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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We had the weird testing idea of combining our current work in weapons with that on enemies, so we loaded the alien into the weapon to see how it would work. This was actually a great optimisation test because the enemy has a whole bunch of stuff that would break it #IndieGameDev #programming

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🪸🫧 @itsclammy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

reminder to be nice to you 🩷

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CONTINUE Magazine @continuemag.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

BIG DAY. Pledge Manager is open which means, if you missed out on our campaign, this is the **last chance** to get Issue 01 at the Kickstarter price! We're really proud of what we've been able to put together with a stacked list of writers and illustrators. www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Huge news! We have found a publishing partner: so excited to be working with Rising Tide!. Find out more on Steam: store.steampowered.com/news/app/321... and learn how we did it: www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-we...

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End of Ember - Publisher Get! - Steam News

Bad Plan Studios has entered into a publishing partnership with Rising Tide publishing - yay!

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

A couple weeks back we got to do a round robin play at @avcon.org.au during its Afterdark section. We were worried that no one would want to play it but we had continuous people playing for the whole section and they loved it and it got a lot of laughs from the audience.

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Congrats to the local Adelaide team, Wayward Skies Studios on the release of their demo for Mimicry! Go give them some love over on Steam and have a go at this multiplayer hide-and-seek game. store.steampowered.com/app/4137450/...

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Play End of Ember’s alpha playtest directly via Steam Playtest! Just go to our Steam page and hit the green ‘PlayNow’ button to install and play. Enjoy!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3217880/...

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End of Ember on Steam

Explore a gory Hell in this twin-stick shooter that pays homage to badass horror franchises. Kill demons, upgrade items, and fight weird and gross bosses until they explode in piles of gore. Who is Em...

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

After what feels forever stuck below it, our game finally hit 4K wishlists! Admittedly we have slowed down on talking about it but hoo boy it’s good to be over that milestone #indiegames #gamedev

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

#indiedev like us need to make the most of affordable technology as it becomes available, amirite? #ai #gamedev #art

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Dan's making enemies! Here is Split Head in both concept and final, a different version of the Exorcist Bed enemy. He's all turret, no filler, 100% body horror. What do you think? #indiegames #bodyhorror

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

OK so Dan lost a file - er, *iterated on this enemy and made him better! When attacked he deploys his human shield and can't be hurt from the front. And now his brain is exposed at the back so you have a reason to roll behind him to attack. Cool new gameplay options! #indiegamedev #indiegames

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

New room! This is the Forest of Nightmares, inspired by a classic video game which was a leader in gore. Can you guess which game?! #indiegames #retrogames

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

No idea how this happened (probably an AI hallucination built into web content), but our studio has been misattributed to this game. Anyone who knows Ember would know this isn’t our game though, haha. So weird

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Oof, has it been a fortnight already?! SAGE 2026 was epic: thanks so much to the SAFC for putting on another great show. As always we love showing folks the game, and it was great to be a part of this amazing gamedev community in South Australia. Until next time! @safc #indiegames #indiegamedev

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Huge news! End of Ember has been optioned for development into an animated TV series, in partnership with Cosmic Scream. (Pssst... Netflix!) See our press release for more details. #indiegames #tv #adaptation #netflix

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Those 2016 throwbacks are so last week! Here is an original 'devil' concept Dan drew in Grade 5 (circa 1998), and a boss concept he did just recently. Satan, now known as Gary, is in an office politics nightmare after a hostile takeover from Heaven. Performance Review ahoy! #indiegames #indiegamedev

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

We are SO excited to exhibit at SAGE next week. If you're in Adelaide, come along to check out our booth, and all the other amazing games being made in SA right now. It's a very exciting time to be an indie in this industry right now: come celebrate! Thanks @safc #indiegames # indiegamedev #sagames

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

In an OUTRAGEOUS and SHOCKING act of pure PLAGIARISM, this rad comic totally STOLE OUR IDEA of having a possessed girl strapped to a bed. BOYCOTT! #indiegames #indiedev #comics #art #theexorcist

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Art update! Here is Timbsbly, a new enemy type. He will replace the boring old floating heads in the game, which was the first enemy Dan ever made. It is a modular enemy type, so he can take various forms with different looks (shown, along with the gore layers), behaviours and attacks. Cute/weird!

