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Edwige Lelievre

@edwigelel.bsky.social

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Game director of "The Abbess Garden", a cozy & historical gardening game🌿 Steam page https://store.steampowered.com/app/3411970/The_Abbess_Garden/ Newsletter https://theabbessgarden.eo.page/newsletter Researcher CHCSC lab, Univ of Versailles 📚 (she/her)

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Edwige Lelievre @edwigelel.bsky.social · Jun 6

🌸The Abbess Garden 🌸

Discover our cozy and historical gardening game!
store.steampowered.com/app/3411970/...

Features:
🌿 Collect plants
💦 Water, soil and proximity systems
🔍 Explore your garden
🕵️‍♀️ Wholesome and thrilling spy plot
💖 Queer romance

#PitchYaGame

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Edwige Lelievre @edwigelel.bsky.social · 13h

@lomadiah.bsky.social is looking for retro streamers available in November for a great cause (multiple sclerosis) ! Please share 💖

Hannah Rutherford (she/her) @lomadiah.bsky.social · 17h

Please signal boost, it's for a good cause! 🙏

Hey folks - I'm working with an MS (multiple sclerosis) charity to find streamers to support fundraising in November. It's retro gaming themed, so if you're interested in more info - or you know someone who would be amazing - please chuck me a reply 💚

a young boy covering his face with his hands while a man says please say yes behind him .

Alt: a young boy crossing his fingers and screwing up his eyes, saying please say yes

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Edwige Lelievre @edwigelel.bsky.social · 7d

Sorry about that :'( I don't know if it's on the personal level or if it's because the world sucks or both, but something that always helps me is music, so in case that works for you too, here is some comfort: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt3G...

Enya - May It Be (Official Lyric Video)

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Edwige Lelievre @edwigelel.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks for sharing your process and partners :)

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CHCSC @chcscuvsq.bsky.social · 8d

Le CHCSC participera à la 28e édition des Rendez-Vous de l'Histoire, le 10 octobre prochain à Blois. Avec au programme @jcgeslot.bsky.social , @edwigelel.bsky.social , Laura Schmitt...
> Pour en savoir plus : www.chcsc.uvsq.fr/le-chcsc-par...

Le CHCSC participe à la 28e édition des Rendez-Vous de l'Histoire - Centre d’histoire culturelle des sociétés contemporaines

www.chcsc.uvsq.fr

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Edwige Lelievre @edwigelel.bsky.social · 8d

Quick reminder: there is a Discord server for The Abbess Garden now! 🌿
It's small and we try not to spam. I am sharing our progress regularly (mostly daily)

If you want to chat with the team and see what we are up to, it's here: discord.gg/d6uGFjvU 💖

#gamedev #indiedev #cozygame

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Edwige Lelievre @edwigelel.bsky.social · 9d

I certainly do as well, but it's not intentional playtest to improve ahah ;) Accidental game design ideas ;)

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Edwige Lelievre @edwigelel.bsky.social · 9d

How I try to become a better game designer:
1/ I try to get a lot of feedback from players and improve based on it
2/ I play and analyse games in my genre
3/ I try to listen more to external ideas :) I discuss game design with my team and other indie devs, especially
4/ I read research papers!

Polaris Game Design @polarisgamedesign.com · 10d

Welcome, new followers! We're a group of game designers trying to push our craft forward through deep thought, collaboration, and open minds. We think, we chat, we write, we experiment.

How do YOU explore and improve as a game designer, besides making games? (Reposts welcome)

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Edwige Lelievre @edwigelel.bsky.social · 9d

Looks awesome! Congrats! :)

Edwige Lelievre @edwigelel.bsky.social · 10d

Playing Pokemon Go in the bus in Paris is very very efficient ;) (also there is always some traffic ;) )

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Edwige Lelievre @edwigelel.bsky.social · 11d

Oh interested ^^ I guess The Abbess Garden is not kinetic as you need to garden (well ;) ) to progress?

Edwige Lelievre @edwigelel.bsky.social · 11d

Puzzle Spy International has so many cozy vibes!

I don't have doubts about my game being a cozy spy game, but I'm more confused by a streamer who defined it as a "gardening/visual novel" game 🤔 There is a lot of text for sure, but it's also very linear (I don't know visual novels very well tbh).

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Edwige Lelievre @edwigelel.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you 💖💖💖

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Joel McDonald @mcdjoel.bsky.social · 13d

Prune, my bonsai puzzle game and love letter to trees, is finally out on Steam for its 10th anniversary!

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.

