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radow @radow.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

@entencomics.bsky.social and me talked a bit about developing TRAILS and chronescher and being queer game devs with @thinkygames.com as part of their Pride feature =)

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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 02/12/2025

TRAILS is a cozy puzzle game in which you guide sand ships across a crumbling desert to reach isolated outposts. Draw paths for each ship across the treacherous sands, planning carefully to avoid collisions and ensure each ship reaches its goal. #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #puzzlegame

Level 5 of our game TRAILS in portrait mode.
Two sandships need to get to their goals. There are already paths drawn in.

Level 46 of the main path of TRAILS in portrait mode. A grey ship has already got a path through the red desert and the player needs to get two other ships towards their destination while bringing water to some villages and not crashing into each other.

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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 02/12/2025

📱⛵ TRAILS is now available to go! ⛵📱 Get it on iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/trail... google play: play.google.com/store/apps/d... * no ads! * first 20 levels free! * full game as one-time purchase! * portrait and landscape * dark mode #indiegame #indiedev #mobilegame #puzzlegame

Mixed media picture. A photo inside of a Berlin Tram with a black and white (and grey) drawing of a person sitting on one of the chairs and holding a small sailing ship with turbines between their arms on their lap. The photo shows a ticket machine and the doors of the tram on either side of the one person seat.

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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 25/11/2025

Take your beloved sandships with you in train, bus or ferry: Our challenging pathfinding puzzle game TRAILS is coming to mobile on December 1st! Follow us for more information. #indiegamedev #mobilegames #puzzlegames

A mixed media picture. A photo from the M13 Tram in Berlin in sunny weather. On top of the photo is a black and white chalk-like drawing of a person entering the tram. The person pulls a sandship behind them on a leash.

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Deep Sky Games @deepskygamescoop.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

ALL HANDS is a couch coop sailing game that combines elements of games like Journey and Death Stranding. Work together to master everchanging winds in a post-revolutionary solarpunk world. We are looking for publishing! Hit us up! #PitchYaGame #Solarpunk #CouchCoop #WorkerOwned

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Jörg Friedrich 🕹️ @freejsf.paintbucket.de · 04/10/2025

Faschismus muss sich nicht durchsetzen. Er kann aufgehalten und besiegt werden, es gibt Beispiele, in denen genau das gelungen ist. Momentan scheint es sehr schwer, sich eine bessere Zukunft vorzustellen, aber sie ist möglich. Es liegt an uns, sie zu erkämpfen.

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radow @radow.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

The last fight took me quite a bit longer than I expected. I ran out of shards and ended up killing her with only the needle. Overall a great game with a few hiccups in when it came to pacing, buildcraft and rewards, but outstanding exploration, combat and env. storytelling.

Silksong end screen:
Game Completion
PERCENTAGE: 100%
TIME: 115g 11m 40s

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radow @radow.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Im now neck deep in act 3 of silk song and I'm enjoying it imensly, but there is one thing that has been frustrating me and it gets worse with every new boss that requires somewhat quick reactions:

Hornet harpooning across a boss arena post fight.

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Natascha Strobl @nataschastrobl.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Faschismus. Die öffentliche Sphäre wird gesäubert. Social Media kommt als Nächstes.

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radow @radow.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

On reflection the crows wern't that bad after all 😬

Silksong screenshot featuring the tanky, evasive, multi projectile spitting acid flies.

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radow @radow.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Looks like my gamepad has been taking double damage too 👀

Broke analog Stick with residue of shaved off Plastik on the gamepad.

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radow @radow.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Found a proper platforming area =D

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radow @radow.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Sister Splinter is my favorite bossfight so far. Like the previous bosses her moves are well telegraphed, few in number and easy to understand. She does add in what made the arena sections so much harder than the earlier bosses though: giving you multiple foes to juggle. Reminiscent of DS2!

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radow @radow.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Last day of #gamescom and I finally find some time to check out the non-indie halls. Some slightly amusing observations: People stand in line for 4 hours in order to buy a Wednesday themed drink, but just around the corner no one seems at all interested in playing WoW :D

Empty waiting area and deserted stations at the WoW booth.

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Polynormal Games | Wishlist Frame of Mind - A game of thoughts! @polynormalgames.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Come by our booth at #HomeofIndies in Hall 10.2 Booth E10-D10 we finally have #hologramstickers of our game Frame of Mind - A game of thoughts. A short narrative game where you can explore the thoughts and feeling of a neurodivergent character. #gamescom #indiegame #dragon #oc #indiedev

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radow @radow.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Best form of unwinding from the Gamescom exhaustion: checking out colognes vegan cafe scene 😋

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radow @radow.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

10 games to get to know you Dex Riven (1997) Woodruff and the schnibble of azimuth Gothic 2 Night of the Raven Anti chamber The darkest files Neherim Net hack Guild Wars Cloudpunk

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Pixel Pushers Union 512 @ppu512.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

PPU512 Releases its 2nd game today!!! Huge congrats to our team, and I'm so proud of what we've made. @m0zrat.bsky.social @bonsaitreehouse.bsky.social Y'all are awesome!!

