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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Finally!! we submitted our game for the GBJAM14 at @itch.io , the name: Eriq Topson and The Treasure of Hollow Island A game about finding treasures and talking a lot. Made together with Franco Zucchi and Esteban Dal Monte

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This game is Ship Miner, an action game about mining asteroids with a nostalgic retro aesthetic that sparks your imagination as you play. Demo available on steam!

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Quntos Storme @chekhovsartillery.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We then finished the day with @arielsan.bsky.social's "Ship Miner". Such a cozy, relaxing game to finish with. In a procedurally generated asteroid field, you pilot a small ship equipped with a mining laser and work your way through the various ores & metals while fighting off an unknown anomaly.

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Blue Ridge Games | Wishlist MAFATE today!✉️ @blueridgegames.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We're back and streaming more games from the Prismatic Showcase Event! Join us as we go LIVE! 🔴 🔜 BRG Twitch: lnkd.in/g3-RfifB Check out @arielsan.bsky.social store.steampowered.com/app/3113690/... Check out Xplorite! store.steampowered.com/app/2720230/... #IndieGames #Prismatic

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I don't remember if I shared these before, here are some mockups the capsule artist (Matías Sniadower) did a couple of years ago for Ship Miner.

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Did a small devlog about Ship Miner multiple language support plan. Here are the links: store.steampowered.com/news/app/311... or arielcoppes.dev/2026/08/31/s...

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Worked on the technical side of having support for multiple languages this week, this is how it could look in 日本語. WARNING: It was temporarily autotranslated to validate UI and font so expect wrong things😅, I still need to work with the real localization team to translate it.

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bentglasstube 🥕 Vegetableau demo out now @bgt.eab.xyz · 25/08/2026

Played this demo for a couple hours last night. Really awesome chill game with an incredible aesthetic and soundtrack. I'll definitely pick this up when it releases.

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

New blogpost about extending the game with some micro base building elements to make the runs and each asteroid a bit more different, and helping in having less direct combat. arielcoppes.dev/2026/08/23/m...

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This is Ship Miner, an action game about mining asteroids with retro aesthetics (with love for nostalgic players)🎮 Play the Demo on Steam or just add to your Wishlist!🙏 If you want, join the private beta, I am adding new content today and would love some feedback about it🫶

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Just a small reminder that Ship Miner, the almost relaxing mining game (with some combat) is still here!! And now with New Ships!!🤘 Coming to Early Access in Nov!!

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Did a small blogpost about adding new ships to Ship Miner: arielcoppes.dev/2026/07/15/m... hope you like it :)

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Ship Miner duplicated Wishlists 📈on Steam and reached 8000!!! Thanks so much everyone!! And specially @lagshowcase.bsky.social Demo available on Steam right now!!

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Ship Miner has a EA Release Date!! Here is the announcement trailer!! I worked really hard on that trailer, had to learn davinci resolve and recorded and edited like one hundred videos. Really proud of the result. Likes and retweets are really appreciated!

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Hey all! Ship Miner is participating in the Latin American Games Showcase 2026 edition!! There will be a stream showing all the selected games and there will be a new Ship Miner exclusive trailer and some important news!! Tune in the stream at 2pm PT!!

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Ship Miner was selected to be part of the Latin American Games Showcase – Summer Game Fest Edition 2026 @lagshowcase.bsky.social The fest will start on June 4th - 2PM PT. #LAGS2026

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Ship Miner reached 4k Wishlists on Steam!! 🥳 Thank you so much!!🙏

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Ship Miner is part of the Game Effect Showcase 2026!! store.steampowered.com/app/3113690/...

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I was testing a new cheat to validate some numbers and I believe I created the Super Space Vacuum Cleaner PowerUp in Ship Miner.

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Latin American Games Showcase @lagshowcase.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

☀️ The Latin American Games Showcase returns to @summergamefest.bsky.social on June 4 at 2 PM PT! • 9 world premieres • 15+ release date announcements • Major updates from some of the biggest games in the region! Get your wishlists ready, Summer Game Fest is about to get tropical 🌴

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Just sharing a Gif of the Day :) Ship Miner is an action roguelike game about mining asteroids. Add it to your Steam Wishlist NOW! (pleeeease xD)

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Ship Miner is a relaxing mining experience that merges combat elements and 1-bit pixel art aesthetics. Can be optionally played in teams (I play with my kids) of 2 to 4 players now (currently in private beta). Add to your Steam Wishlist or join the private Playtest!!

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

It's been a while since I do a semi technical blog post but here I am, sharing my second part of the "how I use ECS in my games" series (in 2.5y I will write the 3rd part xD): arielcoppes.dev/2026/03/29/d... If you are using ECS, would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks for reading!

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Design decisions when building games using ECS II

This is just the second part to the “Design decisions when building games using ECS” since I have new patterns that I want to share.

