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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage

@dotage.bsky.social

Indie gamedev, gameplay engineer, PhD, making a game about a grumpy village elder

4,341 Followers  |  100 Following  |  445 Posts  |  Joined: 03.07.2023  |  1.767

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Wow! Thank you for sharing!! Happy you like it!!

12.02.2026 15:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!

15.01.2026 10:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Wohooo sick season ended! Now to get some work in before Christmas is upon us!

Who remembers what we were doing after 2 weeks out cold? Hmmmm

15.12.2025 08:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The #TurnBasedThursdayFest comes back on my birthday next year! AWESOME!!!

<3 these guys, make sure to take turns looking at all the games!!!

10.12.2025 09:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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dotAGE - Discount! Games In Italy! AND dotAGE x the Wandering Village bundle! - Steam News Hello Elders! I bring some cool news today if you are looking for a cool new game to get for the season! dotAGE 30% OFF First of all, dotAGE is 30% OFF to celebrate the addition of the new Endless gam...

Three announcements if you are looking for a game for the holidays!
- dotAGE is currently 30% off!
- Me and @strayfawnstudio.bsky.social bundled! You can get dotAGE and The Wandering village at a nice discount!
- Cool games made by my friends around Italy!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/638...

08.12.2025 20:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Steam Points Shop Get points for shopping on Steam or by contributing to the Steam Community. Use your points to customize your Steam presence or award fellow members of the community.

Wohoooo!! I created a new Steam Startup Movie for dotAGE fans, you can get it on the Steam's point shop!

store.steampowered.com/points/shop/...

04.12.2025 13:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've been trying to finish Elden Ring since around my daughter was born I think (it's so cool)

02.12.2025 08:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ahhhh I love December it's the month where I get sidetracked into thinking I can have time to play more!

02.12.2025 08:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!

02.12.2025 06:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Turn-Based Carnival 2025 ๐ŸŽช Welcome to the Turn-Based Carnival 2025!๐Ÿƒ Are you ready to celebrate the art of every move, choice, and perfectly timed play? From tactical showdowns to story-rich adventures, this is the ultimate f...

Check out this year's Turn-Based carnival! It has a cool section on digital board game, and dotAGE is on sale too!
store.steampowered.com/developer/Ac...

01.12.2025 15:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great!!! Don't worry, it will wait for you :D

29.11.2025 13:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What is this, a Thanksgiving miracle? An auto-flipping review!! Love to see it! Thank you! :D

28.11.2025 08:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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dotAGE - Endless Mode is here! - Steam News Hello Elders! How is it going? I hope everything is great! I am here today with a brand new update for you! Endless Game Mode! This new update brings Endless mode to the game! This is a special mode t...

Hello Elders! Endless mode is here! Play against the Domains forever (or, more precisely, until they destroy every single Pip!)

Have fun! Read more in the Steam news:

store.steampowered.com/news/app/638...

26.11.2025 08:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh yes, the Folkways DLC added, among others, a complete CAT village!

14.11.2025 10:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hehe a screenshot from a player who clearly knows who is the boss!

13.11.2025 08:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a lot of things to do, send help!

Tomorrow is the day! 6 Nov!
store.steampowered.com/app/3108230/...

#indiegame #gamedev #vforvendetta #nicetoyeetyou

05.11.2025 17:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Have you found all Fish-related events? I did have a lot of fun adding those!

06.11.2025 13:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Experimenting with adding new sections into the Agepedia... for stuff to come! ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ

30.10.2025 13:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just got sent this by a player, love how the achievements already tell you a lot about the story! Congratulations!

10.09.2025 06:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ok my balance tools tell me that animals do not produce manure with enough probability. Good to know, good to know.

07.10.2025 10:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I love the smell of balance spreadsheets in the morning

06.10.2025 07:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hello Elders!

This is just a quick post to celebrate with you all the second birthday of dotAGE! It has already been two years since release!

Thank you to everybody who purchased the game and all players who made this a reality!

04.10.2025 12:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hello Elders!

This is just a quick post to celebrate with you all the second birthday of dotAGE! It has already been two years since release!

Thank you to everybody who purchased the game and all players who made this a reality!

04.10.2025 12:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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dotAGE - 1.8 - The Recall Update is live! - Steam News Hello Elders, This is it, the Recall Update is now out on Steam and GoG! Go play it! Soon also on Switch, as soon as the patch gets accepted! Thanks to everybody who gave feedback on the update during...

The Recall Update 1.8 is live on Steam and GoG!
- Recalls: a feature to re-select Buildings in the tree
- Starting village boons!
- Custom game modifiers!
- Research Previews and Research Queuing!
- Balance & Fixes
Have fun!

store.steampowered.com/news/app/638...

18.09.2025 11:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Version 1.8 (now on experimental) adds a new Boon choice step, at the start of each village!
This spices up early game, trying to make each village more unique from the start! New boons favour fishing, harvesting, and making many Pips!

15.09.2025 11:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just got sent this by a player, love how the achievements already tell you a lot about the story! Congratulations!

10.09.2025 06:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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dotAGE - The Recall Update 1.8 is now on the experimental branch! - Steam News Hello Elders, Welcome back! After some vacation time, I'm excited to bring dotAGE to new heights with the next updates! Let's first take a look again at the current roadmap: We now are coming close to...

Hello Elders! Version 1.8 is now on experimental, with some cool changes!
- A Recall mechanic to re-roll buildings!
- Starting Boons to spice up early game!
- 'Clairvoyance' mode with whole tree visible!
- 'Infinite Recall' mode to select all buildings!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/638...

08.09.2025 09:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm back from vacation elders!!!

Which means that I'm releasing the new update soon! Time for a sneak peak of a cool new mechanic! :D

Enter the Recalls!! Soon on experimental with many more changes for 1.8, I'll be hinting at all the rest these days :)

05.09.2025 09:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Here's a cat litter in the meantime

01.08.2025 07:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nightwatchers DLC is OUT NOW on PC, along with the Commons Update (1.8)!

Nightwatchers adds a new playable species, two new biomes, new world events, modifiers, buildings, mechanics, cornerstones, deeds, and more!

Re-share to help us spread the word! โค

Links and more info below โคต

31.07.2025 17:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 65    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

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