Andrew Tavis

GDC Bound

Just secured my tickets to GDC. Thinking of organizing a game-dev-disc-golf meetup in GG Park. Can these worlds collide?

At this rate, they'll be using the same actors.

Usually in the week after Magfest I feel exhausted and drained. But somehow this year I’m oddly feeling motivated.

In the wake of TikTok being disabled, I asked my 15-year-old if she ever watches YouTube shorts. Her response was “Ugh, I’d rather die.”

Disc in the snow with a spiral trail.

Love the trails that get left behind in the snow. #discgolf

Bike Index – Darknet Diaries Have you ever got your bike stolen? In this episode we dive into the world of stolen bikes. Who does it and where do the bikes go? We talk with Bryan from Bike Index who investigates this.

I largely credit Darknet Diaries as the podcast that got me into podcasts. I hadn't listened in a while, but their new episode on the bike index was fantastic and reminded me as to how good the audio format is for storytelling.

darknetdiaries.com/episode/153/

If I’m reading the social discourse correctly this morning, it means that Jimmy Carter followed the yellow paint to the Great Tutorial in the sky.

To Celebrate the Holidays, we're giving away 3 free keys to #Blud. Like and Share this post for a chance to win. Help us grow our following of Exit 73 Games and #Blud on Bluesky!

We're doing a mini series on YouTube that compares the boss sprites to actual gameplay!
Join us on there for a special inside look:)
youtube.com/@Exit73Studios

Screenshot of #Blud with graphic slate for TGAGWCAGA 2024

This is the kind of punk-rock-esq, community-driven event I like to see. Thanks for including us @tgagwcaga.bsky.social!

Guilty 😬

Just in time for me to renew my PDGA membership.

As a guy who has found much enrichment and community connections through my local disc golf scene, I cannot recommend it enough. Disc golf is very welcoming! It's as simple as showing up to play at whatever events are near you. Skill level doesn't matter.

What better way to follow up a Steam sale, than with an Xbox/Switch sale?

Treachery in Beatdown City is 75% off on Switch and Xbox, now through Monday, Dec 9th.

www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

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Screenshot of Spotify wrapped saying I listened to a lot of Indie Sleaze in February.

I mean, it’s true, but it sounds kinda harsh when you say it like that.

Ha, this was kinda the inspiration for a camera mechanic I did. Not the grossness part, but the switch from the main art style to a more hyper-realistic/detailed style that you don’t otherwise see.

A screenshot of the Steam page for #Blud, showing 96% of the recent reviews are positive.

The Steam algorithm can be life or death for indies, and reviews are a big part of that. It's super gratifying to see that players are responding so positively to the changes we've made to address some of the early gameplay feedback. #indiegames

Also, we go pretty hard making fun of E**n and the other place. There’s a whole plot line of a tech mogul using his social media platform to enslave the town for a vampire lord. Kinda on the nose in the current media environment.

We went a little Scoolhouse Rock with our quest system tutorial. Still fun to watch every time I see it. #indiegame

Plenty of Becky's... but only one bird!
#CanYouFindIt ?! 🐦

There's a secret mission in #Blud to find our animators hard at work, plus some behind the scenes footage of our cutscenes and minigames. Can you find it?

Ha, yeah! Follow me so I can DM you.

Save 20% on #BLUD on Steam Save your friends, fight off the vampire apocalypse, and survive the horrors of freshman field hockey practice in #BLUD, a delightfully zany animated dungeon crawler that blurs the line between action...

Love the responses! Congrats to @ezelb.bsky.social @hazelhazelhazel.bsky.social and @princeofdark.bsky.social, I will DM you with your free keys. For everyone else, #Blud is still on sale through today on the Steam Autumn Sale! store.steampowered.com/app/1921480/...

What better time to do a giveaway than when I’m 2 sangrias deep on Thanksgiving!? Repost this with your favorite indie game to play on a holiday weekend and I’ll pick 3 people to get a free key for #Blud!

Thanks! I miiight be in the process of adding some sticker sheets to our store…

Playing around with some sticker designs for #Blud

It’s nice when work gets noticed 😄

Here are over 150GB of free sound effects, royalty-free and commercially usable on your #gamedev projects sonniss.com/gameaudiogdc