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Axolotl 🚀

@pengonauts.com
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- strange creature - designer of StarVaders & DiceVaders - not an astronaut

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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 29/09/2026
it's out!!!
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Dicevaders @dicevaders.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dicevaders launches in 4 HOURS! 🎲 Grab an early look at the full game with Celerity - live now on Twitch!: www.twitch.tv/celerity #celerity #dicevaders #roguelikedeckbuilder
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Celerity - Live on Twitch
Birthday stream! Game of the year is finally here! DiceVaders release day | WotD: Argot | Streaming dicevaders for 776 viewers.
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 11/09/2026
it's finally coming!!! I was about to explode if it took any longer
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 12/08/2026
gamedevs when the key scammer emails start pouring in
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The Odyssey Robert Pattisnon Beggars Line
Alt: The Odyssey Robert Pattinson Beggars Line
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 17/06/2026
@wanderbot.bsky.social getting to Act 7 in endless mode <3 cool Egg scaling build that pivots into an Astromancer trigger spam! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqpF...
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I CONQUERED EARTH With An Alien Slime Girl! - Dicevaders
YouTube video by Wanderbots
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 16/06/2026
New key art for Dicevaders by @lanternowl.bsky.social !
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 16/06/2026
Dicevaders is being published by Playstack!!
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Dicevaders - Steam NextFest Demo Out Now Trailer
YouTube video by Playstack
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Wout @thehashtagonist.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Remember when I was super hyped about Balatro pre-launch? Well, I already put 90 hours into our next deckbuilder @dicevaders.bsky.social and that game is gonna be a PROBLEM! We have a demo at next fest: store.steampowered.com/app/3917700/...
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Joonas Turner @kissakolme.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Hello, my name is Joonas Turner and I am looking for new projects to work on. I have a long experience working in all kinds of games. I am primarily looking for work as a Sound Designer and Music Composer but I am useful as a Game Designer as well. #gamedev #indiedev #gameaudio
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 10/03/2026
I'll be around the GDC yerba buena gardens throughout the week! If you spot me come say hi! (pictured: me)
a picture of an axolotl
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 25/02/2026
feel this in my bones my games so far have been "one for them" games that are safe for the market so that our third game can finally be a riskier, more innovative "one for me" game
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 09/02/2026
woah!
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Polygon @polygon.com · 31/01/2026
StarVaders might be one of the best roguelikes of all time
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My new Steam sci-fi game obsession has become a problem — soon it'll be yours, too
StarVaders might be one of the best roguelikes of all time
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Dave Zhang @godsavant.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
At last, here's my capsule art for DiceVaders , a dice-based strategy game by Pengonauts! Or is it Dice◈Vaders...? It's a dice-based follow-up to the roguelite deckbuilder StarVaders, but this time you play as the alien invaders from the first game.
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 21/11/2025
DiceVaders!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3917700/... (capsule art by @godsavant.bsky.social )
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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
There's a game on Steam called Omelet You Cook, which looks fucking delightful They had a 100% Steam user rating, and then someone this morning posted this review And I know it's haha *so funny*, but also, this person can entirely go fuck themselves store.steampowered.com/app/3205380/...
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 18/11/2025
soft-announcing something soon!! be not afraid
an incomplete piece of an image
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˗ˏˋ Jeanne ˊˎ˗🥵☀️ @janeprigent.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Alterfauna: A Weirdlife Park, the game we're working on with @juleeeeeee.pointnthink.fr and @jrevel.itch.io now have a Steam page!✨ 🌱Bring back life by planting seeds 🐉Attract weird creatures 📸Take photos of each one of them 🧙‍♀️ Meet unique characters
Alterfauna : a weirdlife park's key art
the main character in the center holds a camera. They're surrounded by cute creatures and plants. The title is present in the top center of the pic
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RubyDev @rubydev.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
starvaders good
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 15/10/2025
go get this game! amazing dev, deserves way more attention
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Chucklefish @chucklefishltd.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Two games. One bundle. Infinite strategy!🙌 StarVaders + Wildfrost now bundled on Steam at 10% off. Explore the stars & brave the storms!✨❄️ 🔗: store.steampowered.com/bundle/59531/StarVaders_x_Wildfrost/
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Jonah Davidson @hangedman.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
I strongly believe in the breadth and influence of independent art, to grant us oblique angles on the world and ourselves. But also every indie game is somewhere on this spectrum:
A triangular range chart labeled "Indie Game Vibe Check", where the three axes are "Enpoisoned", "Pumpy's Big Clumpy", and "Misty Cube". Each intersection features a game - Lunacid is the most Enpoisoned, Untitled Goose Game is the most Pumpy's Big Clumpy, and Manifold Garden is the most Misty Cube. Undertale is directly in the center, surrounded by Tunic (Pumpy), Void Stranger (Misty), and Star of Providence (Poison)
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 10/08/2025
I am prototyping two new games - one is a game driven by passion and exploring game design space that I've wanted for years - the other is a game driven by HATE, completely soulless, i am compelled by some dark forces to make both gonna be great, stay tuned for more information
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 27/07/2025
gamedevs should also play more boardgames!
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 08/07/2025
if you're evil and get enough players, you could put fake steam pages up to crowdsource player intuition to market test if a game concept would do well
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 08/07/2025
still think a character creation themed roguelike would be very cool with style points and all
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Dan DiIorio @trampolinetales.com · 07/07/2025
These innovative geniuses took it upon themselves to clone my game not once, but twice! What a wonderful use of the $6,000,000 in funding you got for *checks notes* "inventing the luck-puzzler genre." I guess I'm just not enough of a scumbag to add microtransactions to my game, I'll work on that!
Key art for Spincraft.Key art for Rift Craft.
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Star⭐Vaders - OUT NOW! @starvaders-game.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
SO... STAR★VADERS in on DISCOUNT for the SUMMER SALE with a BRAND NEW UPDATE 👀 Update 1.1 includes: 🏖️ Beach Pack (5 new cards, 3 artifacts, 1 surprise) 🛠️ Sandbox mode 🤖 10 new pilot-specific artifacts store.steampowered.com/app/2097570/...
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Save 10% on StarVaders on Steam
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the fut...
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 13/06/2025
Spent the last two weeks coming up with the 1.2 and 1.3 updates for StarVaders they are gonna be bangers
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 07/06/2025
this reasoning is basically what drove me to make game
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 06/06/2025
it would be great to have a switch dev kit so we can do the switch port ...
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Box Dragon @boxdragon.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
We've also bundled with both Frostpunk and Star★Vaders so you can snag an extra 10% off. They're both awesome games!
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Ezra Szanton @ezra-szanton.itch.io · 13/05/2025
I finally put out an article about a game design thing! I have a bunch of these stored up but they often end up in editing purgatory. This one has escaped! Output Randomness: Game Designers should know how to use it. open.substack.com/pub/ezraszan...
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Output Randomness: Game Designers should know how to use it.
And ways to make it feel "fair"
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Star⭐Vaders - OUT NOW! @starvaders-game.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
🚨WE JUST HIT 1000 REVIEWS ON STEAM🚨 Not even two weeks since launch and we've managed to hit 98% Overwhelmingly Positive with 1000 reviews!🎉 Thank you all for your support💙
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.

