luxille 🌷 making floramino!

i've been a little quiet since i've been on vacation for most of december, which was super restful but i'm also excited to be back on the grind!

late new year post! 2025 was definitely a year of firsts for me - started my first full-time job, won my first game jam, launched a demo on Steam for the first time, and took part in an interview about my game! here's to learning more in 2026 and continuing to grow the world of Floramino <3

should #FlowerFriday be a thing? 🌼 heh. well, introducing the workhorse of Floramino: the Daisy!

Daisies are one of the fastest growing flowers in Floramino & the perfect size to fit into those awkward corners. they won't grow your reputation as a gardener fast, but they sure are handy! #cozygames

it was so much fun to do this interview with @mayamada.com! thank you so much for having us - it was really fun to chat about floramino and the dev process!

🕹️ Interactive gameplay interview happening NOW with @luxille.bsky.social cial and @vickyagain.bsky.social Watch as they play their own game whilst discussing their creative process. Tune in: twitch.tv/mayamada

you can finally play & experience the culmination of our hard work over the last several months!!

if you like flowers or puzzle games, give the demo a try :D it’s free!

#indiedev

i will be there even though she spelled my username wrong 😤
tune in at www.twitch.tv/mayamada

doing this today!!!! my first game dev interview hehe

super excited and thankful to be a part of this :D can't wait to chat about our journey in indie dev and making Floramino!!

!! tomorrow morning Luxille and I will chat about Floramino 🌷✨️
#gamedev #indiegames #indiedev

Excited to announce @luxille.bsky.social and @vickyagain.bsky.social from Studio Lavacado will be joining the Next 1UP livestream on 13th Dec! Sharing Floramino & their indie dev journey in a live gameplay interview @1:50 PM GMT.

📺 twitch.tv/mayamada youtube.com/mayamadatv

#Next1UP #IndieGames

A digital illustration of a red-haired woman in a green dress kneeling next to a white-haired man hunched over himself as she drives a sword into his back. There are flames on the edge of her dress and in the foreground, while the man's hand is lightly over a dagger. In the background, backlighting the scene, are large stained glass windows.

on the altar of our love / martyr 🕯️

november's illustration!
#art #artsky #digitalart #illustration #cafedot

happy #TrailerTuesday!! Floramino has a brand new trailer because our demo is out now on Steam!! 🥳 #CozyQuest2025 #gamedev #indiegames

the demo is more than 8x the size of our game jam winning edition, with brand new maps, new flower shapes, & so much more!🌷 store.steampowered.com/app/3999350/...

whew!! i pulled a near all-nighter getting this project across the finish line, and i’m so happy people are playing and enjoying it!! i was really nervous no one was gonna play it hahah thank you all for the love and support it means the world truly 💛💛

you can finally play & experience the culmination of our hard work over the last several months!!

if you like flowers or puzzle games, give the demo a try :D it’s free!

#indiedev

GUYS IT'S HERE FLORAMINO DEMO REAL !!!!

thank you so much for playing lee!!! love seeing your shapes :D

it's really addicting and also really pretty

it's here!! the Floramino demo is out NOW on Steam for #CozyQuest2025 🌼✨

Floramino is a dynamic garden tiling game where you'll puzzle out the best plot layouts, explore new biomes, & build your reputation as a budding florist! #indiegames #cozygames #gamedev

store.steampowered.com/app/3999350/...

i will say, there's gonna be some cleanup/refactoring to be done after the demo... i feel like this happens whenever we're running up against a deadline, it just becomes "okay just fix it as fast as you can"

but hey if it works it works

T-MINUS 10 HOURS TO FLORAMINO DEMO RELEASE 😳

honestly, i'm really nervous?! it's my first time releasing a game on steam, first time designing & implementing a project of this scale... i'm like nervous for other people to see the result HAHA

no matter what i think we did our best!!!

happy #WishlistWednesday -- a little fairy dust goes a long way! ✨ Floramino is our gardening puzzle strategy game, where you play as a gardener spreading the magic of Spring! 🌼

our demo is coming Nov. 17th for #CozyQuest2025! wishlist to stay notified: store.steampowered.com/app/3999350/...

Image of a red-haired girl in a straw hat sitting on a hill, with a bee floating near her and a out of focus farmer figure.

Aggie and Bee Louise are patiently waiting for lots of things...spring, flowers, and #CozyQuest2025 too! 🙏

get to meet all the characters in the world of Floramino! store.steampowered.com/app/3999350/...

the map designs in our gardening puzzle game Floramino are far from trivial! 🌷 here's a tiny peek into the creation process. #gamedev #indiegames

both these maps are featured in the demo, which will be revealed during #CozyQuest2025 on Nov 17th! wishlist now 👀 store.steampowered.com/app/3999350/...

we also have been adding a few new flowers!!! which i have been making my friends playtest. live & recorded playtests are so enlightening!!!

added the floramino tutorial today, did it quick and simple in like 15 minutes :,) sometimes it really is about making it exist first & making it good later 🥹

grandma's got a lot of junk in her attic! 📦 including a few easter eggs to other Studio Lavacado titles... #indiegames #puzzlegames #gamedev

clip from CLOSE KNIT, which you can play on itch for free! luxille.itch.io/close-knit

i want to be more active on here so i might make a thread sometime about some of my process (even just to document it! game dev is lots of fun and i want to be able to look back on the process haha)

anyway, i'm very happy that i've been able to pace myself a lot better for floramino :D i also hope it'll result in a better game, since i've been able to get feedback and continue to polish features iteratively :p

in the past, i’ve always had a bad habit of leaving stuff til the last minute and then finishing it all in a caffeine-fueled sprint. for our last long-term project, i did practically nothing for 5 months and then went from barely anything to finished game in less than a week