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Things Too Ugly 💾
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Kevin, he/him 🤖
#GameDev 😱 Asst. Professor, Digital Media Arts
Things Too Ugly ⏰ #indiegame
Midwestern, psychological horror, corporate labor, science-fiction, 1986, story-rich, puzzle game
Play on Steam: https://tinyurl.com/ThingsTooUgly
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A countdown appears when I google my game Things Too Ugly. How exciting, and I'm so nervous! 8 days!!!!

😱 Coming to you:
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#puzzlegame #shortgame #nightshift #corporatelabor #psychologicalhorror #pointandclick #mystery #indiedevs
A screenshot of a Google search for the computer game Things Too Ugly. A countdown says 8 days 6 hours. There's a link to the Steam store, then quick facts. It's a game for all consoles, made by Professor Space Games, releases on January 16th, and was made in Unity. At the bottom, it's tagged with genre labels including adventure, indie, and simulation.
January 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Perfect birb. 10/10, S-rank, no notes, 5 stars. #mourningdove #birding
A perfect, plump, round mourning dove on concrete with a snowy lavender plant in the background.
January 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Things Too Ugly is on Steam and consoles January 16th, 2025. You're stuck working the night shift for a natural resources company. Your job is to examine records from past decades- you read, test new software, and move on. Right? #mystery #puzzle #psychologicalhorror #storyrich #indiedevs
January 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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I started making this on a holiday in late 2022. I didn't know if I would finish, or if anyone would play it, or if it was just an exercise. For #indiedevs, it's special to recognize when a project sparks and gains momentum. I hope players experience the care and spirit in which this was crafted.
A black and white polaroid of delicate, thin, white crystals on a flat silvery surface. Across the front of the photo, handwritten in Sharpie, are the words "January 16th, 2025, Things Too Ugly." A screenshot from the game, Things Too Ugly. It's an old, vintage, retro office space with wood paneling, and it's poorly lit. A chunky computer monitor with a bulky keyboard and intercom are centered in the frame. The monitor is black with white text that reads, "Terebro Laboratories." On the right, a UI element hovers in space next to the monitor so players can "log in" to the computer. It says, Veri-Fi Risk Assessment and Management Software. Please await your supervisors instructions. User Id, Passcode, and Shift Code are empty and waiting for the player to enter correct answers.
January 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Wishlist Things Too Ugly for January 16th launch! It's a short game with a timely narrative. It's wild to see it fully come to life after all this time, and I hope people enjoy it. 🤗 #newyearnewgames #pointandclick #gamedev #indiegame

Check it out on Steam:
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A dim screen with a retro computer monitor in the center. Text is blurred. A plant, handheld radio, coffee mug, and toy circle the monitor. Part of a calendar is visible at the bottom says 1986. Text reads: Thing Too Ugly. As a Terebro Inc. risk assessment and management data processor, you protect the company's legacy. Set against the Mississippi River in 1986, Things Too Ugly twists experimental narratives within a challenging puzzle game. Wielding retro technologies, nostalgic aesthetics, and environmental horror, Things Too Ugly deliveries a tense, interactive story. In your antiquated workspace, you navigate instruments and sift through documents illuminated by the incandescent bulb of a desk lamp and the moonlight. Static crackles through the tunes playing on a portable radio as you parse data. Unusual diagrams and photos draw you in as you cull eerie details and archived files.
January 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Things Too Ugly, set in 1986, features this chunky wood veneer keyboard with a hefty monitor and high-tech intercom. Unfortunately, corporate has set the intercom to work only one way- and your boss is calling. #beepbeepbeep #interfacehorror #corportatelabor #puzzlegame #gamedev #steamgame
A screenshot from Things Too Ugly shows a close up of a dated giant computer monitor that reads Terebro Laboratories. The computer has dated keyboard. A UI element hovers to the left to show how you log in to the computer with user id, passcode, and shift code. Veri-Fi risk assessment and management software, please wait for your supervisor's instructions.
January 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Things Too Ugly launches January 16th!!! 🖤⏰💾 #bubbasnotbuying #indiegame #pcgame #puzzlegame #corporatelabor #rurality #narrativegame
Screenshot of a comment on Nintendo Insider website from User "Bubba" reads "game looks dull as hell." Things Too Ugly title card image. A chunky computer monitor hovers over muddy water. Office supplies circles. Scattered photos, files, a radio, desk lamp, and spilled coffee float without gravity mid air.
December 31, 2024 at 3:11 PM
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Wishlist Things Too Ugly to experience the story day 1!!!! It's a short, #storyrich #puzzlegame exploring #corporatelabor, rurality, analog ephemera, and psychological horror.

Image: @gamespew.com list of games coming 2025!

