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Geoffrey Ernault @exphrasis.bsky.social · 12h

Recently shipped the demo 2.0 for my game, Tides of Tethys. Please check it out and wishlist the game if you can! :)

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Pacific Ember Studios @pacificember.com · 01/10/2026

Little Rock Shop is on sale for the Autumn Festival! 25% off! We're still working on updates for the game, despite radio silence 🙂 #steamsale #indiegames #rocks store.steampowered.com/app/4205970/...

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Little Rock Shop is a casual clicker game all about rocks! Rockhound then polish those rocks! Donate to the museum to get upgrades, and sell the rest!

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Most recent hike we looked into a road cut with granite known to have vugs. No luck finding a pocket but we did end up finding some quartz crystal fragments and pieces of a larger quartz seam that had broken previously The spot we went to before was well known for epidote, and grossular garnet 🙂

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Probably a bit of both, I like to iterate on things 😊

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I've also been trying to do more field research on rockhounding! Hiking on nearby trails and trying to better understand how hard rock breaking/prospecting works, to try gamifying that a bit more!

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Little Rock Shop game update! I'm still working on the next update for the game: in game events (like mineral shows) a new approach for the shop some adjustments to the mineral sample drops/rockhounding/lapidary progression 😊 Hard to balance #gamedev with parenting, but doing my best!

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

If they're flying in formation they might only have one plane broadcasting their info. I think flight radar sites only pick up what is pushed out by the aircraft, instead of detecting it. I had to use an ADS-B device when I was doing pilot stuff

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

So excited to see that Little Rock Shop already has 10 sales 🥳🥳🥳 Our humble little game built from a love of rockhounding and rocks is out in early access! Can't wait to keep building it!! store.steampowered.com/app/4205970/... check it out if you love #rocks or #geology or #rockhounding! ❤️

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Little Rock Shop on Steam

Little Rock Shop is a casual clicker game all about rocks! Rockhound then polish those rocks! Donate to the museum to get upgrades, and sell the rest!

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Launch day 🐾 We shipped TWO games today. Stay: Your Forever Pet: adventure with Ember in the Otherlands. Stay: Ember's Desktop Adventures: she lives on your desktop, chasing your cursor. #cozygames #indiegames #gamedev Both on Steam 👇 Made by @windupminds.com store.steampowered.com/app/4385270/...

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Today is #InternationalRockDay?? Hey #geology and #rock people!! Check out my family's game!! 😆

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Little Rock Shop is coming out tomorrow!! So excited to launch into early access, with your feedback we can make the coziest rock game ever 😍 The game is a super fun and an easy way to kick back and relax, while polishing rocks! store.steampowered.com/app/4205970/... #indiegames #gamedev

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Little Rock Shop on Steam

Little Rock Shop is a casual clicker game all about rocks! Rockhound then polish those rocks! Donate to the museum to get upgrades, and sell the rest!

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

It's something I try to balance. I try to keep the game from being too crazy difficult so my kid can playtest and enjoy it, but i also wanna add some challenge for people who are trying to do something specific with a rock and might make a mistake 😜

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I'm a rare dev haha 😆 I'm going to work on a more mechanics around selling rocks and some lapidary crafting next!

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I'm hoping for feature creep honestly 🙂 I have a bunch of things that I prototyped out but paused in favor of a more stable and easy-going launch version!

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Its way faster than i can polish them IRL too 🤪

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

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Little Rock Shop on Steam

Little Rock Shop is a casual clicker game all about rocks! Rockhound then polish those rocks! Donate to the museum to get upgrades, and sell the rest!

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Pacific Ember Studios @pacificember.com · 01/07/2026

Little Rock Shop is coming soon! SO SOON! July 14th soon! #wishlistwednesday is the perfect time to add an indie game about rocks and rock polishing to your #cozy game collection 😍 Made with love in the #pnw by #rockhounds :) store.steampowered.com/app/4205970/...

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Some days are like that! Rest up!

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

So excited to hand some of these out!! #gamedev

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Pacific Ember Studios @pacificember.com · 24/06/2026

Happy #wishlistwednesday ! Little Rock Shop is coming along nicely as we get closer to release in July! Make sure you wishlist if you're into #rocks or #geology! We'll keep doing our part to make sure the game is stable and ready to launch into early access! #gamedev #indiegames

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Agates from Mexico @agatesfrommexico.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Humans collected minerals before written history — early tool-making required knowing your rocks. That curiosity never left us. 🪨 Read how rockhounding evolved from survival skill to global hobby: agatesfrommexico.com/blog/rockhound…

Rockhounding: Where It All Began - The Origins of a Timeless Hobby

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Ohhh okay haha that's awesome! I really like that approach to adding texture!

