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Nick Lives 🤡

@slicknicklives.bsky.social

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Game Dev/Goof. Creative Director of @nightsignalentertainment.com. (Home Safety Hotline, Forbidden Solitaire, Night Signal + More) He/him/Bi

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Nick Lives 🤡 @slicknicklives.bsky.social · Feb 4

In case you missed it, we recently announced FORBIDDEN SOLITAIRE with @greyalien.bsky.social @bchezza.bsky.social !

💀 90's FMV-inspired dungeon hellscapes
🃏 Bloodletting solitaire gameplay
👁️ Purchase upgrades from the eye in the walls
💿 Uninstall the game before it's too late

➡️ shorturl.at/fR6i5

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Nick Lives 🤡 @slicknicklives.bsky.social · 13h

Kortney and I attended a costumed concert tonight and since she was going as Aurora, naturally I had to go as Maleficent! 🐦‍⬛

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Nick Lives 🤡 @slicknicklives.bsky.social · 1d

For my birthday my friends allowed me the honor to not only introduce them to the 2003 Ang Lee masterpiece HULK, but also were gracious enough to sit through my PowerPoint presentation on 2003’s Ang Lee’s HULK. It was a glorious day. 🎂💚

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 2d

If you are waiting for Forbidden Solitaire, how about trying out one of our other solitaire games.

- Regency Solitaire 1 & 2 have a nice story.
- Shadowhand and Ancient Enemy have a story and also solitaire combat and RPG-style stats.

store.steampowered.com/developer/Gr...

Steam Developer: Grey Alien Games

All games that Grey Alien Games has created or published.

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 3d

This is why videogames are important (and why casual games rock!)

comment on youtube: "This video got me into playing solitaire again. So many great memories! I remember my grandpa playing it a lot when I was younger, he passed away years ago but I still play it from time to time to feel closer to him"

me: "Love to hear that!"

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Nick Lives 🤡 @slicknicklives.bsky.social · 3d

Right? The resemblance is uncanny! Maybe I played this game in my dreams.

Nick Lives 🤡 @slicknicklives.bsky.social · 4d

One day I'll get good at this mailing list stuff. 😅

Nick Lives 🤡 @slicknicklives.bsky.social · 4d

Ah crap I just saw that. This is what I get for copying our text from Steam. Looks like the links are embedded with Steam stuff. My bad! I guess I could re-send it with working links but I don't want to risk triggering the spam filters again. 😬

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Nick Lives 🤡 @slicknicklives.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you! 🥳

Nick Lives 🤡 @slicknicklives.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks, Westin! 😁

Nick Lives 🤡 @slicknicklives.bsky.social · 4d

Mandatory wishlist plug!
store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...

Forbidden Solitaire on Steam

Forbidden Solitaire is a card-slashing horror game about unearthing the contents of a cryptic 1995 CD-ROM that should have never existed. From the creators of Ancient Enemy and Home Safety Hotline.

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Nick Lives 🤡 @slicknicklives.bsky.social · 4d

Not to toot my own horn but this might be one of my new favorite shots I've composed for Forbidden Solitaire. 🩸💔

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Nick Lives 🤡 @slicknicklives.bsky.social · 5d

New merch announcement! I've been wanting to do sticker sheets for AGES and I can't get over how gorgeous these look! @hmnprsn.org did an amazing job! 😍

Night Signal Entertainment @nightsignalentertainment.com · 5d

NEW HOME SAFETY HOTLINE MERCH! ☎️🍀

Attention employees! We now have new limited stock HSH STICKER SHEETS designed by the amazing @hmnprsn.org and a new JUNIOR SUPERVISOR t-shirt for those who have descended below the soil!

➡️ robaroba.gg/collections/...

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Nick Lives 🤡 @slicknicklives.bsky.social · 6d

Someone recently mentioned Forbidden Solitaire reminded them of a Sierra game called Shivers and - oh yeah I DEFINITELY need to play this. 😍

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 7d

I do voice and FMV acting (!) in a lead role (!!) on it!!

I was already really excited about @greyalien.bsky.social and @nightsignalentertainment.com collaborating to bring Forbidden Solitaire to life, so it was a real honor to join the process.

dejavuman22.bsky.social @dejavuman22.bsky.social · 7d

@writnelson.bsky.social So.....did you by chance have a cameo in a recent game called Forbidden Solitaire?

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 8d

Our most recent game, Shadowhand Solitaire, is a about an aristocrat turned highwaywoman in 1770! 40% off in the Steam sale, more if you already own both Regency Solitaire games.

store.steampowered.com/app/3199380/...

Save 40% on Shadowhand Solitaire on Steam

Ride with Lady Cornelia Darkmoor - aristocrat by day, highwaywoman by night. Play your cards right to untangle a web of corruption, smuggling and blackmail in this swashbuckling solitaire adventure. Y...

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Nick Lives 🤡 @slicknicklives.bsky.social · 7d

It’s now one of the series I most fondly look forward to! Every short is bursting with creativity, passion, and usually a fun monster design so I’m always happy as can be. 😁

“Rory” will forever stick with me though, an absolute all-timer.

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Night Signal Entertainment @nightsignalentertainment.com · 7d

Things are good here, brother. 🍂

The Autumn Sale has begun and all our horror titles are 30-75% off! Tell thy brother.

store.steampowered.com/developer/ni...

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Nick Lives 🤡 @slicknicklives.bsky.social · 8d

That’s great! Maybe we’ll finally get that Verified check mark now that I can test my fixes locally! 👀

Nick Lives 🤡 @slicknicklives.bsky.social · 8d

Lots of backlog stuff that I bought on sale vut never got around to playing since I don’t like being on my PC after work! Lots of indie roguelikes, games that never got console ports, and currently - my copy of Alan Wake that I bought back in 2017 or so! 😅

Nick Lives 🤡 @slicknicklives.bsky.social · 8d

It’s my birthday next week so I finally caved and got myself a Steam Deck! 🥳

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Nick Lives 🤡 @slicknicklives.bsky.social · 10d

Trying something new over in the NSE Discord! Come on over and chat with us about terrible horror movies each week.

I can promise the themes I pick will always be bad.

Night Signal Entertainment @nightsignalentertainment.com · 10d

Starting today we're hosting a new community event over in our Discord that's basically a book club for horror movies!

🩸SATURDAYS - A weekly THEME is announced
🩸SUNDAYS - Community votes on what to watch
🩸FRIDAYS - Weekly film discussion

Join our Discord: discord.gg/4PgHK5qAwg

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Trevor Henderson 🍉(commissions closed) @slimyswampghost.bsky.social · 10d

there are dozens of us who like this movie! dozens!!

Jayce @jayceb.bsky.social · 11d

One of the decade’s unsung best. Argue with a wall!

A journal entry saying “Lily + Herman ❤️❤️❤️”

The Munsters (2022), Rob Zombie

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Nick Lives 🤡 @slicknicklives.bsky.social · 11d

The recent Resident Evil remakes perfected this in my opinion - not only do they mark them when they’ve been used on all relevant locks, they encourage you to scrap it once it’s been marked! No ambiguity about whether you still need to hold it!

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Night Signal Entertainment @nightsignalentertainment.com · 11d

Did you know Forbidden Solitaire is the combined effort of TWO indie teams?

@greyalien.bsky.social & @bchezza.bsky.social are drawing from >20 years of experience designing award-winning card games, while we're crafting the art, music and narrative!

WISHLIST: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...

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Pudgykookaburra @pudgykookaburra.bsky.social · 12d

I am SO EXCITED to finally be able to delve into this!!! @valdevia.art

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