THURSDAY EVENING in downtown Brooklyn I'm moderating a talk w/ julian cordero of @despelote.game ! @apthomson.bsky.social + @qdork.bsky.social of Consume Me ! @gcuzzillo.bsky.social of Baby Steps ! Come discuss the SHEER AUDACITY to release an indie game in 2025 alumnideveloperspanel.eventbrite.com

new pod and it's a special one! we talk to @qdork.bsky.social and @apthomson.bsky.social about CONSUME ME, the multi-award-winning overachievement simulator that took me personally on a real ride through my own history with academics, pressure, and food. incredible game eggplant.show/149-making-a...

Perfect Tides: Station to Station store.steampowered.com/app/1172800/... Point-n-click adventure game with a TON of personality and great art, and a fun mechanical system where you use various verbs to learn more about topics so you can.. write better school papers about them?

It's time!!! Independent Games Festival judging is wrapping up and thus comes my list of IGF Games I Want To Talk About for the year! As usual, I'll threadpost this later (maybe tomorrow) but people willing to click on a link can read it in full right now on my blog! auratriolo.com/blog/2025/11...

WHOA x COOL BALL x PIT is out now!!! i cant believe so many people are playing rn 🙉 but actually i can!! because the team worked so hard to deliver this beautiful juicy addicting game 💗 …don’t miss out on the next big roguelite ☝️😌

While the demo for Perfect Tides: Station to Station is part of Steam Next Fest, you can get the original Perfect Tides at 25% off. Lots of time to play the hell out of it before the sequel's release in January. store.steampowered.com/app/1172800/...

Next Fest has begun! Please enjoy + wishlist the latest demo build of Perfect Tides: Station to Station, the coming-of-age adventure in production since 2022 - coming in January! store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...

Played Consume Me. Loved Consume Me. www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...

The updated demo for Perfect Tides: Station to Station is available now ahead of Steam Next Fest! We're getting ever closer to the full release in January! store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...

i wrote about consume me for @theverge.com ✨

Consume Me is a work of autobiography born out of its creator's real experiences growing up in NYC. I spent a day with the devs visiting real places that inspired the game and looking through boxes of high school memories. A chat about how to adapt reality to game. www.polygon.com/consume-me-j...

i’m still currently taking a break from responding to messages but i just wanna let you all know i am reading them and i really appreciate all the overwhelming love and support for the game 🥹💞 thank you playing Consume Me 🥺 #gaming #indiegames #indiegamedev #gamedev #videogames

One the things I'm really loving about Consume Me is how unmistakably it takes place in NYC, in subtle but detailed and grounded ways. Reading on the subway, going on dates at museums, the manhattan mall, doing laundry in the basement. I grew up here too, and I never see the city shown like this.

It will surprise literally no one to learn that I fkn loved Consume Me, the coming-of-age slice-of-life WarioWare-meets-Persona game about being an Asian teen (there's more to it than that I promise) @qdork.bsky.social + @apthomson.bsky.social made something really, really good! You should play it!

Here's a brand new Dev Dive with the team behind Consume Me, the game that won the grand prize at GDC earlier this year. I had such a blast having a fun, reflective conversation with @qdork.bsky.social , @apthomson.bsky.social @frogfungus.bsky.social about the game! youtube.com/watch?v=JoxW...

out now lmao store.steampowered.com/app/2359120/...

actually i changed my mind store.steampowered.com/app/2359120/... #gaming #indiegames #gamedev #indiegamedev #videogames

Baby Steps starts as an elaborate shitpost before slowly revealing itself to be a sincere game about male insecurity. A deconstruction of the kind of idealized picture of manhood that video games helped create wrapped in a terrific slapstick comedy. My review. www.polygon.com/baby-steps-r...

it’s not like there are any other games releasing at the same time 🤡 store.steampowered.com/app/2359120/... #indiegames #hades2 #gaming #silksong #cloverpit #babysteps

hello content creators! you should play consume me because : - funny - mini-games - will make you cry - award winning do you want to relive MY high school experience? well now’s the time to request a code to stream or review the game at launch!! ❤️09.25.25❤️ forms.gle/npXsYjN9LvSP...

