Renee O'flynn
@scree.bsky.social
Freelance video game journalist. Reviewer for Qualbert.com. Making content for Switchaboo and the IndiEXP.
Apologies will happen.
Contact me! Scree(at)y7mail(dot)com
Portfolio: (in progress) http://scree66.wordpress.com
Apologies will happen.
Contact me! Scree(at)y7mail(dot)com
Portfolio: (in progress) http://scree66.wordpress.com
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A BUNCH of new items!
🛏️ New beds (including a hammock)
⛺️ Campsite & camp fire
💠 Mood Swing
🕉️ Meditation Pillow
📚 Community Book Stand
🎏 Koi Pond
🚮 A dumpster for storing more trash
💡📦 A storage skip for storing more… storage
🛸🚀 Two new rides
🛏️ New beds (including a hammock)
⛺️ Campsite & camp fire
💠 Mood Swing
🕉️ Meditation Pillow
📚 Community Book Stand
🎏 Koi Pond
🚮 A dumpster for storing more trash
💡📦 A storage skip for storing more… storage
🛸🚀 Two new rides
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
A BUNCH of new items!
🛏️ New beds (including a hammock)
⛺️ Campsite & camp fire
💠 Mood Swing
🕉️ Meditation Pillow
📚 Community Book Stand
🎏 Koi Pond
🚮 A dumpster for storing more trash
💡📦 A storage skip for storing more… storage
🛸🚀 Two new rides
🛏️ New beds (including a hammock)
⛺️ Campsite & camp fire
💠 Mood Swing
🕉️ Meditation Pillow
📚 Community Book Stand
🎏 Koi Pond
🚮 A dumpster for storing more trash
💡📦 A storage skip for storing more… storage
🛸🚀 Two new rides
This or that:
Are you a fishing fiend or a peaceful farmer?
We have a fishing demo out now on Steam! Enjoy the tranquil waters of Elyndra, and enjoy the thrill of the catch. Link in bio!
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart #retrogames #godot #farmingsim #fishingsim #lifesim #characterromance
Are you a fishing fiend or a peaceful farmer?
We have a fishing demo out now on Steam! Enjoy the tranquil waters of Elyndra, and enjoy the thrill of the catch. Link in bio!
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart #retrogames #godot #farmingsim #fishingsim #lifesim #characterromance
November 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Latest review is live and it's a doozy of an essay. But I had a lot to say.
After the disappointment of Borderlands 3, and the abysmal excuse for a "Borderlands" movie, is this latest entry the final straw that breaks the skag's back?
Get lootin', shootin', and ass bootin' in our #Borderlands4 review from @writer-mach.bsky.social: www.qualbert.com/reviews/bord...
Get lootin', shootin', and ass bootin' in our #Borderlands4 review from @writer-mach.bsky.social: www.qualbert.com/reviews/bord...
Borderlands 4 Review (Xbox Series X) | Qualbert
Return to the borderlands in this latest installment, but is it a return to form or the straw that breaks the skag's back? Find out in our Borderlands 4 Review!
www.qualbert.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Latest review is live and it's a doozy of an essay. But I had a lot to say.
I wanted to make games and when I realised I wasn't good enough, I ended up writing about them. Someone took notice and asked me if I would like to write stuff for YouTube videos.
I guess you could say *shrug*
I guess you could say *shrug*
November 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I wanted to make games and when I realised I wasn't good enough, I ended up writing about them. Someone took notice and asked me if I would like to write stuff for YouTube videos.
I guess you could say *shrug*
I guess you could say *shrug*
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It's been a massive year for Metroidvanias, and the team behind Hyper Light Drifter are here to add one more to the mix.
Battle against hordes of demons whilst managing your own inner ones in this stylish yet horrific side-scroller.
www.qualbert.com/reviews/poss...
#PlayStation #PS5
#Indiegame
Battle against hordes of demons whilst managing your own inner ones in this stylish yet horrific side-scroller.
www.qualbert.com/reviews/poss...
#PlayStation #PS5
#Indiegame
Possessor(s) Review (PlayStation 5) | Qualbert
The perfect-sized Metroidvania set in a city infested with demons. Find out more in our Possessor(s) Review!
www.qualbert.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
It's been a massive year for Metroidvanias, and the team behind Hyper Light Drifter are here to add one more to the mix.
Battle against hordes of demons whilst managing your own inner ones in this stylish yet horrific side-scroller.
www.qualbert.com/reviews/poss...
#PlayStation #PS5
#Indiegame
Battle against hordes of demons whilst managing your own inner ones in this stylish yet horrific side-scroller.
www.qualbert.com/reviews/poss...
#PlayStation #PS5
#Indiegame
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Another great collection of games that we're glad to be a part of: the #BuildDesignChill fest on Steam with tons of great games and demos to check out!
