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George Batchelor @georgebatch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

tokyo game show day 3, the magpie lives to peck another day and so do we

the bad magpie booth at tokyo game show, two monitors displaying the game, with somebody sat playing

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Milktooth | making Bad Magpie @milktooth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

we are going to be part of @unmistakablefest.com from the 8 - 12 Oct 👁️ we're excited to share that an exclusive Bad Magpie art process video, from our art director @catherineunger.bsky.social, will be part of it 🎨 #UnmistakableFestival

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Milktooth | making Bad Magpie @milktooth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

if you're at Tokyo Game Show, come say hello and play BAD MAGPIE 🐦‍⬛ we're in SELECTED INDIE 80 / E-76 100% the demo and we may give you a shiny pin 😏 #indiegame #birdgame #adventuregame #TGS

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Milktooth | making Bad Magpie @milktooth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

we still can’t believe Bad Magpie won best game at the @indiearenabooth.de awards!!! thank you so much, we are incredibly honoured and excited (as you can see by these pictures)

Susie, George and Daisy holding the best game certificate and rosette

A selfie of Susie, George and Daisy holding the best game certificate and rosette. They are doing silly excited faces

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Catherine Unger @catherineunger.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Saw a dog staring wide eyed directly into the eclipse, no effs

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Chris Schilling @schillingc.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Despite the sweltering Brighton heat, this was one of my favourite interviews in quite some time. Bad Magpie? Good video game

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

2/2

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Catherine Unger @catherineunger.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Gotta finish the game to get the goods 🎨🖌️

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

In just a couple of days, The Mermaid Mask has already hit Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam! Thanks so much to anyone who played it and wrote a review

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

🪸The Mermaid Mask🪸 is OUT NOW on Steam, Switch 1 and Switch 2 - and hopefully very soon on PS5! A murder-mystery detective adventure aboard the world's strangest submarine...

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 16/07/2026

Happy Mermaid Mask launch day to all who celebrate 🧜‍♀️ If you’d like a sneak peek behind the Detective Grimoire series, I had the opportunity to sit down with @sfbdim.bsky.social, @sfbtom.bsky.social, and @catherineunger.bsky.social back in 2022 for my podcast Memory Card. It’s one of my favorites!

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Memory Card · Episode

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

🫠Steam is showing the game... !!!

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

One of the most rewarding art challenges we took on in The Mermaid Mask was to make all the clues fully 3D. @catherineunger.bsky.social would paint the 2D image as always, and then @kindradantone.bsky.social modelled and painted a 3D model to match it exactly - and the results were quite incredible-

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Like Tangle Tower before it, the characters in The Mermaid Mask all have 'chibis' that are used on the map screen, diagrams, etc. But since I learned some rudimentary 3D modelling during Crow Country, I was also able to make 3D versions of the chibis, which ended up being incredibly useful...

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Geoffrey Bunting @geoffreybunting.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

NEW: It finally happened, a 10/10 from Geoffrey. The Mermaid Mask is a deft and delightful murder mystery that sets a marker for how a game should be voice acted (with special mention for @amberleeconnors.bsky.social and @edwyntiong.com) and how good point-and-click games can, and should, be.

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The Mermaid Mask Review - The Wand Report

The Mermaid Mask slots itself into the pantheon of detective fiction with a deft, compelling, and delightful murder mystery.

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Milktooth | making Bad Magpie @milktooth.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

peckstatic to announce that we'll be part of @indiearenabooth.de at Gamescom this August! find us at the @wingsfund.me booth alongside a bunch of other incredible indie games come play Bad Magpie and stick your beak where it doesn't belong 🐦‍⬛

Bad Magpie Key Art with an Indie Arena Booth 2026 border around it.

The Bad Magpie Key art is the magpie in the centre of the image holding a flaming log with a trail of destruction and burning flowers behind her and crying mice running away from here. Peeking over the horizon behind her is a large glowing star. It says "BAD MAGPIE" in the centre of the image.

The Indie Arena Booth border is pink and blue and says "Democratree, Games for Everyone" and "Indie Arena Booth 2026, 26 - 30 August. INDIEARENABOOTH.DE." There are cute illustrations of people and animals around the border too.

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Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 13/07/2026

Sam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs.

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Sam Eng @bysameng.com · 10/07/2026

it's a horror game about a bird trying to write a screenplay.

