Merry Bear is channeling all the Esther Williams energy she can muster. #estherwilliams #gameart #indiedev

Fruit Trees this way! #gameart #handdrawn

Turtles make great diving judges. #2D #gameart

At the end of every summer, I wonder where the hummingbirds go. #gameanimation #indiedev

When building out the world for Merry Bear, sometimes you design puzzle pieces you can rearrange, and sometimes you just just design a patch. #gameart #gamedev

Fruit Punch Fish. #indiedev #gameart

Merry Bear meets her first flamingo. #gameart #flamingo

Doing a few more live walkthroughs with creator commentary for Steam Next Fest this week. #steamnextfest #indiedev

I'm streaming the Merry Bear Demo all week for Steam's Next Fest. Tonight at 9p I'll be doing commentary / walkthrough explaining the game, how to play, and some fun facts. store.steampowered.com/app/2738620/... I'll do a few more through the week but you can watch anytime. #steamnextfest

By Light We Loom just released their single for Merry Bear's theme song! We had so much fun working with our lovely and talented friends on this track. Check it out on Spotify and add a little 1960's pop energy to your day :) open.spotify.com/track/6gNtMD...

Merry Bear is heading to Steam Next Fest for a week, starting Monday. You can check out a full gameplay of the demo and By Light We Loom (who wrote the theme song) will officially be releasing the single during the week! #steamnextfest #indiegame

What is the juciest fruit? Grapes would probably say grapes. #gameart #indiegamedev

Apple, the gateway fruit juice. #gameart #foodillustration

A lot of splishing and splashing in this area. Animating some water features. #gameanimation #gamedev

Now that the Demo is out and looking lovely, we're chugging away on the remaing levels. I hope you like juice. #indiegamedev #gameart

She did it! store.steampowered.com/app/2738620/...

Demo coming soon. Get that controller and mug of cocoa ready! #gamedemo

Merry Bear DEMO RELEASING Aug 25th on Steam for MAC and WIN. We're so excited to get this little lady out for a spin! #indiedev #gamedemo

New Gameplay Trailer for the Demo up on Steam! First big look at the sights and sounds of Merry Bear. #gametrailer #indiedev store.steampowered.com/app/2738620/...

Careful Merry Bear, Ladybird gonna get ya. #cat #interactivemedia #indiedev

Animating a drip for Jan-Jan's bird bath. #animation #gamedev #indiedev

Been a busy week. Merry Bear just needed a little beach time. She wanted to be buried ears to toes, but don’t worry, she’s in there. #indiegame #beach #sandart

Finding Home! When Merry Bear lands in Orange Valley, she wakes up in front of a vacant a-frame cabin. How convenient. #indiegame #gamedev #gamemaker

Merry Bear was just tickled to meet the entire Cuphead gang at PAX. #cuphead #cosplay #pax #paxeast #gameart

Merry Bear needs to be careful in the caves, especially when jumping over a bus sized hot chocolate. Music by Uno Lady. #indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev #hocho #hotchocolate

Merry Bear was having some trouble finding respect with the Baldur's Gate crowd, then she explained she's in a metroidvania where she can't die. #baldursgate3 #gamedev #indiedev #paxeast25 #metroidvania

I can’t believe how tired I am now that I walked back to the hotel and sat down. Longest four days of my life, in the best way. Thanks #PAXEast2025

Lovely meeting my new friend Dorothy at PAX. Her humans were pretty nice too. @royaltyfree4all.bsky.social

Merry Bear had a great day at PAX but was interrupted when she was discussing mascot life with Sonic. #merrybear #SonicTheHedgehog #cosplay #PAXEast

Did you know our game is being built on @gamemaker.io? So many folks have misunderstood that the art styles available on this engine are soooo flexible… even a great place for a hand drawn game like ours!

It’s been lovely meeting so many folks at PAX, but a highlight of day one was reminiscing about the younger days of our producer when we visited the neopets meet up and got absolutely destroyed at trivia. We also got to meet @strixxline.com and @archaeomal.bsky.social ✨

Off to PAX East. #paxeast #indiedev #merrybear

What does the future hold for us? Hopefully honey and a bug free demo. #indiegame #indiegamedev #plushie

Demo coming next month! We're very excited to finally get Merry Bear out into the world for a test drive. #indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev #gamedemo #steamgame

PAX East is still a few months away but I'm already getting a few surprises ready, including a new travel buddy. @officialpax.bsky.social

Merry Love and Chocolate Day from Merry Bear xoxo

Got the new image up on @minnmax.bsky.social for the month. If you love joy and video games, they are the outlet to watch. Also, have some tea and chocolate this month. #indiegamedev #indiegame #teaparty

How does Merry Bear deal with a grumpy spider. Dance, of course!

Check out Merry Bear's monthly photo spread on MinnMax for the hot cocoa season!