iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Dan Wakefield @danwakefield.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

So, I spent most of 2025 working on a fantastic Norwegian Viking game, Norse: Oath of Blood. The soundtrack I made with the great @kristofereng.bsky.social (of It Takes Two fame!) is finally out everywhere you prefer to listen to music!

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Dan Wakefield @danwakefield.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Ooh, looks like Bramble is out on PS+ Extra from next week! 💀

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Carbonara Games @carbonaragames.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Atmosphere’s everything in our game, here’s a glimpse of the day/night cycle ☁️

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Carbonara Games @carbonaragames.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

We’ve been awfully quiet for too long. Here’s a very first glimpse of our project! More soon 👀

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Powersimon @powersimon.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

We made a thing! Me and @gamedevjack.bsky.social tinkered with a prototype over christmas that is now a spooky roguelite game about throwing dice and feeding them to relics to defeat monsters! If you like any of those words this might be for you! Would love feedback! rubarbgames.itch.io/die-eater

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Die Eater by Rubarb, Mortiperius, Torbs

Collect relics. Feed them dice. Survive gruesome monsters

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Dan Wakefield @danwakefield.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Ooh, I've spent most of the year working on music and sound design for this beast of a game. It's out Feb 3rd 2026 on PC, PS5 and Xbox. 📯

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Norse: Oath of Blood – Story Developer Diary + Release Date Trailer

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Dan Wakefield @danwakefield.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Ooh! We just announced Basalt, our new haunted, roguelite match-3 game during the @themix.bsky.social Fall Showcase. 🕷️⛏️ Here's a little trailer! You can wishlist it here: s.team/a/3930130/ #indiedev #pixelart

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Rubarb Studio @rubarb.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Been making some cool FX for a match-3 roguelike set in an old, creepy mine 💀 What do you think? 💥

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Rubarb Studio @rubarb.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Very nice article about cozy games and the benefit video games have on mental health. www.reuters.com/graphics/VID...

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Cozy video games can quell stress and anxiety.

Explore a charming town, meet quirky villagers, and take in the cozy vibes!

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Dan Wakefield @danwakefield.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Big congrats to my friends at Billionworlds, who just released Yield! Fall of Rome! I did the audio design, implementation and SFX mix, which @theonogueira.bsky.social and I finalised at Snowcastle before Christmas over his lovely music. Buy or wishlist here: lnkd.in/dq8Z_Mb7 Veni, vidi, vici!

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Rubarb Studio @rubarb.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Also, of course, the game for GGJ25 . Mostly a solo project this time around, with the support of a couple of other friendly devs at the Oslo venue Playable on itch!

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Doctor bubble in the cyberzone by Rubarb

An infinte platformer where you draw bubbles to support your vertical journey

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Rubarb Studio @rubarb.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Wrapping up today's run at Global Game Jam right now. The feeling of wanting to just keep jamming forever, and never wanna stay up late ever again is palpable Had an amazing weekend at the Oslo venue though, as evident in the photo -Simon

Simon, having a good time at the Oslo Global Game Jam venue. People actually working in the background

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Rubarb Studio @rubarb.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Just to put it front and center. Spreadcheat demo is out!!! Check it out in the link below 👇🧑‍💼👩‍💼👨‍💼🏢📉📊 store.steampowered.com/app/2966550/...

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a cartoon of a man in a suit walking on a beach

ALT: a cartoon of a man in a suit walking on a beach

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Rubarb Studio @rubarb.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

Simon experimenting with some funky new techniques at the local life drawing sessions in Oslo, namely pixel art! 👾 Drawn on location on an iPad in front of a live model in 1-7 minute poses. #lifedrawing #pixelart

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Rubarb Studio @rubarb.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Rough prototypes! ✨ Colleages were doing Brackeys game jam 2024.2 while I was deep into something else. Did a mini-8 hour-jam on the side with this cute fellow! Physics got broken for the web export, but teeeechnically playable on itch here: rubarbgames.itch.io/clam-and-the-st…

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Rubarb Studio @rubarb.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Some animated concept from Rubarb-Simon's past. A creature having fun in the pool.. Or being confused. Maybe both🦡

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Dan Wakefield @danwakefield.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Ooh, I did a little interview with the lovely @thomanil.bsky.social about the gear I use daily to get my work done. It's long. And nerdy. And in Norwegian. Lots of other interesting little interviews there, too. Thanks for having me, Thomas! 📯

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Dan Wakefield

Audio Director og co-founder hos Rubarb AS

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Rubarb Studio @rubarb.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

We did some character designs for the mascot of the Norwegian chocolate brand Stratos recently. Simon collaborating with @theahovind.bsky.social , delivering designs to Imagma animation (@imagmaanimation on IG) . Have a look! 🐮🐮🐮🍫🍫🍫

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Rubarb Studio @rubarb.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

More rough prototypes! Had a chat the other day about how rough it is to file business expenses. Ended up making a tiny prototype capturing the experience. File all receipts without making embarrassing mistakes 🧑‍💼 Playable web version on itch:

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Business Expenzor by Rubarb

Play in your browser

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Rubarb Studio @rubarb.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

Even more prototypes! Or rather.. A jam, in this case! Made for Ludum Dare 56, you play a desperate, depressed guy whose bedroom is invaded by cute, blue creatures At the end of his rope, you can only stomp 👀 Playable web version on itch: rubarbgames.itch.io/goober-stomper

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Rubarb Studio @rubarb.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Prototypes! Here's a fairly recent prototype playing with the premise "can we gamify doomscrolling?". In order to stay sane you must constantly like new posts, disable ads, swipe away push notifications. Playable web version on itch right now: rubarbgames.itch.io/the-feed

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Rubarb Studio @rubarb.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Breaking news! Rubarb is on Itch. ✨ We really love experimenting and playing with ideas in rough states.. *and* we believe in sharing! Warts and all 🧌 Cool guy Simon will dump all of his prototypes on Itch for you to see and try at rubarbgames.itch.io

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Dan Wakefield @danwakefield.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

We're working on a new and mysterious original game at @rubarb.bsky.social, and we just got a bit of funding for it from Viken Filmsenter. So I'm suddenly a writer again, delving into dark and haunted places.

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Rubarb Studio @rubarb.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Our programmer is making a game called Share Wars, and has started a devlog over at the official Godot forums! Give him a follow so that he feels the pressure 🗜️ to actually finish the game. 😄 @mandarin.bsky.social forum.godotengine.org/t/share-wars-…

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Dan Wakefield @danwakefield.bsky.social · 30/08/2024

I've been kind of in stealth mode for a while getting a new game studio, @rubarb.bsky.social, off the ground with some very talented friends. We started on a couple of small original games, and suddenly today we are one year old! 🎉 Hark, something unholy stirs in the underdepths...

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Dan Wakefield @danwakefield.bsky.social · 16/05/2024

Wow! Bramble is nominated for Best Audio (Best Debut, too!) alongside some really heavy hitters at the Nordic Game Awards. One or two of the other nominees are some the best games I've ever heard, so I'm pretty flattered. See you in Malmö next week! 📯 #nordicgame

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