Axolotl ✨

I am prototyping two new games

- one is a game driven by passion and exploring game design space that I've wanted for years

- the other is a game driven by HATE, completely soulless, i am compelled by some dark forces to make

both gonna be great, stay tuned for more information

gamedevs should also play more boardgames!

if you're evil and get enough players, you could put fake steam pages up to crowdsource player intuition to market test if a game concept would do well

still think a character creation themed roguelike would be very cool

with style points and all

Key art for Spincraft.

Key art for Rift Craft.

These innovative geniuses took it upon themselves to clone my game not once, but twice! What a wonderful use of the $6,000,000 in funding you got for *checks notes* "inventing the luck-puzzler genre." I guess I'm just not enough of a scumbag to add microtransactions to my game, I'll work on that!

Save 10% on StarVaders on Steam Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the fut...

SO... STAR★VADERS in on DISCOUNT for the SUMMER SALE with a BRAND NEW UPDATE 👀

Update 1.1 includes:
🏖️ Beach Pack (5 new cards, 3 artifacts, 1 surprise)
🛠️ Sandbox mode
🤖 10 new pilot-specific artifacts

store.steampowered.com/app/2097570/...

Spent the last two weeks coming up with the 1.2 and 1.3 updates for StarVaders

they are gonna be bangers

this reasoning is basically what drove me to make game

it would be great to have a switch dev kit so we can do the switch port

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We've also bundled with both Frostpunk and Star★Vaders so you can snag an extra 10% off. They're both awesome games!

Output Randomness: Game Designers should know how to use it. And ways to make it feel "fair"

I finally put out an article about a game design thing! I have a bunch of these stored up but they often end up in editing purgatory. This one has escaped!

Output Randomness: Game Designers should know how to use it.

open.substack.com/pub/ezraszan...

Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike. All reviews - Overwhelmingly Positive (1,001) Release Date - 30 Apr, 2025 Developer - Pengonauts Publisher - Joystick Ventures, Playworks

🚨WE JUST HIT 1000 REVIEWS ON STEAM🚨

Not even two weeks since launch and we've managed to hit 98% Overwhelmingly Positive with 1000 reviews!🎉

Thank you all for your support💙

Huge shoutout to @joystickventures.bsky.social, our investor / publisher.

I remember in our first meeting the fund manager asked "How much do you need to make the best version of the game?"

They really believed in the early vision of our new studio with no track record - and it's paying off!

StarVaders just hit Overwhelmingly Positive at 97% !!

maybe i will be able to keep making games after all

I'm gonna cry 🥹

nothing has been more meaningful to me in this journey than getting to know new friends

holy hell im in a press localthunk article title

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350 reviews at 96% positive!!

dunno what to do with my hands

It's only been 3 days and over 27% of players have beaten Apocalypse difficulty 🤯

Seeing that mention of Spirit Island with how different classes worked was awesone cause that's exactly what i was going for! I was really inspired by tabletop games.

Great read, thanks for playing!

woooo

yeppp

StarVaders [PC - 89] www.metacritic.com/game/starvad...
"A near-flawless title, with an utterly fantastic gameplay loop, art direction and variety." - GameGrin

best part of gamedev is the friends you make along the way

I TOLD YALL THIS GAME WOULD SLAP

wew!! in a list

IT'S LAUNCH WEEK🎉🎉🎉

Drop Duchy on Steam Build your duchy piece by piece in this refreshing hybrid rogue-lite game. Use block-dropping mechanics to collect resources, recruit troops to fight against belligerent armies, and let every block sh...

I think most people wouldn't argue about this game being marketed as a roguelike (other than roguelike traditionalists).

In that case, is Tetris a roguelike? If not, what makes Drop Duchy a roguelike and Tetris not one?

so how are devs supposed feel the few days before release?

I feel like a weirdo that I'm not stressed at all

A world map themed in the style of StarVaders. Title reads 'Global Launch Times' and has cities highlighted with timezones. From left to right: Los Angeles 09:00 PDT Montreal 12:00 EDT Sao Paulo 13:00 BRT London 17:00 BST Berlin 18:00 SCET Cape Town 18:00 SAST Moscow 19:00 MSK Beijing 00:00 CST Seoul 01:00 KST Singapore 01:00 SGT Tokyo 01:00 JST Sydney 02:00 AEST Auckland 04:00 NZST

🚨URGENT MESSAGE - GLOBAL DEFCON 1🚨

Our orbital scanners have detected something huge approaching Earth. Pilots are to be on high alert for its arrival in SEVEN Days.

Our analysts have reported the exact dates and times across the globe. Check your time and report to your nearest Mech Barracks🤖