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Andrea Roberts

@andrearoberts.bsky.social

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Game Designer of Wonderbelly Games, Mother of Imps, Champion of Forgotten Side Quests. Cooking up Arcane Eats, a fantasy cooking deckbuilder. Made Roundguard, a bouncy pegglelike roguelike. We all need joy https://www.wonderbellygames.com/ aka TanookiFruit

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Andrea Roberts @andrearoberts.bsky.social · Aug 28

Come say hi to me and Bob at my Arcane Eats booth in the #PAXRising this weekend!

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BATTLE SUIT ACES OUT NOW 🤖 @team.trinketstudios.com · 2d

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/...

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Ash Parrish @adashtra.bsky.social · 10d

Oh my god an irl babality

Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 10d

#Florida woman wins Mortal Kombat tournament playing with newborn baby in arms. You know, like you do. www.dexerto.com/mortal-komba...

Florida woman wins Mortal Kombat tournament playing with newborn baby in arms - Dexerto

A mother is going viral after winning a Mortal Kombat tournament while holding her five-day-old daughter in her arms.

www.dexerto.com

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Andrea Roberts @andrearoberts.bsky.social · Sep 6

Hi there, great list! My indie studio is making a fantasy cooking roguelike deckbuilder called Arcane Eats that would fit great in this list!

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Andrea Roberts @andrearoberts.bsky.social · Sep 6

Hey thanks for thinking of us! Arcane Eats would be a perfect fit here ❤️

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Andrea Roberts @andrearoberts.bsky.social · Aug 28

(we're kitty corner to Larian's sweet castle of a booth, gonna have to sneak by for baldur's gate fan girling 😍)

Andrea Roberts @andrearoberts.bsky.social · Aug 28

Come say hi to me and Bob at my Arcane Eats booth in the #PAXRising this weekend!

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Andrea Roberts @andrearoberts.bsky.social · Aug 28

Back from Gamescom, now on to PAX West! What even are time zones 🫠

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · Aug 16

hi this is my favorite writing advice, it's from former simpsons writer john swartzwelder (i think about the crappy little elf all the time) www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

screengrab of a portion of new yorker interview with former simpson's writer john swartzwelder:
Mike Sacks: How much time and attention did you spend on these scripts? Another “Simpsons” writer once compared your scripts to finely tuned machines—if the wrong person mucked with them, the whole thing could blow up.
Swartzwelder: All of my time and all of my attention. It’s the only way I know how to write, darn it. But I do have a trick that makes things easier for me. Since writing is very hard and rewriting is comparatively easy and rather fun, I always write my scripts all the way through as fast as I can, the first day, if possible, putting in crap jokes and pattern dialogue—“Homer, I don’t want you to do that.” “Then I won’t do it.” Then the next day, when I get up, the script’s been written. It’s lousy, but it’s a script. The hard part is done. It’s like a crappy little elf has snuck into my office and badly done all my work for me, and then left with a tip of his crappy hat. All I have to do from that point on is fix it. So I’ve taken a very hard job, writing, and turned it into an easy one, rewriting, overnight. I advise all writers to do their scripts and other writing this way. And be sure to send me a small royalty every time you do it.

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Alan Hazelden / Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · Aug 8

We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 🎉

The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans.

Deadline: September 28th
More info 👇
grants.draknek.org

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PAX @officialpax.bsky.social · Aug 6

Tomorrow’s indie legends start here. ✨Check out the winners of the PAX Rising Showcase presented by Zenni: PAXwest25.com/Rising

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PAX Rising Showcase Winners presented by Zenni (PAX West 2025): Terrible Lizards, No Stone Unturned, Hank Drowning on Dry Land, RollerGirl, Sashimi Slayer: Rhythm Sushi Slicing!, Beatdown City Survivors, Never's End, Blocks for Babies, Rogue Eclipse, Arcane Eats, Draco and the Seven Scales, and Table Tactics.
Aug 29 - Sept 1, 2025
west.paxsite.com

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jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · Aug 4

my mom taught me there's two kinds of businesses: hot dog stands and art galleries

- hot dog stands protect territory and keep competition off their turf
- art galleries benefit from more adjacent art galleries, cluster together to amplify reach/support

youre an art gallery, not a hot dog stand

Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · Aug 4

Play and discuss as if you were friends trying to get to know each other better, rather than as if you were rival squawking merchants trying to sell competing goods in a marketplace. The world is full of friends and potential friends, and it's much lonelier and more frightening when it isn't.

