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Shape Sender Deluxe ⭐️ by Dead Teapot

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Aotearoa, New Zealand-based studio making Shape Sender Deluxe! 🟡 🟧 ⭐️ ⭐️ Wishlist here ⭐️ s.team/a/2976470

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Shape Sender Deluxe ⭐️ by Dead Teapot @deadteapot.games · Nov 24

whatsup gamers! This is Dead Teapot, a studio in Aotearoa, New Zealand making the physics-puzzle-adventure Shape Sender Deluxe - which you can wishlist on Steam right now!

s.team/a/2976470

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Shape Sender Deluxe ⭐️ by Dead Teapot @deadteapot.games · 40m

Shape Sender Deluxe was at @free-play.bsky.social Parallels up on the big screen with a talk about encouraging creativity in puzzle games! Thanks @sifterhq.bsky.social for the pics!!

SIFTER @sifterhq.bsky.social · 5h

Get creative with Shape Sender Deluxe, no lose, no soft lock you just send those shapes ⭐️ heaps of different solutions which is cool. #parallels @deadteapot.games

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Tana ⭐➡️ MIGW⏭️SXSW @tanamakes.games · 2h

The Parallels crowd is like the best collection of homies I could ask for at my first live demo talk 🥰 thank you all for turning up and making some noise for Shape Sender Deluxe!! ⭐🟥🟠

🇵🇸 lisa @MIGW @spacewahine.bsky.social · 5h

talofa lava gamers!!!!!! @tanamakes.games!!!!!

tana on the big stage at parallels showing shape sender deluxe yeehaw

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Tana ⭐➡️ MIGW⏭️SXSW @tanamakes.games · 13h

Can't wait to see all of you tonight at @free-play.bsky.social Parallels tonight 🥰 I love to yap about design so if you see me after my talk, pls hit me up!

Cardboard Sendy from Shape Sender Deluxe

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Shape Sender Deluxe ⭐️ by Dead Teapot @deadteapot.games · 3d

How many sides u want?

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Tana ⭐➡️ MIGW⏭️SXSW @tanamakes.games · 3d

Big news: Shape Sender Deluxe received one of the four Start Up grants this year! Thanks so much @nz-code.nz for such an awesome opportunity 🤩⭐🟠🟥

NZ CODE @nz-code.nz · 3d

It's already an exciting week in the regional game industry but we couldn't resist making it more exciting. 🥝🕹️🎮

www.nz-code.nz/post/960-000...

$960,000 boost for game developers in CODE’s third national funding round

13 studios from across Aotearoa received prototype and production funding in the third NZ CODE national funding round.

www.nz-code.nz

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Shape Sender Deluxe ⭐️ by Dead Teapot @deadteapot.games · 3d

Shape Sender Deluxe wouldn't exist without assistance from @nz-code.nz, and now, once again, they're helping us bring you circles, triangles, squares, and Sendy!

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Shape Sender Deluxe ⭐️ by Dead Teapot @deadteapot.games · 16d

Check out all of these amazing demos from New Zealand! 🇳🇿🥝
store.steampowered.com/sale/NZGames...

A massive list of video game demos of NZ games on Steam

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Shape Sender Deluxe ⭐️ by Dead Teapot @deadteapot.games · 16d

In case you didn't know, Shape Sender Deluxe is made down in little Aotearoa / New Zealand and is part of the Made in New Zealand Steam event!

MADE IN NEW ZEALAND - Shape Sender Deluxe

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Shape Sender Deluxe ⭐️ by Dead Teapot @deadteapot.games · 26d

do you think I can write off the ticket price of the swedish post museum as a business expense when Shape Sender Deluxe is also about moving things from A to B?

Shape Sender deluxe Wishlist Now written on a type writer

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Finneganeganegan @finneganeganegan.bsky.social · 26d

ANNOUNCING FIRST NEW FEATURE OF DROPLETS 2:
Colour schemes 🌈

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Tana ⭐➡️ MIGW⏭️SXSW @tanamakes.games · Sep 2

I'm transitioning into the "making cool shit I can't show because its spoilers" part of the game dev cycle

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Dinosaur Polo Club @dinopoloclub.bsky.social · Aug 26

Oh hi. What’s that? 📣
CREATIVE MODE IS OUT NOW!!! 🚗🔥🔥🔥

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Shape Sender Deluxe ⭐️ by Dead Teapot @deadteapot.games · Aug 27

The classic "I'm here also" approach 😎

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Shape Sender Deluxe ⭐️ by Dead Teapot @deadteapot.games · Aug 24

Maybe I'll rock up with a steam deck for press lol

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Shape Sender Deluxe ⭐️ by Dead Teapot @deadteapot.games · Aug 23

noooo not this year - was thinking about getting a one day ticket to come hang out though!

