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Andrea Roberts

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Game Designer of Wonderbelly Games, Mother of Imps, Champion of Forgotten Side Quests. Cooking up Arcane Eats, a fantasy cooking deckbuilder. Made Roundguard, a bouncy pegglelike roguelike. We all need joy https://www.wonderbellygames.com/ aka TanookiFruit

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BATTLE SUIT ACES OUT NOWโ€ผ๏ธ

Adventure through the stars with the found family of the Zephyr and uncover the secrets of the mysterious Relic suits. Play the Battle Chef Brigade teamโ€™s new heartfelt, dynamic card-battling narrative RPG NOW on PC, PS5 and Switch!
store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/...

07.10.2025 15:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 399    ๐Ÿ” 209    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 63

Oh my god an irl babality

29.09.2025 23:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 139    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hi there, great list! My indie studio is making a fantasy cooking roguelike deckbuilder called Arcane Eats that would fit great in this list!

@wonderbellygames.bsky.social

06.09.2025 16:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey thanks for thinking of us! Arcane Eats would be a perfect fit here โค๏ธ

06.09.2025 16:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(we're kitty corner to Larian's sweet castle of a booth, gonna have to sneak by for baldur's gate fan girling ๐Ÿ˜)

28.08.2025 23:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Come say hi to me and Bob at my Arcane Eats booth in the #PAXRising this weekend!

28.08.2025 23:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Back from Gamescom, now on to PAX West! What even are time zones ๐Ÿซ 

28.08.2025 23:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
screengrab of a portion of new yorker interview with former simpson's writer john swartzwelder: 
Mike Sacks: How much time and attention did you spend on these scripts? Another โ€œSimpsonsโ€ writer once compared your scripts to finely tuned machinesโ€”if the wrong person mucked with them, the whole thing could blow up.
Swartzwelder: All of my time and all of my attention. Itโ€™s the only way I know how to write, darn it. But I do have a trick that makes things easier for me. Since writing is very hard and rewriting is comparatively easy and rather fun, I always write my scripts all the way through as fast as I can, the first day, if possible, putting in crap jokes and pattern dialogueโ€”โ€œHomer, I donโ€™t want you to do that.โ€ โ€œThen I wonโ€™t do it.โ€ Then the next day, when I get up, the scriptโ€™s been written. Itโ€™s lousy, but itโ€™s a script. The hard part is done. Itโ€™s like a crappy little elf has snuck into my office and badly done all my work for me, and then left with a tip of his crappy hat. All I have to do from that point on is fix it. So Iโ€™ve taken a very hard job, writing, and turned it into an easy one, rewriting, overnight. I advise all writers to do their scripts and other writing this way. And be sure to send me a small royalty every time you do it.

screengrab of a portion of new yorker interview with former simpson's writer john swartzwelder: Mike Sacks: How much time and attention did you spend on these scripts? Another โ€œSimpsonsโ€ writer once compared your scripts to finely tuned machinesโ€”if the wrong person mucked with them, the whole thing could blow up. Swartzwelder: All of my time and all of my attention. Itโ€™s the only way I know how to write, darn it. But I do have a trick that makes things easier for me. Since writing is very hard and rewriting is comparatively easy and rather fun, I always write my scripts all the way through as fast as I can, the first day, if possible, putting in crap jokes and pattern dialogueโ€”โ€œHomer, I donโ€™t want you to do that.โ€ โ€œThen I wonโ€™t do it.โ€ Then the next day, when I get up, the scriptโ€™s been written. Itโ€™s lousy, but itโ€™s a script. The hard part is done. Itโ€™s like a crappy little elf has snuck into my office and badly done all my work for me, and then left with a tip of his crappy hat. All I have to do from that point on is fix it. So Iโ€™ve taken a very hard job, writing, and turned it into an easy one, rewriting, overnight. I advise all writers to do their scripts and other writing this way. And be sure to send me a small royalty every time you do it.

hi this is my favorite writing advice, it's from former simpsons writer john swartzwelder (i think about the crappy little elf all the time) www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

16.08.2025 20:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3451    ๐Ÿ” 1082    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 141
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We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 ๐ŸŽ‰

The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans.

Deadline: September 28th
More info ๐Ÿ‘‡
grants.draknek.org

08.08.2025 14:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 316    ๐Ÿ” 281    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
PAX Rising Showcase Winners presented by Zenni (PAX West 2025): Terrible Lizards, No Stone Unturned, Hank Drowning on Dry Land, RollerGirl, Sashimi Slayer: Rhythm Sushi Slicing!, Beatdown City Survivors, Never's End, Blocks for Babies, Rogue Eclipse, Arcane Eats, Draco and the Seven Scales, and Table Tactics.
Aug 29 - Sept 1, 2025
west.paxsite.com

PAX Rising Showcase Winners presented by Zenni (PAX West 2025): Terrible Lizards, No Stone Unturned, Hank Drowning on Dry Land, RollerGirl, Sashimi Slayer: Rhythm Sushi Slicing!, Beatdown City Survivors, Never's End, Blocks for Babies, Rogue Eclipse, Arcane Eats, Draco and the Seven Scales, and Table Tactics. Aug 29 - Sept 1, 2025 west.paxsite.com

Tomorrowโ€™s indie legends start here. โœจCheck out the winners of the PAX Rising Showcase presented by Zenni: PAXwest25.com/Rising

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06.08.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

my mom taught me there's two kinds of businesses: hot dog stands and art galleries

- hot dog stands protect territory and keep competition off their turf
- art galleries benefit from more adjacent art galleries, cluster together to amplify reach/support

youre an art gallery, not a hot dog stand

04.08.2025 13:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5051    ๐Ÿ” 1657    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 64

Just signed up for anaerobics class

31.07.2025 15:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 495    ๐Ÿ” 114    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿฅจ๐ŸŽ‰ NEW GAME RELEASE! ๐ŸŒญ๐ŸŽˆ

Cook Serve Forever is now available for PC and consoles! Grab it on Steam, Switch, PS4, PS5 and Xbox! (links in the replies)

Thank you so much for all of the support- I can't wait for y'all to play.

