iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

A super quick summary of our time at Spelkollektivet ❤️. We miss it already and hope to go back! If you’re an indie dev and have the means to go there, we definitely recommend it! #indiedev #gamedev

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Thank you for 5000 wishlists! Thank you to everyone who clicked that Wishlist button, who let us participate in showcases, who followed our journey so far and shown your support in any way! Thank you! store.steampowered.com/app/3782840/... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #videogames #hiddenobject

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

First person can use keyboard too, it’s strange that Steam said otherwise.. we’ll look into that! Thanks for replying, we’ll take notes about all those 🙏

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

That’s ok 😄! We took lots of notes from your video 😁. Are you ok to share what sort of accessibility settings you were looking for when you went into the settings?

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Thank you!! Took a while to make all the little characters in the game and find the right music ☺️

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Thank you!!! Did you fill out a form after playing the demo? If not that’s ok, no need to fill it! Just asking because you had some really valuable feedback ☺️

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

A lot of them are casual game jam games and we’ve expanded on some favourites and taken them to steam! Neon Knives is a pvp social deduction game, Mingle is a matching hidden object game with a twist, Snug is a cozy bag packing game and Pikwip is a co-op adventure!

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

We hit a huge milestone this morning! When we woke up we saw we had 1 million views on our itch page 😮 Thank you to everyone for your support, we are super grateful! We hope our games continue to bring you as much joy as we’ve had making them ☺️ #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Mingle’s release window trailer was officially announced with @frostygamesfest.com as part of the Summer Game Fest! You can check it out here ☺️ youtu.be/VCexglPp45M?... #indiegame #indiedev #mingle #cutecharacters

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Mingle - Release Window Trailer | Frosty Games Fest 2026

YouTube video by Cookiecrayon

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Thank you for playing, we learned a lot by watching your video and listening to your comments!!

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The ANZ Indiefest is live! Check out the demos, discounts, and Wishlist fantastic games made by the devs in Australia and New Zealand (our little corner of the world ❤️) Our games Mingle, Neon Knives and Snug are in it too! store.steampowered.com/sale/anzindi... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #nz

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ANZ IndieFest 26

Your True Blue Guide to the Best ANZ Indie Games!

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Neon Knives is a finalist for the wings Award at Gamescom Latam!!! Huge congrats to all the nominees and thanks so much to the judges for considering our game! #indiegame #indiedev #wings

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Little #animation trick we use all the time 😁 This is so much quicker than creating a ground reference and easier than using a finger for alignment 😅 #indiedev #gamedev

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

One of many Minglers (or Minglets?) you meet in our game Mingle ☺️ #indiegame #characterdesign #indiedev

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

MINGLE DEMO is out! If you like puzzle and hidden object games with a twist, and if you like meeting chatty little characters, give the demo a try! We would love to know what you think ☺️ store.steampowered.com/app/3782840/... #indiegame #indiedev #hiddenobject #puzzlegame #blackandwhite #charater

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

We’re making a cozy bag packing game for when you wanna procrastinate packing your bags irl ☺️ #indiegame #indiedev #cozygame #packing store.steampowered.com/app/4017680/...

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Oooooohhhhh Neon Knives is a finalist for Best Art in the Gamescom Latam Big Festival!! We are absolutely thrilled 🤩🤩 muito obrigado Brasiiiiiiiil 🫶🇧🇷 #indiegame #indiedev #gameart #gamedev

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Meet just a few of our adorable night critters from Mingle, a casual game that’s a little bit like Where’s Wally (or Waldo if you’re in the US). We’re working to get a demo up on Steam ☺️ store.steampowered.com/app/3782840/... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #mingle #casualgame

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

People must really like packing bags! Thank you everyone for helping us achieve 1000 Steam wishlists on Snug! If you like playing cozy games like Unpacking and A Little to the Left we think you’ll like Snug too ☺️ store.steampowered.com/app/4017680/... #indiegame #cozygame #indiedev #packinggame

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Thank you for playing and for sharing! I like your description of the game 😄

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Adding adorable little outfits to our game Pikwip ☺️ If you’re keen to be part of our dev journey we have a discord: discord.gg/NAreGExMMW And if you wanna play the original prototype: cookiecrayon.itch.io/pikwip #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #characterdesign #gameart

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Our current setup ✨ straight back into it the day after Christmas #indiegamedev #indiedev #gamedev

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

1 year in 1 minute! Big thank you to everyone who’s followed and supported our journey so far! Have a wonderful holiday and see you in 2026 👋 #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #2025recap

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

And a huge congrats to all the winners, nominees and everyone who entered the awards, thank you to everyone who made the event happen, and huuuuge thank you to the players and supporters ✨❤️

