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Luke M

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Software engineer, Naarm Liberation (retro space adventure): https://store.steampowered.com/app/2413940/Liberation/ Cell Sword (Descent inside a human body): https://store.steampowered.com/app/3163320/Cell_Sword/

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Luke M @upmultimedia.bsky.social · Jun 17

Cell Sword, my comedy scifi shooter, is now available for the mostly harmless price of $8 on Steam and Itch. It's a love letter to Descent and I've tried to make it crazy and full of twists. Boosts appreciated!

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classyk.itch.io/cell-sword

#6DOF

A man that looks suspiciously like Homer Simpson in a poor disguise (a stuck on moustache and fancy hat) saying

"GOOD EVENING,
CELL SWORD
LOOKS AMAZING
AND AS A
COMPLETELY
NEUTRAL
THIRD PARTY
I INSIST
EVERYONE SHOULD
PLAY IT"

A horde of virus-infected robots attack you inside a large chamber. A sea of acid sits at the bottom along with a half digested yellow bus (from the cartoon The Magic School Bus). The chamber is the stomach of the patient your ship is inside of from the game Cell Sword

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All Speedrun Records @speedrun-new.bsky.social · 6d

🔥🔥 NEW SPEEDRUN RECORD VERIFIED! 🔥🔥

🎮 Game: Cell Sword
🏆 Category: Any%
⏱ Time: 0h 33m 32s 000ms
👤 Player: dodgyville
🔗 Link: http://www.speedrun.com/cell_sword/run/zg97v0vm

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Luke M @upmultimedia.bsky.social · 9d

My games are up to 85% off (average 40%) as part of the Steam Spring/Autumn sale until 6 October

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A list of games: My Ex-Boyfriend the Space Tyrant, Miss Fisher and the Deathly Maze, Liberation, Escape from Pleasure Planet, Glam Noir: The Beat, Low Earth Orbit Adventures, Cell Sword, Magnavody, OscarWildeCard

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Luke M @upmultimedia.bsky.social · 14d

There's one episode, Guardians of Piri, that I consider the best looking episode of television from the 1970s. Sublime production design and near perfect coordination between the visual effects team doing the miniatures and the set designers. I'm in love with it so much

Luke M @upmultimedia.bsky.social · 15d

Wishlist to get a reminder

#LEOAdventures

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Low Earth Orbit Adventures on Steam

Low Earth Orbit Adventures is a chill space sim set in the near future where the space around Earth has become a frontier of science, commerce and diplomacy. Retrieve the Hubble, rescue astronauts, as...

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Luke M @upmultimedia.bsky.social · 15d

Low Earth Orbit Adventures is a relaxing space sim set in the very near future.

Retrieve the Hubble, rescue astronauts, assemble space stations and many other missions in this realistic but friendly adventure!

#games #nasa #nasapunk #starcops

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Low Earth Orbit Adventures - Announcement Trailer

YouTube video by uk3000

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Luke M @upmultimedia.bsky.social · 21d

Something I'm excited about for next year

#LEOAdventures #gaming #nasapunk

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Low Earth Orbit Adventures on Steam

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Luke M @upmultimedia.bsky.social · 24d

"We have something called 'Team Sneaky' in which we sneakily add little details in to the game without anyone knowing or signing off on it."

Fun little interview with the Cult of the Lamb game design director in Tycho Magazine

#CultOfTheLamb #TychoMagazine

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Cult of the Lamb Interview | Tycho Magazine

Exclusive interview with Jay Armstrong, Game Design Director at Massive Monster, on Cult of the Lamb

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Luke M @upmultimedia.bsky.social · Sep 9

New update for Magnavody, my #MagnavoxOdyssey simemulator.

Adds on screen glyphs for gamepad and keyboard that map to the Odyssey control units to make it even easier to figure out how to use this weird but awesome console!

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Magnavody on Steam

Experience the magic and weirdness of the world's first home video console, the Magnavox Odyssey, lovingly recreated for modern hardware.

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Luke M @upmultimedia.bsky.social · Sep 5

I will be doing a very special one-performance-only at Sabby Retro Games in this Saturday about a retro topic close to my heart. Come along!

I am missing my beloved Frankston Football Club's final for this so I will probably be 50% delightful and engaging and 50% cranky as.

Sabby @sabbygallery.bsky.social · Sep 4

Tomorrow night will be the last Retro Games Club for a while and we're going ham 🐷
There's going to be 4️⃣ presentations! 4! (that's a lot trust us).

This will be your last chance to check out this iconic event before we move ✨🏠✨

Don't miss out!: events.humanitix.com/retro-games-...

