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Josh👽🐝

@joshalanb.bsky.social
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|~ indie studio director @oddlark.com 🐦‍⬛ ~| |~ technical art is my love language ~| |~ prev. The Gardens Between, Jumplight Odyssey & an unreasonable amount of cancelled projects ~|

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Josh👽🐝 @joshalanb.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Anyone I know in Melbourne want a free ticket to Thundercat tonight? tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event...
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THUNDERCAT
In an age of endless notifications and fractured attention, Thundercat turns the chaos inward on Distracted, his long-awaited new album and one of his most resonant statements yet. Six years on from I...
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Oddlark @oddlark.com · 09/05/2026
Massive congratulations to our ultra talented friends @mixtapegame.bsky.social 10/10/10/10/10/10s everywhere!!! 🥳📼📼📼📼📼📼📼📼📼🥳
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Montaigne @actualmontaigne.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
hail and well met montaineers it’s bandcamp friday ⚔️ pray spend thy cash on montaigne album if you haven’t already :)))))) montaigne.bandcamp.com
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Freeplay @free-play.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Announcing: Freeplay is here to stay. Parallels 2026 is coming and we're advocating for games to be funded as art. Read more and get involved: freeplay.net.au/posts/freepl...
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Freeplay | The Shape of Games to Come
talks and games and friends
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Josh👽🐝 @joshalanb.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
How do you like my vlog
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Josh👽🐝 @joshalanb.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I know the 2020s have been rough, but 8 year old Josh’s new millennium was cooked (I don’t remember writing this)
A journal entry from feb 2000 that reads “I have had my baby”
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Chloe Appleby @chloeappleby.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Games are beautiful and so are you. You should come to ALT GAMES and combine to power of your beauty and games and be radiant. A games festival for Sydney by the Powerhouse on April 18-19 at Parramatta. Free games, accessible talks, 100% diva ✨💖
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Tex makes Key Fairy 🏳️‍⚧️ @soyoudontneedto.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Key Fairy is on sale! Buy it now, or I'll have to get a real job!!! store.steampowered.com/app/2878580/...
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Save 25% on Key Fairy on Steam
A hand-drawn, pacifist, folkloric, bullet-hell. Grapple and dance around monsters to collect their shattered stars, weave your way through twisting paths, encounter strange folk, uncover ancient magic...
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♢ Fen ♢ @fensartden.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I am still very much available for work! Skills: Art direction, concepting, prototyping, workflows & documentation, art implementation, strong communication and collaboration with programmers & designers. Please reach out via my email on my website for any opportunities 💖 fensartden.com
A selection of levels from monument valley 3, showcasing colorful architecture and foliage amid many different tones.Levels from the Monument Valley 2: Lost Forest DLC where architecture and foliage are intertwined throughout.Assemble with Care DLC including an espresso machine to fix with many different parts and gadgets. The background is a bright outdoor patio with the trellis and leaves shadowing the scene.A selection of NPCs and birds from Alba: A Wildlife Adventure including a glossy ibis, pigeons of various types and a flamingo!
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Chloe Appleby @chloeappleby.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Check out the line up for ALT GAMES April 18-19 in Sydney!! We have Shuhei Yoshida, Alanah Pearce and Billy Basso as our keynote speakers!!! Come 👍 powerhouse.com.au/program/alt-...
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Josh👽🐝 @joshalanb.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Here we go!! Noibs velocity is picking up this year. We'll be scrounging together a hot-fresh playtestable build for this 🤞
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Jack Kirby Crosby🌹👨‍🎨 @jkcrosbyfun.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I had the immense pleasure of putting together an illustration for this new australian Magazine, very humbled that that @serrels.bsky.social and @jacksonwryan.com chose me to scribble on their first cover. Please consider backing local australian journalism. there are stories here worth telling.
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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Catch Crabs, navigate the harsh waters of the Antarctic and defend your ship from the threats. Play the Crabmeat Demo Today in Steam Next Fest 🦀 store.steampowered.com/app/3671850/...
Crabmeat Next Fest Promo art
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Riley Neville @riley.sbug.games · 19/12/2025
🪱Wirm is just 2 reviews away from the threshold where Steam will start calling it "Very Positive", so please leave a review if you haven't already!! (We'll still get the rating even if the next 2 reviews are negative, but don't be mean 😠) store.steampowered.com/app/1934870/...
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MASS @mass.co · 17/12/2025
JOIN US IN CREATION
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Tom Sennett @tomsennettgames.com · 15/12/2025
The games industry brings in 300 billion dollars a year. The guy who made DOOM gets his projects canceled, the guy who made Katamari Damacy is broke, everyone in your feed is begging for a job and there are 50 new games coming out on Steam every day all going towards buying Gabe Newell's next yacht
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Studio Folly — DOGPILE!!! @folly.studio · 10/12/2025
Dogpile is out RIGHT NOW across the WORLD!!! 🐩 13 x lovable dogs to merge 🦴 179 x game changing tags 💥 14 x unique decks to master 🏆 3 x difficulties to wrap your noggin around 🐶 INFINITE WAYS TO PLAY store.steampowered.com/app/3839300/...
