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Anisa Sanusi @studioanisa.bsky.social · 15d

INTRODUCING OUR NEW GAME TURNBOUND!!!

Your sould is trapped in a haunted board game and you gotta play for your freedom! Also I added a cat because you always need a cat being a dick somewhere in your game

www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3_r...

Turnbound reveal trailer - PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct

YouTube video by PC Gamer

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Matt Beakes @mattbeakes.bsky.social · 15d

Team’s been very busy on this one!

1TK Games making Turnbound! @1tkgames.bsky.social · 15d

We're excited to announce Turnbound, an auto-battler where you fight to free your soul from a haunted board game.

💼 PVP Inventory Management
⚔️ Vast selection of weapons, relics and trinkets.
⚡ Play at your own speed.

Will you put your soul on the line?

Demo out now 👇

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1TK Games making Turnbound! @1tkgames.bsky.social · 20d

You may all be wondering where we've been and what's been going on with the radio silence!

We've been super hard at work over these past few months and can't wait to share VERY SOON what we've been up to!

Watch this space! 👀 #indiedev

Spooky house cart set up under a bridge with a eerie glow about it!

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Ewan McKenzie @ekenz.bsky.social · 28d

Testing what happens when you interact with this obstacle when in different states. Worked out PERFECTLY.

👇 Play the Go Kart Island demo and smash that wishlist button RIGHT HERE 🥳

🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/3749790/

#indiegames #indiegaming #indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev

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Paula Lucas @paulalucas.bsky.social · Sep 2

Welp, I've just found out that my role has been made redundant 🫠... So I will be looking for work!

If anyone is looking for a 2D/3D Generalist or Art Director for games (particularly specialising in stylised projects!) please shout! From concepts > modelling > animating thru to implementation 💛✨

Cute cartoon car brightly coloured and stylised with an ice cream on top of it

Still frame from a 3D stylised crow model, a non-humanoid vtuber from my own design.

Illustration piece of a dark woods, in greyscale.

Still image of a gif, of a stylised Bearded vulture in low-poly 3D. Designed, rigged, animated by myself.

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Ewan McKenzie @ekenz.bsky.social · Aug 5

A second festival in two weeks, the popularity of this game knows no bounds.

Quickly, go play the demo and wishlist before it becomes too popular and you will no longer be one of the cool early people.

#indiegames #indiegaming #indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev

🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/3749790/

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Talha - Mashina OUT NOW @taloketo.bsky.social · Jul 31

Mashina is OUT NOW.

Dig and mend the world in this chill stop-motion mining adventure.

store.steampowered.com/app/3395930/...

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Moo Yu (Mythmatch) @oneofmoo.bsky.social · Jun 9

As folks are downloading demos this week, please consider the Mythmatch demo.

It's only 20 minutes, recently updated, and we're really proud of it!

And please recommend it to anyone who is looking for something to play this week!

store.steampowered.com/app/2490290/...

Mythmatch Demo on Steam

A Greek mythology anti-capitalist merge game. Play as Artemis bouncing between Olympus and Earth trying to find what kind of goddess she wants to be. Help the mortals. Challenge the gods. Find your ma...

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Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social · May 15

Into the Restless Ruins is a deckbuilder in the Scottish highlands, where you create a dungeon then battle through it.
Out now on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, and Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/2877770/...

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Matt Beakes @mattbeakes.bsky.social · May 14

Absolutely can confirm that that is one corrupt pup. Squirrels watch out.

Great job!!

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Paula Lucas @paulalucas.bsky.social · May 8

Ahhh! Into the Restless Ruins is coming out a week today✨👀 Worked on this game last year doing vis-dev and style exploration, been given the all clear to share a couple of bits. HYPED!

A mockup screen of the soon to be released game Into the Restless Ruins! Some in game UI, environment styling and how general placement of rooms might work visually is explored here.

A close up of a forge room featuring an early character placeholder design, exploring how much the player might be able to see at any given time once out of building mode and colours working together.

The bad room. A bunch of enemies laid out to get an idea of scale in comparison to one another and the prop sizes.

Concept for a summoning circle rune - how deactivation/activation might look and how it works in the level as a whole.

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Moo Yu (Mythmatch) @oneofmoo.bsky.social · May 7

‼️ New Mythmatch Demo ‼️

We got rejected from all the summer showcases so just dropped our new demo!

