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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Apparently I "outperform 80%" of posts on tiktok... which I think says a lot more about the content I'm -not- seeing there.. as everything i see pulls waaaay better numbers than anything I post.

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Learning that a drawing of mine placed best-in-show at quincy artsfest! I dont think ive ever had a top spot in any show ever! Im usually more an honorable-mention guy! Not sure if i should post it here tho cause it has ~boobies~. Will i get shadowbanned for that? #procreate #painting #digitalart

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

You've Badly Drawn your last Boy!

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David Lindsey Pittman @dphrygian.com · 26/06/2026

I agree with Rami, as usual. And it sucks, because I remember being young and wanting to get into games. But the industry is in a real bad shape right now. There aren't enough jobs, and making it on your own means fighting for attention in an extremely crowded market.

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Heeey the entire TPG catalog is on sale over on the Steam summer sale. Side question: do hashtags even do anything anymore? #steam #steamsale #pcgame #pcgames #indiegames

a picture of Terrible Posture Games' indie games catalog

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Its like this across every creative industry right now. The publishers job used to be to be to bring you to the audience... now they want you to bring the audience to them, all in the name of 'derisking'. :/

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Just discovered Royal Road. When did that become a thing? Seems like the kind of community I would have loved back when I wrote more. Anyone here post/read there? Is it a good place to post older complete novels? #FictionAuthor #NovelWriting #StoryCraft #FictionBooks #CreativeStorytelling #royalroad

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Felt brave today: made bao bun burgers with loaded tots, with a gochujang kewpie housin sauce and quick pickled veggies.

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Alright @nightdivestudios.bsky.social ..are these thief rumors true?!? Will you aim for deck verified???

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Terrible Posture Games @terribleposture.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

TPG is participating in the Steam Bullet-hell fest, which just launched! Now's a great time to pick up some of our classic games for a fraction of the price! I dunno if we've ever done an 80% off trifecta like this!

An image showing Mothergunship, Mothergunship Forge, and Tower of Guns all on sale for 80% off over on steam.

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Simon Roth @simoroth.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Actually had someone bite for this. So let's say £360 for a day of low level performance consultation and optimisation, in C++ or Unity, for any indies needing the help.

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Yea i dont think this is happening again for awhile. Fun to see people respond nicely to something i made though and to experience actual virality for a moment. The internet is weird.

image shows viral numbers for an instagram acct with a single post that received over 2m views

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8Bit @memoriesin8bit.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

So very proud of Burgle Supply Company. One of the most fun games I worked on. It's like a match of Mario Kart where things are on the fringe of spiraling out of control - till someone throws a blue shell. Just that the blue shell is a dog with too many teeth. store.steampowered.com/app/3670740/...

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Burgle Supply Company on Steam

A co-op horror comedy game for you and your friends about burglarizing a nightmarish neighborhood full of mutated pets. No one said this would be easy, but maybe you can make it out of there with a sw...

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Congrats to the Subnautica team 2 on their launch, but it took THEM 3400 reviews to get to 89% positive and it only took Burgle Supply Company 59 reviews. That's how this works... right?

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a golden retriever dog is laying on a person 's leg .

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

ANNNNNNNND Burgle Supply Company (Good Boy) is now out. Any RTs/Shares/helping to spread the word is appreciated. It's the silliest game made by a studio with a very silly catalog of things.

Steam page for Burgle Supply Company, which is probably the best game about robbing homes while mutant dogs chase you around ever made but I cant verify that.

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Aubrey Serr @serr.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Tower of Guns was a classic -- looking forward to playing their new game tonight store.steampowered.com/news/app/367...

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Burgle Supply Company - Burgle Supply Company Version 1.0 is OUT NOW! - Steam News

After a half year in Early Access, Burgle Supply Company is at 1.0

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Lisa Fleck @lafleck.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Support a good person (Joe) making fun indie games! His studio's latest looks like the chaotic co-op heist games we all know and love, for less than the price of a latte in Seattle. Check it out!

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

This was the most I have laughed in a playtest in a loooooong time.

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8Bit @memoriesin8bit.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

If you played Burgle Supply Co, please consider leaving a review. This is so important for a small studio - you'd make our day - for days on end!

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

We are SOOOO close to 50 reviews.. help push us over the edge! (store.steampowered.com/app/3670740/...)

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Alright folks, going live with a launch day stream! www.twitch.tv/terriblepost...

