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Joel @jhaddock.bsky.social · 3d

And don't forget, also ending today over on Itch, you can pick up Station Zeta *and* Night In The Unpleasant House for a mere $5! Get your puzzle-platform on, then enjoy an appropriately creepy and kooky tale of local politics for spooky season! #indiegame #indiedev #IF

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Autumn Sale by Porch Weather Games

A bundle by Porch Weather Games, $5.00 for Night in the Unpleasant House, Station Zeta

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Joel @jhaddock.bsky.social · 4d

Last day of the Autumn Sale and your last chance to grab Station Zeta for 50% off! Picture yourself wrapped in a cozy autumn sweater, sipping a hot beverage of your choice, and blasting your way through 30 levels of puzzle-platform mayhem. Then make it happen! store.steampowered.com/app/2950320/...

Save 50% on Station Zeta on Steam

Run, jump, shoot, and think your way to safety in this retro-inspired 2D puzzle-platformer. Station Zeta is out of control, and you'll have to deal with crazed robots, terribly designed station machin...

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Joel @jhaddock.bsky.social · 7d

New devlog up! This week, finally diving into the details of the battle system and the experience I'm aiming to create for the player #indiedev #gamedev #solodev

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Porch Weather Games @porchweathergames.com · 8d

We're hosting our Autumn Sale on Itch as well, so you can pick up both Station Zeta *and* Night In the Unpleasant House for [appropriate regional/generational idiom for a $5 bill]! itch.io/s/161213/aut... #indiegame #indiedev

Autumn Sale by Porch Weather Games

A bundle by Porch Weather Games, $5.00 for Night in the Unpleasant House, Station Zeta

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Porch Weather Games @porchweathergames.com · 10d

You can grab Station Zeta right now in the Steam Autumn Sale for less than the price of a tariff-adjusted cup of coffee. Run, jump, and puzzle your way through the worst station in space today!

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Save 50% on Station Zeta on Steam

Run, jump, shoot, and think your way to safety in this retro-inspired 2D puzzle-platformer. Station Zeta is out of control, and you'll have to deal with crazed robots, terribly designed station machin...

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Joel @jhaddock.bsky.social · 10d

Station Zeta is on sale during the Autumn Sale right now - here are a few important reasons you should get it!

⭐ It's puzzley, platformy fun!
⭐ You should support indies now more than ever!
⭐ Space O.S.H.A.!
⭐ Did I mention it's fun?

#indiedev #indiegame

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Save 50% on Station Zeta on Steam

Run, jump, shoot, and think your way to safety in this retro-inspired 2D puzzle-platformer. Station Zeta is out of control, and you'll have to deal with crazed robots, terribly designed station machin...

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Joel @jhaddock.bsky.social · 14d

Back on track with a new Devlog! Laying a lot of groundwork this past week or so, but you've got to have a good foundation before you slap on the building. #indiegame #indiedev #solodev porchweathergames.com/blog/2025-09...

Devblog - A* is Born

When you come to a fork in the road, take it and all other available routes before determining the best one

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Joel @jhaddock.bsky.social · 21d

No devlog this week, but a quick video of the "encounter map" layer of things as more structure starts to fall into place. In next week's entry I'll dive into this in more detail, as well as some absolutely thrilling talk about pathfinding algorithms! #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

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Joel @jhaddock.bsky.social · Sep 9

New Devlog up today: Paper to Prototype

Starting the journey from getting something playable in any form possible before delving further. #indiedev #indiegame #gamedesign

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Devblog - Paper to Prototype

You can never go wrong starting with a few cardboard chits.

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Joel @jhaddock.bsky.social · Sep 4

So since something broke the major storefronts, I decided to go about as opposite as I could and put my interactive fiction pseudoscience adventure Night in the Unpleasant House on sale on itch. A game you can buy and play right now! #indiedev #indiegame porchweathergames.itch.io/night-in-the...

Night in the Unpleasant House by Porch Weather Games

A classic tale of revenge, local politics, pseudoscience, questionable botany, love, and loss.

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Joel @jhaddock.bsky.social · Sep 2

Getting back in the devblog groove as I ramp up on a new project, and starting off with a little self-reflection on process porchweathergames.com/blog/2025-09... #indiedev #gamedev #devblog

Devblog - Starting Somewhere

The longest journeys start with the first step and several prototypes

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Austin Auclair @patientrock.bsky.social · Sep 1

I've entered a game into IFComp for the first time! It's a text adventure called Murderworld and it's about the X-Men. (Though, you don't need to know anything about the characters to play.)

Superhero drama, action, and above all: teamwork!

The game art for my text adventure, Murderworld. It features the title and my name. It's styled like the X-Men uniform with the team's badge serving as the "O" in the Murderworld name.

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Joel @jhaddock.bsky.social · Aug 28

Station Zeta is still half off for just a bit longer

🔹 Save the crew, though they don't deserve it!

🔹 Shoot some robots and question whether they deserve it!

🔹 Push some crates knowing full well they totally deserve it!

#indiegame #thinkygame #indiedev

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Save 50% on Station Zeta on Steam

Run, jump, shoot, and think your way to safety in this retro-inspired 2D puzzle-platformer. Station Zeta is out of control, and you'll have to deal with crazed robots, terribly designed station machin...

