We've teamed up with new survival horror game Ground Zero on Steam to bundle with Crow Country for a 10% discount, on top of their 15% launch discount! Already own Crow Country? Then it's basically a 10% off voucher for Ground Zero! Check out the bundle here: store.steampowered.com/bundle/73328...

Um Jammer Lammy ! 👀👁‍🗨

Crow Country is $9.99 on Steam buff.ly/Af9MN6M Deck verified also on PS+ Extra

We've started our own publishing label to support other indies! And our first announced title is @sunsetvisitor.studio's second game. AND we've got something secret cooking in the oven with @smallbu.bsky.social to be revealed at a later date! Read more here: medium.com/p/500708c30a38

you start making a game on a whim in your living room and a couple of years later the vinyl soundtrack is sitting on display in a Japanese record store. crazy

somehow i didn't know that the low poly horror game crow country was made by the same guys who made snipperclips

"LAUNCH!!", said Donald

🌍Announcing: The Mermaid Mask is being translated into 11 other languages for launch this summer!🌏 • French • German • European Spanish • Latin American Spanish • Brazilian Portuguese • Italian • Japanese • Korean • Simplified Chinese • Traditional Chinese • Russian s.team/a/1696770

‼️ Mythmatch is 20% off for ONLY TWO MORE DAYS! ‼️ "Expertly and lovingly crafted, Mythmatch is a lyrical poem about beautiful and rewarding game design." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - The Guardian store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...

🌍Announcing: The Mermaid Mask is being translated into 11 other languages for launch this summer!🌏 • French • German • European Spanish • Latin American Spanish • Brazilian Portuguese • Italian • Japanese • Korean • Simplified Chinese • Traditional Chinese • Russian s.team/a/1696770

You've got THREE more days to get Mythmatch 20% off in our launch sale! And seems like folks are loving it! 100% positive with 61 reviews. 5 / 5 - The Guardian 8 / 10 - Edge 96 / 100 - Screen Hype 4.5 / 5 - So Many Games store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...

We've got a BIG episode of Indie-licious today as @johnnychugs.bsky.social sat down with @sfbdim.bsky.social & @sfbtom.bsky.social of SFB Games to chat about the success of Crow Country and their upcoming game The Mermaid Mask 🧜🏿‍♀️👀. Watch more on Twitch, YouTube, & Facebook @ 1pm PT/ 4pm ET today!

😍😍 9.6 from Screen Hype!! 😍😍 The glowing reviews keep rolling in for Mythmatch! www.screenhype.co.uk/mythmatch-re...

I 👏🏼 LOVE 👏🏼 INDIE 👏🏼 GAMES 👏🏼 (especially indie horror mirroring a PSX aesthetic) @cozygamepals.bsky.social @sfbdim.bsky.social @sfbtom.bsky.social

Hollow Ponds is looking for a Social Media Content Creator to make video content for our next major release. This contract role is remote with a preference for UK and adjacent time zones. Job spec can be found here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hpxxj... Please get in touch if you have any questions!

I must be dreaming!! A perfect score for Mythmatch in The Guardian!!!! www.theguardian.com/games/2026/m... Thank you, @keefstuart.bsky.social !!

LEON!!!

Now that IGF and GDC is over I finally got around to writing up my postscript on IGF submissions and some of the issues we ran into in 2025. If you plan to submit your game in 2026 I recommend reading this, tbh. auratriolo.com/blog/2026/03... Here's a little spoiler:

WE MADE IT ONTO NEW AND TRENDING!! I went to take a screenshot to make a joke that we didn't make it and that I didn't realize it wasn't for games that were "trending down" but THERE WE ARE!! Please do give our Greek myth anti-capitalist merge game a shot! store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...

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Our first Review of Mythmatch is up in... Kotaku!! And apparently we're the indie of the week! 😍😍😍 kotaku.com/mythmatch-me...

🏹🏹🏹 Mythmatch is OUT NOW on Steam! 🏹🏹🏹 AND there's a 20% launch discount! 🐐 Merge the items 💪 Unite the people 🏠 Make a home And it's Steam Deck Verified!! store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...

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🎮 Mythmatch is Steam Deck Verified! 🎮 (And launching in 3 days) Really excited by getting this rating before release as we do a ton of our testing on Steam Deck (because the game is made on a Mac). So calling all Steam Deck players! Wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...

VIDEO GAMES ARE THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD!!! Watch this video and tell me if you agree! And then come see all these games & meet the devs March 8 in SF! youtu.be/hJf0-dsb-nI?...