31.07.2025 17:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 169    ๐Ÿ” 72    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
A screenshot of a recipe that recommends "holy basil" as an ingredient

A screenshot of a recipe that recommends "holy basil" as an ingredient

Recipe blogs have JRPG sidequests now

Have to farm some dire elks for this

30.07.2025 16:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm so honored Arcane Eats was selected for the Indie Arena Booth, and I can't believe how perfect their theme this year is for us hah. It's going to be my first time to Gamescom and my first time to Germany! Any tips?

24.07.2025 00:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ooh looking this one up right now, thank you

23.07.2025 23:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey thank you so much! I've got big love for Cook Serve Delicious too, would love to see your take on card-cooking. More cooks in the kitchen! :)

23.07.2025 23:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hey, Iโ€™m looking for work for the next monthsโœจ
Iโ€™m a comic & concept artist looking for interior or cover comic work. I specially love drawing women, people in love and coming of age stories
For more check my portfolio ๐Ÿ”—โฌ‡๏ธ & feel free to reach me over dms or email ๐Ÿ’Œ

07.07.2025 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
A donut necromancer

A donut necromancer

The feared donutmancer.

10.07.2025 19:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 51    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's got enough room for me & the whole squad โš”๏ธ

12.07.2025 01:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13481    ๐Ÿ” 5832    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 139    ๐Ÿ“Œ 71
Empty food tray with a label reading "Antipasta Pasta Salad, $7.99 /lb" next to trays with food at a self-service counter.

Empty food tray with a label reading "Antipasta Pasta Salad, $7.99 /lb" next to trays with food at a self-service counter.

i'm no stephen hawking but i think what happens is that they cancel each other out

02.07.2025 12:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11652    ๐Ÿ” 1331    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 379    ๐Ÿ“Œ 95

CEO compensation graphed next to employee compensation. ๐Ÿ™ƒ

26.06.2025 20:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6580    ๐Ÿ” 3155    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 83    ๐Ÿ“Œ 138

Ooh, look great! Someone was just asking me for a grid-combat deckbuilder recc, gotta pass this along

26.06.2025 16:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A wide diversity of deck builders & more in last week's #TurnBasedThursday showcase!

๐Ÿ‘Š Anti-capitalist card brawler
๐Ÿ‘๏ธ Co-op exploration horror game
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿณ Magical kitchen cooking roguelike
๐Ÿพ Creepy cozy dungeon crawler w/ post-apocalyptic pets

Many more games in the ๐Ÿงต! โคต
#Gaming #TurnBased #IndieGames

24.06.2025 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The Game UI Database Summer Update has arrived!!
Filter by colour harmonies, copy or translate text directly from images, compare UI across multiple platforms, filter by PEGI/ESRB ratings, create your own grid systems, and much more!

www.gameuidatabase.com

20.06.2025 08:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 210    ๐Ÿ” 52    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday! Your summons have called forth... Arcane Eats, the world's most delicious roguelike deckbuilder

Craft the tastiest card combos, achieve a 3 Mythril Star restaurant, satisfy an eldritch being known as The Hunger

Wishlist:
store.steampowered.com/app/2640090/...

19.06.2025 17:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Forbidden Solitaire key art with eyeless wizard and dungeon keep.

"Show us your games"

#TurnBasedThursday

Forbidden Solitaire key art with eyeless wizard and dungeon keep. "Show us your games" #TurnBasedThursday

๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธWe peer from the shadows this #TurnBasedThursday ...the ritual begins...we are your official hosts.

#Gamedev & #IndieDev practitioners: summon your #turnbased creations in the replies - RPGs, strategy, roguelikes, all are welcome.

Adventurers: gaze into the thread. Invite others to the circle ๐Ÿ”

19.06.2025 10:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 105    ๐Ÿ” 61    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 53    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

I got to work on this incredible game with an insanely talented team โœจ Did some of the food & items, and yes, got hungry every time I had to look for references ๐Ÿ˜‹

Cooking + fantasy + card games just sounds like the perfect game to me, so if this is your jam don't forget to check it out! ๐Ÿฒ

11.06.2025 20:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sunken Stones on Steam A turn based Puzzle-Strategy game about pirates and cursed treasure. Choose a captain, gather your crew and defeat monsters by strategically placing units on a 5x5 grid.

โš“ Dive into cursed seas, outsmart monsters, and lead your crew to victory, one combo at a time.
๐Ÿ’ฅ Strategy meets swagger in Sunken Stones, a turn-based puzzle game with pirates and peril.
โš“ #WishlistWednesday โ†’ s.team/a/2601810

11.06.2025 16:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hah same! We've been trying to be more regular and still only make it once every couple of months. But I know where to find you, I'll hit you up sometime soon ish

10.06.2025 19:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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