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Idolon

@idolon.bsky.social
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I'm Anya! Architect and indie game dev, AKA Two-Headed Deer. I made Clover's Quadrants: store.steampowered.com/app/3191170/… 🏳️‍⚧️ they/she, 30s, Iowa USA deertwoheads.com pfp by osmoru

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Idolon @idolon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
orzo
a bowl of orzo with vegan "chicken", mushrooms, and peas.
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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Water tower Friend, NE
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Idolon @idolon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I can now resize and reshape puzzles.
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Thew @amazingthew.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
god i love videogames. have you heard about "places"? they are called locations
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Idolon @idolon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Working on a new game. It's going well!
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MONOMOON | Gentle Giant Games @gentlegiantgames.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
MONOMOON, my non-linear game about exploration and discovery launches on Steam November 11th! With no proper instructions, you must deduce and achieve your goals as you solve puzzles, find mysterious items, and uncover secrets hiding right under your nose.
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Creeps @creep-dot-com.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Had an absolute blast with this game; it has a good variety of tile mechanics that get explored thoroughly. It 100% deserves to go in the hall of puzzle game fame. Looking forward to trying out the challenge levels every now and then.
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Idolon @idolon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I've been enjoying this! Nothing groundbreaking, but the puzzle design is pretty solid. I intend on 100%ing it.
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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
no one should have sex with anyone at valve until they quit delisting indie games for the mildest depictions of sexuality
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Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Celebrating release from publisher! Doing a weeklong sale of all my stuff, truly independent once again... and also my birthday week! Would very much appreciate taking a look and seeing if you like anything <3 store.steampowered.com/news/app/351...
store.steampowered.com
Social Caterpillar - Twelve Tiles Independence Sale! - Steam News
Twelve Tiles has regained full publishing control of all titles and is celebrating with a week-long sales event!
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Idolon @idolon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
never make a portal mod
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Idolon @idolon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Finished Big Walk with my friend group today. A lovely and touching piece of game design. I hope that co-op games trend in this direction - carefully crafted campaigns instead of infinite random generation.
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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
almost done with my rooftops jam map! got bored of pasting windows onto houses so I started pasting faces, maybe it's just my thing I do now
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zaratustra @zaratustra.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
first act is a straightforward recreation of the original's test chambers with portal 2 assets it's the second act that's really notable as it reconstructs the entire level design, again to fit portal 2's style
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Dana Cief @ciefstatten.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
If one such thing as a paid gamedev scene does exist, and they're somehow looking for 3d artists. Hit me up or something because I am Broke. These are assets I've done:
Mud materials at different levels of flooding to blend into water shader plane.Material set of rock, grass, dirt, and leaves set up with blend transitions for a shader that only allows 2-way blending.Metal gate and fence bars model and materialsMetal materials, AC units, brick wall materials and env design
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dot operator @dotoperator.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
dot-operator.bandcamp.com/album/portal... The soundtrack to Portal: Alive & Kicking is here! You can listen on Bandcamp or get it on Steam.
dot-operator.bandcamp.com
Portal: Alive & Kicking, by Dot Operator
16 track album
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Idolon @idolon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I wrote a bunch of words about my time creating the escape sequence for Portal: Alive & Kicking. Maybe it's interesting. deertwoheads.com/blog/2026-08... The rest of this thread will be images during development.
deertwoheads.com
deertwoheads/blog
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Idolon @idolon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
level design (Portal A&K escape spoilers)
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Idolon @idolon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Portal mod I worked on is finally released!! Wow! I made the escape sequence, which is pretty significantly altered from the original, but structured around mostly the same gameplay beats. I'll follow up with some screenshots once I'm off work.
store.steampowered.com
Portal: Alive & Kicking on Steam
Portal: Alive &amp; Kicking is a full remake and re-imagining of Valve's award-winning title, Portal. Using the visual capabilities of Portal 2, A&amp;K slips you back into the cold test chambers of A...
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Idolon @idolon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Didn't realize just how much of my life I've spent in the Midwest. I really gotta go see some mountains.
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Idolon @idolon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Endacopia. I fear I will be Corpse of Theseus'd into a new body, limb by limb.
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Idolon @idolon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
People often ask me if Clover is a sphere or a disc. I am here to announce that Clover is, in fact, a floppy salami. The "How The Sausage Gets Made" update for Clover's Quadrants is now live! Featuring 80+ levels that didn't make the cut. The game will also go on sale sometime tomorrow!
steamcommunity.com
Steam :: Clover's Quadrants :: How the Sausage Gets Made
Looking for more levels to play? Want a peek behind the curtain? Check out the new "cut content" level pack!
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Idolon @idolon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
People often ask me if Clover is a sphere or a disc. I am here to announce that Clover is, in fact, a floppy salami. The "How The Sausage Gets Made" update for Clover's Quadrants is now live! Featuring 80+ levels that didn't make the cut. The game will also go on sale sometime tomorrow!
steamcommunity.com
Steam :: Clover's Quadrants :: How the Sausage Gets Made
Looking for more levels to play? Want a peek behind the curtain? Check out the new "cut content" level pack!
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Idolon @idolon.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Please yell at me if I don't push a Clover's Quadrants update this weekend. I've been putting it off for a while and need motivation.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
rockpapershotgun.com
