Cowleyfornia Studios
@cowleyfornian.bsky.social
Currently working on Iron Roads, an Early Access train management game in which you use board game-inspired mechanics to optimise train networks
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2171550/Iron_Roads/
https://cowleyforniastudios.com
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2171550/Iron_Roads/
https://cowleyforniastudios.com
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We just pushed the scary green button on Steam's backend, so today is the day Iron Roads enters Early Access!
Don't miss out on the launch discount, and please share far and wide if you enjoy it!
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
Don't miss out on the launch discount, and please share far and wide if you enjoy it!
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
We just posted a major Quality of Life update for Iron Roads
We have overhauled the town screen, the way you set routes, added a new #WFC map generator, slimmed down town badges, added automatic growth reward collection and many more changes detailed on steam
store.steampowered.com/news/app/217...
We have overhauled the town screen, the way you set routes, added a new #WFC map generator, slimmed down town badges, added automatic growth reward collection and many more changes detailed on steam
store.steampowered.com/news/app/217...
August 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
We just posted a major Quality of Life update for Iron Roads
We have overhauled the town screen, the way you set routes, added a new #WFC map generator, slimmed down town badges, added automatic growth reward collection and many more changes detailed on steam
store.steampowered.com/news/app/217...
We have overhauled the town screen, the way you set routes, added a new #WFC map generator, slimmed down town badges, added automatic growth reward collection and many more changes detailed on steam
store.steampowered.com/news/app/217...
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Today is the day, y’all! Battle Train is now available on Steam and Nintendo Switch and we are simply exploding with joy!
#BattleTrain
#GameRelease
#IndieDev
#BattleTrain
#GameRelease
#IndieDev
June 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Today is the day, y’all! Battle Train is now available on Steam and Nintendo Switch and we are simply exploding with joy!
#BattleTrain
#GameRelease
#IndieDev
#BattleTrain
#GameRelease
#IndieDev
I've had a lot of fun playtesting this, I highly recommend you check it out!
We've just released the announcement trailer for our upcoming indie game Orbiteers!
Design efficient space stations across the solar system in this minimalist puzzle-builder! Combine station modules in the most ideal way, solve objectives and become the greatest Orbiteer!
youtu.be/KXWLQXX2LZM?...
Design efficient space stations across the solar system in this minimalist puzzle-builder! Combine station modules in the most ideal way, solve objectives and become the greatest Orbiteer!
youtu.be/KXWLQXX2LZM?...
Orbiteers | Official Announce Trailer
YouTube video by Northborne Studios
youtu.be
May 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I've had a lot of fun playtesting this, I highly recommend you check it out!
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Vote to add Iron Roads to GOG! @cowleyfornian.bsky.social www.gog.com/dreamlist/ga...
Iron Roads GOG Dreamlist | GOG.COM
Want to see Iron Roads on GOG? Vote for Iron Roads and contribute to game preservation!
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May 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Vote to add Iron Roads to GOG! @cowleyfornian.bsky.social www.gog.com/dreamlist/ga...
We just pushed 0.6.2, with a new monthly challenge for April, and some fixes for passenger distribution!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/217...
#gamedev #indiedev #gaming
store.steampowered.com/news/app/217...
#gamedev #indiedev #gaming
March 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We just pushed 0.6.2, with a new monthly challenge for April, and some fixes for passenger distribution!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/217...
#gamedev #indiedev #gaming
store.steampowered.com/news/app/217...
#gamedev #indiedev #gaming
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The Women’s Day Sale has OFFICIALLY begun! 📢
Head over to Steam for:
💸 huge discounts
🔥 new demos to play
🎮 a curated selection of AMAZING games all by teams led by women & other gender marginalized devs!
store.steampowered.com/sale/WomensD...
Head over to Steam for:
💸 huge discounts
🔥 new demos to play
🎮 a curated selection of AMAZING games all by teams led by women & other gender marginalized devs!
store.steampowered.com/sale/WomensD...
February 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The Women’s Day Sale has OFFICIALLY begun! 📢
Head over to Steam for:
💸 huge discounts
🔥 new demos to play
🎮 a curated selection of AMAZING games all by teams led by women & other gender marginalized devs!
store.steampowered.com/sale/WomensD...
Head over to Steam for:
💸 huge discounts
🔥 new demos to play
🎮 a curated selection of AMAZING games all by teams led by women & other gender marginalized devs!
store.steampowered.com/sale/WomensD...
This #screenshotsaturday is the first of the month, so the March monthly challenge in Iron Roads starts today!
It is part of the free demo, links in bio if you want to try it out!
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames
It is part of the free demo, links in bio if you want to try it out!
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames
March 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This #screenshotsaturday is the first of the month, so the March monthly challenge in Iron Roads starts today!
It is part of the free demo, links in bio if you want to try it out!
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames
It is part of the free demo, links in bio if you want to try it out!
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames
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The California Fire Relief Bundle is live!! Benefitting survivors of the SoCal wildfires through the Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE). Featuring 400+ games: Tunic! Tangle Tower! Catlateral Damage! Hidden Folks! Cook, Serve, Delicious! And more! $10 minimum!! itch.io/b/2863/calif...
