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Paul Stangl @polemin.bsky.social · 5d

We're finally able to show off what we've been cooking! Check out our cool couch co-op chaos "Chefs Arena" on Steam!

Bongfish 🍳 Wishlist Chefs Arena on STEAM 🔜 Game City Vienna @bongfishofficial.bsky.social · 5d

Anyone in the market for a fun couch co-op multiplayer?
WISHLIST our game Chefs Arena and share it with your friends, your family and online strangers you want to play it with: store.steampowered.com/app/2951600/...

#gamedev #gamingnews #indiedev #steam

Chefs Arena on Steam

Chefs Arena is a competitive party game you can play with your friends, family or online strangers. Cook dishes from whacky ingredients, fight monsters, sabotage, steal and feed an ever-hungry King.

store.steampowered.com

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Paul Stangl @polemin.bsky.social · Jul 18

Soooo ... what did you get?

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Paul Stangl @polemin.bsky.social · Jun 9

I think my biggest criticism would be that the bombsites feel a bit underwhelming, both thematically, as well as in gameplay. They feel wedged into the layout instead of being a focal point. Gameplay revolves about a singular piece of cover on both sites. Those could offer a bit more.

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Paul Stangl @polemin.bsky.social · Jun 9

You have some cool spaces fleshed out. Most contact points feel unique and offer something new. There are a lot of interesting and meaningful elevation changes, that feel pretty intuitive as well. I love how bold you are with space, even though I'm a bit concerned about the utility of smokes.

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Paul Stangl @polemin.bsky.social · May 15

:)

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Paul Stangl @polemin.bsky.social · Mar 29

Always keep noodling! Love the term

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Paul Stangl @polemin.bsky.social · Mar 28

Sequel to "I am Bread"?

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Paul Stangl @polemin.bsky.social · Mar 15

Thanks for reminding me to play Prey again. What a gem.

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Bongfish 🍳 Wishlist Chefs Arena on STEAM 🔜 Game City Vienna @bongfishofficial.bsky.social · Mar 10

Our CEO Christian Stocker will be at this year's @officialgdc.bsky.social Conference in San Franciso as part of an amazing line-up of Austrian game devs!

Get in touch with him on LinkedIn if you want to grab a coffee and have a chat :)
www.linkedin.com/in/christian...

#GDC2025 #Austrian #gamedev

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Paul Stangl @polemin.bsky.social · Mar 6

Haven't played those two, so I don't know how it compares, but I absolutely LOVED Dusk if you haven't played it already.

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Bongfish 🍳 Wishlist Chefs Arena on STEAM 🔜 Game City Vienna @bongfishofficial.bsky.social · Mar 6

I guess you could say we have been cooking up something 🍳

Introducing: Chefs Arena - a couch co-op party game for your whole family, friends, or your enemies - depending on who you want to settle a food dispute with.

#bongfish #chefsarena #owngame #game #gamedev

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Paul Stangl @polemin.bsky.social · Feb 23

Congratulations to the finalists! Even if "Timber" did not make it into the Top10, I'm very proud we were able to submit something for this contest. This year has been wild for me personally, and having so limited time to work on a map shows. But fewseb and I are planning to continue working on it!

Mapcore @mapcore.org · Feb 23

🚨 The big announcement you've been waiting for! 🚨
All of the judges have cast their votes and chosen the top 10 maps that will compete in the Grand Finale stage of the Mapcore FACEIT 2025 Big Adventures contest. Check out all 10 maps here: www.mapcore.org/topic/30276-...
#CS2

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Mapcore @mapcore.org · Feb 23

🚨 The big announcement you've been waiting for! 🚨
All of the judges have cast their votes and chosen the top 10 maps that will compete in the Grand Finale stage of the Mapcore FACEIT 2025 Big Adventures contest. Check out all 10 maps here: www.mapcore.org/topic/30276-...
#CS2

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Paul Stangl @polemin.bsky.social · Feb 10

There she is. Worked hard on "Timber" together with my partner in crime fewseb. We can finally present the first art pass. Our submission for Stage 2 of the @mapcore.org mapping contest: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...

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Paul Stangl @polemin.bsky.social · Feb 5

First glance into our new own IP. Exciting stuff <3

Bongfish 🍳 Wishlist Chefs Arena on STEAM 🔜 Game City Vienna @bongfishofficial.bsky.social · Feb 5

"Who are you?" "I'm you, but different!"

Concept art for an unannounced project we're working on.

What name would you give these cuties?
#conceptart #gamedev #indie #roots

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Bongfish 🍳 Wishlist Chefs Arena on STEAM 🔜 Game City Vienna @bongfishofficial.bsky.social · Jan 9

First week of work in the new year has us like #gamedev #community #cats
(the little feline queen's name is Scout)

cat sleeping in a kangaroo-like position on mousepad next to mouse and two screens

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Bongfish 🍳 Wishlist Chefs Arena on STEAM 🔜 Game City Vienna @bongfishofficial.bsky.social · Dec 31

Wishing all of you a very happy new year and only the best for 2025! Thank you for being here and for following us. Please stay tuned - you will be hearing a lot more from us ;)

Happy New Year! ✨

#gamedev #community #happynewyear

Dear everyone,

2024 has been a bit of a ride for us here @ Bongfish.

Admittedly, one with more downs than we were anticipating.

It has been challenging, but we take 2024 as an opportunity to grow and to move forward.

So, this message is one of hope and gratitude.

A gigantic, massive THANK YOU needs to go out to every person we are fortunate to call or to have called a member of the team.

There would be no Bongfish without you and we want you to know that!

We hope to show you some of the awesome stuff we are working on in 2025 - stay tuned ;)

To the industry: 2024 has been grim, but let's hang in there and hope 2025 can be a year of celebrations for all of us.
*fingers crossed*

And to everyone else reading: we wish you nothing but health, safety and above all happiness for 2025.

See you soon,
The entire team at Bongfish <3

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Paul Stangl @polemin.bsky.social · Dec 24

Merry Fishmas!

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Paul Stangl @polemin.bsky.social · Dec 24

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you're having fantastic holidays!

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Paul Stangl @polemin.bsky.social · Dec 16

Sewers:

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Paul Stangl @polemin.bsky.social · Dec 16

CT Spawn:

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Paul Stangl @polemin.bsky.social · Dec 16

Everybody loves some before and after pictures. So here are some WIP comparisons from Timber, before it goes live again on @mapcorehub.bsky.social later this week.

A Main:

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Paul Stangl @polemin.bsky.social · Dec 13

Those blue roofs give me cozy WarCraft 3 vibes in the best way possible. Map looks wonderful already! Excited to see more soon!

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Paul Stangl @polemin.bsky.social · Dec 13

'Tis the season where many exciting maps for the contest start getting art updates and really coming together. Every few days some new workshop updates, screenshots or videos excite me for all of the maps. Can't wait to explore! Keep 'em coming!

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Paul Stangl @polemin.bsky.social · Nov 22

Thought I should share some progress on Timber. Still a long way to go, but I'm slowly getting a feel for it.

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