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Joel @jhaddock.bsky.social · Aug 5

Is Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer the perfect 1980s summer camp strategy horror game?

Summer Camp: ✅
Horrible Monsters: ✅
Awesome Counselors With Special Powers You Can Lead To Incredible Victories: ✅

Not up to me, but the evidence seems solid. #indiegame

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Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer on Steam

Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is a turn-based strategy game set in a camp straight out of an 80's horror movie. Save the helpless and dull-witted campers from an onslaught of monsters with a team of ...

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Joel @jhaddock.bsky.social · Aug 1

It's August 1st, and summer is entering its final stretch. But what if you could make the best parts of summer last forever?

GOOD NEWS!

Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer does exactly that (It's right in the name)

Get your camp strategy mayhem fix today!

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Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer on Steam

Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is a turn-based strategy game set in a camp straight out of an 80's horror movie. Save the helpless and dull-witted campers from an onslaught of monsters with a team of ...

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Porch Weather Games @porchweathergames.com · Jul 28

We've just released a small update for Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer to fix a few issues. So why not take the opportunity to dive on in and give it a try now that it's even better than before! #indiegame #indiedev #turnbased #strategy

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Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer on Steam

Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is a turn-based strategy game set in a camp straight out of an 80's horror movie. Save the helpless and dull-witted campers from an onslaught of monsters with a team of ...

store.steampowered.com

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Joel @jhaddock.bsky.social · Jul 21

Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer's launch discount ends in just under two hours now! That's still plenty of time to click the link and get the #1* 1980-horror-movie-camp-based strategy game of the summer! #indiegame #turnbased #solodev

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* as far as I'm aware

Save 15% on Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer on Steam

Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is a turn-based strategy game set in a camp straight out of an 80's horror movie. Save the helpless and dull-witted campers from an onslaught of monsters with a team of ...

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Porch Weather Games @porchweathergames.com · Jul 20

Or grab it on Itch if you prefer! Different platform, same great discount! porchweathergames.itch.io/camp-keepali...

Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer by Porch Weather Games

Turn-based strategy straight out of an 80's horror movie. Save the campers, stop the monsters, don’t get sued.

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Porch Weather Games @porchweathergames.com · Jul 20

Less than 24 hours left to grab Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer during our Steam launch sale! Don't miss your chance to grab the perfect game for beating back the mid-summer blues at a 15% launch discount! #indiegame #turnbased #indiedev

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Save 15% on Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer on Steam

Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is a turn-based strategy game set in a camp straight out of an 80's horror movie. Save the helpless and dull-witted campers from an onslaught of monsters with a team of ...

store.steampowered.com

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Porch Weather Games @porchweathergames.com · Jul 18

It's Friday, and sure, you could spend your weekend with a certain destructive ape, but might we recommend instead some *hot summer camp monster action*?

Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is out now, and those campers aren't going to save themselves! #indiegame

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Save 15% on Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer on Steam

Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is a turn-based strategy game set in a camp straight out of an 80's horror movie. Save the helpless and dull-witted campers from an onslaught of monsters with a team of ...

store.steampowered.com

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Joel @jhaddock.bsky.social · Jul 16

Did you know that if you're feeling in the mood to make your Keepalive experience *extremely* immersive, you can turn on the optional CRT Mode? The full fidelity you'd expect from a TV stuck in a cabin the middle of the woods! #indiegame #indiedev www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eYp...

Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer - Gameplay (CRT Mode)

YouTube video by Porch Weather Games

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Porch Weather Games @porchweathergames.com · Jul 16

Hey @thinkygames.com - we know you like strategy, but how about strategy wrapped up in 1980's summer camp horror shenanigans? Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer just released this week, and we think it's the perfect #thinkygame to fight off the mid-summer doldrums! store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/...

Save 15% on Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer on Steam

Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is a turn-based strategy game set in a camp straight out of an 80's horror movie. Save the helpless and dull-witted campers from an onslaught of monsters with a team of ...

store.steampowered.com

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Porch Weather Games @porchweathergames.com · Jul 15

Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer released yesterday on Steam and Itch!

How did your first night at camp go? Every camper safe and sound back in their bunks, or anything we need to let the lawyers know about? #indiegame #indiedev #turnbased

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Save 15% on Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer on Steam

Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is a turn-based strategy game set in a camp straight out of an 80's horror movie. Save the helpless and dull-witted campers from an onslaught of monsters with a team of ...

store.steampowered.com

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Austin Auclair @patientrock.bsky.social · Jul 14

Porch Weather Games, aka my friend Joel, has created a great tactics game with a killer soundtrack. Buy a copy, please! Available on Steam and Itch.

Porch Weather Games @porchweathergames.com · Jul 14

Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer has officially launched!

Grab your bug spray, gather your counselors, and get out there to save those campers! It takes more than an endless parade of hideous monsters to keep you down, right?

#indiegame #indiedev #turnbased

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Save 15% on Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer on Steam

Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is a turn-based strategy game set in a camp straight out of an 80's horror movie. Save the helpless and dull-witted campers from an onslaught of monsters with a team of ...

store.steampowered.com

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Porch Weather Games @porchweathergames.com · Jul 14

Also available on Itch! porchweathergames.itch.io/camp-keepali...

Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer by Porch Weather Games

Turn-based strategy straight out of an 80's horror movie. Save the campers, stop the monsters, don’t get sued.

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