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Distant Meadows @distantmeadows.bsky.social · 6d

Last week we've entered a new production phase for the next months! Demo is calling! Excitiiing 😍
#feelslikesandsurfing #screenshotsaturday

(Also, until Monday you can still help us make the Top100 cut in the first week of voting in the Rising Tide Challenge blueoceangames.com/challenge/vo... 😉 )

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Distant Meadows @distantmeadows.bsky.social · 10d

Last Saturday we had the opportunity to showcase our prototype at the Games&Future Festival in Fürth. We had a lot of fun spending the day at the festival, as you can see in the pictures! 🙌💚

Distant Meadows @distantmeadows.bsky.social · 11d

We are back participating in the second RISING TIDE TRAILER CHALLENGE by Blue Ocean Games with 2 really pretty new trailers! blueoceangames.com/challenge/vo...
And check out our RTC raffle on our Discord server (discord.gg/ApRu8TNypq) and win the chance to leave a footprint in Waters of Sal Naména!🎉

Blue Ocean Games

A new way to validate your game, get feedback, and secure funding.

blueoceangames.com

Distant Meadows @distantmeadows.bsky.social · 14d

Link to our Discord server itself: discord.gg/ApRu8TNypq

Join the Waters of Sal Naména Discord Server!

The official server for Waters of Sal Naména, a so-called metroidbrainia currently under development by the indie game studio Distant Meadows. Join us on our production journey and get the latest news...

discord.gg

Distant Meadows @distantmeadows.bsky.social · 15d

We are looking for a Marketing/Social Media Intern (f/m/d, remote or local)

You are currently studying, still looking for an internship for the upcoming semester and want to experience everyday life in a small indie game studio first hand?

More infos on our Discord!
discordapp.com/channels/134...

Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games

Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out.

discordapp.com

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Distant Meadows @distantmeadows.bsky.social · 15d

Tomorrow, Saturday 27th, we will showcase Waters of Sal Naména again! Join us at the Games&Future Festival at the Jugendhaus OTTO in Fürth (close to the train station). Festival program starts at 10am and runs the whole day. Have a look: gamesandfestival.de
We'd be happy to see old and new faces! 😊🙌

Games&Festival | Das regionale Festival der Spiel(e)kultur

Das Festival für digitales und analoges Spielen

gamesandfestival.de

Distant Meadows @distantmeadows.bsky.social · Sep 3

Here are some impressions of our visit at the Gamescom two weeks ago. We definitely had a lot of fun, good conversations and a great time trying out new games! 🎮💚

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Playtiles @playtiles.bsky.social · Aug 4

Temporary or permanent exclusivity, one thing’s for sure: When you get the Season, the games are yours.

Play them on Playtiles, or export the ROMs to use on your favorite emulator or flash cart, it’s your call.

🎮 Grab Season 1: get.playtil.es

Playtiles: Physical Buttons + Weekly Indie Games for your Phone

Stick. Scan. Play! Playtiles turns your mobile into a tactile gaming handheld with a curated library of bite-sized indie gems. Launching Q4 2025.

get.playtil.es

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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · Aug 11

The best puzzle games are like magic! They use misdirection…and sometimes make us feel like fools.
thinkygames.com/feat...

How some of the best puzzle games are a lesson in magic and misdirection · Thinky Games

Puzzle games don’t make us feel smart, nor inspire us to 'be smart', but quite the opposite. They make fools of us. Dazzled, starry-eyed fools. And with ignorance comes bliss. Well…most of the time.

thinkygames.com

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Indie Outpost @indieoutpost.bsky.social · Aug 5

Next Indie Outpost Nuremberg: Sep 1st, 6 PM! Talks by:
- @distantmeadows.bsky.social about: Open Source in Game Dev
- Florian Fischer: Community Management @gamedevrgb.bsky.social
Thanks, to our fantastic sponsors, @cipsoftgmbh.bsky.social and @gamesbavaria.bsky.social, for supporting the event!

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Godot Barn @thegodotbarn.com · Aug 4

Remember to order your tickets for the upcoming GodotFest later this year if you haven't already!

Exciting talks, great venue and a chance to meet tons of other devs ✨

godotfest.com

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Games/Bavaria @gamesbavaria.bsky.social · Jul 31

🎮 Games/Bavaria @ gamescom 2025

At the Games/Bavaria booth in the Business Area (Hall 4.1, C057), we'll show 4 titles from our LEVEL UP accelerator. The last one:

🌊 Waters of Sal Naména by @distantmeadows.bsky.social

A Game Boy-style Metroidbrainia in a desert world full of secrets & puzzles.
🏜️🧭

Retro-inspirierte Pixelgrafik zum Spiel „Waters of Sal Naména“ von Distant Meadows. In grüner Gameboy-Ästhetik zeigt die Grafik eine meditative Szene mit einem sitzenden Charakter auf einer Wasserfläche. Der Spieletitel und „A Game by Distant Meadows“ sind in verschnörkelter Pixel-Schrift zu sehen. Unten steht: „Play me at Hall 04.1 | Booth C057“ und es ist das Label „We leveled up!“ von Games/Bavaria abgebildet.

