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Keely (Chicken Scratch)

@keely-brown.bsky.social
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Game Dev from Canada working on a chicken game: store.steampowered.com/app/2267230/…

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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 5h
gamedev sounds like it's gonna be making cool mechanics and fun stuff nobody tells you that it's also going to be -swapping in a new font for 2 hours -figuring out if you can delete an object in your hierarchy (you can't) -testing the same thing 50 times to fix a bug
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Harlequin Diver @harlequindiver.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I've never had much luck promoting my game on social media, but it would be deeply appreciated if you could share this post, especially if you enjoy weird little experimental and artsy narrative games, that are the same price as a cup of coffee! store.steampowered.com/app/4693460/... #indiegames
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
playtest today went super well which is pretty nifty because there had been probably 3-4 weeks where I was feeling really stuck in the mud on this revamp.
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Whimsy Bunny Doodles 🐇 @whimsybunnydoodles.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
hey folks, here's a visualization of me destroying my code today: 💾🔫😠
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Anca @ancastasia.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I’m Anca, co-founder and (creative) producer at Symmetry Break, maker and streamer of story rich indie games and trying to leave this place more loved than I found it 💙 Three days of exhibiting at the Indie Arena Booth to go! #gamescom #WhatAGameDevLooksLike
Me in front sitting on the floor of the IAB with people walking around game booths in the back, all bathed in a magenta glow
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Thought Slime’s monster @slimemildred.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Hello, I recently came across your content, I love the way it mixes themes and ideas. Would you be open to a brand collaboration for a new app that teaches children how to smoke?
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Johnny Rebeck @johnnyrebeck.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
LIVE NOW! let's chill and paint and yap and art twitch.tv/johnnyrebeck ⬅️
My chatting stream screen, warped checkered border at top and bottom, I am wearing a yellow flannel long sleeve and holding my hand up like I am pondering something magnificent, I have a wavy blue mullet with shaved sides, white headphones on, and behind me are plushies, a bed, and flags of skeletor and progress pride.
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Players have been saying that it's a bit hard to tell how much time is left. I've shifted the timer to be closer to the sheet, made it bigger and added text showing how much time is left. Hoping this helps? Anyone have any suggestions for other potential improvements? #gamedev #indiegames
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
sweet beautiful log file 😭 so much more human readable than Unity's PlayerLog lol.
It's a screenshot of a text file showing a bunch of messages that have been written to a log file that record different moments during the game. Normally, Unity's log files have a lot of detail in terms of where the line of code was executed, but it makes the log file a lot harder to read at a glance and to figure out the sequence of things. I'm hoping this detail being stored will help with troubleshooting bugs that pop up that are hard to replicate due to networking issues.
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Big thing I'm focusing on right now is trying to make the networking handling a bit more stable. I just implemented a pause to help me desync the gamestate between host/client. This helped me to test if the gamestate syncs properly if I need to force a transition. #gamedev #indiegames
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Gonna be doing a playtest for chicken scratch in about 4 hours at 4PM EST! If you like drawing games or roguelites or testing things then you should like join or something?????
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This city is so anti-bike, it's kinda wild lol.
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DEEP FOG SIGNALS | Wishlist on Steam @symmetrybreak.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Sometimes an ad is so perfect, so sublime, it doesn't need a reason or justification to exist. @meloncolliee.bsky.social made not one, but TWO of them for Deep Fog Signals. Behold 1/2:
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
baffling that you can post the same thing on three platforms and get three completely different results youtube - "we're going to show this to no one" instagram - "this is not good." tiktok - "lmao this is so good nice one" I don't understand marketing at all lol.
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
friend: "what are you listening to lately?" me: "oh have you heard of
It's a screenshot of Spotify with an artist with an incomprehensible name consisting of a bunch of wingdings. The song names are similarly bizarre.
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"a drawing game? haven't you realized that there's another drawing game? Why would you make another drawing game when another one already exists?" I need to find a way to build up some armour to these kinds of comments because man do they ever still manage to annoy me lol.
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
holy smokes I did some truly horrible math code to get this to work but it was all worth it for this. #gamedev #indiegames
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Trying to decide if "disemvoweled" is too horrible of an idea as a snag.
It's a drawing sheet from Chicken Scratch with the text "N_C_ GR_SSH_PP_R" as the prompt to draw.
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Drew this for a prompt I got while recording shorts for mirror mode and thought it was fun. #indiegames #gamedev
There's a prompt at the top that says "Clever Chameleon" and then a drawing of a blue character from the game Meccha Chameleon in a T-pose hiding against a blue background.
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Brainoid Games - Get Replicat on Steam! @brainoid.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Puzzles inside puzzles in my new game Orebital Dynamics. #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #WishlistWednesday #incremental #solodev
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Doing a playtest for the new roguelite mode of my drawing party game Chicken Scratch right now, if anyone's interested/available and would be down to help: discord.gg/gDrSK5jT #indiegames #gamedevelopment
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Me: Unity is clown software for clowns. Also me: 🤡
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DonTinkyWinky (Comms Open!) @dontinkywinky.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Currently trying to pay off my last month's farm bills for animal feed & getting my roof & ceiling repaired because of the storm, if you wanna help out you can donate through my throne! Any amount helps & reposts too! throne.com/dontinkywink... #PNGtuber #vtuber #PHvtuber #envtuber #vsky #promosky
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
my timeline must also suffer my bad image edits
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I think making two different games with two different audiences in one game was actually probably a bad call lol. ahh well.
