Lucinda Shale ⚡️

We had the pleasure of attending Dare Academy's Awards, coordinated by @abertayuni.bsky.social, last week ❤️

Huge congratulations to all the nominees and overall winners @riverboatgames.bsky.social - WHAT A NIGHT! 🎉

That moment you find out you've won DARE Academy...

Congratulations to our DARE Academy 2025 winners - Riverboat Games! 🏆

Their game Galactic Postal Servitude wowed the judges 💫👽

Read more 👇

abertay.ac.uk/N2Yx

#DAREAcademy #DAREAcademy2025 @riverboatgames.bsky.social

My team @riverboatgames.bsky.social is hosting a charity livestream for @specialeffect.org.uk on Thu 25 Sept at 18:00! We would love your feedback + support 🎮✨

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@abertayuni.bsky.social | #SpecialEffect #CharityStream #Accessibility #GameDevelopment #DAREAcademy2025 #AbertayUni

We're happy to announce that the #DARE2025 release of Galactic Postal Servitude is now available for free on itch! riverboatgames.itch.io/galactic-postal-servitude

Take a look at our new release trailer for a sneak-peak on what we’ve worked on at #DareAcademy 👀👽

#IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDev

Care for a cracker? ✨️

We always make sure our employees are provided with an adequate amount of nutrition. Keep up the good work and you might get some water too!

#IndieDev #GameDev #DAREAcademy #DARE2025

SOUND ON! 🔊

Sometimes game development is implementing a dialogue system, and sometimes it's creating a 0.1 second audio clip and looping it hundreds of times to test the dialogue sounds.

Boss Gleeble is a fun example of work spanning disciplines!

#DARE2025 #DAREacademy #IndieDev #SoundDesign

Take a first look at one of our new WIP mechanics, Fragile Tape!

We trust our employees to appropriately mark parcels that contain delicate items as fragile before sending.

... or mark their office as fragile too

#IndieDev #GameDev #DARE2025 #DAREAcademy

He even lovingly welcomes you to the galaxy's most successful postal company*!
What's not to love? ❤️

#IndieDev #GameDev #DARE2025 #DAREAcademy

* - May not be factually true

New #DAREAcademy sneak peek... 👀

Your new boss cares a lot about your performance while on the clock, so expect timely and encouraging feedback to boost employee morale. You'll be constantly monitored while working, so make sure to keep up the good work! 📦👍

#IndieDev #GameDev #DARE2025

We had the pleasure of welcoming Scottish Minister for Business Richard Lochhead this week! He took time to play our game, learn about DARE, our work at Abertay, and discuss the future of Scotland’s games industry. Thanks to Abertay for the incredible opportunity 🙏 #DAREAcademy #GameDev #Abertay

Is that a Gleeble...? On a TV screen? Wearing a suit??? ...🛸📺

Introducing your new manager - Boss Gleeble! What could he possibly get up to around the Post Office 👀📦✨

#DAREAcademy #DARE2025 #IndieDev #GameDev #AbertayUniversity #Gleeble #GalacticPostalServitude

We've been hard at work updating all the menus for #DAREAcademy, here's a little before & after to show the glow-up ✨
#DARE2025 #GalacticPostalServitude #indiedev #gamedev

We just hit 200 followers on Bluesky! 🥳Just in time for our audio/narrative designer Josie’s 21st birthday! 🎉 🍰

Time for an update! ✨

Game Design and Production student at Abertay University (class of 2026) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

👩‍🏫 Women in Games Ambassador
👥 Class Representative
📚 Module Assistant

Current project:
🚀 Producer & QA for Galactic Postal Servitude by @riverboatgames.bsky.social
- DARE Academy 2025 Finalists!

Watch out! A Gleeble found his way into the studio and messed around with our music! 😅

It seems like he wants to brighten up the post office for the next human who comes by though, so maybe we can let him sing a little longer… 🎶

#DAREacademy #DARE2025 #GalacticPostalServitude

Lots of features are being prototyped as part of our #DAREAcademy work, can you spot them all? 👀
(Bonus points if you can find the bug as well! 👾)

#GalacticPostalServitude #IndieDev

Our business cards have arrived!! 😎 #DAREAcademy #AbertayUniversity #gamedev #businesscards

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Our art team have been knocking it out of the park with their creativity recently 👏👑

At #DAREAcademy we're working on giving our mechanics more interaction and visual feedback to add to the analogue feel of the post office.

Here's a first look at a concept for our new and improved parcel scanning! 📦👀

#GalacticPostalServitude #indiedev

Here's a sneak peek of a brand new feature that's being put together!

Maybe you'll be able to lend them a hand (or two)......? 📦✨

#GalacticPostalServitude #indiedev

🎉 I'm thrilled to share that the Riverboat Games team and I are DARE Academy 2025 Finalists! | Lucinda Shale 🎉 I'm thrilled to share that the Riverboat Games team and I are DARE Academy 2025 Finalists! We've been selected as one of six teams to develop our game prototype further over the summer with...

We can finally announce that Riverboat Games is a DARE Academy 2025 Finalist! 🎉

A huge thanks to everyone who’s supported us so far. We’re so grateful—and just getting started.

Keep an eye out for new features, characters & more coming soon! 👀
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Galactic Postal Servitude by Riverboat Games, Alexander Thomson, Wookbee, LucindaGames, Fraser Neilson, Ciaran Turnbull, Breaaadbin, ajlochrin Do your part and make your planet proud, human!

Galactic Postal Servitude by @riverboatgames.bsky.social‬. Scan and send packages, detect illegal items, and do your part to make your planet proud in this point-and-click game of deduction!‬
riverboatgames.itch.io/galactic-pos...

Thank you so much for your feedback! 🙏 We’re always looking for ways to add more quirks and cuteness and this is a great suggestion that the team and I will definitely discuss! We really appreciate you taking the time to play and give us your thoughts.

Galactic Postal Servitude by Riverboat Games, Alexander Thomson, Wookbee, LucindaGames, Fraser Neilson, Ciaran Turnbull, Breaaadbin, ajlochrin ‘Papers Please’ in an Alien Post Office​

Galactic Postal Servitude by @riverboatgames.bsky.social is now available and free to play on our Itch page! 🚀 We would love to hear any feedback either via the feedback form (on Itch) or through a DM 🙏 riverboatgames.itch.io/galactic-pos... #gamedev #studentteam #pc #sillyaliens #abertayuniversity

A new game for Windows from Abertay students. I love the dry humour in this environment. #videogames #development #Scotland #Abertay

Galactic Postal Servitude by Riverboat Games, Alexander Thomson, Wookbee, LucindaGames, Fraser Neilson, Ciaran Turnbull, Breaaadbin, ajlochrin ‘Papers Please’ in an Alien Post Office​

🎉 200 Downloads and Counting! 🎉

Huge thanks to everyone who’s played the game, shared feedback, and cheered us on so far! 🙌✨

Haven’t tried the game yet? Grab it for free on our Itch page and let us know what you think:

👉 riverboatgames.itch.io/galactic-pos...

I don't know about you but I am treating myself to a not-healthy snack after all that.

the moment I saw this commercial as a kid my mind was blown.

I had no idea a Mario game could look THIS GOOD.

All I knew is I that had to have a SNES. Period.

Ra Ra Boom - Official Release Window and Console Announcement Trailer

Ninja cheerleaders. From space. Battling rogue AI. That's the setup for Ra Ra Boom, a 2D, fast-paced, four-player co-op arcade-style action game.

Check out the new release window + console announcement trailer: