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Croak & Dagger Games @croakanddaggergames.com · 05/09/2026

Added some falling leaves and wind effects to the trees in our cozy magical archaeology game!! 🍂 #screenshotsaturday #godot #gamedev #cozygame

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Croak & Dagger Games @croakanddaggergames.com · 07/08/2026

It's Folklore Friday!! This is the story of The Black Shuck. I wanted to look into this one after seeing photos from the Black Shuck festival recently! We're making a game inspired by British folklore, so follow us to see more 🎮 #folklore #britishfolklore #mythology #blackshuck

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Michaela⭐ @aela-art.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Torn wether to finish my #artfight character tonight or wether to play more #EsotericEbb 😈

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Michaela⭐ @aela-art.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Finally showcasing our game! :D

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Michaela⭐ @aela-art.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Saw this beauty today! Any moth experts out there know what type?? #moth #insect #bug

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tobyfox @tobyfox.undertale.com · 22/06/2026

Last time I was at the store with my parents, we were looking at novelty socks and my mom picked these up and said quietly, "Undertale?"

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Michaela⭐ @aela-art.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Getting home and entering the porch in this heat feels like walking into an oven 💀. My hands frantically trying to open the door before I turn to ash.

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Croak & Dagger Games @croakanddaggergames.com · 11/06/2026

Recent screenshots from our magical archaeology game, Fern: Beneath the Roots ✨ We've been hard at work preparing for something exciting (announcement soon!) and making lots of progress with our environments 🌿 Tell us your favourite in the comments! #indiegame #gamedev #godot #folklore #cozygame

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Croak & Dagger Games @croakanddaggergames.com · 21/05/2026

Do you like handdrawn games and British folklore? We certainly do! That's why we're making Fern: Beneath the Roots, a magical archaeology game with beautiful art and inspired by our love of folklore. We're in early development, so follow along for our journey! #indiegame #gamedev #folklore #godot

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Michaela⭐ @aela-art.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I go for a walk in the sunshine and all I can think is: damn... Id rather be playing #TomodachiLife rn. The grip that game has on me 😫

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Croak & Dagger Games @croakanddaggergames.com · 09/04/2026

Hi! We're Croak & Dagger Games 🐸🗡️ We're so excited to announce Fern: Beneath the Roots, a magical archaeology game where you dig up lost artefacts and uncover the stories they hold. We'll be sharing our dev journey here, so why not follow along! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #godot #cozygame

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Michaela⭐ @aela-art.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I recently finished @joelt-art.bsky.social Starfinder game. All played a bunch of dudes getting up to shenanigans on a frosty-radioactive planet. My guys Zanthur (3rd guy with the Antennae).

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Michaela⭐ @aela-art.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

At a friends for New Years and my resolution is to get this cat on my lap 😭 he gets so close then turns away 😔 but hes been getting closer each time 🤞

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RoninYorch @roninyorch.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Anti-A.I. stamps! For illustrations, comics, photos and all your creative works, printed and digital! You can download the transparent file for free here: ko-fi.com/i/IT6T718NAKF (but consider donating please 😘)

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Melo @letitmelo.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.

Ethan Evans, former Amazon VP

As VP of Prime Gaming at Amazon, we failed multiple times to disrupt the game platform Steam. We were at least 250x bigger, and we tried everything. But ultimately, Goliath lost. Here's why:

The 15+ year long attempt to challenge Steam started before I was VP of Prime Gaming, but we never cracked the code. Not under my leadership or anyone else's.

The first way we tried to enter the online-game-store market was through acquisition. We acquired Reflexive Entertainment (a small PC game store) and tried to scale it. It went nowhere.

Then, after buying Twitch, we created our own PC games store. Our assumption was that gamers would naturally buy from us because they were already using Twitch. Wrong.

Finally, we built "Luna," a game streaming service that let people play without a high-end PC. Around the same time, Google tried the same thing with their
product "Stadia." Neither gained significant traction. The whole time, Steam dominated despite being a relatively small company (compared to Amazon and Google).

The mistake was that we underestimated what made consumers use Steam

It was a store, a social network, a library, and a trophy case all in one. And it worked well.

At Amazon, we assumed that size and visibility would be enough to attract customers, but we underestimated the power of existing user habits We never validated our core assumptions before investing heavily in solutions. The truth is that gamers already had the solution to their problems and they weren't going to switch platforms just because a new one was available

We needed to build something dramatically better, but we failed to do so. And we needed to validate our assumptions about our customers before starting to build. But we never really did that either.

Just because you are big enough to build something doesn't mean people will use it

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Michaela⭐ @aela-art.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Decided to try and take different snippets of each person so they aren't all from the same scene. It'll sort of become some kind of last supper situation d: #CriticalRole #digitalart #art #sketch

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Michaela⭐ @aela-art.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

I watched the first episode of #CriticalRole Campaign 4 a couple days ago. As warmups I've been sketching all the cast at the table, as their characters. I couldn't get over that scene with Thimble! 😭

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South East Asia Game Aesthetic @seagamethetic.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

I recently saw this unique and quirky game. And turns out it was made by Indonesia game developer Innersightgames. They recently launched a demo during Steam Next Fest and it looks like a mix of Balatro, business management game, and Indonesia culture (that includes Dangdut)

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Michaela⭐ @aela-art.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Me and my sis been carvin pumpkins :) shes still carvin, but I just finished makin this lil guy.

