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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Release date! 🐎🎉 It's been amazing watching Horses of Hoofprint Bay grow, and I'm incredibly proud to have contributed to bringing the game to life on the audio side. 50,000+ wishlists and counting! 💚 @thoglistudios.com @themanequest.com

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

The sound of a genie trying to escape a lamp in Apple Picker started with... a metal cup. 🏆😃 This video shows a few of the recordings I captured and the final sound in-game. The cup is actually a prize I won in an audio freelancing bootcamp back in 2019. Nice to finally put it to work. 🍎🎧

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

What a milestone for the team! 💚🐎 Congratulations to @thoglistudios.com and @themanequest.com on being featured in the Women-Led Games Showcase. Proud to be part of the journey and excited for everything that's still to come.

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Working on incremental games taught me something interesting about game audio: A sound that feels great 10 times can become unbearable after 1,000. Satisfying > realistic. Long-session fatigue changes a lot about how you design audio.

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Hoof sounds for Horses of Hoofprint Bay took more iteration than expected. Even a high-end horse library didn’t fit out of the box. EQ shaping (Zelda references) made it click. Lesson: source material is only the starting point. Design happens in context. @thoglistudios.com @themanequest.com

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

My wife hated how the trailer ends. 🦄💀 Still, I’m super excited to have scored the trailer and created the SFX for it. Looking forward to continuing with the rest of the music and audio for the game.

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Way to go @thoglistudios.com & @themanequest.com! 📈🔥🥳 Huge congrats on the incredible momentum. 👏 Proud to have contributed to the demo.

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Wwise + Godot Engine integration is surprisingly smooth. Compared to Unity, it’s basically: download → unzip → drop into Godot project folder → done. No friction. Just works.

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Metaroot @metaroot.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Hey devs, We are a small, family-run publisher based in Switzerland. We are currently looking for PC games to publish this autumn, as well as for 2027 and beyond. We'd love to see your projects! We look forward to receiving your pitches at: chat@metaroot.ch

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The Mane Quest 🐴🎮 Horses in Video Games 🎮🐴 @themanequest.com · 13/03/2026

when the hoof picking sound hits just right 👌😌

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

🎧 From a real hoof pick to a game sound 🐎 Raw recording → cleaned & processed → in-game sound for Horses of Hoofprint Bay Play the demo: store.steampowered.com/app/4335510/... @thoglistudios.com @themanequest.com

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Really really looking forward to this! 🤗 Gamespace Conference Swiss Game Hub, Zurich 8+9 October 2026

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Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

sorry I already bragged about our review score yesterday I know but we actually reached the Overwhelmingly Positive label (500+ reviews at 95+ percent positive) this morning, just one week after releasing the Demo, and that's just.... that's very nice okay 🥹

screenshot of the capsule art for Horses of Hoofprint Bay (Demo) on Steam, showing Overwhelmingly Positive reviews (99% of 506 reviews are positive) and that the game was published 7 days ago on Feb 16th, developed by Thogli Studios and published by The Mane Quest

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thogli studios 🐴 Wishlist Horses of Hoofprint Bay @thoglistudios.com · 16/02/2026

OUT NOW: The DEMO of Horses of Hoofprint Bay is now available to play on Steam 😱 Get your nostalgic horse game playtime right here and let us know what you think! 👇💖 store.steampowered.com/app/4335510/...

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

This makes me super happy! 🤗🤩 Congrats @thoglistudios.com and @themanequest.com! 🥳

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Rohara @roharagames.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

There's so many cute options for tack already! Can't wait to see what more gets added after the demo. What are you excited for in Horses of Hoofprint Bay? Full first impressions on my YouTube!💚 youtu.be/33azGT0XYJI @thoglistudios.com @themanequest.com #cozygames #horsegame #horsesofhoofprintbay

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

The Horses of Hoofprint Bay demo is finally out! 🐎💎 Had a blast working on the music and sound design. 🤩🎵 Play it now: store.steampowered.com/app/4335510/... @thoglistudios.com @themanequest.com

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thogli studios 🐴 Wishlist Horses of Hoofprint Bay @thoglistudios.com · 10/02/2026

We're planning to launch our free public demo on February 16th! We've sent advance access keys to content creators today and yesterday, and we're SO excited to see what everyone thinks! 🥰🥰🥰

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Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

If you want to play the demo of the best (source: me) upcoming horse game ahead of everyone else and write/talk about it, you should NOW sign up here if you haven't already and/or otherwise let me know please 🙏💖 www.themanequest.com/content-crea...

