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Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I love getting emails like this though- years later people are still playing and invested enough to email me when they find little bugs. ❤️

Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Got an email today about a broken text string in Doomsday, so I went ahead and pushed a teeny tiny patch to correct it. Won't affect Switch (that's handled by other people and a bigger process) but that's all the update is.

Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I forgot my charger so this ended up being a pretty short preview- but thanks to everyone who came along. Feeling very positive about what I have so far! I'm going to make an effort to come out to some more PIG Squad coworking nights this year too, so no worries if you missed it.

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Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

For those of you in the Portland area- I'll be at PIGCon this weekend! Assuming I can snag some space on the floor on Sunday, I've also got a few unannounced things to play with. Come over and say hi if you get the chance!

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

The video has been taken down from YouTube. You can still download it here: is.gd/paU8Ko

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Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

You're right- got baited by Blasted Steps being on the map and didn't notice the quest icon.

Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Realize that comment comes off a little "ummm akshually"- for the record I don't think an extra damage upgrade makes this part of the game any less frustrating. 🫠 The low health leaves you very little room to learn boss patterns in the part of the game that should be most accessible.

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Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

You've missed a damage upgrade. Silksong's first act is very punishing on the first playthrough. It definitely eases up in the second act when you have better access to upgrades.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 03/10/2025

HAPPENING NOW: Oregon asks Judge Karin Immergut (a Trump appointee) to block the Trump admin's federalization of 200 Oregon National Guard troops to deploy to Portland. 🧵

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Mattibee - skittering...🐛 @mattibee.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

My very first Physical Merch Drop is now LIVE!!! 🎉 I have lotsa fun stuff leftover from old zines and collaborations, as well as handmade clay trinkets!!! Hope they're cute enough to check out and share 💕 ko-fi.com/mattibeearts...

Merch photo of six colorful clay figures shaped like cicadas! They are having a meeting...

Merch photo of an enamel pin and sticker set featuring a pink cat creature gently holding a knife as big as itself

Merch photo of 10 Pokemon-themed mini-pins layed out on an artist palette. Pins feature a Pokeball, Great ball, Ultra ball, Love ball, Premier ball, Potion, Pokedoll, Max Revive, Moomoo Milk, and Substitute Doll.

Product photo of a vinyl sticker design with a horned, winged, many legged cat thing with a stinger with the word "WEIRDO" written underneath with hearts.

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Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Somewhere out there is an indie dev who just delayed their game after Silksong's launch just to immediately get hit by Hades 2.

🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

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why the fuck would you shoot Charlie Kirk of all people

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Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

I was able to get my COVID vaccine yesterday, but they're now demanding my wife show up with a prescription today after "a message from headquarters." Schedule your shots ASAP.

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Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

You can get away with architecting kind of shitty when it comes to coding but you absolutely cannot when it comes to narrative writing and it always cooks me at the start of every project.

Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

IG will learn about your profile from the people who follow you and like your stuff, so if it's substantially mixed you can end up delivering stuff to the wrong cohort. Doesn't apply if all your art fans are also game fans!

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Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

My biggest lesson learned is to just wait on the marketing until I'm way closer to launch. I started with Doomsday when I was ~2 years out, and I think it would have been better to wait until I was ~6 months out. I gave your IG a look - make a new account for your game. It will help.

Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I like Reddit for city builders, survival games, etc., that might do well on r/gaming, but you have to put in a lot of time to get past the mod team and they absolutely play favorites. Otherwise the time investment vs payoff is a bit awkward.

Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

IG's poor with discoverability- they seed videos towards your following list and an algorithm change there can be pretty difficult to overcome. I had decent results seeding it with a small ad buy first. TikTok might be easier- their discoverability is much better and you can reuse videos.

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Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

New playmat who dis

Playmat of the Doomsday Paradise splash art

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PracticalNPC @practicalnpc.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

My game just dropped and 10% of all profits will go to the Godot Foundation! #godot #gamedev #indiegames store.steampowered.com/app/1712700/...

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Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I wouldn't want some far right religious nuts from another country to be able to pull things from my storefront either- seems like kind of an easy political win.

Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

The US government is captured by the worst, dumbest people imaginable for now- but this is an issue that expands beyond just the United States and regulation by other large players like Europe can and has been effective with similar issues.

Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Withholding payouts and deleting games from user's libraries is simply unacceptable. Payment processors also look like they're in dire need of a political check on their influence.

Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

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Thanks everybody who messaged me! I'm going to start filtering through the portfolios I've received some time tomorrow. 💪

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Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I'm very early in development and prioritizing assets as I need them- so even though I'm only looking for 2 more people right now I'm still very much assembling a mental list for future work too.

Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Thanks everybody who messaged me! I'm going to start filtering through the portfolios I've received some time tomorrow. 💪

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Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Yes. I'm the only person who works for free on my projects.

Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

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Do you want to draw evil little creatures? Looking for some freelancers for an upcoming project. Experience with Spine / puppet animation is a big plus. DM me your portfolio if interested.

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Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

I am stupid and had them closed. They are open now!

Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Do you want to draw evil little creatures? Looking for some freelancers for an upcoming project. Experience with Spine / puppet animation is a big plus. DM me your portfolio if interested.

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Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Want to work on a cutscene instead? Jokes on you, spreadsheet.

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Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Is an upgrade system a good idea? Great question, let's do 1000 sudokus about it.

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Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Games only grow when playtested but you have to do hundreds of hours of spreadsheet tasks first.

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Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

If it's an audition for a role rather than a demo, I do encourage you to always take the shot. You have to practice auditioning by auditioning after all! Demo creation's a bit of a different skill set than voice acting- so it's no surprise there's some common blind spots.

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Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang) @lemonadeflashbang.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Glad it was helpful! I do think demo creation isn't really the same skill as voice acting, so it's not uncommon for good VA's to sometimes fumble the demo and hopefully this helps close that gap a little.