Adding achievements for the final game. 18 March will be the date 😊 Just a little preview... #gamedev #indiegames

We're on Steam Next Fest in a couple of hours! Will be running a stream of us playing Paddlenoid, so I you want to see Sophie and me try to play the game while discussing some lore and design decisions, please check in! #SteamNextFest #gamedev

Don't panic, we just changed our capsule art! If you've just lost Paddlenoid in your library, this is what you're looking for now 😊 #SteamNextFest #gamedev

Small but important Paddlenoid demo update! You can now jump to the other episodes after completing the demo content for one episode. We noticed that many people playing the demo only play the Jungle levels. The demo is a lot bigger! #SteamNextFest #gamedev

Don't forget Paddlenoid on Steam Next Fest! I've been working on this for 2.5 years now and it's a real experience. Personally the thing that I'm most proud of! We have a free demo on Steam to get a taste. #SteamNextFest #gamedev #indiegames

Paddlenoid will be at Steam Next Fest 👾 We'll have a single/coop block breaker with nothing less than the fate of the universe at stake! Also, come check out the Stream to see Sophie and I play Paddlenoid. #gamedev #indiegames

Your cute pupper cured my aching muscles, sunken eyes, painful gums, ashen skin, loss of teeth, internal bleeding, the reopening of old wounds, diarrhea, kidney failure, sudden fainting, scurvy, halitosis and death. tldr: Winnie is so freaking cute! ❤️ PS: wishlist Paddlenoid! tinyurl.com/yc6wn9fh

Life update: Deadbug Projects now has a mascot! Her name is Winnie, she's 8 weeks old. We're expecting lower productivity but higher morale 😊

Don't forget to setup your game category in Youtube! You'll need to send them an actual e-mail for this, but it'll look so much better when your game is mentioned. #gamedev #indiegames

Added an interlaced shader to the big ads. Just toning down the pink a little bit... Love how colorful this level is though 😎🤘 #gamedev #indiegames #SteamNextFest

Make sure to test your Steam Next Fest stream! #steamnextfest #gamedev #indiegame

This is Paddlenoid right now; 170 Wishlists! Let's see if we can get this bad boy to 200 before Steam Next Fest🤘😎 store.steampowered.com/app/2789390/... #gamedev #indiegame #SteamNextFest

Building a game in a custom game engine using my own custom file formats. This my theme song 😊 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhnr... #gamedev #indiegames

My fellow Weavers & Chaos Weavers, This February, we finally wrap up filming "Louise Blackwick vs. the Algorithm" - a funny, tongue-in-cheek Youtube show where I meet versions of myself from parallel realities. Editing & post-production will behind shortly. 🎥 Hope you'll tune in when it's out! 🥰❤️

Here's us playing Paddlenoid level 2 from episode 3. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIuQ... This level, along with 8 other is available for free in the Paddlenoid demo on Steam. store.steampowered.com/app/2789390/... Let us know if you beat our score 😎 #gamedev #indiegames

Had a really successful Reddit thread last week which got me a ton of positive reactions about the Paddlenoid soundtrack. Never had so many people listen to music that I made with such an overwhelmingly positive response. It's kind of surreal.. 😊🎵 #gamedev #indiegames

Here's the full OST for Paddlenoid 🎵 Thought it would be fun to have all tracks together in a video, showing them in context. It's actually my first time doing an OST for a game that's going to release. I'm happy with how it turned out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0H7... #VGM #gamedev #indiegames

Had a lovely time yesterday at @eckhardischebeck.bsky.social'sopening Art Exposition (#Kulturbahnhof Hiltrup, near Münster, Germany) 🥳🎉 Meanwhile, my #BookSigning Tour around Europe continues! 💙📚 If you happen to spot me in your city, don't hesitate to say hi! 🥰❤️ #writingcommunity #louiseblackwick

It's surprisingly hard to talk while playing a game 😅 We're just trying to level up our streaming in time for Steam Next fest 💪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lNx... #gamedev #indiegames #indiegamedev

Sitting on a 30min video of us playing the free Paddlenoid demo but I'm not sure what to do with it 😅 Should I just post the whole thing on YouTube and link it from social media. Or clip it and release in parts? What do you think? #gamedev #indiegames #facereveal

Setting up for a stream of us playing Paddlenoid. I think that may actually be one of the scariest things I've done 😬 But it's necessary. For the good of the game 😊 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

First big mailing sent! If you're an influencer or a publication that would love a game like Paddlenoid but I didn't sent you an e-mail; let me know! I have a pretty big list but I know it's not exhaustive. #gamedev #indiegames

Paddlenoid demo update on Steam, Itch and web. This update adds a set of highscores to beat. Instead of just seeing your own name in the highscore you'll now have a couple of meaningful scores to beat for each level. #gamedev #indiegames

My fellow Chaos Weavers 🥰 Today is the LAST DAY you can benefit from the #Winter #Bookfest promo Hop on over to get 25% or 50% reduction on digital #books on my website www.louiseblackwick.com/books 💙📚 That said, I hope 2026 started well & that you didn't get stuck in Sweden (like other people 👀)

