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Marcel Weyers @marcelweyers.bsky.social · 1h

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GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 2h

Powerhoof's The Drifter took home Game of the Year at the Australian Game Developer Awards 2025, as well as Excellence in Art, Excellence in Narrative, and Excellence in Sound Design

www.gamesindustry.biz/the-drifter-...

The Drifter wins Game of the Year at Australian Game Developer Awards 2025

Massive Monster takes home Studio of the Year, Epic Games' Antony Reed receives Adam Lancman Award

www.gamesindustry.biz

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Foolish Mortals Point & Click Adventure Game @inklingwood.bsky.social · 19h

Our hand-drawn, full-length, fully voiced point & click adventure game Foolish Mortals releases November 5, 2025! 👻 www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0rN...

A wedding... vanished. A treasure... lost. A heart... broken.

Wishlist us now! store.steampowered.com/app/1848440/...

Foolish Mortals Release Date Trailer - November 5, 2025

YouTube video by Inklingwood Studios

www.youtube.com

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Marcel Weyers @marcelweyers.bsky.social · 19h

ARE YOU EXCITED?! Mark your calendars: November 5! 👻

youtu.be/S0rNB5ScVMk?...

Foolish Mortals Release Date Trailer - November 5, 2025

YouTube video by Inklingwood Studios

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Foolish Mortals Point & Click Adventure Game @inklingwood.bsky.social · 1d

Our release date and brand new trailer drops TOMORROW! 4pm Europe | 3pm UK | 10am US East | 7am US West www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0rN...

Foolish Mortals Release Date Trailer

YouTube video by Inklingwood Studios

www.youtube.com

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Marcel Weyers @marcelweyers.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve never played it in English! Maybe I should 😄

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Marcel Weyers @marcelweyers.bsky.social · 8d

Aww! Right back at you! 🥰

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Marcel Weyers @marcelweyers.bsky.social · 8d

Happy #InternationalTranslatorsDay! I feel lucky that I get to translate video games for a living, and I hope I get to keep doing it for many years to come. 💕🎮

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Marcel Weyers @marcelweyers.bsky.social · 8d

Don’t miss this! 🚂

Adam Riches @supernorn.bsky.social · 9d

🍁The Autumn Sale is here, and Loco Motive is 20% off throughout the event. This means you can grab our award winning adventure on Steam for under $15!

➡️ s.team/a/1709880

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Arctic Awakening - OUT NOW! @goldfirestudios.com · 20d

❄️Arctic Awakening is OUT NOW!❄️

We started this journey 5+ years ago, and now it's your turn to complete the tale as you explore the Arctic wilderness with only a therapy bot by your side!

PC, Mac, Xbox X|S and PS5 (links in reply). Sharing helps us survive the cold! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

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Marcel Weyers @marcelweyers.bsky.social · 27d

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Marcel Weyers @marcelweyers.bsky.social · 27d

The c̶a̶t̶ ghost is out of the bag! Ab auf die Wunschliste damit! 😁

Foolish Mortals Point & Click Adventure Game @inklingwood.bsky.social · 27d

Unsere deutsche Steam-Seite ist jetzt online! Wir freuen uns zu verkünden, dass Foolish Mortals zum Release eine vollständige deutsche Übersetzung vom Point-and-Click-Adventure-Veteranen @marcelweyers.bsky.social (Return to Monkey Island, The Drifter, Loco Motive und viele mehr) haben wird!

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Laura Cress @cressup.bsky.social · Sep 8

Ron Gilbert still loves adventure games - but says it's unlikely he'll make another traditional point'n'click like Monkey Island - though he DOES have ideas for a Thimbleweed Park prequel.

Here's our chat about his new game, the rogue-like RPG Death By Scrolling: youtu.be/YULGsutCIM0?...

