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Alice Ruppert ๐Ÿด๐ŸŽฎ

@malicedafirenze.bsky.social

Horse Game Consultant. Game Designer, Producer, Writer. Creator of @themanequest.com and doing marketing at @okomotive.ch and @thoglistudios.com Based in Zurich, Switzerland http://aliceruppert.ch/ (she/her)

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(there's another entire paragraph before this one that mentions four games by name, in some cases along with studio name and region of origin or brief pitch)

09.03.2026 18:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fortunately, other media manages to mention us by name ๐Ÿฅฐ

www.tagesschau.de/inland/regio...

www.antenne.de/nachrichten/...

09.03.2026 17:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
โ€žDraw & Guessโ€œ von Acureus ist ein Online-Zeichenspiel fรผr bis zu 16 Spieler, in โ€žSixth Forceโ€œ von EdenSpiel mรผssen sich Vater und Sohn aus einem Neuronetzwerk befreien, in โ€žOkuโ€œ von Irox Games geht es auf eine spirituelle Reise durch Japan und in โ€žCrimson Spotlightโ€œ steckt man als Detektiv in einer Zeitschleife der 1940er-Jahre fest. Dann ist da auch noch ein Pferdespiel mit eigens dafรผr entwickeltem Pferde-Controller und noch vieles mehr. Damit ist in diesem Jahr โ€žfast jede Form von Spielโ€œ, jedes Genre vertreten, wie Robin Rottmann bemerkt, der Teamleiter der Initiative Games/Bavaria, die die Gaming-Messe veranstaltet. Einige der Games, erzรคhlt er am Telefon, werden diesmal auch auf der Hauptbรผhne prรคsentiert, damit sie noch mehr Aufmerksamkeit bekommen.

โ€žDraw & Guessโ€œ von Acureus ist ein Online-Zeichenspiel fรผr bis zu 16 Spieler, in โ€žSixth Forceโ€œ von EdenSpiel mรผssen sich Vater und Sohn aus einem Neuronetzwerk befreien, in โ€žOkuโ€œ von Irox Games geht es auf eine spirituelle Reise durch Japan und in โ€žCrimson Spotlightโ€œ steckt man als Detektiv in einer Zeitschleife der 1940er-Jahre fest. Dann ist da auch noch ein Pferdespiel mit eigens dafรผr entwickeltem Pferde-Controller und noch vieles mehr. Damit ist in diesem Jahr โ€žfast jede Form von Spielโ€œ, jedes Genre vertreten, wie Robin Rottmann bemerkt, der Teamleiter der Initiative Games/Bavaria, die die Gaming-Messe veranstaltet. Einige der Games, erzรคhlt er am Telefon, werden diesmal auch auf der Hauptbรผhne prรคsentiert, damit sie noch mehr Aufmerksamkeit bekommen.

"a horse game", while every other game is mentioned by name, really? ๐Ÿคจ

I appreciate the shoutout but it's hard to imagine a reason for this particular oversight that's not just our genre not being taken seriously.

www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/gam...

09.03.2026 17:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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in The Legend of Khiimori you can lead a horse to water and you CAN make her drink and I think that's beautiful ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿณ๐ŸคŒ

04.03.2026 03:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Finally someone has threaded the needle between survival game and horse girl sim The Legend of Khiimori is a surprisingly detailed horse courier sim that I'm actually loving more than just in solidarity with my horse girl gamer friends.

I think Khiimori might finally be the horse girl game I can wholeheartedly get behind. Once it makes it out of early access, anyway.

04.03.2026 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
excerpt from the linked article: Horse games have a reputationโ€”a fairly earned one, I'm sad to sayโ€”for being bad. If they're horse-accurate, they're ugly. If they're pretty, they're boring. If they're highly anticipated, they're buggy and unsupported. Horse enthusiast gamers have been burned before and often left half-fulfilled by the latest horse games. Horse courier sim The Legend of Khiimori launched in early access this week and this might finally be the equine experience that horse gamers deserve.

Normally I'd go to developer and critic Alice Ruppert, known horse gamer spokesperson, for an expert opinion. She's done consulting on Khiimori though, so for a more neutral view I've instead called upon another equestrian correspondent: livestreamer, Red Dead Redemption 2 horse posse wrangler, and professional horse photographer Chelsea Farace.

excerpt from the linked article: Horse games have a reputationโ€”a fairly earned one, I'm sad to sayโ€”for being bad. If they're horse-accurate, they're ugly. If they're pretty, they're boring. If they're highly anticipated, they're buggy and unsupported. Horse enthusiast gamers have been burned before and often left half-fulfilled by the latest horse games. Horse courier sim The Legend of Khiimori launched in early access this week and this might finally be the equine experience that horse gamers deserve. Normally I'd go to developer and critic Alice Ruppert, known horse gamer spokesperson, for an expert opinion. She's done consulting on Khiimori though, so for a more neutral view I've instead called upon another equestrian correspondent: livestreamer, Red Dead Redemption 2 horse posse wrangler, and professional horse photographer Chelsea Farace.

