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Murray Somerwolff

@patattiemurray.bsky.social
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He/Him 1/2 of Patattie Games (art/design/writing) Made Wax Heads (out now on Steam / Switch / PS5 / Xbox) Now working on: 👀👀👀👀 Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2769240/… Father of Twins murraysomerwolff.com

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Joshferatu Scare @joshscherr.bsky.social · 16h
Support indie developers! Plus, look at this title card. A+++
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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 13h
Holy shit, congrats Tom! So happy for you guys!
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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 13h
(and important context, I'd already been working in a Sainsbury's to save money to move to London before this and worked in somerfields in my home town, I knew how crazy people in supermarkets could be, somerfield especially was full of crazy, but this place was disturbed 😅🫣)
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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 13h
I just never went back. They rang me up and I was just like, you can keep the money for that shift, I'm not coming, and the guy on the phone was like... But you have to come in? At least to quit? And I was just like... Nope. (Luckily got hired as a really bad waiter through a mate after that...)
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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 13h
bigot who decided to be very vocal with his ideas to me, I got gaslit about the store stock rotation even though, again, it was my first shift, and then when I finally finished, the store manager called me into his office, offered me to train as a manager so I could snitch on the other employees
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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 13h
Worked one shift at a Sainsbury's on the graveyard run when I first moved to london and it was so crazy I didn't go back. I was reprimanded twice by two different managers for stuff that had happened on a previous shift, despite it being my first shift, one of the guys working with me was a massive
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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 13h
👀👀👀 exciting!!
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Amall1 @amal85w.bsky.social · 17h
PLEASE, DON'T LET MY CRY GO UNHEARD I'm Amal, a mother in Gaza, begging strangers to help my injured child, Mohammad. He needs urgent treatment outside Gaza. I wish I could do everything for him myself. Please, even $5 or one repost could help us reach someone who can
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Giovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.social · 20h
Penguin Colony is a vital work of confrontational art. A game that reclaims Lovecraft’s words and turns them against his own beliefs. If it looks like a gag game (cosmic horror March of the Penguins) from the outside, know that it very, very much is not. My review. www.polygon.com/penguin-colo...
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Penguin Colony Rips Lovecraft’s Horror From His Racist Hands
Origame Digital reclaims Lovecraft in a confrontational statement piece
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MrMKL is Melting 🫠 @mrmkl.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
If you have ever enjoyed one of the musical tracks from Street Fighter 2, odds are you have this woman, Yoko Shimomura, to thank
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gigi @immagigi.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
👀
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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Okay! Good to know, thank you!
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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Anyone got a suggestion for an app for just writing notes on android? Downloaded one that wanted to charge me £40 a year... 😅😂
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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
So good, goddamn I've so many good films there, would have been a travesty if they had to close
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prisonofhusks.bsky.social @prisonofhusks.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Our retro soulslike has a new demo! Escape the PRISON OF HUSKS and seek your beloved. We’ve made extensive changes addressing your feedback and bringing the demo up to date, so even experienced dolls will see something new!
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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
that's incredibly disappointing, I thought it was gonna be very fun camp ridiculousness, not bro "ha ha" ridiculousness. That's a definite pass
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Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Northernlion (!!!) just ended his stream of our game saying "I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOOD" and lads.... what a Wednesday night!! 😭❤️
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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I'm not there yet, but I'll join you beautiful people one day.
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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
honestly anything that has a vibe is perfect right now, I'm working with the same composer from Wax Heads but we're starting out early and collecting ideas and definitely want the score to have "character" (by which I mean very willing to get weird with it)
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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
This is cool as hell 👀
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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Oooh interesting 👀 I'll definitely check it out! New game is 1600s folk horror vibes - if you have anything that you think would match that I'm all ears 👀
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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Oooh this looks good, at least it looks from the cover very relavant to my new game, what kind of music is it? I don't know it 👀👀👀
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Rasheed Abueideh - Now crowdfunding Dreams on a Pillow 🍉 @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Less than 48 hours for 1 to 1 Match by LaunchGood Your support makes a Difference and now its the best time, it will be Matched by LaunchGood launchgood.com/1948
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“Dreams on a Pillow” is in development - Help Us Tell The Full Story | LaunchGood | LaunchGood
Development of the stealth adventure game about the Nakba is underway. New game trailer headlines a final crowdfunding push for remaining budget until release.
