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Hilltop Studios

@playhilltop.bsky.social

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Indie Game Studio making story focused games & cool stuff. Founded w/❤️in Toronto. Creators of Lil' Guardsman 🏰🦄🐒🕵️‍♀️, RN cooking up something VERY different. Account run by Scott Christian - studio director, narrative and music guy

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Hilltop Studios @playhilltop.bsky.social · Oct 17

Hi, Bluesky.
Meet my game!

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Playtonic @playtonicgames.com · 3d

Here are the global release times for Yooka-Replaylee! 🕒

Only 24 hours to go! Set the timer now! We'll see you tomorrow, adventurers! 💚💜

A stylized world map showcasing the release times for "Yooka-Replaylee" in various cities including Los Angeles, New York, Mexico City, São Paulo, London, Paris, Johannesburg, Berlin, Moscow, Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, and Auckland, with distinctive cartoon sketches near each region.

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Rocket Adrift Games | WISHLIST Dead Finger Dice on Steam! @rocketadrift.bsky.social · 3d

📣Release date announced.
10.24.25
#gamedev #indiegame #deadfingerdice

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Hilltop Studios @playhilltop.bsky.social · 3d

LOL death march to Christmas is REAL. Happy real thanksgiving to you!

Hilltop Studios @playhilltop.bsky.social · 4d

lol don’t hate that idea either.

Hilltop Studios @playhilltop.bsky.social · 4d

I both love and hate that idea so friggin' much.

Hilltop Studios @playhilltop.bsky.social · 4d

It's killing me and the team to not be able to talk about what we're working on (yet), but I can say that October has impeccable vibes for what we're cooking up! 👻

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Hilltop Studios @playhilltop.bsky.social · 5d

Hope you enjoy!!!

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Basic_Existence @basicexistence.bsky.social · 6d

Since we finished stray recently, time to introduce another game for stream aside from AC Odyssey and Minecraft.

Super exited to start Lil Guardsman!

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Hilltop Studios @playhilltop.bsky.social · 8d

I imagine it’s epic (even if it’s a repeater!)

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Hilltop Studios @playhilltop.bsky.social · 8d

What is it?

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⋆⁺‧₊☽ SalemTheWitchVT ☾₊‧⁺⋆ @salemthewitchvt.bsky.social · 9d

⋆˖⁺‧₊☽◯☾₊‧⁺˖⋆ 𝓢𝓣𝓡𝓔𝓐𝓜 𝓘𝓢 𝓢𝓣𝓐𝓡𝓣𝓘𝓝𝓖 ⋆˖⁺‧₊☽◯☾₊‧⁺˖⋆

candles lit, chaos ready, and i’m diving into Lil' Guardsman 🕯️💀✨
let’s get weird → www.twitch.tv/salemthewitc...

a man in a military uniform is standing in front of a room with people sitting at tables .

ALT: a man in a military uniform is standing in front of a room with people sitting at tables .

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Hilltop Studios @playhilltop.bsky.social · 9d

Make one good decision: get Lil’ Guardsman at 60% off as part of the #SteamAutumnSale

...Then enjoy making hundreds of terrible ones in-game! Insult royalty. Jail a tree. Befriend a goblin (maybe).

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Games by Stitch - Out Now: Elsewhere Electric ⚡️ @gamesbystitch.com · 11d

It is 2066: 36 years after a catastrophic geomagnetic storm disrupted the world’s power supply and caused world-wide chaos.

You are tasked to keep a solar mission on track, and secretly, to discover a saboteur. Will you trust the right people?

Wishlist Now: store.steampowered.com/app/4006340/...

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Hilltop Studios @playhilltop.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you! I always have to remind myself there’s not a bullshit algorithm on this side suppressing posts with links :)

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Hilltop Studios @playhilltop.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you for this public service announcement.

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Hilltop Studios @playhilltop.bsky.social · 11d

That's a real stretch but I'll allow it. :P

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♥ with luvey ♥ @withluvey.bsky.social · 12d

This game was so fun, so good. Loved the voice acting. Loved the sass. In fact I streamed/played it on twitch when I was in a mentally low headspace. It really helped me stream when i felt struck. Good story. Good hijinks. I highly recommend!

Hilltop Studios @playhilltop.bsky.social · 12d

You can get our weird and wonderful indie hidden gem Lil' Guardsman for 60% off as part of the #SteamAutumnSale right now!

store.steampowered.com/app/1924360/...

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Hilltop Studios @playhilltop.bsky.social · 12d

You are!

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Shannon 🌈💕 @shannonsayshi.bsky.social · 12d

Lil' Guardsman is such a gem 💖

Hilltop Studios @playhilltop.bsky.social · 12d

You can get our weird and wonderful indie hidden gem Lil' Guardsman for 60% off as part of the #SteamAutumnSale right now!

store.steampowered.com/app/1924360/...

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Hilltop Studios @playhilltop.bsky.social · 12d

You can get our weird and wonderful indie hidden gem Lil' Guardsman for 60% off as part of the #SteamAutumnSale right now!

store.steampowered.com/app/1924360/...

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Hilltop Studios @playhilltop.bsky.social · 15d

Lil' Guardsman art team appreciation post:

Still and always blown away by the incredible, detailed, hilarious work that art director/character artist Rafa Gallardo and background artist Bruno Ishihira did on #LilGuardsman. They brough the world of our game to life in such an amazing way!!!

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Hilltop Studios @playhilltop.bsky.social · 16d

Had a great time at the monthly @igdatoronto.bsky.social meetup last night. If you're a Toronto game dev person, it's a low stakes, low stress way to meet nice folks in the industry.

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Jonah Davidson @hangedman.bsky.social · 16d

I strongly believe in the breadth and influence of independent art, to grant us oblique angles on the world and ourselves.
But also every indie game is somewhere on this spectrum:

A triangular range chart labeled "Indie Game Vibe Check", where the three axes are "Enpoisoned", "Pumpy's Big Clumpy", and "Misty Cube". Each intersection features a game - Lunacid is the most Enpoisoned, Untitled Goose Game is the most Pumpy's Big Clumpy, and Manifold Garden is the most Misty Cube. Undertale is directly in the center, surrounded by Tunic (Pumpy), Void Stranger (Misty), and Star of Providence (Poison)

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Hilltop Studios @playhilltop.bsky.social · 16d

I dig this!

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Failbetter Games - Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · 17d

We're making Mandrake, a rural life sim set in a beguiling new world inspired by British history and folklore.

Now we're not in the Fallen London universe (Sunless Sea, Sunless Skies), we had the opportunity to add sunshine! And trees! 😮 🧵

#wishlistwednesday

An illustration from Mandrake. A ruined red brick archway in a lush green open space, with a river, brick bridge, simple wooden fence and dirt path.

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