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Distant Meadows @distantmeadows.bsky.social · Jul 27

On this Sunday we want to #showcase a great partner of ours: Games Bavaria supports a lot of Bavarian games studios with networking events and other great advice, especially with the Level Up Accelerator Program we participated in. Us showcasing at GG Bavaria and gamescom? Thanks to them! 🤩

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Distant Meadows @distantmeadows.bsky.social · Jul 24

Values such as diversity, anti-discrimination and a harassment-free work environment are still not as self-explanatory as we would wish them to be. That's why we put our name on the list of the initiative hier-spielt-vielfalt.de. Showing colors is becoming more important every day in these times. 🏳️‍🌈🎮

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Indie Outpost @indieoutpost.bsky.social · Jul 22

Morgen ist es soweit ich freue mich schon auf euch.

Indie Outpost @indieoutpost.bsky.social · Jul 1

🎤Der nächste #IndieOutpost Würzburg steht an!

Talks:
🧠 Digitale Räume, reale Verantwortung – Game Communities gestalten (Laura Kaitenmaier)
🛠️ Ein Indie-Game-Studio führen – mit Godot (Senad Hrnjadovic)
📅 23. Juli 2025
🕖 19:00 Uhr
📍 Kilianeum Würzburg
💬 Talks, Drinks & Eintritt frei!

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Distant Meadows @distantmeadows.bsky.social · Jul 11

We got so much nice feedback from our booth visitors when we exhibited Waters of Sal Naména for the first time at the GG Bavaria in Munich. 😊 We wanna share some more quotes with you! 💚 #feedbackfriday

Distant Meadows @distantmeadows.bsky.social · Jul 6

Today's #ShowcaseSunday: the unusual job simulator game "That's not my Neighbor". It combines the popular gameplay concept of Lucas Pope's "Papers, Please" (2013) with humor, horror and bizarre aesthetics and was entirely developed in Godot 4.

(Screenshots by Nachosama Games)

Distant Meadows @distantmeadows.bsky.social · Jul 1

It's #TreasureTuesday and today's pick is one of Programmer Michelle's favourite game series: Portal - the iconic puzzle and platform games with one of the best antagonists ever. Have you played it?
(Logo, Art & Screenshots by Valve Corporation)

Distant Meadows @distantmeadows.bsky.social · Jun 29

Featuring this #ShowcaseSunday: Our main co-working tool Nextcloud! We built our own custom workshop aided by the integrated app store: messenger, mail, tasks, video calls, calender, contacts, files and many more. And ofc: It's all open source! We love our cloud! 🥰
Maybe you'd too: nextcloud.com/de

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Distant Meadows @distantmeadows.bsky.social · Jun 27

Blue Ocean Games wrapped up its Rising Tide Challenge: We weren't chosen as one of the winners, but we placed in the top quarter and we're pretty happy with that result for there were some pretty awesome entries. 🥰 We are eager to compete again with a better trailer and rank even higher next time!

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Games/Bavaria @gamesbavaria.bsky.social · Jun 26

🎮 So bringst du dein Game auf Erfolgskurs – in 6 Schritten.

LEVEL UP, der Games/Bavaria-Accelerator, begleitet dich mit Mentoring, Netzwerk & Know-how.

🚀 Bewirb dich jetzt – Frist verlängert bis 6. Juli 2025!

👉 games-bavaria.com/level-up

Türkise Kachel mit weißer „1“ und Glühbirnen-Symbol oben.
Text:
„Hab eine starke Spielidee“
Darunter: „Etwas, das du mit Leidenschaft entwickelst – und das andere begeistern kann.“

Türkise Kachel mit weißer „3“.
Text:
„Versteh dein Spiel und dein Publikum“
Darunter: „Genre, Plattform, Markt: Kenne deine Stärken und deine Zielgruppe.“

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Indie Outpost @indieoutpost.bsky.social · Jun 4

✨Next Indie Outpost Nuremberg: July 7th, 6 pm ✨
With talks from:
- Johanna Czerny: about localisation in Games
- Jascha Gerhardt: about the craft of concept art
As always, the talks are followed by pizza and drinks, sponsored by @cipsoftgmbh.bsky.social and @gamesbavaria.bsky.social

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Blue Ocean Games @blueoceangames.bsky.social · Jun 10

🌊 DAY 8 of public voting for the #RisingTideChallenge and we're still discovering hidden gems in these 1000+ submissions!

Blue Ocean Games is taking a different approach - every vote validates concepts that traditional funding might overlook.

9 days left to shape the future - blueoceangames.com

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Distant Meadows @distantmeadows.bsky.social · Jun 10

(Screenshots: Lucas Pope, 3909 LLC)

Distant Meadows @distantmeadows.bsky.social · Jun 10

Time for another #TreasureTuesday, where we present games and other stuff that shaped us and brought us to game dev.
Today's Turn: Robin (Narration & Management) with Return of the Obra Dinn (2018). A metroidbrainia-like murder mystery on an old sailing ship. Beautiful art style. Captivating OST.🎶⚓

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