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Matt Stark

@mattstark256.bsky.social
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the game designer behind Viewfinder. he/him 🏳️‍🌈

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Matt Stark @mattstark256.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
building game #12!!!!!! this ones kinda like sims build mode cause you can furnish the interiors. u can play it here: mattstark.itch.io/halftimber #gamedev
a game screenshot showing three half-timber houses and some treesa game screenshot showing a variety of half-timber houses around a town square with a row of treesa game screenshot showing a half timber house perched on a blocky hill overlooking a lakea game screenshot showing the interior of a house with a variety of wooden furniture and a fireplace
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Matt Stark @mattstark256.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Someone suggested I do a tierlist of the building games I've made over the last couple years. It's difficult picking favourites cause I've enjoyed making all of them! You can play them on my itch.io page but I'll also link them below. #gamedev
A tierlist where the thumbnails represent 11 games I've made since 2023.
The tiers and the corresponding games are as follows:
S tier - tramstertram, islandoodle II
A tier - coal toy, islandoodle, vaulton, mazegarden
B tier - choo choo, fish tank greenhouse, treehouse canvas
C tier - millpunk, basilica
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Matt Stark @mattstark256.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
I've made a maze-building game where you can explore them in first person! It's got some puzzle-y mechanics and you can share your build for other players to solve. You can play it here: mattstark.itch.io/mazegarden #gamedev
A screenshot of a game showing roman-style buildings and a hedge maze, with level editing UI.A screenshot of a game showing roman-style buildings, crates, gates and other objects in a hedge maze, with level editing UI.A screenshot of a PS1-style game showing a mansion with columns, terracotta roofs, a pond, and trees.A screenshot of a PS1-style game showing a courtyard surrounded by columns, with an urn on a pedestal at the centre.
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Matt Gardner | GameTripper @gametripperuk.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Viewfinder is finally coming to Xbox and Switch, and you love to see it. If you've never had the opportunity to play it, now's your chance. Sad Owl Studios deserved both BAFTAs, and meeting a couple of the team at Gamescom (including @serknowles.bsky.social) confirmed they're Good Eggs™
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2023’s Most Brilliant Puzzle Game Finally Comes To Switch And Xbox
After years of being a PlayStation console exclusive, the most inventive game of 2023 is finally coming to Xbox and Switch.
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Gwen Foster @ifnotnowgwen.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
viewfinder is finally coming to xbox this august 12, one more platform to go!!! 🫡🫡🫡
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🐁 Luka The Mouse - SQUEAKROSS 🧩 @lukathemouse.gay · 16/05/2025
📢 We only have 1 day left!!! The current status is 961,203 / 1,000,000 this is SO close we can do it!! Please it just takes 1 minute!
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Matt Stark @mattstark256.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I've made a game about building medieval castles! 🏰 you can play it here: mattstark.itch.io/islandoodle-ii
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Matt Stark @mattstark256.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
just uploaded another building game, this one's smaller and more basic than the others I've made but I thought I'd share it anyway 😊 mattstark.itch.io/basilica
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basilica by mattstark
a minimalist cathedral builder
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Matt Stark @mattstark256.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I made this procedural puzzle game a while back but never finished or shared it, so I decided to amend that 😁 You can play it here: mattstark.itch.io/landflip
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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators. More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live): 1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇 1/10
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Matt Stark @mattstark256.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
how to build elevators and bridges in Vaulton! u can play it here: mattstark.itch.io/vaulton #gamedev
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Matt Stark @mattstark256.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
My underground city builder is done! You can play it here: mattstark.itch.io/vaulton
mattstark.itch.io
Vaulton by mattstark
a minimalist city builder
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Matt Stark @mattstark256.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
My underground city builder is done! You can play it here: mattstark.itch.io/vaulton
mattstark.itch.io
Vaulton by mattstark
a minimalist city builder
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Soph @serknowles.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
We got Best Puzzle
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Matt Stark @mattstark256.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
⛏️⛏️⛏️ #gamedev
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Matt Stark @mattstark256.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
next building game is nearly done I think 😀 #gamedev
A screenshot of a game showing an underground street with shopfronts, a bridge, tunnels and an elevator.
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Matt Stark @mattstark256.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
It's good to see more folk moving over here! I figured I'd do a thread of the building games I've shared on Twitter over the past year. All the games are free to play in-browser or as a download, and I'll include links to each.
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Matt Stark @mattstark256.bsky.social · 05/10/2024
uploaded my latest building game! you can play it here: mattstark.itch.io/islandoodle
a screenshot showing a ps1-style nordic fishing village with colourful houses surrounded by forest
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Matt Stark @mattstark256.bsky.social · 31/08/2024
since everyone in Brazil's lost Twitter, I'm gonna try to make sure anything I post there is posted here too 🥲 here's a free building game I shared there a few weeks ago! mattstark.itch.io/tramstertram
game screenshot showing an amsterdam-like city with the title "tramstertram" above it
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Matt Stark @mattstark256.bsky.social · 29/06/2024
Another mini building game! This one's about building treehouses mattstark.itch.io/treehouse-ca...
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treehouse canvas by mattstark
a minimalist treehouse builder. Play in your browser
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Matt Stark @mattstark256.bsky.social · 14/06/2024
made a little voxel building game with greenhouses inside fish tanks #gamedev mattstark.itch.io/fish-tank-gr...
a stylized 3D model of a fish tank, containing fish, plants and greenhouses
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