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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

ION LANDS has been suspiciously quiet about Nivalis...long enough that I started bracing for vaporware. 😨 Turns out it was a legal naming dispute. Nivalis is now Nivalis Nights ( @nivalisgame.com ) and it still looks incredible. 😭 #IndieGame #Cyberpunk #NivalisNights

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Nivalis Nights | Official Release Date Trailer (4K 60fps)

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Trader Joe's got me again, y'all. Everyone say hi to Wilma. 🌿 #Monstera #PlantParent

A healthy monstera deliciosa in a gray nursery pot, sitting on a concrete step outside against an orange-painted wall. The plant has several large, deep green leaves with characteristic splits and fenestrations, plus a new leaf unfurling on the right side, still bright lime green and tightly rolled.

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Spirit City: Lofi Sessions is a productivity app disguised as a cozy game, and I mean that as the highest compliment! When I'm too dysregulated to "work", I can just... redecorate. And somehow that's enough to get me back. 🎮✨ The Dev: @spiritcitylofi.bsky.social #IndieGame #CozyGames #SpiritCity

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Which would y'all reach for first, Citizens of the Net?

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Seven games, $25, and a budget that refuses to stretch. So I did what any reasonable person would do and made a whole graphic instead of choosing. 😅 #indiegame #cozygaming #visualnovel #RainyDayChill Check out the Devs! @imissmyfriends.bsky.social @sethmaddev.bsky.social @gamesmellow.bsky.social

A purple-background promotional graphic titled "How would you spend $25?" in decorative script. Seven indie games are displayed as rounded cards with frosted price tags and single-word descriptors: My Little Cafe Nightmare ($6.11, "restorative"), Blueberry ($9.99, "introspective"), Fishbowl ($7.99, "tender"), Final Sentence ($6.29, "relentless"), Mini Settlers ($6.49, "methodical"), Let's Cafe ($7.99, "charming"), and KuloNiku: Bowl Up! ($8.63, "spirited"). Total if purchased together would exceed the $25 budget.

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Goood afternoon, everyone! Here's the situation: I can only spend $25, and SIX games are in contest. 👀 I'm doing intense research and replaying demos to decide. The candidates: Fishbowl, Blueberry, Let's Cafe, My Little Cafe Nightmare, Mini-Settlers, and Final Sentence. All on sale. It's intense! 😅

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I CANNOT EVEN--! Because I didn't know this genre existed and now I am BLASTING and BOPPING while I clean the house. Thankyouthankyouthankyou.

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I love the 'wiggliness' of it! It's a fun way to build anticipation.

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Episode 5 of Scarlet Hollow drops in February. I get a new job as a sushi chef in Charlotte that starts March 1st. I move to North Carolina. Coincidence? Or the hollow calling me home? Check out this gem from @blacktabbygames.com ! #ScarletHollow #IndieGemCard #VisualNovel #CozyHorror #IndieGames

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Today’s Indie Gem Card goes to Aethermancer -- a monster-taming roguelite from moi rai games. Early Access on Steam, with 3v3 turn-based battles, reborn monsters, and a lot of “one more run” energy. #Aethermancer #IndieGame #MonsterTaming #Roguelite #TurnBased #Steam #GameDiscovery #IndieGemCard

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Games aren’t an escape from life so much as a rehearsal for how we wish life felt. Sharing this piece on Jane McGonigal’s Reality Is Broken and how games can make us better and more connected: www.themarginalian.org/2011/01/20/p... #VideoGames #Booksky For more join the club: tmuec.bsky.social

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Reality Is Broken: How Games Make Us Better

Jane McGonigal’s compelling vision for harnessing the basic paradigms of gaming culture to foster social change in the real world.

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

I'm going to try to attack my backlog of games from, ah, Halloween/The Steam Autumn Sale. n.n' But, I want this one game, where you're an adorable ferret and you put up xmas lights called 'Light Up the Town'. store.steampowered.com/app/3419910/...

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Light Up The Town on Steam

Light Up The Town is a cozy, casual holiday game for all ages. Play as Bean, a precocious young ferret, and explore the town of Bellflower, Colorado as you hang up festive string lights around to spre...

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

I gotta' tag @rd.7thbe.at in here! Y'all go follow them because the future is BRIGHT with this developer! <3

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Today’s Indie Gem is: Rhythm Doctor. A deceptively simple one-button rhythm game where you save patients by nailing the offbeat. It’s clever, chaotic, and somehow both brutal and wholesome. Have you played it yet? #RhythmDoctor #IndieGame #RhythmGame #GameDiscovery #IndieGemCard #CozyGaming

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I’ve been quietly renovating the Discord: fewer cobwebs, more comfy corners. Think rainy-day lounge for offbeat/indie gamers, stream updates, and Essay Club meeting notes (once we're back in session). If you’d like a seat on the couch, join here: discord.gg/kCWHK4F4 #Discord #CozyGaming #IndieGame

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Join the Rainy Day Studio Discord Server!

Check out the Rainy Day Studio community on Discord - hang out with 16 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

umi-whaaa? *cue ferocious googling* 👀 and it's on sale!

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I know one indie that is NOT on Steam that will get its own card. ;) @linziofficial.itch.io 's Unicellular 4~ <3 linziofficial.itch.io/unicellular-4 Shhhh! Sneak Peak!

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Unicellular 4 by Linzi

An epic survivor roguelite about microscopic evolution and combat.

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

"slay the princess is the best visual novel of both genres" is also a fair statement ;p

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Long time, no me. 👋 I’ve been off designing Indie Gem Cards — collectible "membership passes" for standout indie games. Here’s a sneak peak. They're gonna' get filled with new releases & hidden gems soon! What’s one indie you’d nominate for a card? #IndieGame #IndieGames #GameDiscovery #IndieDev

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Knoebel @knoebel.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Can't wait for the most important award show this year.

