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Game artist, Concept artist & Illustrator. Also egg. https://www.artbybeakes.com/ He/Him

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A second festival in two weeks, the popularity of this game knows no bounds.

Quickly, go play the demo and wishlist before it becomes too popular and you will no longer be one of the cool early people.

#indiegames #indiegaming #indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev

๐Ÿ”— store.steampowered.com/app/3749790/

05.08.2025 13:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mashina is OUT NOW.

Dig and mend the world in this chill stop-motion mining adventure.

store.steampowered.com/app/3395930/...

31.07.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1072    ๐Ÿ” 329    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 34
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Mythmatch Demo on Steam A Greek mythology anti-capitalist merge game. Play as Artemis bouncing between Olympus and Earth trying to find what kind of goddess she wants to be. Help the mortals. Challenge the gods. Find your ma...

As folks are downloading demos this week, please consider the Mythmatch demo.

It's only 20 minutes, recently updated, and we're really proud of it!

And please recommend it to anyone who is looking for something to play this week!

store.steampowered.com/app/2490290/...

09.06.2025 09:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 71    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Into the Restless Ruins is a deckbuilder in the Scottish highlands, where you create a dungeon then battle through it.
Out now on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, and Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/2877770/...

15.05.2025 11:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 111    ๐Ÿ” 49    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 34

Absolutely can confirm that that is one corrupt pup. Squirrels watch out.

Great job!!

14.05.2025 19:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A mockup screen of the soon to be released game Into the Restless Ruins! Some in game UI, environment styling and how general placement of rooms might work visually is explored here.

A mockup screen of the soon to be released game Into the Restless Ruins! Some in game UI, environment styling and how general placement of rooms might work visually is explored here.

A close up of a forge room featuring an early character placeholder design, exploring how much the player might be able to see at any given time once out of building mode and colours working together.

A close up of a forge room featuring an early character placeholder design, exploring how much the player might be able to see at any given time once out of building mode and colours working together.

The bad room. A bunch of enemies laid out to get an idea of scale in comparison to one another and the prop sizes.

The bad room. A bunch of enemies laid out to get an idea of scale in comparison to one another and the prop sizes.

Concept for a summoning circle rune - how deactivation/activation might look and how it works in the level as a whole.

Concept for a summoning circle rune - how deactivation/activation might look and how it works in the level as a whole.

Ahhh! Into the Restless Ruins is coming out a week todayโœจ๐Ÿ‘€ Worked on this game last year doing vis-dev and style exploration, been given the all clear to share a couple of bits. HYPED!

08.05.2025 21:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Mythmatch Demo on Steam A Greek mythology anti-capitalist merge game. Play as Artemis boucing between Olympus and Earth trying to find what kind of goddess she wants to be. Help the mortals. Challenge the gods. Find your mat...

โ€ผ๏ธ New Mythmatch Demo โ€ผ๏ธ

We got rejected from all the summer showcases so just dropped our new demo!

AND we've created a Steam page for it!

store.steampowered.com/app/2490290/...

So if you haven't played yet, enjoy this new polished version!
And if you enjoyed it before, please leave a review!

07.05.2025 14:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 147    ๐Ÿ” 80    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

Lovely to see the process! From thumbnail to 3d, to capsules, very interesting!

11.04.2025 07:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Digging up some examples of old plein air paintings ahead of attending some workshops next week - probably the 1 piece out of the past 20 odd that I still like! *massively* out of the habit now but looking forward to the weather changing so I can get back out there !

03.03.2025 21:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Total Loadout Demo on Steam Total Loadout is a PvP inventory management auto battler where heroes and villains from across space and time clash with powerful weapons! Choose your Celebrity with special abilities and items, then ...

Our Total Loadout demo out now! check it out if you like a bit of inventory management, exploding piรฑatas, cursed idols, juicy peaches, absolutely *raging* soup dishes plus many, MANY more itemsโ€ฆ

store.steampowered.com/app/3497150/...

24.02.2025 22:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Total Loadout Demo on Steam Total Loadout is a PvP inventory management auto battler where heroes and villains from across space and time clash with powerful weapons! Choose your Celebrity with special abilities and items, then ...

Today is the big day!!! You can play the Total Loadout demo on steam!!! (Tbh it feels like a full game cuz you can already get insane hours in this as it is lol)

Love some inventory management and pvp goodness?? Wishlist and give it a go: store.steampowered.com/app/3497150/...

