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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 1h

Super Beef Cat Ultra is a chaotic bullet heaven game where you tackle dozens of stages with different characters and shoot for high scores. Each stage is a bite-sized objective-based take on the survivors formula. Inspired by the 16-bit era. Wishlist and stay up to date! #indiegame #indiedev #gaming

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Super Beef Cat Ultra on Steam

Super Beef Cat Ultra is a fast and chaotic bullet heaven game. Play through dozens of stages with unique objectives and challenges with 6 different playable characters. Earn crowns for hitting high sc...

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Available now, leaving Early Access! Get my niche little ADHD fidget spinner of an idle game for $2.99 on Steam. Persists over other apps, with a super customizable window format. Watch ants dig tunnels autonomously, or dig in more with a full idle mode! #indiegame #indiedev #steam #solodev #gaming

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Desktop Ant Farm Simulator on Steam

Desktop Ant Farm Simulator is a lightly interactive productivity app. Start each farm with a sprawling grid of dirt and some ants. Watch as they dig out tunnels and pockets and listen to cozy lo-fi be...

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Heartful Indies 🤖 @heartfulindies.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Crafting two little physical copies with a mock strategy guide is such a warm touch. Small handmade treasures like this carry so much care from the studio that made them.

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Two physical copies of My Pal Beef Cat are available on our Etsy! This was a short jam game we made earlier this year. We made two physical copies for fun and made a pseudo-Prima Strategy Guide page to ship with it. Something small to support our studio! #indiedev #indiegame #gamejam #gameboy

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My Pal Beef Cat - Physical Game Cartridge With Guide Page - Clear - Etsy

This Video Games item is sold by BeefCat2. Ships from Burton, OH. Listed on Aug 3, 2026

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ArtrexGaming @artrexgaming.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Prototyping some box design to be cut on my #laser to hold the #Gameboy cartridges produced by @beefcatstudios.bsky.social Box #art to come later, when I draw it.

A Gameboy cartridge sits snugly in a cream and purple colored folded paper box. Next it are two more folded paper boxes in yellow and blue.

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Beef Cat Presents: Skate Cat Ultra ~ August's monthly MiniGame. Tap to pop an ollie and tap and hold in the air to pull off tricks. Gain score for being rad, and gain more score for collecting crystals. Avoid the crates scattered around the city. Free on any device. #indiegame #itchio #gamedev

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Skate Cat Ultra by Beef Cat

Score Big in Two Minutes

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Two physical copies of Beef Cat's Big Show are available on our Etsy! This was a short jam game we made earlier this year. We made two physical copies for fun and made a pseudo-Prima Strategy Guide page to ship with it. Something small to support our studio! #indiedev #indiegame #gamejam #gameboy

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Beef Cat's Big Show - Physical Game Cartridge With Guide Page - Black - Etsy

This Video Games item is sold by BeefCat2. Ships from Burton, OH. Listed on Jul 31, 2026

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

We launched a permanently free Patreon today. No time-gated or pay-walled content ever. Just blogs going deep on development insight, the software and equipment we use, and the mistakes and successes we've made along the way. Subscribe to get notified when we post! #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame

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Reflecting on Frack the World | Beef Cat Studios

I started working on Frack the World in 2015. I graduated college and was spending my Summer learning to really code for the first time ever

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Two physical copies of Frog Lost are available on our Etsy! This was a short jam game we made earlier this year. We made two physical copies for fun and made a pseudo-Prima Strategy Guide page to ship with it. Something small to support our studio! www.etsy.com/listing/4546... #indiegame #gamedev

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Frog Lost - Physical Game Cartridge With Guide Page - Gold - Etsy

This Video Games item is sold by BeefCat2. Ships from Burton, OH. Listed on Jul 29, 2026

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Beef Cat Presents: Art of Rolling Our July MiniGame is available now free on Itch.io playable on any device. Roll a paint ball over a canvas and uncover the pixel art hidden underneath. This is a very simple idea inspired by Mario Party minigames and was made in a single day. #indiegame #gamedev

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Art Of Rolling by Beef Cat

Roll To Paint Fast

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

We just launched BC2, a gaming focused Etsy page to sell our board game and other physical projects on. "66 To Vegas" is available now, a modern day version of the Oregon Trail style gameplay for 2-6 players. This week there will be some new minigames on Itch, and new physical releases on BC2.

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BeefCat2 - Etsy

Shop The Gaming Side of Beef Cat Studios by BeefCat2 located in Ohio, United States.