Just calibrating the star awards with the new hot pod ability (combo's and multipliers). It's surprisingly challenging to keep scores, high scores and level progressions meaningful. But it's fun to get really into😊 #indiedev #gamedev

Wow, this looks promising! Time for testing! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2789390 #gamedev #indiedev #steamdemo #freetoplay #newgame

Paddlenoid just got hotter 😊🔥🔥 Bouncing heats up the pod and the hotter you are, the higher you score! Get the free demo from Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2789390/... Or play online on your desktop: www.deadbugprojects.com/paddlenoid-d... #indiegames #gamedev

Having a lot of fun tweaking the Steam store page and trying to make it fit with all of the lore in the game. ...It says the game was developed by humans. But something about this text still feels a little suspicious ... #gamedev #indiegames

Welcome to the first #ScreenshotSaturday of 2026! ✨ 💬 Share your screenshots and Steam links, and let’s share them with the community! ❤️ #IndieDev #MadeWithUnity #UnrealEngine #Godot #GameMaker #IndieGame

2026 will be the big year! - Let's see if we can't finish Paddlenoid, get it everywhere games are and release a completely new game to boot 😊 The game's a little different, but so are we 😅 - I'm sure you guys will love it! #2025wrap #NewYear #indiegames

Paddlenoid: A perfectly innocent brick breaker. Prove you are a one-pod wonder and tilt the future of YOUR galaxy in OUR favor! Explore 33 levels, fight 3 bosses and... ignore the glitch crystals. #indiegames #TrailerTuesday www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuIs...

Steam Next Fest is coming up soon, so we decided to quickly add some new mechanics to Paddlenoid. What could possibly go wrong 😅 Bounce around a lot and your pod becomes hot while your score multiplies. Adding more skill to the game. #gamedev #indiegames

I just found out that our release date is set for 'Awkward Moments Day 2026'... I think I'm going to leave it there. It feels... fitting 😊 #gamedev #indiegames

Don't miss the Christmas pod! 🎄🎅 www.deadbugprojects.com/paddlenoid-d... No ads, no login, no download, just play 😊 #gamedev #indiegames

Christmas really sneaks up on you doesn't it? Eh, I mean, Happy Holidays 🎄🎉😊 #gamedev #indiegames

I never considered using an existing game engine for Paddlenoid. Nor have I ever tried one... I don't really have a good, rational argument for that; it just doesn't seem as "fun" to me. #gamedev #indiedev

This is great time to discover @louiseblackwick.com Loved reading 5 Stars! A really over the top out-there action sci-fi novel. If you loved William Gibson and Neal Stephenson's work from the late 80's early 90's you'll love this one!

Working on marketing and really deeply thinking about the game story, presentation and messaging around it .. I'm realizing I should've done that before even the first line of code. So many new idea's! Well... It's not released yet 😊 #gamedev #indiegames

So, what if you just really quickly want to play Paddlenoid but don't need the hassle of even starting steam? Here's a secret link to the playable web version: www.deadbugprojects.com/paddlenoid-d... No ads, no login, just click and play! #gamedev #indiegames

Getting there! - Only two weeks ago we where at sub 100 😊 Still a long way to go, but we're still polishing the game, updating the demo and learning about marketing! #gamedev #indiegames

Tweaking the title screen a bit; adding the new logo. I think it looks a lot better😊 #gamedev #indiegames

Saturday afternoon things ... #gamedev #indiegames

As promised, here's the full writeup about my Reddit ad spending misadventure. I hope other indies will learn from my mistakes! www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/co... #gamedev #indiegames

In: Features-that-should've-been-in-there-from-the-start: You can now see your progress on each episode. So you know where there's still some universe to be saved 😊 #gamedev #indiegames

If we had ONLY 10 seconds to show our combat, it would be this. 😊 #indiegames #gamedev

Finally decided to add and email address to the Paddlenoid feedback form. Initially left it out so people wouldn't hesitate, but many people providing feedback also just had questions. So, now it's an option; and I promise won't save or sell your e-mail! #gamedev #indiegames

I've been trying to do some marketing by buying ads and it's really going quite terribly 😬 Do you think it's worth doing some kind of post mortem writeup about this? - I'm probably doing something dumb... #gamedev #indiegames

You know... I feel like this 'Don't build your own engine' thing has gotten out of hand a little... Do you think that maybe the Unity / Unreal marketing teams got to us? Made aspiring indiedevs afraid of what they are actually capable of? #gamedev #IndieGameDev

As a Jungian author - who uses hermetic symbolism in her work - I can indeed confirm that my parents caught me with an Alchemy Engine under my bed as a wee lass... 🫢 Authors & creatives of #Bluesky, what was under YOUR bed as a child? 👀 💙📚 #writingcommunity #jung #authors #alchemy #memes #funny

@itch.io Itch io has apparently quarantined or page! While Paddlenoid is definitely hiding something, it's not that! But I guess they're just going along with our marketing message... 😅 #gamedev #indiegames #indiegamedev