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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/

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27.01.2026 01:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We want your games! Black folks making games, we want to see and share your dope trailers for your upcoming releases!

OR some developer commentary over gameplay.

Only requirements are - game must not be out (or released in the last few weeks) AND footage must be dope.

26.01.2026 20:23 — 👍 75    🔁 73    💬 2    📌 0
Jake and Helen having a cup of tea outside Soulshine cafe. They are wearing Regency era costumes and there's also an older man with a had and a cape standing nearby who just happened to be in the area and we asked him to join in the photo.

Jake and Helen having a cup of tea outside Soulshine cafe. They are wearing Regency era costumes and there's also an older man with a had and a cape standing nearby who just happened to be in the area and we asked him to join in the photo.

11 years ago we had a fun day making some promo shots for our game, Regency Solitaire. (photo by Kit Glaisyer)

26.01.2026 09:26 — 👍 73    🔁 5    💬 5    📌 0

Our resting daily wishlist rate for Forbidden Solitaire is +250 10 days after our demo came out. What is even happening? lol

27.01.2026 00:54 — 👍 28    🔁 0    💬 4    📌 0

woo! We are working on it. We'll get it to you soon.

27.01.2026 00:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Forbidden Solitaire's Demo Feedback | Night Signal Entertainment Get more from Night Signal Entertainment on Patreon

The Forbidden Solitaire team addressed a bunch of the feedback we received from demo players this past week - you can read about how we went about tackling these issues in our latest Patreon post! 👁️🩸

www.patreon.com/posts/forbid...

23.01.2026 20:27 — 👍 17    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

We like to hear this.

27.01.2026 00:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

;-)

27.01.2026 00:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oooh Forbidden Solitaire got a mention. Nice!

27.01.2026 00:41 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Forbidden Solitaire - Dev Diary #7

www.patreon.com/posts/149160...

26.01.2026 18:27 — 👍 17    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

It’s great but tough!

26.01.2026 23:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I bet and it may be too much for me haha.

26.01.2026 22:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh nice! Yeah I think that special world is gonna be tough…

26.01.2026 22:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Mario in front of castle. It says I found all the wonder seeds and got 100 coins as a rewards.

Mario in front of castle. It says I found all the wonder seeds and got 100 coins as a rewards.

Another zone done.

26.01.2026 22:46 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If you think Silksong is hard try 100%ing every level in Mario Wonder.

26.01.2026 22:02 — 👍 15    🔁 0    💬 4    📌 0
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Forbidden Solitaire - Dev Diary #7

www.patreon.com/posts/149160...

26.01.2026 18:27 — 👍 17    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

haha indeed

26.01.2026 16:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

haha nice!

26.01.2026 16:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hope you like it and hope the snow abates soon.

26.01.2026 16:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Well in Georgian times they had pretty good boob dresses (technical term) and weren't mega prudes. It was the Victorians who were shocked by ankles.

26.01.2026 16:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

And by all means joke about the last 10% :D But I've been here 16 times before (this is our 17th game), so at last I'm familiar with that and our schedule hopefully accounts for that.

26.01.2026 14:51 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This week it's full steam ahead with finishing Forbidden Solitaire. Not coding any more demo-related feedback as we did tons last week and updated the demo.

We are on the final stretch but there's still a lot to do.

26.01.2026 14:50 — 👍 35    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

He was!! An eccentric living in our small town.

26.01.2026 14:04 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Glad to hear it, thanks!

26.01.2026 14:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Forbidden Solitaire by @greyalien.bsky.social & @nightsignalentertainment.com

- *DEMO* AVG 120FPS few dips in 100FPS when FMVs play. Runs perfectly smooth. No gamepad. Mouse Cursor Template works or Plug in a Mouse. -

Steam Deck LCD Docked 1440p

Steam Page 👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...

26.01.2026 11:59 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks for testing at that resolution as it has helped me spot a couple of minor issues. Also yes, it's to be expected that the FPS will drop a bit in the FMV sequences. Luckily they only run at 12FPS to simulator an old CD-ROM game, so it's still easily fast enough.

26.01.2026 12:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It certainly does :-(

26.01.2026 11:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

haha yep

26.01.2026 11:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In 1812? Maybe.

26.01.2026 09:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I remember it well. It's written in BASIC and so you can break into it and modify the bat size. I made it fill the entire screen.

26.01.2026 09:42 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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