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Broken Rules @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social · 9d

We are bundling up our games on Switch!

Meet the Broken Rules Collection, Old Man's Journey and Gibbon: Beyond the Trees in one neat package.

👉 www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

If you don't own a Switch you can also get our entire games catalogue on Steam: store.steampowered.com/bundle/2775/...

Broken Rules Collection for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Buy Broken Rules Collection and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.

www.nintendo.com

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Adriaan @adriaan.games · May 9

Rift Riff is OUT NOW!!

Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world.

store.steampowered.com/app/2800900/...

Buy it
Try it
Review it
Repost the heck outa’ this!!1!

… and here's a feature trailer explaining what I think is noteworthy about our tower defense game!
youtu.be/ePCOuvXU-t0

Rift Riff - Feature Trailer

YouTube video by Adriaan de Jongh

youtu.be

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Broken Rules @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social · Apr 26

Du hast einen Kopf für Zahlen und ein Herz für Spiele?
Und kannst mit uns in unserem Büro in Wien arbeiten?

Dann suchen wir genau dich!

buff.ly/PF5uzBj

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Broken Rules @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social · Apr 24

Du hast Erfahrung im Finanzbereich und willst uns dabei helfen, mehr Spiele wie Old Man’s Journey, Gibbon: Beyond the Trees oder ELOH zu machen?

Dann arbeite mit uns in Wien → brokenrul.es/jobs.html#fi...

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Broken Rules @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social · Apr 22

Want to help an indie game studio stay financially healthy?

- Assist with financial operation and strategy
- Manage past and future budgets
- Analyse our data and produce reports
- Communicate with our accountant in German

Come join us in Vienna → brokenrul.es/finance.html...

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Broken Rules @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social · Apr 15

Du kennst dich mit Finanzen aus und hast ein Herz für Indie-Games? 🎮💸

Wir suchen eine*n Finanzmanager*in zur Unterstützung bei Budgetierung & Workflows.
Arbeite mit uns in Wien (teilweise remote möglich)!

📎 brokenrul.es/jobs.html#fi...

Photo showing 4 people working on computers in a high-ceiling room with 3 big windows

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Broken Rules @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social · Apr 14

Wir suchen jemanden, der sich um die finanzielle Gesundheit unseres kleinen Studios kümmert!
✨ Verwalte und überwache unsere Budgets
🔧 Optimiere (und übernimm!) unsere Finanz-Tools & Workflows
🏡 Arbeite mit uns in Wien – teilweise remote möglich

Komm ins Team -> buff.ly/RffkD2g

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AoNorte @aonorte.com · Apr 8

Tiny Garden is out now on Steam 🥕🎉

Get ready to let your imagination bloom and build your dream garden today!

Play now, link in thread 🧵

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Broken Rules @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social · Mar 18

We got our new plates and bowls from the wonderful Viennese porcelain manufacturer www.hollyaroh.com. Looking forward to be eating from these beauties!

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Broken Rules @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social · Feb 28

Felix will join @portside-game.bsky.social in June in Hamburg. Looking forward to an insightful and cosy indie game dev gathering!
portsideassembly.com

Portside Game Assembly by Gamecity Hamburg

Portside Game Assembly is the new industry conference for Europe's leading indie game makers organized by Gamecity Hamburg, which will set sail for the first time on June 27, 2025.

portsideassembly.com

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Broken Rules @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social · Feb 18

Old Man's Journey is participating in this years #TheStorytellersFestival. Get it 66% off.

Also have a look at all the other lovely storytelling games on display!

👉https://store.steampowered.com/developer/TwoHalfStudios/sale/thestorytellersfestival2025

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Broken Rules @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social · Feb 11

Next week Monument Valley 3's game director, Jennifer Estaris, of @ustwogames.co.uk, will be in Vienna and talk about integrating climate themes into award-winning games. Don't miss this @subotron.bsky.social talk!
subotron.com/event/change/

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Broken Rules @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social · Jan 30

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martin pichlmair @martinpi.bsky.social · Jan 29

With @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social we were the 72nd external company on Steam. In 2009, when it came out, there were only 396 other games released. Discoverability was no problem as every game got front page treatment.

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Broken Rules @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social · Dec 6

Uh, what? Looks like we're actually prototyping again! *mind blown*

A table with board-game pieces. Kevin and Jan's hands interacting with them.

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Kitfox Games 🦊 @kitfoxgames.com · Dec 5

After 17 years of development, Caves of 1.0 is Out NOW!

Live and Drink.

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SUBOTRON @subotron.bsky.social · Nov 25

join us at our last arcademy 24 this thu nov 28 7pm at MQ/raum d with Felix Bohatsch (CEO Broken Rules), Johanna Pirker (Prof. Game Lab TU Graz), Flavia Mazzanti (CCO Immerea), Clio Montrey (Producer Microbird Games), Melanie (Melle) Bartl (Co-Founder Flat Head Studio)
subotron.com/event/panel-...

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Johanna Pirker #gdc25 @joeyprink.bsky.social · Nov 25

Friends in Vienna!

This Thursday Nov 28, at 7 PM at MQ Wien free @subtron Arcademy event!

🎮✨ We'll discuss the Austrian game dev scene 2024..

Together with:
Felix Bohatsch(Broken Rules)
Flavia Mazzanti (Immerea)
@clioem.bsky.social (Microbird Games)
Melle Bartl (Flat Head Studio)

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Regina @reginatown.bsky.social · Nov 23

Hey everyone, I'm Regina, video game artist & art director of Dungeons of Hinterberg. I'll try and share some more art and game stuff on here :)

Dungeons of Hinterberg screenshot, level with crystals

Dungeons of Hinterberg screenshot, swamp biome

Dungeons of Hinterberg protagonist Luisa

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Broken Rules @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social · Nov 22

We recently switched from Slack to matrix.org for all our internal communications. Feels good to rely on an open protocol that makes it easy to also move between platforms and clients!
What are you using for day-to-day development chats?

Matrix.org

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

matrix.org

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Broken Rules @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social · Nov 15

We tried out the Mac version of Gibbon on visionOS's new ultrawide virtual display.
Gibbon feels epic on that massive curved screen! 🐒🏞️📺

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Broken Rules @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social · Nov 15

Hello!

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Stuffed Wombat @stuffedwomb.at · Nov 11

the % of refunds is much more related to the expectations you set on your storepage than anything else.

if you tell people they can expect a one hour game and the game is actually one hour long, refunds tend to stay in the average 5% range. if you falsely advertise your game, refunds skyrocket.

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Broken Rules @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social · Nov 15

This IS sad!

Broken Rules @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social · Nov 7

Gibbon will be playable in the Welcome Lounge at the NEXT LEVEL Festival in Dortmund from 14 to 17 November. How cool!

At NEXT LEVEL you can expect many exciting program highlights that blur the boundaries between art, technology and gaming.

www.next-level.digital/programm/gib...

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Broken Rules @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social · Oct 15

Have you already reserved your physical copy of Gibbon on Switch?

Only 28% left 🎁
over at Super Rare Games' website:
superraregames.com/products/srg...

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