Yas, I love making games. That is all.

We all know the internet is constantly changing, and we’re always on the lookout for ways to make content more engaging (and keep people sticking around longer). One big trend that’s been picking up steam lately is interactive content made in @rive.app www.studiobo.io/blog/rive-to...

Not all treasures are lost… some are just waiting to be reclaimed. Announcing Relooted: An Africanfuturist heist game where you reclaim real African artifacts from Western museums. Please share, & wishlist! youtu.be/KgPxPfXb734 (Wishlist links in next tweet!) @dayofthedevs.org #SummerGameFest

Woohoo! @gamemakerstoolkit.com scrabble roguelike is super fun!

Had a lot of fun paper prototyping a scrabble roguelike with @nekropants.bsky.social who also took this tasty📸

Making a fully responsive interactive explainer for our studio in @rive.app 🤠

Meneer.

Learning how to use @gamemaker.io and it's a lot of fun! Still got lots to do but it's been rad to use visual scripting. Coding still absolutely breaks my brain but hopefully just by doing things I will get better.

I loved this short blog post by @grumpygamer.com about Vertical Slices. grumpygamer.com/vertical_sli...

Stressed day? Break some glass. Angry at your partner? Break some glass. Hate glass bottles? Break some glass. Outraged at the lack of human empathy in this capitalist world we live in? Break some glass. Made completely in @rive.app Break some glass: richardbolland.itch.io/breakglass

SQUISH lives! The prototype of our new, joyful, cozy, adventure game is out now!  Plant flowers! Go on adorable quests! Make witch-punk BFFs! Create wholesome chaos! giantswordgames.itch.io/squish #indiegame #indiegamedev #cozygames #platformer #farminggames #pixelart

We've got lots of fun stuff we're cooking up at Studio Bo! Can't wait to show you what we've been working on.

Where's Wally but with sounds! We made a 'hidden sound' game with Pressure Cooker Studios in a 2-week jam. Give it a play here: hellostudiobo.itch.io/finding-father

Heyo! We're Nyamakop and we made Semblance, the first true plat- "former" We're finally back on the social media grind and will be keeping you in the loop with kwl things we've done and kwl things we're doing!

I made a game about bees🐝🥵 in *8 hours* using @rive.app at the Super Friendship Arcade Jam. Concept to deployment, with no code. Whoop whoop! Special thanks to Ben from @teamlazerbeam.bsky.social who made the sick-ass music and @damousey.bsky.social who is making an alt-controller for this game!

@nekropants.bsky.social knows how to make a guy happy.

I miss the old Vimeo days.

Really loved your 'Third Place' podcast episode @dancorder.bsky.social Totally agree that we need to reclaim those third places. open.spotify.com/episode/2VpJ...

We've now made Kings & Castles completely mobile compatible right from your browser: hellostudiobo.itch.io/kings-castles So if you're reading this on your phone, you should be able to play! 👑🏰

Our card escape game is taking shape! Here's a little UI wip I've done.

An old but truly timeless piece. I really miss everynone's work.

Over the last couple of years I've found it super hard to concentrate on doing one thing. The only way I get through stuff is by doing 20 things and eventually everything gets done. Perhaps a hangover from constant notifications and distractions that's got my brain working this way?

I made a new tutorial in @rive.app! Learn how to make an interactive health bar in under 30 minutes! If you make something cool, please share it with me. I'd love to see it! Watch the tutorial here: youtu.be/xUJMLw8L99M <3

Alrighty Bluesky peeps! Kings & Castles has officially launched on @itch.io ! hellostudiobo.itch.io/kings-castles We would really appreciate a share, rating, comment, download or all of the above if you can. Thanks a ton for your support.

STUDIO BIG DAY OUT! We had a great time in Elgin soaking up the sun, swimming, canoeing, table tennising, eating and napping. We're ready for you 2025!

Really stoked with what we've been able to come up with over the last 2 years. We're getting so close to making something that hopefully resonates with a lot of people :) The joy of making them keeps us going!

