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Posts by Joni Lev

๐Ÿงถ 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 ... ๐Ÿงถ 1/x

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3 months ago 9 5 1 1

Super cool!

4 months ago 1 0 0 0
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I can't believe I'm saying this but after 7 long years, I finally finished The Bells Arietta, my Zelda Fan Projectโœจ

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

4 months ago 19 5 3 0
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami talk - narrative design behind-the-scenes (!!SPOILERS!!)
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami talk - narrative design behind-the-scenes (!!SPOILERS!!) YouTube video by Happy Broccoli Games

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...

4 months ago 20 7 0 1
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Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant The Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant is a grant opportunity for game developers from traditionally underrepresented groups and backgrounds who are interested in designing and developing puzzle games.

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

7 months ago 59 41 0 1
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We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 ๐ŸŽ‰

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 ๐Ÿ‘‡
grants.draknek.org

8 months ago 315 279 2 12
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We did it!!! Overwhelmingly positive with the new Duck Detective! ๐Ÿ˜ญ
And 99% as well! Pretty wild!!

10 months ago 115 18 1 0
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Heโ€™s 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 ๐Ÿฆ†๐Ÿ”Ž

11 months ago 170 53 10 21
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We have a RELEASE DATE for the next Duck Detective game!!!

๐Ÿฆ† 22nd May ๐Ÿฆ†

Coming to PCโ€ฆ PS5โ€ฆ Nintendo Switchโ€ฆ and Xbox!! Thatโ€™s right, weโ€™re coming to console too! See you there, detectives ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ”Ž

11 months ago 212 81 5 22
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We just released Duck Detective: The Secret Salami on mobile!!
Now you can enjoy Eugene McQuacklin on the go :D

1 year ago 148 40 3 4
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Space Sprouts has just launched!!! So proud to have been part of this amazing journey.๐Ÿ’—

Please check it out, it's such a fantastic and unique game! ๐Ÿ’œ๐ŸŒฑ

1 year ago 18 4 2 0
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Duck Detective Narrative Design Dissection I wanted to collect my thoughts on the narrative style at Happy Broccoli Games. Itโ€™s something that has been fomenting for the last few years, but never put ...

Super ill with food poisoning, but I managed to write a new blog post about narrative design in Duck Detective: allthebees.de/duck-detecti...

1 year ago 4 0 0 0

Thanks for the heads-up! Will have a look into this :)

1 year ago 1 0 1 0

It's the best!

1 year ago 1 0 0 0
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Huge news, we just released a demo for the new Duck Detective game, ahhh! ๐Ÿž

Enjoy 30-40 mins waddling around the world of Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping

Please let us know what you think!! ๐Ÿฆ†

1 year ago 137 44 1 11
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How To Make Good Small Games Polly the Frog by ...

good small games article getting passed around again always makes me happy, glad it's still resonating with folks โ˜บ๏ธ farawaytimes.blogspot.com/2023/02/how-...

1 year ago 68 26 4 4
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Sequel Announcement Learnings It's been only 4 days since we announced a and I want to share some data and thoughts Our announcement strategy mirrored exactly to last year's plan with...

Website broke already lol
Alternative link: allthebees.bearblog.dev/sequel-annou...

1 year ago 0 0 0 0

Ah thanks for the heads up, my skill at website stuff is limited but will see if I can fix it

1 year ago 1 0 0 0
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Sequel Announcement Learnings It's been only 5 days since we announced a and I want to share some data and thoughts Our announcement strategy mirrored exactly to last year's plan with...

I've started a blog! My first post contains data and thoughts about the Duck Detective sequel announcement:
allthebees.de/sequel-annou...

1 year ago 15 5 2 1

We forgot to include credits in the game when we made it! It was a simpler time ๐Ÿ˜†

1 year ago 1 0 1 0
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Ord. on Steam Ord. tells stories three words at a time.

Check it out here:
store.steampowered.com/app/1079000/...

1 year ago 0 0 0 0

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 ๐Ÿ˜„

1 year ago 3 1 2 0

He's back! Immensely proud of what are team is creating!

1 year ago 8 0 1 0
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Our Duck Detective physical copies for Switch arrived!! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ
How cute are these standees?!
Get your copy now while there's some left from Super Rare Games!

1 year ago 24 6 2 2