Aaron San Filippo
@aaronflippo.bsky.social
Creative director and owner of Filppfly, developers of Whisker Squadron and Race The Sun.
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If we’ve talked on Twitter and you followed me here, please so hi so I can follow you back! A little overwhelmed with new profile pics here!
(Also, now is a good time to put a real pfp up here while everyone’s signing up!)
(Also, now is a good time to put a real pfp up here while everyone’s signing up!)
If you wanted to participate in #nanowrimo but writing a whole ass novel is too daunting and you'd like to focus on short stories - I'm working on a thing with my friend centered around just that. Let me know if you'd like a beta invite!
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
If you wanted to participate in #nanowrimo but writing a whole ass novel is too daunting and you'd like to focus on short stories - I'm working on a thing with my friend centered around just that. Let me know if you'd like a beta invite!
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Support the first season of bunlith show on kickstarter and bunlith will chase u around with a legally distinct sword thats powered by moonlight
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bun...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bun...
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Support the first season of bunlith show on kickstarter and bunlith will chase u around with a legally distinct sword thats powered by moonlight
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bun...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bun...
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🌸The Abbess Garden 🌸
Discover our cozy and historical gardening game!
store.steampowered.com/app/3411970/... (with a demo!)
Features:
🌿 Collect real plants
💦 Water, soil and proximity systems
🔍 Explore your garden
🕵️♀️ Wholesome and thrilling spy plot
💖 Queer romance
#PitchYaGame #cozygame
Discover our cozy and historical gardening game!
store.steampowered.com/app/3411970/... (with a demo!)
Features:
🌿 Collect real plants
💦 Water, soil and proximity systems
🔍 Explore your garden
🕵️♀️ Wholesome and thrilling spy plot
💖 Queer romance
#PitchYaGame #cozygame
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🌸The Abbess Garden 🌸
Discover our cozy and historical gardening game!
store.steampowered.com/app/3411970/... (with a demo!)
Features:
🌿 Collect real plants
💦 Water, soil and proximity systems
🔍 Explore your garden
🕵️♀️ Wholesome and thrilling spy plot
💖 Queer romance
#PitchYaGame #cozygame
Discover our cozy and historical gardening game!
store.steampowered.com/app/3411970/... (with a demo!)
Features:
🌿 Collect real plants
💦 Water, soil and proximity systems
🔍 Explore your garden
🕵️♀️ Wholesome and thrilling spy plot
💖 Queer romance
#PitchYaGame #cozygame
Do I have any game dev friends here in Japan? I’ll be in Osaka and Tokyo until Jan 2nd and I’d love to meet!
November 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Do I have any game dev friends here in Japan? I’ll be in Osaka and Tokyo until Jan 2nd and I’d love to meet!
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please buy the gay fox girl game so i can pay my rent
kitsune tails is 30% off on steam and itch! get the gay fox girl jumping game on either platform via kitsunegames.com/kitsunetails
October 31, 2025 at 7:19 AM
please buy the gay fox girl game so i can pay my rent
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🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲
Enter the 💤Slumber Realm💤 TODAY
The demo is now LIVE on Steam!!!!!!!!!!
🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲
It will be included in the Roguelike Celebration event later today as well
#indiegame #indiegames #gamedev #indiedev #roguelike #90s
Enter the 💤Slumber Realm💤 TODAY
The demo is now LIVE on Steam!!!!!!!!!!
🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲
It will be included in the Roguelike Celebration event later today as well
#indiegame #indiegames #gamedev #indiedev #roguelike #90s
October 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲
Enter the 💤Slumber Realm💤 TODAY
The demo is now LIVE on Steam!!!!!!!!!!
🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲
It will be included in the Roguelike Celebration event later today as well
#indiegame #indiegames #gamedev #indiedev #roguelike #90s
Enter the 💤Slumber Realm💤 TODAY
The demo is now LIVE on Steam!!!!!!!!!!
🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲
It will be included in the Roguelike Celebration event later today as well
#indiegame #indiegames #gamedev #indiedev #roguelike #90s
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I love chatting with Friday! If you've ever wondered what marketing tabletop games is like, or want to hear more about Paragons, check out this episode.
Check out my conversation with @joshuamsimons.com here on the podcast. We chat about his superhero indie RPG Paragons and being a marketing professional in tabletop games!
www.dollarsanddragons.com/p/superheroe...
www.dollarsanddragons.com/p/superheroe...
"Superheroes & Marketing" Ep 55 - Josh Simons (he/him)
Dollars & Dragons Podcast
www.dollarsanddragons.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I love chatting with Friday! If you've ever wondered what marketing tabletop games is like, or want to hear more about Paragons, check out this episode.