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www.gamespew.com/2024/12/most...
Screenshot of Gamespew.com's list of games coming in 2025. January releases, Things Too Ugly. A photo from the gameplay of a dated office desk and computer. Article text reads: ps4, ps5, Xbox one, Xbox series x/s, and PC. January 16th, narrative puzzle. Set in the 80s, Things Too Ugly puts you in the role of a data processor at Terebro Inc. By sorting through archives of documents, photos, and recordings, you'll uncover the mysterious history of the company. Expect challenging puzzles, an intriguing narrative, and some scares.
December 27, 2024 at 10:19 PM
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Company policy prohibits disclosure of confidential information- internal documents, proprietary technology, and personal identification details. #ThingsTooUgly #encrypted #decode #corporatelabor #tablethis #wishlistonsteam #puzzlegame

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A dim screenshot of a desk calendar from April 1986 with little notes tucked under the sides. A big company logo in the corner of the calender reads Terebro Inc. In the foreground, a gray decoder wheel when with a circular arrow is set on the letter R.
December 16, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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Things Too Ugly is in a 1986 corporate office. You're stuck at your desk for the night shift- digging through files, listening to your boss, and passing the time. You must stay put, but the environment is loaded with history, stories, and meaning. #puzzlegame #indiedev #corporations #labor #rurality
A screenshot of a vintage office space. Wood panel with various maps, posters, cards pinned to the wall. A stack of files on the left, a coffee mug, and radio, lit by a small desk lamp. On the right, a heavy computer monitor screen reads, "Terebro Laboratories."
December 15, 2024 at 4:21 PM
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Something catchy. 😉 Midwestern wildlife moment.

#aquarium #fish #environment #rurality #grasscarp
A display grid from an aquarium of 16 panels featuring 14 pictures of types of fish. The sign says over 200 species of fish are found in Missouri. Buffalo, Channel Cat, Longnose Gar, Striped Seabass, Bluegill, Shovelnose Sturgeon, Walleye, Missouri Paddlefish, Grass Carp, Freshwater Drum, Crappie, Spotted Gar, Largemouth Bass, Bowfin A grass carp underwater amid a rocky background. Photo is faded and light green against the mauve color of the fish.
December 6, 2024 at 2:03 PM
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Things Too Ugly is coming out on January 16th, 2025, but my work isn't done! I'm still busy in this universe- more to come soon! 😉 🤐
Grainy, black and white image of a distorted and manipulated eyeball that looks like a galaxy in a vintage photograph. Handwritten white text reads, Professor Space Games. White pixel font on black background says Things Too Ugly.
November 29, 2024 at 6:45 PM
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It's real!!! 😭🤗 7 weeks from now, Things Too Ugly is all yours. January 16th, 2025. Please wishlist if this is your kind of game!

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#indiegames #steamgame #gamedev #consolegame #storyrich #puzzlegame
Screenshot from the Things Too Ugly Steam page. A glitchy computer screen from the gameplay. Text reads, "Planned release date, January 16th, 2025. This game unlocks in 7 weeks." Screenshot from the Things Too Ugly Steam page. Text reads, Things Too Ugly, Professor Space Games and Baltoror Game, January 16th, 2025. Clock in at Terebro Inc. for the night shift in 1986. Protect the company's legacy as Risk Assessment Data Processor. Equipped with era specific tech, navigate obscured narratives to shape the company's future.
November 28, 2024 at 4:02 PM
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💾 Things Too Ugly
⏰ PC & Consoles: January 16th, 2025

*Hey, are you awake in there?* Clock in for the night shift and solve puzzles as you dredge the company archives. Corporate power. Labor. Time. Environment. Rurality. Science fiction.

Wishlist link below.

#shortgames #indiegame #gamedev
November 28, 2024 at 1:59 AM
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*BIG* news coming...

#gamedev #indiegame #steamgame #consolegame #releasedate
A polaroid photo of an abstracted, distorted, and wiggly eyeball (zoomed in tight to the iris) in black and white with sharpie at the bottom that says, "Professor Space Games" on the bottom. A video game title card for, "Things Too Ugly" shows floating office supplies above dark, muddy water. A computer terminal is centered around polaroids, files, a radio, a desk lamp, a plant, a spilling coffee mug, etc.
November 28, 2024 at 1:29 AM
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Everyone, please stop what you're doing and go follow @pantspants.bsky.social if you value happiness even a little bit. If Gary Larson and I Think You Should Leave had a baby, I'd give it Pants World as its first book.

