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Metaroot @metaroot.bsky.social · 1h

Ohh wow!! We're among the top 12 sellers on Steam in Brazil!! Thank you @celorde.bsky.social , it's all because of you!!! 🥳🥳

👀 Battlefield 6, here we come! 😅😂

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Andri Weidmann @andriweidmann.bsky.social · 22h

Okay, hundreds of players are discovering our programming game right now. 👀 But I have no idea where they're coming from! I can see lots of sales from Brazil in the backend, but I can't find the source of this hype.

If you know where this is coming from, I'd love to know! 😅

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Metaroot @metaroot.bsky.social · 1d

The giveaway winners have been drawn! 🥳
All three winners have been contacted via DM. Congrats and have fun with Forts & Airships: Conquer the Skies! 🚀
Thanks everyone for taking part and supporting our friends’ games 💛 @earthworkgames.bsky.social @zarkonnen.bsky.social

Metaroot @metaroot.bsky.social · 8d

🚀 Giveaway time! 🚀
We’re giving away 3x copies of BOTH Forts (@earthworkgames.bsky.social) & Airships: Conquer the Skies (@zarkonnen.bsky.social)🥳
To enter:
✅Follow us
🔁Repost this post

We’ll pick 3 winners. Each gets both games! 🎮

👉Check out the bundle here: store.steampowered.com/bundle/59685...

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Indies with Alie @indieswithalie.bsky.social · 4d

3.1 hours in a demo... a demo! And I finally finished it. I can't wait until the full release! Thanks again Old Cake Factory and Metaroot for the demo access to Goblin Sushi!

#indiegames #indiedevs #goblinsushi @oldcakefactory.bsky.social @andriweidmann.bsky.social

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Metaroot @metaroot.bsky.social · 5d

Start with just a few lines of Python code.
Step by step, your drone automates more of the farm 🌱🤖
Before you know it, your logic runs everything.

Is this how you imagined learning Python?

#Python #LearnToCode #CodingGame #ForYou #Gaming

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Metaroot @metaroot.bsky.social · 6d

Skip the boring tutorials ⏳
Here you use Python-like code to control a drone and make everything run by itself 🤖🌱
Learning programming has never looked this fun.

Do you think this is real coding or just a game?

#LearnToCode #Python #Coding #IndieGame

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Metaroot @metaroot.bsky.social · 8d

🚀 Giveaway time! 🚀
We’re giving away 3x copies of BOTH Forts (@earthworkgames.bsky.social) & Airships: Conquer the Skies (@zarkonnen.bsky.social)🥳
To enter:
✅Follow us
🔁Repost this post

We’ll pick 3 winners. Each gets both games! 🎮

👉Check out the bundle here: store.steampowered.com/bundle/59685...

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David Stark - Zarkonnen @zarkonnen.bsky.social · 9d

Bonescape is an exploration and trading game I've been working on: The discovery of a giant, verdant boneyard spurs on a flood of explorers, hunters, homesteaders, outlaws and merchants - and you.

🦴 zarkonnen.com/bonescape

Colorful mockup of a computer game showing a gigantic skeleton.

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Andri Weidmann @andriweidmann.bsky.social · 13d

If you're a content creator who enjoys coding, this one's for you! :)

Metaroot @metaroot.bsky.social · 29d

⚠️ CONTENT CREATORS ⚠️

Do you enjoy programming, or have you always wanted to try your hand at coding? Then The Farmer Was Replaced is the game for you!

Order your Steam key here to get early access to the full game:

Content Creators Sign Up for Pre-Access to The Farmer Was Replaced

Program and optimize a drone to automate a farm and watch it do the work for you. Collect resources to unlock better technology and become the most efficient farmer in the world. Improve your problem solving and coding skills. Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2060160/The_Farmer_Was_Replaced...

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David Stark - Zarkonnen @zarkonnen.bsky.social · 12d

I am very pleased to announce that the two premier side-view killing machine construction games on Steam have teamed up for a bundle!

Airships & Forts by @earthworkgames.bsky.social!

store.steampowered.com/bundle/59685...

Forts x Airships: Conquer the Skies on Steam

store.steampowered.com

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Metaroot @metaroot.bsky.social · 15d

Ever wanted to learn coding but didn’t know where to start?
In The Farmer Was Replaced you write real code to automate your farm 🌱🤖

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wildfremd @wildfremd.bsky.social · 18d

Was ist los mit dem Titel von diesem Spiel? 🤨 The Farmer Was Replaced klingt seltsam, ist aber eine geniale Simulation, in der ich Farmdrohnen mit einer Python-ähnlichen Sprache programmiere. 👇

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMxk...

