzle games, give the demo a try :D it’s free! #indiedev

GUYS IT'S HERE FLORAMINO DEMO REAL !!!!

it's really addicting and also really pretty

it's here!! the Floramino demo is out NOW on Steam for #CozyQuest2025 🌼✨ Floramino is a dynamic garden tiling game where you'll puzzle out the best plot layouts, explore new biomes, & build your reputation as a budding florist! #indiegames #cozygames #gamedev store.steampowered.com/app/3999350/...

T-MINUS 10 HOURS TO FLORAMINO DEMO RELEASE 😳 honestly, i'm really nervous?! it's my first time releasing a game on steam, first time designing & implementing a project of this scale... i'm like nervous for other people to see the result HAHA no matter what i think we did our best!!!

happy #WishlistWednesday -- a little fairy dust goes a long way! ✨ Floramino is our gardening puzzle strategy game, where you play as a gardener spreading the magic of Spring! 🌼 our demo is coming Nov. 17th for #CozyQuest2025! wishlist to stay notified: store.steampowered.com/app/3999350/...

Aggie and Bee Louise are patiently waiting for lots of things...spring, flowers, and #CozyQuest2025 too! 🙏 get to meet all the characters in the world of Floramino! store.steampowered.com/app/3999350/...

the map designs in our gardening puzzle game Floramino are far from trivial! 🌷 here's a tiny peek into the creation process. #gamedev #indiegames both these maps are featured in the demo, which will be revealed during #CozyQuest2025 on Nov 17th! wishlist now 👀 store.steampowered.com/app/3999350/...

added the floramino tutorial today, did it quick and simple in like 15 minutes :,) sometimes it really is about making it exist first & making it good later 🥹

grandma's got a lot of junk in her attic! 📦 including a few easter eggs to other Studio Lavacado titles... #indiegames #puzzlegames #gamedev clip from CLOSE KNIT, which you can play on itch for free! luxille.itch.io/close-knit

with the floramino demo coming out in less than 2 weeks, i’ve entered full crunch mode 😵‍💫

our big announcement is finally here!!!! we are officially going to be at #CozyQuest2025 💛 this is our first published game so we are so excited to participate! can’t wait to see all the other delightfully cozy games as well 🥰

not my “this is a description of a consumable” placeholder text making it in to the marketing 😳

saved our search engine optimization 🙏

Floramino, our gardening puzzle roguelite, is about more than just smart plotting! 🌷 multiple consumable tools will help you on your journey to keep Spring alive! plant your first seed! store.steampowered.com/app/3999350/... #indiegames #pixelart #cozygames #gamedev

we don't just do pixel art at Studio Lavacado! 🧶 here's a clip of one of our favorite backgrounds from Close Knit -- the library! #indiegames #gamedev #cozygames play it on itch for free! luxille.itch.io/close-knit

nothing more satisfying than a good pre-planted plot 😌 #indiegames #floramino #pixelart #gamedev

we're hard at work on our cozy puzzle rougelite, Floramino, with two dozen new backgrounds on the way! 🪻 here's a timelapse of a couple of the backgrounds being made -- the workflow has changed a lot since the first one was made! #pixelart #gamedev #indiegames #cozygames

a deviation from the norm for our backgrounds...wonder what this one is for! 🤔 #floramino #indiegames #pixelart #gamedev store.steampowered.com/app/3999350/...

what day is it? throwback thursday? nahh it's have-a-little-sits thursday. i give thee permission to have a little sits 😌 #pixelart #cozygames #indiegames #floramino

happy #ScreenshotSaturday! 🌼 Floramino has a UI upgrade in the works that we're super excited about -- we'll be saying goodbye to the OG UI pretty soon! #pixelart #indiegames #cozygames #gamedev

we have our first trailer!! yippee 🎉 our cozy puzzle roguelite, Floramino, is coming to steam in 2026! check out our new levels, flowers, and cute critters in our first trailer 💚 store.steampowered.com/app/3999350/ #indiedev #cozygames #pixelart

who is hiding over there?! #pixelart #indiegames #floramino #gamedev

I haven't played Silksong yet BECAUSE I HAD TO MAKE A HOLLOW KNIGHT X SILKSONG PRINT FIRST!! ❤️🖤✨️ #hollowknight #silksong

SUSHI BEN IS OUT NOW! 🎉🎉🎉 I've been working on this since 2016 yay! My team has been working on this since 2021 yay! Plz try it out, its cheaper than toro nigiri tysm im so sleepy going to bed now.

yes chef #jett #valorant #artsky

yay we have a team bsky too :)

💐 Floramino 🌼 is on Steam! A cozy puzzle game about managing a garden, harvesting flowers, and fulfilling orders! We're expanding the jam edition with new maps, modes, and puzzles... So watch out for the demo and other news in the upcoming months :D spring is just around the corner~ link below ⏬

big big news! #Floramino is now on Steam🌸 Release date will be in 2026, with a demo coming very soon! Floramino is a cozy puzzle game about managing an ever-growing garden. Expanding on the jam edition, we've added new maps and a full story mode! #indiedev #gamedev #cozygaming Link in replies!

the real indie dev struggle rn is that every time i sit down to work i can’t stop thinking about how i could be playing silksong

YOU GUYS SHE’S COOKING SO HARD so so excited to announce our next project

a little blep as a treat! #floramino #pixelart #indiegames

hehe exciting announcement coming soon #indiedev

also i didn't even notice this but STITCH LASSO is my 10th game! started my game dev journey in 2022 and didn't even realize how far i've come :,)

Studio Lavacado's new release for GMTK Game Jam 2025! Stitch Lasso is a not-so-relaxing sewing game aka endless bullet-hell where you vanquish enemies with your thread, and survive for as long as you can 🪡 play it here: luxille.itch.io/stitch-lasso #GMTK2025

yay my first new game since i started this acc! check out our #GMTK2025 submission, STITCH LASSO! a sewing-themed bullet hell with cozy art 🧵 this is a super tiny prototype we made during the last day of the jam! play it in browser ➡️ luxille.itch.io/stitch-lasso #indiedev

they're girlfriends,,, #pixelart

a tinyglade animation I did #pixelart