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photo of a Calicorn plushie (a fuzzy yak-like creature with big horns and red eyes) sitting in fern leaves, in front of a red brick wall

GOOD NEWS: Our MakeShip campaign for these adorable Calicorn plushies has been extended by another two weeks 💪

www.makeship.com/products/cal...

Calicorn Plushie 🫨

Folks, our Makeship campaign for Calicorn plushies is SO CLOSE to being fully funded 🥹🙏💖

Screenshot of the Steam store that shows Herdling being 30% off and FAR: Changing Tides being 70% off

Herdling is on sale btw if you've been waiting 👀

Promotional graphic in violet and orange, it says "The Indie Game Awards - 2025 Nominee - indiegameawards.gg". The Herdling key art is embedded to the right

Did you hear, we're up for the "Best Music" award in the Indie Game Awards 👀On indiegameawards.gg you can also find the "Community Picks" form, in case you want to suggest Herdling for an additional category 🥰

SO. We heard that some of y'all want to snuggle a Calicorn irl 👀

Fluffy brown Calicorn plush with red eyes against a mountain background. Text: Herdling Calicorn Plush, A steadfast alpine friend, now yours to hug and hold.

🦬 Yes, you can pet the Calicorn! The beloved beast from the game Herdling is now available for preorder as a supremely fuzzy plush:

🧸 makeship.com/products/he...

photo of eight felted calicorns of various shapes and colors

photo of a felted calicorn with orange fur and long brown horns

photo of a grey-brown felted calicorn

Our friends at @panic.com had a felting class and made these absolutely adorable Calicorns 😭💖

screenshot of Herdling, showing Via and three calicorns leave a desolate city

screenshot of Herdling, showing Via and her herd in front of an odd twisted door in a rock

screenshot of Herdling, showing the herd traversing a snowy plateau. rock steles rise in the background

screenshot of Herdling, showing the herd from further away as they cross a shallow river in a birch forest, rays of sunlight illuminating them

We hear it's #pitchyagame time, so let us introduce HERDLING:

🦬 Travel with a herd of weird creatures
🏔️ Journey to the mountains
🍂 Leave society behind
🌳 This is a game you play for the ✨vibes ✨

Also it has ~94% positive reviews and was just nominated for several awards so go for it?

image that says "nominee best 3D visual", then lists Herdling, Panic, Okomotive. Banner at the top says 17th Unity Awards, and a footer line says "learn more at unity.com/awards". To the right is the Herdling key art

Herdling has been nominated for a Unity Award in the "Best 3D Visual" category 😍
Please consider voting for us on unity.com/awards !

Image frame: The 43th annual Golden Joystick Awards. VOTE NOW. Goldenjoysticks.com. Beneath the frame is a Herdling screenshot showing Via and the herd travelling over a mountain plateau

The public voting for the Golden Joysticks is open until October 31st! Take a look and consider Herdling as your pick for the Best Indie Game category 🥰

screenshot from the DEP website, showing the Best Indie Game category featuring Henry Halfhead, Herdling and Tiny Bookshop

We're nominated for the Deutscher Entwicklerpreis (German Developer Awards) in the categories Best Indie Game, Best Game Design and Best Audio Design 😱😍

deutscherentwicklerpreis.de/nominierte-g...

HAZE - Volumetric Fog & Lighting for URP | Fullscreen & Camera Effects | Unity Asset Store Add depth to your project with HAZE - Volumetric Fog & Lighting for URP asset from Harry Alisavakis. Find this & more VFX options on the Unity Asset Store.

🌫HAZE🌫 is now OUT on the Unity Asset Store!

🎉And it's already 10% off 🎉

It's really easy and fun to use and you can make some really nice atmospheric foggy environments with it!

Heck, I ended up making a bunch of demo scenes for it cause I couldn't stop playing with it 😅

👇👇👇👇GET IT HERE👇👇👇👇

just imagine a world without microsoft excel. make it happen at herdling.game

Image frame: The 43th annual Golden Joystick Awards. VOTE NOW. Goldenjoysticks.com. Beneath the frame is the Herdling key art showing Via and the herd.

Herdling has been nominated as "Best Indie Game" in the Golden Joystick awards 😱
The winners are determined by public vote. Will you leave a vote for us? 😍🙏

Far mentioned :O
(sounds like a cool book :)

Herdling is $19.99 on US eShop buff.ly/Ms336mg
Steam buff.ly/mhJrA8x

also on Game Pass Ultimate

Another glimpse behind the scenes of our game's soundtrack, composed by the wonderful Joel Schoch 😍

YouTube video by Panic Herdling: Shepherding a Vision

Watch the Premiere of the Herdling Documentary that our lovely friends at @panic.com made now 😍😍😍

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hLH...

TOMORROW @ 6am PT/9am ET/3pm CET

Journey behind the scenes of Herdling with the @okomotive.ch team! From concept to design (and re-design!), explore the process of creating the game’s art, sound, incredible score, and more. (SPOILER: the “more” includes alpacas!)

📺 youtu.be/4hLHeVp_G-Q

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👁️Henry Halfhead👁️
OUT NOW
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🍎 Play as 250+ everyday objects
💌 Experience a wholesome life story
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Join a friend in the local co-op mode!

Get it on Steam, EGS, PS5 and Switch!

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Screenshot from Herdling, showing Via in the middle of her herd: the Calicorn's fur is glowing yellow as they come together to open a gate in the rocks

Herdling has over 400 reviews on Steam now, 95% of which are positive 💖💖💖
Tag someone who should give it a try 👇

screenshot from our game Herdling, showing Via and her herd nearing a structure of tall rocks on a field of snow.

Have you reached the Summit yet?

Herdling is available now on PC and all major consoles, enjoying an overwhelmingly positive critical reception from press and players alike 💖

YouTube thumbnail. A screenshot from Herdling with the words "Into the Wild" on top of it.

The first video is out right now! It covers @okomotive.ch's new game, Herdling and how it resonated with my growing desire to leave everything behind 😌

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x-G...

Herdling is a serene and adorable way to unwind The game’s fuzzy Calicorns are adorable friends.

Herdling is a serene and adorable way to unwind

Herdling has 95% positive reviews on Steam and we've been getting lovely reactions from lots of people who played through it. This is your sign to pick up the alpine expedition fuzzy cow journey game if you haven't already 💖

screenshot of the Firewatch + Herdling Bundle on Steam

Did you see that there's a Panic Publisher sale going on at the moment? A GREAT time to get our new game Herdling along the widely beloved Firewatch 🥰🥰🥰

This captures the character of the bird really well 🦉

Screenshot of the Jusant + Herdling "Ascent" Bundle on Steam

What's better than a meditative, atmospheric game about ascending a mountain? That's right TWO meditative, atmospheric games about ascending a mountain! We've partnered up with the lovely people at DON'T NOD to offer a Herdling + Jusant bundle, check it out 🥰