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Blindflug Studios 🛩️ GROUND OF ACES @blindflugstudios.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

🛫 GROUND OF ACES IS OUT NOW in Early Access on Steam! 🛫 Manage and build your very own WWII airbase! 🎮 Build. Manage. Survive. Take Off. Fulfill missions. 🛩️ store.steampowered.com/app/2308690/...

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Stardust ✨ creating Grimoire Groves @stardustgames.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

📣Calling all content creators📣 It's less than a month until Grimoire Groves releases 😱 If you would like to get a super sparkly ✨review key✨ so you can play Grimoire Groves before it releases, we got a sign-up form for you🌸 forms.gle/PxFCv9QUjVrR... Please also help spread the word by reposting 🙏

A Grimoire Groves screenshot showing Primrose casting spells on a bunch of cute sunflower plants.

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Stardust ✨ creating Grimoire Groves @stardustgames.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

👀 Psst..we’ve got some exciting news! With the help of witch magic, Grimoire Groves is releasing early on March 4th!🧙 Also, a new demo releases February 17th, so you can soon grow your garden, cast some spells and make new friends!🔮 Trailer is too long for Bsky, so have a random bug video 💖

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Been thinking a lot about posting more often about my WIP stuff after Grimoire Groves is released. But then again, I worry that this might mess with a first big game reveal marketing beat 🤔 Anyone got any advice on that?

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Stardust ✨ creating Grimoire Groves @stardustgames.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Not sure if a bug or a feature 🤔 #screenshotsaturday

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

The craziest part about the new SRF article about funding for games in Zurich is that 58% of the readers say they have played a Swiss video game before. That not only means they care about (Swiss) indie games, but also that they know which games actually were made in Switzerland 🤯 buff.ly/4hnOBoP

Screenshot of poll that shows that 58% of readers have played a Swiss game before.

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Also, it's so weird. The Grimoire Groves release is roughly a month away and I'm pretty calm about it. Heck, the thing is super buggy and unbalanced, but I just feel like it will be ok? I feel so guilty about not freaking out…

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Just finished translating Grimoire Groves to German. And I had so much fun! I mean I tried to write funny dialogues when I wrote the story, but somehow it hits so much harder in German. Not sure if it is because it's because I'm a German native speaker, or if the stuff just is funnier in German.

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

It's 9.30pm. You notice that while fixing a bug for your closed beta, you accidentally created another bug (of course). Now it's 9.43pm and you watch your build pipeline slowly building. You hope that your bug fix for the previous bug fix will not introduce another new bug to the beta. 😮‍💨

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Played Grimoire Groves with only two fingers today, to try and simulate how hard the game is if you just picked it up (and don't have like 4 years of experience like me). Well, now my hands hurt. Thanks, game dev tip I read somewhere months ago ☹️

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Stardust ✨ creating Grimoire Groves @stardustgames.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

📣Last chance to participate in the raffle📣 Tomorrow, the winners will get their keys for the last Grimoire Groves beta before the game releases 😱

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Stardust ✨ creating Grimoire Groves @stardustgames.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Don't forget that you still can enter the raffle to win a free key for the super ✨exlusive✨ Grimoire Groves closed beta! 💅

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

We're giving away a few exclusive keys for the second closed Grimoire Groves beta! If you wanna do some magical gardening and cute-creature-meeting before the game officially releases, this is your chance! 🍀✨

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

These screenshots also perfectly illustrate that I haven't upgraded my PC in 6 years, and it's starting to show 😢

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

I know, the "yellow paint" discussion is very 2024, but I'm playing Elden Ring over the holidays and their use of "yellow paint" - or refusal thereof - amuses me a lot.

A screenshot of Elden Ring, showing yellow wax to seal doors and windows closed.

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

My partner and I need to stop accidentally gifting each other the same thing for Christmas. Last year we got each other a Steam Deck, this year we both got each other books about mushroom foraging. At this point, it's getting scarry.

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I'm Swiss and I hate it if people/things are not reliable. Also, I wish cheese and chocolate were more ethically unproblematic to consume. Cause they ARE super tasty.

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Nathalie Lawhead @alienmelon.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

me, crying, reaching the end of the year and no worst for the wear 😭🥲: Game Developer Dot Com just included my “solo-devs and risk takers” post in their 10 must read featured blogs 2024 wrapup www.gamedeveloper.com/design/game-... 🥹🙏🤓💕

gamedeveloper.com

Game Developer's 2024 Wrap-Up: 10 must-read Featured Blogs

Read the most significant featured blogs of the year.

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

While the market for underrepresented audiences is growing – which is amazing – game development still is a highly risky business. And doing a game in a well performing genre for the core gamer audience is still the safest bet.