#cartoon #humor #artbook #comic #illustration
A photo of a small post card pinned to a corkboard with other paper notes. The post card features an ink drawing of a mustached man in glasses showing a drawn portrait to its subject. The subject is a duck. The man is saying, "It's you." The duck seems to be inspecting the drawing discerningly. There are previous crumpled drawings laying on the floor. This is a black and white drawing with what appears to be a subtle ink wash.
November 25, 2024 at 4:51 PM
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Views from the Mississippi River.
Sunset photo, tints of blue and orange across the sky. The sun is setting behind a bridge in the distance. The wide Mississippi River reflects the orange and blue. Scraggly plants and rocks line the banks in dark black silhouettes.
November 24, 2024 at 11:35 PM
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#ThingsTooUgly is a #corporatehorror indie puzzle game. You examine data for a natural resources company and verify information. 📈 🌙The night shift is demanding, but you work at your own pace, sifting through files and listening into your supervisor... #workywork #indiegames #gamedev #pixelart
A brown to beige gradient has 3 simple pixel art icons arranged in a grid. Top left is an eye. Top right is a microscope. Bottom left is a cloud. Each icon is represented as a chromatic manipulation with red, green, and blue appearing as a glitchy/blurry line instead of white. A bone colored background with the text "Things Too Ugly" at the top in hollow, black line style pixel font stretched out vertically. The text is doubled into a second row, but manipulated and wiggly until it becomes nearly illegible. It's glitchy and haunted, and has abnormalities.
November 24, 2024 at 1:23 AM
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This is the feather of a Least Bittern in #ThingsTooUgly. It's found on your desk inside the office. The Least Bittern bird is typically found along river banks and in marshes.

#3dmodel #leastbittern #birdwatching #indiegames #gamedev #art #environmentdesign
A photo of a Least Bittern bird. It's short, stocky, and has a long sharp beam. It's beige in color with rust and black accents along the wings and back. A 3D model of a bird feather, zoomed and cropped to show some of the texture. The feature is gray and worn at the edges and rusty and neat on the other side.
November 23, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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These bad boys. Cap'n Crunch Delights.
A photo of Taco Bell's Cap'n Crunch Delights desserts placed in front of a Taco Bell bag. The delights are spherical, red,and have a colorful, crumbly coating.
November 23, 2024 at 12:49 AM
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#ThingsTooUgly takes place during the night shift in 1986. You're being "retrained"...and it's time to test the new software! 😱 #workywork #corporatehorror #indiegamedev #comingsoon
Screenshot of a desk calendar from April 1986. It's zoomed in on a top corner showing a few days. The word "Legend!" is visible on the 18th. The 25th says, "test new software" and there's an arrow pointing to the 26th. A logo, "Things Too Ugly" is in the bottom right corner.
November 22, 2024 at 10:43 PM
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Justice for Bigfoot.

#illustration #monsters #art #books #bigfoot
Both Bigfoot and Yeti appear to be harmless to humans, although a sudden confrontation with either creature might cause it to lash out in alarm. The people of Bigfoot and Yeti habitats claim to have heard the creatures grunting and snuffling outside their tents during the long winter nights. But they never venture out in pursuit. Their superstitious fear of the creatures has given rise to such unjustified names as the Abominable Snowman, although conservationists are certain that Bigfoot and Yeti areerely the harmless survivors of an endangered species.
November 22, 2024 at 5:04 PM
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Me getting ready to play Skippity Rock!
Tritons: The mermen of the Mediterranean. They have some resemblance to mermen of other waters, but areucn less attractive in character and appearance. Apart from a fishlike tail, they also have scales on their torsos, sharp fish's teeth, and webbed fingers with long claws. Like mermen of the northern seas, they can change their tails to legs and walk upon the land.
November 22, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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Can I interest you in a #leviathan?
Leviathan: This word is often used as a synonym for the whale or even the crocodile, but the only authentic description of the Leviathan (in the book of Job) shows he is a totally different type of creature. He is a fire breathing sea monster, of such enormous size that the sea boils when he swims on the surface. He breathes smothe from his nostrils and flame from his mouth, which is rimmed with terrible teeth. His skin is like a double coat of mail, covered with overlapping scales as big as shields on his back.
November 22, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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One of these #books I got as a kid in 1999. One was delivered yesterday because I wrote a paper!

✨Both good!!!!!!✨

Are you in the mood for the socio-spatial economies of #DarkSouls #DeathStranding #SuperMarioWonder or #illustrations of a #manticore?

#research #academia #art #gamestudies
Two books on a wood surface. Book on the left: Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were by Michael Page and Robert Ingpen. Cover has several monsters. Right: Money, Games, Economies, University of Krems Press. A table of contents page from a book. Topics include: The Presence of Money in Games, Economic Experiences in Games, Dark Patterns in and Beyond Games. Kevin Mercer has an article titled, The socio-spatial economies of Dark Souls and Death Stranding and Super Mario. Bros wonder. This is a powerful manticore. It's orange and rusty fur is wild and frizzy. It's tail ends in a ball of spikes. It's jumping or leaping, and the snarled expression shows many sharp teeth.
November 22, 2024 at 4:25 PM