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
ayoo any #roguelite fans here on bluesky? Looking for some playtesting feedback on an early draft of a roguelite game mode for my co-op drawing game Chicken Scratch. Really looking to get some input on some new systems/mechanics I've been putting together. Anyone potentially interested?
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WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD @devonwiersma.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
🧽💦 THE SKRUB SQUAD DEMO IS NOW AVAILABLE!!! 🚮 Start your journey in tidying up the galaxy by checking out the demo - featuring three levels for you to clean and revitalize! I've been working super hard on this so shares super appreciated!! 🙏 #SKRUBSquad 🔗👉 store.steampowered.com/app/3900170/...
a screenshot of a stylized 3d video game showing a stylized alien slime character in pink looking at the camera with a happy look, next to a logo that says "SKRUB Squad"a screenshot of a stylized 3d video game showing a first person camera view of a player cleaning up a mess on the ground by scrubbing it with a spongea screenshot of a stylized 3d video game showing a messy rooftop with a sitting area in a futuristic looking city
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Brainoid Games - Get Replicat on Steam! @brainoid.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Hello humans! I’ve been quietly building a weird little incremental space mining game called Orebital Dynamics. Tomorrow I’m launching the Steam page and a playable alpha on itch so you can actually try it. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #incremental #idle #clicker #puzzle #space #mining
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APirateHat🎨Portrait Painter🖌️OUT NOW! @apiratehat.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Audio really does make things better🔊 #portraitpaintergame #indiedev
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I haven't been posting much because most of the things I'm working on are in the territory of "haha this is a system that I will maybe-probably throw out the moment it comes into contact with feedback". Which is probably a sign that I should be seeking out feedback soon. 🙃
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Half of what's been hard with this refactor is just making sense of what the data structures and re-organization of everything should even look like. Been a lot of staring at code thinking which feels unproductive but probably is.. zzzz
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Tippedchair @tippedchair.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Some #GameDev refinement. New #pixelart chain attached to the Censer for better visual appeal when it gets upgraded. Also two new upgrades to the #IndieGame slide ability. #1 it can now be upgraded to be done in the air! #2 it can be FURTHER upgraded to pass through hazards! #screenshotSaturday
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Need to reach me? Here's my card:
It's an image of a fake business card for me that says that I am the Eggsecutive Director at Chicken Scratch.
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I am currently about to go on a scope creep adventure. Wish me luck.
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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Tim Swindle cryarsing about AI disclosure being a scarlet letter lets slip something significant here, because if AI was all that slop jockeys claim it was, then surely such a disclosure would be a mark of pride, even a selling point! Surely people would be clamouring for AI games. But they're not.
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I no more try sell game this month june now for make game not bug
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melissa capriglione @ HOODIE KICKSTARTER @mcapriglioneart.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
"no worries" *is actually all worries* get the sticker here: mcapriglione.art
preview of a sticker of a puffed up gray cat with the caption "no worries, is actually all worries"
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Johnny Rebeck @johnnyrebeck.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
OKAY YALL HERE IT IS: Next Fest & Chill '26: Summer Edition MEGA THREAD! 🧵 Check below for blurbs about the demos I dug and links to the games!!! (Repost to share lots of cool indie games 😎) ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
current players number for demo on Steamworks got me like ‼️😵‍💫😵‍💫🫠🫠😱😭😱🙃🙃‼️
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Mr. Hands is making SuccuDeck 😈🃏 @mrhands31.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Someone actually crunched the numbers, and using GenAI can decrease reviews for indie game on Steam (a useful proxy stat for sales) by as much as *58%* 🤖
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AI in Games: The Impact On Sales
Explore how AI influences game success on Steam. This data-driven analysis uncovers the link between AI usage and sales performance, revealing whether AI-generated content in Steam games is impacting ...
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
man, I'm really coming to terms with just how much more seriously I'm going to have to take gamedev as a process as I lead up to releasing this game. I can't just "lol oops" an update that breaks stuff when it's not just me and my friends playing the demo anymore q_q
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Jumped into three streams today who played Chicken Scratch and all three of them were a blast. Had so much fun. (:
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
was really hoping to be able to do promo for all of NextFest but I don't know if I have it in me lol. It's exhausting doing promo reachout stuff. q_q
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Chet Faliszek @chetsucks.com · 17/06/2026
All uses of AI are costing someone… this sucks as the Game UI database is such a valuable resource.
Edd Coates talking about the game ui database being scraped
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
@crystaldreams.bsky.social tried out Chicken Scratch and made a playthrough video of it! Some really fun drawings. This one of a sad pineapple while the screen is spinning was my favourite. Definitely worth checking out (: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwdX...
It's a drawing of a sad pineapple on a sheet that's spinning upside down in the drawing game Chicken Scratch.
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
You've heard of nine doors, nine persons, nine hours now how about
It's a picture of 999 wishlists on Steam.
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Revertices @revertices.com · 15/06/2026
RED ALERT GREEN ALERT BLUE ALERT: #steamnextfest has begun, which means its high time you PLAY MY SHAPES, BOY store.steampowered.com/app/3236560/...
steam next fest promo banner featuring game Revertices, by Fuzzy Void Collective. Jun 15 to Jun 22
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CodeRadGames @coderadgames.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Just wanted to share some Rogue Blight stats before #SteamNextFest, will also share them after next fest is over! Hope its usefull! Thank you so much for wishlisting and all of the support <3 #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev
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Keely (Chicken Scratch) @keely-brown.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
THE NEXTFEST HUSTLE BEGINS MAXIMAL SHILLING I HAVE NO SHAME SORRY NOT SORRY (haha jking I do feel kind of sorry about it)
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