Just so someone says it, the new Spinal Tap movie is truly laugh out loud funny, i was crying from laughter. So many little subtle jokes (nigel has a gtr with a 6 or 8 coil pickup?! but no one discusses), a lot of inside musician humor. Really worth a trip to the theater! #spinaltap #stonehenge

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Amazing concept of a cave with Ember lighting the way, one of the amazing things that came out of our teams Game Jam. Check out the whole display in our Discord. Windupminds.com/discord #VR #indiegames #StayForeverHome

A form vs. function issue I guess? These @chasebliss.bsky.social devices are great but complex & I can't read the tiny fonts w/low contrast & i'm not willing to use bright white lights in the studio. I love my label makers (yes, I have 2) & use them on everything!

Mic maintanence day today - the Lauten Audio Oceanus needed it's tubes (yes, plural) replaced and it's shock mount needed new bands - really needed the new bands, look at how stretched out the old ones are! I use this mic a lot (as well as the Lauten Clarion) love them both!

Stay: Forever Home – Update 3 is live! 👗 Ember’s new summer outfits are here! ❗Free Trial Currently in Testing and Available to some users Today! 🛠️ Behind-the-scenes fixes & performance upgrades www.meta.com/experiences/... Now’s a great time to jump in 🐾💛 #VRGaming #MetaQuest #CozyGames

Happy Texas Chainsaw Massacre Day!

RockThePIgeon just posted a very thoughtful review of the STAY soundtrack! Thanks RockThePigeon! Also the game is currently 25% off right now rockthepigeon.com/2025/08/16/d...

25% off during the sale! #indiegame #indiegamedev #vr #gamedev #gamedevelopment #mixedreality

Hey it's another swell review of the Stay: Forever Home soundtrack over at @bsidesbadlands.bsky.social (thx!) I love that they mention the magic of the music/game, a big part of it. bsidesbadlands.com/dren-mcdonal... #musicsky #indiegamedev #indiegame #indiemusic

I had Marica Petrey (Girl Swallows Nightingale) in the studio this week doing some vocals for my upcoming record. I don't even need to write harmonies for her...we record a line and she says "i have two other harmonies for that", & she just comes up with the greatest improvised parts. #musicsky

10 must try games in MR - including @stay-forever-home.com! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlQA...

To hop on the #bandcampfriday train, here's the soundtrack for Stay: Forever Home, getting a lot of nice reviews! The $4 price for this would be the same revenue for about 3million streams on spotify (or something) #musicsky #bandcamp #gamemusic drenmcdonald.bandcamp.com/album/stay-f...

DISCOVER NEW SONGS Dren McDonald, Sophia James #psychedelicfolk gtqlizer.blogspot.com/2025/07/dren... Sound Estate #nudisco gtqlizer.blogspot.com/2025/07/soun...

A new thoughtful review of the Stay: Forever Home soundtrack, thanks Music on the Rox! musicontherox.com/dren-mcdonal...

A nice review of the Stay: Forever Home soundtrack, thanks @yorkcalling.bsky.social !

The new soundtrack - available in Atmos here (and stereo) #indiegame #indiegamedev #gamedev #indiemusic #musicsky features Sophia James & Amelie Anna music.apple.com/us/album/sta...

I happened onto this post of the entire Eyesore: A Stab At The Residents record that I released in 94. It's not on streaming, so it's nice to see it living on. Haven't listened to it in years & it's solid! Cracker's version of Blue Rosebuds! So many great tunes www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYmu...

Now streaming everywhere...Stay: Forever Home Soundtrack Vol. 1! And in Atmos on AppleMusic and Tidal featuring the talents of Sophia James & Amelie Anna! #indiegamedev #gamedev #indiemusic #musicsky #vr music.apple.com/us/album/182...

We're giving away a game that has moved people to tears. In a good way. :D

A recent review called our game "a quiet masterpiece." <3

On Bandcamp my Stay: Forever Home soundtrack is now live! a few days before streaming....It features the wonderful talents of Sophia James and Amelie Anna as magical voices of the Otherlands #gamedev #musicsky #indiegame #indiegamedev drenmcdonald.bandcamp.com/album/stay-f...

The Bandcamp presale for the Stay: Forever Home soundtrack is now up for your enjoyment, & as if that weren't enough, Stay is now available for Quest 2 headsets in addition to Q3/3S! #musicsky #indiegamedev #gamedev #indiemusic #soundtrack drenmcdonald.bandcamp.com/album/stay-f...

🐾 Stay: Forever Home is now officially available on Quest 2! Already a favorite on Quest 3/3s, now even more players can meet Ember and step into a cozy world of care, connection, and mixed reality magic. #VRGaming #MetaQuest2 #CozyGames #VirtualPet #MixedReality #IndieGame

If you are a spotify user, there's a countdown page to pre-save the upcoming soundtrack for Stay: Forever Home (yes, spotify is not my idea of a good time, but I have other options in the works as well for pre-release) open.spotify.com/prerelease/2...

🐾 Stay: Forever Home is coming to Quest 2 and Quest Pro on July 10, alongside Quest 3/3s! To celebrate, we’re giving away free game keys Join our Discord and check #announcements to enter: windupminds.com/discord #VRGaming #CozyGames #AdoptEmber

Who knew, but yes, these $35 picks actually do feel and sound really great. I even got a special box for them so I don't lose them in the studio. Who am I kidding? I'm still gonna totally lose them...