Knytt, one of 2006's most charming indie platformers, has a surprise Steam re-release - and it’s still free
Breezy freeware platformer Knytt has been reborn on Steam with new modes, controller support, and Steam Deck compatibility.
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Idolon @idolon.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
she has portal 2 lighting
a photo from a bedroom into a living room. the bedroom is warmly lit while the living room is very blue from the morning ambient sunlight. a cat is sat far from the camera in the blue light, staring directly at the camera.
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RENREN @mistajub.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Today is BANDCAMP FRIDAY! Support me by purchasing the OST and get a secret bonus track hidden in the game you probably don’t remember! #bandcampfriday mistajub.bandcamp.com/album/pronou...
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Pronoun Palace, by RENREN
25 track album
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Idolon @idolon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
It is Bandcamp Friday! If you buy music today, the artists get 100% of the proceeds. If you're feeling generous, you can even give ME some of your money. The ambient/trip-hop-adjacent OST for Clover's Quadrants is $5 and I think it's pretty good. deertwoheads.bandcamp.com/album/clover...
deertwoheads.bandcamp.com
Clover's Quadrants OST, by Anya Spadin
10 track album
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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 30/07/2026
In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...
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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
many of my favourite games were made using free asset packs, stock RPG maker assets, stuff bought off asset stores. If you abandon caring about the process and just AIgen garbage, people will know - not just because of how it looks, but because your lack of interest in your own work will be evident
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Yrrzy @yrrzy.net · 28/07/2026
youtu.be/NO5KnNvi05U
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Bagel 10 Year Comparison
YouTube video by Yrrzy
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Idolon @idolon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
For reasons unknown, the Portal mod I worked on has been prevented from releasing for several months. It really sucked having my level design work stuck in limbo like this, especially when we're intentionally not sharing screenshots of that part of the game.
kotaku.com
Completed Fan-Made Portal Remake In Limbo Due To Valve
Portal: Alive & Kicking had Valve’s blessing and even access to Portal 2’s source code, but that same arrangement now has the team sitting on their hands
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 20/07/2026
In this game with pretty art, you eat your movement controls!
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A game where you eat your own movement controls (Clover's Quadrants)
I really enjoyed the original version of Clover's Quadrants, which was called UDLR_Modify, so it's been very exciting to see it turn into this really beautiful and polished release! The core concept is that the player character, Clover, can consume 4 "items", one in each direction, and those items c
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Mael Duin 🧩 @maelduinplays.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The edited version of the interview I had with @idolon.bsky.social about her recently released game Clover's Quadrants is here! We talked about her beginnings as a gamedev, puzzle design, keeping scope under control and why cows are so fat.
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Clover's Quadrants 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄
YouTube video by Mael Duin
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anders @pepoeke.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
SOUNDKILLAZ - Razor Sharp V.S. Ruff Rydas #SOUNDKILLAZ
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
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Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Here's the July edition of Thinky Third Thursday, the monthly roundup of thinky puzzle games that have caught our eye: thinkythirdthursday.com/july-2026
thinkythirdthursday.com
Thinky Third Thursday - June 2026 (Thinky Puzzle Jam highlights)
Monthly game recommendations from the puzzle experts at Draknek & Friends
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dan solomon @dansolomon.com · 16/07/2026
are young people today aware that there was an active effort 20-25 years ago to stop depicting smoking as cool and glamorous because people got tired of watching their loved ones die of cancer and heart disease from something preventable? seems like classic history repeating itself stuff
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Idolon @idolon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Clover's Quadrants is a part of this event! You can get it at the second-lowest price it's ever been at a whopping 0% off!! (I launched too recently to run a sale) #NonbinaryCodedGames
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Clover's Quadrants on Steam
A challenging puzzle game where you are what you eat - and you have four stomachs. Your four directions of movement are also inventory slots, and items in those slots will affect only that direction o...
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ながべ(nagabe) @mucknagabe.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
click,
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DisgustingFilm @disgustingfilm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Christopher Nolan reveals a surprise celebrity cameo for The Odyssey (Source: tinyurl.com/39ec3mzr)
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Idolon @idolon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
FYI there is a known bug where music does not play in the demo version of the game. I'll get that fixed in the next patch.
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zythe_ @zythe.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
There's nothing more rewarding than seeing hard work pay off... Thanks to everyone that voted for this map! <3 I'll probably make a video on it soon... #TeamFortress2
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GP @mousefountain.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
little terrain study thing
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 07/07/2026
Time to communicate with aliens, become what we eat, and find a new perspective! (Just your average day playing thinky games) twitch.tv/thinkygames
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alex @styrommochi.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
hopelessly obsessed with this nyx i got through artfight (by xinxinbird)
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Duille @duille.com · 05/07/2026
"Cat-walk". Charles Sheeler. 1947. Image: Christie's.
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WangleLine @wangleline.com · 05/07/2026
you will arrive with tears in your eyes and a wash of relief that only tears can make. ✦ New song out now www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5xN...
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WangleLine - Ad Astra (from osu!catch World Cup 2026)
YouTube video by WangleLine
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Idolon @idolon.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
level design
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'Rito @marmaladerito.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Happy 4th of Shit
Classic @dril tweet from 2012:

"This Whole Thing Smacks Of Gender," i holler as i overturn my uncle's barbeque grill and turn the 4th of July into the 4th of Shit
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