Head here to see: store.steampowered.com/developer/UN...
Head here to see: store.steampowered.com/developer/UN...
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Another great collection of games that we're glad to be a part of: the #BuildDesignChill fest on Steam with tons of great games and demos to check out!
Head here to see: store.steampowered.com/developer/UN...
Head here to see: store.steampowered.com/developer/UN...
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Hey y'all, I'm looking for my next role!
- 💻 Staff/principal Software Engineer or DevRel
- 🧰 Mostly focused on JavaScript tech stacks
- 👨🏻💼 I'm also open to moving into management
- 🎮 Bonus points if it's #GameDev or adjacent
If you know of something, my DMs are open. ❤️
- 💻 Staff/principal Software Engineer or DevRel
- 🧰 Mostly focused on JavaScript tech stacks
- 👨🏻💼 I'm also open to moving into management
- 🎮 Bonus points if it's #GameDev or adjacent
If you know of something, my DMs are open. ❤️
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Hey y'all, I'm looking for my next role!
- 💻 Staff/principal Software Engineer or DevRel
- 🧰 Mostly focused on JavaScript tech stacks
- 👨🏻💼 I'm also open to moving into management
- 🎮 Bonus points if it's #GameDev or adjacent
If you know of something, my DMs are open. ❤️
- 💻 Staff/principal Software Engineer or DevRel
- 🧰 Mostly focused on JavaScript tech stacks
- 👨🏻💼 I'm also open to moving into management
- 🎮 Bonus points if it's #GameDev or adjacent
If you know of something, my DMs are open. ❤️
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 AM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
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Hi Frosty Friends! We're looking for some more volunteers to help translate subtitles for our upcoming Frosty Mini showcase ☀️
If you're fluent in Japanese, BR-Portuguese, or French and you'd be happy to donate the time week of Dec 1st, please email us! [email protected] 💙
If you're fluent in Japanese, BR-Portuguese, or French and you'd be happy to donate the time week of Dec 1st, please email us! [email protected] 💙
November 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Hi Frosty Friends! We're looking for some more volunteers to help translate subtitles for our upcoming Frosty Mini showcase ☀️
If you're fluent in Japanese, BR-Portuguese, or French and you'd be happy to donate the time week of Dec 1st, please email us! [email protected] 💙
If you're fluent in Japanese, BR-Portuguese, or French and you'd be happy to donate the time week of Dec 1st, please email us! [email protected] 💙
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It's live, go back @guardianmaia.bsky.social's Māori sci-fi saga!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gua...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gua...
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
It's live, go back @guardianmaia.bsky.social's Māori sci-fi saga!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gua...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gua...
The effect that games can have on mental health is something I've always wanted to write about. I used games as my crutch when I struggled with my own. Hell, it was so effective that I was given a doctor's note to play my DS at Maccas during my downtime, as I would suffer intrusive thoughts.
How can videogames address and support mental health? 🧠
Sharing her own story, @scree.bsky.social caught up with four Aussie indie game devs to find out how their creations discuss emotion, anxiety, and everyday challenges.
www.qualbert.com/mental-healt...
#Indiegame #IndieDev
#MentalHealth
Sharing her own story, @scree.bsky.social caught up with four Aussie indie game devs to find out how their creations discuss emotion, anxiety, and everyday challenges.
www.qualbert.com/mental-healt...
#Indiegame #IndieDev
#MentalHealth
Mental Health and Videogames | Developer Interviews
There's been plenty of research on how games can affect mental health, but what about games for mental health? We interviewed some developers doing just that.
www.qualbert.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The effect that games can have on mental health is something I've always wanted to write about. I used games as my crutch when I struggled with my own. Hell, it was so effective that I was given a doctor's note to play my DS at Maccas during my downtime, as I would suffer intrusive thoughts.
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How can videogames address and support mental health? 🧠
Sharing her own story, @scree.bsky.social caught up with four Aussie indie game devs to find out how their creations discuss emotion, anxiety, and everyday challenges.
www.qualbert.com/mental-healt...
#Indiegame #IndieDev
#MentalHealth
Sharing her own story, @scree.bsky.social caught up with four Aussie indie game devs to find out how their creations discuss emotion, anxiety, and everyday challenges.
www.qualbert.com/mental-healt...
#Indiegame #IndieDev
#MentalHealth
Mental Health and Videogames | Developer Interviews
There's been plenty of research on how games can affect mental health, but what about games for mental health? We interviewed some developers doing just that.
www.qualbert.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
How can videogames address and support mental health? 🧠
Sharing her own story, @scree.bsky.social caught up with four Aussie indie game devs to find out how their creations discuss emotion, anxiety, and everyday challenges.
www.qualbert.com/mental-healt...