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Michaela⭐ @aela-art.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Watching the Toby Fox Undertale stream live rn 👀!! Also I've been painting Frisk whilst watchingg :) #undertale #frisk #art #fanart #undertaleart #smallartist

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⚔️ Blanksword ⚔️ @blanksword.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

It's time to get your brain back. Mark your calendars for September 17th! ⚔️Try Blanksword's free Demo on Steam⚔ ⚔️Preorder the game on Kickstarter⚔️ 👇Official trailer below, links in comments👇

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Michaela⭐ @aela-art.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Im liking this rise of anti AI lofi videos. So many use AI Art these days 😔. Always nice to see content creators avoiding it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6HG...

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1 Hour of LoFi Beats 🌿 Relax in My Plant Room

YouTube video by Janeé Simone

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Identifile: Desktop Dungeon @gearbytegames.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

I didn't have $520,000 for a #Gamescom Trailer so I'm posting my Desktop Roguelike game here instead for free! #gamedev 🎮 #pixelart #indiegame

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Michaela⭐ @aela-art.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Me and my bf were trying trying to enjoy our meal deal when this guy came along and kept threatening to steal our food.

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tobyfox @tobyfox.undertale.com · 26/07/2025

Hello. It's almost been 10 years since UNDERTALE released. Now, I'm looking for your memories. Let's turn back together. Face the flower and speak. memories.undertale.com

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UNDERTALE - Memories

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Michaela⭐ @aela-art.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Just played the Consume Me demo. Love love love! I really enjoy this kind of interactive story telling. Super creative you should def check it out! #indiegame #Videogame #lifesim #rpg

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Michaela⭐ @aela-art.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

New attack! This was for TrigTheFox. I liked that Echo started out as a warm up sketch! So in the spirit of that I actually decided to take it easy on this one and not overdo the details. #Artfight2025 #Artfight

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Michaela⭐ @aela-art.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Heyy hey! If you are looking for people to attack of AF I got you covered: artfight.net/~JoelT_Art artfight.net/~Ssej_DPear artfight.net/~erazerheadd artfight.net/~BiggestPingus artfight.net/~Dragonfern #Artfight #Artifght2025

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Art Fight

An art gifting game

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🍂Skai🎃 🔜 NFC @skiaskai.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I said this to my friend last night and I think it's a good thing to think about: If no one else, make art for your younger self. Make art of your ocs that your younger self would have dreamed to be able to draw. Make art that would make them keyboard smash an excited reply to. Make art for you.

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Michaela⭐ @aela-art.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

My first #artfight2025 attack of the year! Harlequin! OC is Dragonferns. Links to her socials are on her Artfight account, go check out her stuff :)

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Croak & Dagger Games @croakanddaggergames.com · 07/07/2025

Welcome! We're Croak & Dagger, a micro-indie games studio making a narrative adventure game inspired by British folklore and fantasy. 🐸🗡 We'd love to have you follow along on our journey! You can find all of our socials at: croakanddaggergames.com 🎮 #indiegame #indiedev #indiedevs #gamedev

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Michaela⭐ @aela-art.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Very busy schedule this month- BUT! I want to do at least one attack this July for Artfight (:< #teamfossil #Artfight #artfight2025

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Michaela⭐ @aela-art.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

At the #undertale 10th anniversary orchestra 🥹❤️

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LaurenWalshArt @laurenwalshart.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Remember making art and expressing joy is a form of protest. They want you to be overwhelmed and lose sight of the beauty around you. They want to distract you and control your gaze to be locked in fear. Dare to look and gaze on the world around you with joy and wonder.

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KarrahE @karrahe.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

It's my birthday 🤗 As per tradition, I'm humbly asking for some reposts of this or any other of my art today ❤️

Painting of a red skinned Man'ari woman with corrupted green eyes and a condescending look. She wears gold jewellery with green gems, including cuffs on her horns

Two painted portraits of Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor. One is in colour and one in black and white. He is smiling in both, one more subtle and one beaming

Painterly portrait of Matt Mercer against a brown background. He has his brows raised in a soft, knowing smile

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Michaela⭐ @aela-art.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

They used Tiny Glade for a very silly little video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQY_...

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Tiny's Tale

YouTube video by Tck

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 27/05/2025

Do you still follow someone because you’re angry at them and want to track the things they do? I invite you to start your summer by unfollowing them so you don’t devote energy to something that makes you sad

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Michaela⭐ @aela-art.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Okayy I may have disliked Lucky Day BUT I kinda loved Wish World 👀 I feel like on rewatch I might appreciate Lucky Day a bit more now, because it sets up a wayy better episode. #doctorwho

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Michaela⭐ @aela-art.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Zombieboy by Lady Gaga is giving me an idea for a sketch 👀

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