martin pichlmair
@martinpi.bsky.social
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🀄️ Wishlist SPARROW 🐦⬛ WARFARE
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/Sparrow_Warfare/
. he/him.
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There've been a couple of streams of Sparrow Warfare by now but Mike explains the rules and analyses the design decisions like no one else. Watch it to get good and mostly actually true theories about why I things are how they are.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq_U...
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Let's Play: Sparrow Warfare (Beta)
YouTube video by Ill Omens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq_U1E4Lb8Q
about 2 months ago
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I've just finished Expedition 33 and here's a luke warm take. The music is hauntingly beautiful and I'm a sucker for a convoluted story because it's less boring than being the chosen one over and over again. That being said it felt like a game that mostly made very safe and conservative choices.
about 19 hours ago
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Developing a slight obsession with Dinner Time Live with David Chang because I, too, refuse to measure anything. He says it's laziness but there's also just a lot of pleasure in being surprised by your own creation and the suspense it adds to the cooking process is delightful for me too.
about 20 hours ago
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So many hills to die on, so few extra lives. Maybe this explains cats as a concept?
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Watched a TV show where someone punched in a passcode for a long time and then a CIA operative was explaining that with "they typed over a minute, must be a multifactor-password" and I don't get why some Hollywood writing is so lazy.
2 days ago
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I am on board with having a more optimistic view about the industry I'm in.
howtomarketagame.com/2025/11/04/t...
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The optimistic view that indie games are in a golden age right now – How To Market A Game
https://howtomarketagame.com/2025/11/04/the-optimistic-case-that-indie-games-are-in-a-golden-age-right-now/
2 days ago
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Magnus
3 days ago
This game was tailored for me...
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SpeedySparrow 🐥✨ No-Biny Birbtuber 🏳️⚧️
3 days ago
I guess I'm obligated to try out this game on stream soon 👀 deck builder, birds AND my name in the title? It would be illegal not to I think.
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The CAPTCHAs are getting so hard to read I might have to write an AI to solve them.
3 days ago
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I've made a Chinese subtitles version of our trailer. Do you speak Chinese? Is it too fast? Did I garble something?
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7 days ago
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What's the difference (or relation) between fairytales and folklore? I was just thinking that I don't particularly like most fairytales but have always been fascinated by, especially hyperlocal, folklore.
7 days ago
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Oh to step onto a platform in Vienna today and scream "Hello Wien!"
7 days ago
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Call me naive but I enjoy the new free Affinity. I haven't upgraded since V1 because there was no need to but now I might just switch over. Worst case I move to a different app in a few years.
www.theverge.com/news/810251/...
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Affinity’s new design platform combines everything into one app
Canva is making some changes.
https://www.theverge.com/news/810251/canva-affinity-design-suite-free-app-relaunch
7 days ago
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Char
11 days ago
Pretty niche post here, but if any of you game devs are taking part in Steam's Animal Fest in a few weeks, I'm setting up a "migration route" for us to make the most of the festival together. Want in? Sign up here:
tally.so/r/mDrvGR
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Animal Fest 2025: Join The Migration Route!
Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.
https://tally.so/r/mDrvGR
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One of the massif of hills I'm planning to die on is that two party systems are proto-democratic. To fully form a state that represents everyone appropriately you need a majority system. Some progressive countries might still get there through reforms.
9 days ago
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This pretty much sums it all up.