Ron Gilbert on his new rogue-like RPG Death By Scrolling

YouTube video by Cressup

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Marcel Weyers @marcelweyers.bsky.social · Sep 4

“Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders” by @homonarransstudio.bsky.social is OUT NOW! Play this point-and-click adventure and discover the mysteries of Leipzig, Germany – not far from where I currently live! ☺️

It's on Steam and GOG now, featuring my English translation. 🕵️‍♂️

s.team/a/1841190

Save 10% on Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders on Steam

Play as a sharp-witted detective in late 19th-century Leipzig, Germany, in this retro pixel-art point & click adventure. Search for clues, question suspects, and piece together evidence on your de...

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Marcel Weyers @marcelweyers.bsky.social · Aug 28

Every time I open LinkedIn, I see a gamescom post from a colleague, and it makes me miss them so much! 🥹

Marcel Weyers @marcelweyers.bsky.social · Aug 25

What. Was. That?! 🤯

Thanks #gamescom2025 for a week full of joy, games, stories, and awesome people! Thank you to everyone for making little introverted me feel so accepted and welcome in this community! 🫶

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Ramón Wilhelm @ramonwilhelm.bsky.social · Aug 23

I was so lucky I could make it to the Adventure-Treff Party in Cologne yesterday! 🙌

It was such a great time! Too bad time flies by, I'd have loved to spend more time with every one of you.

Featuring @marcelweyers.bsky.social

Amazing photo by @bastigruenwald.bsky.social

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Marcel Weyers @marcelweyers.bsky.social · Aug 22

Such a cool lineup!

AdventureX @adventurex.bsky.social · Aug 22

Announcing our official games selection for #AdvX25! All of these games will be playable at the event, and the devs will be eager to tell you all about them! adventurexpo.org/exhibitors

(We may still have one last surprise down the line...)

Only 1/3 tickets left! Buy yours now at adventurexpo.org

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Marcel Weyers @marcelweyers.bsky.social · Aug 21

Make sure to stop by the @indiearenabooth.de and play “Neo Harbor Rescue Squad” by @benjaminrivers.bsky.social! 😊

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Marcel Weyers @marcelweyers.bsky.social · Aug 20

(And please don’t tell them, but I think indie games are hella cool! 🤫)

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Marcel Weyers @marcelweyers.bsky.social · Aug 20

This is for people telling me, “Marcel, why don’t you ever translate ‘cool’ games?!” (They mean AAA games.)

Have you played the Phantom Blade Zero demo at gamescom? 👀

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Marcel Weyers @marcelweyers.bsky.social · Aug 19

And while we’re at it: I’m thrilled to announce that I’m the German translator of this game, just revealed during Opening Night Live at gamescom! 🥰

Terrible Toybox @terribletoybox.com · Aug 19

As you just saw at #Gamescom, Ron Gilbert's next game has been officially announced! #indiegames #gaming

@microprose.bsky.social @grumpygamer.com

www.grumpygamer.com/deathbyscrol...

Death By Scrolling Announcement

Ron Gilbert's often incoherent and bitter ramblings about the Game Industry

www.grumpygamer.com

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Marcel Weyers @marcelweyers.bsky.social · Aug 19

They say you should never meet your heroes. But meeting Boris Schneider-Johne, the man behind the original German translations of the “Monkey Island” games, was nothing short of amazing! 🏴‍☠️

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Marcel Weyers @marcelweyers.bsky.social · Aug 18

Video game translator in the wild! I’ll be at devcom tomorrow and at gamescom starting from Wednesday! Say hi if you bump into me. 🎮

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Marcel Weyers @marcelweyers.bsky.social · Aug 18

Here we go! 🤓 @devcom.bsky.social

#ddc2025

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itch.io @itch.io · Jul 28

Wires and Whiskers 2025: Play as a lab mouse and a robot with magnetic abilities in a cooperative escape!
Attract and repel each other to overcome obstacles and enemies!

isart-digital.itch.io/wiresandwhis...

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