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AP Thomson

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~games. Working on playconsume.me with @qdork.bsky.social and @frogfungus.bsky.social. Previously: Fortune-499, Beglitched, Swap Sword.

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AP Thomson @apthomson.bsky.social · Jan 15

So, uh, Consume Me, the game I've been working on with @qdork.bsky.social and @frogfungus.bsky.social and Violet (not on here) is coming out later this year and you can wishlist it starting today: store.steampowered.com/app/2359120/...

Consume Me on Steam

You are what you eat.

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Chris Schilling @schillingc.bsky.social · 2d

Played Consume Me. Loved Consume Me. www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...

Consume Me review - anything but empty calories

A teenage slice-of-life tale, an energy-management challenge and a satire of diet culture – this indie award-winner is a flavoursome treat

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 2d

The updated demo for Perfect Tides: Station to Station is available now ahead of Steam Next Fest! We're getting ever closer to the full release in January! store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...

Perfect Tides: Station to Station on Steam

A point n' click sequel to Perfect Tides about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex ...

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 3d

i wrote about consume me for @theverge.com ✨

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Giovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.social · 9d

Consume Me is a work of autobiography born out of its creator's real experiences growing up in NYC. I spent a day with the devs visiting real places that inspired the game and looking through boxes of high school memories. A chat about how to adapt reality to game. www.polygon.com/consume-me-j...

The artists who turned teenage obsessions into an award-winning video game

To create an interactive autobiography, Consume Me's creators had to turn teenage memories into playable self-portraits.

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jenny @qdork.bsky.social · 11d

i’m still currently taking a break from responding to messages but i just wanna let you all know i am reading them and i really appreciate all the overwhelming love and support for the game 🥹💞 thank you playing Consume Me 🥺 #gaming #indiegames #indiegamedev #gamedev #videogames

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Alexander King @literallyaking.com · 12d

One the things I'm really loving about Consume Me is how unmistakably it takes place in NYC, in subtle but detailed and grounded ways. Reading on the subway, going on dates at museums, the manhattan mall, doing laundry in the basement. I grew up here too, and I never see the city shown like this.

Jenny is in the elevator with a hamper of laundry. Context clues indicate that the laundry machines are in the basement (people not doing laundry get off on another floor, presumably the lobby).

Jenny goes shopping at "the mall", a towering multi-floored maze of escalators that must surely be the old Manhattan Mall at 33rd and 6th. It closed in 2021.

Jenny and Oliver go on dates at the Egyptian wing of the Met, Coney Island, and on a rowboat from the Loeb boathouse in Central Park

Jenny reading in a subway car, the yellow and orange seats are unmistakably characteristic of the R46 & R68 cars, commonly seen on the B, D, Q and R lines.

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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 14d

It will surprise literally no one to learn that I fkn loved Consume Me, the coming-of-age slice-of-life WarioWare-meets-Persona game about being an Asian teen (there's more to it than that I promise)

@qdork.bsky.social + @apthomson.bsky.social made something really, really good! You should play it!

This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 14d

The IGF Award-winning 'Consume Me' is a supremely confident piece of work that celebrates and salutes all the small joys and anxieties of life, while being an utterly charming and moreish time management game.

thisweekinvideogames.com/review/consu...

Consume Me Review

Consume Me is a highly charming and compelling slice-of-life management game that's bursting with character and good humour.

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Tucker Hazell @tuckerhazell.bsky.social · 13d

Here's a brand new Dev Dive with the team behind Consume Me, the game that won the grand prize at GDC earlier this year. I had such a blast having a fun, reflective conversation with @qdork.bsky.social , @apthomson.bsky.social @frogfungus.bsky.social about the game!

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AP Thomson @apthomson.bsky.social · 14d

out now lmao

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Save 10% on Consume Me on Steam

did you feel stupid, fat, lazy, and ugly in high school? well i did...but at least i made a life-simulation RPG about it!

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jenny @qdork.bsky.social · 14d

actually i changed my mind store.steampowered.com/app/2359120/... #gaming #indiegames #gamedev #indiegamedev #videogames

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Giovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.social · 15d

Baby Steps starts as an elaborate shitpost before slowly revealing itself to be a sincere game about male insecurity. A deconstruction of the kind of idealized picture of manhood that video games helped create wrapped in a terrific slapstick comedy. My review. www.polygon.com/baby-steps-r...

You will not survive Baby Steps' open world, but you'll laugh

QWOP goes open world in 2025's funniest game

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jenny @qdork.bsky.social · 20d

it’s not like there are any other games releasing at the same time 🤡

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#indiegames #hades2 #gaming #silksong #cloverpit #babysteps

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jenny @qdork.bsky.social · 28d

hello content creators!

you should play consume me because :
- funny
- mini-games
- will make you cry
- award winning

do you want to relive MY high school experience? well now’s the time to request a code to stream or review the game at launch!!

❤️09.25.25❤️

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popagenda @popagenda.co · 28d

play as a stressed teenager in Consume Me, a semi-autobiographical RPG out Sept 25 on Steam!
@qdork.bsky.social

🍕 slice-of-life drama!
🧩 mini-game activities!
🐶 there's a dog!
🥣 you'll laugh AND cry!

now's the time to request a code to stream or review at launch!

📝 forms.gle/npXsYjN9LvSP...

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jenny @qdork.bsky.social · Jun 19

i stg this is the best video i have EVER made.. im gonna be PISSED if it doesn’t go viral 😡 WISHLIST CONSUME ME NOW 💗💗💗 💸 store.steampowered.com/app/3438190/...

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jenny @qdork.bsky.social · Jun 16

process video for the caffeine crash random encounter in consume me

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jenny @qdork.bsky.social · Jun 11

this scene took a million years to figure out but hopefully it was all worth it in the end 🥵 #gamedev

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jenny @qdork.bsky.social · Jun 10

consume me yoga minigame all glowed up 💅

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gabe cuzzillo @gcuzzillo.bsky.social · Jun 8

Baby steps demo!
store.steampowered.com/app/2460140/...

Baby Steps Demo on Steam

Play as Nate, an unemployed failson with nothing going for him, until one day he discovers a power he never knew he had… putting one foot in front of the other. Explore the first chapter in this demo ...

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Day of the Devs @dayofthedevs.org · Jun 7

What’s cooking now? Why, it’s a release date announcement!

That’s right, folks: The highly-anticipated, award-winning, super-cool CONSUME ME comes to Steam September 25th!

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Kenny Sun @kennysun.com · Jun 7

My next game is BALL x PIT, a ball bouncing, base building roguelite. It’s been almost a decade since my first commercial release and this one feels like the culmination of all of my effort. The demo is out now on Steam, I’m excited to finally be able to share it with you all!

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AP Thomson @apthomson.bsky.social · Jun 6

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jenny @qdork.bsky.social · Jun 6

GET READY FOR A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT!!!!!! 🤪

also follow my amazing team
🍔 @apthomson.bsky.social
🐸 @frogfungus.bsky.social
💜 violet eraseer.info
🎹 @codatrigger.bsky.social

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Day of the Devs @dayofthedevs.org · Jun 5

HOLY MOLY!

Day of the Devs: Summer Game Fest Edition 2025 is TOMORROW!

Join us LIVE after the Summer Game Fest Showcase for a celebration of the FUTURE of indie games.

Roll that sizzle reel 🔥🔥🔥

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