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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie

@greyalien.bsky.social

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Indie developer since 2005, owner of Grey Alien Games. Working on Forbidden Solitaire (watch the trailer!) Creator of Ancient Enemy, Shadowhand, Regency Solitaire + more. Retro games fan. Please buy my games. Thx. https://www.greyaliengames.com/

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · Feb 3

NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT!

A 1995 CD-ROM. A game buried for a reason. You flip a card. The screen glitches. Something is watching.
Forbidden Solitaire—a dungeon horror from the creators of Ancient Enemy and Home Safety Hotline.

store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...

With @slicknicklives.bsky.social

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 55m

Oh wait, you also get some new abilities there.

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 56m

Basically it's not much different from the main game, but I enjoyed the atmosphere and backstory. I went there fully powered up with good guns so it wasn't much challenge.

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 57m

I just can't resist a spooky island with an old fishing village and a ruined abbey on it. I played it after I beat the game (loaded an old save) which was a bit weird. It has a couple of different endings but I didn't bother once I reached the point where I could in theory do them.

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 1h

Definitely retro! Great going. Nom on that chicken leg.

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 1h

Looks fab! Good luck with it.

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 1h

Oh yeah that epic console.

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 1h

Oh I really liked it. Beat it (one of several endings, but maybe the "best" one) and then played the spooky island DLC.

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 1h

Those look cool.

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 1h

Now this is what I'm talking about! Looks and sounds great. Also gold star for having sfx+music at the same time.

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 1h

An interesting idea for a RL

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 1h

I like it. I'll allow it ;-)

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 1h

Hello. Are you making a game or art that could in any way be described as "retro"? If so, I'd love to see it! Please reply below. (no AI stuff, thx)

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 1h

GF bread is still in the Victorian age. Adulterated with sawdust and plaster.

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 10h

It has a certain something

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Ichiro Lambe @ichiro.bsky.social · 12h

@greyalien.bsky.social doesn't believe this was handcrafted.

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 10h

Oh I do

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 16h

Thanks Karl!

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 20h

New boss music just dropped. Also the boss now curses the cards!

This is Forbidden Solitaire:

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 20h

Thanks Dan!

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 20h

I just backed Our Fusion Retro Books 2026 Annuals - 4 in total! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/zza...

Also got the Next DVD and the Spectrum 128K game on cassette.

Our Fusion Retro Books 2026 Annuals - 4 in total!

Another year - some more XMAS Annuals to read!

www.kickstarter.com

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 20h

indeed. That's why I'm teaching him a lesson!

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 20h

New boss music just dropped. Also the boss now curses the cards!

This is Forbidden Solitaire:

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 21h

Yeah looks good. Dare I say it's almost too subtle now haha. But that probably comes down to personal preference, age of eyes etc.

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 21h

OK nice I will take a look thx.

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 21h

Yep. I bought an Xbox elite controller + some paddles for it but it's too big and heavy so I bought a smaller one (probably for kids) that had paddles and it's great. Only complaint is it is not wireless.