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@brendanvotano.bsky.social
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Game developer, nature lover, beer guzzler, two wheel rider, music appreciator. In no particular order. Founder @ Blue Volcano Studios Co-Founder @ Steep Summit Studios working on Grove Keeper

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TravellingGameDeveloper @brendanvotano.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Next week. #GCAP. Wednesday, 1:00 pm. Come see my talk: "Your players are lying to you!" See you there! Synopsis: "I'll open with a brief framing of the core problem: player feedback is subjective, emotionally driven, and often unreliable - but data without context can be just as misleading."
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TravellingGameDeveloper @brendanvotano.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Finally made it to #Gamescom dev. Looking forward to meeting new people, drinking Kölsh and pitching Grove Keeper!
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TravellingGameDeveloper @brendanvotano.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I can finally reveal that I will be speaking at #GCAP this October. If you are attending, drop in on my talk and see why your players may be lying to you! #MIGW
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TravellingGameDeveloper @brendanvotano.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I can finally reveal that Billy Green and I have received funding for our game Grove Keeper! It's been a long time in the works, took several rejections and rebuilds to get here, but the perseverance and hard work have paid off. www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/media-cen... #indiedev #indiegame
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Screen Australia empowers the next games generation, including new creatives from neighbouring disciplines - Media centre - Screen Australia
Screen Australia announces the latest funding to help level-up Australian gamemakers, including a cohort of newcomers from non-games fields.
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TravellingGameDeveloper @brendanvotano.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Billy and I talk about the latest in Grove Keeper development. How are Hungarians and cowards related? How can these things make a game more believable? Watch the stream at 4pm AEST to find out, or catch up on Youtube later. youtube.com/@billygreeng... #indiedev #grovekeeper #gamedev #unity3d
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TravellingGameDeveloper @brendanvotano.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
We are back with another Dev stream of Grove Keeper. We will go through our new weather system - reasoning, design, implementation, and technical considerations. Watch the forest turn from lush green into a wintery wonderland in just a single click! Time: 4pm AEST Where: youtube.com/@billygreeng...
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TravellingGameDeveloper @brendanvotano.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Billy and I are back with another Stream tonight at 5pm AEST. We'll be talking Key Art, New Input, and other things that have developed over the last few weeks. youtube.com/@billygreengames #indiedev #streaming #grovekeeper #indiegame #gamedev #unity3d
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TravellingGameDeveloper @brendanvotano.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Billy and I are going to start a weekly dev log live stream of our game Grove Keeper! We'll be talking about the project, showing behind the scenes stuff, answering questions and who knows what else. Watch at youtube.com/@billygreeng... #indiedev #indiegames #grovekeeper #gamestream #gamedev
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Grove Keeper 🌲🌳 ~ Steep Summit Studio 🍵⛰️ @steepsummitstudios.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
@paxaus.bsky.social Day 4 beginneth. Unleash the horde! #pax #indiedev
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Grove Keeper 🌲🌳 ~ Steep Summit Studio 🍵⛰️ @steepsummitstudios.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Day 2 at @paxaus.bsky.social. Come down, plant some trees and stop the humans! #grovekeeper #pax #rts #strategygame #indiedev #trees
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TravellingGameDeveloper @brendanvotano.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Blowing up humans at @paxaus.bsky.social #rts #indiedev #grovekeeper #pax #madewithunity
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TravellingGameDeveloper @brendanvotano.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
All setup and ready to show #GroveKeeper at @paxaus.bsky.social over the next few days. If you are in Melbourne, come around and have a play!
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Grove Keeper 🌲🌳 ~ Steep Summit Studio 🍵⛰️ @steepsummitstudios.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
More ragdoll testing. Of course need to check every hit point. #unity3d #ragdoll #gamedev #indiedev
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Always check all possibilities with ragdolls. #unity3d #gamedev #indiedev #ragdoll #madewithunity
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Grove Keeper 🌲🌳 ~ Steep Summit Studio 🍵⛰️ @steepsummitstudios.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Doing up the summary screen and learning Unity Timeline. Pretty good so far. #unity3d #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev
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Playing with Unity Timeline for better control over end screen summaries #gamedev #indiedev #unity3d
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Grove Keeper 🌲🌳 ~ Steep Summit Studio 🍵⛰️ @steepsummitstudios.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Hello Loggers! Testing out the ragdoll from Fimpossible. #gamedev #unity3d #grovekeeper
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Testing ragdoll effects with limited success. #gamedev #ragdoll #indiegame #grovekeeper #unity3d
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Grove Keeper 🌲🌳 ~ Steep Summit Studio 🍵⛰️ @steepsummitstudios.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
www.youtube.com/shorts/jgHMM... Billy and Brendan are in the lovely Blue Mountains for a week to lock themselves away and work solely on Grove Keeper. Follow the progress here! #gamedev #indiedev #grovekeeper #mountaindev #gamejam
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Mountain Jam Day #1
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TravellingGameDeveloper @brendanvotano.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Anybody for a round of Aqua Golf @ Marrickville Golf Course after all this rain? The Ibis are loving it.
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TravellingGameDeveloper @brendanvotano.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Some eerie atmosphere after all the rain this week in Sydney. Even the cicadas are trying to escape it all. There is some inspiration for Grove Keeper here for sure. @steepsummitstudios.bsky.social #grovekeeper #eerie #moss #trees
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Grove Keeper 🌲🌳 ~ Steep Summit Studio 🍵⛰️ @steepsummitstudios.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
The Grove team got to check out the Alt games festival today at the powerhouse museum in Parramatta. It was so awesome to see all the super talented Australian developers. Looking forward to the next one, hopefully we can show off Grove Keeper there to! #Indiedev #gamedev
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