#Indiegame #IndieDev
#MentalHealth
Sharing her own story, @scree.bsky.social caught up with four Aussie indie game devs to find out how their creations discuss emotion, anxiety, and everyday challenges.
www.qualbert.com/mental-healt...
#Indiegame #IndieDev
#MentalHealth
I never finished pokemon shield and despite having played Pokemon from almost every generation, I had no desire to play anymore. Did ZA change my mind? Find out in my review!
Returning to Kalos for the first time in over a decade, does this spin-off revitalise the series after Scarlet and Violet failed to impress fans?
Join @scree.bsky.social in our Pokémon Legends: Z-A review to find out: www.qualbert.com/reviews/poke...
#Pokemon #NintendoSwitch
Join @scree.bsky.social in our Pokémon Legends: Z-A review to find out: www.qualbert.com/reviews/poke...
#Pokemon #NintendoSwitch
Pokémon Legends: Z-A Review (Nintendo Switch 2) | Qualbert
With a few missteps in the last iteration of the franchise, does this entry signal a return to form for Pokémon? Find out in our Pokémon Legends: Z-A Review!
www.qualbert.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I never finished pokemon shield and despite having played Pokemon from almost every generation, I had no desire to play anymore. Did ZA change my mind? Find out in my review!
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Returning to Kalos for the first time in over a decade, does this spin-off revitalise the series after Scarlet and Violet failed to impress fans?
Join @scree.bsky.social in our Pokémon Legends: Z-A review to find out: www.qualbert.com/reviews/poke...
#Pokemon #NintendoSwitch
Join @scree.bsky.social in our Pokémon Legends: Z-A review to find out: www.qualbert.com/reviews/poke...
#Pokemon #NintendoSwitch
Pokémon Legends: Z-A Review (Nintendo Switch 2) | Qualbert
With a few missteps in the last iteration of the franchise, does this entry signal a return to form for Pokémon? Find out in our Pokémon Legends: Z-A Review!
www.qualbert.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Returning to Kalos for the first time in over a decade, does this spin-off revitalise the series after Scarlet and Violet failed to impress fans?
Join @scree.bsky.social in our Pokémon Legends: Z-A review to find out: www.qualbert.com/reviews/poke...
#Pokemon #NintendoSwitch
Join @scree.bsky.social in our Pokémon Legends: Z-A review to find out: www.qualbert.com/reviews/poke...
#Pokemon #NintendoSwitch
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Not that anyone is ready to admit Christmas is only a few weeks away 😱 but here's a great idea to ramp up those social posts towards the end of the year!
#DEVMAS #IndieGameDev
#DEVMAS #IndieGameDev
HELLO FELLOW GAME DEVS - do you want to force yourself to make social media posts about your game??? Then you should try the:
🎄 12 DAYS OF #DEVMAS 🎄
Join us from December 13th-24th in making posts based on these 12 prompts~
⬇️ MORE INFO BELOW ⬇️
🎄 12 DAYS OF #DEVMAS 🎄
Join us from December 13th-24th in making posts based on these 12 prompts~
⬇️ MORE INFO BELOW ⬇️
November 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Not that anyone is ready to admit Christmas is only a few weeks away 😱 but here's a great idea to ramp up those social posts towards the end of the year!
#DEVMAS #IndieGameDev
#DEVMAS #IndieGameDev
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Something BIG is hatching really, REALLY soon... so get cozy, and maybe Rita might take you on a little quest to show you!
#indiegames #gamedev #puzzlegames #puzzle
#indiegames #gamedev #puzzlegames #puzzle
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Something BIG is hatching really, REALLY soon... so get cozy, and maybe Rita might take you on a little quest to show you!
#indiegames #gamedev #puzzlegames #puzzle
#indiegames #gamedev #puzzlegames #puzzle
Woke up with my shoulder pain worse. Yesterday it was *much* better.
Used the government symptom checker only for them to tell me to go see a doctor within the next 24 hours.
I had already planned it
Used the government symptom checker only for them to tell me to go see a doctor within the next 24 hours.
I had already planned it
November 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Woke up with my shoulder pain worse. Yesterday it was *much* better.
Used the government symptom checker only for them to tell me to go see a doctor within the next 24 hours.
I had already planned it
Used the government symptom checker only for them to tell me to go see a doctor within the next 24 hours.
I had already planned it
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Screen Australia is doing a massive research project on the current state of the screen and games industries in Australia. Local devs, please consider taking the time to complete their survey survey.alchemer.com/s3/8573365/S...
Screen Currency 2025 — Screen and Games Industry Survey
survey.alchemer.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Screen Australia is doing a massive research project on the current state of the screen and games industries in Australia. Local devs, please consider taking the time to complete their survey survey.alchemer.com/s3/8573365/S...