Screenshot from Horses of Hoofprint Bay, showing the Goals menu with the yard overview in the background

Screenshot from Horses of Hoofprint Bay, showing a mare and her foal at the hitching post

Screenshot from Horses of Hoofprint Bay, showing a forest trail ride

Screenshot from Horses of Hoofprint Bay, showing the hand-drawn yard overview

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The art in Horses of Hoofprint Bay is simply stunning! 😍 Public demo coming later this month. 🤗 store.steampowered.com/app/3727090/... @thoglistudios.com

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I played In Full Bloom at Gamescom last year. Such a fun game! Looking forward to the demo going public very soon. 👏

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Field recording at a horse stable for Horses of Hoofprint Bay 🐎🔊 Currycombs, hoof picks, brushes, and other textures that will help bring the hand-drawn, tactile game world to life. Hard to source elsewhere, so recording on location was key. @thoglistudios.com @themanequest.com

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Scoring the trailer for Horses of Hoofprint Bay 🎶🐎 The brief: organic, playful, grounded. No big cinematic gestures, just music for a hand-drawn, European world. So, I chose live guitars, bass, and real drums. Excited to be on board for the game’s demo, too! @thoglistudios.com @themanequest.com

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Oooooh, super excited about this! And… is that Joel Schoch on music again? 🤩 @okomotive.ch

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

So happy to see this, and huge congrats to Timon and @metaroot.bsky.social! 👏

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Another round of TV placements from the past months. Super excited to see my music land in so many different shows again. Grateful for the publishers and teams who help make it happen. 📺🎶 #sync #tv #productionmusic

A collage of recent TV music placements by Michal Sinka.

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Gave a talk last night at @swissgamehub.bsky.social about how I used Wwise to build a professional audio pipeline for Inventorix. I wasn’t sure how a room full of non-audio people would react, but they leaned in, asked great questions, and made it a really special evening. #indiedev #gameaudio 🎮🎧

Michal Sinka is presenting on stage at the Swiss Game Hub, talking about his approach to creating a professional game audio pipeline for an indie game using Wwise.

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

This unique gem of a game will be part of Steam Animal Fest this coming week! 🐎🎮 Check it out here: store.steampowered.com/app/3727090/... #indiedev @thoglistudios.com @themanequest.com

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

🎵 One of my favorite bits of sound design in INVENTORIX was the money “kaching” I made 11 short synth hits tuned to a dominant pentatonic scale - small payouts trigger single notes, big ones play short melodic “kaching lines” 💸 Read more: tinyurl.com/4h9a84ss #gameaudio #indiedev #inventorix

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Inventorix: From Two-Person Team to Middleware Workflow | Audiokinetic Blog

Discover how a two-person team achieved polished, professional audio using Wwise for the indie game Inventorix.

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Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

sometimes the creators of your childhood favorite games refuse to re-release or remaster their 20yo game despite it being a massive success at the time and you just have to take matters into your own hand 😌

Screenshot from the 2003 PC game My Horse Farm, showing a cartoony 2D horse in its stall, stat bars for health, strength and food/water are visible at the bottom of the screen

Screenshot from the just-announced PC game Horses of Hoofprint Bay, showing a hand-drawn 2D horse standing in front of a paddock, tied to a hitching post. There's simliar UI elements for stats and an interaction menu to Feed, Groom, Tack etc. on the bottom right

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Loved scoring the trailer for Horses of Hoofprint Bay! 🤩🎶🐎 Big thanks to @thoglistudios.com for bringing me on board!