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Eleknor @eleknor.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I have it. I have played it. You need to get it. Make some friends, in a clone machine or outside world, and have them buy it. Play it with them!

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

OK, it's a reddit AMA! Please go ask me stuff. www.reddit.com/r/Games/comm...

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Hi folks. Im Joe Mirabello and ill be doing a reddit AMA today once i figure out how to post it!

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

ANNNNNNNND Burgle Supply Company (Good Boy) is now out. Any RTs/Shares/helping to spread the word is appreciated. It's the silliest game made by a studio with a very silly catalog of things.

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Duncan Watt @watt9000.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Voice over commissions back open games/film/tv/audiobooks hit me up if you need some gravelvoice action tell your friends pls/thx @leagueoflegends @mothergunship @autoassault @pearsontextbooks

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Highly disagree w this note i saw. Mother's Day is -at least- a 6 out of 10 holiday. Maybe 7.

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Hey! Look at that, TPG is part of the Indie LIVE Expo Sale, which means most of my games are on sale!

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

If you want to help me out, I'm entirely reader-supported! I don't paywall my articles because I want to make sure that readers who can't afford to help can. paypal.me/stompsite is the best and fastest way to help me out!

I, personally, can only write these articles and distribute them for free with your support; if I wasn’t doing this, I’d have to get a second job, and as disabled as I am, that’s really not great. I have to spend between $160 and up to an entire Nintendo Switch’s worth of my income on medical care every two weeks. That’s an extremely difficult burden for me.

So it’s either do this or get a second job, and a second job would not be ideal given my current disability. So when you send me a tip, you’re not just helping a disabled writer like me, you’re helping tons of students, disabled people, and others without access to education materials like this. Thank you.

paypal.me/stompsite (this is the best way to help me out right now)

@forgetamnesia on venmo (this is the second-best way to help me out right now)

ko-fi.com/stompsite (this is the slowest way to help, but it works. i sometimes forget to send thanks on ko-fi so if you want a thank you, venmo is the easiest and i generally always try to get to paypal)

$docseuss on cashapp (this works pretty quick, but the only thanks I can send is an emoji)

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Apparently someone put 117 hours into Burgle Supply Company's single player mode. For a game that was not meant to be single player... that's astounding... has anyone else ever sent out thank-you-for-playing-our-little-game cards?

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

We're only two weeks away from Burgle Supply Company's launch. Since launch day numbers are so critical.. anyone want to promise to pick it up launch day? store.steampowered.com/app/3670740/...

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 23/04/2026

If you haven't played Respawn's Titanfall 2 (2016) yet, your friends have probably recommended it to you... Well, this is my quarterly reminder that you need to play Titanfall 2's awesome campaign. It's still one of my favorite sci-fi experiences from recent years. So playful and imaginative.

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Bucket list item achieved! This guy is one of the reasons i got into making game art!

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Off to take the kiddo to a school dance help no one prepared me for this what do i do?

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

New trailer just went live! youtu.be/vXvuJ_c3elI...

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Erik Asmussen / 82apps @easmussen.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I have enabled Steam Playtest for Factory Town 2 - if you're interested in taking an early look and helping improve the game, go to the store page and hit 'Request Access': store.steampowered.com/app/3312130/...

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Factory Town 2: Paradise on Steam

Build and automate a tropical island village at the base of a sentient volcano. Use conveyor belts, boats, trains, catapults and ziplines to produce and deliver everything your town needs!

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Saw hail mary. Liked hail mary. But man i got some strong deus ex human revolution art direction vibes in some parts there. Anyone else catch that? Anyway, go see it.

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Game idea: golf game where everyone is an M1 abrams

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Aw man. RIP sam keith. He was one of the most influential artists on me growing up, introduced me to indie comics through the maxx's classifieds and enlightened me to whole new way of thinking about what comics could be. He was waaaay to young to go :(

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Its a really shitty time to be a person who naturally uses a lot of em dashes in their writing. I literally had the ascii code for it memorized.

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

That said,man, was that expo floor a shame. It was abt a third of the size of the heyday and what -was- there was mostly ai companies. I guess its a by product of epic, nintendo, etc, all taking their announcement seasons elsewhere. The social aspect was fine.. but the show lacked that fever.

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

It was lovely to see so many of yall at GDC. Thanks to those who checked out our panel! We had anblast reminiscing about the early days of game art.

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Joe Mirabello @blankslatejoe.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Some random @writnelson.bsky.social guy gave me a baby alien thing i guess that means im finally cool now

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