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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

incredibly excited for A Line Held Tight to be part of LudoNarraCon’s official selection! we can’t wait to see what panels are on this year

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

its da long freakin weekend. time for a nice pint at da pub

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Digital Poppy Poppy Zone @poppyzone.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

SOON. lovelyladyverse.com/waterhead/

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Keith Stuart @keefstuart.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Hello, I wrote about intriguing space mining visual novel A Line Held Tight from Humble Grove and spoke to the team about games, unions and folk music www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...

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A Line Held Tight – miners, mechs and mismanagement on a distant planet

Deep underground the player joins a colony of ruthlessly exploited pit workers who could be taking on the bosses. How things play out will depend on you

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Very cool to have A Line Held Tight in the Nonbinary Coded Games event! As well as having two nonbinary developers A Line Held Tight also has two nonbinary characters: The Hare and our player character, The Canary. You can play the demo now! #NonbinaryCodedGames

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kc 💀 play TRUE LOVE'S CURSE! @npckc.net · 13/07/2026

💛🤍NONBINARY CODED GAMES💜🖤 is live on Steam! For International Nonbinary Day, we're showcasing 150+ games by devs who are nonbinary, genderqueer, & outside the gender binary! Take a look and see the spectrum of what we have to offer 🌈 store.steampowered.com/curator/4610... #NonbinaryCodedGames

Nonbinary Coded Games: July 13-20 2026. Celebrating games made by nonbinary developers! The banner shows a nonbinary witch, cat, bunny, and underling.

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Thanks so much to everyone who played A Line Held Tight this weekend! And thank you to @glasgowindiegamesfest.org for having us! What a wonderful festival, and what a wonderful time we had x

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Glasgow Independent Games Festival @glasgowindiegamesfest.org · 12/07/2026

The Steam Sale ends 8am Monday (that’s tomorrow!!!) so if you’ve had your eye on anything, now is the time to wishlist or buy! Let’s support these incredible devs <3 Sale 🔗: store.steampowered.com/curator/4607...

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Glasgow Indie Games Festival 2026

Held in Glasgow, Scotland - We pride ourselves in showing the most interesting, the most moving and the most unconventional games from Scotland and around the world!

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Eve @evegoldenwoods.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Just played a demo for the best mech game I've played in ages, a game I think everyone will be talking about when it comes out, A Line Held Tight by @humblegrove.bsky.social

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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 09/07/2026

"This interactive fiction exists in a tradition of games like Slay the Princess, If Found and even Dordogne to some extent." @phoenixwritesdown.bsky.social plays the demo for the visual novel A Line Held Tight:

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Canary in the Charcoal Mine: Early Impressions of A Line Held Tight - Unwinnable

There’s an aesthetic emphasis on hand-wrought analog work.

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Phoenix @phoenixwritesdown.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Thank you to Cel and @humblegrove.bsky.social for letting me write early impressions of this game! A Line Held Tight is the kind of game we need more of right now and moving forward.

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Phoenix @phoenixwritesdown.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Hard not to love The Pup.

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Don't forget, we'll be at Glasgow Indie Games Fest this weekend with A Line Held Tight. Make sure you come and say hi!

Glasgow Indie Games Fest, 11th-12th July

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Have you met all of the characters in A Line Held Tight's demo? store.steampowered.com/app/3897300/...

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Have you met all of the characters in A Line Held Tight's demo? store.steampowered.com/app/3897300/...

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Phoenix @phoenixwritesdown.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I did early impressions of @humblegrove.bsky.social's "A Line Held Tight"!

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Clever Mia @readvesna.com · 23/06/2026

if you haven't yet, please buy poppy and my latest game, HUNGERWINTER. its a game about starving to death which we are both currently doing. support us here: das-kunstkollektiv.itch.io/hungerwinter

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HUNGERWINTER by Das Kunstkollektiv, Mia Cain, Digital Poppy

The hunger. The hunger...

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

📖 A Line Held Tight is a branching visual novel. 🛠 Far from earth, your only weapons are your work mechs, your only support your fellow miners. When tensions boil over, will you take a stand? 💫 Demo avaliable now: store.steampowered.com/app/3897300/...

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Chris Schilling @schillingc.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Perfect appetite-whetter of a demo. Play this and you'll immediately want to check out the full game

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Glasgow Independent Games Festival @glasgowindiegamesfest.org · 13/06/2026

“A Line Held Tight” by @humblegrove.bsky.social is a charcoal-art sci-fi visual novel about labour mechs and miners' strikes, wrapped in an evocative folk soundtrack ⛏️ Your choices will have outcomes small, large, and unpredictable. Will you choose to make a stand at GIGF26? 🪨 #GIGF26 #indiegames

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The demo for A Line Held Tight has been out for a few days! Have you played it? What did you think? If you’ve not yet, why not give it a play now? :o) store.steampowered.com/app/3897300/...

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Cel Davison @celdavison.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

it all started with the thought: “what would it look like if Arthur Miller wrote a Gundam?” in case you missed it here's my viddy on why we're making A Line Held Tight, and how

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Visual Novel Francophonie @vn-francophonie.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

📣 A Line Held Tight s'offre un nouveau trailer et une démo sur Steam. 📝 Des tensions politiques et personnelles s'élèvent au sein de la colonie minière de Brightworld. Vous devrez choisir vers qui vont votre cœur et votre loyauté pour bâtir l'avenir et vous sauver. ⬇️ Liens

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John William Evelyn @johnwilliamevelyn.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

My pals are making something really rather special here, please do give it a look.

