Reposted by Lannie "Merlandese" Neely IIIColin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026you already know (after some delay) what's up (steam sale rec thread is what's up) as always, i focus primarily on older, obscure, or just plain weirder games, as big name titles don't tend to need the help. with that said, onwards! 15624235
Reposted by Lannie "Merlandese" Neely IIIColin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Last word ($4.99) - also by the Social Caterpillar dev is an RPGmaker favorite of mine. takes place in one building, in one night, in a world where getting the 'last word' in a conversation grants literal power. has a unique conversational combat system. store.steampowered.com/app/355530/L... 1309
Reposted by Lannie "Merlandese" Neely IIIColin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Social Caterpillar ($3.24) - a stylish puzzle adventure that'll have you racking your brain to find the right patterns as you push yourself to be able to socialize more. built for replays; there's more going on than just a 'keep at it!' feel good message. store.steampowered.com/app/3514940/... 1288
Reposted by Lannie "Merlandese" Neely IIILannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 18h-35% Social Caterpillar for Autumn Sale! :) store.steampowered.com/app/3514940/... 001
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 18h-35% Social Caterpillar for Autumn Sale! :) store.steampowered.com/app/3514940/... 001
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 30/09/2026You buy UFO 50 once and get access to 48 good games 011
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Being green is actually easy as hell 000
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 26/09/2026video idea: I Bought Every Brand of Precious Gem to Show How Evil the Diamond Industry Is 000
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 25/09/2026why do people pretend "va-11 hall-A" is a perfectly good name but "YIIK" is undecipherable? 290
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 25/09/2026shortly after being born: very surprised by how much stuff there is 000
Reposted by Lannie "Merlandese" Neely IIID.W.A.P. (Ben) @andwap.bsky.social · 24/09/2026When your gamedev friend shows you progress on their new engine. 2649031730
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 24/09/2026lifehack: put asterisks in a word you aren't allowed to say and then no one will f*cking notice 000
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Grimstone still haunts me In what world is putting an accuracy skill check on top of an accuracy stat check anything but a feelsbad simulator? 010
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Do Goofy and Max pray to Gawrsh? 000
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Things I really respect in a game is the delicate balance of not explaining something but also making it fun to figure those things out SaGa is great at this, but also UFO 50 had some really great implementations as well 110
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 22/09/2026having an "ignore" button always feels fake to me how can I ignore a thing by pressing a button? what is it called when I ignore the "ignore"? 120
Reposted by Lannie "Merlandese" Neely IIIJoe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 20/09/2026no game dev skill is more important than making up your fuckin mind 393085656
Reposted by Lannie "Merlandese" Neely IIIStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots. 15786392557
Reposted by Lannie "Merlandese" Neely IIIY/CJ/Y @ycjygames.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Keep Driving, our road trip management RPG, heads to Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series on September 28! 💥 Unique turn-based ‘combat’ system 🔧 Immersive resource management 🌍 Explore an early 2000s pixel world 🚗 Enjoy the ride Mod support is also coming to Steam, same day!🎵 2435192
Reposted by Lannie "Merlandese" Neely IIIFLEB @flebpuzzles.bsky.social · 03/09/2026"20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes" will release September 17th! It's around 30 minutes long. It will be free. store.steampowered.com/app/4428890/...store.steampowered.com20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes on SteamA puzzle game with twenty small mazes. 414853
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 13/09/2026100% chance that next year Nintendo announces Majora's Mask in the same style as the OoT Remake 011
Reposted by Lannie "Merlandese" Neely IIILannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Celebrating release from publisher! Doing a weeklong sale of all my stuff, truly independent once again... and also my birthday week! Would very much appreciate taking a look and seeing if you like anything <3 store.steampowered.com/news/app/351...store.steampowered.comSocial Caterpillar - Twelve Tiles Independence Sale! - Steam NewsTwelve Tiles has regained full publishing control of all titles and is celebrating with a week-long sales event! 044
Reposted by Lannie "Merlandese" Neely IIIzaratustra @zaratustra.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Last Word and Social Caterpillar are pretty good, pretty original titles, check them out 021
Reposted by Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III🎮스팀 세일 봇 @steam-sale.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Social Caterpillar (긍정적) 30% 할인 ($4.99 → $3.49) 011
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 09/09/2026SaGa fans, unite! We eat again! 000
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 09/09/2026best Nintendo Direct imperatives today: DRAW LINES! GRADUALLY FILL THIS GAUGE! 010
