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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

🔥0.7.41 - Hotfix for the Hotfix 🔥 A regression that caused issues with some folks' power infrastructure in the previous patch has been solved. Thank you for your patience and helping us solve this! ⚙️ store.steampowered.com/news/app/196... #gamedev #indiedev

Banner for the Patch Update - with text reading "It's too dang HOT FIX".

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

⚙️ AutoForge Patch 0.7.40 ⚙️ A quick deviation from work on AutoForge 1.0 (NEWS SOON) to address some bugs and issues. Have a great week ahead, everybody! 🛠️ Patch Notes 🔧 store.steampowered.com/news/app/196...

News Graphic with tools and AutoForge characters, with the text 'HOT FIX'

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Okay, you can also have 3 (three) of the Forbidden Tater Tots. Just don't tell anybody. #pixelart #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #autoforge #videogames

A third set of pixel art like the original post, but these are more of a dull rock.

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Pay no attention to my DIRT PILE, I am just testing out some more threatening looking SHARP ROCKS. Based on feedback some hazards in our latest update weren't really communicating enough danger, so we're trying to punch up the visuals to outline this better. #gamedev #pixelart #indiedev #autoforge

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Need a little pick me up? The Golem (liquid...?) Lunch Trinket will give you just the perk to get on top of that digging you need to do. ☕😌⚙️ Now discoverable in 0.7! #pixelart #gamedev

A pixel art icon of a magical coffee thermos. It is made of a shiny red metal and the mouthhole glows bright blue.

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Today's the last day to get the new Multiplayer Update on sale! We're also deploying another 🔧 Hotfix 🔧 to address recently reported issues! Patch notes: store.steampowered.com/news/app/196... #gamedev #indiedev #gaming #autoforge

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

An important question, worth answering

A pixelart mashup of AutoForge's Wanderbots and Chicken cosmetics combined.

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

✨ It's time to Glam Up your Golem! ✨ With 0.7 - Shared Workload, AutoForge introduces cosmetics! ⚙️ If you stop by the Mainframe you'll find twelve to choose from, each with their own palettes to explore... Which one is your favorite?? #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #autoforge

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

If you like Automation Games and Pixelart, then why not take AutoForge Early Access for a spin? Multiplayer coming Soon™... On sale for one more week at a wintery fresh 25% Off! store.steampowered.com/app/1960480/... #steamwintersale #autoforge #indiegames

Steam Winter Sale promotional graphic with AutoForge's cover centered.

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

To expand slightly on this - in general we keep things generally showing both 'top' and 'front' at relatively even proportions. Try constructing objects from flatter shapes to begin with, focusing on getting the weights of things feeling good. This is how I would start a top down well:

A roughly blocked out water well in a top-down perspective done in pixel art

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Can't help but see the Sky Sapper when looking at this beauty, I wonder if it also lays mines...? #pixelart

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Yooooo I can't believe they put Sehren in The Old World!! #warhammer

A side-by-side screenshot of a new Warhammer Miniature and the NPC Sehren from our game.

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

POV: You're asking me what happened to the chest full of Mana that was JUST here. #pixelart #indiedev #gamedev

A Pixel Art sprite of a Mycosiph (a illuminous slug creature) from AutoForge looking at the camera with it's cheeks fully inflated like a hamster eating. It looks startled.

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Somebody on the Discord said the Porters look like rocket thrusters, and I'm just saying.... You're not wrong. #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #autoforge

A daydream image of the aforementioned Porter technology strapped to the back of a slug enemy, propelling them forward with high intensity, appearing as a cloud imagination bubble over Otto's (AutoForge's main character) head.

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

⚙️AutoForge is 25% as part of Steam's Automation Fest! ⚙️ It's true! Grab our Early Access automation extravaganza for it's deepest ever discount and get me a soda while you're there!! 🛠️ store.steampowered.com/app/1960480/... #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart

Steam Automation Fest promo banner with autoforge characters superimposed over the top. Otto the golem is sipping a fountain drink and the mycosiph slug is smiling slyly.

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

If you've been having a good time with AutoForge and the recent updates, now would be an AWESOME time to let us and other potential players know! ❤️

A screenshot of the 'Leave a review' section on Steam for AutoForge, with main character and text reading "it helps so much!" super-imposed and pointing towards the 'Post Review' Button.

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Hey Bro, I heard you liked upgrades, so I upgraded your upgrades so now you can upgrade when you upgrade. #pixelart #gamedev #autoforge #indiedev

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

People are saying that the new Biomass Generator is "too big". Well, say it again! I can keep going!!!! 😠 #autoforge #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev

A screenshot from the game AutoForge depicting the character standing next to a vastly oversized machine.

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Happy Tubesday, Golems! If you could transport tube something directly to your seat RIGHT NOW, what would it be? I think I would like a chilled, mana-blue gatorade. 😌 #autoforge #gamedev #pixelart

A screenshot of the indie game AutoForge depicting a long, weaving thread of tubes, transporting items. The character is standing idly in the foreground as the sun sets on the mountain/forest backdrop.

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

What's clogging our pipes? All kinds of delicious resources and machinery of course! #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev

A sheet of pixel art icons of items from an indy game. They vary between resources like gems and small machines like cranks and drills.

