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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We got nominated as potential "Game of the Month" by the ItalianGameDev community on Discord. (Yes most of us are from Italy, did you know? 🍕 ) If you'd like to support our indie studio, head over there and vote for Weather the Swarm! #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart www.reddit.com/r/GameDevelo...

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"Game of the Month" by the ItalianGameDev community on Discord. (Yes most of us are from Italy, did you know? 🍕 ) If you could head over there and vote for us, it would cost nothing but it would help us! #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart www.reddit.com/r/GameDevelo...

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Our game has only 2 devs, and their style is.. different. Which one are you? #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

More than a year after we're still dreaming! Help us by wishlisting Weather the Swarm on Steam <3 store.steampowered.com/app/3918920/... #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We are developing our last Biome and this fella is the first of the new enemies! We really like that the fur communicates the change of weather in a very instinctual way. Even if it is quite cute, are you ready to splatter hordes of them? #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It's #TrailerTuesday and here is our fresh Announcement Trailer. Weather the Swarm is our first game: a Coop Roguelike that can be played online or locally with up to 3 friends. It's been design as a couch coop game with an engaging solo experience as well. #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Yes, we're adding elemental damage to enemies. Burn is already in and this is our first new menace! We're planning for it to deal damage over time and to block heals. Do you think that taking away temporarily a heal mechanic could be too punishing, or invites more build variety? #gamedev #indiegame

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It's official, we announced our first game to the press and Indie Game Hub reposted our Trailer 😍 We are over the moon for the opportunity and the positive comments! Let's spread the love fellow #gamedev: if we can do it, you can too. Believe and support #indiegames

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

We're about to launch the Announcement Trailer for our first game 🤩 We're very excited and happy about this milestone. Is your Trailer already out? #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #gametrailer

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Choosing the screenshots for the Steam page can be a challenge. How to express your whole game in just 4 pictures? Is it even possible? This is our next bet. What do you all think? Can you understand the genre easily? And did you had the same struggle with your own Steam page? #gamedev #indiegame

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

One more shop is ready to open! Level up and improve your gear in their care. It might be the difference between failing or surviving! #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #roguelike

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

It's time to shop! Here you'll be able to level up your weapon, reroll its attributes and maybe buy some new ones! "Da Pepi" is its first name, do you have a better one? :) #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

A new enemy is joining the frey! This little shooter is going to be a menace, especially when found in big groups. Ready to make it explode? #gamedev #indiegame #roguelike #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I genuinely wonder, does all the 2D games look like this behind the curtains? #roguelike #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

We're doing a new giveaway for playtesters of our first game Weather the Swarm! You can win up to 20€ for trying it out for free. Get a Steam key and all the info you need right now on our Discord: discord.gg/f2dWCup8m3 #roguelike #pixelart #gamedev #indiegame

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

A video is worth a thousand words. Do you recognize this system from your games? It's not perfect, but so far it feels a good balance between smoothness and performance #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Relic Abyss ✨EA out now!✨ @relicabyss.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Share our thing! Show us yours! Pay it forward! #indiegames #gamedev #gaming

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

We tend to run away from our problems. But they keep chasing us lol please help #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

This little one aborb the local cristal sands to create a very resistant carapace. And it is shiny too! #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

This fella is even more angry than usual, maybe cause is so hot in their desert planet ☀️ #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

After a new elite enemy, is time for a new boss! In this desert planet, huge worms fly through the earth. And this one is the biggest of them all. Do you have a favourite? #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

How an alien without civilization could make a bomb to throw at you? Easy, they could spit it 😁 #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Cornerstone of so many games, from Crash Bandicoot to Baldrus Gate 3, explosive barrels are coming to our game! A simple projectile creating a huge explosion will never get old. And in our game, they blast away the terrain as well! Do you have any favorite? #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

A new elite enemy is coming in our game, and we wanted it to feel resistant, slow and able to throw bombs to the player. And our artist did an amazing job! We only need to choose the colors at the moment. What do you think, any favourite? #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

What a difficult choice! We're implementing a new weapon with bouncing projectiles, and all the drafts by our artist look amazing 🥲 Which one would you choose? #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Similarly to a trap, the "bomber" will trigger and fall when you pass under it. But we made sure that a timely jump will always allow you to avoid it. Do you think you could do it? Oh, it will also destroy terrain and enemies, so you can try to use it to your advantage! #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Happy Monday! We start our week with some big new enemy 🐛 After many little bugs it was time to bring to life some chonky buddy. The Worm will traverse terrain easily and will be hard to evade. Better be prepared to fight it! #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