February 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The California Fire Relief Bundle is live!! Benefitting survivors of the SoCal wildfires through the Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE). Featuring 400+ games: Tunic! Tangle Tower! Catlateral Damage! Hidden Folks! Cook, Serve, Delicious! And more! $10 minimum!! itch.io/b/2863/calif...
For #screenshotsaturday this week we've got a preview of the new Sandbox mode we've been preparing for Iron Roads
We hope to be pushing it to a Steam beta branch, very soon now!
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
We hope to be pushing it to a Steam beta branch, very soon now!
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
February 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
For #screenshotsaturday this week we've got a preview of the new Sandbox mode we've been preparing for Iron Roads
We hope to be pushing it to a Steam beta branch, very soon now!
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
We hope to be pushing it to a Steam beta branch, very soon now!
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
We've just pushed Iron Roads 0.5.6!
It is a mini update to clear up some release issues while we work on Sandbox mode!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/217...
It is a mini update to clear up some release issues while we work on Sandbox mode!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/217...
January 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
We've just pushed Iron Roads 0.5.6!
It is a mini update to clear up some release issues while we work on Sandbox mode!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/217...
It is a mini update to clear up some release issues while we work on Sandbox mode!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/217...
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😺 OUR GAME IS OUT TODAY ON PC! 😺
🐈⬛ 🕵️ Cat Detective Albert Wilde, a noir puppet sci-fi mystery adventure about a feline PI who discovers a wormhole in spacetime. It’s a comedy!
Launch Trailer:
youtu.be/qNeUxX_IOnU
Check now on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/1810670/
🐈⬛ 🕵️ Cat Detective Albert Wilde, a noir puppet sci-fi mystery adventure about a feline PI who discovers a wormhole in spacetime. It’s a comedy!
Launch Trailer:
youtu.be/qNeUxX_IOnU
Check now on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/1810670/
Cat Detective Albert Wilde- Official Launch Trailer
YouTube video by beyondthosehills
youtu.be
January 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
😺 OUR GAME IS OUT TODAY ON PC! 😺
🐈⬛ 🕵️ Cat Detective Albert Wilde, a noir puppet sci-fi mystery adventure about a feline PI who discovers a wormhole in spacetime. It’s a comedy!
Launch Trailer:
youtu.be/qNeUxX_IOnU
Check now on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/1810670/
🐈⬛ 🕵️ Cat Detective Albert Wilde, a noir puppet sci-fi mystery adventure about a feline PI who discovers a wormhole in spacetime. It’s a comedy!
Launch Trailer:
youtu.be/qNeUxX_IOnU
Check now on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/1810670/
We just pushed the scary green button on Steam's backend, so today is the day Iron Roads enters Early Access!
Don't miss out on the launch discount, and please share far and wide if you enjoy it!
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
Don't miss out on the launch discount, and please share far and wide if you enjoy it!
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
January 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
We just pushed the scary green button on Steam's backend, so today is the day Iron Roads enters Early Access!
Don't miss out on the launch discount, and please share far and wide if you enjoy it!
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
Don't miss out on the launch discount, and please share far and wide if you enjoy it!
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
For our last #screenshotsaturday before Iron Roads enters Early Access on Monday, we have the launch trailer!
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #gaming
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #gaming
January 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
For our last #screenshotsaturday before Iron Roads enters Early Access on Monday, we have the launch trailer!
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #gaming
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #gaming
3 days until Early Access!
This is a screenshot of the current monthly challenge. This is a rotating challenge map where you transport as many passengers as possible in as short a time as possible. Compete for a spot on the global highscore board
#indiedev #gamedev #gaming #indiegame
This is a screenshot of the current monthly challenge. This is a rotating challenge map where you transport as many passengers as possible in as short a time as possible. Compete for a spot on the global highscore board
#indiedev #gamedev #gaming #indiegame
January 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
3 days until Early Access!
This is a screenshot of the current monthly challenge. This is a rotating challenge map where you transport as many passengers as possible in as short a time as possible. Compete for a spot on the global highscore board
#indiedev #gamedev #gaming #indiegame
This is a screenshot of the current monthly challenge. This is a rotating challenge map where you transport as many passengers as possible in as short a time as possible. Compete for a spot on the global highscore board
#indiedev #gamedev #gaming #indiegame
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😺 Our 1930’s New York noir puppet sci-fi mystery adventure game (really) ‘Cat Detective Albert Wilde’ just got a release date!!
Leave no stone unturned and no butt unsniffed… From January 24th! 🐾
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtnc...
Leave no stone unturned and no butt unsniffed… From January 24th! 🐾
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtnc...
Cat Detective Albert Wilde - Release Date Trailer
YouTube video by beyondthosehills
www.youtube.com
January 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
😺 Our 1930’s New York noir puppet sci-fi mystery adventure game (really) ‘Cat Detective Albert Wilde’ just got a release date!!
Leave no stone unturned and no butt unsniffed… From January 24th! 🐾
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtnc...