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 09/09/2026not sure who needs to hear this but go to the ER you're bleeding too much 110
Reposted by Lannie "Merlandese" Neely IIIKevin牛 @kevincow.bsky.social · 08/09/20262003: Everyone's mad because the new Zelda game doesn't look like the Spaceworld tech demo 2026: Everyone's mad because the new Zelda game looks like the Spaceworld tech demo 11726182
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Celebrating release from publisher! Doing a weeklong sale of all my stuff, truly independent once again... and also my birthday week! Would very much appreciate taking a look and seeing if you like anything <3 store.steampowered.com/news/app/351...store.steampowered.comSocial Caterpillar - Twelve Tiles Independence Sale! - Steam NewsTwelve Tiles has regained full publishing control of all titles and is celebrating with a week-long sales event! 044
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 07/09/2026how do i get my friends to stop worrying and love the bomb? 001
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Me when I order an Americano in Europe: "One coffee, please. Light on the coffee." 000
Reposted by Lannie "Merlandese" Neely IIIskarme @skarme.northsky.social · 01/09/202642. SOCIAL CATERPILLAR (2026) binged this today as a distraction from something that happened irl which might have been the funniest possible reason to pick up this one out of the backlog. it's good! it's very meaty, stylish & the music slaps. the minigames drag on a bit but are thankfully optionalstore.steampowered.comSocial Caterpillar on SteamThe only hands-on puzzle adventure guaranteed to accurately and humanely teach Socialization to Introverts, heh heh! 111
Reposted by Lannie "Merlandese" Neely IIIThe Onion @theonion.com · 28/08/2026HHS Replaces Childhood Vaccination Schedule With List Of Recommended Animal Bites theonion.com/hhs-replaces-childhood… 371939414
Reposted by Lannie "Merlandese" Neely IIIFerdk @ferdk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026♫ Castle Pandemonium (From "Final Fantasy II") Epic final dungeons in FF must have epic songs to go with 'em! #FinalFantasyII #FinalFantasy 142
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 26/08/2026This game is proof that modern RPGs can still have all the charm, intellect, and craftsmanship of the classics 0187
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 25/08/2026i'm sorry, but being a top-down, turn-based RPG is still the best way to be 140
Reposted by Lannie "Merlandese" Neely IIIFerdk @ferdk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026♫ Secret of the Forest (From "Chrono Trigger") Giving my own spin to this beautiful theme from the masterpiece that is Chrono Trigger. Feat. my buddy @merlandese.bsky.social on keys! 🔥 What's your favorite track from this classic OST? #chronotrigger 174
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 21/08/2026searching the term "likable characters" anywhere on the internet leads to a goldmine of bad opinions 110
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest was 17 years old when the Angry Video Game Nerd made his first video about it, promising to take us "back to the past" That AVGN episode is 22 years old 030
Reposted by Lannie "Merlandese" Neely IIIWishlist our new game Catechesis @baroquedecay.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Wishlist our new game Catechesis and let a demon teach you how to play baseball. 46218
Reposted by Lannie "Merlandese" Neely IIIPossessor Fessor @professorfessor.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Post a game you wish they’d reboot/remake. I want a remake of Romancing SaGa 3, but we need a remake of Unlimited SaGa, maybe more than any other SaGa game it would benefit from a second pass. 381
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 14/08/2026trying to update my OS to Woke2 but it keeps flagging as malware 000
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Start reading the book you've been planning to read 010
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 11/08/2026someone should make a webcomic about how things from video games would be weird in real life 011
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Before Early Access: "We will pay people to playtest our game" After Early Access: "People will pay us to playtest our game" 000
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 07/08/2026It's Bandcamp Friday, which means today's a good day to support those little indie albums you've had your eye on! merlandese.bandcamp.com/album/social...merlandese.bandcamp.comSocial Caterpillar+ OST, by Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III62 track album 000
Lannie "Merlandese" Neely III @merlandese.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Watched The Odyssey at 9AM in the theater Interesting framework of, like, Odysseus being a an agnostic who dismantles the religious culture of the world 000
Reposted by Lannie "Merlandese" Neely IIISar @sarwinland.bsky.social · 26/07/2026As an self-proclaimed introvert, I am playing a socialization game today 🫣 Grab some caffeine and come hang out with some Social Caterpillar www.twitch.tv/rogue_crossingtwitch.tvRogue_Crossing - Live on Twitch⋆.˚ ☾⭒.Socialization Training 101... in a game ˚ ☾⭒.˚ | Streaming social caterpillar. 022
Reposted by Lannie "Merlandese" Neely IIISar @sarwinland.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Social Caterpillar was full of surprises (and puzzles)! It does a great job highlighting how socializing irl and online is both challenging and revolve around trial and error. People live and learn. As someone who personally struggles with social cues I appreciated this one. 🫶🏻 021