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Ollie Powell

@olliepow.bsky.social
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Indie Developer making rad game Stretchmancer with friends! ollie-powell.co.uk Previously Animation Code Lead at Frontier.

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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Favourite reply to one of our game's videos #gamedev #indiedev
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Oh 'gwan then. Nice to have this point to. #My9Games
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Polishing off Unicorn Overlord right now (70 hours!) and man, why did the Fire Emblem reviews have to be that good!
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offbrand games @offbrand.games · 10/09/2026
If you are in TOKYO and like INDIE GAMES and like OUR INDIE GAMES SPECIFICALLY then I've got really wild news for you offbrand games is heading to Tokyo Game Show 2026!! We'll have demos available for: 🔸Ultrapool 🔸Stretchmancer 🔸John Gleep 🔸Demon Bluff BOOTH 09-C57!!
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Has anyone ever written a 'how to make the transition from AAA to indie' guide? Both in a practical sense and a psychological one. I feel a huge volume of us have gone through the ringer silently these past couple of years! #indiedev #gamedev
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Squiggly shloooop! Still enjoy this old prototype effect for our Stretchy game #gameplay #indiedev
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The story of how Stretchmancer started! Glad I took all that wobbly phone footage when we were game jamming on our weekends
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Their pain is our pleasure. #gamedev
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
First person stretch-em-up! #gamedev #indiegames #gameplay
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
When your prototype looks like 90s CAD software #gamedev #indiedev #prototype
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
What if you stretch it from the inside? #gamedev #indiegames #gameplay
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Cambridge Game Makers monthly meetup last night. Where UK gamedev legends are born, one pint and prototype at a time. #Indiedev #Gamedev #Playtesting
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Power up your stretch! #gamedev #indiedev #gameplay
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Stretchmancer 💫 Stretch the galaxy! @stretchmancer.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Stretchmancer devlog incoming! We've written a big post all about the adorably incompetent SQUISHTROOPERS that you'll be fighting throughout the game. We're gonna write this regularly throughout the games development, so what else do you wanna see us devlog about? 👀 Link below:
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I've been messing around with pseudo-3D full screen effects. Always be chasing the juice!
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
The official #UFO50 companion has rekindled a fire! Gives enough to break into some of the games I initially bounced off. Lovely lovely!
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
So many fresh lookin’ games! Happy to be featured 🦎
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Sara Steeves @sarasteeves.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Demo time! You can play the first part of my turn-based horse RPG, Resolute Bay, on Steam now! store.steampowered.com/app/3713310/...
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Fav games of 2025: 1. Öoo - Expertly crafted moments of genius 2. Absolum - Inventing new combos each run!? The best bit of fighting games! 3. Blue Prince - What a fresh game loop! 4. Ball x Pit - Juice the game 5. Baby Steps - Had a real moment discovering swimming
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Stretchmancer 💫 Stretch the galaxy! @stretchmancer.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Did you know? Stretchmancer started as a free game jam prototype! To celebrate our publishing announcement, we just updated that prototype with some QOL fixes and a new SPEEDRUN TIMER 🔥 Link below ⬇️
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Making games is the ultimate video game. But that aside: - Rivals has been a good brainless online bash with friends - 30 hours in Liftoff taught me to pilot acrobatic drones in RL (without too many crashes!) - You should check out Stretchmancer, I've heard it's real good
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offbrand games @offbrand.games · 10/12/2025
it’s happening offbrand games is publishing STRETCHMANCER 🔥 🧠Brain-bending first person puzzler 🤏Squash & stretch ANYTHING you see 📺Packed full of old-school cartoon vibes 💥Bounce on goo, bash some bots, & MORE
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Stretchmancer 💫 Stretch the galaxy! @stretchmancer.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
AWOOGA AWOOGA. Day of the Devs is tomorrow! Stretchmancer is in the showcase and we've got some STRETCHSCLUSIVE NEWS to announce! Get ready to stretch the world! And/or your imaginations??? @dayofthedevs.org
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Co-op weapon synergies in a shmup. Also you're a horse! nationalvelvett.itch.io/night-mares #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #shmup
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
😎😎😎
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
We won best innovation woooo! 🎉🎉🎉
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Stretchmancer 💫 Stretch the galaxy! @stretchmancer.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
our indie game: -you can stretch the world -you can stretch the world?! -brain-bending puzzles for super-portal-liminal fans -weird little guys popping up like in starfox -ˢᵉᶜʳᵉᵗˢ ˢʰʰ
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Man, Frontier's animation team still kickin' butt long in my absence. Congrats on the big release of Jurassic World Evolution 3!
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Stretchmancer 💫 Stretch the galaxy! @stretchmancer.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
🥳 Excited to be selected for the ‪@sixoneindie.com‬ SIX ONE INDIE SHOWCASE! Our first steam showcase! 🫶 store.steampowered.com/app/2929290/...
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Stretchmancer on Steam
STRETCH THE WORLD, SAVE THE GALAXY! In this smartly funny First Person Puzzler, you are THE STRETCHMANCER. Squash and stretch your environment to solve fiendish puzzles and defeat the Claustro Empire....
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
The timing of #blueprince and the easter holiday has been rather perfect hasn't it
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
This was my favourite demo from next fest! Genius puzzle design that quickly put a smile on my face
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Stretchmancer 💫 Stretch the galaxy! @stretchmancer.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Walkthrough of some early gameplay! Remember to stretch! 🤸‍♂️ #gameplay #indiedev #gamedev
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Started typing a code comment // This is a silly guess Copilot autocompletes and adds: ..., but it's better than nothing #gamedev
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Stretchmancer 💫 Stretch the galaxy! @stretchmancer.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Very s t r e t c h y trailer youtu.be/Jm-P_ptCB2Y?...
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STRETCHMANCER - Announcement Trailer
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Stretchmancer 💫 Stretch the galaxy! @stretchmancer.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Just launched our Steam Page! Dare you to find a stretchier game! store.steampowered.com/app/2929290/...
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Stretchmancer on Steam
STRETCH THE WORLD, SAVE THE GALAXY! In this smartly funny First Person Puzzler, you are THE STRETCHMANCER. Squash and stretch your environment to solve fiendish puzzles and defeat the Claustro Empire....
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Super useful for the inevitable - "Oh you work in video games? Which ones?" when hosting folk. My Frontier career up on display! Lots of fond memories 😊
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Fav games of 2024: UFO50 - Pretending to be old but so so fresh Balatro - Such a vibe, the music! Kunitsu Gami - Capcom blessed us Helldivers 2 - Coop comedy Leap Year - Perfect little metroid-brainia
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Omar @ocornut.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
On enshittification and the rot economy (long, angry read - tho i agree we should be angry and try to contribute to dismantle this system) www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgiv...
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Never Forgive Them
In the last year, I’ve spent about 200,000 words on a kind of personal journey where I’ve tried again and again to work out why everything digital feels so broken, and why it seems to keep getting wor...
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
#ufo50 pretending to be 1 game 🐵
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Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
My most viral tweet was this gif of a little #pico8 dude swinging a hefty ol sword. (I should pick this project up again at some point!)
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