Paper prototyping continued! This time with the help of a new map and some card sleeves. So so quick to change values and mechanics on the fly.

Exploring some art themes for our dungeon escape card game.

Made a pretty silly game about a crab paying off his debts. It involves urchins and lots of typos. hellostudiobo.itch.io/clawing-thro... Made for #GGJ25 in 5ish days. Always a pleasure working with @ashcubed.bsky.social on this.

Step 1: Create a bot. Step 2: Create another bot to play that bot. Step 3: LET THEM FIGHT!!! Top work from @ashcubed.bsky.social

I have now upgraded to custom art cards for my paper prototype, a nifty health & movement tracker and Google dice. Still keeping the constraints to just a standard pack of cards & a D6 but have now included two "jokers".

I love the fact that statistically, no one has ever [truly] shuffled a deck of cards in the same order. The chance of shuffling a deck in the same order is 52! or 8×10^67 (8 with 67 ‘0’s after it). Next time you shuffle a deck of cards, whisper to it that its a unique, strong, independent deck.

This was my favourite video of the holidays. It sparked such an amazing inspiration to build physical prototypes and not let my lack of coding skills get in the way of game design.

We've had 17 animation & game dev job applications & internship requests since the 1st of January. Lots of people looking for work this year. Tertiary education places seem to be graduating roughly around 50 - 80 people collectively year on year. I just don't think our industry can keep up!

Constraints are a game designers best friend. Came up with a game over the holidays just using a pack of cards and a D6. It's been so helpful keeping the game design within those limits. Makes decision making A LOT easier! Hoping to now convert it into a digital game, but still keep those limits.

Permadeath is something I really disliked when first playing Noita. I felt it was too harsh, too punishing. I couldn't understand the appeal why you wouldn't make a checkpoint or a save feature. But permadeath has weirdly grown on me. I see why people like it now. It's a fresh challenge each time.

Games I'd really like to make this year: 🎲 Dice game with cats that attack, defend, heal & special abilities. 🃏 A deck-builder where you can always discard a card for money/gold. 🖱️Clicker/idle game where you attack enemies by clicking and can setup infantry to do your attacking/defending for you.

Dipping my toes back into work for 2025. What's this year have in store? Hopefully more collaboration, making more small games, and exploring new ways of working. You wanna game jam? Lets do it!

In 2023 we made 12 games in roughly 12 months. In 2024, we tried to do something different! Instead of making new games, what if we took one of our existing prototypes and remade it 6 times (keeping the good stuff and throwing out the bad stuff).

Tiny Treats is a tasty snack-builder where you let your inner-chef run wild by fulfilling orders, constructing creative combos, and discovering new ingredients. Don’t play this game hungry or you might eat your mouse! Now available on @itch.io: hellostudiobo.itch.io/tiny-treats

If you're a solo dev or small studio who hasn't made a 'successful' game but wants to start building a community for the things you're making, what would you focus on? 1. Public discord channel 2. Youtube channel 3. Insta/Threads/Twitter/BlueSky 4. Newsletter subs 5. Blood oaths and why pls?

Here's a super rad arcade cabinet we've been decorating for Super Friendship Arcade! Sadly Playtopia, SFA and Ben Beam aren't on this lovely platform yet!

Two guys! One bus! Africa Games Week!

Everything is fine.

New Studio Bo swag came in today. Low quality garments for low quality games 🫘

Let me just make a quick temporary asset that I'll 100% change later when I have the time. Never changes it. I am my own worst enemy.

I can be quite a late adopter when it comes to technology. Somehow the stars aligned and I've been able to jump into Rive in what might be considered 'the early days'. The best part of joining early has been the amount of features that get rolled out on a consistent basis. A new one dropped today!

Absolutely love Zach's games. Can't wait to try this one.

Yho! I'm super amped for store.steampowered.com/app/1709880/... to launch tomorrow. It's been on my radar for years. Is there still a market for point & click adventures? Seems like it!