NEW SOUNDTRACK! The Stay: Forever Home sndtrk Vol. 1 drops July 25th & features musical artists Sophia James (Phineas & Ferb, American Idol) & Amelie Anna (Death Stranding 2) Available now to pre-save/pre-order - lil' preview on this page too #musicsky #indiegame distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...

Ambient music on Spotify? We are curating a new ambient music playlist and invite you to send Spotify links to us for possible inclusion. PLS/RT #ambientmusic #ambient #experimentalmusic #electronicmusic #dronemusic #soundscape #darkambient #experimental #soundart #soundtrack #Spotify #playlist

Sly's "Fresh" is in my top 5 records, I had a copy I bought from a pawn shop when I was about 11. I still listen to it regularly (& don't miss out on I'm Just Like You, a great recent comp of 70s albumless tunes). Sly was literally the best. I think about his music & band leadership a lot.

Highly Recommend: The Pee Wee as Himself doc! Only watched the 1st half so far, but it brings back some great memories of discovering PeeWee's humor back in the day - I remember seeing the film on opening day (1st showing) in LB w/ my friend John Wackerman. We howled thru the whole thing. Brilliant

"This initial interaction made it clear to me that the team had most likely crafted something truly special" ✨

Like many others today who discovered this, I removed all of my music from Soundcloud as they included a ToU clause about training AI with music on the platform, so I posted one track left on there which is my voice explaining why I deleted the music www.fastcompany.com/91332060/sou...

Making some modular sounds for Stay: Forever Home today...here's the first patch I'm playing with #modular #eurorack #indiegamedev #modularsynthesis

There's a new update in Stay: Forever Home, which includes a flying disc (frisbee) toy that you can toss around with your pet...it's also fun to knock big fruit off of trees or pop flower blossoms with it. Plus other improvements (audio is a bit louder overall!) www.meta.com/experiences/...

Last week I discovered Bloom (modular synth sequencer) & excitedly found a cheap used one. Its on it's way, and today QuBit announced Bloom 2...doh! late to the party i guess youtu.be/OSaW5EWUQNI?...

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Ahh game dev Bsky, here are thoughts from our lead designer, Austin (who I'll write more about soon) on our launch. You may recognize him from games like System Shock, Dishonored, Thief, Deus Ex... yeah, some of the most influential games of all time! stay-forever-home.com/blog/notes-o...

Using a homemade 'psaltery' type instrument that I made from a metal drawer many years ago to try to get some new sounds using a pencil and bow. Looking for magic 'blooming/flowering' sounds for @windupminds.com Stay game & this was one idea this week #indiegamedev #indiegame #sounddesign

Right, it's #bandcamp Friday, when artists keep 100% of the sales. So if you'd like to support (spending $5 for a record on there is equiv 2 about 2B streams or something) I'll post my latest #counterstrike Balkan music #cs2 #gamemusic drenmcdonald.bandcamp.com/album/coffee...

Today is 'officially' the last day of the Grammy U mentoring program for this year, and I had a great experience being a mentor this year. Sometimes these experiences can really give you hope for the future, so I'd highly recommend signing up to be a mentor for next year's GrammyU program!

Holy crap, @windupminds.com game Stay: Forever Home has gone live and I have more people to spotlight! Today, @drenmcdonald.com. The brilliant Michael Abrash told us @ Oculus, audio & animation extra weight in VR. #VirtualPet #DigitalPet #SimulationGame #VRGame #MRGame #XRGame #IndieDev #IndieGame

Our cozy pet sim-game-experiment is now live! meta.com/experiences/... We've worked incredibly hard to make Ember lovable... and to love you back! 💗

Great review from Nathie on Stay: Forever Home, our indie XR game that is out today! www.youtube.com/watch?v=pufU... #indiegame #indiegamedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment #stay #virtualpet

Our virtual pet game comes out tomorrow!! Reviews are beginning to come in & it's exciting to see the response. This player/reviewer has a particularly moving story about their own pet to share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLot... #indiedev #indiegamedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment #petsimulator #pets

The clinching is real...

When you build something around care, the human response of tend and befriend, magic things can and will happen. @atombombbody.bsky.social we @windupminds.bsky.social are so happy that we could help in any way. May Zulu run forever until you find each other again over the rainbow bridge.

Today is the 2 year anniversary of the release of my 'guitar orchestra' record, Pterous. I'm in the midst of recording vocal versions of these songs, each song w/ a different vocalist. To be released later this year. music.apple.com/us/album/pte... #indiemusic #guitar #guitarmusic #guitarist

Next entry from the @windupminds.bsky.social role call, folks getting Stay: Forever Home ready for launch! @canotico.bsky.social: our most recent engineer, from Chile, a VFX/tech art-centric engineer. #VirtualPet #DigitalPet #SimulationGame #VRGame #MRGame #XRGame #ComingSoon #IndieDev #IndieGame

🎶 The #Minecraft soundtrack is being inducted into the U.S. National Recording Registry! Even cooler: our audio designer @dren.bsky.social’s string quartet version of the Minecraft Theme supports an after-school music nonprofit 💜 Listen Here to Support: thestringarcade.bandcamp.com/album/the-st...