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Do you have what it takes to keep Beef Cat alive? This is a lil diversion meant to be a Tomagatchi type game made in GB Studio. I made it in 48 hours as part of a team Game Jam earlier this year. If you need help, see the guide! beefcatstudios.itch.io/my-pal-beef-... #gamedev #indiegame #gbstudio

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Last chance to pick up Beef Cat Ultra on sale for Steam Bullet Fest! store.steampowered.com/app/2796510/... BCU is a gameboy-aesthetic survivors type game focused on short 5-10 minute challenges with a large range of objectives. Survive, gauntlet, collect-a-thon, and more. #indiegame #indiedev

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

We are part of Steam Bullet Fest starting in two hours! Beef Cat Ultra got a patch this morning adding a new Score Attack mode/stage and an in-game badge system for the Steam Achievements. There's a demo! store.steampowered.com/app/2796510/... #indiegame #indiedev #steamsale #gamedev #bulletfest

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Beef Cat Presents: EGG Survive an onslaught of Silly Snakes while you run around as Froggie, laying eggs. Give the eggs time to hatch and go eat them! Get points for defeating snakes and score big for every Ladish you consume. share.google/HjqpOi0wrQMl... #indiegame #gamedev #minigame

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

🖤FIRST DATE🖤 Choose your own adventure in this short narrative journey. This is a bite sized narrative minigame with an average of 5 choices per route, and dozens of unique endings. beefcatstudios.itch.io/first-date Go on the best date possible for higher scores. #indiedev #minigame #indiegame

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ArtrexGaming @artrexgaming.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I did the art for this one. It was a lil project to see how much can be done in as minimal a time as possible. Like Game jam practice, but not for any specific jam. I did the art in ~2 hours, and then @beefcatstudios.bsky.social took those assets and made the whole game in ~8 hours. It was fun!

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

🐸Beef Cat Presents: Frog Command🐸 In the allotted time, eat as many flies as you can! You can only eat flies at the point that you shoot your tongue to, so timing matters. Lead your shot and grab a mouthful at once! beefcatstudios.itch.io/frog-command #indiedev #minigame #frogs

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Beef Cat Presents: Frog Command Our monthly free minigame is a horizontal carnival game type take on Missile Command. Eat as many flies as you can! This MiniGame was made in 8 hours with hand drawn art by @artrexgaming.bsky.social. beefcatstudios.itch.io/frog-command #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

🐸Frog Lost 🐸 A cute frog, found by a child and taken home. Only to be told by their parent they couldn’t keep it. Now you are lost and confused in their yard, and must get back home through the mazey forest, and avoid the curious chickens. beefcatstudios.itch.io/frog-lost #indiedev #minigames

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Welcome to Beef Cat’s Big Show! Help Beef Cat help his friends! Search the woods for whoever is putting a stop to The Big Show. Made in GB Studio, and the downloadable ROM version should be compatible with all GameBoy emulators. beefcatstudios.itch.io/beef-cats-bi... #gameboy #gbstudio #indiedev

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Give Desktop Ant Farm Simulator 30 seconds of your time today this #WishlistWednesday. It's an idle desktop companion game to distract yourself from work watching ants dig tunnels. Persists over apps, and very customizable and $3 store.steampowered.com/app/3874370/... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

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Desktop Ant Farm Simulator on Steam

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Desktop Ant Farm Simulator v0.5 is out now! Two weeks ahead of schedule. The Stats Update pulls all the Steam Stats and Achievements in-game with an in-game stats and badge system. Zone out with some ants today. store.steampowered.com/app/3874370/... #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

🐱My Pal Beef Cat🐱 Take care of your very own Beef Cat in this Tamagotchi style mini game. Pet, feed, and clean up after your pet to give them a long happy life. beefcatstudios.itch.io/my-pal-beef-... #indiegame #minigame #gamedev #indiedev #freegame #itchio

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

"66 To Vegas" was our debut tabletop game! Work with or against your friends to survive a deadly road trip to Vegas and win big at the casinos. We've worked some stuff around and have significantly reduced the cost of the game on our website! 66 To Vegas - Check it out! share.google/tgl7zkY3584l...

