Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam! @madheadbump.bsky.social · 18d

Busy busy week 😵‍💫 but I am working on meta progression in Cropdeck. This is some bare bones for the collection screen with unlockables. #gamedev #indiedev

1 15

Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam! @madheadbump.bsky.social · 21d

I can confirm!

1

Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam! @madheadbump.bsky.social · 26d

First pass for the hazard system is done. For example, if you have played the playtest version, you may remember Wild Vines. Now, they can also appear as Plague cards on other biomes. Missing some better UX, but it works! #gamedev #indiegame

5 18

Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam! @madheadbump.bsky.social · 28d

I am quite surprised how well it went. After a long period of basically no traffic, the playtest showed all the hard work might be worth it after all. Now, I am expanding and polishing the game. The initial demo is coming in a few weeks. Thx for reading this thread! 😁
🧵3/3

4

Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam! @madheadbump.bsky.social · 28d

- Peak 70 CCU
- Median playtime 1h 8min
- Over 150k views on YT
- 1569 players filled the feedback survey
- 100 players joined Discord
🧵2/3

1 2

Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam! @madheadbump.bsky.social · 28d

Here are some numbers from Cropdeck 🌱 Playtest.
- 2 months
- +4500 wishlists (5089 total now)
- Daily resting new wishlists jumped from ~2 to ~20
- Steam page daily visits jumped from 70 to 270
- 6155 players joined the playtest, 5000 actually played
🧵1/3 #gamedev #indiegame

1 1 12

Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam! @madheadbump.bsky.social · Sep 6

5000 wishlists, over 10000 hours of playtime during playtest, 1500 feedback surveys filled, 100 players on Discord... THANK YOU!! 🙏 Stay tuned for the demo! #gamedev #indiegame #games

6 20

Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam! @madheadbump.bsky.social · Sep 6

I have similar feelings, unfortunately. I hate those accounts that automatically like and share, no matter what I post.

Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam! @madheadbump.bsky.social · Sep 5

Last update for this week's Cropdeck development. I am working on this new big feature - hazards. It will add some variety and difficulty to the levels. All I can share now are these icon drafts. Wdyt? #gamedev #indiegame

4 13

Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam! @madheadbump.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thx! :D

1

Reposted by Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam!

2P Games @2pgames.bsky.social · Sep 4

Happy to be co-hosting this #TurnBasedThursday since the Sultan is not present here 👑

To participate-
💬 Show us your turn-based games, share your latest work
❤️ Engage with other fellow devs
🔁 Repost if you like what you see

43 42 58

Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam! @madheadbump.bsky.social · Sep 4

Sultan's Game looks awesome, seen this one a couple of times - have to give it a try 😁

I'm hard at work on Cropdeck, preparing a demo after a quite successful playtest. I started sharing more progress recently, go give it a look! :) #TurnBasedThursday
bsky.app/profile/madh...

Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam! @madheadbump.bsky.social · Sep 2

I am so busy preparing a demo for my game that I (again) forgot to post any content. I’ll challenge myself to post regularly, at least every few days. These are two of the new upcoming scarecrows. The first one is "Doctor". Guess the name for the second one 😁 #gamedev #indiegame

2 8

Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam! @madheadbump.bsky.social · Sep 4

I am currently working on a larger feature and don't have much to share yet, so instead, I will show you all the scarecrow backgrounds I have so far 🎃 #gamedev #indiegame

3 7

Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam! @madheadbump.bsky.social · Sep 3

Art for the scarecrow

2

Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam! @madheadbump.bsky.social · Sep 3

The main highlight of today's work is a refactor of the weather generator. I can now alter the weather during the run. Already added a new screcrow that gives more rainy days 🌧️ #gamedev #indiegame

1 4 8

Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam! @madheadbump.bsky.social · Sep 2

I am so busy preparing a demo for my game that I (again) forgot to post any content. I’ll challenge myself to post regularly, at least every few days. These are two of the new upcoming scarecrows. The first one is "Doctor". Guess the name for the second one 😁 #gamedev #indiegame

5 12

Reposted by Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam!

My Card Is Better Than Your Card! @mycard.utustudios.com · Sep 2

Big announcement!
My Card Is Better Than Your Card! is coming to Steam Early Access in October 2025!
🐸🎺🎶✨
Full announcement over at Steam:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/361...

My Card Is Better Than Your Card! - Early Access launches in October 2025! - Steam News

My Card Is Better Than Your Card! is coming to Steam Early Access in October 2025!

store.steampowered.com

2 10 26

Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam! @madheadbump.bsky.social · Sep 2

I had a chance to try the game during the last NF afair. Cool concept and looks gorgeous! Good luck 🤞

2

Reposted by Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam!

Turbo Dog Games | Spiritstead @turbodoggames.bsky.social · Sep 1

We are excited to share that the official Spiritstead trailer is finally live!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=54ql...

Special thanks to Marybelle Sagard for the beautiful voiceover!

Spiritstead - Official Trailer

YouTube video by Turbo Dog Games

www.youtube.com

1 6 25

Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam! @madheadbump.bsky.social · Aug 31

I hope I will find some time in the future for the world gen side project. Looking good! 🙂

1

Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam! @madheadbump.bsky.social · Aug 28

It looks great! Thx for the remainder, I have to do the same before jumping from playtest to demo phase :)

Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam! @madheadbump.bsky.social · Aug 25

omg this is awesome!

1

Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam! @madheadbump.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thanks! A lot of work ahead, but I have to find some time to also play a few wishlisted games and demos, including Diecast haha

1

Reposted by Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam!

sofamire | making Diecast @indiecorgi.bsky.social · Aug 20

So excited for this game! Reaching 10,000 wishlists is such an awesome milestone. If you enjoy my game Diecast, go check it out!

And go give @countlessnights.bsky.social a follow if you haven’t!

#indiegame #indiedev #roguelike

Dice A Million - Thanks for 10k wishlists! (2025 Roadmap & Recap) - Steam News

First of all, I can't thank you guys enough for making Dice A Million reach the insane number of 10k (now 11k!) wishlists, it is absolutely mind-blowing to me. These past few weeks have been crazy! So...

store.steampowered.com

1 4 9

Piotrek - Wishlist Cropdeck 🌱 on Steam! @madheadbump.bsky.social · Aug 20

Ohh! Thank you for playing :D Glad you liked it!

1