Alex Strook 🐭⚡️SQUEAKROSS
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Alex Strook 🐭⚡️SQUEAKROSS
@alexstrook.bsky.social
Indie game dev making games (and typos) - He/Him

Squeakross | The Spirit and the Mouse @LukaTheMouse.gay
🐭 s.team/a/2871440 | @alblune.bsky.social
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Our game is finally out! It's a unique blend of nonograms (picross) and decoration! And of course rodents because why not

We made it for beginners and experts, and so far it's seems players are loving it🐭

It's out on Steam and Switch: squeakross.cool
Squeakross: Home Squeak Home is available NOW on Steam and Nintendo Switch!

🧩Solve 650 nonograms!
🧀Decorate your home!
🐭RATS!

Made with love for picross experts as well as total beginners!

Steam: s.team/a/2871440
Switch: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
More info: squeakross.cool
I was going to ask, it looks super fun!
February 10, 2026 at 12:26 AM
hackea.org/notas/matrix... idk what to think about matrix anymore after reading that 🫣
Matrix? No, thanks. — Hackea documentació
hackea.org
February 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
they're too busy hiding epstein's tracks 😭 (I will leave it like this without context)
February 9, 2026 at 8:53 PM
”We’ll find other ways to bring users back.”

is this a threat
February 9, 2026 at 8:46 PM
yeah... hopefuly big tech and govt dont end up controlling the internet to a point where we have to find something else (or people will go the dark web, and criminal will be pushed further down lol)
February 9, 2026 at 8:34 PM
obviously, but by definition no own open source, so forks are always possible
February 9, 2026 at 8:25 PM
That's crazy!
February 9, 2026 at 8:16 PM
the older I get, the more exposed to the reality of the world I am, the more research i do, the more I realize how unsustainable capitalism is

what was I say...uh...yeah cancel discord nitro
February 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
TLDR:
February 9, 2026 at 8:05 PM
But where im not pessimistic is that I think eventually everything in tech will be FOSS (could take decades)

it's the only thing that will stand against the perverse effect of capitalism....it will take time but I truly think its inevitable!

just look at Blender, godot, Linux,...
February 9, 2026 at 8:03 PM
im a pessimist for tech nowadays so I think the enshittification of discord is inexorable

speculation:

age verification (we're here📍) => age verif mandatory to access any public server => verif for any NSFW servers => NSFW servers banned on discord => now its safe and secure for investors 😌💲
February 9, 2026 at 8:03 PM
best way to tell discord is to cancel your discord nitro (ppl forget the only language big corpo speak, is 💸💰💲💵)
February 9, 2026 at 8:03 PM
we had it good
February 9, 2026 at 7:41 PM
i might be a minority but I like starting communities (bsky, stoat, etc) from scratch

I like the tiny group vibes
February 9, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Reposted by Alex Strook 🐭⚡️SQUEAKROSS
Stoat Alblune server stt.gg/ApJq4EFe

We're obviously keeping our discord, this is more a backup in case if (when) discord explode and enshitifies

if you u wanna join we'll probably be only 5 people on this, join the fun

#stoat
February 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Reposted by Alex Strook 🐭⚡️SQUEAKROSS
Joke aside they were super nice, and we're honored to be able to bundle with them 🥺🙏 (it's very validating as a nonogram dev)

Logiart Grimoire is excellent, and very challenging!

Link to "Complete the set" bundle: store.steampowered.com/bundle/68223...
Save 9% on Logiart Grimoire / Squeakross: Home Squeak Home on Steam
store.steampowered.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Reposted by Alex Strook 🐭⚡️SQUEAKROSS
If you have a bug in squeakross this is the individual responsible for it
Guilty of pushing a faulty build to prod!!!
February 8, 2026 at 3:59 AM
And we dont think we trick olayerd as we also provide hours long demo showing exactly what the game is!
February 8, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Totally! But if a player doesnt care for that, our game is not the best for them! Another simpler, more minimalist picross (like Jupiter’s) would be better
February 8, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Again, I see your point, but this is how we want the game to feel, and these little celebration moments are important to us! They give you a rest between puzzles. Every game is different, and it seemed that the overwhelming majority of players enjoyed this un squeakross! We can’t please everyone 😔
February 8, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Guilty of pushing a faulty build to prod!!!
February 8, 2026 at 3:22 AM
a group of people (us) should stop pushing build saturday at 10PM
February 8, 2026 at 2:57 AM
here is the hotfix for the hotfix because someone (me) didnt test the hotfix properly
February 8, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Reposted by Alex Strook 🐭⚡️SQUEAKROSS
1.6 hotfix available on Steam/Itch (Switch coming in a few days)

Main fixes are :

-Fix puzzle #351 which was unsolvable
-Tweak night mode colors to be less contrasted

Full changes and details:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/287...
Squeakross: Home Squeak Home - 1.6 hotfix - Fix puzzle #351, make night more less contrasted - Steam News
Hello, Here is a hotfix for issues reported after yesterday content update! ## 1.6 hotfix Patch notes ## Fix puzzle #351 which was unsolvable Tweak night mode colors to be less contrasted. Crosses are...
store.steampowered.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:13 AM
i can see how that fish example could be sooo useful for quickly prototyping UIs
February 7, 2026 at 11:01 PM