I LOVE love love that PC Gamer wrote this, AND that they went to @chelsealiz.bsky.social for an opinion AND that they acknowledged that they'd usually ask me about this but didn't due to my involvement as a consultant. ๐Ÿฅน

Thank you, @comradecupcake.bsky.social!! ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–

www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/th...

09.03.2026 15:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
DEAR TRANS KIDS, THIS WORLD IS BETTER WITH YOu IN IT AND YOU AR E WORTH FIGHTING FOR.

DEAR TRANS KIDS, THIS WORLD IS BETTER WITH YOu IN IT AND YOU AR E WORTH FIGHTING FOR.

01.03.2026 05:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 242    ๐Ÿ” 114    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

I met these two wonderful people in person for the first time this week, which is kind of hard to believe when youโ€˜ve already been making a game together for over a year and it feels like youโ€˜ve been friends for a much longer time ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿ’–

08.03.2026 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I left GG Bavaria early in the hopes of having a quiet evening at home after a very busy week. It was a TON of fun and I (once again) managed to play too few games but met and caught up with a lot of cool people ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ

08.03.2026 13:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
three women in front of their booth at a con. anna (middle) is sitting on our saddle controller

three women in front of their booth at a con. anna (middle) is sitting on our saddle controller

Happy International Women's Day from the three horse girls making Horses of Hoofprint Bay! ๐Ÿ˜
Left to right: Programmer & Game Designer Theresa Thoma, Illustrator & Animator Anna Glinsmann and Producer & Publisher Alice Ruppert. ICYMI: Our Demo is featured in the #womensdaysale on Steam right now!๐Ÿ’–

08.03.2026 11:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 65    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I'm too bored of this to try and be clever about it anymore.

If you think that two men kissing, or two women kissing, requires any more explanation than a man kissing a woman, that is homophobia.

08.03.2026 09:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5784    ๐Ÿ” 1394    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 60    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19
Photo of a convention stage, two women are sitting on a grey couch with microphones, the projection behind them says โ€žgg bavaria - women in games -with Insaโ€œ

Photo of a convention stage, two women are sitting on a grey couch with microphones, the projection behind them says โ€žgg bavaria - women in games -with Insaโ€œ

Our programmer Theresa is currently on stage at GG Bavaria as part of a panel on women in games ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ
#internationalwomensday

08.03.2026 10:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fun conversations about the highs and lows of social media marketing were had ๐Ÿ˜Œ

07.03.2026 19:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

HELLO???

07.03.2026 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Did you see this dope ass shit weโ€˜re doing ๐Ÿฅน

06.03.2026 22:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 57    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Did you see this dope ass shit weโ€˜re doing ๐Ÿฅน

06.03.2026 22:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 57    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Women's Day Sale is live! ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰

From now to March 15, get massive discounts on recent indie hits & award winners, play new demos, and discover incredible new releases made by studios led by women and gender-marginalized developers!

โœ… Check out the sale now at bit.ly/WDS26

06.03.2026 18:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 91    ๐Ÿ” 63    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Haha, thereโ€˜s actually two sensors so you CAN hook this up to a game like Tales of Rein Ravine that actually differentiates between inside and outside leg ๐Ÿ˜
For HoHB, only one of the sensors is hooked up and the horse only walks straight forward ^^

06.03.2026 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Can I add that it is really fucking funny to see how differently people handle this controller depending on whether they have riding experience. Like obviously itโ€˜s not completely โ€žrealisticโ€œ aids, but having equestrian muscle memory makes it infinitely easier to use this thing and thatโ€˜s hilarious

06.03.2026 15:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Come by GG Bavaria today, tomorrow or Sunday if youโ€˜re anywhere near Munich to play HoHB from ab actual saddle ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ

06.03.2026 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As a professional, I agree with this assessment. It do in fact be like that.

06.03.2026 14:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

getting a HOTAS setup

Horse
Of
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Artificial
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06.03.2026 14:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have never wanted a controller SO FUCKING BAD

06.03.2026 13:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The horse girls have arrived ๐ŸŽ ๐ŸŽฎ

06.03.2026 11:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Guess who has the best fucking booth at the con you guys (the saddle is a controller, it registers leg, seat and reins as inputs)

06.03.2026 11:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 96    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Thank you Anisa!!!!

06.03.2026 07:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Awesome!!! Have fun!! ๐Ÿ˜โค๏ธ

06.03.2026 07:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ALRIGHT FOLKS THATโ€˜S 1K YOUโ€˜VE EARNED ANOTHER KEY ๐Ÿ˜

7Y6TY-#CMML-CEE6T

the # is a digit from 0-9 to prevent bots from scraping, have fun guessing and let us know if you got it!! ๐Ÿ’–

06.03.2026 07:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

26 reposts missing for a second key ๐Ÿ˜‡

05.03.2026 21:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Okay okay I see the folly of my choices, 2k was too much on a post that still says 500 and that I obviously can't edit. I'll drop the second key at 1k reposts on the original post ๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿ’–

05.03.2026 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0