AND we've created a Steam page for it!

store.steampowered.com/app/2490290/...

So if you haven't played yet, enjoy this new polished version!
And if you enjoyed it before, please leave a review!

Mythmatch Demo on Steam

A Greek mythology anti-capitalist merge game. Play as Artemis boucing between Olympus and Earth trying to find what kind of goddess she wants to be. Help the mortals. Challenge the gods. Find your mat...

store.steampowered.com

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Matt Beakes @mattbeakes.bsky.social · Apr 11

Lovely to see the process! From thumbnail to 3d, to capsules, very interesting!

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Matt Beakes @mattbeakes.bsky.social · Mar 3

Digging up some examples of old plein air paintings ahead of attending some workshops next week - probably the 1 piece out of the past 20 odd that I still like! *massively* out of the habit now but looking forward to the weather changing so I can get back out there !

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Matt Beakes @mattbeakes.bsky.social · Feb 24

Our Total Loadout demo out now! check it out if you like a bit of inventory management, exploding piñatas, cursed idols, juicy peaches, absolutely *raging* soup dishes plus many, MANY more items…

store.steampowered.com/app/3497150/...

Total Loadout Demo on Steam

Total Loadout is a PvP inventory management auto battler where heroes and villains from across space and time clash with powerful weapons! Choose your Celebrity with special abilities and items, then ...

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Anisa Sanusi @studioanisa.bsky.social · Feb 24

Today is the big day!!! You can play the Total Loadout demo on steam!!! (Tbh it feels like a full game cuz you can already get insane hours in this as it is lol)

Love some inventory management and pvp goodness?? Wishlist and give it a go: store.steampowered.com/app/3497150/...

Total Loadout Demo on Steam

Total Loadout is a PvP inventory management auto battler where heroes and villains from across space and time clash with powerful weapons! Choose your Celebrity with special abilities and items, then ...

store.steampowered.com

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Big Hippo 🇮🇪 @bighippoart.bsky.social · Feb 18

Today is my birthday and if you want to give me a gift, please repost my art 😊 #sciart

Underwater illustration featuring large marine animals

A dynamic illustration featuring a pack of gannets diving erratically in a hunt for fish.

A group of various freshwater fishes swimming peacefully in a shallow river.

A kelp forest full of marine animals including coral fishes and sharks.

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Matt Beakes @mattbeakes.bsky.social · Feb 8

Cheers man! Yeah exactly that, it’s just a challenging environment right now - so much choice for player, and uncertainty for devs. Deffo not a new thing, but it’d be mad not to worry about such things. I’m sure good things can still find their way to where they need to be though!

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Matt Beakes @mattbeakes.bsky.social · Feb 8

All the best Moo! It’s so tough out there! Btw I’ve been opening up the Mythmatch demo multiple times when I’ve got 10 mins just to play the time trial bit again and again (not that I don’t love the tone of the demos first sections) wishing you all the best with it!

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Matt Beakes @mattbeakes.bsky.social · Feb 8

One my all time faves! (still chuckle at the remembrance of the slo- mo action cutscenes around the finale)

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Paula Lucas @paulalucas.bsky.social · Jan 26

M O S S D O G A D V E N T U R E S

Photograph of Lumi, a Belgian Shepherd Cross dog, looking pleased with her mouth open on a mossy stone, standing next to @mattbeakes.bsky.social

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Paula Lucas @paulalucas.bsky.social · Feb 7

C H O M P
happy Friday ya'll

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Matt Beakes @mattbeakes.bsky.social · Feb 3

www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7d4...

Been a wee while since I've been able to do a post like this but our new game incoming! 🥁🥁🥁

🎆 TOTAL LOADOUT 🎆

Trailer just dropped; been a busy few months for the team on this one!

Demo out soon - Wishlist here! 👇

store.steampowered.com/app/3411560/...

Total Loadout | Announcement Trailer (Steam/PC)

YouTube video by 1TK Games

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Paula Lucas @paulalucas.bsky.social · Jan 2

The Heron helping to usher in the new year ✨ Hope 2025 is a good one!✨

Illustration of a flying hero with a wind/water motif surrounding it.

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Matt Beakes @mattbeakes.bsky.social · Dec 23

Winter weather, but nice!

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