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Michael Silverwood

@michaelone.bsky.social

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Founder of Pixile Studios, co-creator of @AnimalRoyale.com. Kitten foster parent and connoisseur of fine animal puns.

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Michael Silverwood @michaelone.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

‪Jordan managed to dig up an old photo from 2018 when I showed the beta of SAR!‬

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Michael Silverwood @michaelone.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I’m giving a short talk in SF during GDC, Tuesday night, March 10 (free event): meetu.ps/e/PQpxv/2FF8... I actually showed Super Animal Royale’s beta at this very meetup back in 2018 before Early Access, so it feels pretty special to return after so many years!

Eight Years of Super Animal Royale: Lessons From Indie Live Service
10:30 PM | Michael Silverwood, Founder/CEO, Pixile Studios

In 2017, Super Animal Royale was a prototype built by two developers. Since launching in Early Access in 2018, it has reached 13+ million players across Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox, with full crossplay and a major v2.0 expansion, Super Animal World. In this talk, Michael Silverwood (Pixile Studios) shares the behind-the-scenes realities of sustaining an indie multiplayer live service over the long haul: shipping updates reliably across platforms, designing for compounding value instead of one-off content, making hard trade-offs between modes, queues, and regions, and building community trust without burning out a small team. Attendees will leave with practical strategies to survive and thrive in the live-service space without AAA resources.

2026 Indie Arcade Party at DNA Lounge. An official affiliate event of GDC Festival of Gaming.

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Michael Silverwood @michaelone.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Just trying to document great outfits coming out of the MTN Station and Cheryl shows up to turn the shop into a merch shop

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Michael Silverwood @michaelone.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

We're trending on SteamDB today!! 🎉💜

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Michael Silverwood @michaelone.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Just got back from BitSummit in Kyoto and can't wait to dig into @victoriatran.bsky.social's book! Excited to see what we can apply to the SAR community. Huge congrats on being a best seller!!

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Michael Silverwood @michaelone.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Having a ton of fun testing out @animalroyale.com on Switch 2! Short video coming tomorrow morning.

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Michael Silverwood @michaelone.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Thanks for the birthday art @fluffubsheepub.bsky.social!! This has inspired my dinner choice for tonight 🍣

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Michael Silverwood @michaelone.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Sus pizza

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Michael Silverwood @michaelone.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Felt like Santa helping @chxryl.com drop off a bunch of @animalroyale.com merch orders 🦊

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Michael Silverwood @michaelone.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

I have apparently now played 4.8 hours of trying to get the new COD to boot from PC Game Pass

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