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Shape Sender Deluxe ⭐️ by Dead Teapot @deadteapot.games · Aug 23

It's been real Gamescom - see you next time and thanks for all the good vibes!

tana pointing proudly at shape sender deluxe on screen

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Shape Sender Deluxe ⭐️ by Dead Teapot @deadteapot.games · Aug 21

We're at Gamescom! A bunch of excellent New Zealand games are hanging out in hall 3.2 🤩

Shape Sender Deluxe ⭐️ by Dead Teapot @deadteapot.games · Aug 21

Absolutely glowing review of the demo 😭😭 thank you so much!!!!

GamesNight🔜PAXAus @gamesnight.bsky.social · Aug 18

Shape Sender Deluxe from NZ-based studio Dead Teapot released a demo on Steam that offers a glimpse at the title, and what I played was an imaginative and inviting puzzle game that offers more than meets the eye.

@deadteapot.games @tanamakes.games

gamesnight.nz/shape-sender...

Shape Sender Deluxe - First Impressions

Shape Sender Deluxe is the debut upcoming game from Tana Tanoi’s new studio, Dead Teapot. A game that reflects the beautiful minimalist design that has shaped Tana’s past development experience…

gamesnight.nz

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Jess 🍔 🔜 MIGW @jessmwoodward.bsky.social · Aug 11

@deadteapot.games Another friend for Sendy!

Liam Flannery @liamflannery.bsky.social · Aug 11

we added a legally distinct clippy to our windows 95 themed automation game about making powerpoint decks - his name is pinny #gamedev

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Tana ⭐➡️ MIGW⏭️SXSW @tanamakes.games · Aug 8

The generosity of this team is truly magnificent and it's a treasure to be a part of this puzzle game community! 🧩

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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Shape Sender Deluxe ⭐️ by Dead Teapot @deadteapot.games · Aug 10

omg i suddenly have to send some emails

Shape Sender Deluxe ⭐️ by Dead Teapot @deadteapot.games · Aug 7

big congrats to our friends at @potipoti.studio for releasing a game in the specific niche of "puzzle game containing shapes with faces!" genre! 🎉

Wholesome Games @wholesomegames.com · Aug 7

Is This Seat Taken? is out later today on #NintendoSwitch, Steam, and mobile! Play matchmaker for groups of particular people in this puzzle game. Whether it’s the cinema, a bus, or a wedding, every setting introduces characters with pet peeves that make seating them a challenge!

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Tana ⭐➡️ MIGW⏭️SXSW @tanamakes.games · Jul 23

in very exciting news, I'm in a print magazine for the first time ever with Shape Sender Delxue 🤩😍 if you are a game enjoyer in the UK in April then maybe you saw us 👀 thanks Edge magazine 🥰
youtube.com/shorts/bPtl4...

can't believe my game is in a real print magazine 🥰 #gaming #indiegame #kpopdemonhunters

YouTube video by Dead Teapot

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Alan Hazelden / Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · Jul 18

Here's the July edition of Thinky Third Thursday, the monthly roundup of thinky puzzle games that have caught our eye: thinkythirdthursday.com/july-2025

Thinky Third Thursday - July 2025

Monthly game recommendations from the puzzle experts at Draknek & Friends

thinkythirdthursday.com

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Mael Duin 🧩 @maelduinplays.bsky.social · Jul 4

#9.- Shape sender deluxe [platforming]
by @deadteapot.games
· Sort shapes by placing tools that bring them to their destination, but be careful because physics apply here. Oh, and there also Sendy!

Find it here 👇
store.steampowered.com/app/2976470/...
and my gameplay here 👇
youtu.be/0ApgmIIj9fE

Shape sender deluxe demo gameplay | Return to Sendy! 🔲

YouTube video by Mael Duin

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