We made a safe room, and an extra chill beat so it's possible to take a break between the levels. And with the level of chaos we are planning, it's going to be necessary 💀 #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #roguelike

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

We made report cards that automatically get posted in our discord when you play our game 🚀 That helps us to balance the game quickly, but also the players to see what worked for others. Join our playtest and check Weather the Swarm yourself, for free on our Discord #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

More procedural generation from our game Weather the Swarm😁now with treasure rooms and special loot. We just released a new build, with new weapons and grenades, and a whole new perk system. The game is free to try, get a key on our Discord: discord.gg/f2dWCup8m3 #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

We reworked our level-up system, both graphically and by content. We added several new ones that will change the gameplay: for instance here is the new "Assassin" perk. Can someone guess where we got inspiration? It's one of our favourites games of all time 💀🦠 #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Some behind the scene of the development of our new weapon, the Flamethrower! 🔥 We hope you like it, it's been really fun to create. #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart Join us on Discord to play our latest demo for free! discord.gg/JkSZ3DDM8a

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

You'd think the mining part of our game is inspired by Spelunky, Minecraft or Terraria.. But you'd be wrong! It is all thanks to him 💜 #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart Join us on Discord to play our latest demo for free! discord.gg/JkSZ3DDM8a

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Not everyone in our team got the reference, but I trust the people here will appreciate the effort :D #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

As a small studio, doing our first game can be very daunting. Would you like to help? We have 191 Wishlists atm, it would be amazing to get to 200! It's a small milestone, but it would mean a lot to us :) Check our Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/3918920/... #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Metaprogression is hard to design in roguelikes. Often the core of the genre is how to combine "powers". And the most fun part! In our game, we'd like every single power to feel satisfing, but also fit in a specific build. And yes, we got the ol choose among 3 approach #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

We’re doing a Giveaway! To celebrate the holidays and our first Boss: the 1st and 2nd person on our leaderboard this Sunday (28.12) will received a 20€ and 10€ Steam gift card respectively. Also a random person who tried our game will get a 10€ one! #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

We made a Boss! It is alive and kicking, maybe even too much? We managed to beat it ourselves… sometimes 😅but instead of toning it down, we decided to let you try! Join our alpha testing in our discord: discord.gg/fJ7Y2zzvcp We're so excited to hear what you think! #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

The Swarm is getting more and more menacing! Here some color testing, including the death animation. We're on Steam and on Discord, where you can even try our latest demo! Join us and find you if you can actually Weather the Swarm 😎 discord.gg/tJrPETcYC7 #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #roguelike

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

We are making the finished touches to the first Boss fight of our game! Honestly it feels so exciting. It's hard to beat but not impossible, and closes the game loop perfectly giving purpose to all the previous levels. From next week you can test it too on our discord! #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

We have a tutorial for our demo! We know tutorial levels should be done last, but we hope a small and quick level will go a long way to teach new players all the basics. Of course we'll revisit it once the game is finished. Someone else used this approach? #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

We changed the name of our game into "Weather the Swarm"! It rapresents the gameplay loop of our project and hopefully give an idea of what to expect. We hope you all like it, and we wish you the best of luck against the Swarm 🐝Playtest is open on our discord btw! #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

In our 2D roguelike you are on an alien planet, fighiting enemies and the environment. But we had a problem: if you have no rush to explore, than there is no tension. That's where the Swarm came in! Now there is a clock ticking. Stand your ground or move fast, either way you'll need to deal with it.

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

We have procedurally generated levels! 😁It might be a standard for roguelikes nowadays, but it's still extremely satisfying to see a code made in-house translating noise to a map. Check it out yourself in our alpha testing, free on our discord: discord.gg/qDHA6SkQQM #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Shoot, fly and make everything explode in our 2D roguelike. Try it today! We’re opening the alpha testing of our game, find all the info you need on our discord: discord.gg/H8HNfPNnUz We are offering our eternal gratitude, and your name in the credits! #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Always wanted to be in the credits of a videogame? That’s your chance! The alpha-testing of our 2D roguelite shooter is open, and we’re looking for you! Find more on our discord and try the game today! Eternal gratitude from a small indie studio is part of the reward 💜 #gamedev #pixelart #indiegame

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Granades are a core part of our game: not only they do a lot of damage, but they break terrain and walls. We spent quite some time for the animation, do you like the effect? Now the next big question is.. should they do friendly fire? How much chaos is enough chaos? 😈 #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

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Beatrate @beatrate.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Our indie game 🚀 -roguelite with power ups and weapons -Spelunky-inspired terrain generation -frenetic and chaotic -multiplayer up to 4 people -sci-fi pixel art

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