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Owen Davies

@owendavies.bsky.social

Game developer. Lead programmer @groundshatter. Bristol, UK

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My plans for an elaborate crime were thwarted by a generation of youngers brought up on cola beverages.

I would have gotten away with it too if it hadn't been for those Pepsi kids!

04.02.2026 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These both look like great reads, but I can't take the credit for my namesake's work on Folklore

04.11.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In the year 2025, footballers are being racially abused online and 30 year old album art is being flagged as sexually explicit. The game's gone.

23.07.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Spoilt for choice when I was 16. This is just a selection of my favourites with brown cover art.

23.07.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of Yazz singing and holding on to a dialogue box called hold on whilst waiting for Unity to import assets.

Picture of Yazz singing and holding on to a dialogue box called hold on whilst waiting for Unity to import assets.

03.07.2025 08:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This sounds fun, but clashes with the food festival 7-9pm. Are you happy for folks to drop in mid-way though, or is it more of an eyes down from 7pm vibe?

24.06.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

'What's a poster you had in your room growing up?'

23.06.2025 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Block Words (BETA) Block Words is a free daily word puzzle game. Use strategic spelling to beat the target and top the leaderboard. Can you find the secret seven-letter word?

Finally got around to playing some #BLOCKWORDS
177 in 9m 01s. 🟨 2️⃣ 🟨 🟨 2️⃣ 🟨 🟨 🟨 3️⃣ 🟨 🟨 3️⃣ 3️⃣ 2️⃣ 🟨 🟨 blockwords.app?374

08.01.2025 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nature is healing

13.11.2024 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In case you missed it, the pinnacle of my career was right here, in a urinal

12.11.2024 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Only 54 more sleeps

01.11.2024 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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i made a small ambient soundscape toy, you can play it from your pc browser 🌹

fuzul.itch.io/secondfall24

22.10.2024 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Hurry up! Only two days left to buy our games, with all proceeds going to support Ukraine, which is being devastated by the Russian war.

23.10.2024 07:39 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is your game not performing as expected during #SteamNextFest? 😞

There’s still time to turn things around! πŸ’ͺ

Check out my 10-step guide packed with actionable tips to boost your chances of success and make the most of the event BEFORE IT ENDS! πŸ‘‡

πŸ“ˆβœ¨ impress.games/blog/steam-n...

21.10.2024 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Writers: repost a random piece that you're proud of...

I took a dive into the history of games being distributed on vinyl records, for The Guardian.

Actual playable games stored on records! I spoke to everyone from pop-stars to those that pioneered the technique.

theguardian.com/games/2021/j...

21.10.2024 10:27 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

Come listen to two of our artists talk about their process for KITS and ask questions. They are LIVE now!

17.10.2024 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Knights in Tight Spaces on Steam Control your environment, gather your party, and build your best deck to overcome outlaws and supernatural forces, across a rich fantasy world. Watch as your tactical choices and deckbuilding prowess ...

You're going to be bombarded with these for the next couple of weeks, but I'm immensely proud of what the team has put together with Knights in Tight Spaces so we'd love it if you could play the ALL NEW Next Fest demo and RT this and generally be cool dudes

store.steampowered.com/app/2315400/...

14.10.2024 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4

When is a cup of tea too cold? When you can leave a rich tea in as long as you like.

03.10.2024 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey #GameDev... I need more help with the labeler. πŸ˜…
We've labeled just short of 600 accounts so far, but there are hundreds of untouched requests we haven't been able to get to yet. If you're looking to help us out, here's what you can do... 🧡

06.09.2024 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

@ozone.birb.house lovely stuff. Game dev here πŸ™

06.09.2024 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man with a pumpkin on his head is in a cemetery sponsored by kvvo.com ALT: a man with a pumpkin on his head is in a cemetery sponsored by kvvo.com

Made the mistake of going 'town' shopping today and discovered Halloween is already a thing. Next up: Valentine's tat on sale in December.

04.09.2024 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
screenshot gameplay of Knights in Tight Spaces. 
Five characters T a medieval kitchen level, three are enemies in red. Along the bottom of the image are player cards.
From left to right:
Long Strike, Slip, Dash, Charge Strike, Block, and Quick shot.

screenshot gameplay of Knights in Tight Spaces. Five characters T a medieval kitchen level, three are enemies in red. Along the bottom of the image are player cards. From left to right: Long Strike, Slip, Dash, Charge Strike, Block, and Quick shot.

Screenshot of Knights in Tight Spaces.
A swordsmen in green delivering a blow to a man in red.

Screenshot of Knights in Tight Spaces. A swordsmen in green delivering a blow to a man in red.

screenshot of the videogame Fights in Tight Spaces.
five characters on a white prison level.  The main character, FITS Agent is delivering a suplex to a orange enemy.

screenshot of the videogame Fights in Tight Spaces. five characters on a white prison level. The main character, FITS Agent is delivering a suplex to a orange enemy.

screenshot of Fights in Tight Spaces.
FITS agent delivering a kick to a enemy in the chest.

screenshot of Fights in Tight Spaces. FITS agent delivering a kick to a enemy in the chest.

Hello!! Our first post on Bluesky πŸ‘‹
We're Ground Shatter, an indie games company from Bristol!
We're the developers and Fights and Tight Spaces, and currently working on Knights in Tight Spaces, a stand alone set in the same universe! #indiegame #deckbuilder #gamedev

03.09.2024 09:05 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Arts funding

26.08.2024 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1959    πŸ” 508    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 122

1-0 🌹

04.07.2024 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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She forgave him!

29.02.2024 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thinking of changing my name to Tom Cruiser πŸ€‘

25.01.2024 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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One paragraph, one kill.

24.01.2024 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Came 2nd in a winner takes all quiz and had the winner of TM series 16 spoiled as a Brucey bonus 😫

10.01.2024 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The trick with New Year's resolutions is to aim for something achievable

09.01.2024 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Did you see our 25th December door yesterday? It's by Kate Compton ( twitter.com/GalaxyKate/ ) and is quite mesmerising!

Explore the forest here: generativeadvent.itch.io/generative-a...

26.12.2023 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0