Alicia Fortier @batteringham.bsky.social (@spryfox.bsky.social), found herself in a loop of unintentionally playing battleship with her coworkers. In this clip from #GDC2025 learn what she means and watch the full session on GDC vault! #GDCrewind
https://gdcvault.com/
Camp Spirit is coming to Steam!! Super proud of this weird dead bear game; hope that players who loved the first game will find a familiar home and new players will be dreadfully delighted by our mixture of cozy fishing, emotional story telling, and institutional negligence.
“All those who are lost deserve kindness.” 🧡
Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit is coming to Steam later this year!
🚐 Discover a relaxing island oasis
🐻 Bond with a charming cast of characters
🎁 Exchange gifts with other players asynchronously
.. and more!
Available to wishlist now:
s.team/a/2021960
In case you've been like "wow justin sure is posting about Spirit Crossing a lot"- it's because the spinout from Netflix means we are indie once more, and not only that- but are now joining the ranks of employee-owned indie studios! A very big step.
oh yeah, the flying alpaca are called fluffalo
you uh. you throw cookies at their face to get them to land nearby so you and others can shear their gnarly butts for wool
BTW, Spirit Crossing is coming to Steam. The goal is to create a major Cozy MMO with a huge population of folks making friends in a safe and welcoming space.
I deeply believe we can make the world a better place.
If this interests you, please wishlist!
store.steampowered.com/app/2321960/...
A banner image showcases a colorful, pastel carnival environment with a big blue sky above and fireworks pouring downward from the center. "WHOLESOME SNACK 2025" is written in bubbly font. In the center stands a happy little square-shaped blue bear with big golden glasses and a professional outfit with a nametag. She's smiling with her eyes closed. A speech bubble to the left of her says "ahem... we have a BIG announcement!" The banner is referencing a showcase hosted by Wholesome Games.
🎉 Catch us next week in Wholesome Snack !! 🧁
Thanks to @wholesomegames.com for hosting. 🩷
Nibbit has been working tirelessly on all the details so that we can share some VERY exciting Spirit Crossing news!
Get notified when the event goes live. ↓
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYwG...
Happy World Kindness Day. 🧡
While working on Spirit Crossing, we often discuss how we can encourage both kindness and a sense of community.
Today, we're looking to our Alpha players to share their favorite moments of kindness found in-game!
Here are some of the things they had to say. 🧵
Spirit Crossing 14.5 is now live!
Introducing new:
🎩 Clothing
🪄 Decor
🖌️ Events
🐟 Co-op Activities
.. and much more!
Live now, full patch notes below ↓
spryfox.com/2025/10/29/spirit-crossing-patch-notes-for-version-14-5/
You can download + start playing the update today!
⛅ playspiritcrossing.com
Now that we're all home from GDC you should add me on Pokemon Go 🐌✨🍓
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One hour before our talk! It has laughs, it has bears, and only a little bit of body horror #gdc2025 #wearegdc
So excited to be able to share the next project I'm working on! A non-violent pro-social MMO;
Also you can sign up for Playtests
playspiritcrossing.com
What's the best way to share docs at a conference? I want to share PDF materials to folks with a QR code - do people still use dropbox?
Image for GDC talk Bear Hugs & Dev Tears: Building Stories in CGCS; talk at 1:30 PM March 20th Room 3004 West Hall. For the game Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit. Motto: All Who are lost deserve spreadsheets...i mean kindness
For GDC Folks; Next Thursday we'll be talking about the collaborative design/narrative process for Cozy Grove Camp Spirit; including links to real design docs!
Gcalendar: calendar.app.google/zY9MGJ8yvkJa...
#MeetMeAtGDC, #WeareGDC
@officialgdc.bsky.social
Really loved chatting with the ever excellent @rainysector.bsky.social for the Rise and Play podcast. Only went on one or two tangents 🙊
open.spotify.com/episode/4Lyr...
Super interesting video with lots of analysis, examples and expertise.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pepk...
Fun fact: I also have pockets under my arms, usually I store loose change or use them to bring eggs up to room temp.
I may have missed my calling making those weird toothbrushing mobile games but i dont want them to be gross, just satisfying.
Do I have any interest in a real-time horse chestnut peeling game that's in browser and all you have is a leg of a horse and every 2 weeks you can peel a chestnut off of it and say 'that's a good peel'
Anytime I see a cute animal video I just want to make a game about it.
Yesterday I went down a rabbit hole watching people tenderly assist their iguanas and geckos molting and I just want to give reptiles warm baths and peel the dead skin off their little spikes ok??
When you visit the neopian pound you get a 'Dr Death' achievement and that is just so very sassy
game designers!!! the day is here! Polaris 2024 reports are released: polarisgamedesign.com/reports/
and my group's is about how and when and why you might want to make your game's characters less obedient to the player's whims: polarisgamedesign.com/2024/enrichi...
If you need some cozy background music for your friday might I suggest this lovely Cozy Grove OST video with animated background. 🐛✨
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u07p...
I fixed my lactose intolerance by testing out what I learned from a cool research paper!
youtu.be/h90rEkbx95w
First day of 3 weeks off; I had so many plans! Made a tactical error by playing Infinity Nikki, I guess wearing dresses is fine too.
I thought all you edgy fashionable devs should know that one of the coolest canadian brands is doing a sale this weekend with free north american shipping.
After years of lurking im getting myself a lil treat
www.instagram.com/thiefandband...
A cute calico cat lying on a stair with a dramatic turkey leg pose
A little razzle dazzle for your feed.
Hii despite public speaking + an online presence Im a scared anxiety ball! People are scary and networking is terrifying
But it got better over the years and so I did a talk about managing those fears
Its okay to be a loner! And go to events alone!
You can do it!
tinyurl.com/2vef9zj4
My partner just cleaned and organised the fridge but also I spent all this time carving pumpkins and the internet says to fridge them.
Do you think he'll notice?