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

New year, new enemy! Meet the Spider Birther: it spawns little spiders every time you damage it. This animation test shows the procedural animation that Dan is using for spider enemies. Creepy! #indiegames #indiegamedev #horrorgames

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

New build, free on Steam Playtest! New feature? SWAPPABLE WEAPONS, baby! Instead of having just items, Ember can now carry up to two weapons with unique projectile types, that then synergises with items and upgrades to make the crazy kinds of build the game is getting known for. #indiegames

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Ok folks this is not a drill: look at that schedule for Sunday! Ember played in a chainsaw?!?!? Cannot wait for this

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The Indie Brew - Your Indie Game Media Specialists @handle.invalid · 23/11/2025

Super cute and super gory ✔️ Game 👉 End of Ember #paxaus #indiegames @endofember.bsky.social

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Love seeing a vid on the Tikkers! Thanks Indie Brew? Love ya work vt.tiktok.com/ZSfyJEnbV/

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

A little bit of coverage is always nice, but sharing a hometown with #Silksong means it’s extra nice to be mentioned next to them. Big shoes to fill hahaaaaaa thepostsa.au/industry/202...

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The SA-made games you’ll be playing next

SA’s developers are making games that are bold, diverse and globally recognised — and with new investment and international attention,

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CEOs Of Screams | Twitch Team @ceosofscreams.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Tomorrow, four CEOs get together and try to survive! Come watch @livzombi.bsky.social @maxxgrimm.bsky.social @jaydab777.bsky.social and @nymphette616.bsky.social fight for their lives live on twitch!

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA. Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

This is going to be great! If you haven’t read the first two volumes they are amazing

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

UI elements for our Mutator, which will be used to upgrade weapons. Guess what this upgrade effect will be? #indiegames #indiegamedev

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Great advice here for indie devs

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Our programming update for #screenshotsaturday, Eli has been working on enemy behaviours, building out the behaviour trees for a whole variety of different kinds of attack. One more step on our Road to Demo! #gamedev #indiegames #indiegamedev

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Because reasons, we needed to give Abe a bit more personality, so he didn’t seem like such an inert chainsaw type dude. Dan delivered with aplomb, as always. #indiegames #indiegamedevs #horrorgames #indiehorror

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Mikko Rautalahti @mikkihel.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

A lot of the business failures of the games industry are really rooted in this desire to create a product that dominates the market. The recent Amazon thing really highlights that: they wanted to create a product that outperformed Steam, but they didn't understand Steam or what the audience wanted.

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Ember is excited to be showcasing at Music With Motion! We’ll be part of the Convention Showcase, showing off our game alongside other incredible local developers. 🎟️ The showcase kicks off at 6pm and is included with your concert ticket. Get yours at woodvillecb.com.au/tix #musicwithmotion

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

How cool is this?! A true friend of Ember modelled and 3D-printed it. It couldn’t have been a small job because until now Ember has only existed in two dimensions. We love it so much - thank you, wonderful creator! #indieart #3dmodelling #indiegamedev

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

One minute into Headlice demo and I was in love! This is reverse horror-comedy at its finest: best use of ragdoll physics and parasite behaviour mechanics with a hilarious corpo satire background too. Dan said it was his favourite game at PAX. Check it out now store.steampowered.com/app/2851800/...

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Headlice on Steam

Headlice is a reverse horror game where you play as an escaped biological abomination fleeing an inept corporation. Embrace your parasitic nature and become the monster you were meant to be.

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

New enemy! Meet Heather from the Personal Hells, and see the layers of fire that Ember will chop away at. When Heather shoots her limbs will break and snapping back in the wrong directions. Fiesty! #indiegames #horrorgames

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

What a great initiative. We just signed up, and you should too!

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Always love a review that picks up what we’re laying down! Thank you @bunguin.games !!!

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Our recent PAX build was totally… not bug free, haha. Oh well, that’s #indiegamedev

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Hi everyone, can I ask a favour? We are gunning for the People’s Choice Award at SxSW Sydney, so we’d love it if you could vote for us. Just go to this link: sxswsydney.fillout.com/t/vAtGSiz6QWus - enter email/code, then select End of Ember. Thank you so much! #indiegames #indiedevs

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RIZZLEXO | Gaming | Twitch & YouTube @rizzlexo.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Part 1 | Interviewing indie devs at @paxaus.bsky.social ! First up with End of Ember! This was my first time doing interviews and definitely something I want to do at future events. This year I picked some of my favourites that I eyeballed in PAX Rising! #paxaus #gaming #indiegame

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Love #MIGW, and loved being able to contribute to this piece on edgy out means so much to us, as gamers, and developers, and human beings.

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End of Ember @endofember.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

We love people loving the game!!!

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