๐งถ Play / Promote / Publish - three of the key challenges of indie developers these days. Usually the "Play" or game design aspects works out well but when we talk about promotion and publishing it looks like quite different and can be even more challenging. That is why we ... ๐งถ 1/x
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Super cool!
I can't believe I'm saying this but after 7 long years, I finally finished The Bells Arietta, my Zelda Fan Projectโจ
This project was a long bumpy road, but I'm glad I stuck with it until now!
Check out the trailer here!
youtube.com/watch?v=LR8j...
#bellsarietta #fanart #zelda #nintendo
Joni and I gave a talk about the narrative design in Duck Detective: The Secret Salami!
Thanks to the lovely @htwberlin.bsky.social people for having us!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaUM...
The Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant is offering $15,000 USD to traditionally under-supported game developers working on thinky puzzle games.
If this is you, we invite you to apply!
Deadline: September 28th
grants.draknek.org
We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 ๐
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 ๐
grants.draknek.org
We did it!!! Overwhelmingly positive with the new Duck Detective! ๐ญ
And 99% as well! Pretty wild!!
Heโs quack!! I mean, back!!
Duck Detective returns in a brand new no-murder mystery. Can he catch the ghost haunting this campsite and escape the shadows of his past?!
Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping is now on PC, PS5, Switch and Xbox ๐ฆ๐
We have a RELEASE DATE for the next Duck Detective game!!!
๐ฆ 22nd May ๐ฆ
Coming to PCโฆ PS5โฆ Nintendo Switchโฆ and Xbox!! Thatโs right, weโre coming to console too! See you there, detectives ๐๐
We just released Duck Detective: The Secret Salami on mobile!!
Now you can enjoy Eugene McQuacklin on the go :D
Space Sprouts has just launched!!! So proud to have been part of this amazing journey.๐
Please check it out, it's such a fantastic and unique game! ๐๐ฑ
Super ill with food poisoning, but I managed to write a new blog post about narrative design in Duck Detective: allthebees.de/duck-detecti...
Thanks for the heads-up! Will have a look into this :)
It's the best!
Huge news, we just released a demo for the new Duck Detective game, ahhh! ๐
Enjoy 30-40 mins waddling around the world of Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
Please let us know what you think!! ๐ฆ
good small games article getting passed around again always makes me happy, glad it's still resonating with folks โบ๏ธ farawaytimes.blogspot.com/2023/02/how-...
Ah thanks for the heads up, my skill at website stuff is limited but will see if I can fix it
I've started a blog! My first post contains data and thoughts about the Duck Detective sequel announcement:
allthebees.de/sequel-annou...
We forgot to include credits in the game when we made it! It was a simpler time ๐
Some more exciting news for me this week:
We've made Ord. free to play on Steam!!
It's been 5 years, and many more games since, but Ord. is still a really special experience we made in only 6 weeks, so give it a try, all it costs is your time ๐
He's back! Immensely proud of what are team is creating!
Our Duck Detective physical copies for Switch arrived!! ๐ฑ
How cute are these standees?!
Get your copy now while there's some left from Super Rare Games!