Operation SAIL for Strategic Advance In Lisbon has begun! 🚢 I've travelled to Portugal to meet up my good ol' pal @jorgegamedev.com and to get Townseek on track for a full-blown sprint. Let's get this ship out in the ocean! 🌮 I plan to share more pictures and findings as the trip goes! 📸

It's events galore for Townseek! 🎉 We're featured in three amazing Steam events at once! We're participating in @thirdworldprod.bsky.social's Mexican Entertainment System, @sixoneindie.com's Showcase, and on the Tokyo Game Show! ✨ Remember to try our demo and set sail on new adventures! 🧭

We're setting SAIL soon! ⛵ (This is not about the release date, which I feel I need to make a disclaimer whenever I post something vague now. 😅)

So I made the smallest game I could. This is sapito, a tiny daily classic roguelike, with a new level every day. Super simple, but finished! My plan is to keep updating it over time. joaosdev.itch.io/sapito Pixel art by @datagoblin.bsky.social and the whole game is inspired by 1 of their mockups.

ARC SEED just came out of early access! 1.0 is now available with a new story mode, new act and new bosses. Get in the Robot! store.steampowered.com/app/2332970/...

👁️Henry Halfhead👁️ OUT NOW 👃 🍎 Play as 250+ everyday objects 💌 Experience a wholesome life story 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Join a friend in the local co-op mode! Get it on Steam, EGS, PS5 and Switch! Tell your friends, family and help us share this post!

Our studio interactions on Twitter have pretty much dried up, and most of our engagement comes from here. We're talking almost a 1:10 like ratio. 🦋 I don't think it's a content problem? I dislike that a lot of our audience continues being there but our reach to players there stagnated completely. 😓

Alongside trading and talking, each town has quests you can take for rewards and reputation! 🪙 At Driplands, Blubbie can ask you to fetch some materials for her designs, guide some tourists to far-away landmarks, or to take some cool, fun shots! 📸

I was updating the achievements for Townseek, and it just dawned on me just how massive the game actually is, at least, from an overhead view. 💦 Every part of the world, each item, each achievement icon is hand-drawn and unique. I really hope that people appreciate the effort we're putting into it.

I was updating the achievements for Townseek, and it just dawned on me just how massive the game actually is, at least, from an overhead view. 💦 Every part of the world, each item, each achievement icon is hand-drawn and unique. I really hope that people appreciate the effort we're putting into it.

A celebration of Mexican baking, PancitoMerge is a merge/matching game with a tasty twist: customers will request specific types of bread. "Merge conchas, cuernitos, and more to discover new treats in this whimsical puzzle game with a dash of strategy and a sprinkle of tradition."

Blubbie runs Bubbline, Driplands' top slime fashion destination! She's also the merchant in town, selling top wares! 👒 Her goo-based designs are rainproof, slimeproof, and will one day be worn by everyone. Even sharks! 🦈

Step into Driplands, a town of colourful goo and pastel rivers in the vast Mossy Marsh! 🌈 Slimes, frogs and alligators inhabit this viscous sticky lands! Its inhabitants are as colourful as its quarry! 🐸

Sherma 🌟✨ Here is my first silksong fanart c: I'll create probably a lot of illustrations as I make progress in the game huhu Hope you'll like it 🥰 #silksong #sherma #hollowknight

A Linha Nacional de Prevenção do Suicídio (1411) começa a funcionar a partir de hoje, dia 10 de Setembro, data em que se assinala o Dia Mundial de Prevenção do Suicídio.

No Dia Mundial da Prevenção do Suicídio entrou em funcionamento o serviço 1411, uma linha nacional dedicada ao apoio imediato em situações de risco.

today is World Suicide Prevention Day 💛 talking about suicide doesn't cause it. it's okay to ask for help from your friends, family, or mental health professionals. openness & empathy help destigmatize mental health. ⬇ check the thread for immediate resources ⬇ #worldsuicidepreventionday

which one of you said to me weeks ago that it's okay for a game to be deeply unfair as long as it's also sufficiently funny?

Surprise! Townseek is setting sail for @xbox.com! 🎮 And guess what? You can play the demo on Xbox platforms right now! 🗺️ Explore cozy skies, trade with quirky towns, and discover a world full of charm. Your airship adventure awaits! ✨ Comment Xbox for the link! 👇

Happy birthday to our Portuguese friend! 😘

If you're wondering what's with us sharing a vertical video today, we're experimenting to see what sticks. I much prefer horizontal video on sites like this, but we were curious to see how it would do. 🤔 Social media feels so opaque at times, especially other places with algorithms and the like. 😓

I may not be the most active, but the WAG community is one of the few places where I feel like I belong. Without you, I dont know if I would have found the group weve got now so thank you!😊Oh gosh it’s been almost 7 years since then. Looking forward to everything you guys cook up whatever it may be.

aa! you share a birthday with my dad albeit many years apart. I'm excited that Townseek seems to blend all the things i incorporate into Cele as a character - sharks, cats, pirates. i love the way everything makes sense and I'm SO EXCITED when y'all make it to the finish line. when you're okay. ❤️

As you know, I'm not recovered yet from recent undue stress. If I may self-indulge for my birthday, I'd like to ask you something for today. 🙇 If you have the time, I'd really thank you if you could write down or doodle, something about what Townseek or our team at @whalesandgames.com means to you.

