Gerben Grave || Multiverse Narratives

Guess who’s back? 👀

🥁 Indie Showcase returns in 2026 💥 Same Location @ALab 🗺️ 11 New Indie Games 🕹️

We’ll be revealing all participating games in the following weeks, so stay tuned and in the meantime 👇

📌 🗓️ Save the date: March 28th, 2026 #IndieShowcaseNL

🔗 www.eventbrite.nl/e/indie-show...

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Thank you for not raising any cheaters 🙏😌

🚨❄️Code Red(cat)❄️🚨

In drie dagen tijd moesten deze Groningers een volledige game bouwen Ontwerper Robert Mertens speelt een eerste versie van zijn game 'Schermutseling' Foto: Bastiaan Vroegop

Dit stond al een heel lange tijd op m'n wishlist: ik mocht een weekend lang één groep volgen tijdens de Global Game Jam.

Waar ze in 48 uur een volledige extraction shooter uit de grond wisten te stampen, middenin een nerfgun-slagveld.

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A stickerpack I ordered with snake stickers from my next game Blemdeck! Six snake stickers are covering a couple of playing cards.

I always have such a weak spot for getting #merch made. The Snek Pack is adorable but they're a bit too large to use for real 😂

#indiedev #indiegames #gamedev

Oh shit, are these people mistaking 'community' for 'communism'? That would actually explain so much!

♠️♦️Wishlist my second solo game Blemdeck! ♣️♥️
A deckbuil...destroying game where you ruin your cards with stickers! Remove or add pips and effects to make money and avoid getting Penalty Points!

The Steam page is now live!
store.steampowered.com/app/3562070/...
#indiegame #deckbuilder #multiplayer

AI Completely Failing to Boost Productivity, Says Top Analyst AI may or may not excel at a lot of things, but from an economic standpoint, it's definitely not making us more productive.

“One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”

Eloquence is no longer developed by Multiverse Narratives!
That name is used for narrative design services (B2B). Also using it for my own projects (B2C) causes confusion.

So, I started a new studio!
Blue North Games delivers games that bring innovation to the intersection of narrative and gameplay

Thank you, Harald!

Working on Eloquence and then seeing players discover the symbol language and slowly become proficient is super satisfying indeed!

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Thanks! Hope you're doing well! It's been a while since we last saw each other!

Haha! Thank you, good sir! Hope you and the Diorama Machine team are doing well! ;)

Eloquence is no longer developed by Multiverse Narratives!
That name is used for narrative design services (B2B). Also using it for my own projects (B2C) causes confusion.

So, I started a new studio!
Blue North Games delivers games that bring innovation to the intersection of narrative and gameplay

The Game Bakery wishes all of our friends a Happy New Year filled with joy, laughter, and success! See you in 2026! 🥂✨

#GameBakery #Groningen #Games #indiegames #gamedev

👥❤️🧑‍🎨

A shot of the bird creature from The Dark Crystal movie directed by Jim Henson.

One of my favourite character design details in the Dark Crystal is the barely noticeable vestigial arms on the Skeksis.

This movie was so formative for young me and served as a starting point for my developing views on narrative and worldbuilding ❤️

On the left: how I express an idea for an @eloquencegame.bsky.social scene.

On the right: how my incredible artist @sonjavanvuure.bsky.social interprets my idea.

I see nothing wrong with this process.

On the left: how I express an idea for an @eloquencegame.bsky.social scene.

On the right: how my incredible artist @sonjavanvuure.bsky.social interprets my idea.

I see nothing wrong with this process.

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Good luck! Happy for you!

Key art for the innovative narrative metroidbrainia Eloquence. It depicts the player character browsing a wheel of holographic symbols. She stands in the shoreline before an active volcano on which a village has been built.

Today we reveal our updated key art! Expect to see this appear in all of our channels and media.

Do let us know if you like it too!

FRIENDS! 💛

My team at @bluebackpack.bsky.social and I just released The Berlin Apartment, the game we’ve worked on for the past 4 years! 😭💛

Give us so much love, wishlist and buy! ✨

store.steampowered.com/app/2280430/...

Image celebrating 10000 wishlists for the narrative metroidbrainia Eloquence

A bit overdue, but we are celebrating a huge milestone!

A big thank you from all of us for the support you've given to our quirky and weird narrative metroidbrainia!

And if you haven't yet, kindly consider wishlisting Eloquence now: store.steampowered.com/app/1353030/...

#indiegame #indiedev

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Same, and I was about to make a note to myself to check them out later

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On my way to Amsterdam for a cool masterclass. 🚂😊🚃

The railway: "Beautiful day for a signal failure!" 💀

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This is frogging awesome