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

As a ceo of a game studio, this is so true! The money says you should do a traditional game for a traditional audience. But the heart wants to make cool games for cool, queer folks 🌈

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Alex Strook 🐭⚡️SQUEAKROSS @alexstrook.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

what game devs see in their nightmare

steam forum post titled "ultrawide support"

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

So if I understood correctly, Twitter now starts to charge social media management tools if they are connecting to Twitter. Which means Twitter will probably disappear from these tools' free plans. As a small indie dev, this is the point where I'm seriously considering to drop Twitter.

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I just can't get over this, do I now have to imagine how a Porsche Cayenne spaceship looks like?

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

So after I got my Metricool Bluesky integration wish granted, my next one is being able to see the exact number of followers even after you reached 1k. As someone who does marketing, it's excruciating to only have 100 follower steps.

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

This. Always design for gamepad, you'll find a solution to fit everything to mouse/keyboard anyway. Finding solutions for mouse input for gamepads however is a huge pain, especially if you're doing minigames or similar.

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Guess who's been at the dentist today 👅

Doggo was at the dentist, is still a bit trippin'

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Metricool just added Bluesky to their available platforms. Ugh, that's all my little marketing heart wished for 💕

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I'm actually surprised that something else than Ghost made it into the top 5 songs. Don't judge me, that religious trauma has to be dealt with somehow 🤓 Also, the top 5 artists are an interesting mix 🧐

My top 5 Spotify wrapped songs are Cirice, Hunter's Moon, Jesus He Knows Me, and Ghuleh by Ghost. Baby Queen by Gorillaz made it to third place.

My top 5 artists on Spotify this year were Ghost, Justice, Daft Punk, Queens of the Stone Age, and Gorillaz

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

As someone who - Once thought that D&D is the only TTRPG system they'll ever need - Then realized that other systems are way more fun - Currently is working on their own TTRPG I'm not worried that Elon wants to buy Hasbro. There's enough other neat stuff, y'all. We'll be fine ✨

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

A few months ago, I decided to dedicate one day of my week to prototyping, as most of my work nowadays is not so fun admin stuff. Getting to spend my Fridays with things I think are exciting makes my job so much better 😊

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I was looking for cool nature themed games and Y'ALL, I DIDN'T FIND EVEN ONE NATURE GAMES STARTER PACK 😤 You know what that means, right? 🌺 go.bsky.app/FCvM7Vu

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I was looking for cool nature themed games and Y'ALL, I DIDN'T FIND EVEN ONE NATURE GAMES STARTER PACK 😤 You know what that means, right? 🌺 go.bsky.app/FCvM7Vu

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

So, yes I know, finding ✨exactly✨ this profile might be hard. Since I'm more knowledgeable in market research myself, please also reach out if you just match with the two other expertises: 🎨 Art Direction 🌈 Queer

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

❗ Paid job opportunity ❗ For a project I'm looking for a mentor who can lend their expertise in a bunch of coaching sessions! Here's the profile I'm looking for 🔍 Market Research 🎨 Art Direction 🌈 Queer Please let me know if you know someone who fits and help me spread the word 🙏

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Studio Drydock (Making: Wylde Society) @studiodrydock.com · 22/11/2024

Made a starter pack for games and studios that focus on witchy and magical themes, stories and characters! ✨🔮 go.bsky.app/M69mkvV

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Aaaargh, I spent many days, blood, sweat and tears to make a new release date trailer for Grimoire Groves and now I can't even post it on Bluesky 😢 Well, have a TikTok video instead that I made in like 10 mins 🙃

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Ok so I got 2 questions, and it would be great to get as many answers as possible 🥺 1) Magical girl themed RPG: Yay or nay? 🎀 2) Would you rather have manga or cartoon visuals for such a game? 💥

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

If you're new here and looking for cozy games and/or cozy game developers to follow, I got something for you ✨ Check out my two starter packs 💕🌈🍵 ✨ Cozy Games/Studios ✨ go.bsky.app/LDqJYBD 💕 Cozy Game Devs 💕 go.bsky.app/Q68Qvbi

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

For everyone who asked to get on the cozy games and cozy dev starter packs, I'm sorry for not responding this last week! I was in deadline hell, but now I'm back 💕 Just in time for another migration it seems? 😊

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

Hello, are you looking for some ✨ cozy game ✨ data? Since the Steam Next Fest algorithm changed, I tracked over 100 cozy games and looked into how many followers they gained. I'll share my insights in a thread ⭐

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

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Boo-beauli 👻 @beaubeauli.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

So uhm after working on the cozy games starter packs for 3 days, I wondered if there are starter packs from other folks where I would fit in? 🥺 👉👈 🪄 I work on a cozy roguelite dungeon crawler with witches 🧮 I do marketing and biz dev 🎲 I work on a TTRPG on the side 🏳️‍🌈 I'm very non-binary

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