iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Maya Bloem 🌻 @mayabloem.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Happy to finally announce that I worked on this project for two years as a writer/narrative designer!! It's so cool to see it go out into the world and so proud of the amazing team behind it. Special thanks to @almightyplate.bsky.social and @fortebass.bsky.social for being visionary powerhouses!

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Wholesome Games @wholesomegames.com · 05/12/2025

Wholesome Snack will have translated captions on YouTube thanks to... Spanish @lamalamuerte.bsky.social BR Portuguese giuliabiazus (IG) Japanese @myrrh0707.bsky.social Dutch @esmmazing.bsky.social, @mayabloem.bsky.social German DerEineSchwarzeRabe, @tinyworlds.org French @thomasc0.bsky.social

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Santa Ragione @santaragione.com · 25/11/2025

Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...

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Maya Bloem 🌻 @mayabloem.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

On Saturday the Sinterklaas Slow Jam is starting - a 21-day jam to make whatever u want! I'm gonna be hosting + participating! For non-Dutchies: Sinterklaas is Santas cooler cousin with more lore, featuring horses on rooftops & kidnapping naughty kids to Spain. Come join!! tinyurl.com/wnf2479y

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Sinterklaas Slow Jam 2025

A game jam from 2025-11-15 to 2025-12-05 hosted by Maya Bloem. This jam takes place from 15th November 2025 at 12:01PM until 5th December at 11:59PM, and you can make anything you want - game, tableto...

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Super Rare Games @superraregames.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

ANNOUNCING: Mail Time 🍄 As a newly trained Mail Scout, put on your pack, grab letters, and deliver them across Grumblewood Grove! Coming physically to Switch! 💌✨

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Maya Bloem 🌻 @mayabloem.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

doing a week-long game jam and funding application with the same deadline is not for the weak 😩

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gina 🐸 @ginaloughlin.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

over the last year or so i've been getting more comfortable with using my voice in my music and i really love how much life even the simplest vocals can bring to a track!! here is a lil sketch of something i've been playing around with this afternoon for Mythmatch 🎙️🏹 #gameaudio #indiedev

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Maya Bloem 🌻 @mayabloem.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

locking in for the sokpop direct with socks firmly attached as I'm sure they'll try to knock them off

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Esmeé van't Hoff🐞 @esmmazing.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

had a bit of a rough year ngl. feeling no control like I'm swimming upstream. that's why this lil game me and @mayabloem.bsky.social made for #GMTKJAM is so special to me 💜 you play as a kid floating in a backyard pool. if you'd like a minute to ponder you can play it here! itch.io/jam/gmtk-202...

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Maya Bloem 🌻 @mayabloem.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Last week @esmmazing.bsky.social and I made a game about being a little kid and floating wistfully in an inflatable backyard pool for #GMTKJAM you should check it out! ⬇ itch.io/jam/gmtk-202... rate and comment for a little kiss on the forehead

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Brady Soglin @bradysoglin.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

big news: TALL TRAILS is OUT NOW !! 🥾 an exploration game where EVERYTHING goes in the boot!! 🤠 you're a little golem on a quest to find his purpose 🚀 use items as fuel in your ROCKET BOOT to blast yourself through the air!! get it now Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/2393760/...

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Maya Bloem 🌻 @mayabloem.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Hi #PortfolioDay! I’m a freelance game writer and narrative designer looking for work! I like to write for games that are silly, cozy and heartfelt. Here’s a clip of Gab Smolders laughing at something I wrote ⤵️ HMU for writing samples!

