Autumn started a little earlier than usual... but so did the annual #SteamAutumnSale! Pick up Pacific Drive now for 50% off and enjoy a drive through the beautiful and surreal PNW 🌩️🚗🍃

I'm obsessed with the strangely intimate aura of the spirit halloween dummy prop.

ahhh AAAH AHHHHHHH AHHAHAAA!!!! I am so ready to make mouth sounds for this game

Want to know more? store.steampowered.com/app/3594760/...

Keeping this nugget a secret has been my burden for months. Super excited to see it get all the love it deserves. The team has been cooking, that's for sure.

Pacific Drive DLC expansion ‘Whispers in the Woods’ announced Publisher Kepler Interactive and developer Ironwood Studios have announced Pacific Drive downloadable content expansion "Whispers in the Woods." It will launch in 2025.

wilbun84 is making dreams come true 🥹

@ironwood.bsky.social devs spotted during wilbun84's Pacific Drive run 🥺💙 #PAXWest

Anyone else forget that they have social media for 4 months and immediately panic that you might have left someone on read?

Stream links! www.twitch.tv/iwstudios www.youtube.com/@ironwoodstu... store.steampowered.com/app/1458140/...

Very 1995 of them to make Bisexuals look like something out of The X-Files.

♥️ Pride 2025

Pacific Drive (2024)

IRL Pacific Drive.

still too fancy. all video game water should just be 2 transparent textures scrolling in different directions

I had such a pleasure working on some UI and key art for this game! Please consider supporting if you can ❤️

I think the health of AAA games can be measured by how many games have a level where you get swallowed up by a giant beast and have a boss fight against one of its vital organs. AAA is at its worse when it thinks it's too cool to have a boss fight against a giant beast's vital organ.

Anyone up for a cheeky weekend road-trip? We're live now playing Pacific Drive! 🌳🚗 twitch.tv/iwstudios youtube.com/@ironwoodstudios

Pretty sure if my graduate advisor knew this was what I was doing with my degree he'd come to my house and kill me with a pitchfork

Making the move of all my medium posts into a personal blog and I'm really appreciating the time to edit these lol

posting late, but our GDC panel on fostering clear communication is now online! in that spirit, there's no paywall or login. watch if you wanna hear @akashthakkar.com, @zeeodd.bsky.social, @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social, @charlieartifact.bsky.social & me talk about talking gdcvault.com/play/1035075...

Hey folks! The talk that @jjerion.bsky.social , @ryanikeaudio.bsky.social , @akashthakkar.com , @zeeodd.bsky.social and I gave at GDC 2025 is up on the FREE portion of the GDC vault! Would love for folks to take a look: gdcvault.com/play/1035075...

Officially trying to build a studio for a publisher pitch. To that end, I'm looking for game devs who've been victims of layoffs or studio closures who'd be interested in signing on if it's greenlit and funding is secured. More info in the thread to follow, but here's the initial list:

Expeditions out into the Olympic Exclusion Zone can get a little hairy (even if you don't run into Bigfoot.) Why not take a look at The Breachers Guide to Expeditions before you head out? 🌲🚘🗺️ youtu.be/87Xn5ltxYN8

my god look at him go

This update has been a huge labor of love from the whole team. GET OUT INTO THE ZONE!

new game idea

Particularly in this volatile state of entertainment industries, we need mechanisms that enforce credits to be submitted and existent independent of the products and/or companies involved and for awards to target the "credited team" (including departed/laid-off) rather than the product IP holders.

Only 3 more days!

Drew this back in 2022. Sadly more relevant than ever.

yes

Incredibly sad to see such a talented bunch have to make this choice. Very familiar with how heartbreaking this sort of process is. I encourage folks to look through those looking for work and make connections!

Y'all are gunna love Ida.

NOBODY PANIC - ITS HAPPENING

gdc may be over but the hunt to find new work is still ongoing. let’s chat—would love to help you identify your marketing needs and bring your game to new audiences!

it's been funny exchanging bluesky handles IRL at gdc, like everyone is lowkey embarrassed that we're doing this to ourselves

Every GDC is someone's first. After every GDC, we hear about mistreatment, assaults, and other horror stories. Conference vets, share your tips for a #safeGDC! I'll start: do NOT. under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. take meetings in someone's hotel room.

I'll be speaking at GDC next week! Come see our talk, or if you see me wandering about, come say hello! You'll probably find me trying to order the largest sushi burrito that money can buy, screaming and gesticulating wildly, but don't let that stop you from saying hi!

Really happy to share I'll be at @officialgdc.bsky.social with some other amazing folks, speaking on better studio practices! Open to grabbing coffee with friends and waving enthusiastically at each other across the show floor. Drop me a line~ schedule.gdconf.com/session/inde...

i'll be at GDC! would love to meet up with gamedev friends and also make new ones -- drop me a line if you want to chat, grab a coffee, sit silently in Yerba Buena, etc ☕

Whenever I see people discussing "winning" game jams, my whole body cringes. That's such an upsetting shift in the concept.

In case you were wondering - yes, I do hope to at least say hi on stream <3

And we're live! Come hang out with us at Ironwood Studios while we take you all on a surreal road trip through the Olympic Exclusion Zone.

One year on, it's incredible how much passion and appreciation the community has for Pacific Drive! As our way of saying thanks, we've released digital copies of the Travelers Journal and the Owners Manual, available to download now on the game's website!

Pacific Drive - One Year Later! A special stream featuring the Ironwood Studios Development team. 🌲🚘🌩️ We're excited to play the game, answer questions, and look back at some of our favorite updates! Catch us at 1PM PST this Friday on Twitch, YouTube, and Steam.

I get really irked when I see people post “indies will save us” or “the laid off devs should go indie” THERE IS NO MONEY publishers are cancelling contracts, angel investors/venture capital don’t want small returns. I think they mean hobbyists with a day job working doubletime & that is a rough ask

I'm still catching up to this news over lunch and it hurts to see so many talented folks left hanging.

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Happy first anniversary to Pacific Drive! 🍾