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9 days ago
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I posted a game dev cheatsheet yesterday and here's another important one.
easings.net
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Easing Functions Cheat Sheet
Easing functions specify the speed of animation to make the movement more natural. Real objects don’t just move at a constant speed, and do not start and stop in an instant. This page helps you choose...
https://easings.net
9 days ago
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Marlène Delrive
10 days ago
Our emotional narrative game from the POV of a woman with Alzheimer’s is out NOW! ❤️🩹🎉😱 Get ‘As Long As You’re Here’ (and review!):
tinyurl.com/3935hep4
So much love & hard work has gone into this game for years. We hope the experience will stay with you ❤️ Share this & help us gain visibility! 🫶
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As Long As You're Here - Launch Trailer
YouTube video by Autoscopia Interactive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEBtyqYmBwE
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People being surprised about the Saudi investment fund that bought shares of EA should take a glance at this list of the biggest sovereign wealth funds – a brand you have feelings about might already be owned by a state you have different feelings about:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
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List of sovereign wealth funds by country - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_wealth_funds_by_country
10 days ago
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I think building on a solid foundation of conventions allows you to be radically new where it counts. For games, that means a database like
interfaceingame.com
is indispensable.
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Interface In Game | Collection of video games UI | Screenshots and videos
Explore a collection of video games UI interfaces, screenshots and videos. This creative tool is for video games lovers and game designers to get inspiration and help the creative process.
https://interfaceingame.com
10 days ago
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Char
10 days ago
A joy to watch PepperHead playing Sparrow Warfare for the first time as part of his "finding the next big roguelike" series & immediately dominating the leaderboard! This was Playtest #1... Playtest #2 will fly in on November 10th, if you want to try it out too!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlNz...
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This New Bird Deck Builder Might Take Flight...
YouTube video by PepperHead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlNzcEF1dAc
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Marlène Delrive
10 days ago
It’s launch day and we’re at the top of Popular Upcoming! 🥹❤️🎉 Wish us luck - we’re pushing the button on ‘As Long As You’re Here’ at 4PM CET! 🎉🎉🎉 Find it here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3309750/...
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I’m teaching a workshop to students of game technology today. What should I tell them, chat?
10 days ago
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Pepperhead got the hang of our game in record time. A pleasure to watch a pro at work.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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FINDING THE NEXT BIG ROGUELIKE - YouTube
Going in blind into new roguelikes from developers of all levels. Playing, evaluating, and discussing game design until we find THE NEXT BIG ROGUELIKE. Have ...
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuViIgtdGrYPs7lFLU3OxXOVYq0QPUcZt&si=HYNAFB7yz4rAW_U-
10 days ago
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Nifflas
11 days ago
Announcing that Rhythm Doggo has a steam page now! It'd be super helpful if you wishlist it!
store.steampowered.com/app/4090240/...
Key art by
@1neila1.bsky.social
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Rhythm Doggo on Steam
You wanted to play a video game and just got transformed into a dog! Rhythm Doggo is a classic platform adventure where you play as a dog and make music on the way. Can you go back to your human form?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4090240/Rhythm_Doggo/
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AI Weiwei never fails to inspire. Even if you disagree you’ll find a lot to work with (or against) in his thinking:
hyperallergic.com/1050197/what...
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What I Wish I Had Known About Germany Earlier
A German newspaper commissioned an article from me but then refused to publish it.
https://hyperallergic.com/1050197/what-i-wish-i-had-known-about-germany-earlier/
17 days ago
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Hannah Nicklin
23 days ago
📚 My current contract is coming to an end in Dec so I am now looking for new work! ⭐ I am an award-winning & expert/lead game writer & narrative designer. 🌎 I am interested in long & short term contracts & consultancy, ideally remote. Let's chat!
hannahnicklin.com
linkedin.com/in/hannah-nicklin
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I’m playing host to a rowdy bunch of viruses in the moment and have to say Clair Obscure is amazing if your body is distracted with damage control and presumably also if you don’t have a cold.
24 days ago
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Bleak outlook for the only country this piece is concerned with. I wonder how literacy is faring worldwide. Wouldn’t be surprised if the answer is “better than ever”.
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29 days ago
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Our first playtest ended after hundreds of people played the game. While we're preparing for the second playtest, and you're eagerly waiting, it's totally ok if you wishlist Sparrow Warfare. In fact it would be very nice of you if you do!
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
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Sparrow Warfare on Steam
Lead a feathered rebellion in the bird-filled deckbuilder SPARROW WARFARE! Combine your tiles to free birds. Unlock wildtiles to craft riotous combos. Take down the fiendish Storyteller for the libera...