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Congrats to Timon and to the entire @metaroot.bsky.social team! 🥳 This is wild! 📈🔥

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Something exciting is coming tomorrow that I had the honor of creating the music for! 🤩

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

🎵 Musical transitions shape how a game feels. In Inventorix, I timed every Wwise playlist switch to musical phrasing - bar or beat - so transitions sound natural and intentional, not jarring. Small timing details make the score breathe and feel alive. 🎶 #gameaudio #indiedev

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Many #indiedev think audio middleware is “only for AAA.” On Inventorix, it was just the dev & me. I still chose #Wwise. Not for flashy adaptive music, but for 🎛️ a clean workflow ⚡ fast iteration 🎵 room to grow Even a small team can benefit from middleware. @audiokinetic.bsky.social #gameaudio

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

For #cubase users: if you want to set up a key command for 'Soft Quantize On/Off,' it’s listed as 'Iterative Quantize' in the Key Commands menu. Took me 9 months to figure this out. Thanks, #steinberg! 😂 #musicproduction #gameaudio

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Loved the demo of this Swiss gem, and now it’s finally out! Can’t wait to dive into the full release as soon as I get a chance. 🎮🇨🇭 #swissgames #indiedev

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

🎶 New collab with a fantastic artist who goes by Nobodi - she wrote/sang the topline, I produced the track. Sync-focused, but always feeding back into my game audio work too. Snippet below 👇 #SyncLicensing #GameAudio

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Super excited to share my new article on the Audiokinetic blog! 🎉 I wrote about how we approached music, sound design, and Wwise implementation for Inventorix, a two-person indie project. #gameaudio @audiokinetic.bsky.social

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Apple Picker: Wishlist on Steam! @arcaludi.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

💡 “Inventorix is a hidden gem.” 🤗 Huge thanks to @ohnomonday.bsky.social for this amazingly clear review of Inventorix! 🎮🚀 Check this out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MQV... 💚 Much love to the community for all the support! #IndieGameDev #roguelike #SteamGame #BackpackBattles

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Luck Be A Landlord and Backpack Battles had a baby... | Inventorix

YouTube video by Monday

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

🚀 INVENTORIX is OUT NOW! 🎉 I had the pleasure of creating the music and sound design for this space puzzle adventure, and I can’t wait for you to experience it. 🎮 Get it here: store.steampowered.com/app/2500460/... #inventorix #indiedev #indiegame

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

🎵 The Inventorix OST is out now! 🥳 Dive into the music before the game even drops: michalsinka.bandcamp.com/album/invent... 🎮 The game launches on Steam this Monday: store.steampowered.com/app/2500460/... #inventorix #gamemusic #OST #indiedev

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Inventorix OST, by Michal Sinka

5 track album

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

🚀 Less than one week until the release!!! 🎉🛠️ 🎮 Wishlist INVENTORIX and be ready for launch day on September 1: store.steampowered.com/app/2500460/... 🎥 Official release trailer 👇 #indiedev #inventorix

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Just got this one. Looking forward to diving in! 🤗 #swissgames

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

One of the coolest things I tried at Gamescom this year - a full-on, professional-grade racing simulator in VR! 🚗🏁🎮 So much fun! #gamescom #VR #simracing

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Michal Sinka @michalsinka.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Had an amazing time at Gamescom this year surrounded by great people! 🙌🎮 Made new connections and enjoyed every single minute. So cool to see all the energy from the Swiss game dev scene! 🇨🇭✨ Already looking forward to next year! #gamescom #gamedev #gameaudio

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Apple Picker: Wishlist on Steam! @arcaludi.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Release in ~10 days = the key scammers arrive right on schedule. They probably have timers set from SteamDB. Reminder to fellow #indiedevs: check who you’re sending keys to, or better, don’t send at all unless verified. 💚 #gamedev

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