Jake (SporeBloom)

Cute Tom! Will the hats stay for good afterwards?

✨Artwork Stages 2&3 of The Ancients - symbiotic contact has been made. The environment is encouraging, but something is wrong...

Find SporeBloom on Steam (Wishlist/Discord)
store.steampowered.com/app/2895740/...

#gamedev #unity #gamedesign #indiegames #strategygames #fungi #mushroomgame

✨The Ancients - mysterious knowledge keepers. Observers and movers of all life interconnected with the soil.

Find SporeBloom on Discord & Steam

#mushroomgame #mushrooms #fungi #gamedev #gameart #fantasticfungi #strategygames #naturegames #indies

Kick, punch, it's all in the mind!

That's dope, parallax and some special post fx?

Potentially 'Panaeolus cinctulus' (a ✨ species) growing very tall in a tropical terrarium! Game habitat inspirations keep on showing up...
🌿
Black spore print, a hollow stipe (stem) among other clues, traveling via potting mix!

#mushroomphotos #mushrooms #mushroomgame #tropicals

🍄 What's it like to live on a stump?

Perhaps, worlds within worlds, new climates and friends?

#rainforeststump #temperaterainforest #foraging #mushroomgame #gamedemo #fantasticfungi #fungus #indiegame #indiedeveloper #naturegame

YouTube video by SporeBloom DNA Project for fungi - collection and processing

DNA Sequencing for fungi: quick project summary

youtube.com/shorts/xVApL...

#fungi #mushrooms #mushroomgame #sporebloom #spores #gamedesign #mycology

🍇🍋 Making a proud return: new visuals, improved design, & new mechanics!

It packs a synthesis of nutrients into energy, and mutualistic energy generation with opponent Blooms...

#mushroomgame #gamedev #unity3d #mushrooms #fungi #strategygames

YouTube video by SporeBloom Harvesting Oyster Mushrooms - Home grow kit

The first flush of these delicious mushrooms are ready.

Have you tried one?! They don't require more equipment than a small spray bottle.

*Mushroom Kit by: Foragers Galley (BC, Canada)
*Credits: Music by Kim Oxlund!

youtube.com/shorts/glXln...

🍄 Mushrooms growing on a
mushroom > map projection has opened up tons of
possibilities.

Nature plays out on so many scales.

Find us on Discord & Steam (Multiplayer/AI Demo)
#mushroomgame #indiedev #spores #madewithunity #unity #strategygame

1️⃣ = real slime mold inspiration
2️⃣ = in progress '3d mycelium tree' - but what could we be growing?? 🍄

While slime molds are not fungi, the forms echo webbing and network branching

#unity3d #gameart #indiegames #mycelium #network #gamedesign #mushroomgame

A poster for Vancouver Game Garden 2025. The subtitle says "Enjoy works by local developers and artists", the date is Sept 27-28, and the details are "Roundhouse Community Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, 11am-5pm - FREE ENTRY! vangamegarden.com" The poster features retro-inspired pixel art of people wandering through a garden of game demo tables and art displays as well as a section where attendees are watching a presentation.

The exhibitor list for Vancouver Game Garden 2025 is now live!! 🎮🌱

More than 40 different indie studios will be showcasing their games at this year's event, including games such as 1000xRESIST, Peglin, Beastieball, and many more! ✨

Check out the full list here: vangamegarden.com/exhibitors

Loving the dreamy vibes in game with this improved gradient shader...✨

Ancient Network colors indicate upcoming growth; think blueprints for your future expansions

#mushroomcharacter #mushroomart #gamedesign #gameartist #3dcharacterart #mushroomgame #unity3d

@rattleaxe-games.bsky.social needs a junkyard golem race now

Oh does it like, get reflected back in the menu scene as you progress??

YouTube video by Waiting For Nintendo Indie GOTY has arrived... [𝖈𝖆𝖗𝖕𝖔𝖔𝖓]

I was on the intellectually rich and didactic @waitingfornintendo.bsky.social to talk about developing Carpoon www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRmF...

Very cute. Maybe a few hero flowers (another clear & warm accent color?) here and there would make it sing? :)

First snow oyster flush harvest. It's a big block and the next is on the way!

🍄 Always a delight and inspiration to watch em grow.

#growkit #oystermushrooms #mushroomgame #gamedeveloper #mushroomharvest #fungipics #oysters #freshfungi #mushies #fungigame #fungus
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Acrylic painting on canvas of brown mushroom cluster, held against a real fern backdrop

Two art cards on a table, one depicting a snowy road and the other a tiny island of trees

New art by @neilpinkettartist (IG) purchased during my holiday. I guess I'm officially a collector of his ;) He has amazing technique.

Second image: art cards

#mushroomart #mushroompainting #mushroomgame #natureart #mycologyart #mushroomartist #mushrooms

🫧New feature: Map Exploration.

It's still in development but it's very promising...great feedback so far :)

🍄Discover other networks and the bounds of the map

More details here: steamcommunity.com/games/289574...

#steamupdates #mushroomgame #mushrooms #indiegame #fungus #spores

🍄 Almost 1000 people have grabbed
the Demo for their library!

🎮 Tag a gamer and send each other spores via Steam
(link in bio)

(screenshots from Trailer)
#indiegames #unity3d #madeincanada #mushroomgame #spores #mushrooms

Same here, always forgetting! Really enjoyed where Stellations is headed.

Great intro to Picross for me too

🍄 Spore = your playable mushroom
'faction'
🎮 Choose a Spore. Make your build. Test it vs. your
friend for free! (link in bio)

options:
BeanStripe [Networker] loves to stretch its networks
BubbleFins [Propagator] is the master of Humus soil

#unity3d #gamedev #indiegames #mushroomgame #mushrooms

🍄 Cinematic > In-Game costumes.
🎮 Tried the demo? Steam link in bio

#freegames #gamedemos #steamgames #mushroomgames #unity3d #madeinbc #steamdemos #fantasticfungi #mushrooms #multiplayergame

🍄 Demo figures are growing, bread being consumed.
New Features, Tutorial improvements and more!

🗨As an indie developer, feedback is the best way to support and grow the game, and thanks to all that have :)

🎮 Steam link in bio

#mushroomgame #fungi #strategygame #indiedev #unity3D

love this drawing in game, adorable

Cozy #PitchYaGame unite!

The Regreening is a cozy nature-restoration game about healing🌾

🌱grow living ecosystems
🦉become friends with ancient spirits
🔥 share stories by the bonfire
💧 engineer water & land to make nature thrive
🌿 watch the world bloom again

Follow us so you don't miss the demo!

SporeBloom: Mycelium Master Demo on Steam A fungi-fueled 'battle of nutrition!' Turn-based strategy inspired by mycelium networks and territory control. Produce fantastical mushrooms and expand to outgrow your rivals. Develop peacefully or pa...

SporeBloom: Mycelium Master Demo is now up on Steam 🍄

It’s a whimsical and fun turn-based strategy game about growing fungal networks and competing for dominance.

Would love to hear what you think. Forward to a friend and have a match :)

🎮 Demo: store.steampowered.com/app/3283660/...

Steal the safe mode/capture the flag incoming