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Adam Riches

@supernorn.bsky.social

Creative Director, Co-Founder of Robust Games @robustgames.bsky.social. Artist, Writer, Created Loco Motive ๐Ÿš‚๐Ÿ’จ ๐Ÿ—ก๏ธ Purchase Loco Motive: s.team/a/1709880

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thanks Kelsey! ๐Ÿ˜Š

11.08.2025 15:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Low Poly Truck - 3D model by supernorn My first attempt at a 3D model, created using Blockbench - Low Poly Truck - 3D model by supernorn

I've been meaning to learn 3D for ages, so this weekend I loaded up @blockbench.net and built my first ever low poly 3D model.

It's a little rough around the edges, but I'm pleased with it!

skfb.ly/pzUqS

11.08.2025 15:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sorry to you and the team, Mike. It's grim out here right now

08.08.2025 18:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An in-game render test of Pixel standing in her office, point light shining down on her face. 2 Smells can be read, one is the smell of Laurel, the other is a bit more obscured and needs to be investigated further.

An in-game render test of Pixel standing in her office, point light shining down on her face. 2 Smells can be read, one is the smell of Laurel, the other is a bit more obscured and needs to be investigated further.

Your handy dandy Deteco is going to catalogue your mysteries as you interrogate and gather details. Pull it up at any time to retrace your steps or visualise the timeline of events.

Your handy dandy Deteco is going to catalogue your mysteries as you interrogate and gather details. Pull it up at any time to retrace your steps or visualise the timeline of events.

We've got some great news to share!

Our next game, Pixel's Mysterious Mysteries, has been backed by @ukgamesfund.bsky.social for the Prototype Fund!

We've been silently working on the project but with their backing we'll be able to get a solid first playable developed

Psyched to show progress๐Ÿ–ค

07.08.2025 15:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 113    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Congrats again! โœจ

07.08.2025 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ’–

27.07.2025 12:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Save 20% on Loco Motive on Steam There's been a murder aboard the Reuss Express, and you're the suspects! Prove your innocence in this comedy 'point n' click' murder mystery - packed with twists, laughs, and larger-than-life characte...

Steam reviews help us with feedback, and they're a big deal to the Steam algorithm - getting Loco Motive in front of more people, and helping the game reach new audiences!

We're not too far from 1000 user reviews, but we need your help! โœจ

store.steampowered.com/app/1709880/...

#gamedev #indiegame

27.07.2025 11:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Loco Motive has a 94.68% Very Positive rating on Steam, with 734 reviews!

Loco Motive has a 94.68% Very Positive rating on Steam, with 734 reviews!

Loco Motive has reached over 700+ user reviews on Steam!

Thanks to everyone who has shared their feedback since launch! If you've enjoyed the game and didn't get a chance to leave your review yet, it would mean a lot to us if you did. ๐Ÿ’–

โžก๏ธ s.team/a/1709880

27.07.2025 09:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 59    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
I'M A PEAK SPEED FREAK - a screenshot of me reaching the summit in 0:54:50 mins

I'M A PEAK SPEED FREAK - a screenshot of me reaching the summit in 0:54:50 mins

From the same run, a screenshot of me achieving the Lone Wolf and Survival Badges.

From the same run, a screenshot of me achieving the Lone Wolf and Survival Badges.

A screenshot of my character in PEAK - a champion

A screenshot of my character in PEAK - a champion

@aggrocrabgames.bsky.social i have honed my PEAK skills to upsetting levels and I'm in desperate need of your approval โฑ๏ธ

25.07.2025 13:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If we want the bar to go that low, yes. But we need transformative change, not slightly more competent austerity.

24.07.2025 12:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Officially joined the Green Party this morning ๐Ÿ’š

Labour has no vision and are hopelessly barrelling us towards a reform win and an authoritarian state come the next election. They can get in the bin of history where they
belong quite frankly.

24.07.2025 09:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you've been waiting to pick up Loco Motive, you can grab it right now for just ๐Ÿท๏ธยฃ11.99 | $14.39 | โ‚ฌ14.39 - as part of the Chucklefish Publisher Sale!

That's across Steam, GOG & Nintendo US | EU!