play as a stressed teenager in Consume Me, a semi-autobiographical RPG out Sept 25 on Steam! @qdork.bsky.social 🍕 slice-of-life drama! 🧩 mini-game activities! 🐶 there's a dog! 🥣 you'll laugh AND cry! now's the time to request a code to stream or review at launch! 📝 forms.gle/npXsYjN9LvSP...

i stg this is the best video i have EVER made.. im gonna be PISSED if it doesn’t go viral 😡 WISHLIST CONSUME ME NOW 💗💗💗 💸 store.steampowered.com/app/3438190/...

process video for the caffeine crash random encounter in consume me

this scene took a million years to figure out but hopefully it was all worth it in the end 🥵 #gamedev

consume me yoga minigame all glowed up 💅

Baby steps demo! store.steampowered.com/app/2460140/...

What’s cooking now? Why, it’s a release date announcement! That’s right, folks: The highly-anticipated, award-winning, super-cool CONSUME ME comes to Steam September 25th! @qdork.bsky.social

My next game is BALL x PIT, a ball bouncing, base building roguelite. It’s been almost a decade since my first commercial release and this one feels like the culmination of all of my effort. The demo is out now on Steam, I’m excited to finally be able to share it with you all!

GET READY FOR A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT!!!!!! 🤪 also follow my amazing team 🍔 @apthomson.bsky.social 🐸 @frogfungus.bsky.social 💜 violet eraseer.info 🎹 @codatrigger.bsky.social

HOLY MOLY! Day of the Devs: Summer Game Fest Edition 2025 is TOMORROW! Join us LIVE after the Summer Game Fest Showcase for a celebration of the FUTURE of indie games. Roll that sizzle reel 🔥🔥🔥

daily reminder to wishlist consume me on steam and play the demooooo

in case you missed it, the consume me demo is out now on steam! 🙉 here’s a long thread about how @qdork.bsky.social and i made the 🧘🏻‍♀️yoga🧘🏻‍♀️ bg because i like to yap

Hey in case you missed it earlier Consume Me now has a free demo out on Steam! You can play a pretty significant portion of the game ~right now~ (AND your save will carry over to the full game)!! What a steal!!! [click ->] s.team/a/2359120/

The pit awaits... Watch BALL x PIT: The Kenny Sun Story for the full reveal. June 6 at 5 PM Pacific / 8 PM Eastern / 12 AM GMT as part of Summer Game Fest.

CONSUME ME DEMO OUT! download & wishlist if u wanna: ✅ get hot 🔥 ✅ make ur crush fall in luv with u 💕 ✅ find money on da ground 💸 ◽️try to squeeze in every single item on ur TO DO list so u can appease everyone around u WHILE AVOIDING emotional breakdown & hitting rock bottom 👉 s.team/a/2359120/

YAY!!! consume me demo is ✨OUT NOW💖! you can finally see some of the art i've made for the past two-ish years…🥴 it's been so much fun and everyone has worked so hard! i promise it's such a special game so please check out the demo and wishlist on steam!!

stop everything and try the demo for CONSUME ME - narrative & mechanics operating in perfect synergy, EXACTLY the frenetic, overwhelmed feeling of being a teenage girl, it’s completely brilliant

surprise!

We're on Steam today (feat. me making a fool of myself) with the GAMES IN NEW YORK sale: a whole lot of games made or set in New York! Have you played Despelote yet? Crush House? Immortality? Getting Over it with BFOD? Beglitched? Ape Out? Norwood Suite? store.steampowered.com/sale/GamesinNY

today’s work task: need to change her facial expressions when she yells at herself in the mirror 🫠

For years, I hoped NPR, NYTimes, or the ghost of Gimlet would make a video game podcast. A weekly, hour-long audio magazine with essays, interviews, tight editing, and a cheeky sense of humor. Nobody made the show I wanted to hear. So, I made it myself. Here's the first episode of Post Games.

⚽ despelote is OUT NOW on Steam, PlayStation 4 & 5, and Xbox Series X|S. Coming soon to Switch. A bittersweet and sometimes dreamy semi-autobiographical tale of youth taking place in 2001 Quito, Ecuador. Hecho con pasión.

still feels unreal. Thank you to everyone for your support omg!!!