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Sam Coster @yooello.bsky.social · Aug 28

Lee let's be real you drew the fuck outta them Dawgs 🔥

Sam Coster @yooello.bsky.social · Aug 8

Our ridiculous "How Many Dudes" autobattler placed 27th in overall Enjoyment for the #gmtk jam, out of like 9500+ submissions! WILD!

We got a new web build up if you wanna try defeating 1,000 toddlers ->

bscotch.itch.io/how-many-dudes

#gamedev #indiegames
@itch.io

HOW MANY DUDES? by Butterscotch Shenanigans

How many Dudes does it take to defeat a Gorilla? Enter the Dude Ranch and find out!

bscotch.itch.io

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Sam Coster @yooello.bsky.social · Aug 5

Would love to see a play of How Many Dudes! bscotch.itch.io/how-many-dudes

HOW MANY DUDES? by Butterscotch Shenanigans

How many Dudes does it take to defeat a Gorilla? Enter the Dude Ranch and find out!

bscotch.itch.io

Sam Coster @yooello.bsky.social · Aug 5

@itch.io ‪‬@gamemakerstoolkit.com Our #gmtk2025 jam game started with the question: How Many Dudes does it take to defeat a gorilla? And ended with an answer to the question: How Many Dudes does it take to defeat 2700 toddlers?
(bloodsplatters optional, of course)

bscotch.itch.io/how-many-dudes

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Sam Coster @yooello.bsky.social · Aug 4

Oooooh should we put How Many Dudes on there?!

Sam Coster @yooello.bsky.social · Aug 3

Update: my wife just decimated 2743 toddlers with 60 dudes.

But those 60 dudes were nit enough to handle 13 Silverback gorillas. RIP heroes ☠️

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Sam Coster @yooello.bsky.social · Aug 3

How many dudes does it take to defeat a gorilla? THIS is the question we sought to answer with our game for the #gmtk2025 #gamedev

Play it and let me know how many toddlers your dudes can defeat bscotch.itch.io/how-many-dudes

Vid walkthrough: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF-e...

HOW MANY DUDES? by Butterscotch Shenanigans

How many Dudes does it take to defeat a Gorilla? Enter the Dude Ranch and find out!

bscotch.itch.io

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Sam Coster @yooello.bsky.social · Jun 5

The TL;DR - like all things in gamedev, trailers are an integration challenge that require work from the entire team and that work has to be prioritized against working on the game itself.

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Sam Coster @yooello.bsky.social · Jun 5

3) There's a lot to do *with* the trailer after delivery (uploads, localization, caption burn-in, storepages/presskits, delivery to external festival teams, cut-downs (15s or 30s version), etc). Knowing what the process looks like lets us find ways to parallelize those and keep timelines tidy.

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Sam Coster @yooello.bsky.social · Jun 5

2) Discovering additional tooling that we need, like toggles for in-game UI, snapshotting tools for story beats, etc., then estimating build-time for those and prioritizing them against continuing making the game itself.

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Sam Coster @yooello.bsky.social · Jun 5

1) The initializing of the project as well as feedback takes work from the team, so we need a headsup on how to integrate your workflow with ours. We also need an understanding of when other partners (sound contractors, box-art or graphics folks) may need to get involved.

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Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences @official-aias.bsky.social · May 12

On the #GameMakersNotebook Podcast, @trentkusters.bsky.social chats with brothers Seth and @adamcoster.com of @bscotch.net about their recent release CRASHLANDS 2, how their brother Sam's cancer diagnosis led to the original CRASHLANDS, how they solved a common indie marketing problem, and more!
🎙️👇

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Nola Klop @nolaklop.bsky.social · Apr 11

Crashlands 2 is out and I had the honor of voicing Flux, the player character!💜💛🚀

Thanks so much for having me and for the super fun recording sessions @bscotch.net & @fatbard.bsky.social!🙏

Butterscotch Shenanigans @bscotch.net · Apr 10

Crashlands 2 is out NOW!