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George Batchelor @georgebatch.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

the eyes update every frame and i'll always try to have one in the normal place based on which side is facing the camera, and then the other one just floats offset from it, based on the camera's look rotation. dumb but it works

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Catherine Unger @catherineunger.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Some lovely things being said about Bad Magpie's visuals, this is the talented art team bringing the game to life @clairewinter.bsky.social 3D art @thebasemesh.bsky.social 3D art @deswalsh.bsky.social 3D art @tedgrimes.bsky.social technical art @georgebatch.bsky.social 3D art / rigging / animation

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Catherine Unger @catherineunger.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

One of the first times I drew our squishy little magpie

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Claire Winter @clairewinter.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

As a 3D Artist for Bad Magpie, I decided to make a playdough version with help from my little chef! I think this Magpie maybe met his match as he came to a chaotic end... 🐦🧑‍🍳 #BadMagpie #IndieDev #IndieGame @milktooth.bsky.social

The proud little chef showing off playdough Bad Magpie

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

this is what it feels like to make a game

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bemmpo @bemmpo.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Team StarFox 💫

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Catherine Unger @catherineunger.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

went to grab my coffee… it’s been a long week

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Milktooth | making Bad Magpie @milktooth.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

oh to be a magpie discovering a cool pond in a lush green forest

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Tom Vian @sfbtom.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

So over on our (relatively new) SFB Games social channels, @shikaboom.bsky.social has been putting together some brilliant short form stuff showing off The Mermaid Mask in the runup to launch, well worth digging into if you're interested! Links in my pinned post

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Milktooth | making Bad Magpie @milktooth.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

50k wishlists in a week. from our small team: thank you! 🐦‍⬛🔥

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Milktooth | making Bad Magpie @milktooth.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

yesterday we announced our debut game Bad Magpie and we are so grateful for all the support! - hit 26k+ wishlists in 24hrs!! - made lots of people laugh and cry (sorry) - joined the "horrible bird game" genre HUGE THANK YOU from our little team in case you missed it, here's our reveal trailer:

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Watched the @wholesomegames.com Direct, these are four games that jumped out as looking especially beautiful/interesting (all games listed here: wholesomegames.com)

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Turbo Button | Floor Plan: Slap Out Of It! @turbobuttoninc.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

📣 We're excited to introduce Slap Out Of It! A slap-and-solve adventure game that stretches your wits and noodly arms to their max! Wishlist now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3564410/... 📺 Trailer: youtu.be/DRShkD6cIOk 🗣️ Trailer narrated by @benstarr.bsky.social 🎵 Music by Sean Beeson

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Slap Out Of It! | Announcement Trailer | Day of the Devs Summer Game Fest Edition 2026

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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I got to help with this wonderfully charming game and the second image is the space I got to help with the environmental art.

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Pikuniku🌱 @pikunikugame.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

PIKUNIKU 2! 2027 on PC and Switch 2 Wishlist now!

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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 07/06/2026

Welcome to SIGNET CITY... 👁️A first person fungalpunk RPG from (me) the creator of Citizen Sleeper ◼️YOU ARE A PARASITE ◼️Manipulate your hosts, feed on their emotions ◼️Discover a strange city of biotech and brutalist architecture Support the game and WISHLIST now on Steam 🙏 bit.ly/SC-Steam

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Milktooth | making Bad Magpie @milktooth.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

me right now seeing you all hype up Bad Magpie

a smiling yellow flower with fire reflected in their eyes

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Milktooth | making Bad Magpie @milktooth.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

🐦‍⬛announcing Bad Magpie 🐦‍⬛ play as a magpie with one wing, a missing flock, and an unhealthy obsession with a fallen star… - steal shiny trinkets - cause chaos - stick your beak where it doesn’t belong coming day one to XBOX Game Pass and Steam in 2027 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixtw...

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Bad Magpie | Official Announce Trailer | XBOX Games Showcase 2026

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Catherine Unger @catherineunger.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

So Excited (and terrified) to finally announce our game, Bad Magpie! 🐦‍⬛ We at @milktoothgames have been dreaming of this day since 2019 🥹

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Catherine Unger @catherineunger.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Made some art for this very early and have loved seeing the game develop. Daniel & team making something very special ✨

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Catherine Unger @catherineunger.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

So excited for everyone to play this 🥹!!! A lot of love was put into it.

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

The Mermaid Mask - our new mystery detective adventure game (and the follow-up to 2019's Tangle Tower) launches July 16 for PC, PS5, Switch and Switch 2

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Daniel Fineberg @shedworksdan.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Hello anonymous void! I'm Daniel, one of the co-creators of Sable. I've been hiding in a cave for a few years now working on something new, and if you give me a follow there's a chance you might see something very soon... 👀👀👀

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

early design experiments for a discarded horror game idea (and a Crow Country spiritual successor) - based on dinosaurs as they were originally perceived by Victorians in the mid/late 1800s

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Ron Chan @rondanchan.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Wherever you land on this spectrum, you are valid and I support you

Juxtaposed images of two viral competitive sharpshooters. One has fancy specialized eyewear and is shown with a screenshot of a huge stack of digital brushes. The other one is just a dude with a gun next to the two most basic Photoshop brushes.

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Amanita Design 📣 @amanita-design.net · 20/05/2026

Phonopolis is out NOW on Steam, GOG, and Epic Games Store 📣 We hope you have fun playing with the cardboard city! All links here 👇 amanita-design.net/games/phonop...

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Catherine Unger @catherineunger.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

My philosophy is work harder not smarter (🥲)

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