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Look, it’s really straightforward to get a publisher as a new name indie in 2025. Simply do 95% of the work making and marketing your game, and if your metrics are trending towards almost certain success, a publisher will swoop in to promise the remaining 5%, deliver 3%, and collect 75%
October 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Look, it’s really straightforward to get a publisher as a new name indie in 2025. Simply do 95% of the work making and marketing your game, and if your metrics are trending towards almost certain success, a publisher will swoop in to promise the remaining 5%, deliver 3%, and collect 75%
@picopicocafe.bsky.social Hey folks! Fellow indie dev here. I'm going to be in Tokyo from Dec 20 to Jan 1st. I was wondering if I might be able to stop by and say hi?
October 17, 2025 at 2:14 AM
@picopicocafe.bsky.social Hey folks! Fellow indie dev here. I'm going to be in Tokyo from Dec 20 to Jan 1st. I was wondering if I might be able to stop by and say hi?
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Today, Rift Riff…
- got a major free update on Steam!
- released on iOS and Android!
- is 30% off as part of a Steam Daily Deal!
i'm so proud, and exhausted. please buy & enjoy the game, repost this, leave a review, ∞ 🙏🏼
- got a major free update on Steam!
- released on iOS and Android!
- is 30% off as part of a Steam Daily Deal!
i'm so proud, and exhausted. please buy & enjoy the game, repost this, leave a review, ∞ 🙏🏼
October 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Today, Rift Riff…
- got a major free update on Steam!
- released on iOS and Android!
- is 30% off as part of a Steam Daily Deal!
i'm so proud, and exhausted. please buy & enjoy the game, repost this, leave a review, ∞ 🙏🏼
- got a major free update on Steam!
- released on iOS and Android!
- is 30% off as part of a Steam Daily Deal!
i'm so proud, and exhausted. please buy & enjoy the game, repost this, leave a review, ∞ 🙏🏼
Can you add multiplayer?
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Can you add multiplayer?
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BATTLE SUIT ACES OUT NOW‼️
Adventure through the stars with the found family of the Zephyr and uncover the secrets of the mysterious Relic suits. Play the Battle Chef Brigade team’s new heartfelt, dynamic card-battling narrative RPG NOW on PC, PS5 and Switch!
store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/...
Adventure through the stars with the found family of the Zephyr and uncover the secrets of the mysterious Relic suits. Play the Battle Chef Brigade team’s new heartfelt, dynamic card-battling narrative RPG NOW on PC, PS5 and Switch!
store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/...
October 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
BATTLE SUIT ACES OUT NOW‼️
Adventure through the stars with the found family of the Zephyr and uncover the secrets of the mysterious Relic suits. Play the Battle Chef Brigade team’s new heartfelt, dynamic card-battling narrative RPG NOW on PC, PS5 and Switch!
store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/...
Adventure through the stars with the found family of the Zephyr and uncover the secrets of the mysterious Relic suits. Play the Battle Chef Brigade team’s new heartfelt, dynamic card-battling narrative RPG NOW on PC, PS5 and Switch!
store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/...
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I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3
Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman
I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer
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October 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3
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👑 the Below the Crown Demo is now on Steam ♟️
Our nerdy love letter to Roguelikes, Chess, and Dungeon Crawlers is here:
🔸Take the Wizard King below in our procedural dungeons
🔸Spells, Upgrades, Bosses ...and Psychological Testing!
🔸Daily & Player Challenges
store.steampowered.com/app/4023520/...
Our nerdy love letter to Roguelikes, Chess, and Dungeon Crawlers is here:
🔸Take the Wizard King below in our procedural dungeons
🔸Spells, Upgrades, Bosses ...and Psychological Testing!
🔸Daily & Player Challenges
store.steampowered.com/app/4023520/...
October 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
👑 the Below the Crown Demo is now on Steam ♟️
Our nerdy love letter to Roguelikes, Chess, and Dungeon Crawlers is here:
🔸Take the Wizard King below in our procedural dungeons
🔸Spells, Upgrades, Bosses ...and Psychological Testing!
🔸Daily & Player Challenges
store.steampowered.com/app/4023520/...
Our nerdy love letter to Roguelikes, Chess, and Dungeon Crawlers is here:
🔸Take the Wizard King below in our procedural dungeons
🔸Spells, Upgrades, Bosses ...and Psychological Testing!
🔸Daily & Player Challenges
store.steampowered.com/app/4023520/...
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Prune, my bonsai puzzle game and love letter to trees, is finally out on Steam for its 10th anniversary!
store.steampowered.com/app/3903490/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3903490/...
Save 38% on Prune on Steam
Grow and shape your tree into the sunlight while avoiding the dangers of a hostile world. Bring life to a forgotten landscape and uncover a story hidden deep beneath the soil.
store.steampowered.com
September 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Prune, my bonsai puzzle game and love letter to trees, is finally out on Steam for its 10th anniversary!
store.steampowered.com/app/3903490/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3903490/...