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Thank you so much to everyone at the Indie Game Awards for selecting us for this year’s Indie Vanguard ❤️ #indiegame #indiedev #indiegameawards

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Huge congrats to Nex on doing so well❤️‍🔥!!! And we’re stoked that @ign.com mentioned our game Mingle (they didn’t say anything about the game itself but still, it’s a mention on IGN so we’re ✨🤩🤩✨)

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IGN @ign.com · 05/12/2025

The NEX Playground, a "box that looks like the OUYA and Kinect had a kid," outsold the PS5 in the US the week before Thanksgiving. bit.ly/4iHf02P

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Where we lived and played games and made games for about a year 😄 this van was our home and studio. We even had a tiny desk and an even tinier power bank that was barely capable of charging our laptops at the time 😆 #indiedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment #vanlife #gamedevlife

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Snippets from our time at WePlay in Shanghai! We had an amazing time and loved seeing everyone have so much fun playing Neon Knives ☺️✨! Huge thanks to Chromacon and Code for setting this up and to all the amazing nz devs that made this such an awesome experience! #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

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Fnife Games @fnifegames.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

HELLO FELLOW GAME DEVS - do you want to force yourself to make social media posts about your game??? Then you should try the: 🎄 12 DAYS OF #DEVMAS 🎄 Join us from December 13th-24th in making posts based on these 12 prompts~ ⬇️ MORE INFO BELOW ⬇️

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

One of the most exciting parts about making games is having an excuse to make fun merch 😄 WePlay is our first expo and we’re super excited for it!!! #indiegame #indiedev #gameexpo #gamemerch

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Building designs for our game Aeon Guard. We wanted the world to feel dark, extra terrestrial yet familiar, and somewhat dangerous. We drew everything with silhouettes, not really pre planning anything, just experimenting and having fun with it. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gameart #gamedesign

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

For our cozy packing game, Snug, we added the option to choose a second language to learn the names of the items you pack. Could come in handy for that next trip ☺️! store.steampowered.com/app/4017680/... #wishlistwednesday #wip #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #cozygame

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

We made a quick little video that shows our art 👉 rig 👉 animation pipeline in Unity for Mingle ☺️ Would love any tips on other methods of animating 2d in Unity that don't involve sprite sheets or parenting to nulls! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #animation #gameprocess

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

These are very helpful! We haven’t quite been in that type of interview situation yet, but now we’ll be more prepared when it happens! Thank you!

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Snug teaser is up on our YT channel ✨! We added some new things to the game since the prototype on itch and are excited to share them with you ☺️! youtu.be/DJg6F0DWGaM #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #cozygame #packinggame

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Snug - A satisfying game of fitting things neatly into place

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

✨We’ve launched our Discord✨ It’s a space for players of Pikwip, Mingle, Neon Knives and Snug to chat, share ideas, give feedback, and help shape our games together ☺️ We’d love to see you on the Cookiecrayon Discord: discord.gg/NAreGExMMW #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gamecommunity

Two characters from the Pikwip game stand atop a snowy mountain beneath the texts “cookiecrayon” and “discord”

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

We’ve hit 1,000 wishlists on Steam! Thank you to everyone who has supported Mingle, from the early prototype on itch, to the special motion controlled version on the Nex Playground, and all the future players on Steam 💯✨🙏 store.steampowered.com/app/3782840/... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Dino, Dingo, and Darjeeling enjoying the autumn vibes 🍂 bit of fan art for Steam’s autumn sale ☺️ store.steampowered.com/app/3317170/... #indiegame #indiedev #gameart #gamecharacter

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Games made in New Zealand Steam Event has begun!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3782840/... We’re super stoked to have Neon Knives, Snug, and Mingle alongside so many other awesome games made in Aotearoa 🫶! You can find our 3 games here ☺️ store.steampowered.com/developer/co... #indiegame #indiedev

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Aeon Guard got mentioned in a Polygon review!! On one of our birthdays!!!!! So stoked!!! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #motioncontrol

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

We’re super excited about Mingle coming to the Nex Playground soon!!! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #motioncontrol #motion

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Roy Theunissen @roytheunissen.com · 06/08/2025

Here's an exercise routine that I recommend to game developers in 2025. Stay healthy 💪 #gamedev

Are you a game developer? Try these 4 fun exercises!

Forward Lean (picture of a man leaning forward in his desk chair somewhat depressingly)

Backwards Lean (picture of a man absolutely and completely deflated in his desk chair)

Knees-to-Chest Stretch (picture of a man in the fetal position with tears welling up in his eyes)

Egg Rolls (picture of a man lying on his side, clutching himself, sobbing, and a small puddle of tears forming)

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Cookiecrayon @cookiecrayon.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Throwback to one of the funniest struggles we had when making our first motion controlled game 😆 #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #motioncontrols

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