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Sam Read-Graves

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“Developer, lecturer, and potential entry-level sociopath.” - Forbes 18+ years Indie Dev. He/Him. 🇬🇧 Writing Horror and making Party Games. Task Time | Trolley Problem, Inc | Gang Beasts | Mainlining | Dream ReadGraves.com

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Sam Read-Graves @readgraves.com · 12d

NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT!

A Family Friendly, Physics-Fueled FPS Party Game! Over half a million task variations and over 500 unlockable cosmetics and emotes with NO Microtransactions! This is your New Favourite Friendslop!

Play the Playtest on Steam Now!

store.steampowered.com/app/2182680

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Pieced Together (Glowfrog Games) @glowfroggames.bsky.social · 2d

The Pieced Together demo is out now!!🎉

Experience the first chapter of a heartfelt story of friendship, told through the pages of a beautifully illustrated scrapbook.📖

✨ Hit the link below to play! 👇
zurl.co/rNixe

#steamdemo #cozygame #gamedemo #indiegame

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Dan Thomas @heydanthomas.bsky.social · 25d

Got an awesome #IndieDev game you wanna pitch but not sure how it all works?

📢Pitch Up!
🗺️4th November, Bristol, UK
💜Organised by indies for indies
(me, @ashleygwinnell.bsky.social & @lyndyb.bsky.social )
🙏Enabled by @silverliningint.bsky.social

👉 forms.gle/6ya2g78kARVv... 👈

Pitch Up! Consequence-free indie game pitching!
Guy Richards, ID@Xbox
Eben Cunningham, Silver Lining
Meg Clarke, Team17
Reese Wright, Devolver Digital
Joshua Garrity, Secret Mode
Kerryn Frean, Fireshine Games
4th November, Bristol UK
Enabled By Silver Lining

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Sam Read-Graves @readgraves.com · 12d

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Sam Read-Graves @readgraves.com · 2d

An image I live my life by.

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

I was on this panel about Indie Dev Resilience with @shawndoublea.bsky.social and @readgraves.com hosted by @impressgames.bsky.social a few months ago.

www.patreon.com/posts/140285...

10 Years of Indie Dev Resilience | Grey Alien Games

www.patreon.com

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Tom Betts @tomnullpointer.bsky.social · 2d

Theres a lovely article on Highrook and its production in the latest edition of Debug++ 25/10 @debugmag.com
www.teamdebug.com/plus
Debug++ is free to subscribe to and you get a nice downloadable pdf each time a new issue comes out!

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Sam Read-Graves @readgraves.com · 2d

Really cool cosy game 🌳

Henry Driver @henrydriver.bsky.social · 2d

Made my dream treehouse in my upcoming game 🌞

Treeplanter is all about piecing together a cozy landscape branch by branch with a fun Lego-like design 🌳

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Sam Read-Graves @readgraves.com · 2d

An image I live my life by.

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Wired Productions @wiredproductions.com · 3d

Wired’s Safe In Our World Anniversary Bundle is officially here.

Over a dozen games, total chaos, and a way to support mental health in the gaming industry through @safeinourworld.com thanks to @humblebundle.com

humblebundle.com/gam...

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Sam Read-Graves @readgraves.com · 4d

One of my favourite TaskTime streams so far I think!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDHy...

we tried a new party game! | Task Time

YouTube video by WhatifJulia

www.youtube.com

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Wired Productions @wiredproductions.com · 4d

Only 24 hours to go! 👀

Wired’s Safe In Our World Anniversary Bundle lands tomorrow 🥳

This is your chance to support mental health in the games industry with Safe In Our World & Humble Bundle AND you get awesome games to play when you do it!

Get ready to dive in this time tomorrow!

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Sam Read-Graves @readgraves.com · 7d

Looking forward to @radicalforge.bsky.social’s Southfield. Repping the future of UK physics games! A long lineage I’m very proud to be a part of!

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Sam Read-Graves @readgraves.com · 4d

The most unrealistic part of the Matrix is when Trinity meets Neo for the first time in a rave and they just have a casual conversation at normal volume.

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Sam Read-Graves @readgraves.com · 4d

One of my favourite TaskTime streams so far I think!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDHy...

we tried a new party game! | Task Time

YouTube video by WhatifJulia

www.youtube.com

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Sam Read-Graves @readgraves.com · 4d

The most unrealistic part of the Matrix is when Trinity meets Neo for the first time in a rave and they just have a casual conversation at normal volume.

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Sam Read-Graves @readgraves.com · 5d

Finally time to play @thechineseroom.co.uk’s Still Wakes The Deep!

Sam Read-Graves @readgraves.com · 6d

While watching #twitch streamers play Task Time over the last week it has been nice dipping back into Trolley Problem Inc. Surprised to see so many people still streaming it!