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radow @radow.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

First day of Gamescom wasn't too bad and it's nice to meet so many new and familiar indie devs. Let's see what the next 4 days bring - it's bound to get worse (crowd wise) 😅

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The Darkest Files 🕵️‍♀️ @thedarkestfiles.paintbucket.de · 20/08/2025

We won! 🥳 Thank you so much for recognizing our efforts to make The Darkest Files accessible to more players. We believe everyone should get the chance to play the games they want and we are grateful for all the feedback we got along the way 🧡 #GamingOhneGrenzen

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Pigeon's lover @rrrrroseazerty.loyaltyfreakmusic.com · 20/08/2025

can't wait to release that shoegazy grungy queerwave album 🥰💜✨

Screenshot of the tracklist of the album.
It is written, with a "play" symbol before every track number :
1. Lonely Vampires in the Shade (feat Josie Brechner) 04:05
2. Vivre heureuse 02:35
3. Je m'endors contre toi 00:54
4. Onde (feat Exaheva) 03:01
5. Le dos noué (feat Bobo Fragile) 03:04
6. drowner (feat 4ngelf4ngs) 02:44
7. Horny Discale 02:21
8. Myrtille fraiche (feat Barbibitch) 01:51
9. 1, 2 + 3 04:50
10. i ate my fingers again 04:26

Cover art with the title "J'ai encore mangé mes doigts" hand written, a picture of Rose looking at the person holding the camera, hand on her mouth, plastic bag in the other. She is sitting in front of a bunch of pigeons.
A text is written on the left of the picture going like this (it's long)

and you know from time to time i'm
just afraid of the power of my desire
like when i'm trapped with myself
looking at the ceiling and wanting
wanting wanting and waiting for
the time to pass really fast so
tomorrow will be now and now
will by with you, so i'm trapped with
myself and the many seconds
are sharped bladed fingers that dig
rivers on my skin and my soul split
for as many nails are caressing my
chest, and the water flows and i'm
horny and i'm tired and i'm longing
for hours and hours for something that
i cannot describe because i don't know
what i really want, seriously, what
do i fucking want in the end - therapy
doesn't fucking end, doesn't it ? - so
i'm drown in my desire of nowness
feeling the urge of being able to
perceive the now of all the things
that surround me and i know i i i i
i i i i can try to focus but it's harder
than i always think to be here with
you and everyone because i need to
be here to begin with and not just
a melted existing being that cannot
endure any form of movement without
bursting in tears of tiredness cause
now this is a thing that i need to accept
that i can't do the things i thought
i could handle when i was young
and not that type of socially exhausted
person so i'm constantly afraid of
myself so i talk a lot, to myself,
for long period of time out loud
to figure what i should do with all
my being and the result is
always that i still should try to
exist because when i'm with
you it's fucking amazing,
that kind of amazing that
makes me want to become the sun
because i want to shine for you
because this is one of your
side effect on me, you are
my sunshine and i'm a mirror
of your smile, and as a happy mirror
i smile back at you

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Cody - games and such @codyswanson.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Come to the @amazefest.bsky.social booth to see these awesome indie games! 🎮 Booth (10.2 E030) Thursday August 21 10:00 - 12:00: Swimpossible! 12:00 - 14:00: Deck of Memories 14:00 - 16:00: TRAILS 16:00 - 18:00: Later #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #gamescom

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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 20/08/2025

Go check out Frame of Mind at gamescom everybody! ✨

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A MAZE. @amazefest.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Join us at our A MAZE. Digital PlayGround #2 at gamescom. It’s a relaxing pink oasis filled with international arthouse and altctrol games plus indie games made in Berlin Brandenburg . We also have talks . Check the schedule and get more details here: gamescom.a-maze.net . #AMaze2025 #mbbfunded

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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 20/08/2025

At #gamescom ? Come by the @amazefest.bsky.social playground area (Hall 10.2 - E030) and 🕹️ try out TRAILS or 👋catch us in person tomorrow between 2 pm and 4 pm and say hallo :) #indiegamedev

Photograph of the a maze playground area at gamescom showing one of the consoles that hosts TRAILS and other indie titles.

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Cody - games and such @codyswanson.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Come to the @amazefest.bsky.social booth to see Time in Place from 16h - 18h, and two other awesome games! 🎮 Booth (10.2 E030) Wednesday August 20 10:00 - 12:00: Dung Slinger 14:00 - 16:00: Rogue Voltage 16:00 - 18:00: Time in Place #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #gamescom

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Pigeon's lover @rrrrroseazerty.loyaltyfreakmusic.com · 18/08/2025

New album out ! With music made for movies like Feverish by Fabienne Garçonne, Vernal by @vesperal.bsky.social and Confess by @mahxcapacity.bsky.social . Creative Commons 0 and By ! chezmonplaisir.bandcamp.com/album/its-al...