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Good morning. Bleary-eyed, with my 'comfort show' still playing from the night before, I'm up. And writing. Actually writing. #5amwritingclub #writingcommunity

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

🎨 Launch Day Hype for Constance, y'all. Check out this hand-drawn Metroidvania where you play a paintbrush-wielding artist fighting through a decaying inner world built from burnout and stress. store.steampowered.com/app/2313700/... #Constance #IndieGame #Metroidvania #Cozygaming

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Save 10% on Constance on Steam

Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.

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mallory⛏️ @archaeomal.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

The Berlin Apartment is the most beautiful story-driven game I've played recently with a glimpse into the rich, but in many ways, painful and complicated past of Germany over the last century. I cannot recommend it enough. Thank you @bluebackpack.bsky.social for this beautiful game and experience.

"The Berlin Apartment" final title screen with streamer crying on right side of frame

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

From what I gather, they've mostly focused on the character creator and build mode up until now (which is kind of necessary). It's just the live mode that needs more polish, but that's the most enjoyable aspect, imho. Better a late launch than a buggy launch.

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

📰BREAKING NEWS!📰 PARALIVES (set to release on December 8, 2025), has been DELAYED! #lifesim #cozygaming #indiegames #indiedev #cozy #thesims #nooooooooooo

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Just realized, you probably totally knew about AGADAH. 😅

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Ahhh, I thought this might be coming. My heart, she breaks. It's back to playing 'A Game About Digging A Hole' again (small side project of one of the devs, also published by Rokaplay). But mad respect to the Cyberwave team for taking the extra time, and Rokaplay for not pushing a buggy release.👏

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Knoebel @knoebel.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Vine is back under the new name Divine. - Funded by Jack Dorsey who co-founded Twitter and went crazy in the last few years. - Including over 100K OG Vine videos - only 6 seconds long videos - no Ai generated content allowed - Open source and no algorithmen. popculturenews.com/vine-is-back/

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

As in, the AI transcribes your spoken words as dictation software, then poses questions about 'What do you mean by xyz?' or 'How do you think abc should be done if not x way?' People with fewer friends can find it harder to 'think aloud' or interrogate their ideas.

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

I've been thinking about this post for a couple of days now... I know we cannot truly set aside the ecological cost of AI, but on the 'Slopper' vs 'Writer' idea: I wanted to ask if you feel that this extends to dictation/transcription and Socratic/'English Teacher Style' inquiry?

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

A WELCOMING and FUN space at that! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

I'm still figuring things out, don't get me wrong! My banner changes practically every week, but it's like being a teenager again, trying to find my identity in a new space. 🙂

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Good afternoon, everyone! I wanted to drop a quick post to thank everyone who is following me. I know a lot of us are mutuals, maybe my 'ratio' doesn't look impressive, but I'd stepped away from social media for 10 years before making this account... Honestly, y'all make me very glad I am here. 😊

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Happy Thursday! Sending over good vibes for~you~to~have~an~excellent~stream~! 😊

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Wow. 😭 Thank you. I needed that. 🖤

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

From @travisbaldree.bsky.social comes Brigands & Breadknives ☕🗡️ The third entry in the Legends & Lattes series snuck right past me. It released YESTERDAY?! Guess Rue Valley had me in a chokehold. 😭 #FantasyBooks #NewRelease #BookCommunity #CozyReads

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Good morning, Bluesky! Last night's stream was so much fun. Thank you to everyone who came by the channel to check out Rue Valley with us. But now--let's get writing. #5amwritersclub #amwriting

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Strange town. Everyone’s got something they’re hiding (especially you). 🔴Live Now: Launch Day Hype for Rue Valley! Let’s see how hard the demo hits. Am I gonna' plop down coinage for the full game on launchday? 👀 Find out. twitch.tv/beast2plate #HiddenGem #CozyHorror #GameDiscovery #Streamer

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

'Rue Valley' dropped TODAY, and I'm streaming the demo later. 💭It's a story about the shadows in our heads and the strange comfort of meeting others who have their own. Let's find out if it's worth buying at launch--together! twitch.tv/beast2plate #RueValley #IndieGames #SmallStreamer #StoryRich

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Rue Valley - Official Gameplay Trailer

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

GUESS WHAT?! I'm at the Stardew Valley concert at the Fox Theater in ATL. 🥰 You guys, I'm so excited. I promise to post about it!

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Call me a princess, but Imma' say it's like using 1 ply toilet paper or trying to dry off with a sandy beach towel. </3

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𓆩༺ K ༻𓆪 @beast2plate.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

I bought the WRONG PENS! 🤬 They're .5s instead of 1.0s. Pleeeeeease tell me I'm not the only one who needs certain pens to operate smoothly in life. 😭 (Pilot G-2s, if anyone is curious.) #WritingTools #PenAddict #Stationery #ADHDlife

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Brainoid Games - Get Replicat on Steam! @brainoid.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

IT IS TIME! 😻 Replicat launches on November 18! Thanks to everyone supporting, wishlisting, and spreading the word. Can't wait for you all to flip cards, build combos, and score billions of points. Get your paws ready! 🐾 s.team/a/3509430/ #roguelike #deckbuilder #solodev #indiedev #cats #gamedev

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Hiroyuki Tanjo @htanjo.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Refined the time-rewind effects. They express subtle unease when something feels off, and the release as supernatural power awakens. With light and distortion, I aimed to show reality unraveling. Visualizing abstract emotions is never easy. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame

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