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Catherine Litvaitis 🐀 @litvac.com · 3h

good morning everybody please clap

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Catherine Litvaitis 🐀 @litvac.com · 16h

i can finally rest

A screenshot of a winning game of Sakhmet Solitare, finally

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Catherine Litvaitis 🐀 @litvac.com · 19h

i don’t get paid to do this!! i just think my friends’ game is neat (and also it would be very cool if they met the mortis ghost stretch goal)

Catherine Litvaitis 🐀 @litvac.com · 19h

good news everyone! you get an additional week of me telling you to back blanksword on kickstarter

Blanksword ⚔️ Kickstarter live NOW!! @blanksword.bsky.social · 1d

2 major news for Blanksword's Kickstarter campaign:

- WE'RE 90% FUNDED with only 4500€ left to meet our goal!

- We extended the campaign's duration by 1 week, meaning we have 14 DAYS LEFT to not only reach our funding goal but try to meet our first stretch goal!

GO GO GO GO!!!!

BLANKSWORD

An Angelic Roguelike RPG

www.kickstarter.com

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Blanksword ⚔️ Kickstarter live NOW!! @blanksword.bsky.social · 19h

⚔ Artist Spotlight! ⚔

BLANKSWORD, our story-rich roguelike RPG, is in the last two weeks of its Kickstarter campaign! To celebrate, we're highlighting artists in our community.

This glorious portrait of BLANK comes from @tmthrbys.bsky.social, all the way across the world!

Links in reply! ⬇️

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Catherine Litvaitis 🐀 @litvac.com · 1d

good night

A screenshot of the end match screen for Sakhmet Solitaire cropped to focus on the following sentence: "You have played 32 games, and you have won 0 times."

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Catherine Litvaitis 🐀 @litvac.com · 1d

of course i'm still playing it

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Catherine Litvaitis 🐀 @litvac.com · 1d

sakhmet solitaire is a deranged game in that someone got up one day and decided, "what if i made a version of solitaire where you are statistically almost always going to lose when you play through no fault of your own"

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Catherine Litvaitis 🐀 @litvac.com · 1d

why are we here? only to suffer? every day i play sakhmet solitaire

A screenshot of a losing game of Sakhmet Solitaire, Neopets' lawful evil version of the classic card game Solitaire

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Blanksword ⚔️ Kickstarter live NOW!! @blanksword.bsky.social · 3d

9 DAYS LEFT to back BLANKSWORD, our Roguelike RPG where you play an Angel that lost his brain!

⚔ God is waiting. ⚔

BLANKSWORD

An Angelic Roguelike RPG

www.kickstarter.com

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BATTLE SUIT ACES OUT NOW 🤖 @team.trinketstudios.com · 3d

Battle Suit Aces launched yesterday and we are so honored to have had the incomparable @insaneintherainmusic.com compose our soundtrack! 🎶

With features from @caseyleewilliams.bsky.social, @jonathanymusic.bsky.social, and @richaadeb.com, the full album can be found here! album.link/s/1kXt9U50Er...

My newest game soundtrack is now released! Battle Suit Aces Main Theme (Composed by Carlos Eiene)

YouTube video by insaneintherainmusic

youtu.be

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Catherine Litvaitis 🐀 @litvac.com · 3d

:( this makes me so sad

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BATTLE SUIT ACES OUT NOW 🤖 @team.trinketstudios.com · 4d

BATTLE SUIT ACES OUT NOW‼️

Adventure through the stars with the found family of the Zephyr and uncover the secrets of the mysterious Relic suits. Play the Battle Chef Brigade team’s new heartfelt, dynamic card-battling narrative RPG NOW on PC, PS5 and Switch!
store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/...

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Catherine Litvaitis 🐀 @litvac.com · 4d

c’mooooooooon they’re getting so close

please back blanksword!!!

Blanksword ⚔️ Kickstarter live NOW!! @blanksword.bsky.social · 24d

⚔️TIME ⚔️ TO ⚔️ RECLAIM ⚔️ YOUR ⚔️ BRAIN⚔️

Blanksword's Steam Demo & Kickstarter Campaign just launched as of RIGHT NOW!

Play the Demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3484670/...

Preorder the game on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/283...

Join the Discord: discord.gg/ftmCfsupyv

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Catherine Litvaitis 🐀 @litvac.com · 4d

happy brat fall gail

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Catherine Litvaitis 🐀 @litvac.com · 4d

don’t ask me how many times i played von dutch on loop today

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Catherine Litvaitis 🐀 @litvac.com · 4d

you know, i missed brat summer, but i’m having a fun time with brat fall

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Catherine Litvaitis 🐀 @litvac.com · 4d

nice

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Catherine Litvaitis 🐀 @litvac.com · 6d

what do you mean dnd doesn’t have a mechanic for hacking off beholder eye stalks mid-combat

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Catherine Litvaitis 🐀 @litvac.com · 6d

you’re welcome blank sword

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Catherine Litvaitis 🐀 @litvac.com · 7d

happy saturday, please back blanksword on kickstarter

Blanksword ⚔️ Kickstarter live NOW!! @blanksword.bsky.social · 24d

⚔️TIME ⚔️ TO ⚔️ RECLAIM ⚔️ YOUR ⚔️ BRAIN⚔️

Blanksword's Steam Demo & Kickstarter Campaign just launched as of RIGHT NOW!

Play the Demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3484670/...

Preorder the game on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/283...

Join the Discord: discord.gg/ftmCfsupyv

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BATTLE SUIT ACES OUT NOW 🤖 @team.trinketstudios.com · 8d

you've only got 4 minutes to save the worl-AHEM

I mean you've only got four days until Battle Suit Aces, queer mecha card battler/visual novel by the Battle Chef Brigade team, launches to PC, PS5 and Switch! 🤖

Jules is has short hair with longer, floppier bangs. He is wearing a black undershirt, yellow "hawaiian floral" style button up, and a grey jacket. He is holding an ipad and a canister in his right hand. His left hand is on the back of his neck. His expression is plain and neutral. The text reads "4 days until launch. Battle Suit Aces. October 7th, 2025"

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 8d

In Stars and Time is $12.99 on US PS+ buff.ly/rRaNAcq
$13.99 US eShop buff.ly/yEVXCsd
$13.99 Steam buff.ly/QuQE4ht
$13.99 GOG buff.ly/EOq5DRX

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Catherine Litvaitis 🐀 @litvac.com · 7d

wheezing

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Osama Dorias @osamadorias.bsky.social · 10d

Still a few days left for our Alpha playtest!!

If you wanna give the game a try and help us out with some feedback so that we can make the game even better, we'd really appreciate it!!

Please consider tagging anyone who you think would be interested in a Roguelike Fighting Game :)

Thank you!

Poly Fighter Game @polyfightergame.bsky.social · 10d

It's time to play!

Poly Fighter Alpha Playtest is still going until Friday. Join the fight now (request access on Steam).

More playtests coming up soon.

store.steampowered.com/app/3977340/...

#PolyFighter #IndieGame #Playtest #Steam

Poly Fighter on Steam

Poly Fighter is a single-player roguelike fighting game. Learn new moves from every opponent you defeat to build your fighter’s unique style. Battle through tense retro-arcade duels with beginner-frie...

store.steampowered.com

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