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

For now if you'd like to try out the Experimental branch with this, you can switch over via this drop down on the Steam Properties. Just make sure to back up your saves first.

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

🎇New Upgrades are in the works for 0.6! 🕹️ Can you guess what abilities any of these might unlock?? 🔍🤔 #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev

Six pixel art icons for character skills - they are all a bright blue, almost as if they are made of light, over a dark background. One features a character swinging on a thread, another a pair of wings and a third showing a sparkling blade.

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Funny story about this - the cause was rooted in world generation, where all Mycosiph Spawners were hilariously replaced with Lotus enemies. So there wasn't just one Larry. There were A LOT. This bug also popped in a dev build using old POI files, turning Crankos into a Crab Egg😭

A screenshot of the Indie Game AutoForge depicting a moody corridor where a robot is supposed to be present. Instead a Crab egg sits quietly in the dark; the silhoutte of the tiny crab visible through the translucent shell.

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

We're having a time tracking down this interesting character we're calling 'Larry', aka The Destroyer of Worlds. Larry has been appearing in new worlds BEFORE invasions and is harassing players with violence and destroying their factories. If you've seen Larry, please let us know. #gamedev #indiedev

A game screenshot with notes detailing the unintentional behaviour of a floating robot enemy, hovering above a player. The notes describe that it is destroying the base and killing the player.

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Another CHONKY patch hitting the Experimental Branch today! Highlights: - Steam Input support, inc. official layout - Steam trackpad functionality(!) - New and improved settings & UI functionality - Steam and Switch gamepad glyphs - New monster: Voidling Full release VERY SOON 👀 #gamedev #indiedev

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Greetings! While we've been testing 0.5 on the Public Experimental Branch we've had lots of bugs to fix and following some great player feedback, we have decided to implement some new technology. Introducing the Phase Station: Again!!! More below- #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

A diagram of some pixel art machines and UI from our automation game, detailing a newer, basic system with stripped down functionality.

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Experimenting with some punch ups for the HUD. What else would you change? #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

UI is hard! One thing we are trying out for the next update is a slight increase to our Mouse and Keyboard Cursors. It's a very subtle shift that that can really affect game-feel. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Following our new Dev Update, Jasson has been making further performance gains! Progress on optimization with the biggest factory we had (we're talking BIG, with 60,000+ items mid-transport), was at the time coming in at ~26fps on Steam Deck. Today? A solid 50! And he's not done! #gamedev #indiedev

A screenshot of the programming tool Tracy Profiler detailing events and frame times for the development of our game AutoForge.

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

The AutoForge Discord got a sneaky crab treat, so now bluesky does too!!! You may have met these guys farming, but now you gotta meet em in THE STREETS- Pinch-pinch! #pixelart #gamedev

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

We have identified an issue with the Collector picking up items and HOARDING them for itself, SELFISHLY. In short, it was NOT passing items to connected tubes like it was SUPPOSED TO. We have fixed this for the next update, for now please use the HELPFUL Porter to finish the job. #gamedev #indiedev

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

This Kind Of Smart, Walkable, Mixed-Use Urbanism Is Illegal To Build In Most American Cities

A screenshot from the indie automation game AutoForge, depicting a zoomed out view of a large factory, featuring many networked machines linked with various pipes and scaffolding.

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Did you know that most of our in-game sprites are #Aseprite files? This not only allows us to make quicker edits but allows us to include lots of really cool information for things like animation, lighting and hitboxes. One example is the _illum layer - a hidden layer that tells the game some extra-

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

We have a few changes coming to lighting in the game and one of the systems we worked on today is going alter how sprite level illumination pixels are rendered. The long and the short of it is: crisper glowy pixels! #gamedev #pixelart

A before and after render of a little pixelart robot in the dark. In the older version he has a faint and blurry glow coming from his eyes and other lights. In the new comparison shot, these lights are crisp and clear.

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Just in time for the end of the year we've got another Dev Update! Stay safe out there and have a Happy New Year, y'all! *blows you a little robot kiss* store.steampowered.com/news/app/196...

An event card featuring a fireworks lit sky background, with text that reads 'AutoForge, Dev Update, December 2024'

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

It's time for another Dev Update! Check in with us as we dish the details on building Steam Deck & Controller Support as well as other juicy info on what to expect for 0.5! #indiedev #gamedev Link 👉: store.steampowered.com/news/app/196...

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

I feel like I have interrupted some sort of meeting. #indiegame #indiedev

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

Recent updates to the inventory system: ⚙️ Base inventory now has a base of 40 slots ⚙️ New upgrade: trashcan! ⚙️ Quick transfer/deposit items ⚙️ Toggle auto-sorting ⚙️ Ancient Tech and Void Matter are now currencies stored outside of player inventory slots #indiegame

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Have you met any of the new NPCs yet? #indiegame

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

With the release of the last two major updates, we figured it was time for an updated roadmap. Controller and Steam Deck support, multiplayer, mod support, and so much more are on the way! #indiegame #gamedev

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AutoForge @autoforge.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

AutoForge has been wishlisted over 100,000 times on Steam! 🎉 Thank you all for your support. ❤️ #indiegame #indiedev

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