@valkian.bsky.social look who else is interested!
This week’s episode of @geeofdee.bsky.social’s Indie Game Gathering is on the best Australian indie exploration game about an elephant, @enfantgame.bsky.social! youtube.com/shorts/ouJvI...
This Cute Aussie Indie Elephant Game Will Melt Your Heart
YouTube video by ABC Gamer
youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
@valkian.bsky.social look who else is interested!
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after a big fuckaround with paypal, my partner's finally set up a bandcamp release for the song they made for proximate! wow :) inklingcitrus.bandcamp.com/track/hole-i...
hole in your heart, by inkling citrus
track by inkling citrus
inklingcitrus.bandcamp.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
after a big fuckaround with paypal, my partner's finally set up a bandcamp release for the song they made for proximate! wow :) inklingcitrus.bandcamp.com/track/hole-i...
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Introducing the nominees for The Indie Game Awards 2025, airing on December 18th at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @ign.com, @gamespot.com, and @sixoneindie.com's YouTube and Twitch channels.
Visit indiegameawards.gg for the full list of nominees, presenters, and judges.
Visit indiegameawards.gg for the full list of nominees, presenters, and judges.
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Introducing the nominees for The Indie Game Awards 2025, airing on December 18th at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @ign.com, @gamespot.com, and @sixoneindie.com's YouTube and Twitch channels.
Visit indiegameawards.gg for the full list of nominees, presenters, and judges.
Visit indiegameawards.gg for the full list of nominees, presenters, and judges.
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Very good, dbrand. :)
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Very good, dbrand. :)
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Crosswords 🤝 Jigsaw puzzles
The team at Mini Mega bring their smash hit mobile game to life in this creative physical blend of classic puzzle formats. 🧩
Wrap your mind around this Aussie invention in our review by @scree.bsky.social: www.qualbert.com/reviews/bonz...
#Tabletop #Puzzle
The team at Mini Mega bring their smash hit mobile game to life in this creative physical blend of classic puzzle formats. 🧩
Wrap your mind around this Aussie invention in our review by @scree.bsky.social: www.qualbert.com/reviews/bonz...
#Tabletop #Puzzle
Bonza Crossword Jigsaw Puzzle Review | Qualbert
Better known for their digital games, Minimega has released a physical Jigsaw puzzle. Read our Bonza Crossword Jigsaw Puzzle review to see how it plays!
www.qualbert.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Crosswords 🤝 Jigsaw puzzles
The team at Mini Mega bring their smash hit mobile game to life in this creative physical blend of classic puzzle formats. 🧩
Wrap your mind around this Aussie invention in our review by @scree.bsky.social: www.qualbert.com/reviews/bonz...
#Tabletop #Puzzle
The team at Mini Mega bring their smash hit mobile game to life in this creative physical blend of classic puzzle formats. 🧩
Wrap your mind around this Aussie invention in our review by @scree.bsky.social: www.qualbert.com/reviews/bonz...
#Tabletop #Puzzle
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Hi Bluesky!
There's nothing more Total in this world than an article about our puzzle game TOTAL RELOAD 🎮 on the Total Apex Gaming website 🔥
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #indiegames #game #games #gaming #puzzle #puzzles #steam #stream #streamer #streamers #twitch #youtuber #youtubers #youtube
There's nothing more Total in this world than an article about our puzzle game TOTAL RELOAD 🎮 on the Total Apex Gaming website 🔥
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #indiegames #game #games #gaming #puzzle #puzzles #steam #stream #streamer #streamers #twitch #youtuber #youtubers #youtube
Total Reload from TORSHOCK (Total Reload: Twisted Fourth-Wall Insanity - Weekly Indie Spotlight - Total Apex Gaming) totalapexgaming.com/adventure/to...
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Hi Bluesky!
There's nothing more Total in this world than an article about our puzzle game TOTAL RELOAD 🎮 on the Total Apex Gaming website 🔥
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #indiegames #game #games #gaming #puzzle #puzzles #steam #stream #streamer #streamers #twitch #youtuber #youtubers #youtube
There's nothing more Total in this world than an article about our puzzle game TOTAL RELOAD 🎮 on the Total Apex Gaming website 🔥
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #indiegames #game #games #gaming #puzzle #puzzles #steam #stream #streamer #streamers #twitch #youtuber #youtubers #youtube
Woke up at 5 am in quite a bit of pain. From what I can tell, I slept on my arm weirdly and now the tendons of my left shoulder are probably inflamed.
Autoimmune diseases are fun.
Autoimmune diseases are fun.
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Woke up at 5 am in quite a bit of pain. From what I can tell, I slept on my arm weirdly and now the tendons of my left shoulder are probably inflamed.
Autoimmune diseases are fun.
Autoimmune diseases are fun.