๐Ÿท๏ธ Steam: bit.ly/LocoMotiveSteam
๐Ÿท๏ธ Nintendo: bit.ly/LocoMotiveNOA
๐Ÿท๏ธ GOG: bit.ly/GOGLocoMotive

22.07.2025 19:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Absolutely correct. Our game would be nowhere near as good without the excellent voice cast and their performances.

22.07.2025 09:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks for the shout out! โ™ฅ๏ธ

20.07.2025 12:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿšจ SURPRISE TRAILER DROP! ๐Ÿšจ

We just dropped a new trailer for Rogue Eclipse as a part of the Offbrand Games Showcase ๐Ÿ˜Ž!

๐Ÿ•น Tight Arcade Flight Controls
๐Ÿ’ฅ Merciless Armadas to Blast Through
๐Ÿ‘พ Epic Boss Fights to Overcome

Enjoy!

#ScreenshotSaturday #pcgaming #gaming

Wishlist Here!
bit.ly/4bRLumD

19.07.2025 21:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 354    ๐Ÿ” 108    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

One thing I love about the indie dev space is that the vast majority of folks are super supportive of each other.

19.07.2025 16:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 195    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

If you enjoyed Loco Motive, we're confident you'll get a huge kick out of The Drifter!

Definitely not one to be missed! ๐Ÿ‘‡

18.07.2025 10:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Out of interest, would anyone like to see a physical edition of Loco Motive?

We're always on the lookout for interesting collabs, and I think a 90s style 'big box' would go extremely hard.

12.07.2025 11:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just in: Unknown Worlds founders Charlie Cleveland and Max McGuire along with former CEO Ted Gill are filing a lawsuit against Krafton.

Much more to come in the next few days

11.07.2025 00:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1349    ๐Ÿ” 163    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 45

I bought this last week and finished it today! Super fun, great example of the genre, defo recommend

10.07.2025 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Save 20% on Loco Motive on Steam On the Reuss Express a passenger has been murdered, and youโ€™re the prime suspects. Uncover a thrilling mystery and solve satisfying point and click puzzles to prove your innocence! A slapstick adventu...

It's the last few hours of the Steam Summer Sale, and your chance to grab Loco Motive for *20% off*! โ˜€๏ธ

๐Ÿ—ก๏ธA comedy murder mystery set aboard a steam train
๐Ÿค10+hrs of satisfying point-&-clicking
๐ŸŽคFully voice acted!
โœ… Deck Verified

โžก๏ธ store.steampowered.com/app/1709880/...

#pixelart #indiegame #gaming

10.07.2025 10:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Loco Motive ($14.39) - a fantastically animated comedy point and click, casting you as the prime suspect(s) for Lady Unterwald's murder. incredibly expressive, tailor made to those who loved the goofy energy in the animation for Sam and Max and Ghost Trick. store.steampowered.com/app/1709880/...

04.07.2025 18:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This week I've reached the inescapable part of early game development - the need to draw a whole bunch of trees and the rocks.

04.07.2025 14:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

These high level executives are so cooked by LLMs their brains no longer work. It's probably the one role AI could replace without anyone noticing a decline in competency.

04.07.2025 10:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All of this is to say, if you want indies to keep making games, waiting for that 80% deep discount is going to make it very difficult.

Itโ€™s also why Iโ€™ve never discounted Lamplight City more than 40%

I know not everyone can afford to buy games at full price, but weโ€™re also not charging $60.

03.07.2025 14:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 249    ๐Ÿ” 43    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

For anyone wondering what sort of 'publisher' would actively sabotage a project like this mid-development - it's Microsoft.

03.07.2025 10:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This has big "everyone on the modding team is gone apart from the ideas guy" energy.

03.07.2025 10:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Charlie Cleveland and co. are the heart of Unknown Worlds. For the entire leadership team to be kicked out in such an unceremonious way can only mean some ZA/UM levels of ratfucking has taken place.

I'm really sorry to see this happen to yet another talented studio.

02.07.2025 09:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm going to be at Develop Conference next week! โ˜€๏ธ

we're not pitching anything yet but if you want to hear about the next game, I'm happy to talk about it over a pint.

Or if you just want to arrange a hang, my DMs are open

01.07.2025 12:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Of course, just keep doing what you're doing! โœจ

29.06.2025 13:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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