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TOROA: SKYCALL OUT NOW 🌊☁️ @atawhaigames.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
☁️🌊 TOROA: SKYCALL 🌊☁️ 🐥 OUT NOW ON STEAM! 🐥 Unravel the fate of the ocean and glide across an ever changing seascape in the hopes of reuniting Toroa with their family 💙 After 5 years of hard mahi, love and dedication, we're so excited to share our first game with you all 🥹 Mauri ora e te whānau!
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Studio Folly — DOGPILE!!! @folly.studio · 04/12/2025
This one is for the content creators!! 📢 Our roguelike deck builder about merging dogs into bigger dogs is releasing THIS YEAR!!! (… and 2025 is nearly over so 👀) Keen on getting your hands on our game a bit early? Fill out this key request pls 👇 forms.gle/qkifDswcMC1i...
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Felix Colgrave @felixcolgrave.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Hi these weren't shipping to the US for a while, but now they are again! You might not know it yet but this rat is your new favourite cartoon character. When I finish my rat cartoon you will say "wow I love this rat, I'm glad I had purchased Rat™ merchandise from wombot.studio/shop before seeing it"
wombot.studio
shop — WOMBOT.STUDIO
cargo.site
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⁂ @polclarissou.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
twitter has been deserted for good so i suppose i will post here too: i am currently open for work! hit me up if you know of openings that i'd be a good fit for 🫡 i updated my hireme page with a sample of the stuff i can do - videogame graphics, VFX, 2D art and so on polclarissou.com/hireme/
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Josh👽🐝 @joshalanb.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
What are your favourite implementations of console game virtual cursors? ...do you think they can ever feel elegant and intuitive?
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Oddlark @oddlark.com · 12/11/2025
Its a pretty simple and straightforward decision to avoid actively degrading the creative process by using genAI.
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Frosty Games 🍦 @frostygamesfest.com · 11/11/2025
We're excited to announce that the Frosty Mini showcase will premiere on December 10 starting at 8am AEDT / 10am NZDT (that's December 9, 1pm PT for our USA friends)! Tune in for exciting news and surprise announcements from 20+ of the coolest games made in Australia and Aotearoa NZ.
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Josh👽🐝 @joshalanb.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
...now everyone can bask in the elaborate pun I managed to jam into my talk 😈
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Josh👽🐝 @joshalanb.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
I'm just so tired in so many ways
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Delphinium 💙 @cinnadev.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Grow new connections in the middle of nowhere with this bittersweet cozy story. Delphinium is now LIVE on Kickstarter 💙🌿
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Summerfall Studios 🕯️Malys OUT NOW!🕯️ @summerfallstudios.com · 23/10/2025
Light your candles, stack your deck. Malys is imminent. 🔥 Now is your LAST CHANCE to get Malys at a heavily discounted price for early access! 👛 See below for when we go live in your timezone with our global 1.0 release tomorrow! 🕯️ bit.ly/playmalys
A map of the world with LA, New York, London, and Melbourne highlighted. Dates read:

PDT, Oct 23, 4pm
EDT, Oct 23, 7pm

BST, Oct 24, 12am
AEDT, Oct 24, 10am
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Intarsia Interactive @intarsia.studio · 01/10/2025
Hello bluesky, we're Intarsia Interactive! We're a video game studio based in Naarm/Melbourne. We reckon making games should be fun, weird & authentic. This year we've been working on a secret project (!!! you'll hear more soon) and now we're working on something strange & new intarsia.studio
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Josh👽🐝 @joshalanb.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Yeah @ghoulish.com.au is making something special! (Parasensor)
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Tex makes Key Fairy 🏳️‍⚧️ @soyoudontneedto.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
"Adorable Hand-Drawn"?!?! Could that be Key Fairy??? The world's only Key-type game! I guess you'll just have to find out.... store.steampowered.com/app/2878580/...
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Twice Different @twicedifferent.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
🟡Winnie's Hole is in Steam Next Fest!🟡 🦠Play a virus in the body and mind of Winnie ↔️Place tetrominos to explore 🧬Mutate and evolve ➕Combo-driven deckbuilder
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Josh👽🐝 @joshalanb.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
I'm holding out on adding Noibs to steam until we have an announce trailer which kinda sucks when people ask for the steam page... Turns out you can just follow @oddlark.com on there instead and you'll get a notification when we press the button!