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Testing some basic/naive visual ideas to differentiate ship for when the player unlocks new ships, find other NPC miners in the galaxy and/or for possible local coop (not defined yet)

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

The Galactic Mining Corp can always send more miners to to do the job... or die trying... (I was just testing a possible respawn sequence for Ship Miner)

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

INCOMING NEWS! 🤘 NEW PLAYTEST UPDATE: Select destinations with good and bad modifiers that change the Gameplay. 🔥 For new readers, SHIP MINER is a relaxing mining game with retro aesthetics, you can PLAY THE DEMO or ADD TO YOUR WISHLIST the game NOW on Steam! 🚀

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Some time ago I made a selection history plugin, here is a reminder that it exists. It also comes with a favorites window for things you want always there. Both support drag & drop to/from scene/hierarchy/etc. #unity #unity3d #unitytips github.com/acoppes/unit...

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GitHub - acoppes/unity-history-window: A simple selection history window for Unity.

A simple selection history window for Unity. Contribute to acoppes/unity-history-window development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Happy new year!!! 🍻 I hope this is the year for Ship Miner release! 🚀 For those who don't know, Ship Miner is a relaxing mining experience that merges combat elements and 1-bit pixel art aesthetics. Demo available on Steam! 🥳

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Every year I take some time to write a review about it and my expectations for the next one personally and for my projects. I mention both Cleared Hot and Ship Miner in my review, here it is if you want to read it: arielcoppes.dev/2025/12/26/r...

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2025 summary and my expectations for 2026

The end of the year is approaching and I have made a summary of what happened during 2025 and what to expect for 2026.

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Ship Miner has 3k wishlists on Steam! 🤯 Time to celebrate with a gif 🍻 Thank you so much! 🤟

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Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.” Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻

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Fáyer🔥 @fayer.dev · 24/11/2025

Cool! I added this line to PancitoMerge's credits a couple weeks ago, glad to see many others are pushing the same idea in different ways.

Screenshot of PancitoMerge's credtis saying "No genAI was used to make this game, It's proudly huan made".

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

I'm a Solodev here making a minimalistic pixelart 1bit miner game by the name of "Ship Miner" Gather minerals, improve your ship and survive threats. Demo available on Steam right now!

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notknowingcorp.bsky.social @notknowingcorp.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

It's live! 🚨 Cleared Hot has launched into Steam early access !! 🚁💥 We are thrilled with the response so far. Thanks to everyone who has been playing, sharing, and giving us feedback. 🙏 Play it now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/...

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

When you start playing being a gamdev and decide to implement your own pathfinding solution (because you know, there are not 100 already), instead of making the actual game xD. I promise having path finding will make sense in the game later.

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notknowingcorp.bsky.social @notknowingcorp.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

After years of building, it’s finally happening 🤯 Cleared Hot launches into Steam Early Access on Nov 20, 2025! Can't believe I just typed that. Only 3 weeks away 😮 Any help sharing is appreciated ❤️ 🎯 Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/...

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Random video but with full audio (music too) in this case. Random note: 1-bit graphics are difficult to read from videos/screenshots but they have some kind of magic. Also, they are easier to assimilate by playing the game (demo available btw).

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Rex Lorem-Ipsum @paperprototypes.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

A new episode is out today! Check out here youtu.be/X68IIH4gYlA Where I interview @arielsan.bsky.social where we talk about the challenges of designing for a 1bit art style and lo-fi asteroid mining. #gamedesign #indiedev #indie #gamedevelopment #podcast

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Ship Miner Developer Interview

YouTube video by Paper Prototypes Podcast

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Ship Miner is a relaxing mining experience with combat elements and 1-bit pixel art aesthetics. Collect minerals from procedural generated asteroids and improve your ship. Demo available on Steam right now!

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Captain Lucky Pixel and his crew got trapped in the Unfortunate Galaxy! Help them explore the galaxy and escape it in our FTL-like adventure named Faster Than Luck! This is our entry for the GameBoy Game Jam #GBJAM13 PLAY IT HERE: arielsan.itch.io/gbjam13

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Faster Than Luck by arielsan, Esti

Escape the Unfortunate Galaxy in a FTL-like adventure where bad luck is one step behind.

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

I've just released the Demo of Ship Miner! Weeeee!!!🍻 Ship Miner is a relaxing mining game with some elements of combat. Explore procedural generated asteroids to collect minerals, survive threats and improve your ship. Play the Demo Now on Steam! 🚀

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Mockups for our GameBoy Jam game, the theme is Unlucky and our idea is to make a FTL inspired game (we casually named it Faster Than Luck) where you have to escape a bad luck galaxy by solving events and saving enough luckies for the space jump.

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

This is Ship Miner, a relaxing mining game with retro aesthetics and modern controls. Explore and collect minerals, improve your ship and survive some threats. Add to your Wishlist now on Steam and/or join the private Playtest!

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Ariel Coppes 🚀 Ship Miner 🚀🎮 Wishlist on Steam 🎮 @arielsan.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Ship Miner is a relaxing mining game where you can buy powerful 💥 tech to simplify your task and make it more fun too. I call this one: the ball of destruction 😆

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