Here's the illustration that I shared last week for #kidLitArtPostcard day, only here mocked up as a full book cover. 🐺🤫 #kidLit #kidLitArt #MG #werewolf #spooky #spookyMG #bookCover

While some players steadfastly refuse to use the hints, something many have asked for is a way to check answers... and to be able to TURN OFF that check once it's shown! I just finally got this bottom left toggleable button all coded up and working this morning! 🎉🕵️‍♀️ #indieDev #indieGame #puzzleGame

We've got a new blog post where I talk about the game's status and our particular method of working together as spouses on a game and how we fit game design work into the interstices of our busy lives. Check it out at store.steampowered.com/news/app/340...

Doing playtesting at The MADE in Oakland CA. Here fellow indie devs @exodrifter.bsky.social and @filthyhouseplant.bsky.social (check out their games too!) are trying out the newest puzzle. #indieDev #indieGame #indieGames

Doing playtesting at The MADE in Oakland CA. Here fellow indie devs @exodrifter.bsky.social and @filthyhouseplant.bsky.social (check out their games too!) are trying out the newest puzzle. #indieDev #indieGame #indieGames

Hi, #PitchYaGame! We're making a point and click game about an anxious cactus artist named Prickles. Help your neighbors and unravel a mystery by gifting drawings, taking care of potted humans and making friendships! store.steampowered.com/app/4038920/... #indiegame #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev

Burger Bois is a food truck simulation game about flavor, not labor! 🍔 Design bespoke burgers for vague requests 👀 Impress relatably weird customers 🚚 Unlock new locations & unusual ingredients 🎨 Collect 20 #FoodPics by indie artists! Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3224290/... #PitchYaGame

Hello #PitchYaGame This is Alpine Lake, a mountain life sim / innkeeper sim. Your town is in danger, and through the power of innkeeping you can save it. Who knew that brewing coffee, scrambling eggs, and photographing a cute duck could have such an impact on people's lives.

Hi, #PitchYaGame! Puzzle Spy International is a '60s spy adventure where you travel the world, chat with (& flirt with!) contacts, and solve substantial thinky puzzles involving wordplay, logic & rules discovery. A standalone demo is on Steam at s.team/a/3406690 and on itch.io. #puzzleGame #VN

Hi #PitchYaGame! #SugarplumCafe is an ~aesthetic~ merge crafting game where you run a pastel rococo café 💖 🍰 Merge ingredients into desserts 🎀 Meet fashionable ladies inspired by sweets 🫖 Host elegant tea parties ✨ Embrace your frilly fairytale side #cozygame #egl #cozygames

It's #PitchYaGame time! ✨ CUBO is a narrative adventure-puzzle game set on a rotating cube world. Discover the other sides, unlock new areas, and bring the world back together. Feel free to wishlist our game on Steam! #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #rubikscube #puzzlegame

The Regreening is a cozy simulation game about restoring nature in a soilpunk fairytale 🌾 🌱grow plants to create living ecosystems 🦉become friends with ancient spirits 🛠️make your own upcycling hub 🤗and hug ALL the animals! Follow us so you don't miss the demo! Thank you #PitchYaGame <3

Hi, #PitchYaGame! Puzzle Spy International is a '60s spy adventure where you travel the world, chat with (& flirt with!) contacts, and solve substantial thinky puzzles involving wordplay, logic & rules discovery. A standalone demo is on Steam at s.team/a/3406690 and on itch.io. #puzzleGame #VN

Some friends of mine are making this. It's got some amazing character design and art and should be really fun. They just got their Steam page up so check it out!

For Steam Scream Fest, get The Wolf of Derevnya for its lowest-ever Steam price: Just $1.50! Get this atmospheric tale of werewolf horror for literal pocket change! store.steampowered.com/app/2184220/...

We ran out of postcards so I designed us another one (the red & green one.) It's very cool to have a physical thing you can hold in your hand for your digital game! We find all sorts of occasions to hand these out: Cons, playtesting nights, and local puzzle events. #indieGame #indieDev #gameArt

Being tricked by your own reflection on your second day outside after living in a pitch black cave for centuries on end... it happens to the best of us. #indiedev #indiegamedev

We ran out of postcards so I designed us another one (the red & green one.) It's very cool to have a physical thing you can hold in your hand for your digital game! We find all sorts of occasions to hand these out: Cons, playtesting nights, and local puzzle events. #indieGame #indieDev #gameArt

Artists! Quote with your night art 🌙 #kidLitArt #illustration #spooky #MG #MGcover

We've been working on a new mini-game for Fossil Quest! Now when you find a broken fossil you get to puzzle it back together #indiegame #fossil

For #screenshotSaturday, a look at our logic puzzle where you have to locate a contact among these patrons of a northern African cafe. Some of the text has been swapped with fake Latin so it's not solvable but should give you an idea of what the puzzle is like. #puzzleGame #indieGame #thinkyGame

$4000! If we get to 5, it'll cover rent...

