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Willian Schneider @willianfhs.bsky.social · 22d

Yooo, did you see our latest update? Controller support is HERE!

MiniGoof @minigoofstudio.bsky.social · 22d

🎮 For all the lovers of analog sticks and buttons, this one’s for you!

Islets Defense now has controller support! Play on your gamepad, on your Steam Deck, or keep rocking the mouse!

(Oh, we added Steam Trading Cards too. Go collect ‘em all!)

#madewithgodot #indiedev #gamedev

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IGN @ign.com · Jun 27

Set your kingdom up securely to hold against the enemies coming from the fog in Islets Defense, a turn-based tower defense game coming to Steam on June 18.

#IGNSummerOfGaming

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Willian Schneider @willianfhs.bsky.social · Jun 18

Hey! Our game is finally OUT on Steam! 🚀
Check it out, go play it!!

MiniGoof @minigoofstudio.bsky.social · Jun 18

IT IS YOUR TURN NOW! ⌛
Islets Defense is available on Steam!

Enjoy the whole campaign of our resource management tower defense, full of surprises and twists!

📜 In 8 different languages, including English, Portuguese, Chinese and others!

Play NOW! 🚀

store.steampowered.com/app/3235170?...

Islets Defense | Official Launch Trailer - Out NOW!

YouTube video by MiniGoof

youtu.be

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Willian Schneider @willianfhs.bsky.social · Jun 17

LETS GOOO!!
Less than a day to launch our first game!!!!

MiniGoof @minigoofstudio.bsky.social · Jun 17

Tomorrow is the day! 🚀

Get ready to defend your castle, shoot slimes and other surprises along the way! ⚔️🛡️

#madewithgodot #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

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Willian Schneider @willianfhs.bsky.social · Jun 16

We are almost there!!! So excited to release our first game!

MiniGoof @minigoofstudio.bsky.social · Jun 16

Hello everyone!
Just a reminder that Islets Defense will release in 2 days!!! 🔥🔥🔥

#madewithgodot #gamedev #indiedev

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Willian Schneider @willianfhs.bsky.social · Jun 13

🔗 The release is next Wednesday, June 18th, wishlist now so you don't miss it!

store.steampowered.com/app/3235170?...

Islets Defense on Steam

Islets Defense is a turn-based tower defense game in which you build a small village to gather resources and defend your castle. Carefully plan your actions, as each move brings the enemy waves closer...

store.steampowered.com

Willian Schneider @willianfhs.bsky.social · Jun 13

Our Poison Tower always targets enemies that aren’t poisoned yet! 🧪

Since the game is turn-based, we designed it this way to make poison feel more impactful and to give players that satisfying sense that the tower just gets it.

#indiegame #gamedev #towerdefense #madewithgodot

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Willian Schneider @willianfhs.bsky.social · Jun 11

Yea, that one is gone hahahaha

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Willian Schneider @willianfhs.bsky.social · Jun 11

Wishlist now so you don't miss the release date, the game releases in ONE WEEK, on June 18th!!!

store.steampowered.com/app/3235170?...

Islets Defense on Steam

Islets Defense is a turn-based tower defense game in which you build a small village to gather resources and defend your castle. Carefully plan your actions, as each move brings the enemy waves closer...

store.steampowered.com

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Willian Schneider @willianfhs.bsky.social · Jun 11

Even though I’m the programmer, this one was my idea!😄

Our Machine Gun is the only building with limited ammo, it unloads everything in one turn, then needs a big cooldown to recharge.

What do you think?

#IsletsDefense #indiegame #gamedev #towerdefense #madewithgodot

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Matheus Cunegato @matheuscunegato.bsky.social · Jun 9

One thing we wanted in our game was to create intuitive but not explicit interactions.
The Bomb Tower throws bombs, which are also a tool used to collect rocks. So its attacks end up gathering resources too. Opens up some fun strategic choices. What do you think?

