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@mayabloem.bsky.social

๐ŸŽฎ game writer, narrative designer & 2D artist in NL ๐ŸŒป Mail Time, Tracks of Thought, Reach: SOS. sometimes WiGNL meetup organizer. ๐ŸŒˆ she/her ๐ŸŒŸ be nice dipsydoodle.games

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Sinterklaas is real btw I saw him this morning!! ๐Ÿ˜ค

15.11.2025 11:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sinterklaas Slow Jam 2025 A game jam from 2025-11-15 to 2025-12-05 hosted by Maya Bloem. This jam takes place from 15th November 2025 at 12:01PM until 5th December at 11:59PM, and you can make anything you want - game, tableto...

the Sinterklaas Slow Jam is now LIVE!!! ๐ŸŽโœจ๐Ÿฅณ Come join our little festive community and make something fun in the next 2,5 weeks!

tinyurl.com/wnf2479y

15.11.2025 11:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! It's been so nice to chat to you guys at events over the years and see this come together!! Gonna wrangle my partner to play this asap :))

12.11.2025 12:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sinterklaas Slow Jam 2025 A game jam from 2025-11-15 to 2025-12-05 hosted by Maya Bloem. This jam takes place from 15th November 2025 at 12:01PM until 5th December at 11:59PM, and you can make anything you want - game, tableto...

On Saturday the Sinterklaas Slow Jam is starting - a 21-day jam to make whatever u want! I'm gonna be hosting + participating!

For non-Dutchies: Sinterklaas is Santas cooler cousin with more lore, featuring horses on rooftops & kidnapping naughty kids to Spain. Come join!!

tinyurl.com/wnf2479y

10.11.2025 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

forgive me i was not familiar with your game

26.10.2025 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Loco Roco is available on ps4/ps5 (or psp for the real fans) and is a no skips game (but I am still as obsessed with it as when I was 8)

26.10.2025 15:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

my praise is medium at best, an adequate praise for you would not fit in our fragile atmosphere harry my best friend

12.09.2025 14:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

game of the year, trailer of the year

12.09.2025 14:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ANNOUNCING: Mail Time ๐Ÿ„

As a newly trained Mail Scout, put on your pack, grab letters, and deliver them across Grumblewood Grove!

Coming physically to Switch! ๐Ÿ’Œโœจ

05.09.2025 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Cookie Crumble by indooranimal, Esmmazing, Maya Bloem Which tins have delicious cookies?! Which have dreaded sewing supplies?! Risk your cookies and make your best guess!!

here it is!! @derekachoy.bsky.social @bitebitebited.bsky.social @esmmazing.bsky.social & I did #BrackeysGameJam this week & made COOKIE CRUMBLE ๐Ÿช a game where you guess if tins contain cookies or sewing supplies

we're very proud of it so please give it a spin!!

indooranimal.itch.io/cookie-crumble

31.08.2025 12:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

doing a week-long game jam and funding application with the same deadline is not for the weak ๐Ÿ˜ฉ

30.08.2025 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

this is so real I'm on my second game jam of the year and it's like procreate go brrrrr

29.08.2025 15:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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over the last year or so i've been getting more comfortable with using my voice in my music and i really love how much life even the simplest vocals can bring to a track!!

here is a lil sketch of something i've been playing around with this afternoon for Mythmatch ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ๐Ÿน

#gameaudio #indiedev

28.08.2025 15:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 73    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

this lil dude is amazing do not iterate him away at any cost

29.08.2025 15:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

OMG apron gang!! what will they cook next

29.08.2025 15:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

locking in for the sokpop direct with socks firmly attached as I'm sure they'll try to knock them off

28.08.2025 08:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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had a bit of a rough year ngl. feeling no control like I'm swimming upstream. that's why this lil game me and
@mayabloem.bsky.social made for #GMTKJAM is so special to me ๐Ÿ’œ

you play as a kid floating in a backyard pool. if you'd like a minute to ponder you can play it here!
itch.io/jam/gmtk-202...

08.08.2025 14:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hiya, this seems really cool but I can't get in contact with this discord user due to their privacy settings, is there another way to get in touch?

06.08.2025 13:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

OMG the pawprint heat... what a wonderful world we live in...

06.08.2025 12:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Last week @esmmazing.bsky.social and I made a game about being a little kid and floating wistfully in an inflatable backyard pool for #GMTKJAM you should check it out! โฌ‡

itch.io/jam/gmtk-202...

rate and comment for a little kiss on the forehead

04.08.2025 16:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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big news: TALL TRAILS is OUT NOW !!

๐Ÿฅพ an exploration game where EVERYTHING goes in the boot!!
๐Ÿค  you're a little golem on a quest to find his purpose
๐Ÿš€ use items as fuel in your ROCKET BOOT to blast yourself through the air!!

get it now Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/2393760/...

04.08.2025 14:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 327    ๐Ÿ” 117    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

your fault for going outside!!!

04.08.2025 13:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿพ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿพ

10.07.2025 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm going to miss the picturesque shots of Oxfordshire in drive to survive (but that's about it)

09.07.2025 09:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

OMG this is how I found out

09.07.2025 09:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hi #PortfolioDay!

Iโ€™m a freelance game writer and narrative designer looking for work! I like to write for games that are silly, cozy and heartfelt. Hereโ€™s a clip of Gab Smolders laughing at something I wrote โคต๏ธ

HMU for writing samples!

08.07.2025 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

what, not willing to learn from experience? smh

04.07.2025 14:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the real question here is how to spell it that the pronounciation is unmistakable... miss gina lockling

21.06.2025 21:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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And... ๐ฆ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š ๐ฆ๐ข๐š, the stats are in!!! ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿ“ข

soooo ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’˜๐’ ๐’‚๐’˜๐’‚๐’š with the response we've gotten to Pawsta's Steam page launch & ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’๐’๐’†๐’”๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’• feature! ๐Ÿฅฐ

Thank you everyone + @wholesomegames.com for all the ๐’—๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’…๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ & ๐’”๐’–๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•, we're so grateful to be a part of this celebration of ๐œ๐จ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ! ๐Ÿ’–

09.06.2025 12:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I feel your pain, it's really bleak out here sometimes. We must persevere!!

09.06.2025 11:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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