Do you write short-form horror stories? Please DM me, I have something I want to show you :)
September 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Do you write short-form horror stories? Please DM me, I have something I want to show you :)
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🎉 We're so excited to announce that Few Shall Return Demo is now available on Steam! 🎉 store.steampowered.com/news/app/337... #gamedev #indiedev #demo
Few Shall Return - 🎉 The Demo is Live! 🎉 - Steam News
The demo is live!
store.steampowered.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🎉 We're so excited to announce that Few Shall Return Demo is now available on Steam! 🎉 store.steampowered.com/news/app/337... #gamedev #indiedev #demo
this looks amazing
I wanted to go real hard on pushing the Kickstarter on its last three days but I just got back from a 3 day hiking/camping trip and my body is paying for the hubris of deciding to sprint downhill. Please support us as we make a puppet musical!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/shi...
The Last Fifteen Minutes
A marionette opera and short film about having dinner together before a giant kaiju steps on you.
www.kickstarter.com
September 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
this looks amazing
I just picked up this OTHER Meteroidvania that dropped today, out of indie solidarity and because it frankly looks awesome.
This dev has been working on this since at least 2016 and locked in today as their launch date before Silksong announced their date.
store.steampowered.com/app/1292460/...
This dev has been working on this since at least 2016 and locked in today as their launch date before Silksong announced their date.
store.steampowered.com/app/1292460/...
Save 10% on Adventure of Samsara on Steam
A hero resurrected. A new Adventure. With stunning, 2D pixel art, Adventure of Samsara combines classic gameplay, a deeply connected world, and a heady, twisting narrative of death, rebirth and memory...
store.steampowered.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I just picked up this OTHER Meteroidvania that dropped today, out of indie solidarity and because it frankly looks awesome.
This dev has been working on this since at least 2016 and locked in today as their launch date before Silksong announced their date.
store.steampowered.com/app/1292460/...
This dev has been working on this since at least 2016 and locked in today as their launch date before Silksong announced their date.
store.steampowered.com/app/1292460/...
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I heard y’all like little bugs, throw us a wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/864930/U...
ULTRABUGS on Steam
Vlambeer's ULTRABUGS is a fast-paced high-score game in which you fight endless space bugs that split up into MORE space bugs as you fight and defeat them.
store.steampowered.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I heard y’all like little bugs, throw us a wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/864930/U...
Silksong released today with more than 75k wishlists! Amazing achievement.
September 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Silksong released today with more than 75k wishlists! Amazing achievement.
Someone please tell me if you try Race The Sun on this monster of a screen
32:9 Ultrawide Handheld Gaming - AMD Z2 Extreme www.youtube.com/watch?v=sehu...
September 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Someone please tell me if you try Race The Sun on this monster of a screen
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It's my absolute pleasure to present to you our labor of love: Poly Fighter!
We are HeartLoop Games! ♥
We are HeartLoop Games! ♥
New studio. New game.
Step into the ring with Poly Fighter, a single-player roguelike fighting game where every run reshapes your style.
🖊️ Sign up to playtest: bit.ly/polyfighterplaytest
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilkn...
Step into the ring with Poly Fighter, a single-player roguelike fighting game where every run reshapes your style.
🖊️ Sign up to playtest: bit.ly/polyfighterplaytest
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilkn...
Poly Fighter - Reveal Trailer | Roguelike Fighting Game
YouTube video by Poly Fighter Game
www.youtube.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It's my absolute pleasure to present to you our labor of love: Poly Fighter!
We are HeartLoop Games! ♥
We are HeartLoop Games! ♥
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I'm basically not traveling anymore because of this. Is it likely I'm going to get arrested for taking a piss in a restroom if I have a stopover in Texas or some other state that's hard to control? No.
Is that risk still enough to utterly offset any chance I'm going to PAX or whatever? Gosh yes.
Is that risk still enough to utterly offset any chance I'm going to PAX or whatever? Gosh yes.
In some states, as a trans man who passes for male, I'm legally banned from using a men's restroom but practically banned from using a women's. My choice is between breaking the law and being arrested for breaking it.
Few Democrats are talking about how much trans people have lost, and how quickly.
Few Democrats are talking about how much trans people have lost, and how quickly.
September 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I'm basically not traveling anymore because of this. Is it likely I'm going to get arrested for taking a piss in a restroom if I have a stopover in Texas or some other state that's hard to control? No.
Is that risk still enough to utterly offset any chance I'm going to PAX or whatever? Gosh yes.
Is that risk still enough to utterly offset any chance I'm going to PAX or whatever? Gosh yes.
The game industry's biggest secret is that you don't need to ship a game to become a developer. You just need to go to your Android phone's settings, find the "build number" and tap it 7 times.
August 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The game industry's biggest secret is that you don't need to ship a game to become a developer. You just need to go to your Android phone's settings, find the "build number" and tap it 7 times.