24.02.2025 11:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 65    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Underwater illustration featuring large marine animals

Underwater illustration featuring large marine animals

A dynamic illustration featuring a pack of gannets diving erratically in a hunt for fish.

A dynamic illustration featuring a pack of gannets diving erratically in a hunt for fish.

A group of various freshwater fishes swimming peacefully in a shallow river.

A group of various freshwater fishes swimming peacefully in a shallow river.

A kelp forest full of marine animals including coral fishes and sharks.

A kelp forest full of marine animals including coral fishes and sharks.

Today is my birthday and if you want to give me a gift, please repost my art ๐Ÿ˜Š #sciart

18.02.2025 08:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1482    ๐Ÿ” 723    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 59    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

Cheers man! Yeah exactly that, itโ€™s just a challenging environment right now - so much choice for player, and uncertainty for devs. Deffo not a new thing, but itโ€™d be mad not to worry about such things. Iโ€™m sure good things can still find their way to where they need to be though!

08.02.2025 16:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All the best Moo! Itโ€™s so tough out there! Btw Iโ€™ve been opening up the Mythmatch demo multiple times when Iโ€™ve got 10 mins just to play the time trial bit again and again (not that I donโ€™t love the tone of the demos first sections) wishing you all the best with it!

08.02.2025 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One my all time faves! (still chuckle at the remembrance of the slo- mo action cutscenes around the finale)

08.02.2025 15:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Photograph of Lumi, a Belgian Shepherd Cross dog, looking pleased with her mouth open on a mossy stone, standing next to @mattbeakes.bsky.social

Photograph of Lumi, a Belgian Shepherd Cross dog, looking pleased with her mouth open on a mossy stone, standing next to @mattbeakes.bsky.social

M O S S D O G A D V E N T U R E S

26.01.2025 22:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 130    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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C H O M P
happy Friday ya'll

07.02.2025 09:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Total Loadout | Announcement Trailer (Steam/PC)
YouTube video by 1TK Games Total Loadout | Announcement Trailer (Steam/PC)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7d4...

Been a wee while since I've been able to do a post like this but our new game incoming! ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฅ

๐ŸŽ† TOTAL LOADOUT ๐ŸŽ†

Trailer just dropped; been a busy few months for the team on this one!

Demo out soon - Wishlist here! ๐Ÿ‘‡

store.steampowered.com/app/3411560/...

03.02.2025 17:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Illustration of a flying hero with a wind/water motif surrounding it.

Illustration of a flying hero with a wind/water motif surrounding it.

The Heron helping to usher in the new year โœจ Hope 2025 is a good one!โœจ

02.01.2025 20:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Winter weather, but nice!

23.12.2024 16:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Some more old err... 'alt-Christmas' cards? Was super into limited palette stuff clearly!

20.12.2024 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tis the season! (for some more old art...) some festive themed daily paintings from back when I had significantly more time...

11.12.2024 17:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nice! Lovely reminder to grab a copy!

08.12.2024 09:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Picture of Lumi (aka Halloumi) to Belgian Shepherd cross looking noble and innocent, lying down on a carpet in a beam of sunshine.

Picture of Lumi (aka Halloumi) to Belgian Shepherd cross looking noble and innocent, lying down on a carpet in a beam of sunshine.

Close up photograph of the same dog looking like an absolute gremlin with her eyes and teeth open, laying on her back with her paws up. She'll lay like this for 5 mins before going absolutely bananas.

Close up photograph of the same dog looking like an absolute gremlin with her eyes and teeth open, laying on her back with her paws up. She'll lay like this for 5 mins before going absolutely bananas.

The two Halloumi's that live inside her...
Angelic poster dog VS maximum Snooter

06.12.2024 21:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 61    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Diggin' up some old stuff for the sake of sharing a bit more -some looser limited colour paints from some daily exercises a few years back - (I was really enjoying that rough brush!)

25.11.2024 17:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks!

23.11.2024 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks so much!

23.11.2024 19:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Since it's getting a bit more lively on here - here's a bit of a random selection of bits I do ๐ŸŽจ - more here too! www.artbybeakes.com

22.11.2024 18:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Haha true that, ah hopefully the next oneโ€™ll be better! These things tend to enrich the artistic soul while depleting the wallet! (Profit is is not a term Iโ€™m familiar with when it come to tabling ๐Ÿ˜…โ€ฆ)

16.11.2024 13:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hope youโ€™re well man! (Weโ€™re having a fallow year here too, but the FOMO is real!) maybe see you at some event closer to ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ sometime?

16.11.2024 10:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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