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Edwige Lelievre @edwigelel.bsky.social · 13d

I realised I never posted in this thread, so it's a re- #introduction! I'm a #gamedev and researcher from France.

I founded a small studio last year. We are working on 🌸The Abbess Garden🌸, a cozy and historical gardening game with spies!
store.steampowered.com/app/3411970/... (it has a demo :) )

The Abbess Garden on Steam

The Abbess Garden is a cozy and historical gardening game set in 17th-century France. Play as Agnes, a young peasant who is tasked to grow plants, find and identify new ones, and decorate the garden. ...

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MamaMonkey aka Anna Barham @annabarham.bsky.social · 20d

We're hiring a part-time Community Manager!

We'd love a local to join our studio, but remote work (from a compatible time zone) is fine for the right person.

www.balancingmonkeygames.com/articles/wer...

We're Hiring a Community Manager!

www.balancingmonkeygames.com

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Edwige Lelievre @edwigelel.bsky.social · 20d

Congrats!!!

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Edwige Lelievre @edwigelel.bsky.social · 22d

It's nice to see alternative and I'm very curious about how that will work and how player will respond :)

Edwige Lelievre @edwigelel.bsky.social · 24d

And here is the link to the Cozy Job Simulators festival!

store.steampowered.com/curator/4568...

#indiegame #cozygame #indiedev

Cozy Job Simulators: First Edition!

First ever Cozy Job Simulators Event is here!

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Edwige Lelievre @edwigelel.bsky.social · 25d

The Cozy Job Simulator festival has just started on Steam!!! If you are into cozy games & simulation, that's worth a look :) As always there are unreleased games (with demos) and games on sale!

We participate as Agnès (our main character) is a gardener ;) (and it's obviously a #cozygame!)

🕵️‍♀️ 🌿 ⛏️

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Edwige Lelievre @edwigelel.bsky.social · 26d

La doc c'est la vie. En vrai je me fais des guidelines même pour moi, ne serait ce que pour me remettre facilement sur un sujet vu que je dois souvent jongler entre plusieurs (code, 3d,gd...)

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Vincent Meriel @vincentmeriel.bsky.social · 26d

Avec la fermeture à venir de PA 😭 j'entame la migration de mon premier manuscrit : "La cité endormie"
Si vous aimez l'action ⚔️, la romance ❤️‍🔥 et les gens qui grimpent sur des toits 🥷, vous pouvez le retrouver sur
Inkitt : www.inkitt.com/stories/1545...
Historicall : historicall.me/book/1580-la...

La Cité Endormie - Free Novel by Vincent Meriel

Plus de huit cents ans après sa révolte contre l’Empire d’Ostrate, le royaume d’Erellie aspire toujours à vivre en paix avec son voisin belliqueux, ainsi qu’à perpétuer les idéaux de ses fondateurs...

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Atlangames @atlangames.com · 27d

🚀 Les #Utopiales2025 approchent et Atlangames cherche des bénévoles pour animer son espace Jeux Vidéo !

📅 30 octobre au 2 novembre
📍 Cité des Congrès de #Nantes

Plus d'infos & inscriptions ⤵️
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Appel à bénévoles - Espace Jeux Vidéo @ Utopiales 2025

🎮 Deviens bénévole Atlangames aux Utopiales 2025 ! 🚀 Envie de plonger au cœur du festival et de donner un coup de main à l'équipe d'Atlangames pendant l'événement ? Nous cherchons des bénévoles pour...

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Edwige Lelievre @edwigelel.bsky.social · 27d

Je serais sur la chaîne Twitch de @wigfr.org ce soir et il y a un temps de prévu pour les questions :) Du coup si vous avez des questions sur The Abbess Garden, la nature dans les JV, comment on monte (et finance ;) ) un studio indé, comment on passe de la recherche à l'industrie n'hésitez pas ! :)

Women in Games France @wigfr.org · 27d

L’émission Press Start avec @edwigelel.bsky.social, Game director et gameplay programmer, c’est dans quelques heures seulement !

RDV à 20h sur notre chaîne pour découvrir son métier et son parcours ✨

Women in Games France @wigfr.org · Sep 4

Découvre le parcours et le métier d’Edwige Lelievre, Game director et gameplay programmer !

🗓️ RDV le 11/09 à 20h sur notre chaîne Twitch
🔗 www.twitch.tv/wigfrance/sc...

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Edwige Lelievre @edwigelel.bsky.social · 28d

Magnifique !!!

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Edwige Lelievre @edwigelel.bsky.social · 29d

Hold on, you'll get there! Also, it gets easier, as long as you manage to keep a reasonable scope :)

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