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The Punished Backlog @punishedbacklog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
🧵Best Cozy Games - Scarlet writes, "If you’re looking for a more recent cozy game, @waxheadsgame.bsky.social is the one to get. The customer interactions aren’t on a timer, so you don’t need to rush to find the perfect vinyl album for each one. Plus, the music (as expected) is excellent."
Wax Heads - Cover art and screenshot of a vinyl record store game. A teal banner in the corner has the logo for The Punished Backlog and the title "The Best Cozy Games" list
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meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
the only survival strategy in the near to mid term for creatives imo is to make weird new stuff that an LLM could never come up with bc it’s hopelessly mired in nostalgia and what has come before — we have to lean into being weird human freaks rather than producing “content”
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meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
movies are now ways to keep gamers engaged in between increasingly long game development cycles, rather than significant moneymakers themselves www.gamesindustry.biz/resident-evi...
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Resident Evil games engagement leapt 50% following release of Zach Cregger's movie, but analysts say real value is in brand building
Resident Evil 2, which like the film is set in Raccoon City, saw a particularly high jump in daily active users
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JunieTunes @junietoons.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
wax heads is a cool game, play wax heads
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É҉̞̫̠̋̍̈́͌ ọ̷̖̈́̒ r̸͇͇̤̊̏͑͋́ĕ̸̬͍̙̱̿̉t̷̖̮͇̜͊͛̋ô̶͖͎̲̐r̴͔̥̠͚̜͛̅͐̍n̶͇͍̒̍o̷̯͕̯͗̇̀ͅ t̸̥͉̯̗̀͊̀͌ͅr҈̮̳̘̞͓̔͆̎i҈̞̪̿͂́͂͐u҈̯̯̟͖̒̈̒͗̚ň̴̥͖̟͗̒f̵͍͚̤͍̊̐̑͒̄a̴̞͙̲͑̎͒l̵̘̥͈̯̣̄̚ d̸̮̰͉͖̤̔́̈́o̴̭͓͌̿̎̈́ v҈̜̣̑͌ȁ̶͇͈̎̌s̴͇͚͚̯͂̀̒t̸͓̬̤̊̋͋͒̒o҈͔͓͙͖̭́̈́͆̾ ĺ̵̙̣̔͋ỏ̶̦̝̰̯̝̂r̴̭͇͈̝̜̾̓̂̋̃d̸͉̩̥̮̿̏̋̍͐ b̸̠̰͕̘̌̒̋͛͂o̷͓̘͛̎͋ͅl҉̰̰͑̀a҉̠̥͕̎̇d̴̰̩̜̂͗̐̔ã̵͚̮̟̲̒̃̔̆o҈͍̤͔̪̓͑ @kamuiciel.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Como não amar Wax Heads?
