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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Adding objects to the game you can look at and interact with. Final update to demo coming out next week ahead of Steam Nextfest. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Uses Of Emptiness - Low Grade Certainty Remix

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

LINA now recites Arabic poetry, among other features I'm adding. #screenshotsunday #gamedev #indiedev

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Fuad: Najma never knew a world that was not silent. #indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Umm Walid now schedules regular belly dances so she can pour more of the synthetic arak for the off shift miners. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Fuad: Petrov was not watching me. He was doing the specific not-watching of a policeman who had already decided I was worth watching. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

How are you spotting them?

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Umm Walid keeps a private reserve for those she judges worthy, and in my experience, her judgements are usually accurate.

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Unruly Residents. My favorite enemy.

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Fuad: They still call it the souk, the way a street holds a name long after the thing it was named for is gone. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Looking forward to the demo!

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

They do it just to annoy us.

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Fuad: Something crossed his face. No Anger. The cousin of anger. The one who stays indoors. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Beautiful arabesque. Look at the geometry.

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Petrov: "Cause of death?" Fuad: He asked it the way a man asks if dinner is almost ready. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

That's some looney toons right there.

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

"That low-grade certainty that runs ahead of the words.." The Red Weight. Play the demo today. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

It's a button on the main stcreen or escape menu. The controls are simple enough anyone can pick up.

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

There is no tutorial. There is an instructions screen you can bring up from the main menu.

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Don't go story heavy without voice over. Learned that the hard way.

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I don't think anyone reads the smaller text in a trailer. Honestly, I think on a second try I understand what the game is.

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The demo (about a half hour long) now shows your choices on the end screen. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Steam store page is up with the new demo (first two chapters). store.steampowered.com/app/4708270/...

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I really liked Cassidy. I don't know why but I always went for the "good" playthrough first and New Vegas let you do that if you went after the Legion and it was satisfying.

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Amara: "You said, impossible." Fuad: "I did." #indiedev #gamedev

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Finished a soft launch of the demo. Chapter 3 content is still gated but if you wanted to jump back in you can on itch right now. Hoping for steam demo in a couple of weeks with chapter 3 content if I can manage it.

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The new update should ship mid July to the demo. I've added a much requested feature called assignments (really quests lol) #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

"The dullest stones keep the brightest interiors" #indiedev #gamedev

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

"A man who studies old rocks knows a thing can be old and ruined and still have value." #indiedev #gamedev

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Spent the weekend adding reactivity everywhere in the upcoming update to the demo. Depending on how you approach Amara in chapter 1 she changes the way she talks to you. She also asks where to meet unless you bring it up first. This should make the characters feel much more alive. #indiedev #gamedev

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

A few weeks away from the update to the demo. Among the new character is Najwa: #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I played this to death when I first discovered it some twenty years ago. Really well done.

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Beautiful kitten. I love her red nose (and I probably got the gender wrong).

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Built a tool so I don't have to edit json myself and keep all the scene node connections in my head. It's still a bit baroque but gets the job done. Now I can bang out a template of a scene then come back and make lots of changes.

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Yes having this kind of setup is sweet. Lets you move a lot faster.

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

This is hilarious! Good job.

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The colonists still kept copies of Lina, even twenty years after the disaster. "With what shall I console myself -- no kin, no homeland, no companion, no cup, no rest" #indiedev #gamedev

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

A promotional poster for: Askar and Yasmin the first two colonists on Mars.

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Working on the update to the demo. I'm adding more deduction sequences with better gameplay. Here Fuad is discovering 10,000 year old dust on a planet that has been dead for 2 billion years. #indiedev #gamedev

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Been remixing some of the tracks in the game. Working hard on the update to the demo. This is the remix of the intro track: "The Uses Of Emptiness (The Private Reserve Remix)." #indiedev #gamedev

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Alsakin @alsakin.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

For the most recent it would be the Fallout show starring Ella Purnell.

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