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Josh👽🐝 @joshalanb.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Had a blast showing Noibs on stage last night, thanks everyone for your support - @oddlark.com is just getting started 💪✨✨✨👍
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Josh👽🐝 @joshalanb.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
My last two brain cells as I playtest and fix our alpha build before Monday #MIGW
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Sasha Mutch @sashamutch.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Catch Wyrmspace at #migw this year! We've got our playable prototype set up at the following events: 👔 GCAP Screen Australia's Local lounge - Oct 8th 📐 Parallels (we've on stage too) - Oct 9th 🎮 Pax at the Kirrip Wilam room - Oct 10th - 12th Come say hi and get your thinky tactics caps on!
A schedule of where the tile tactics card game Wyrmspace Tactics will be at Melbourne International Games Week (MIGW 25) this year.
Top of image: The Wyrmspace Logo on top of a blurred image of the main characters of the game gathered around a table eating and planning for a heist.
Middle: A Graphic with the caption "Catch us at ... Melbourne International Games Week #MIGW25."
Middle to bottom: Stylised angled and uneven sections with each event, their dates, and (if relevant) their locations.
Section one: "GCAP Oct 8th @ Local Lounge"
Section two: "Oct 9th Parallels"
Section three: "PAX AUS Oct 10 - 12 @ Kirrip Wilam room."
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Ian MacLarty @ianmaclarty.com · 24/09/2025
Mars First Logistics, our open world physics game about building rovers and delivering stuff is coming out of Steam Early Access in 2 days with a big update! Tag your favourite influencial person who you think might enjoy it!
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Josh👽🐝 @joshalanb.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Paralells is my forever highlight of every Melbourne Games Week and I am beyond excited to attend this year as a speaker! There will be a bunch of behind the scenes stuff+design notes on NOIBS, but even better - the entire night is STACKED with incredible creators: www.freeplay.net.au/parallels25
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Parallels25
YouTube video by Freeplay
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Freeplay @free-play.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
General tickets for Parallels 2025 are now on sale 🎟️ Speaker and playable showcase line-up on our website 📺 www.freeplay.net.au/parallels25
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Josh👽🐝 @joshalanb.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
First time painting since... honestly no idea! It was nice to be away from the computer 🐩
An acrylic painting of Josh's cutie dog, Ube
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League of Geeks (LoG!) @leagueofgeeks.com · 05/08/2025
Hey pals! Here's another job hot off the press for ya! Live now on our careers site. Get in on the ground floor for our next title! 🤖 Technical Artist 🎨 Check it out at leagueofgeeks.com/careers#tech...! RTs appreciated. Share with your (tech art) friends! 🙏
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Josh👽🐝 @joshalanb.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
See ya Japan 👋👋👋 - overwhelmed with the lovely people and great conversations at BitSummit. Exhaused but can't wait to get back and focus on getting our game into shape!
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GameFromScratch @gamefromscratch.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
After over a year in development and a port from #GodotEngine 3.x to 4.x, the excellent free and open source Substance Designer alternative Material Maker is nearly here! Check out the release candidate of this awesome project. gamefromscratch.com/material-mak... #gamedev #indiedev
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Material Maker 1.4 is Nearly Here – GameFromScratch.com
The awesome free & open source Substance Designer alternative Material Maker is nearing release 1.4, having been ported to Godot 4.x
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Dave 💾 Powerhoof @dave.powerhoof.com · 11/07/2025
The Drifter comes out in less than a week :O
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Josh👽🐝 @joshalanb.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
We're so keen for Bitsummit!! The @oddlark.com team before vs after attending: 🪩👄👍
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Felix Colgrave @felixcolgrave.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Hello, I may have a level of involvement in this! Including but not limited to the trunk pig
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Josh👽🐝 @joshalanb.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
An incredible thing:
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Liam E 🚲 🦝TANUKI @liambme.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
BITSUMMIT ATTENDEES! Introducing "Pon’s Friends!" – the official Denkiworks BitSummit 2025 t-shirts! If you're interested, please fill out the form linked here: docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS.... (NOTE: T-Shirts will only be available to order for 2 days - closing July 3rd)
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Josh👽🐝 @joshalanb.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
...can someone PLEASE help me work out if Body Parts count for carry on ✈️ ?!
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GHOULISH - Wishlist PARASENSOR now! @ghoulish.com.au · 15/06/2025
10,000+ Steam wishlists in 7 days since our reveal at Frosty Games Fest! 🤯 We are blown away by the response, thank you so much everybody. We’re a tiny studio doing this for the first time, so your support means the world to us! 💕😈 #indiegame #indiehorror #horrorgames #indiedev
Text reads “10,000+ wishlists in our first week”
Image shows a screen cap from our trailer with a graph of our Steam Wishlist growth.
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