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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 19h

Some more playtests done. Considering everything is still greybox I'm getting starting to get quite excited by the survey results.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Placeholder art is my passion.

A very crude digital scribble of three characters having a fun time

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.Milena Lukić. @mahlanah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

hehe shared this in the @polygontreehouse.bsky.social fanart tab - this was fanart I did forever ago after playing Röki. 💙

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

...All built on top of a greybox vertical slice demo that has been playtested *a lot*.

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Alpha Chrome Yayo @alphachromeyayo.com · 19/09/2026

PS follow @polygontreehouse.bsky.social And for goodness sake play Mythwrecked and Röki if for some MAD reason you haven't already Both absolute bangers

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

As a significant departure, I'm building, implementing, and iterating on the entire game in greybox before starting *any* shippable art this time around.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A little something from the greybox pass of my next indie game 🙌🏻

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Some simple three-joint tap water.

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Comfy Cozy Gaming @comfycozygaming.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

If you're sick of farming, then you may be interested in 12 non-farming cozy games that you can play on the Nintendo Switch! youtu.be/ksxi7Fs7Ksk

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‼️12 Non-Farming Cozy Games on Nintendo Switch That Are Worth Your Time! ‼️ | No Farming! 👀

YouTube video by Comfy Cozy Gaming

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

One thing I started to do a while back was to 'explode' mechanical objects to make skinning *much* quicker.

A simple 3D greybox radio from an WIP indie game with all its component parts moved away from each other.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The more I make stuff across different creative disciplines the more I'm convinced it's all about contrast.

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Zoë Hannah is bisexual @zoehhannah.com · 08/09/2026

Amina's personal essay spoke right to my heart, which has swelled to three times its normal size since my sister gave birth 💜

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Sitting the month: Playing Röki with my mother after giving birth

A story of the ways long-held traditions can still surprise us and reveal us to one another

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

One thing I like about working with a stylised art direction is how close you can get the 3D character to the original 2D concept.

A 2D character concept next to the flat-shaded 3D character. It's Tove from the indie game Röki

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I was not prepared to be emotionally destroyed today. We put a lot into the games we create and reading things like this makes it all seem worthwhile. Big ooof.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I needed a placeholder book cover for a library puzzle I'm working on. Think I nailed it.

A 3D model of a book, specifically The War of the Worlds by H.G Wells. The placeholder cover illustration is a childlike scribble.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Always nice to kick-off the week with an email from someone who enjoyed our games so much they felt compelled to reach out and say so. 💙

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The job of the animator is to look deep within their soul and ask difficult questions like 'if I was a fumigator how would I vibrate?'

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Please don't look behind the walls in our indie games, we hid a lot of shit there.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Nothing to see here. Move along.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

...If that sounds intriguing then feel free to join us at the @polygontreehouse.bsky.social Discord server! 👉 discord.gg/polygontreehouse

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My next indie game is inspired by a dog-eared book I found on a charity shelf in an airport.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Indie dev: The cup is opaque so no one can see the water inside. We'll imply it with SFX.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Always nice to unpick a game element that needed some attention and see it come back scored with flying colours in the next round of user tests 🙌🏻

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This is what step by step looks like done by actual humans!

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I'm back in @debugmag.com for my (checks notes) 11th column 🎉

A close up photo of Debug, the indie game magazine. It shows the headline of my latest Art of Art column titled 'Grey boxes, blue skies and beautiful corners. You can see my massive potato head.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The Polygon Treehouse art style was arrived at by working with creative limitations and had become part of the DNA of our games.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I've just added a new indie game publisher onto this Bluesky starter pack. There's still loads of room, so if you're a publisher and want to be added give me a prod in the replies 👍🏻

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Weekend ticket yoinked! 🎉 Really looking forward to seeing you all in Nov for one of my favourite events.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I get to spend the whole of next week writing for project 3 🎉

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Hannah MacLeod is looking for work @macleodholdfast.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Rolled credits! Mythwrecked is so good. It's like being wrapped up in a warm blanket while solving a mystery. If you like Greek mythology at ALL, play this game!

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I've always wondered if I'd ever get the chance to put one of these into an indie game...

A screenshot from Silent Hill 4 of an ominous hole with cracked tiles around it. The text reads 'Enter the hole? Yes, No'

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Aerial_Knight @aerialknight.com · 28/07/2026

Remember when people used to share starter packs go.bsky.app/Gkw7ReA

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I love previz 💙

A greybox screengrab of some kind of pneumatic messaging system and lots of tubes.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

6 years ago yesterday we released Röki, our debut indie game.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Super chuffed to be one of the featured interviewees in this lovely looking UI tome.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Almost 24 years making games professionally and I still get massive rush when something I've working on suddenly clicks and comes alive in-game.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I decided to '3D sketch' placeholder inventory items for the greybox pass of my next indie game.

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Take This @takethis.org · 22/07/2026

9 days left to get your Narrative Bundle from Humble & support Take This! The story is the thing in these 12 games. Get them all for just $10! Want to do more for Take This? Use the Adjust Donation slider & decide exactly how much of your purchase supports us. www.humblebundle.com...

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Today I'm implementing a puzzle I first designed about a year ago and I'm pretty excited about it.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

My biggest tip for authoring curated cinematic cameras is that maintaining broad player direction across camera cuts is critical. One good way to do this is to build your world to work for the camera flow you want, rather than trying to author cameras for a pre-existing world layout.

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Whitethorn Games @whitethorngames.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

With The Odyssey out now, it's probably not a bad idea to brush up on your mythology before you go. Headliner has a whole list of games that can help with that, including one of our favorites--Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island! www.headliner.nl/artikelen/vi...

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Vier games om te spelen na Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey

Ontdek vier games die de geest van Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey weerspiegelen, van Hades 2 tot Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Well, they're in the greybox pass for my next indie game so...

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The chapter titles for my next indie games are currently: Chapter 1 No Rest for the Wicked Chapter 2 As Above, so Below Chapter 3 Trial of the Triptych Chapter 4 Heart of Darkness

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