#indiegamedev #godot #towerdefense

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Am0nRa @am0nratheta.bsky.social · Jun 8

To activate Hard Mode, I made this little fella! It’s an interactive button with a cute idle animation, and it reacts to your progress bar and the moment you unlock hard mode. Small touch, but I love how it turned out! 😈👿
#indiegames #IndieGameDev #GodotEngine

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Matheus Cunegato @matheuscunegato.bsky.social · Jun 6

How intuitive is a circus tower that throws a giant ball that bounces off enemies' heads one after another? It’s oddly satisfying to watch

#indiegames #godot #gamedev

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Willian Schneider @willianfhs.bsky.social · Jun 5

🔗 Wishlist now so you don't miss the release date, it's June 18th!!!

store.steampowered.com/app/3235170?...

Islets Defense on Steam

Islets Defense is a turn-based tower defense game in which you build a small village to gather resources and defend your castle. Carefully plan your actions, as each move brings the enemy waves closer...

store.steampowered.com

Willian Schneider @willianfhs.bsky.social · Jun 5

🥳 We’re going to be part of the Latin American Game Showcase! @lagshowcase.bsky.social

So cool to see @minigoofstudio.bsky.social's very first game showing up in an event like this! 🚀

#LAGS2025 #SummerGameFest #IsletsDefense #indiegame #gamedev #towerdefense #madewithgodot

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Am0nRa @am0nratheta.bsky.social · Jun 3

You can pet the Kraken 🥰

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Willian Schneider @willianfhs.bsky.social · May 29

🔗 Wishlist now so you don't miss the release date, it's June 18th!!!

store.steampowered.com/app/3235170?...

#IsletsDefense #TowerDefense #StrategyGame #CardGame #BaseBuilder #TurnBasedStrategy #WishlistNow #IndieGameDev

Islets Defense on Steam

Islets Defense is a turn-based tower defense game in which you build a small village to gather resources and defend your castle. Carefully plan your actions, as each move brings the enemy waves closer...

store.steampowered.com

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Willian Schneider @willianfhs.bsky.social · May 29

🔥Islets Defense's demo is updated!🔥

✨ There's now a leaderboard, so you can finally compete with your friends in the first 3 stages!

We also added lots of smaller improvements, extra languages, and some visual enhancements.

Give it a go and let us know your best score! 🚀

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MiniGoof @minigoofstudio.bsky.social · May 14

We have a secret, and we want to share it with you.
Wanna know what it is? Stay tuned, and I promise I’ll tell you tomorrow, but only if you promise you’ll tell everyone 😉

#indiedev #gamedev #steam #godot #jogobr #indie

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MiniGoof @minigoofstudio.bsky.social · Jan 27

Frostilyte Writes just wrote an awesome article about Islets Defense! Check it out!

frostilyte.ca/2025/01/23/a...

A New Twist on Tower Defence: Islets Defense First Impressions

Islets Defense is a somewhat new take on the traditional Tower Defense formula. You’re still building and upgrading towers, but the cadence for how you do all of this is different.

frostilyte.ca

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MiniGoof @minigoofstudio.bsky.social · Dec 12

Hey folks🦆, we just hit 1000 wishlists for our first game! Thanks a lot for making this happen! 🎉

We're a team of 3 indiedevs with absolutely no budget for giant events like the Game Awards, so every like/repost is very appreciated! Again, huge thanks to everyone!💖

#indiedev #jogobr #steam

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Willian Schneider @willianfhs.bsky.social · Nov 28

Yoo, thank you for taking some of your time to play our game, I hope you enjoyed it! 😀 I'll make sure to watch the video later today but I've already liked it hahaha

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Willian Schneider @willianfhs.bsky.social · Nov 27

You can play the Demo right now! If you like it, please consider wishlisting, it help us a lot!

Islets Defense on Steam

Islets Defense is a turn-based tower defense game where you build a small village to earn resources and defend your castle.

store.steampowered.com

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Willian Schneider @willianfhs.bsky.social · Nov 27

We are working on new mechanics for the desert region and noticed that when the spawner is in the left side, the slimes walk backwards 😅

The bug list has just increased, at least this one made me laugh 😂

#wishlistwednesday #indiegame

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