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Luke Spierewka @spierek.net · 10d

Also a personal highlight: catching NakamuraEmi live at Nuts Party which was an incredibly chill and open event

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Luke Spierewka @spierek.net · 10d

Other highlights: a good haul at Tower Records 🎶, co-working space at Tokyo Innovation Base 💻, I’m donut…? 🍩 and Harajuku at night 🌙

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Luke Spierewka @spierek.net · 10d

Some other #TGS25 notes:

Played Tanuki and it was more THPSy than expected 🛹

PVKK brought their custom controller and it looks _wild_ 🤖

Hyperfunk had a demo, which I wasn’t expecting 🛼

Checked out the Genki Covert Dock 3 and it works as advertised with Switch 2, so I ordered one 🍄

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Luke Spierewka @spierek.net · 10d

Returning from #TGS25 ✈️

Capcom is killing it lately, enjoyed all of the titles at their booth (RE9, Pragmata and Onimusha)

Critical Reflex had an IRL setup for Buckshot Roulette - the queue was too long for me but it looked very cool

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Luke Spierewka @spierek.net · 14d

This is the business only day lol, apparently Saturday and Sunday are worse

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Luke Spierewka @spierek.net · 14d

If you’re at the Tokyo Game Show, drop by the Polish booth at Hall 10 to chat and check out @afterburn.games titles :)

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Luke Spierewka @spierek.net · 14d

It’s been seven years, forgot how insane TGS queues are 💀

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Luke Spierewka @spierek.net · 14d

(This trip is a part of a local programme, “Kierunek Azja – umiędzynarodowienie działalności przedsiębiorstw z województwa łódzkiego poprzez udział w wydarzeniach targowych i ekspansję na rynki azjatyckie” organised by the local government)

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Luke Spierewka @spierek.net · 14d

Back in Japan for Tokyo Game Show - if you’re attending and want to chat about @afterburn.games or hang out, let me know :)

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Luke Spierewka @spierek.net · 17d

see you there :)

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Afterburn @afterburn.games · Sep 6

Our fans have created some really nice puzzles using the Railbound Level Editor!

We've picked a few we liked and created Steam Workshop collections to help others find them:

🥰 Beginner Friendly: buff.ly/1KbsY4L
🤔 Challenging Puzzles: buff.ly/na4v5dc
🤨 Collection of Curios: buff.ly/97AXdXl

Steam Workshop::[AB] Beginner Friendly

Steam Workshop: Railbound. Here's a collection of beginner-friendly Railbound puzzles we've enjoyed playing :)

steamcommunity.com

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Afterburn @afterburn.games · Sep 5

Railbound - the Workshop Update is live now on Steam!

🛠️ Create your own Railbound levels,
🛜 Share them on Steam Workshop,
🤔 Solve puzzles made by other players!

Read the patch notes here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/196...

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Saftladen Indie Games Collective 🍊 @saftladen.bsky.social · Aug 15

As we all know the game industry is going through very turbulent times, unfortunately this has also affected several members of our collective. The silver lining is that one of the largest rooms in our coworking space in Berlin will be available from September 1st.

More info in thread...

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Alan Hazelden / Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · Aug 14

Hop onboard the Spooky Express! 🎃
Our next game will be launching October 21st 2025 on:

Steam
Android
iOS

All the passengers are dying to ride the Spooky Express! They may be monsters, but they still have places to be and people to eat – er, we mean meet!

Wishlist and pre-order
spooky.express

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Alan Hazelden / Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · Aug 13

We (Draknek & Friends - A Monster's Expedition, Cosmic Express, etc.) are looking for a Godot consultant to help us investigate and fix some issues with long load times for scenes on mobile.
If you're interested, email [email protected] with your experience and rates.
#godot #madewithgodot

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · Aug 8

Sad news today. Bithell Games, having been unable to secure a new larger scale project, is reducing in size. This means that eleven jobs are being made redundant. This constitutes the majority of our full-time staff.

It became clear leading up to the release of our most recent game that we were not immune to the challenges faced by many game development teams seeking funding partners in 2024 and 2025. We’ve fortunately been able to communicate these challenges ahead of time, and work with affected staff to ease departures as much as possible via severance packages.

It’s important to state that this was an incredible team of exceptionally talented people. If you’re a developer reading this, and you’re hiring; anyone among those affected would be a great addition to your studio, please reach out if we can help to put you in touch.

This news will not impact the availability of our existing self published games and ongoing support for them. We are incredibly grateful for our audience, and hope that your interest in our work follows individual team members as they head into other roles.

Bithell Games was always defined and elevated by our people. Today we
are less.

- Mike Bithell

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Alan Hazelden / Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · Aug 8

We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 🎉

The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans.

Deadline: September 28th
More info 👇
grants.draknek.org

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Luke Spierewka @spierek.net · Aug 2

👌👌👌

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Luke Spierewka @spierek.net · Jul 31

Recipe below; skipped the mandarin pancakes due to time constraints (replaced with tortilla wraps), but the sauce is a must:

www.seriouseats.com/peking-duck-...

Peking Duck with Mandarin Pancakes and Plum Sauce

How to make the duck itself, as well as the pancakes, and your own homemade plum sauce.

www.seriouseats.com

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Luke Spierewka @spierek.net · Jul 31

Peking duck wraps with plum sauce 🦆

First time roasting a whole duck using the beer can method, worked out better than expected

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Luke Spierewka @spierek.net · Jul 27

Congrats! 🙌

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itch.io @itch.io · Jul 11

Pup Champs: Lead a team of puppy soccer players and score goals in this cozy tactical puzzle game!

afterburn.itch.io/pup-champs by
@afterburngames.bsky.social

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Luke Spierewka @spierek.net · Jun 30

too relatable

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Afterburn @afterburn.games · Jun 26

The Steam Summer Sale is live now! 🚒

We've discounted all of our games, including Pup Champs - which was just updated - for some hot deals: store.steampowered.com

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Luke Spierewka @spierek.net · Jun 25

Wow great job NYC 👏

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