iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Peter Broqvist @broqvist.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The latest free @garbageday.email is an absolute banger: ”Culture stopped being something the consumer paid for and cultural industries became kindling for digital furnaces that only wanted to monetize our data anyways.”

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

youtube.com/shorts/5Dgtn... Ah, the modern dream of being a cute little robot vacuum cleaner at a big office #gaming #videogame #indiegames #office #cozygame

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Cute robot vacuum cleaner indie game!

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Peter Broqvist @broqvist.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I’m so freaking hyped about Genndy Tartakovsky doing a #Conan #2danimation I couldn’t help myself from modelling an homage as an evening project #blender

A stylised render of Conan the Barbarian based on the 2d version previewed for the upcoming animated series

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

youtube.com/shorts/QBg6t... To maximise your chanes at being a tiny robot vacuum cleaner at a big corporate office, give us a follow! Or wishlist A Corporate Machine on steam! #godot #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #gametplay

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Tiny robot vacuum cleaner at a big office! #godot #gamedev #gametrailer #indiedev #indiegame

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

So much smoother! Moving the old janky prototype cleaning-system in our game A Corporate Machine to this solid shader based version looks a lot better and is way more performant. You can already wishlist it, link in the bio. #gamedev #indiegame #blender #godot #retro

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

youtube.com/shorts/TM_2t... Thanks for showing us how to clean a CEO's office, Sanitron! #godot #blender #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame Wishlist A Corporate Machine today for more Sanitron! 🎉

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Thanks for showing us, Sanitron! #godot #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #silly

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

We love our little robot vacuum guy, Sanitron. Did you know you can wishlist A Corporate Machine now, to follow his journey? Link in comments! #godot #blender #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Turning on physic for all items in our game A Corporate Machine. Wishlist on Steam now. Link in the bio. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #blender #godot

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Should we keep the arcade in our satirical office cleaning game A Corporate Machine? #godot #indiedev #retro #indiegame #gamedev

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Work is progressing on our demo for A Corporate Machine! Currently we're hard at work on both the core cleaning gameplay and the art. And hey, we finally got the steampage up! (link below) #godot #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #blender

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Bloom & Gloom Games @bloomandgloom.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Into the Wind - A delivery adventure together with your sentient flying motorcycle! Game announced finally, find it and wishlist here on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2843060 #indiegame #gamedev #intothewindgame #indiegame

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Finally, the steampage for A Corporate Machine is live! If you've ever wanted to be a cute cleaning robot, follow the link in the replies and check it out! 🎉 #indiegame #gamedev

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Karin Rindevall @karrey.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Some old, some new and some cleaning to do! Duck Truck is the small, but best, foot print I left behind the Steamworld Games. Edgar is just Edgar! ❤️☝️ (gifts from @agzdegrey.bsky.social and Peter B at @splendidfailures.bsky.social ) #finalfantasyvi #steamworldquest

A photo of a 3D-print of the Duck Truck from Steamworld Quest game. In front of the 3D print there is an acrylic figure of Edgar Roni Figaro from Final Fantasy VI. Behind the whole thing there is a traditional art piece of Duck Truck and some other birds in a hot spring.

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Robert Olsén @rawbert.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Today I'm doing my first real proper workday as game designer, co-founder and CEO at @splendidfailures.bsky.social. I've crawled through Swedish bureaucracy to secure a grant that gives med financial support, but I've finally arrived at the starting point. Feels good! #gamedev #indiedev #Godot

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

In A Corporate Machine you play as Sanitron TC-84, the world's most overqualified robot vacuum cleaner. Unseen and underappreciated, but also free to shake things up! #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #Blender #godot #videogames #cozygaming

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

The environment in our game, A Corporate Machine, is inspired by tech and interior decoration from the 70s to the 90s. But with more advanced capabilities like wireless communication protocols and one heck of a smart robot vacuum cleaner. #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #blender #godot

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Peter Broqvist @broqvist.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Some days, having worked as a tech artist for a decade, has me feeling like Lunch Lord from Girls5eva. You want me to make a single crystal for the game? Sure, just let me build a system to generate an infinite amount of any type of crystal #techart #geometrynodes #Blender #gamedev

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

We're doing thumbnail sketches to capture the tone of the narrative in A Corporate Machine. They're also perfect fodder when developing the look of the game #indiegame #gamedev #blender #screenshotsaturday

A 3d render of two characters eating slices of pizza while a cure robot vacuum cleaner pulls a full sized pie along the floor, leaving a greasy trail behind. On a small table in the background there is a stack of pizza boxes and some party hats. A sign on the table reads: Q2 celebratory Pizza Party, 1 slice per employee" and the Q2 text is printed on a swappable card.

A rough pencil sketch of two characters eating slices of pizza while a cure robot vacuum cleaner pulls a full sized pie along the floor, leaving a greasy trail behind. On a small table in the background there is a stack of pizza boxes and some party hats. A sign on the table reads: Q2 celebratory Pizza Party, 1 slice per employee"

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

We're kicking off 2026 with some more tweaks on the demo, and getting a head start on a more polished future version by working on a template rig for the human NPCs in our game A Corporate Machine #screenshotsaturday #Blender #indiegame #gamedev #acorporatemachine

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

For this #screenshotsaturday, we’re going back in time some months to share a silly trial render from when we were exploring the look of the office dwellers in A Corporate Machine. We’ve since ditched the thumb-shaped heads… but the overall look and feel is still there #gamedev #indiegame #blender

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Hi, we’re Splendid Failures, a small indie game studio in Gothenburg, Sweden, working on our first game: A Corporate Machine. Play as Sanitron TC-84, the world’s most overqualified cleaning robot, and explore life of the giant conglomerate Omega Global. Follow along for updates on our progress!

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Got any fun ideas for office people? We've started concepting all sorts of fun little guys that you might encounter in A Corporate Machine. Would love to hear people's ideas, or examples of interesting folks you've worked with at your own jobs! #indiedev #conceptart #gamedev

concept art of two office workers. one "inexplicably cool accountant" and one "ambitious corp goon". The cool accountant has a beanie hat and hair infront of their face, making a cool hand gesture. The ambitious corp goon looks like a know it all bootlicker, with a blazer and slicked back hair

Concept art of an "it-goth" and a "sould drained long ago". Soul drained is an old man who looks just that, soul drained. The it-goth looks like an introvert wearing purple, with a pentagram necklace

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

A better preview image of the look development graphics in the video we just posted #godot #indegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

Cover photo to the video in the quoted post. Polished game graphics depicting a cute robot vacuum roaming an office

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Some progression on the look-development environment for A Corporate Machine. Lots of pipeline work done to make asset creation in #blender easier and exporting to #godot smoother #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

We had a fun time showing off A Corporate Machine at a #gamedev pub, hosted by @swedengamearena.bsky.social. It’s an uncontrolled environment, and getting lots of hands on it when it’s early and rough really lets you see what the biggest hurdles are for players to get in to the loop. #Indeigame

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Peter Broqvist @broqvist.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

We had a productive week. Working on making the game economy more fun, profiled our look-development on an iPhone 13 mini, and it runs … sort of okay.

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Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Listen. There’s a lot of discourse happening right now. But never forget the core truth of our craft: we’re all just weird little guys making weird little guys.

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Peter Broqvist @broqvist.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Last week I started work on a template rig as part look development and preprod for our game A Corporate Machine. Got stuck trying to get the mouth as easy to pose as I was imagining it. After a weekend of scratching that itch I think I got it where it should be #blender #godot #gamedev #indiegame

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

We tested without it for a while... but the throw action is back 🤖 💥 Use it to optimise your work, get out of boring tasks, or just chuck anything you can get your metal paws on really! #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #acorporatemachine #godot

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Peter Broqvist @broqvist.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

One benefit of working together with a holiday-nut is that I automatically get theme-updates for free

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Thanks to our tireless programmer we’re now official contributors to the Godot engine 🎉 Free and Open Source is what all the cool kids are doing, right? #godot #indiegame #gamedev #foss

An image of a GitHub comment congratulating a user on their first merged contribution to the Godot engine

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

This week: Continued work on the prototype, talks with potential partners, and making some serious progress on our Blender to Godot pipeline. Our 3d-artist is weirdly proud to let you know that the Godot-shot is only three draw calls 🤷 #gamedev #indiegame #blender #godot #screenshotsaturday

A room rendered in Blender (top) and Godot (bottom), split to show identical lighting and material properties.

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Okay, the quest is still janky and cobbled together, but our little vacuum can now torch their bloodsucking supervisor for a gold keycard in the prototype 🤖🧠🧛🔥 #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev #godot

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Can we trust you with the precious china? Good Bot or Bad Bot, the choice is yours. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #wackywipstuff #acorporatemachine

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

This coming Thursday we're heading to Skövde with @swedengamearena.bsky.social to pitch A Corporate Machine in front of a live audience. Exciting and frightening in equal amounts! We'll even bring an incredibly rough playable to try out 😱 #swedengamearena #swedengameconference #indiedev #gamedev

A mock up screenshot of the game A corporate Machine inside a frame promoting the even Sweden Game Conference on October 23-24 2025

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Such a good dog! You can’t pet him just yet, but at least you can take him for a walk and give him a treat #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #godot #acorporatemachine #prototype #wackywipstuff

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Since we’re only working part time on A Corporate Machine, we missed the chance to commemorate last weekend's important celebrations together! 😢 #gamedev #blender #indiegame #acorporatemachine

Two cartoony 3d-characters eating cinnamon buns. The character to the left of the frame is looking sceptical while licking his bun, he is dressed in black and his teeth are pointy, like Nosferatu. The character to the right is laughing and holding a tray of buns. Their buns are shedding sugar on the floor and a cute robot vacuum cleaner is on its way to clean it up.

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

So stay tuned for a bunch of more wacky WIP stuff in the future! We’d love to know how other creatives approach iterating on complex projects like this. 3/3 #GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot #WackyWIPStuff

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

In the prototype, we want to be able to try lots of things. And if a play-test shows something we didn’t plan for (has that ever happened?!) we want to be able to change things quickly, not waste time polishing stuff that belongs in the bin. 2/3 #GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot

A screenshot from the prototype of the game A Corporate Machine. A rough model of a cute robot vacuum cleaner is dragging a box along a hallway in an office. A guard character blocked up by capsule shapes has the word crumple above his head-shape and his arm shapes are crossed as if angry. The image is titled with the word prototype.

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