Today is my 29th birthday! 🎉 The last year was one of the most euphoric but also stressful years of my life. In the last year, our team received two awards, I had interviews and stayed long-term in Mexico. I also got hospitalised, had to be taken to emergencies, and dealt with a lot of work stress.

Today is my 29th birthday! 🎉 The last year was one of the most euphoric but also stressful years of my life. In the last year, our team received two awards, I had interviews and stayed long-term in Mexico. I also got hospitalised, had to be taken to emergencies, and dealt with a lot of work stress.

Aside from, y'know, growth and such, know why I really want to grow as a streamer? I want to share more indie games with y'all. They deserve more eyes on their titles. I want to share more art with more people! - Go check out @whalesandgames.com's TownSeek for me. Wishlist it! Play the demo!

See you on the other side of the Silksong hype folks. ✨ I've genuinely been looking forward to it. The first game was a very deep experience to me and the worldbuilding absorbed me like crazy. I'm happy that we've made it here, and that their team had the time to work on it as much as they have. 🍒

congrats to Araraura, the proprietor of Daily Silksong News, who after an unbroken streak of 1,693 daily updates, most of which consisted of "there is no news today", can finally rest (aka, play Silksong) www.ign.com/articles/aft...

See you on the other side of the Silksong hype folks. ✨ I've genuinely been looking forward to it. The first game was a very deep experience to me and the worldbuilding absorbed me like crazy. I'm happy that we've made it here, and that their team had the time to work on it as much as they have. 🍒

We're being shown many pets on our server and we've already picked some to add to the game! Here's how they compare from photo to in-game sprite! 🔍 We're still accepting pets until the 6th of September, so join our server if you'd like to show us yours! 😻

This is a very specific request, but we're trying to get our @whalesandgames.com presence on these platforms going because of game marketing or something. 😵‍💫 If you're on them, can you help us with a follow please? 🙏 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/whalesandgames 📽️ TikTok: tiktok.com/@whalesandga...

This is a very specific request, but we're trying to get our @whalesandgames.com presence on these platforms going because of game marketing or something. 😵‍💫 If you're on them, can you help us with a follow please? 🙏 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/whalesandgames 📽️ TikTok: tiktok.com/@whalesandga...

As a developer that has been fairly public: we're not equipped to deal with the deluge of abuse and hate that comes our way - and I'm an indie, I'm literally responsible for my own choices. Can't imagine having to stand in that torrent for choices the stakeholders forced despite my objections.

We're excited to announce the Games for Palestine charity page is now LIVE on Itch. Over 300+ games with proceeds going to UNRWA USA in support of Gaza relief. Thank you to everyone for your support. The bundle launches on Sept 2nd 9am PST. Link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...

I don't know what resolution is in sight, what the pay off will be, or even what state our game will release in one day. But after this last week, I know we've got the right people behind our backs, willing to help us, and the reason on our side. We'll bounce back. @whalesandgames.com always does.

Calling all pet owners and pets! 🐶 We're giving you the opportunity to have your pets appear in our game as critters! ✨ Dock over at our Discord, show us some photos of your pets, and we'll pick a handful to add into the game! 👇 discord.gg/whalesandgames

Don't want to plead to my illness and struggles, but this is what we were going to post last week before everything went down. It's the first time we run something like this. 🥲 If you have a pet (or many) we'd love you to join in, share some photos and we'll pick a handful to include in the game. 🐶

Apparently the Silksong devs were just being normal about it aftermath.site/hollow-knight-...

Don't want to plead to my illness and struggles, but this is what we were going to post last week before everything went down. It's the first time we run something like this. 🥲 If you have a pet (or many) we'd love you to join in, share some photos and we'll pick a handful to include in the game. 🐶

thank you everyone who still makes art despite everything

I'm a bit mentally better and rested today, and I'm hoping to post something soonish about one of the first activities we'll be running for Townseek. I know it's weird to be immediately back to it, but I still want to bring joy to people, and I hope that folks join this one with what it is about. 🐶

I'm a bit mentally better and rested today, and I'm hoping to post something soonish about one of the first activities we'll be running for Townseek. I know it's weird to be immediately back to it, but I still want to bring joy to people, and I hope that folks join this one with what it is about. 🐶

Apologies to everyone who's been having to see posts of my mental collapse these past few days. 🙇 I really wanted to be the "game developer with a funny whale shirt and top hat haha" but my reality right now is too harsh for me to contain my real feelings. I'm not sure what resolution is in sight.

Apologies to everyone who's been having to see posts of my mental collapse these past few days. 🙇 I really wanted to be the "game developer with a funny whale shirt and top hat haha" but my reality right now is too harsh for me to contain my real feelings. I'm not sure what resolution is in sight.

Can I still believe the world to be a fair place?

I want to be able to post what's been happening to us, our game, the whole story but I keep being chained to the fear of legal, business, everything. I had to go to psychiatric urgencies this morning over stress today. We're asked impossible things and blamed when things go wrong. We feel so lost.