Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie

You are welcome.

Jake sitting on the sofa with white cat in the foreground. On the big TV is "Solitare" (mispelled) "by Jake Birkett (c) March 1995 There's is an Amiga 1200 on a coffee table, A64 on another table with a CRT screen above it, and Spectrum 48K on Jake's lap.

This was 3 years ago.

Where's my computer gone? #100

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I was on this panel about Indie Dev Resilience with @shawndoublea.bsky.social and @readgraves.com hosted by @impressgames.bsky.social a few months ago.

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I hope it is! 3x is the industry median so you are halfway there but it can still be hard to reach that. Need to keep going on sale and maybe do some updates.

When the creator of BALATRO says your game is "oozing vibes" - you know you're doing something right! 😍

💜 Wishlist Forbidden Solitaire: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...

If you find me with no eyeballs. You know why.

Yep. I still add those games to my wishlist. Sometime I pick them up later.

This is sweet. Except for the rabies.

Information: Also a week 1 to month 1 revenue multiplier of 1.5x is quite good I think.

I actually don’t care about day 1 stuff and have had it for years. Happy to just play a game when I’m ready. I’m more sad about games leaving gamepass that I didn’t get round to playing yet.

Hello, Trading Standards?

How about making it a bit slimmer so it’s not quite so immersion breaking? Or like a different color then blends more but still pops enough? Of course you could also have more visible cursors as an accessibility thing too.

I feel like 10/10 is the safe bet here.

And guess who is the CEO of this company? That's right it's @writnelson.bsky.social (well his character anyway) :-)

Finally! A guitar riff I created in the 1990s (on my JCM 2000 Marshall amp) has a moment to shine in our nostalgia/horror game. #longgame

Wishlist Forbidden Solitaire: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...

seems like it yeah

Cool!

Popped out for an afternoon leg stretch. It’s 16C and sunny.

10 Years of Indie Dev Resilience | Grey Alien Games Get more from Grey Alien Games on Patreon

I was on this panel about Indie Dev Resilience with @shawndoublea.bsky.social and @readgraves.com hosted by @impressgames.bsky.social a few months ago.

www.patreon.com/posts/140285...

She is amazing. Many such expressions of distain whilst she awaits her food bowl refilling.

Forbidden Solitaire has turn-based combat in a spooky dungeon setting. Plus the game itself, well, there's something odd about it... #TurnBasedThursday

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We're officially hosting this weeks #TurnBasedThursday!

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If you don't, we have a spot reserved for you in our haunted domain 👀🎃!

1995 the same year Forbidden Solitaire came out!

Jake sitting on the sofa with white cat in the foreground. On the big TV is "Solitare" (mispelled) "by Jake Birkett (c) March 1995 There's is an Amiga 1200 on a coffee table, A64 on another table with a CRT screen above it, and Spectrum 48K on Jake's lap.

This was 3 years ago.

Where's my computer gone? #100

We have discussed it :D

Great going! (except the press bit).

Could introduce gambling in schools?

This is a good point.

B.

I like the logo. Made me look.