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How Was Your Day?

@madcarnivalgames.bsky.social
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Woman & POC-led studio creating beautiful, family friendly games. Working on How Was Your Day? A supernatural coming-of-age mystery thriller set in 80s NZ about light vs dark, facing fears and finding your true self.✨Wishlist: shorturl.at/W2gFi

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Kamegumi 🐢 💨 @kamegumi.studio · 03/10/2026
As the #GDoCExpo2026 Steam Sale comes to a close, we want to take a moment to thank all of the @gdocexpo.com team members and all the speakers, streamers and fellow #gamedev peeps who showcased alongside us! Congrats on a truly amazing event highlighting so many special games!
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thrilled to be part of the Game Devs of Colour Expo this week. How Was Your Day? is a supernatural adventure set in 1988 Aotearoa, New Zealand. Find us on Steam! 🎮 #indiegame #indiedev #pointandclick #narrativegames #gamedevsofcolour #screenshotsaturday #supernatural #mystery #adventure #thriller
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nancy Drew, eat your heart out. Nothing like a torn letter to bring out your inner sleuth. #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #pointandclick #PointandClickFriday #mystery #adventure #detective #80sthrowback
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Genuinely epic
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
They look alright... don't they? They wouldn't have taken Beans?? Where is she then? #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #pointandclick #mysterygames
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
❤️ We love Dexter!! How Was Your Day? is about 13 year old Diya who’s stuck in a time loop, searching for her dog Beans in 80s New Zealand. store.steampowered.com/app/3235570/...
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After her beloved dog Beans vanishes and 13-year-old Diya finds herself trapped in a nightmarish time loop, each day reveals darker secrets in the sleepy town of Lakeview. Nothing, and no one, is what...
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Justin has opinions on goodbyes. Justin is wrong. Way to go, you dorkface! #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #pointandclick #narrativegames #80sthrowback #dogsingames
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Best doggo ever. We all talk to our dogs like this, right? Right?! #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #pointandclick #ScreenshotSaturday #dogsingames #cozygames
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Point and click adventures and their crazy inventory combinations. Not us. Not yet anyway... But first you gotta find everything. Easy right?! #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #pointandclick #PointandClickFriday
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Seriously Myles? What sort of message is this? But... maybe 'Boss' knows something? #indiegame #indiegamedev #crypticclues #mysterygame #detectivegame
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The putangitangi - setting the best example for parents everywhere. Find and 'collect' native birds in our point and click adventure game. #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #pointandclick #narrativegames #birdsingames
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Remember the Garbage Pail Kids? Our 80s game has the Dumpster Darlings. Can you find them all? #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #narrativegames #80sthrowback #ScreenshotSaturday #80sgames
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Meet Alfie - our chocolate lab crossed with crazy - the inspiration behind Beans. We love Alfie 😍 #lifeimitatingart #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #pointandclick #narrativegames #dogsingames
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Small town carnivals from the 80s… hazardous rides, pricey junk food, screaming kids… what's not to love?! If only Diya had some friends to go with. #indiegame #80sthrowback #gamedev #indiedev #pointandclick
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Spare a thought for all kids who had to put up with extra dad jokes on Father's Day yesterday. Happy Father's Day to all the dads in the southern hemisphere. We love you... and your dad jokes. #indiedev #pointandclick #narrativegames #dadjokes
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Myles vs. the concept of actually hanging up the phone.  #indiegame #indiedev #ScreenshotSaturday #80sgames
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
20c could buy you a lot in the 80s. If you had it... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #pointandclick #narrativegames
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
How humiliating. 😳 Shut up, Justin!!! 😤 #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #pointandclick #narrativegames
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Myles sure has a way with words. #Indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #ScreenshotSaturday
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
That joke would go a lot better if the kid would just shut up! He's the cutest though. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #pointandclick #narrativegames
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Bruh… it's just a joke! Carl got cancelled. The 80s can have him. Our 80s style, in-game collectables. #GameCollectables #80s #retro #IndieGame #IndieDev #GameArt #WishlistWednesday
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Just a girl and her dog. And a very big hill. #IndieGame #GameDev #HowWasYourDay #AdventureGames #CozyHorror #cozygames #narrativegame #strangerthings #groundhogday #spookyadventures
