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Unpacking 📦 @unpackinggame.com · 9d

🍂🍁 Looking for a chance to cuddle up with a cozy game? It's the Autumn Sale, and Unpacking is 50% off 🍂🍁

store.steampowered.com/app/1135690/...

Autumn Sale - Sep 29-Oct 6th - Unpacking - 50% off

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Witch Beam Games @witchbeam.com.au · 16d

10 years ago we released Assault Android Cactus on Steam (Windows, OSX, Linux)

Made with a core team of 3, it was our first title as a studio, self published and we would go on to port it to multiple consoles.

#indiegame #indiegames
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bca...

Assault Android Cactus - Launch Trailer

YouTube video by Witch Beam

www.youtube.com

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Serenity Forge @serenityforge.com · 21d

Don’t miss your chance to grab more merch before our End of Summer sale is over.

Check out the whole Unpacking collection with special prices on:

👕 Soft & cozy tees
🐸 Premium plushies
🐤 Chick mystery boxes
📦 Keychains, posters & more!

store.serenityforge.com/collections/...

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Unpacking 📦 @unpackinggame.com · 26d

Dust off your organization skills, because Unpacking and A Little to the Left by @maxinfernogames.bsky.social are now available in a bundle together on Steam! 📦 🧩

If you haven't played A Little to the Left, we heartily recommend it—it's a real delight!

store.steampowered.com/bundle/58260...

The Unpacking and A Little to the Left key art together

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Unpacking 📦 @unpackinggame.com · Aug 22

Absolutely our pleasure!

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Unpacking 📦 @unpackinggame.com · Aug 22

This is a really wonderful book, and we're so honored to be included! 📦

Aaron Potter @aaronpotter.bsky.social · Aug 20

Well, this is it. After two-and-a-half years of work, conducting interviews, playing so many games, and then writing it all up into something legible.

50 Indie Games That Changed the World by me and @bitmapbooks.com is out NOW!

Order your copy here: t.co/MolyUy9L35

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Unpacking 📦 @unpackinggame.com · Aug 15

It's the Humble Games publisher sale, and Unpacking is 50% off as a result!

Pick up a copy here: store.steampowered.com/app/1135690/...

Humble Games Publisher Sale - Save up to 80% (Unpacking is 50% off)

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Unpacking 📦 @unpackinggame.com · Jul 31

The final level's kitchen. The very first room we worked on, and you can see that a significant change across multiple levels is that we opened up shelving quite a bit (so you can see your hard work)

An early sketch of the final kitchen in Unpacking

The final version of the final level kitchen in Unpacking. with items unpacked and more open shelves than the sketch

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Unpacking 📦 @unpackinggame.com · Jul 27

Delighted that Unpacking is Game of the Day in Korea #OnTheAppStore! We love how well it plays on mobile and tablet, so it’s a perfect time to check it out 📲

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Unpacking 📦 @unpackinggame.com · Jul 9

A little over 24 hours left to get Unpacking at 50% off during the Steam Summer Sale—and @witchbeam.com.au's other two games at deep discounts as well!

Pick them up here: store.steampowered.com/developer/wi...

Steam Summer Sale, ends July 10th at 10AM PT. Assault Android Cactus is 75% off, Unpacking is 50% off and Tempopo is 30% off

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Unpacking 📦 @unpackinggame.com · Jul 8

If you're headed to the V&A South Kensington this year, you can spot Unpacking in their new Design & Disability exhibition that just opened!

It runs through Feb 15 next year, so you'll have plenty of time to check it out—here's some photos of the game in situ

🔗 www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/...

Wide shot of the Design & Disability exhibit at the South Kensington V&A. On the far left side is a corner nook with Unpacking on a computer screen

A mid shot of a nook in an exhibit with Unpacking on a computer monitor

A close up of a computer showing the Unpacking main screen, a keyboard, headphones, and a plaque describing the game and its disability representation through items unpacked, including a hot water bottle, medication, wrist brace, cane and more

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Unpacking 📦 @unpackinggame.com · Jul 5

Yeah, in a way haha! Electronics have to be close to the wall for them to plug in (microwaves, PCs, etc)

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Unpacking 📦 @unpackinggame.com · Jul 5

We spotted this on Reddit, so now we're curious... what extra steps do you take to make sure a level is complete to your personal satisfaction?

A screenshot of the Unpacking subreddit of a picture of the bf's apartment and the caption says "I always unplug his clock so that he'll miss his alarm and get fired from his job"

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Unpacking 📦 @unpackinggame.com · Jul 1

A lovely close out to Pride, thank you @nikkijay.games for the kind words, and we’re glad to be in such great company!