All reviews - Overwhelmingly Positive (1,001)
Release Date - 30 Apr, 2025

Developer - Pengonauts
Publisher - Joystick Ventures, Playworks
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 09/05/2025
Huge shoutout to @joystickventures.bsky.social, our investor / publisher. I remember in our first meeting the fund manager asked "How much do you need to make the best version of the game?" They really believed in the early vision of our new studio with no track record - and it's paying off!
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 07/05/2025
StarVaders just hit Overwhelmingly Positive at 97% !! maybe i will be able to keep making games after all
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 06/05/2025
I'm gonna cry 🥹 nothing has been more meaningful to me in this journey than getting to know new friends
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 05/05/2025
holy hell im in a press localthunk article title
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 05/05/2025
✋ | 🤚
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 05/05/2025
350 reviews at 96% positive!! dunno what to do with my hands
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 03/05/2025
It's only been 3 days and over 27% of players have beaten Apocalypse difficulty 🤯
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 03/05/2025
Seeing that mention of Spirit Island with how different classes worked was awesone cause that's exactly what i was going for! I was really inspired by tabletop games. Great read, thanks for playing!
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 30/04/2025
woooo
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metacritic @metacritic.com · 29/04/2025
StarVaders [PC - 89] www.metacritic.com/game/starvad... "A near-flawless title, with an utterly fantastic gameplay loop, art direction and variety." - GameGrin
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 29/04/2025
best part of gamedev is the friends you make along the way
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localthunk @localthunk.com · 29/04/2025
I TOLD YALL THIS GAME WOULD SLAP
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 29/04/2025
wew!! in a list
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Star⭐Vaders - OUT NOW! @starvaders-game.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
IT'S LAUNCH WEEK🎉🎉🎉
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Dan DiIorio @trampolinetales.com · 27/04/2025
I think most people wouldn't argue about this game being marketed as a roguelike (other than roguelike traditionalists). In that case, is Tetris a roguelike? If not, what makes Drop Duchy a roguelike and Tetris not one?
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Drop Duchy on Steam
Build your duchy piece by piece in this refreshing hybrid rogue-lite game. Use block-dropping mechanics to collect resources, recruit troops to fight against belligerent armies, and let every block sh...
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Axolotl 🚀 @pengonauts.com · 26/04/2025
so how are devs supposed feel the few days before release? I feel like a weirdo that I'm not stressed at all
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