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Joonas Turner @kissakolme.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
!!PAPERHEAD ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK OUT NOW!! Bandcamp (best quality): kissakolme.bandcamp.com/album/paperh... YouTube (with visualizer video): youtu.be/lBkBljxSxsQ #gameost #gamemusic #music #soundtrack #gamedev
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PAPERHEAD Original Soundtrack, by Joonas Turner
44 track album
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Sajan @planetsmudge.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Hi #portfolioday, I'm Sajan, looking to do more fantastical/sci-fi/otherworldly stuff. Have a strong design sense, so especially keen on covers/posters etc, but also happy to do interior work! You can contact me for work through here: www.sajanrai.co.uk/portfolio/
Illustration for the slipcase of Lost In Cult's Switch 2 edition of Caves of Qud, a figure split in two -the mechanical side featuring a large arm, and mechanical heart, the magical side featuring a beak, wing and hook for a footIllustration for the cover of Lost In Cult's Switch 2 edition of Caves of Qud:  a sweeping landscape framed by trees, whose roots are crowded by various denizens and artefacts beneath the earthalbum cover for empire by CCTV. an earthy, peeling humanoid with a skull face tears themselves from  cube of blood, violently ripping at it's map surface with fists and teethposter for Red Umbrella fundraiser party at atemlos, a femme figure stands legs akimbo, holding a dripping red umbrella with a sex toy as a handle
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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
it was me
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PhantomCreeeper @lustfulsandman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
(2/2) In Wax Heads you're a new employee of a struggling record store, helping find records based on the obscure descriptions given to you by customers. The amount of lore created around the community, characters, and bands is incredible. The art is outstanding. An absolutely beautiful game!! ✨👻🖖💜
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PhantomCreeeper @lustfulsandman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
So, I just finished Wax Heads. If anyone is looking for a chill story driven point and click puzzle game with great art and a wonderful storyline, then this game is definitely it!! I think Winston and Rashida were my favorite repeat customers. Their story alone was so heart warming. (1/2)
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Nintendo-Difference @nintendo-difference.com · 11/10/2026
Une édition physique de Wax Heads sur Nintendo Switch et un vinyle de la bande originale disponibles en précommande chez Super Rare Games ▶︎ www.nintendo-difference.com/news/une-edi... #NintendoSwitch
Visuel officiel de l'édition physique de Wax Heads sur Nintendo SwitchVisuel officiel du vinyle de Wax HeadsImage de Wax HeadsImage de Wax Heads
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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
🎉 HUGE CAREER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉 Today, I'm launching Vertical Slice, a new independent trade outlet committed to producing quality video game journalism that inspires, informs, and interrogates. That means daily news, incisive interviews, vital investigative work, and more. www.verticalslice.news
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Milktooth | making Bad Magpie @milktooth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
IT’S HAPPENED! YOU can finally play Bad Magpie! so what are you waiting for, go and play the demo NOW 🗺️ explore a chaotic and colourful world 🌟 get a glimpse of the mysterious narrative 🔍 discover meteorites and hidden items 🐦 wreck havoc, be a menace play now on Steam & XBOX on PC!
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We are soon going to have to come to grips with the fact that this shit is asbestos for the mind
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Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News
A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854
Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…
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Ricky Haggett @rickyhaggett.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
youtu.be
stewart lee loch ness monster
YouTube video by Freelee and Durianrider
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Tomas Sala @falconeerdev.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Anyways that's my fear for games and even the entirety of society , we get to eat what we like , but we should endeavour to eat what we don't know yet. Comfort food is not feeding your soul, its feeding your anxieties.
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Tall Story Games 🔜 AdventureX @tallstorygames.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I say, that's quite an invitation! Please share far and wide to those of a journalistic persuasion. 🎩 Key requests via social media and email will be entertained. #indiegame #indiegames #indiegamedev #gamedev #pointandclick #adventuregame
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PhantomCreeeper @lustfulsandman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Just wanted to share with ya'll a game I've been really enjoying. Wax Heads has become one of my go-to casual games to chill out and play lately. The art is so beyond visually appealing and the storyline has been really good. The band lore that is in this game is sooo good! Definitely recommend ✨🖖🖖💜
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C. W. Maurer @cwmaurerwrites.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I played this one earlier this year, and it was So. Good. Go check it out if you haven't!
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Indie Hive @indie-hive.com · 10/10/2026
Back in May we reviewed @waxheadsgame.bsky.social , an awesome punk adventure that is currently being showcased as part of LudoNarraCon 2026, a celebration of narrative-driven games from @fellowtraveller.games #LudoNarraCon #IndieGames #GameReviews indie-hive.com/wax-heads/
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Wax Heads - Rocking Retail Recommendations at Repeater Records!
Indie Hive review Wax Heads, a punk-tastic point-and-click game that sees players making recommendations at a struggling record shop.