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Ben Droste @bendroste.bsky.social · Aug 31

PAX Aus is fast approaching! Last year I posted a thread of tips and advice for indies exhibiting at the show on the site formally known as Twitter. Here's an updated and expanded thread for this year (settle in, its a long one) 😀
#pax #paxaus #indiedev #gamedev
@paxaus.bsky.social

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Luke M @upmultimedia.bsky.social · Sep 1

> You wouldn't release your game without properly testing it

oh wouldn't I?

Luke M @upmultimedia.bsky.social · Aug 27

CYAN ALERT
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SpaceGameJunkie - CYAN ALERT

Watch SpaceGameJunkie's clip titled

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Luke M @upmultimedia.bsky.social · Aug 26

The making of retro space adventure Liberation

#LiberationGame #TychoMagazine
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Liberation | Tycho Magazine

The making of the retro space sim classic.

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Luke M @upmultimedia.bsky.social · Aug 18

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Gallipoli: The Game

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Luke M @upmultimedia.bsky.social · Aug 18

New (old) game

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CGA Trek by Classyk Games

Cyan Alert! A homage to the

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Luke M @upmultimedia.bsky.social · Aug 5

Hilarious Descent-inspired adventure Cell Sword is 15% off this week.

#6dof #descent #overload
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Save 15% on Cell Sword on Steam

Your medical emergency is important to us. Our health professionals will be inside you shortly.

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Luke M @upmultimedia.bsky.social · Jul 26

Cell Sword is a solid little #6DOF game like Descent that came out this year if you're looking for a modern twist on the genre. Comedy too.

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Cell Sword on Steam

Your medical emergency is important to us. Our health professionals will be inside you shortly.

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Exhibit:Play @exhibitplay.com · Jul 11

New Exhibit:Play Collection 🏳️‍🌈

Winners from the Melbourne Queer Games Festival. This collection contains 38 games spanning 7 years from the yearly festival. Gold, Silver, Bronze, Jury, Emerging Developer, and Technical Achievement.

Check the Dig Deeper for the full shortlist of quality queer games

Melbourne Queer Games Festival Winners

Explore the winners of the Melbourne Queer Games Festival, a celebration of queer culture and games. The Queer Games Festival (QGF) is a lofi event held yearly by a small team of volunteers who love q...

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Luke M @upmultimedia.bsky.social · Jul 5

First time watching someone play Liberation in VR. It went well!
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Liberation VR – A Retro Sci-Fi Space Adventure | Inspired by Classic 80s & 90s Sci-Fi

YouTube video by blackheart909

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Luke M @upmultimedia.bsky.social · Jun 30

Liberation, my low poly spacesim, is 50% off for the next week. The reviews are 93% positive and the last update added support for virtual reality which is quite weird and fun.

#VR #ValveIndex #SteamVR #spacesim

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Save 50% on Liberation on Steam

Fight back against the evil Galactic Federation! It'll be good for humanity and probably OK for you.

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Luke M @upmultimedia.bsky.social · Jun 25

If you are in gamedev in Naarm/Melbourne and in a position to give back a little it is your solemn duty to sign up to support this amazing grassroots space even if you have never heard of it!

#melbourne #vicscreen #creativevictoria #igdamelbourne #frostyfest #migw

Sabby @sabbygallery.bsky.social · Jun 25

Sabby is open for preliminary co-op memberships‼️

If we get 100 memberships by August 16th Sabby can get a cool new building for bigger and better things and keep existing! We desperately want to keep providing cool free events and services to the arts community in Naarm! 💖

sabby.gallery/join/

Luke M @upmultimedia.bsky.social · Jun 23

SpaceGameJunkie live streaming Cell Sword

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SpaceGameJunkie - Twitch

Cell Sword - Inner, Rather than Outer, Space

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Graceless Games @gracelessgames.bsky.social · Jun 20

Your chance to re-enact Fantastic Voyage (a movie about a microscopic body repairing craft) or become Brian Molko

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Luke M @upmultimedia.bsky.social · Jun 19

I'm going to have to accept this is not going to catch on as a catch phrase

#CellSword

Luke M @upmultimedia.bsky.social · Jun 18

I'm really interested in code literacy and the aesthetic value of code so it was amazing to ask software archeologist Mark Moxon a few questions about the beauty of the source code to the classic space sim Elite! Thanks @markmoxon.bsky.social

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#Elite #TychoMagazine

The original Elite, INSIDE OUT | Tycho Magazine

Exclusive interview with Mark Moxon, software archeologist, on the source code for the original Elite.

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