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Michael Frei 🪰

@michaelfrei.io

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Makes games and animated films with his finger https://michaelfrei.io Made a video game called Time Flies https://timeflies.buzz

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Michael Frei 🪰 @michaelfrei.io · Jul 31

Time Flies has landed!

Now available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Mac/PC.

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Michael Frei 🪰 @michaelfrei.io · 1d

NEW @playables.net GAME ALERT! 🚨 Play with data! It’s unexpectedly sexy.

Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 1d

Need a new job? Pocket Boss is OUT NOW!

pocketboss.ch 📊 💬

A delightfully odd fusion of work and play. Now available on iOS, Android, Steam and itch.io.

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 4d

Uh oh. Pocket Boss will be out THIS WEDNESDAY (October 8)!
pocketboss.ch

Really looking forward to share this with the world. Finally I've done something to please the shareholders.

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 21d

Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.

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Michael Frei 🪰 @michaelfrei.io · 10d

Our Life Sim "Time Flies" is now 20% cheaper. Buy it and experience the autumn of your life!
store.steampowered.com/app/2000120/...

Save 20% on Time Flies on Steam

Time Flies is a little adventure about our limited time in this world.

store.steampowered.com

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Michael Frei 🪰 @michaelfrei.io · 10d

Many flies died at Tokyo Game Show last week.

Thanks for all the help and support. 🖤

A total of 632 flies lived a short life at Tokyo Game Show 2025 over 4 day period. The pile of dead flies grew a little bigger with each day, as more and more people came to play and ultimately die as a fly.

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Michael Frei 🪰 @michaelfrei.io · 17d

You can’t have a physical copy of @timeflies.buzz because there is only one. 🥺

Front of a Time Flies game case depicting the title, a fly, surrounded by some clockwork and an M rating in the lower left corner.

Backside of the game case with different screenshots of the game.

Michael Frei 🪰 @michaelfrei.io · 18d

Exhibiting @timeflies.buzz at Tokyo Game Show this week!

Hall 10
2F
Booth E-35

Come say hi and I‘ll offer you a business card.

Extremely overloaded and practically unreadable map of the Tokyo Game Show floors with a fly placed where our booth will be located.

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Michael Frei 🪰 @michaelfrei.io · 19d

Oh nice! Hope to see you there!

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 20d

Need a more satisfying job? Pocket Boss is coming October 8!
pocketboss.ch

Preorder/wishlist now:
Steam: pocketboss.ch/get/steam
iOS: pocketboss.ch/get/ios
Android: pocketboss.ch/get/googleplay

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Henry Halfhead - OUT NOW! @lululu.games · 23d

👁️Henry Halfhead👁️
OUT NOW
👃

🍎 Play as 250+ everyday objects
💌 Experience a wholesome life story
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Join a friend in the local co-op mode!

Get it on Steam, EGS, PS5 and Switch!

Tell your friends, family and help us share this post!

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Jon @jonhargreaves.bsky.social · 28d

Last night, my GF and I played through @panic.com's Time Flies for our date night and we loved it!

I'm not much of a gamer, but this experience got me excited. The details, puzzles, music, and humor throughout the game are just so well done. Give it a go if you're looking for a fun puzzle game.

Time Flies – A game about our limited time in this world.

Available now for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Steam, Epic Games Store, and Mac App Store. A game by Michael Frei and Raphaël Munoz, produced by Playables.

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Michael Frei 🪰 @michaelfrei.io · Sep 5

Michael Frei 🪰 @michaelfrei.io · Sep 1

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Pictoplasma @pictoplasma.bsky.social · Sep 1

New on PictoTV: Michael Frei, creator of the freshly released game “Time Flies” (recommended!), talks us through his main protagonist’s character origin story — and how one annoyingly dead pixel ruined his plans for peaceful lockdown entertainment.

📺 tv.pictoplasma.com

Michael Frei 🪰 @michaelfrei.io · Aug 26

Thanks for the beautifully written review! 🤍@veerenderjubbal.bsky.social

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Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social · Aug 25

This is a very tight, smart and novel dialog-less story about flies that let's you set the difficulty level based on the life expectancy of your country. I had a blast in the few hours it took me to roll credits. They 100% nail the game feel of being a fly, it's very neat.

Time Flies ⏳🪰🎮 @timeflies.buzz · Aug 23

I am so available. But nobody gets me!

store.steampowered.com/app/2000120/...

Time Flies on Steam

Time Flies is a little adventure about our limited time in this world.

store.steampowered.com

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Mikhail @va11halla.bsky.social · Aug 23

Buy Time Flies. I liked it enough to get an actual fly into my glass for the review photo.

Time Flies on Switch and Switch 2 next to a black coffee and a wine glass with water and a fly inside. Read my review: https://www.nintendo-insider.com/time-flies-review/

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No Small Games @nosmallgames.bsky.social · Aug 24

"At times I felt the thrill of completing my bucket list with .5 seconds to spare, and other times I was laughing out loud, shedding a tear, or experimenting with death."

Check out @katerblossom.bsky.social's review of @timeflies.buzz -
nosmallgames.com/2025/08/time...

Promotional graphic announcing a new article on the No Small Games website, with the title "Time Flies Review." The graphic shows a laptop with a screenshot of the review on the No Small Games website, with key art from the game, showing pixel art flies buzzing around a few threads.

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Michael Frei 🪰 @michaelfrei.io · Aug 23

Flies are annoying but also miserable.

Time Flies ⏳🪰🎮 @timeflies.buzz · Aug 23

I am so available. But nobody gets me!

store.steampowered.com/app/2000120/...

Time Flies on Steam

Time Flies is a little adventure about our limited time in this world.

store.steampowered.com

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Michael Frei 🪰 @michaelfrei.io · Aug 20

All the games I drew with my laptop's touchpad are now available in one bundle! (-10%) ❤️‍🩹

store.steampowered.com/bundle/58353...

Time Flies + Kids + Plug & Play on Steam

store.steampowered.com

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Molleindustria - Wishlist FUTURE? NO THANKS! @molleindustria.org · Aug 19

I loved Time Flies, the existentialist fly simulator by Playables (KIDS, Plug & Play).

3h - $14 - all platforms
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Michael Frei 🪰 @michaelfrei.io · Aug 19

Thanks! Means a lot! 🤍

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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · Aug 14

Time Flies is a perfect 2-3 hour morsel of a game. Do yourself a favor and free up an evening to play it!
store.steampowered.com/app/2000120/...

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Lewis Gordon @lewisgordon.bsky.social · Aug 6

Fun, smart, depressing piece about a fun, smart, depressing game in @stephentotilo.bsky.social's Game File.

"The Palestinian number in Time Flies is likely one of the least accurate life expectancy stats in the game."

www.gamefile.news/p/time-flies...

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Michael Frei 🪰 @michaelfrei.io · Aug 5

Just noticed: I have had problems with FLIES 🪰 in my work for the past 12 years. Here is a trailer I made for Lago Film Fest in 2013.

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Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · Aug 2

Time Flies, a silly game about being a fly, nearly made me cry. It’s really good: www.theverge.com/games-review...

Time Flies is a short meditation on the meaning of life

Even a little fly can have a big impact.

www.theverge.com

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