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Beans' FAFO moment. 🐶 🐦‍⬛ Beans: 1. Magpie: also 1 #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev #FAFO #screenshotsaturday
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Eli's not a fan of dogs... or is it just Beans?  What's his deal? #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #pointandclick #dogsingames
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Curiosity killed the cat. Curiosity drenched the Diya. Of course it did. #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev #pointandclick #WishlistWednesday
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
More fan art for the game 😍 This one's from CC - from the Philippines #gamefanart #fanart #indiedev
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Jesse's business plan: 50% lemonade, 50% sales grift. Neither quite hits the mark. Poor kid. Dr Seuss eat your heart out. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #cozygames
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Gotta love the 80s. Justin doing his best to get cancelled. #indiedev #gamedev #pointandclick #throwbackthursday #narrativegames #indiegame
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Diya's day in a nutshell 🫠 #indiedev #gamedev #WishlistWednesday #teenagedirtbag #narrativegames
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
An 8 year old dishing out life hacks. Figures... #lifehacks #indiedev #indiegames #pointandclick #narrativegame #gamedev
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Unfortunately. Dad jokes = Diya jokes. #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #pointandclick #dadjokes
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The 80s called. They want in. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #ScreenshotSaturday #80sgames
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Beans is missing. Diya is worried. Myles has jokes. Are all brothers this annoying?! (Yes... the answer is yes) #indiedev #gamedev #pointandclickFriday #brothersingames #indiegames
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"...known to mimic sounds." Note to self - definitely no swearing around these birds! 🐦️ One of 18 Birds of Aotearoa to discover and 'collect' in game. #BirdsOfAotearoa #indiegame #nzmade #birdsingames #WishlistWednesday
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The most important rock in New Zealand gaming history. Don't take it for granite. 🫠 #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #pointandclick #rockingit #mumjokes
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"I want a refund!" Nothing signals regret like a kid's heartbroken face. #IndieDev #ScreenshotSaturday #IndieDev #Relatable #PointAndClick
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Some pages are better left half read. Lakeview library sure has some strange books. #IndieDev #IndieGame #MysteryGame #Witchcraft #PointandClickFriday
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
A lovely write up about the demo 😍
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Bigfoot in New Zealand? Nah... 🤔 #IndieDev #IndieGame #WishlistWednesday #MysteryGame #Cryptid
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Best lemonade in town...?? Diya's face says it all. Will she let Jesse down easy? #GameDev #IndieGame #NarrativeGame #PointAndClick #IndieDev
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Jesse, Beans, Diya, and... Karen?! What's a 'normal' name anyway? #GameDev #IndieGame #ScreenshotSaturday #PointAndClick #80s
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
These jokes are getting boulder and boulder (Yep, dream 80s room!)
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
According to Myles, his day was perfect. Diya's… not so much. #IndieDev #IndieGame #NarrativeGame #SiblingGoals #NZMade
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Oh man… Nah, you rock!
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Unity noob gets dev access. 🫣 Starting out with a simple task: Add new rock asset to Diya's bedroom. Nailed it. 🪨 Like and subscribe for more totally professional game dev moments. #GameDev #IndieDev #Unity #IndieGame
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
What's a point and click adventure without a library? This one holds the key to the mysteries of Lakeview – if you know where to look... and who to ask. #IndieDev #WishlistWednesday #MysteryGame #GameDev
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
We got our first bit of fan art a little while ago and it was so overwhelmingly wholesome we forgot to post about it. 🫠 Figures our artist's 10-year-old niece has a similar talent. 😍 Have a feeling we'll see a lot from her in the future! 💛 #IndieDev #GameArt #FanArt #GameDev
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Dumpster Darlings - 80s style, in-game collectables. Some of them just feel a little ahead of their time... #6 of the Dumpster Darlings - Privileged Pete started from 'nothing'. #GameCollectables #80s #retro #IndieGame #IndieDev #GameArt
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Tui - our noisiest local. Beautifully vocal, at times reminiscent of a dial-up modem. 😆 🐦️ One of 18 Birds of Aotearoa to discover and 'collect' in game. #BirdsOfAotearoa #indiegame #nzmade #birdsingames
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How Was Your Day? @madcarnivalgames.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
You done? Diya's had enough of Justin's smack talk. #ScreenshotSaturday #indiegame #indiedev #narrativegame #80s
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