Leave no stone unturned and no butt unsniffed… From January 24th! 🐾
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtnc...
With only 4 days to go till Early Access launch, here's our plan for the upcoming months
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #steam
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #steam
January 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
With only 4 days to go till Early Access launch, here's our plan for the upcoming months
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #steam
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #steam
5 days until Early Access!
This is a detail from the Horseshoe Isle scenario - Thoracic Park - a small town depending on nearby fossils. You can build on the fossils to gain space, but doing so will reduce the passengers and from Thoracic Park
#indiedev #indiegame #gaming #gamedev
This is a detail from the Horseshoe Isle scenario - Thoracic Park - a small town depending on nearby fossils. You can build on the fossils to gain space, but doing so will reduce the passengers and from Thoracic Park
#indiedev #indiegame #gaming #gamedev
January 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
5 days until Early Access!
This is a detail from the Horseshoe Isle scenario - Thoracic Park - a small town depending on nearby fossils. You can build on the fossils to gain space, but doing so will reduce the passengers and from Thoracic Park
#indiedev #indiegame #gaming #gamedev
This is a detail from the Horseshoe Isle scenario - Thoracic Park - a small town depending on nearby fossils. You can build on the fossils to gain space, but doing so will reduce the passengers and from Thoracic Park
#indiedev #indiegame #gaming #gamedev
6 days until Early Access!
Mistra is a scenario set among ancient ruins. You are not allowed to destroy the ruins, so you are forced to thread your tracks between them
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #steam
Mistra is a scenario set among ancient ruins. You are not allowed to destroy the ruins, so you are forced to thread your tracks between them
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #steam
January 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
6 days until Early Access!
Mistra is a scenario set among ancient ruins. You are not allowed to destroy the ruins, so you are forced to thread your tracks between them
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #steam
Mistra is a scenario set among ancient ruins. You are not allowed to destroy the ruins, so you are forced to thread your tracks between them
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #steam
9 days to go until Early Access!
This week we are working through lists of bugs, marketing todos, and generally getting ready to push the big green button...
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #gaming
This week we are working through lists of bugs, marketing todos, and generally getting ready to push the big green button...
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #gaming
January 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
9 days to go until Early Access!
This week we are working through lists of bugs, marketing todos, and generally getting ready to push the big green button...
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #gaming
This week we are working through lists of bugs, marketing todos, and generally getting ready to push the big green button...
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #gaming
December 17, 2024 at 10:13 AM
We're getting close to release with #IronRoads and this week we've been working on balancing. Here is a little snapshot of the process!
If you want to try it out and send feedback, drop by our discord to playtest on desktop and mobile!
#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev
If you want to try it out and send feedback, drop by our discord to playtest on desktop and mobile!
#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev
December 14, 2024 at 10:33 AM
We're getting close to release with #IronRoads and this week we've been working on balancing. Here is a little snapshot of the process!
If you want to try it out and send feedback, drop by our discord to playtest on desktop and mobile!
#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev
If you want to try it out and send feedback, drop by our discord to playtest on desktop and mobile!
#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev
What links Jules Verne and our upcoming train management game, Iron Roads? 🤔
#ironroads #julesverne #vactrains #trainfacts #gamedev #indiegames
#ironroads #julesverne #vactrains #trainfacts #gamedev #indiegames
December 11, 2024 at 11:08 AM
What links Jules Verne and our upcoming train management game, Iron Roads? 🤔
#ironroads #julesverne #vactrains #trainfacts #gamedev #indiegames
#ironroads #julesverne #vactrains #trainfacts #gamedev #indiegames
We just pushed update 0.2.0 to the Iron Roads playtest on Itch and Steam. Amongst many other changes, this adds a challenge mode - how many passengers can you transport in 5 (ingame) days?
cowleyforniastudios.itch.io/iron-roads
store.steampowered.com/app/2171550/...
#gamedev #indiedev #ironroads
cowleyforniastudios.itch.io/iron-roads
store.steampowered.com/app/2171550/...
#gamedev #indiedev #ironroads
December 19, 2023 at 9:17 PM
We just pushed update 0.2.0 to the Iron Roads playtest on Itch and Steam. Amongst many other changes, this adds a challenge mode - how many passengers can you transport in 5 (ingame) days?
cowleyforniastudios.itch.io/iron-roads
store.steampowered.com/app/2171550/...
#gamedev #indiedev #ironroads
cowleyforniastudios.itch.io/iron-roads
store.steampowered.com/app/2171550/...
#gamedev #indiedev #ironroads
We are reasonably happy with random maps generation in our train game #IronRoads now, just random task generation to sort out and we'll be updating the beta
store.steampowered.com/app/2171550
discord.com/invite/enA4z...
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
store.steampowered.com/app/2171550
discord.com/invite/enA4z...
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
December 9, 2023 at 1:43 PM
We are reasonably happy with random maps generation in our train game #IronRoads now, just random task generation to sort out and we'll be updating the beta
store.steampowered.com/app/2171550
discord.com/invite/enA4z...
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
store.steampowered.com/app/2171550
discord.com/invite/enA4z...
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev