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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Working on some items that can help with managing or controlling the water in our sandbox game 🏖️ What do you think of these controllable water gates?

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Sandcastle is being handmade by a solo dev and it’s a huge labour of love. Any version not under the Bubblebird name is not official. Be careful of downloading anything else!

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Thank you all for the support and feedback on the Sandcastle demo! 🌞 We are seeing a lot of accounts claiming to have mobile versions or full versions of our game. Right now, Sandcastle is only available via Steam. Anything else is a clone or a fake 💔

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Our beach sandbox game called Sandcastle has a free demo! 🌞 We love seeing what players make! Be sure to tag so we can admire your creations 🏖️ (shoutout to kassoulet from the discord)

Saved image of a creation in Sandcastle showing a pathway leading to a castle. There's wooden fencing on each side with foliage and a large rake. Titled: Matin à la plage

Saved image of a creation in Sandcastle showing a large waterfall in the background. The foreground has a small island with a single parasol, a few boats and a washed up bottle. Titled: Après-midi à la plage

Saved image of a creation in Sandcastle with sunrise lighting. The pebbles are arranged in wiggly lines. The sandcastle bucket is surrounded by two tools, a spade and a rake. There's a washed up bottle in the distance. Titled: Matin à la plage

Saved image of a creation in Sandcastle showing a zoomed in area with pebbles arranged in concentric circles. A beachball, starfish, spade, parasol and wooden fencing is visible. Titled: Matin à la plage

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The main menu of our game! The tides will slowly wash away the title 🏖️🌞

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Thank you @polygon.com for this beautiful article 🥹 So happy to hear this little sandbox game is resonating with so many people and providing a calming space in this wild world “When life gets you down, dig a hole” 💛 www.polygon.com/sandcastle-s...

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Steam’s Best New Game Demo Is So Good I Just 5 Hours Shoveling Sand

When life gets you down, dig a hole

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The Sandcastle demo is out now! Design and decorate your own private beach with a variety of tools 🏖️ Reviews are positive (yay!) and some players even describe it as peak! 🌞

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This is Sandcastle, the ultimate beach sandbox game! 🏖️ Find treasures washed ashore like little boats and watch as they bob along on the gentle tides ⛵

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Our literal sandbox game hit 200k Wishlists and reached the top of Trending Demos on Steam!! The support means so much 🩵 Thank you!

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Sandcastle Demo out now! 🏖️😎 Build to your heart's content, create moats and embellish your builds with shells and driftwood that laps up on the shore! No pressure, no rush, just beach and physics based building joy. So excited to see your sandy creations 🏰

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Sandcastle Demo coming AUGUST 6TH! 🏖️ 🌊 Realistic water and sand physics 🏖️ 2 different beach layouts to try 🪣 Variety of tools 🐚 Lots of treasures to collect ⌛ No time constraints! Just beach. It’ll be a relatively small taste of what’s to come. We hope you will like it 🌞

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The TLDR: - Organic social media marketing can be hit or miss, but when it hits it really HITS. - Opening shots are crucial. - Listen to comments. - Repost content to other platforms and see what sticks. - Don’t be afraid to do it over and over again!

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The reception on both TikTok and Instagram was super positive (nice!) but the instagram reel outperformed massively and got 4.5 million views organically in a week! This bumped up our wishlists for Sandcastle significantly (over 50k in less than two weeks!) 🤯

Title says ‘Same video posted on two platforms’. There is a screenshot of tiktoks with 346K views, and instagram with 4.5m views. Instagram reels outperformed!

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The video was originally posted to TikTok and then reposted to Instagram using repurpose.io (highly recommend). Don’t worry about reusing videos on other platforms. Algorithms can vary and not everyone is on all the platforms! 😁

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

FFG created a video with the following in mind: - Minimal text with keywords (beach sandbox/realistic physics) - Simple opening shot of key gameplay mechanic - Different tools with unique effects - ASMR-like SFX (rather than rely on platform trending sounds) - Under 20s

Title says ‘Turning a traditional trailer into short form content?. There are two screenshots from the same tiktok video. Bullet points highlight: key words; simple hook; pick shots that make sense vertically; focus on gameplay; visually respond to comments; prompt engagement with a question.

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The biggest spike came after we announced our publisher @futurefriendsgames.com (FFG)! 🧡 We've been posting on this platform for a while but FFG encouraged us to try other platforms, especially TikTok and Instagram, where they thought crossposting content could super expand our reach!

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The majority of comments on the YT video were: - players enjoyed the sfx - simple gameplay shots - Curious to see more water and sand mechanics. Reading every comment can be tough but it can be a great springboard for knowing what content potential players WANT to see

Title says ‘What are potential players saying about your game?’ The youtube video is highlighted. There are six comments featured stating the following: The water physics sold me immediately; can we talk how satisfying the plop sounds are when placing a tower?; I was expecting erosion to be more of a mechanic here; no music, only sfx, gameplay, this is all that I need; It looks beautiful. The water sounds calming; and the small boats bouncing when coming in contact with a wave at 1:18 is so nice.

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The first huge wishlist spike came from Wholesome Games sharing the trailer to their YT (almost half a million views three weeks later!). This is huge for an indie dev studio like us! Thank you @wholesomegames.com 💜

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

How my sandbox game gained 50,000 wishlists in a week! We started posting about our upcoming game, Sandcastle, on Instagram Reels and TikTok and got 50K WISHLISTS after one video (165k total now!). Here's a thread on what worked and what platforms performed best!

Title says ‘How my indie game got 50,000 wishlists in one week!’ There are screenshots of a youtube, tiktok, and a instagram video. Underneath is a graph showing daily wishlist actions with two spikes: one after Wholesome Games shared the trailer, and one after a viral instagram post.

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

We are making a beach sandbox game with realistic water and sand physics! And we are adding creatures! Like hermit crabs and fish 🦀🐟

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

🪣150,000 wishlists 🪣 thank you so much for all the support so far on my sandcastle building game 😭💙

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

We are making a game with the perfect summer vibes ☀️

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KrisWB 🌱 @kriswbennett.co.uk · 01/07/2026

We're publishing a new game 🌞 Sandcastle by the lovely solo dev @bubblebird.bsky.social - Carve moats, raise towers and walls - Decorate with driftwood, pebbles, shells and seaweed - Build a peaceful, relaxing moment in the sun store.steampowered.com/app/3216520/...

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Publisher Announcement! 🌞 We’ve partnered with @futurefriendsgames.com on our upcoming ultimate sandbox game! So excited to share more updates soon 🏖️

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

🏖️ 100,000 WISHLISTS 🏖️ Our sandbox game about building charming sandcastles on sun-kissed shores just hit 100K wishlists on Steam! Thank you so much for the support 💛

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Practice your sand castle building skills in this game I'm developing! Wishlist Sandcastle on Steam 🏰 store.steampowered.com/app/3216520/...

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Knoebel @knoebel.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

[Indie Spotlight] Sandcastle from @bubblebird.bsky.social "Carve moats, raise towers and walls, then embellish with driftwood, pebbles, shells and seaweed. Gentle tides, soft surf and a calming color palette turn every build into a peaceful, relaxing moment" store.steampowered.com/app/3216520/...

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Here is a new version of my open source noise generator: 100x faster, more packing options, save/load settings, normal map shaded preview and more! It's free to use! noisegen.bubblebirdstudio.com

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

This weekend, I've made a freely available online tool to generate noise textures. It's very useful for gamedev, VFX, etc... Go check it out and don't forget to share it! noisegen.bubblebirdstudio.com

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

We're adding a bunch of new playable characters in TurboSquad! The little penguins are my favs! ↘️Wishlist the game ↙️ s.team/a/3199540 #indiegame #gamedev

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

One cool thing about the game we're developing is that it's immediately playable from the menu! 😍

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Les Indés Primés - Indie Games Curator @indesprimes.com · 11/02/2025

✨ C'est la chouette annonce du jour : TurboSquad, un jeu de course local/online un peu particulier ; d'un côté, vous devrez aider votre véhicule à franchir la ligne d'arrivée, de l'autre, vous devrez empêcher vos adversaires de piéger votre véhicule (et d'arriver premier). Démo dispo sur Steam !

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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Our first post on Bluesky! This is a special occasion to introduce our upcoming game TurboSquad! It’s a sabotage-the-race party game where you don’t win by driving, but with traps, weapons and sneaky tactics! Try our demo with your friends on Steam! 🔥 s.team/a/3199540 🔥

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