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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 06/06/2026

Take a look at these fresh demos, out now on Steam! 👾 ⛏️ @humblegrove.bsky.social - A Line Held Tight ✝️ @baroquedecay.bsky.social - Catechesis 🎒 @fnifegames.bsky.social - ShelfLife: Art School Detective 📓 @insertdisc5.com - Truth Scrapper

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

We've just launched the demo for A Line Held Tight!!! ⛏️ Get to know some of the characters, pilot your rig, get caught in a skirmish.🔧 Play it NOW on Steam here: store.steampowered.com/app/3897300/...

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Happening right now! Get your arses over there

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Cel Davison @celdavison.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

A Line Held Tight update incoming! make sure to check out the Story-Rich Showcase today that's 6PM BST for the UK peeps

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

It's the @fellowtraveller.games #storyrichshowcase tomorrow! Make sure you tune in (and say some nice things in chat too!) 10am PST / 6pm BST 📺 twitch.tv/fellowtravellergames 📺 youtube.com/@FellowTraveller

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The exciting news keeps on coming: A Line Held Tight will be part of Fellow Traveller's #storyrichshowcase on June the 6th! We'll be in great company with a load of proper awesome narrative-focused games. Come and check it out on the @fellowtraveller.games Youtube or Twitch channels at 6pm BST.

An image advertising a story-rich showcase on June the 6th at 10am PT/6pm BST.

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Wooohoo here's some fun news: We'll be showing A Line Held Tight at Glasgow Indie Games Fest in July!! glasgowindiegamesfest.org/games/a-line...

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A Line Held Tight | Glasgow Indie Games Fest

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kc 💀 play TRUE LOVE'S CURSE! @npckc.net · 23/05/2026

thank you to everyone who submitted games to our nonbinary coded games event!! we now have a form for streamers & press who want to play/review games & be notified when the event goes live. if that's you, fill out the form here! 👇 forms.gle/4wx8bLegx9YT...

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Nonbinary Coded Games - Streamer & Press Form

This form is for streamers & press who are interested in the Nonbinary Coded Games Steam event being run by nomnomnami & npckc that will take place from July 13 to July 20. The event showcases games ...

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

You really should check out this showcase, we guarantee there'll be loads of very cool games in it!

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Daydream Gallery @daydreamgallerydev.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

🚨INDIE SPOTLIGHT🐒 A Line Held Tight by @humblegrove.bsky.social Unionizing a "striking" art style, incredible atmosphere and branching narrative, this Visual Novel feels like a real labour of love. ✅Wishlist the game: s.team/a/3897300 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #wishlistwednesday 🙉1/3

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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 18/05/2026

The Story-Rich Showcase arrives June 6! 26 narrative-driven indie games, with world premieres, release dates, gameplay reveals, and wonderful devs showing off what they’ve been making 💖 Join us at 10AM Pacific on YouTube & Twitch: 📺 twitch.tv/fellowtravellergames 📺 youtube.com/@FellowTraveller

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

A Line Held Tight is a game about miners strike, capitalism and labour mechs. You can learn more about how and why were making it in our latest video or free Patreon post 📖 Read: www.patreon.com/posts/introd... 📼 Watch: youtu.be/l7-dNVSrot8

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A Line Held Tight: A Game Where you go on Strike

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A Line Held Tight: A Game Where you go on Strike

YouTube video by humble grove

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

An excellent game/book pairing.

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

How will you choose to fight? store.steampowered.com/app/3897300/...

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Happy May 1st to every worker all over the globe ✊⚒️🚩

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Lots of recording happening this week!

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

You feel like you might have forgotten something important... store.steampowered.com/app/3897300/...

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

As part of the Fellow Travellers publisher sale No Longer Home is 80% off until the 1st of May! store.steampowered.com/app/651490/N...

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Meet The Pup 🐶 He loves reading marxist theory and poetry (now that The Badger has introduced him to it.) He's not got his rig license yet, but the exam is coming up soon and I'm sure he'll pass it this time... store.steampowered.com/app/3897300/...

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

✨🪐Game Reveal🪐✨ A LINE HELD TIGHT follows The Canary, a member of a mining colony on a far-off planet. Out there, cut off from the rest of humanity by a vast expanse of space, tensions both political and personal are starting to rise… Wishlist now!: store.steampowered.com/app/3897300/...

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No Games For Genocide @nogamesforgenocide.com · 06/04/2026

Humble Grove is the latest on the list of principled game devs to sign our pledge to boycott and divest from Microsoft. Consider following and supporting them and their work - and contacting us if you're a game dev who wants to discuss doing the same!

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

We've signed the pledge! Humble Grove will not be taking funding from or publishing on Microsoft Platforms going forwards. If you're a game dev, streamer, journalist or even just someone who enjoys playing games, you can sign too.

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

A little something for our Patrons, who can now finally procure a scientifically accurate answer to the burning question on everyone's lips... Which A Line Held Tight Character are YOU? www.patreon.com/posts/which-...

which a line held tight character are you?

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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Fight against corporate hired thugs with your ill suited work mechs in A Line Held Tight Wishlist now: store.steampowered.com/app/3897300/...

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