For #screenshotSaturday, a look at our logic puzzle where you have to locate a contact among these patrons of a northern African cafe. Some of the text has been swapped with fake Latin so it's not solvable but should give you an idea of what the puzzle is like. #puzzleGame #indieGame #thinkyGame

Oh, another demo to check out! Looks awesome! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3406690 #gamedev #indiedev #steamdemo #freetoplay #newgame

Happy #WishlistWednesday everyone! 🎉 Let's promote your game! Drop your #indiegame below 🚀 #gamedev #indiegamedev #gamemarketing #steam

Hi! I'm working on SwitchTrack, a frantic minecart puzzle game! Check it out and wishlist here: 🎮 s.team/a/3916040 #indiegame #gamedev

We're trying to decide how characters in PSI transition from one pose to another. The 2 methods shown in this vid: In part 1, characters change poses with a 0.25s dissolve. In part 2, they pop from pose to pose with no transition. Which do you like better? youtu.be/sbPk8Qmk9Rc #indieDev #VNdev

We're trying to decide how characters in PSI transition from one pose to another. The 2 methods shown in this vid: In part 1, characters change poses with a 0.25s dissolve. In part 2, they pop from pose to pose with no transition. Which do you like better? youtu.be/sbPk8Qmk9Rc #indieDev #VNdev

My exploration-focused metroidvania, STOMP AND THE SWORD OF MIRACLES, is now LIVE on Kickstarter! Explore a world full of lost secrets, meet a cast of charming characters, and use the creatures around you to your advantage to reach new heights. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bee... DEMO LINKS BELOW

This game is gorgeous and really tests my brain. Can’t wait to see it fully developed.

What could this new game location be? A secret base, of course! This is what the whole game is building to! I talk more about it in my new blog post on Steam: store.steampowered.com/news/app/340... #ScreenshotSaturday #puzzleGame #indieGame #thinkyGame #gameDev #gameArt

Happy 2nd anniversary to the Steam Dev Cheat Sheet 🥂 LMK if any info is out of date! Good luck with your game 🎮 #indiegamedev

What could this new game location be? A secret base, of course! This is what the whole game is building to! I talk more about it in my new blog post on Steam: store.steampowered.com/news/app/340... #ScreenshotSaturday #puzzleGame #indieGame #thinkyGame #gameDev #gameArt

A reminder that this is tonight from 5 - 8:30. 😁

For anyone who happen to be in the SF Bay Area, tomorrow night we're bringing TWO new puzzles to The MADE for playtesting. Come check them out, along with the dozen or two other indie games that will be playtesting & demoing there. 5pm to 8:30. #indieGame#Dev #puzzleGame #indieGame #indieGames

I was asked recently which specific artists or styles made up the Mid-Century Modern influences on the style of Puzzle Spy International. So here's a mood board, and a write up of some of my (Mike's) visual inspirations for the game's art direction... 1/x #gameArt #ArtDirection #retroArt #art

I was asked recently which specific artists or styles made up the Mid-Century Modern influences on the style of Puzzle Spy International. So here's a mood board, and a write up of some of my (Mike's) visual inspirations for the game's art direction... 1/x #gameArt #ArtDirection #retroArt #art

Couldn't help but notice 2 of the 5 games selected for @wholesomegames.com Dev Diaries are spy video games: 🧩 Puzzle Spy International 🌷 The Abbess Garden Congrats to @agentepsilon.bsky.social and @edwigelel.bsky.social Just goes to show - spy video games can be wholesome! #indiegames #indiedevs

For #GBJam 13, we made an idle card game where your deck of cute familiars goes head-to-head against enemy monsters! To fit with the theme, "unlucky", you start with no luck opening packs, but can increase your luck to discover and merge more powerful creatures. 🐈‍⬛ jamwitch.itch.io/familiar-flip

Agent Epsilon has solved another puzzle and - with Friday's help - is off to another part of the world! The "where she's heading" is the area of the game that we've been focusing a LOT on lately, including testing two new puzzles for that locale. #screenshotSaturday #indieGame #gameArt #VN #gameDev

A few weeks ago almost 150 unpaid interns (playtesters) had the distinguished honor of taking part in our first playtest. Now YOU have the distinguished honor of reading the fruits of their free labor: our very first performance review! store.steampowered.com/news/app/331...

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We played this the other night. It’s a short and rewarding game with great writing and a surprising ending. (It’s also free!) The entire thread has some good recommendations for fans or explorers of narrative deduction games.

For #screenshotSaturday a throwback to the first puzzle in the game (so this isn't giving away too much!) Hopefully rearranging these cards and tags can give you a lead on the location of the diamond thieves. #puzzleGame #tinkyGame #gameArt #indieGame #indieGameDev

For #screenshotSaturday a throwback to the first puzzle in the game (so this isn't giving away too much!) Hopefully rearranging these cards and tags can give you a lead on the location of the diamond thieves. #puzzleGame #tinkyGame #gameArt #indieGame #indieGameDev

This post touches on something I loved about Puzzle Spy International's demo puzzle - starting from having zero clue what's going on, staring at it for a while, and finally working through it to a super fun and satisfying solve. Really excited for more of this type of puzzle!

Some Jamwitch Games highlights from me and @rosekeller.bsky.social: 💙Nothing to Say is a sweet letter-unlocking dating sim 💜The Case of the Dungeon Descent is a non-linear mystery like Her Story 🩷Interstellar Connection is a puzzle game with an unfolding story jamwitch.itch.io #gamedev #indiedev

We shared a status update on our Steam page, talking about demoing at MAGwest and more importantly, about the work that we're doing to add more interesting story and puzzles to the end of the game. Check it out at store.steampowered.com/news/app/340... #indieGame #indeGameDev #gameDev #puzzleGame

We shared a status update on our Steam page, talking about demoing at MAGwest and more importantly, about the work that we're doing to add more interesting story and puzzles to the end of the game. Check it out at store.steampowered.com/news/app/340... #indieGame #indeGameDev #gameDev #puzzleGame

Ziff Davis and IGN routinely decide that work done by our laid off colleagues is not important. But inevitably, that crucial work falls onto those who remain. Not this time. Not anymore.