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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 4h

Is this related to "prim and proper" for example?

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 11h

Finally! A guitar riff I created in the 1990s (on my JCM 2000 Marshall amp) has a moment to shine in our nostalgia/horror game. #longgame

Wishlist Forbidden Solitaire: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 8h

You are welcome.

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 16h

This was 3 years ago.

Where's my computer gone? #100

Jake sitting on the sofa with white cat in the foreground.
On the big TV is "Solitare" (mispelled) "by Jake Birkett (c) March 1995

There's is an Amiga 1200 on a coffee table, A64 on another table with a CRT screen above it, and Spectrum 48K on Jake's lap.

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 14h

I was on this panel about Indie Dev Resilience with @shawndoublea.bsky.social and @readgraves.com hosted by @impressgames.bsky.social a few months ago.

www.patreon.com/posts/140285...

10 Years of Indie Dev Resilience | Grey Alien Games

www.patreon.com

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 9h

I hope it is! 3x is the industry median so you are halfway there but it can still be hard to reach that. Need to keep going on sale and maybe do some updates.

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Night Signal Entertainment @nightsignalentertainment.com · 11h

When the creator of BALATRO says your game is "oozing vibes" - you know you're doing something right! 😍

💜 Wishlist Forbidden Solitaire: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 10h

If you find me with no eyeballs. You know why.

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 10h

Yep. I still add those games to my wishlist. Sometime I pick them up later.

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 10h

This is sweet. Except for the rabies.

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 10h

Information: Also a week 1 to month 1 revenue multiplier of 1.5x is quite good I think.

Heroes of the Seven Islands - OUT NOW @heroes7islands.bsky.social · 17h

Some numbers, one month after launch
#gamedev #indiegames

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 10h

I actually don’t care about day 1 stuff and have had it for years. Happy to just play a game when I’m ready. I’m more sad about games leaving gamepass that I didn’t get round to playing yet.

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 10h

Hello, Trading Standards?

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 10h

How about making it a bit slimmer so it’s not quite so immersion breaking? Or like a different color then blends more but still pops enough? Of course you could also have more visible cursors as an accessibility thing too.

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 10h

I feel like 10/10 is the safe bet here.

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 11h

And guess who is the CEO of this company? That's right it's @writnelson.bsky.social (well his character anyway) :-)

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 11h

Finally! A guitar riff I created in the 1990s (on my JCM 2000 Marshall amp) has a moment to shine in our nostalgia/horror game. #longgame

Wishlist Forbidden Solitaire: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 12h

seems like it yeah

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 12h

Cool!

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 13h

Popped out for an afternoon leg stretch. It’s 16C and sunny.

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 14h

I was on this panel about Indie Dev Resilience with @shawndoublea.bsky.social and @readgraves.com hosted by @impressgames.bsky.social a few months ago.

www.patreon.com/posts/140285...

10 Years of Indie Dev Resilience | Grey Alien Games

www.patreon.com

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 14h

She is amazing. Many such expressions of distain whilst she awaits her food bowl refilling.

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 16h

Forbidden Solitaire has turn-based combat in a spooky dungeon setting. Plus the game itself, well, there's something odd about it... #TurnBasedThursday

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · Feb 3

NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT!

A 1995 CD-ROM. A game buried for a reason. You flip a card. The screen glitches. Something is watching.
Forbidden Solitaire—a dungeon horror from the creators of Ancient Enemy and Home Safety Hotline.

store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...

With @slicknicklives.bsky.social

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Mantis Games - Deck of Haunts 🎃 @mantisgames.bsky.social · 16h

We're officially hosting this weeks #TurnBasedThursday!

🕹️ #indiedev: Reply with your game & don't forget the hashtag
🎮 #players: ❤️Like 💬Comment & 🔄Repost

If you don't, we have a spot reserved for you in our haunted domain 👀🎃!

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 16h

1995 the same year Forbidden Solitaire came out!

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