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Pawsta 🐭 a cozy cooking game🧑‍🍳 🔜 Coming to Kickstarter 💚 @pawstagame.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

And... 𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐚, the stats are in!!! 🐭📢 soooo 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 with the response we've gotten to Pawsta's Steam page launch & 𝑾𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕 feature! 🥰 Thank you everyone + @wholesomegames.com for all the 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 & 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕, we're so grateful to be a part of this celebration of 𝐜𝐨𝐳𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬! 💖

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alex 👁 @almightyplate.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

i am an impressive young lady

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gina 🐸 @ginaloughlin.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

i'm going to be on a panel at AirCon this year, chatting about how to thrive when working from home 🙌 alongside the wonderful Julie Buchanan & Melissa Pons!! 📅 Wednesday 11th June, 18:30 UTC & it's FREE 🤑 pls come (((or else 🔪)))

promotional graphic for the Airwiggles Audio Conference, AirCon

featuring a picture of me with the accompanying text 'Live Panel: "Overcoming the Trials and Tribulations of Working From Home" '

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AnderssonKev @anderssonkev.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

🐣 ANNOUNCEMENT 🐣 PAPERKLAY HAVE A RELEASE DATE!!! My 3D Platformer where you rotate and unfold a paper and cardboard world is launching on May 27th! Featuring the Banjo Kazooie composer on the title track! I’m SO excited for this! Share to help <3 store.steampowered.com/app/1350720/...

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Sahil Bajaj will BRB (for real this time) @sahilbajaj.dev · 09/04/2025

I've been in the industry for over three years now & I've worked with teams like Sweet Baby Inc. & Veritable Joy! If you have any leads or want to directly chat with me about potential work, feel free to reach out to me here or through sahilbajaj.dev Reposts on these would be greatly appreciated!

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Sahil Bajaj's Portfolio

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Today, we are announcing the formation of United Videogame Workers-CWA, an industry-wide union formed by @codecwa.bsky.social and @cwaunion.bsky.social 💪🎮 We're launching at #GDC2025 this morning to build a video game industry that works for us. We're done playing.

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Maya Bloem 🌻 @mayabloem.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

man it’s pretty miserable to go to GDC and be sick all week 😭 can’t recommend. thought con flu was supposed to come afterwards???

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Maya Bloem 🌻 @mayabloem.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

experiencing texture mapping through scanner and paper today

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Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

My contract runs out on the 25th, so I’ve got some time, but since this is a change of plans I’m looking to get stuff lined up ASAP. Thanks to everyone who has boosted, I really appreciate it! 🙏

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Maya Bloem 🌻 @mayabloem.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

better late than never: I'm gonna be at GDC this year! shoot me a message if you wanna meet up for a yap about narrative design, game writing, cozy games or an in depth discussion about the poetical harmony of the common horse. some topics can go on longer than others...

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Maya Bloem 🌻 @mayabloem.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Life drawing at the zoo today. It’s really good for your sanity meter to take time and really study something, trust me :)

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 22/02/2025

My friends and I made a deckbuilding auto battler game! The demo has 100% positive reviews on steam. It's a singleplayer roguelike too! "Amazing art and music" "Extremely polished already" "I don't like card games and I'm hooked". Check it out!

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Become the Moon Demo on Steam

The deckbuilding auto battler. Draft cards, collect relics, and cast spells to create game-breaking combos. Assemble a team of oddballs and misfits, and shoot for the moon!

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Maya Bloem 🌻 @mayabloem.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Tim makes beautiful games and deserves the world

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Maya Bloem 🌻 @mayabloem.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

do you like my flower collage more or less after getting the unreal material treatment. be honest

a collage I made out of stamps that resembles a flower. it's a bit unsettling

my flower collage but now it's stretched over an orb in unreal engine. it's more ominous now

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céline veltman ✶ curiosmos @celineveltman.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

I’m sending out our 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 newsletter very soon. It's a compact wrap-up of our 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟜 I totally understand that brings 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 FOMO feelings, but we can fix that! Just sign up on our website :•) 👉 curiosmos.space ✌️

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Curiosmos

Curiosmos is a cozy space sim where you build your own solar system by crafting planets, moons, gravity, atmosphere, and life! Embark on an adventure to discover the secrets of the universe in this ch...

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Esmeé van't Hoff🐞 @esmmazing.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

wow I wonder why I listened to coconut mall 87 times two weeks before my game launched

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Maya Bloem 🌻 @mayabloem.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

life drawing from last week at overkill festival! really cool to get in touch with the experimental side of the industry again. thank you @zoewi.bsky.social for organising playful friday !!

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Maya Bloem 🌻 @mayabloem.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

played berry people over the weekend, loved it. introduced to the deep suffering of not having this be my physical form

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