#TheFarmerWasReplaced #Indiegame #Programmieren #Simulation #Gaming

The Farmer Was Replaced – Ich programmiere meine Farm mit Python! | Gameplay Deutsch

YouTube video by wildfremd

www.youtube.com

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Metaroot @metaroot.bsky.social · 21d

Program and optimize a drone to automate a farm and watch it do the work for you. Collect resources to unlock better technology and become the most efficient farmer in the world. Improve your problem solving and coding skills.

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Will “Available for Contracts” Smith @willsmith.fun · Apr 23

Somehow The Farmer was Replaced taught me how to write a Python-esque program that will play Snake indefinitely on an arbitrary sized-grid, optimizing for maximum length snakes.

I'm pleased with myself. This game is really cool. store.steampowered.com/app/2060160/...

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Andri Weidmann @andriweidmann.bsky.social · 22d

Quick game marketing dump.

Metaroot @metaroot.bsky.social · 22d

Game Marketing Tip #8: Not all Steam keys are the same!

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Metaroot @metaroot.bsky.social · 22d

Game Marketing Tip #8: Not all Steam keys are the same!

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GamesMarket @handle.invalid · 27d

Coming out of a successful Early Access phase, the programming game The Farmer was Replaced by Swiss dev Timon Herzog and Swiss publisher @metaroot.bsky.social launches on 10 October.
www.gamesmarket.global/en/games-and...

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Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social · 28d

Swiss game devs do have a bit of a farming simulation thing going on. Anyway here's one where you have to program and optimize a drone to farm crops, check it out 👇

Metaroot @metaroot.bsky.social · 29d

🥳 The Farmer Was Replaced is leaving Early Access!
We’re publishing the 1.0 full release on October 10 🌻

Check it out: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2060160

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Old Cake Factory @oldcakefactory.bsky.social · 28d

It's not been even two full weeks since the release of the Goblin Sushi demo on Steam and we got from only a few hundreds to over 10K wishlists! 😱

We're very happy and grateful that people enjoy playing the game🔥🍣

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Ge-O-Lantern 🎃 @bombosmedallion.bsky.social · 28d

Oh hell yeah

Metaroot @metaroot.bsky.social · 29d

🥳 The Farmer Was Replaced is leaving Early Access!
We’re publishing the 1.0 full release on October 10 🌻

Check it out: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2060160

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Andri Weidmann @andriweidmann.bsky.social · 28d

Excited to finally talk about our 5th game this year:
The Farmer Was Replaced! 🚁🌱

We discovered it by chance at our co-working space, then teamed up with Timon for the 1.0 release.

Check it out 👇
store.steampowered.com/app/2060160/...

Metaroot @metaroot.bsky.social · 29d

🥳 The Farmer Was Replaced is leaving Early Access!
We’re publishing the 1.0 full release on October 10 🌻

Check it out: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2060160

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Metaroot @metaroot.bsky.social · 29d

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Metaroot @metaroot.bsky.social · 29d

⚠️ CONTENT CREATORS ⚠️

Do you enjoy programming, or have you always wanted to try your hand at coding? Then The Farmer Was Replaced is the game for you!

Order your Steam key here to get early access to the full game:

Content Creators Sign Up for Pre-Access to The Farmer Was Replaced

Program and optimize a drone to automate a farm and watch it do the work for you. Collect resources to unlock better technology and become the most efficient farmer in the world. Improve your problem solving and coding skills. Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2060160/The_Farmer_Was_Replaced...

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Metaroot @metaroot.bsky.social · 29d

🥳 The Farmer Was Replaced is leaving Early Access!
We’re publishing the 1.0 full release on October 10 🌻

Check it out: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2060160

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David Stark - Zarkonnen @zarkonnen.bsky.social · Sep 9

A game I'm working on: Eldritch Sandwich, a mash-up of cooking, tower defense and factory automation: slaughter Lovecraftian monsters and turn them into meals for your customers.

🦑🥪 zarkonnen.com/eldritchsand...

Screenshot of a cooking game with customers on the left side of the screen, monsters coming in from the right and being killed by machines, and a kitchen in the center.

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