Thanks so much to everyone who supported us on this journey, and I hope you love the game as much as we do 💖💖💖

💻 Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1401730
🍎 App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/id152...
🤖 Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/d...

Crashlands 2 on Steam

Slap your way across a vibrant world where interstellar friendships are the key to your survival. Befriend eccentric aliens, craft bizarre weaponry, and stick it to the man in this sequel to the award...

store.steampowered.com

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Eric Hibbeler @erichibbeler.bsky.social · Apr 10

Crashlands 2 is out today! 🎉

Congrats to the Butterscotch Shenanigans team on the launch and thanks for having me on board to make this key art for the triumphant sequel!

⤵️ Check below if you want to see some detail crops!

#crashlands2 #keyart #illustration

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Shaun Cichacki @shauncichacki.bsky.social · Apr 9

A massive congrats goes out to @bscotch.net, @adamcoster.com, and everyone else who poured their blood, sweat, and tears into #Crashlands2. It was worth the wait, and the game shines for it. Fantastic stuff that you need to check out as soon as possible: shorturl.at/OIpKV

‘Crashlands 2’ Improves on the Original Game in Every Conceivable Way and Is a Crafting/Survival Masterclass (Review)

'Crashlands 2' takes everything that made the first game great, makes it even better, and adds plenty more to boot. It's a joy and a half.

shorturl.at

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Sam Coster @yooello.bsky.social · Feb 13

Just wanna say the clay look is so damn cool and I wish y'all the best launch!

Sam Coster @yooello.bsky.social · Jan 30

buhhhh some sus follows just showed up in my account, then like and reposted *their* posts (onlyfans?! wat).

I guess this is a good reminder to everyone to enable 2FA (which I now have -_-).

quite the way to return to bsky after forgetting about it for a few weeks 🫠

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Sam Coster @yooello.bsky.social · Jan 15

Nearly 5 years of work make this the biggest, zaniest thing I've ever done, and now it's got a launch date!

FEELS WEIRD BUT ALSO GOOD. #crashlands2

Butterscotch Shenanigans @bscotch.net · Jan 15

New Crashlands 2 trailer just dropped. And it includes... a LAUNCH DATE!?!?!

(April 10)

And launch PLATFORMS!?

(Steam, App Store, Google Play)

Wishlist it on all the things! crashlands2.com

Crashlands 2 - Release Announcement Trailer

YouTube video by Butterscotch Shenanigans

youtu.be

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Sam Coster @yooello.bsky.social · Dec 8

That cape flow is delicious!

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Sam Coster @yooello.bsky.social · Dec 6

We've worked with the bards for nearly ALL those 10 years and they've been excellent. If your game needs SOUND AND JAMS (and it certainly does) give them a look!

Fat Bard @fatbard.com · Dec 4

Hey everyone! We're Fat Bard, a music & sound design duo w/ 10+ years of exp. in games. We're now opening our 2025 schedule, so give our website a look and reach out if you'd like to discuss a project!

Website: fatbard.com
Contact: [email protected]

Now Playing | Designer from Simple Planes 2🎶

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Sam Coster @yooello.bsky.social · Dec 6

A little glimpse of what we've been cooking up for Crashlands 2!

Butterscotch Shenanigans @bscotch.net · Dec 5

No moment sweeter than when an adorable, electrically-charged, apex predator imprints on you 😍🥰

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Raj Patel @rajio.bsky.social · Dec 3

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Sam Coster @yooello.bsky.social · Dec 3

Everywhere he goes, nothing but tears follow

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Sam Coster @yooello.bsky.social · Dec 3

I love the obscene hacks we come up with when doing stuff at scale. This is the way!

But also why a million grocery stores?!

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Sam Coster @yooello.bsky.social · Dec 2

That's a good distinction, though I'd still say that attrition is a lot less fun generally.

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