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It's always fuckin' hot somewhere, by Rrrrrose Azerty

5 track album

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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

saying "i wish ill" isn't even a wish of harm, it doesn't even violate the rules, get your shit together bluesky

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radow @radow.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Heading to Gamescom. If you want to say hi - or rant about how exhausting these mega-events can be - come find me 👋

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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 12/08/2025

We will be at Gamescom as part of the A MAZE Playground. Come and say hi! Are you part of the press and want to talk to us about our latest game, puzzle games in general, cooperatives, queerness in games, the indie scene or anything else? Let us know so we don't miss eachother! #indieDev #gamescom

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Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 🎉 The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans. Deadline: September 28th More info 👇 grants.draknek.org

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radow @radow.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Trails is hitting mobile soon, and it’ll come with a limited free version to give you a taste. So we thought it was only fair to bring a demo to our desktop platforms too.

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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 08/08/2025

We have just released the free #demo for our latest puzzle game TRAILS. You can now check out 20 levels (18 on the main path and 2 optionals) for free! Let us know what you think of them 😊 Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3605120/... itch\.io: purplesloth.itch.io/trails #indieGameDev #freeDemo

A screenshot of the overworld map of the game TRAILS. Twenty levels have been solved, the others are greyed out. There is a rip across the center, everything to the right of it is in greys instead of colored.

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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 01/08/2025

Just make it exist first - you can make it good later! When developing our game TRAILS, a lot of time was spent on improvements and polish, but the crucial first step was a prototype that was created in less than a week! #indieGameDev #prototyping

the "just make it exist first" meme. In the first row of images a screenshot of a prototype of our game Trails using only unity buildin elements like simple cubes and spheres is placed next to the sentence "Just make it exist first" and a crudely drawn circle. In the second row a screenshot during a later phase of development with very rough outline shaders but somewhat final colors and some 3d models. In the third row next to a perfect circle and the sentence "You can make it good later" is a screenshot of our final game with a well balanced cartoon look, a background texture and refined UI.

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Polynormal Games | Wishlist Frame of Mind - A game of thoughts! @polynormalgames.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

🎮✨ Stand Up for Creative Freedom in Games ✨🎮 Game creators are facing increasing censorship from payment processors and religious groups pushing personal agendas. Sign the petition to stand up for our freedom of artistic expression: chng.it/6LnZdRYY5Y #savegamesfromcensorship #gamedev

chng.it

Petition unterschreiben

Save games from censorship

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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 28/07/2025

It's supposedly about porn and abuse at the moment, but "adult content" will include any form of queerness soon enough! We need to create alternatives - but in the meantime we also need to stand together and fight what is happening! #sexWorkIsWork

chng.it

Diese Kampagne braucht deine Unterstützung

Save games from censorship

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 26/07/2025

i dunno why but i get the feeling when these people say "no no it's to protect kids" they're actually lying?

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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 22/07/2025

Choose your own colors! 💜🦥 With update 1.3 of TRAILS you are able to customize the ships' colors to make them stand out best for your individual needs. Even though we are only a small studio, as neurodivergent devs we care about making our games as accessible as possible. #gamedev #accessibility

A screenshot of the color change menu from TRAILS. It has three ships with 10 color options for each ship and a possibiliy to choose the ship's background from all 5 backgrounds in the game.

A screenshot from level 20 of TRAILS with a turquoise, a red and a purple ship.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

When I found a pub with an inverted normal map. (If you understand what this means, you have to repost.)

A whitewashed pub wall, with mortar standing proud of the stones.

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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 29/06/2025

Checkout 'Cryptid Gardens' our own @entencomics.bsky.social and @radow.bsky.social s entry to the thinky puzzle jam. Its a rule deduction game in which you place curious little creatures on a board in such a way that all their needs are met. purplesloth.itch.io/cryptid-gard... #gamejam

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Cryptid Gardens by PurpleSloth, ente

Play in your browser

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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 02/07/2025

Accidentally setting up a collision course in Trails by ‪@purplesloth.studio‬!

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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 30/06/2025

Another new Sloth game! 🦥 After working on the localisation of TRAILS to toki pona our own @fuchsi.purplesloth.studio has participated in the pali musi game jam and released musi Nana, a game entirely and exclusively in toki pona. Check it out: purplesloth.itch.io/musi-nana #gamejam #TokiPona

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musi Nana by PurpleSloth

sina ken ala ken anpa e ilo lawa pi sona ale?

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radow @radow.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

This was really fun to make. And a lot less stressful than many other game jams.

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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 26/06/2025

We have two exciting events for TRAILS today(ish): First the joyous @kaemsi.bsky.social will stream the game at 8pm CEST. 👑 And after this at 1 am CEST you can join the Moonlite Madness Showcase by @nevermoreniche.bsky.social The event tonight will feature a variety of indie game trailers. ✨🎮

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