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Mike Pettry 👾🎹
@mikepettry.bsky.social
Composer • Orchestrator • Bit Parade podcast co-host • Game music • Broadway musician (A Strange Loop, Parade) • John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch • Documentary Now! (Co-op)• he/him
I haven't posted an update for while, but I'm actually very close to the finish line of my musical murder mystery game Murder at the Birch Tree Theater! I just finished plugging in all the clues into the final level, which is more than twice the size of any previous level.
November 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Loving this new Switch 2 game, The Waiting Game
June 5, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Back at it! My musical theater murder mystery video game Murder at the Birch Tree Theater will be released this year 😄

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Wishlist on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/2864590/...
March 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
March 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Happy to report this skeet made it all the way to TikTok 👏
January 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Why does my calendar have to have these terrible smudges now 😣
December 3, 2024 at 9:30 PM
First day of Redwood rehearsals! Previews start at the Nederlander January 24th 🌲🌲🌲 #broadway
December 2, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Very exciting to see my game featured in multiple categories for Steam Next Fest!
#steam #nextfest #steamnextfest #indiegame #indiedev #indiegamedev #procreate
October 18, 2024 at 7:27 PM
one of the things they don't tell you about #gamedev is that you get to make funny little guys
January 12, 2024 at 10:59 PM
sick burn tbh
December 12, 2023 at 5:22 PM
I've just about wrapped up the second level for Murder at the Birch Tree Theater! More puzzles! More clues! And more sweet cartoon animals meeting untimely ends, unfortunately 😰

#indiedev #gamedev #godot
December 2, 2023 at 12:17 AM
Happy #screenshotsaturday -- here are some stills from my early-in-development murder mystery musical theater puzzle game, Murder at the Birch Tree Theater. Inspired by games like Obra Dinn and Golden Idol, built in Godot.
November 11, 2023 at 5:24 PM
just out here making fake musical posters for my video game
November 8, 2023 at 1:33 AM
not the most important step in game design, but i just made a masthead for my game company
November 7, 2023 at 1:17 AM
I put these labels on my midi controller in 2020 not realizing that within 2 years they would both be gen z slang
November 4, 2023 at 5:56 PM
The structure and gameplay are heavily inspired by The Case of the Golden Idol, a game from last year I adored and thought "I wish there were more games like this."
November 3, 2023 at 9:32 PM
Each level will take place during a different fictional production at the theater, and will the music will be inspired by that. The story takes place over the course of about 20 years. Each "level" is a self-contained puzzle, but it all adds up to a larger story.
November 3, 2023 at 9:32 PM
I taught myself how to use Godot to make it, and I also made the artwork myself in Procreate. The music and sound effects are placeholders for now, but obviously I will be writing all the music for the game 😂
November 3, 2023 at 9:31 PM
For a while it was skeletal code and placeholder art, but now I have it in a playable state! You can play to the end of the first level without any bugs or issues. So far I've mapped out the entire story, and have designed and programmed the first level.
November 3, 2023 at 9:31 PM
Wild announcement!

For the past few months I've been creating a murder mystery video game called "Murder at the Birch Tree Theater," which tells the sordid tale of a community theater and the people who vied for power in it.
November 3, 2023 at 9:30 PM
Streaming more Dark Souls in just a few minutes, join me!

www.twitch.tv/mikepettry
September 27, 2023 at 8:52 PM
Back on my DS (Dark Souls, that is). Come with me to Blighttown!

www.twitch.tv/mikepettry
September 22, 2023 at 9:28 PM
~ SOUL CRUSHED ~

Playing Dark Souls (first time playthru) in a few mins, come say hi

www.twitch.tv/mikepettry
September 18, 2023 at 11:00 PM
SOUL CRUSHED

Join me in 10 mins for my continuing saga of playing Dark Souls 💀

www.twitch.tv/mikepettry
September 13, 2023 at 6:19 PM
SOUL CRUSHED: Playing Dark Souls in 10 minutes. Saw a hydra last time and ran away. Today I'll try to get up in its face.

www.twitch.tv/mikepettry
September 11, 2023 at 6:50 PM