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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Oh yeah did I mention Wax Heads is 35% off right now on steam? 👀 (25% on switch)
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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Never been a bigger honour ❤️🔥🙌🎸🎶
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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Have been in my head a bit this week BUT despite that, I am having a blast pushing my visual creative work to its limits 👀
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Nintendo-Master.com @nintendo-master.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
FYI: Wax Heads s'offre une édition physique sur Nintendo Switch #NintendoSwitch2
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Wax Heads s'offre une édition physique sur Nintendo Switch
Déjà sorti en mai dernier sur l'eShop de la Nintendo Switch, le jeu de simulation Wax Heads va avoir le droit à son édition physique sur Nintendo Switch grâce à un partenariat entre Curve Digital et Super Rare Games. Les joueurs pourront ainsi précommander le jeu sur la boutique de Super Rare Games dès le 8 octobre 2026, et pour l'occasion plusieurs éditions seront disponibles : Le jeu seul au prix de 36,55€ La bande-son du jeu en vinyle au prix de 29,47€ Le pack jeu + vinyles au prix de 61,30€ Les expéditions des versions physiques sont attendues entre décembre 2026 et janvier 2027. Wax Heads est un jeu de simulation narratif punk tout doux où vous tenez une boutique de disques. Discutez avec des clients loufoques, découvrez des disques dessinés à la main, attachez-vous aux différents groupes (et à leurs scandales), prélassez-vous avec vos collègues et en avant la musique ! UNE SIMULATION DE VIE IMMERSIVE, PUNK ET TOUTE DOUCE Plongez dans une histoire émouvante et inspirante, mêlant communauté, mystères musicaux et esprit de résilience. Aidez des clients attachants et indécis à trouver le disque parfait tout en échangeant sur la musique avec vos adorables collègues. Votre mission : rendre à Repeater Records son dynamisme d'antan ! UNE BANDE ORIGINALE QUI DÉCHIRE Écoutez une bande-son exceptionnelle, composée de dizaines de morceaux originaux puisant dans une multitude de genres, de groupes et d'époques. Chaque chanson est conçue comme un véritable bijou de nostalgie. Des morceaux underground bruts de décoffrage aux pépites indés les plus planantes, cette playlist est faite pour vous trotter dans la tête longtemps après votre journée de travail. UNE COLLECTION DE DISQUES DESSINÉS À LA MAIN Fouillez dans des bacs remplis de plus de 80 albums de groupes imaginaires illustrés à la main et dont les jaquettes regorgent d'informations pour éveiller votre curiosité. Chaque disque possède sa propre personnalité, son histoire et ses fans. Le groupe de metal scandinave Jarhead a-t-il vraiment assassiné son chanteur et conservé sa tête dans un bocal ? Le célèbre rappeur RXXX était-il vraiment animateur d'émissions pour enfants ? Est-ce que quelqu'un a déjà vu Mimi ? UNE BANDE HÉTÉROCLITE DE PERSONNAGES ATTACHANTS ET DÉJANTÉS Repeater Records est tenu et fréquenté par une équipe changeante d'excentriques, de passionnés de musique et d'habitués hauts en couleur. Chaque personnage a un fort caractère, avec son lot de bizarreries et d'opinions discutables sur ce qu'est la "vraie musique". Apprenez à les connaître et à apprécier leur humour. Après tout, ils sont l'âme de la boutique ! DES BACS ENTIERS D'ÉNIGMES À RÉSOUDRE Entre les demandes des clients et les aventures de l'autre côté de la caisse, plongez dans une variété d'énigmes. Déchiffrez des indices et trouvez la recommandation musicale parfaite en parcourant les disques, les réseaux sociaux et les magazines musicaux. Vous pourriez même vous retrouver à travailler en régie pour des groupes du coin, à concevoir des affiches de concerts et à préparer des commandes ! LES CRÉATEURS DE WAX HEADS Patattie Games est un duo de développeurs indés punk composé de l'inventif dessinateur Murray Somerwolff (Welcome to Elk, Spitkiss, Dead Pets Unleashed) et de l'ingénieuse développeuse Rothio Tome (ancienne développeuse Unity, ingénieure support et streameuse espagnole très connue dans la catégorie Développement de logiciels et de jeux).
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