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Jon Annal

@jonannal.bsky.social

🧙‍♂️COO and games wizard at Nitrome (ive got the beard and everything). 🎮Maker of many fine console, mobile and browser games. 👾Latest released creation Shovel Knight Dig! 👶🏻Proud dad. 🌿Love houseplants (ones that behave!) 🍻Partial to a cheeky beer.

261 Followers  |  90 Following  |  26 Posts  |  Joined: 08.11.2024  |  1.8558

Latest posts by jonannal.bsky.social on Bluesky

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🎯

20.01.2026 20:45 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The new Switch 2 Joy-Con colours are giving me 80’s Shell suit vibes…

Who’s with me? 🤔

08.01.2026 14:35 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Announcing Nitrome Classics!

We are bringing back beloved games of old re-equipped for modern gamers.

Re-live your childhood. Wishlist Twin Shot Deluxe now:
store.steampowered.com/app/3618520/...

16.12.2025 16:48 — 👍 283    🔁 102    💬 11    📌 18

No problem I will just shoot a text over to Capcom. 👍

22.11.2025 17:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Gosh I would play the crap out if this. There is a special place in my heart for Megaman 2. I loved this growing up as a kid.

22.11.2025 11:08 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A scene of Mega Man running through Wood Man's stage. Various enemies block his path.

A scene of Mega Man running through Wood Man's stage. Various enemies block his path.

A scene of Mega Man descending into the the lower regions of Wood Man's stage. Bat-like enemies stand in his way.

A scene of Mega Man descending into the the lower regions of Wood Man's stage. Bat-like enemies stand in his way.

A scene of Mega Man confronting a dog-like robot enemy.

A scene of Mega Man confronting a dog-like robot enemy.

Wood Man Stage - Part II 🌳

For the 'Mega Man 2 Redraw' project!

Each scene is a smaller section of a larger vertical piece.

19.11.2025 15:10 — 👍 620    🔁 152    💬 16    📌 3
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Our action platformer Bomb Chicken is part of #SteamAnimalFest from 10th -17th Nov.
Even better you can pick it up now for as little as $6!

store.steampowered.com/app/658780/B...

10.11.2025 18:03 — 👍 31    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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I was trying to think of a good pun, but I'm stumped!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN everyone! 🎃

31.10.2025 15:55 — 👍 48    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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Looking to try and improve our score by 1% on Steam for Bomb Chicken. Would really appreciate your time if you can leave a review 💕💣🐓💕

store.steampowered.com/app/658780/B...

29.10.2025 20:16 — 👍 48    🔁 16    💬 2    📌 0
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Toying with new hair tech for #MouseWork , our upcoming #NintendoSwitch2 game featuring mouse controls!

07.10.2025 12:08 — 👍 37    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Long hair tech COMPLETE! ✂️🐭
#MouseWork #NintendoSwitch2

07.10.2025 16:50 — 👍 85    🔁 20    💬 3    📌 0
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Another entry for #RandomThingsInMouseWork . This time we have…’Larpers’ which appear in one of the jobs that we already showed…can you guess which one? Look forward to this and much more when our multiplayer mouse controlled #MouseWork comes to #NintendoSwitch2 !

27.09.2025 21:22 — 👍 42    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
Pixel art of an old ruin under cloudy skies. A man in a loincloth, holding an axe faces agains a gigantic bearded man, horribly mutated by a black goop littered with eyes and glowing veins

Pixel art of an old ruin under cloudy skies. A man in a loincloth, holding an axe faces agains a gigantic bearded man, horribly mutated by a black goop littered with eyes and glowing veins

The Legendary Axe concept mockup. Been a while since I made one of these. Research was tough. I have no connection to the game or the turbografx-16 whatsoever, but the final boss being a weird and unsettling merger of confused cavemen held together by an eldric mass was captivating.
#pixelart #ドット絵

22.09.2025 13:29 — 👍 1348    🔁 208    💬 26    📌 2
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We have a 50%OFF sale happening on our Switch titles💸

For those who want an explosive beautiful pixel art platformer we have Bomb Chicken. The perfect come down after finishing #SilkSong

Feel like putting your brain to the test? Hop onto Gun Brick: Reloaded and take a joyride!

23.09.2025 15:45 — 👍 44    🔁 9    💬 3    📌 0

Yeah have done an MRI last year. Its otherworldly being inside it.
Sounds exactly like an old spectrum loading. Very LOUD too!
Hope you get to the bottom of the injury.

18.09.2025 18:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Silksong is yesterdays news. Step aside there is a new hornet in town 🐝

18.09.2025 17:51 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Agreed it is so sick.

12.09.2025 19:51 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New Shovel Knight Dig Start-Up

#ShovelKnight #ShovelKnightDig #Indie #YachtClubGames #Nitrome

31.08.2025 02:29 — 👍 20    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0

We are making some PC titles. So your prayer might come true in that respect.

12.09.2025 19:48 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Look Metroid is almost as cool as Flip-Side 😎👌

12.09.2025 19:46 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is one if my dream games to make. 😍

04.08.2025 22:50 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I will be honest I almost bounced off it fairly quickly.

The first few areas are all just smashy smashy and nothing else. It had no real structure for me.

Smash…scoop gold… repeat

I had to persist and it took me hours to get into it before it clicked.

04.08.2025 14:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Let’s take a closer look at some BRAND NEW minigame jobs in #MouseWork!

A multiplayer party game being developed for #NintendoSwitch2 using the mouse functionality of the Jon-Con 2 🐭🐭🐭🐭

23.07.2025 14:46 — 👍 208    🔁 44    💬 5    📌 5

Thanks ben. The wicked wishes imo has some of the games best bits.

15.05.2025 18:04 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

We worked SO hard on this. Wicked wishes is imo the most fun campaign of the game. Am very proud of what we achieved.

@romainmacre.bsky.social
@juanitomedinart.bsky.social
@joaosdev.bsky.social
(+ Jesse Parsons who isnt on bluesky).

very proud of you all for your dedication and hard work. 💪

15.05.2025 17:51 — 👍 24    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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Ready your shovels🪏
Shovel Knight Dig is tunneling onto Xbox & PS5 TOMORROW!

It'll include the base game & all expansions, including the upcoming DLC, Wicked Wishes.

This final update adds new bosses, quests, secrets, & game-changing upgrades, making this the definitive version.

14.05.2025 19:28 — 👍 49    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 1
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Felt cute, might delete later 💅

Many original minigames in dev for Mouse Work, coming to #NintendoSwitch2

09.05.2025 16:21 — 👍 56    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Get ready to squeak with delight as we unveil Mouse Work! A 1-4 player party game for Switch 2 using mouse controls! Control adorable mice working various jobs in their desire to earn some extra cheddar. Coming Soon!

#MouseWork #Nitrome #NintendoSwitch2

07.04.2025 21:02 — 👍 955    🔁 233    💬 33    📌 44

I guess BlueSky dosen’t support gifs then?

26.04.2025 10:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Why dont you move gif? 🤔

26.04.2025 10:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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