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Laura E. Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social · Jul 31

Just signed up for anaerobics class

Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · Jul 31

Beach bodies are OUT. Bog bodies are IN. We just wanna rot.

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chubigans @chubigans.bsky.social · Jul 31

🥨🎉 NEW GAME RELEASE! 🌭🎈

Cook Serve Forever is now available for PC and consoles! Grab it on Steam, Switch, PS4, PS5 and Xbox! (links in the replies)

Thank you so much for all of the support- I can't wait for y'all to play.

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Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · Jul 30

Recipe blogs have JRPG sidequests now

Have to farm some dire elks for this

A screenshot of a recipe that recommends "holy basil" as an ingredient

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Andrea Roberts @andrearoberts.bsky.social · Jul 24

I'm so honored Arcane Eats was selected for the Indie Arena Booth, and I can't believe how perfect their theme this year is for us hah. It's going to be my first time to Gamescom and my first time to Germany! Any tips?

Arcane Eats - The World’s Most Delicious Roguelike Deck Builder @arcaneeats.bsky.social · Jul 24

Watch Us Cook! ‪🔥

@arcaneeats.bsky.social is part of the tasty lineup of #indiegames being served at the #Gamescom2025 ‪ @indiearenabooth.de!

#indiearenabooth #gamescom #deckbuilder #roguelike #videogames @wonderbellygames.bsky.social

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Andrea Roberts @andrearoberts.bsky.social · Jul 23

Ooh looking this one up right now, thank you

Andrea Roberts @andrearoberts.bsky.social · Jul 23

Hey thank you so much! I've got big love for Cook Serve Delicious too, would love to see your take on card-cooking. More cooks in the kitchen! :)

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Bianca 💫 @biankatdraws.bsky.social · Jul 7

Hey, I’m looking for work for the next months✨
I’m a comic & concept artist looking for interior or cover comic work. I specially love drawing women, people in love and coming of age stories
For more check my portfolio 🔗⬇️ & feel free to reach me over dms or email 💌

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Gareth Davies @spudonkey.bsky.social · Jul 10

The feared donutmancer.

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AuraPuffs ☁️ @aurapuffs.bsky.social · Jul 12

It's got enough room for me & the whole squad ⚔️

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · Jul 2

i'm no stephen hawking but i think what happens is that they cancel each other out

Empty food tray with a label reading "Antipasta Pasta Salad, $7.99 /lb" next to trays with food at a self-service counter.

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Chandana Ekanayake @ekanaut.bsky.social · Jun 26

CEO compensation graphed next to employee compensation. 🙃

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Andrea Roberts @andrearoberts.bsky.social · Jun 26

Ooh, look great! Someone was just asking me for a grid-combat deckbuilder recc, gotta pass this along

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#TurnBasedThursday - Turn-Based Game Showcases @turnbasedthursday.bsky.social · Jun 24

A wide diversity of deck builders & more in last week's #TurnBasedThursday showcase!

👊 Anti-capitalist card brawler
👁️ Co-op exploration horror game
👨‍🍳 Magical kitchen cooking roguelike
🐾 Creepy cozy dungeon crawler w/ post-apocalyptic pets

Many more games in the 🧵! ⤵
#Gaming #TurnBased #IndieGames

Crownbreakers, by @sharkbombs.bsky.social

Arcane Eats, by @andrearoberts.bsky.social

Post Apocalyptic Pet Rescue, by @niminy.bsky.social

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Edd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social · Jun 20

The Game UI Database Summer Update has arrived!!
Filter by colour harmonies, copy or translate text directly from images, compare UI across multiple platforms, filter by PEGI/ESRB ratings, create your own grid systems, and much more!

www.gameuidatabase.com

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