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

How do you not have your hand cramp up like crazy doing this 😭 So many little detail dots!

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Can't wait to go hiking again this weekend

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The volume slider, right? With inspiration from Hollywood Whisper quiet to the microphone at 100% sensitivity in a hurricane

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I've been improving the way I'm showcasing off the rocks in my game, all hand painted and some (probably horrifying to a technical artist) shader fun 🙂 It's a simple little game but it's coming together! Trying to find time to work on it between childcare duties haha

A fire opal 3d rock preview on top of a forested background

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Pacific Ember Studios @pacificember.com · 13/06/2026

Little clip of the new rockhounding approach on the world map in Little Rock Shop! We wanted to make sure the game captured both the feeling of exploring while rockhounding and the "oh no I have too many rocks" 🙂 youtu.be/_xMNhJGqIAA #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegames #rocks #rockhounding

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Little Rock Shop - Rockhounding Mini Clip

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Yeah! Our family just got into it right as the weather got bad last year haha. Certainly faster to polish rocks in a game than in real life, but I am still trying to get my art fancy enough to capture how AMAZING rocks can look!

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

A bit about how polishing rocks works in Little Rock Shop! pacificember.com/blog/little-... #indiegames #gamedev #rocks #rockhounding

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Little Rock Shop - Dev Update (June 2026)

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Jeremy // Making Star Spark @jeremyjackson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Hi, looking for my next role 🙂 I have 10 years of experience coding at startups and smaller companies. I can do front end, back end, full stack, and game dev. Resume: jeremytjackson.com/resume/ Games: jeremyjackson89.itch.io Remote preferred, I'd rather not move and be in the situation again 😅

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Jeremy // Making Star Spark @jeremyjackson.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Star Spark is a roguelite turn-based fighting game in which you battle your way through a survival tournament using real time combos and a deck made of attack, defense, and support skills. Check it out if you enjoyed DBZ: Legendary Super Warriors 🙂 Wishlist on Steam: s.team/a/3639950 #PitchYaGame

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Are #trailerthursdays a thing?? Threw together an announcement trailer for Little Rock Shop!! #madewithgodot 😎

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Pacific Ember Studios @pacificember.com · 31/05/2026

We've taken that third person adventure game and transformed it! Little Rock Shop is now a clicker game! More accesssible! More rocks! More rock polishing fun! More rocks! store.steampowered.com/app/4205970/... Also -- the game is now made with #godotengine 🔥 #indiedev #gamedev

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Little Rock Shop is a casual clicker game all about rocks! Rockhound then polish those rocks! Donate to the museum to get upgrades, and sell the rest!

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I'm (still) doing this thing! AND IT'S CLOSER NOW THAN IT'S EVER BEEN! Game dev + Full time dad + ADHD = Extreme roller coaster life lmao BUT I AM GONNA SHIP THIS GAME! I HAVE TO SHIP THIS GAME! IT'S SO FUN! AND PEOPLE NEED TO SEE WHY ROCKS ARE THE BEST #gamedev #rocks #adhd

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Nothing builds my confidence like asking "is the new version of the game boring" to my little one and getting the response "UH, YEAH. It was more fun before" Brutal. Direct. Totally fair. Can't even be mad 😆 #gamedev

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Make sure you say "hello new york" very loudly every time you exit a building and you'll blend right in

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Seattle Indies @seattleindies.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Game submissions for Seattle Indies Expo 2026 are officially open! Submit your game now and for just a $6 submission fee you are guaranteed to received at least 5 pieces of feedback from games industry veterans and community peers. six.seattleindies.org/apply/

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Seattle Indies Expo is a free, yearly, one-day exhibition of the Pacific Northwest’s up and coming indie video games. What better way to escape the crowds of PAX than with the coolest of indie games?

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Honestly even for the mechanical feedback sound I'd give it a whirl

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I'm getting the itch to nuke all of my digital productivity tools and go old school - planners and sticky notes

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I want cheaper computer hardware 😭 Maybe I can just glue some chunks of wood on my existing computer case to get more of a luxurious vibe

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Corey Johnson @coreyjohnson.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Game dev while doing parenting full time is tough as hell, sprinkle some adhd and general life vibes in there and it's chaos. I haven't given up though! Not even in the slightest 😊 I appreciate everyone's patience with me, and couldn't be where I'm at without the support of family and friends ❤️

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