Cute dates, bisexual chaos and game-changing kisses: video games’ best queer moments

From Fable and Life Is Strange to Last of Us, Thirsty Suitors and Unpacking, five queer game developers and writers pick their sweetest, realest, most meaningful scenes

www.theguardian.com

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Unpacking 📦 @unpackinggame.com · Jun 1

Happy Pride Month from everyone on the Unpacking team! 📦💗💜💙

The living room from the final house in Unpacking. Piggy and the partner's tiger sit next to each other, and photos of the two women are on the table.

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Unpacking 📦 @unpackinggame.com · May 29

Oh NEAT! 💜

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Unpacking 📦 @unpackinggame.com · May 29

It's time for the Cozy & Family-Friendly Games Celebration on Steam!

Head on over to pick up Unpacking for 50% off, and nab some of the other great games that are a part of @cozycelebration.bsky.social while you're at it: store.steampowered.com/sale/CozyFam...

Cozy & Family Friendly Games Celebration from May 29 to June 02. Unpacking key art

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Unpacking 📦 @unpackinggame.com · May 9

So delighted that Unpacking is Game of the Day #OnTheAppStore in Australia and New Zealand!

If you haven’t had a chance to check it out on mobile, we heartily recommend it 📦📲

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Unpacking 📦 @unpackinggame.com · Apr 17

We are so excited to share that our studio’s next game, @tempopogame.com, is available now on PC, Xbox & Nintendo Switch!

It’s an upbeat (slightly chaotic!) puzzle game where you direct sprites called Tempopo to collect musical flowers 🌷🎶

Check it out here: linktr.ee/witchbeam

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Unpacking 📦 @unpackinggame.com · Apr 15

Witch Beam's next game, @tempopogame.com, comes out on April 17th, and Angus has made some exquisite crossover art to celebrate!

Angus Coolan @anguscoolan.com · Apr 15

I've been working on @tempopogame.com's UI for the past year. It's been a pleasure working for Witch Beam again, and the whole time I've been keen to do some Unpacking crossover fanart. With the project wrapping up I finally had some time to do it! Check out Tempopo on the 17th! #pixelart #gamedev

A pixel art drawing of a floating isometric island with flowers and a Tempopo on it. It is in the style of the game Unpacking but depicts a level from Tempopo.

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Unpacking 📦 @unpackinggame.com · Mar 22

📦💖 (but also have you tried Dark Star mode yet? New album, put everything in the wrong place, and it’s a different way through the game!)

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Unpacking 📦 @unpackinggame.com · Mar 2

Unpacking is 50% off for the Women's Day Sale on Steam, alongside some incredible games! 📦

Check them all out here: store.steampowered.com/sale/womensd...

Women's Day Sale - 50% off to 9.99. Hosted on Steam. Feb 28 - Mar 9

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Unpacking 📦 @unpackinggame.com · Feb 24

We are so proud to announce that our next game, @tempopogame.com, is coming out on April 17th AND you can ✨ play the demo right now ✨ on Steam as part of Next Fest!

This has been a real labor of love for the team, and we hope you love it as much as we do.

Tempopo 🌷🎶 is OUT NOW @tempopogame.com · Feb 24

Tempopo is releasing on April 17th, and will be available on @gamepass.xbox.com on day one!

🌷 Solve puzzles by guiding your Tempopo to success
🎶 Rescue musical flowers to build a garden
✨ 60 levels with additional challenges beyond

AND the demo is now available on Steam to check out!

Tempopo | Release Date Announcement Trailer

YouTube video by Witch Beam

www.youtube.com

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Unpacking 📦 @unpackinggame.com · Feb 17

So our Creative Director sees her as bisexual, and you can read about our thought process in this Eurogamer piece www.eurogamer.net/the-creators..., but this is the kind of thing where interpretations / headcanons are valid too! If the player resonates with it in a certain way, that's what matters.

The creators of Unpacking on developing a "weird", queer, BAFTA-winning game

"Unreal. Absolutely unreal." That's how Wren Brier and Tim Dawson, the creators of Unpacking, described their double wi…

www.eurogamer.net

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Unpacking 📦 @unpackinggame.com · Feb 13

The game is complete - we have no plans for sequels or DLC! But we recommend playing Dark Star mode if you want a new way through the game, or checking out the new game we're working on, @tempopogame.com! 💜

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