feel this in my bones
my games so far have been "one for them" games that are safe for the market
so that our third game can finally be a riskier, more innovative "one for me" game
woah!
You were awesome to work with, thanks so much!
At last, here's my capsule art for DiceVaders , a dice-based strategy game by Pengonauts! Or is it Dice◈Vaders...?
It's a dice-based follow-up to the roguelite deckbuilder StarVaders, but this time you play as the alien invaders from the first game.
DiceVaders!!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3917700/...
(capsule art by @godsavant.bsky.social )
There's a game on Steam called Omelet You Cook, which looks fucking delightful
They had a 100% Steam user rating, and then someone this morning posted this review
And I know it's haha *so funny*, but also, this person can entirely go fuck themselves
store.steampowered.com/app/3205380/...
an incomplete piece of an image
soft-announcing something soon!!
be not afraid
Alterfauna : a weirdlife park's key art the main character in the center holds a camera. They're surrounded by cute creatures and plants. The title is present in the top center of the pic
Alterfauna: A Weirdlife Park, the game we're working on with @juleeeeeee.pointnthink.fr and @jrevel.itch.io now have a Steam page!✨
🌱Bring back life by planting seeds
🐉Attract weird creatures
📸Take photos of each one of them
🧙♀️ Meet unique characters
starvaders good
go get this game!
amazing dev, deserves way more attention
Two games. One bundle. Infinite strategy!🙌
StarVaders + Wildfrost now bundled on Steam at 10% off.
Explore the stars & brave the storms!✨❄️
🔗: store.steampowered.com/bundle/59531/StarVaders_x_Wildfrost/
A triangular range chart labeled "Indie Game Vibe Check", where the three axes are "Enpoisoned", "Pumpy's Big Clumpy", and "Misty Cube". Each intersection features a game - Lunacid is the most Enpoisoned, Untitled Goose Game is the most Pumpy's Big Clumpy, and Manifold Garden is the most Misty Cube. Undertale is directly in the center, surrounded by Tunic (Pumpy), Void Stranger (Misty), and Star of Providence (Poison)
I strongly believe in the breadth and influence of independent art, to grant us oblique angles on the world and ourselves.
But also every indie game is somewhere on this spectrum:
I am prototyping two new games
- one is a game driven by passion and exploring game design space that I've wanted for years
- the other is a game driven by HATE, completely soulless, i am compelled by some dark forces to make
both gonna be great, stay tuned for more information
gamedevs should also play more boardgames!
if you're evil and get enough players, you could put fake steam pages up to crowdsource player intuition to market test if a game concept would do well
still think a character creation themed roguelike would be very cool
with style points and all
Key art for Spincraft.
Key art for Rift Craft.
These innovative geniuses took it upon themselves to clone my game not once, but twice! What a wonderful use of the $6,000,000 in funding you got for *checks notes* "inventing the luck-puzzler genre." I guess I'm just not enough of a scumbag to add microtransactions to my game, I'll work on that!
SO... STAR★VADERS in on DISCOUNT for the SUMMER SALE with a BRAND NEW UPDATE 👀
Update 1.1 includes:
🏖️ Beach Pack (5 new cards, 3 artifacts, 1 surprise)
🛠️ Sandbox mode
🤖 10 new pilot-specific artifacts
store.steampowered.com/app/2097570/...
Spent the last two weeks coming up with the 1.2 and 1.3 updates for StarVaders
they are gonna be bangers
this reasoning is basically what drove me to make game
it would be great to have a switch dev kit so we can do the switch port
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We've also bundled with both Frostpunk and Star★Vaders so you can snag an extra 10% off. They're both awesome games!
I finally put out an article about a game design thing! I have a bunch of these stored up but they often end up in editing purgatory. This one has escaped!
Output Randomness: Game Designers should know how to use it.
open.substack.com/pub/ezraszan...
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike. All reviews - Overwhelmingly Positive (1,001) Release Date - 30 Apr, 2025 Developer - Pengonauts Publisher - Joystick Ventures, Playworks
🚨WE JUST HIT 1000 REVIEWS ON STEAM🚨
Not even two weeks since launch and we've managed to hit 98% Overwhelmingly Positive with 1000 reviews!🎉
Thank you all for your support💙
Huge shoutout to @joystickventures.bsky.social, our investor / publisher.
I remember in our first meeting the fund manager asked "How much do you need to make the best version of the game?"
They really believed in the early vision of our new studio with no track record - and it's paying off!
StarVaders just hit Overwhelmingly Positive at 97% !!
maybe i will be able to keep making games after all
I'm gonna cry 🥹
nothing has been more meaningful to me in this journey than getting to know new friends
holy hell im in a press localthunk article title
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