Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie

Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie

@greyalien.bsky.social

Indie developer since 2005, owner of Grey Alien Games. Working on Forbidden Solitaire (watch the trailer!) Creator of Ancient Enemy, Shadowhand, Regency Solitaire + more. Retro games fan. Please buy my games. Thx. https://www.greyaliengames.com/

12,383 Followers 2,367 Following 10,525 Posts Joined Jul 2023
54 minutes ago

Also ChainStaff demo still up!
store.steampowered.com/app/2976260/...

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49 minutes ago

Thank you! There’s lots cool stuff in the full game.

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Forbidden Solitaire It’s 2019. You brought home a strange yet familiar 1995 CD-ROM game from the

You can also wishlists on GOG:

www.gog.com/en/game/forb...

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A Steam wishlists chart ramping up over time and particularly well recently due to public demo release + Next Fest (and may streamers)

Things seem to be going well for Forbidden Solitaire. Out soon.

store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...

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Thank you!

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A screenshot of Forbidden Solitaire. There are piles of cards on the screen over a purple pixelly cloud background. Lightning is striking one of the cards to destroy it.

FORBIDDEN SOLITAIRE
Vibe: What if the Windows Maze Screensaver was haunted

...and also, Solitaire? It's got the same mechanics as Regency Solitaire (same developer) plus the crunchy '90s graphics of the Dancing Baby GIF. And also, the meta-layer of "oh no this game is haunted", which is always fun.

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Thank you!

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Forbidden Solitaire on Steam Forbidden Solitaire is a card-slashing horror game about unearthing the contents of a cryptic 1995 CD-ROM that should have never existed. From the creators of Ancient Enemy and Home Safety Hotline.

Every Friday, we want to share a game or a studio we admire.

This week: the wonderful team at Grey Alien Games who has been delivering a creative mix of solitaire and narrative for the past… 21+ years.

Their next game, Forbidden Solitaire, is coming out soon:

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Hey thanks for this! Appreciated.

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6 days ago
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Forbidden Solitaire on Steam Forbidden Solitaire is a card-slashing horror game about unearthing the contents of a cryptic 1995 CD-ROM that should have never existed. From the creators of Ancient Enemy and Home Safety Hotline.

Dude, really awesome Short Showcase tonight. The highlight had to be Forbidden Solitaire, which was equal parts just really fun, snappy gameplay and also just. Really funny. Cannot wait for the full game. store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...

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Forbidden Solitaire - This teleported me back in time to when I was playing shitty CDRom games on the family computer and I loved it. The graphics and design and sound were all perfectly crusty and delightful. I want to play more of this game sooo bad
store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...

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3 hours ago

Well-spotted. The difference in wishlists is huge. Hopefully this games is finally a hit.

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Regency Solitaire II, released in 2024 with 300 followers (but really, 200 before release) Forbidden Solitaire, not yet released, has 2700 followers.

Like, look at Regency Solitaire 2 vs Forbidden Solitaire. These are the same games gameplay wise, the main difference is in theming. Regency targets people that aren't on steam an maybe don't buy games, while Forbidden is laser focused on what people on steam like *and* want.

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3 hours ago

Ha I wish I could. If you have a birthday month then I can make that happen.

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3 hours ago

I’ve been having a much-needed lie down.

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22 hours ago
Click to Start "Forbidden Doom"

strategic "Joe's Thrift Market" receipt in the background The "combat" which is really just... Solitaire. But with magic and combo counters and an oldschool dungeon crawler aesthetic that just gives me goosebumps In-game chat windows & pop-ups that tell the story of this game, because "Forbidden Solitaire" sells you the fantasy of playing this fictional game at the time of its (in-universe) release, and learn about the "controversy" alongside the characters

Forbidden Solitaire

Solitaire meets gory dungeon crawling meets... the moral panic surrounding DOOM in the 90s? What?!

Yeah, this is easily one of the big winners for me, this game fucking slaps, I was *upset* when the demo ended.

April can't come soon enough, this one is a must-have.

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4 hours ago

Ok yeah sounds like floating point bug then.

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5 hours ago

I love pink/purple magnolias. We have some in the street near us and they are a delight to walk past and look at. Please post pics.

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5 hours ago

Who wrote it?

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8 hours ago
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Boots 1983 Catalogue

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6 hours ago

lol.

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9 hours ago

Ibuprofen cheese cake, for older developers.

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9 hours ago

What if both?!

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9 hours ago

Good luck with it!

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🏹🏹🏹 Mythmatch is OUT NOW on Steam! 🏹🏹🏹

AND there's a 20% launch discount!

🐐 Merge the items
💪 Unite the people
🏠 Make a home

And it's Steam Deck Verified!!

store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...

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We are publishing the latest Clutter game, Clutter 19: Survey Says What?, for our friends at Puzzle by Joe later this year.

This series of game has sold very well off-Steam to casual gamers. You might like its addictive puzzle gameplay.

store.steampowered.com/app/4457030/...

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20 hours ago

Good to know thx

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20 hours ago
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Playing Minishoot adventures via Game Pass. It’s a nice game.

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1 day ago

valid

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1 day ago

Thanks. Yes that systems/polish stuff was just ready and waiting for the correct game and situation to make it. So I've gone all in on this. Determined to give it a good go.

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