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/Sparrow_Warfare/
29 days ago
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Char
29 days ago
Hey there
@mantisgames.bsky.social
& thanks for hosting this
#TurnBasedThursday
!
@martinpi.bsky.social
& I are making a weird deckbuilder with lots of birds called SPARROW WARFARE, & we'll have a new playtest next week - come sign up on our Steam page!
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
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Nothing makes me feel more righteous than having done the accounting for a quarter. Should take a nap as a reward.
29 days ago
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While there are many more good books out there than those by Nobel laureates, I have never regretted reading any of the winners. Even Handke, a questionable character, wrote the fantastic "Wunschloses Unglück". But a prize for my beloved weirdos from the East makes me extra happy.
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29 days ago
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Satantango is his only book I read and it was a good one. Reminded me of Sorokin and Tatjana Tolstaja. Dark East!
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29 days ago
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Finally adding some missing animations. One day I'll tell about the design process of this game and it's going to explain why things happened in the order they did.
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29 days ago
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If I put as much effort into a painting as goes into a simple prompt it ain’t art either. If I drag a reflection of popular culture out of a neural network it is clearly conceptual art. I want more nuance in this discourse.
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30 days ago
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Still got it on some days
30 days ago
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This smells of panic. I haven't dug into the proposed legislation yet but I assume it's only an issue for free-to-play games aimed at kids, so there's not much to fear for other game developers or the industry as a whole.
30 days ago
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Tomorrow we're going to reveal what's next for Sparrow Warfare and chat about how the first playtest went. Join us live on Discord:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/347...
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Sparrow Warfare - Playtest #1 Roundup! - Steam News
Developers Char and Martin chat about results from Playtest #1: leaderboards, bugfixes, streams, & what's next - oh my!
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3473440/view/547873227591911731?l=english
about 1 month ago
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It’s really hard to compete with something that scales as well as renewables. The name kind of gives away.
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about 1 month ago
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Do I know anyone who can read Korean and could tell me if this is readable and roughly within cultural expectations?
about 1 month ago
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The German term "vorauseilender Gehorsam" comes to mind a little too often these days.
about 1 month ago
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Korean is an interesting language.
about 1 month ago
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What are y'all using for bug tracking? We're a tiny team and want something really straightforward and it looks like all there is is super generalist stuff that's a hassle like Trello or space ship technology like Jira. Does anyone know a simple solution that's just the essentials?
about 1 month ago
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Nature is healing.
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about 1 month ago
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Sora 2 working hard to get to the top of the "worst idea ever" list. Making deep fakes exciting? What a world we live in.
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about 1 month ago
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Surely not me forgetting to print the version string in the log files
about 1 month ago
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Kate Compton
about 1 month ago
2026 internships available in my team at The LEGO Group! Internships in Story, Ideation, Concept Model Design (ie, building with bricks), Prototyping (3D printing etc), Hardware (soldering and weird sensors!) Physical (springs and spinny things) Digital (code for doing stuff with bricks)
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!!!* INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY *!!! Hey everyone… great news! please share with your network of budding young students. We have now opened applications for our internships in Story, Ideation, Concept…...
!!!* INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY *!!! Hey everyone… great news! please share with your network of budding young students. We have now opened applications for our internships in Story, Ideation, Concept ...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/james-gard-b26a18b4_internship-opportunity-hey-everyone-activity-7377983656964927488-Ryse?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAH6ATUBqsaoVBexbH0Mb0GaR36CH5kVY_4
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Should we, despite everything, celebrate that oil money gets pumped into the cultural sphere? Or do we conclude that the military-entertainment complex will never produce art? So many moral conundrums to happily ignore just like all EA games since SSX Tricky.
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about 1 month ago
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Lets quickly inflate the Quantum Computing bubble before our ship of Theseus sinks.
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about 1 month ago
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