Tough choices were made my9games.com

Do you want to believe? Guess who's been rewatching the X Files~

An interview about the development of The Mermaid Mask: www.respawnstation.com/2026/03/the-...

Don't let anybody tell you it's cheating to just buy some Crow Country souvenirs online instead of visiting the park yourself. Browse the full collection here: www.fangamer.com/collections/...

Check out some of the concept art slides from the Art Gallery feature we added to The Mermaid Mask steam demo!

Crow Country is $9.99 on Steam buff.ly/Af9MN6M Xbox buff.ly/agUKfIP Deck verified also on PS+ Extra

Checking out some Steam Next Fest demos this weekend? 🧜‍♀️Try The Mermaid Mask!🗡️ Like Ace Attorney, Monkey Island, Professor Layton, Tintin & Indiana Jones had a detective adventure game baby We have over 65k wishlists so far, help us reach 100k by launch! store.steampowered.com/app/1696770/...

Just under 2 days left to enter!

Me: ugh, everything is getting less and less colourful these days, bring back the bright palettes of the 90s Also me: I NEED THE BLEAKACHU

For reference / #gamedev info, our most recent game Crow Country in 2024 had: 30k wishlists before Next Fest 40k wishlists after Next Fest 60k wishlists a week before launch 80k wishlists the hour before launch So I'm cautiously optimistic The Mermaid Mask will do OK when it launches this Summer

Checking out some Steam Next Fest demos this weekend? 🧜‍♀️Try The Mermaid Mask!🗡️ Like Ace Attorney, Monkey Island, Professor Layton, Tintin & Indiana Jones had a detective adventure game baby We have over 65k wishlists so far, help us reach 100k by launch! store.steampowered.com/app/1696770/...

GOING LIVE FOR DAY TWO 👀 Giveaways in Twitch chat every £100 raised for #Gameblast26 @specialeffect.org.uk! Keys kindly provided by @sfbdim.bsky.social @sfbtom.bsky.social @panicdepartment.bsky.social 🥰 twitch.tv/lomadiah youtube.com/live/gDhz1_P...

I'm gonna do a list of my favourite Next Fest demos, but for now: You owe it to yourself to play the demo of The Eternal Life of Goldman. The fact that you get to see animation this delicious FOR FREE is insane. The trailer doesn't do it justice but here it is anyway youtu.be/PrfqckMmWW4?...

We've been getting the most wonderful responses to the Mythmatch Demo for Next Fest. store.steampowered.com/app/2490290/... It's a perfect weekend play so help us keep the momentum going! And if you've played it and loved it, please leave a review to let others know it's worth taking a chance on!

Is this mogging? 🫱🦋

I'm so excited for The Mermaid mask! you should wishlist it perhaps 🔎

No generative AI was used in creating The Mermaid Mask - this game is the result of nothing less than a small group of very talented artists working hard for a long time! A shame it even has to be said, but it's important to restate our values when making games: No GenAI. Ever.

We're having a The Mermaid Mask giveaway to celebrate Next Fest! Three winners will take home a bundle including: 🕵️Handmade crochet amigurumi of Detective Grimoire & Sally 👕The Mermaid Mask t-shirt 🍫Bar of “HER” chocolate Head to our Steam news post to enter: store.steampowered.com/news/app/169...

This is what the dialogue tool looks like in our Mermaid Mask Unity project. I write the script directly into these boxes, select facial expressions if it's for an examine box, as these are, and I include voice directions, since it later gets exported as a script for the voice actors

Thanks to @sfbtom.bsky.social's custom pipeline, at the press of a button we can export a script file that's automatically formatted, ready for the voice actors:

No generative AI was used in creating The Mermaid Mask - this game is the result of nothing less than a small group of very talented artists working hard for a long time! A shame it even has to be said, but it's important to restate our values when making games: No GenAI. Ever.

playstation icons ✨💜 who's missing? #lowpoly

Steam Next Fest is here! And The Mermaid Mask is in it! Like Ace Attorney, Professor Layton and Monkey Island? Want to try a murder-mystery detective adventure aboard a weird submarine? Play our new Next Fest Demo, with a new Art Gallery feature: store.steampowered.com/app/1696770/...

If you enjoyed our last game Crow Country, will you enjoy The Mermaid Mask? There's a good chance, yeah! Different genre, sure, but @sfbdim.bsky.social wrote/directed/designed both, so I think you'll see some of the same sensibilities shining through.