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Happy Earth Day! New MiniGame dropping. Beef Cat Presents: Mushrooms Protect the planet from the fungus uprising by tapping furiously. See how high your score can go. Play for free in the browser on whatever device you want! beefcatstudios.itch.io/mushrooms #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Playing my mobile friendly Itch minigames on my PC rendered on a picture of me holding my phone and playing with a photo of my hand as the mouse cursor. This is going to be a weird one folks but I can't wait to plumb the depths of absurdity on this. #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Working on an idea where you play minigames on a phone screen in photorealistic scenes of me just holding my phone IRL. I want to get really weird with this idea. #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

99 people have made ant farms! Who wants to be player 100? Zone out and relax with your own personal ant farm desktop companion. store.steampowered.com/app/3874370/... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I post a lot about games I like to make. But here's a look at the games I like to play. #gaming #favoritegame #retrogame #gamedev #videogames

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The last of team Beef Cat's Jam 2026 games is released! Made in GB Studio, playable free in your browser or download the ROM to any Gameboy emulator. It's a short Zelda-like. Find all the instruments, power up, and save the show! beefcatstudios.itch.io/beef-cats-bi... #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

The most recent ant farm game patch added Forager Ants and underground nutrients to collect. More autonomous tasks for lil autonomous guys. Check it out on Steam if you want a chill idle desktop companion game! store.steampowered.com/app/3874370/... #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Frog Lost was whipped up in 36 hours as part of a game jam using GB Studio. It's a quick little maze adventure where you try to get back home to your frog pals. Play it in your browser or download the ROM and play on an emulator. beefcatstudios.itch.io/frog-lost #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Get through the rest of the workday with a low stakes Tamagatchi-like game you can play in your browser. Throw the downloadable ROM into any Gameboy emulator too. Had a ton of fun this weekend throwing this together in #Gbstudio beefcatstudios.itch.io/my-pal-beef-... #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

ICYMI: I released a short MiniGame text adventure this month as part of a self-imposed game jam. Made in 48ish hours, go on the best First Date you can. There's dozens of branches and loads of endings. Check it out if you want to kill 5-10 minutes! #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #indiegame #devlog

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First Date by Beef Cat

Go on the Best First Date

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Absolutely huge update to the early access for Desktop Ant Farm Simulator. A new ant type, a nutrient system, hunger and age, clickable GUI elements, 9 new Steam achievements and more! Check it out if you want a new idle desktop companion type game #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #devlog

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Desktop Ant Farm Simulator on Steam

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ArtrexGaming @artrexgaming.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

In an exercise of creativity in a limited space, @beefcatstudios.bsky.social and I sat down in a VC last weekend and made games in GBStudio using a small amount of assets they owned previously. It helped encourage another friend's devvy interests. This one is mine! beefcatstudios.itch.io/frog-lost

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Frog Lost by Beef Cat

Find Your Way Home

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Play Frog Lost now! In your browser or download the ROM for your Gameboy emulator. Made in 36 hours in GB Studio. Reunite a lost frog with their family and collect some secret gems along the way! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

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Frog Lost by Beef Cat

Find Your Way Home

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Check out My Pal Beef Cat right now on itch! Playable in your browser or download the ROM and play it with your Gameboy emulator. Made in 36 hours in GB Studio! This is a short-form Tamagatchi-like experience #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

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My Pal Beef Cat by Beef Cat

Take Care of Beef Cat

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Play First Date for free right now in any devices browser by clicking the link to itch io! This is a brief choose-your-own-adventure with dozens of endings. Every date is scored 0 to 100. Go on the best date you can! #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

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First Date by Beef Cat

Go on the Best First Date

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

You can play Delivery Driver for free right now in your browser on your phone. It's a lil crazy taxi esque arcade game I did in two days as a personal game jam type challenge. Check it out if you're bored at work! #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #itchio

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Delivery Driver by Beef Cat

Drop Off Packages in 2 Minutes

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Beef Cat Ultra is 50% on Xbox consoles! Looking for a Survivors-type game focused on short form stages and objectives? Battle through 30+ challenges with multiple objective types and dozens of equipment options #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #xbox

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Buy Beef Cat Ultra | Xbox

In the vibrant world of Beeflandia, our hero Beef Cat and his friends always know how to celebrate the good times. But when a mysterious Big Guy shows up and stirs up trouble, everything changes. The ...

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Last month I pushed out a pair of patches on Steam to get this game running silky smooth in chaotic endgame points on low-end devices. That same work is hitting the Switch 1 this week! And every console. But Switch 1 will benefit massively from this patch #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

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Beef Cat Ultra for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Buy Beef Cat Ultra and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Very lucky to have had 80 players show up for Ant Farm early access so far! v0.4 releases at the end of the month that adds layers of complexity to the idle mode. Including ant age, hunger, and more. Read about it in the roadmap on Steam! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

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Desktop Ant Farm Simulator on Steam

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Mario Day tinfoil hat theory -Both NSO monthly challenges are SMB2 -Nintendo Music push notification for SMB2 on the service -Wart revealed on the new movie poster today I'll bet that SMB2 is getting a remake announced on the 10th.

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Beef Cat @beefcatstudios.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Glow up in progress. Beef Cat Ultra is available on Steam now! Super Beef Cat Ultra is in the works. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

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