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Relatively Painless Games @relativelypainlessgames.com · 26/09/2026

Just cleared the last approval hurdles: Uncle Lee's Cookbook is coming to #NintendoSwitch in less than to weeks, on October 10th!

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ZombiWorkshop (Lucan Monks) @zombiworkshop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

TRY-IT-DAILY #3: UNCLE LEE'S COOKBOOK (@relativelypainlessgames.com) is a collection of point-n-click adventures caused by a reality scrabbling uncle. Chunky pixels, bright colours, and full voice acting really shine in this simplified take on the PnC formula. Puzzles are interesting, and the-

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Ramón Wilhelm @ramonwilhelm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I've solved Uncle Lee's Cookbook: Five Recipes for Disaster by @relativelypainlessgames.com! Great game with 5 chapters. The last chapter is the AdventureX jam 2024 entry Ines in: Triple Trouble, but this time with voice acting. 😎 #retro #pixelart #indiegame

Uncle Lee's Cookbook: Five Recipes for Disaster - Chapter V

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Nicholas Camm @nicholascamm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Hurrah, now you can hear me voice Uncle Lee (and all the other super-duper VA's) on the comfort of your mobile telephone!

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Relatively Painless Games @relativelypainlessgames.com · 03/09/2026

The mobile ports of Uncle Lee's Cookbook are ready! Get it now on Android or iOS! Or both! play.google.com/store/apps/d... apps.apple.com/app/uncle-le...

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Relatively Painless Games @relativelypainlessgames.com · 03/09/2026

You forgot "bespoke game engine you made yourself" 😉

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Relatively Painless Games @relativelypainlessgames.com · 29/08/2026

A reminder that if you're a #noAI kind of person, you may want to avoid taking part in the $110 Adventure Game Challenge. If you still feel like joining ("it's fine, *I* won't use AI"): have you looked at the kind of games the organizer makes, and how they use genAI? ...you might want to do that.

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Adam Riches @supernorn.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Loco Motive is today's Daily Deal on Steam! At *55% OFF* it's our deepest ever discount, meaning you can grab the game today for like eight bucks! 🎉 🗡️ Solve a murder aboard a steam train 🎨 Beautifully animated pixel art 📣 Full voice acting! ✅ Verified on Deck 🧠 100% Human Made 🔗 s.team/a/1709880

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Relatively Painless Games @relativelypainlessgames.com · 28/08/2026

Quick update on the status of #ProjectKALE: just had a team meeting and almost figured out the whole story of the game. Most of the many characters have names, backstory, and personality. Everything still subject to change. Still no actual kale involved.

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Relatively Painless Games @relativelypainlessgames.com · 27/08/2026

We also won't be participating. We took a stance against the organizer's ridiculous policy in AI. We respect your choice of course, and while on the one hand we wish you the best as a judge, on the other hand we kinda have to wish you'll only see slop entries, since we called for a boycott 😬

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Relatively Painless Games @relativelypainlessgames.com · 21/08/2026

That's such a good impression of Ines' grumpy look 😒 Your eye-rolling reaction at the "holeegram" was also perfect. Exactly what Ines would have done if she had a few more pixels to work with.

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Nini @shigeako.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Really loved Ines and her social, life-affirming character ❤️ we‘d get along well I think. 🤭 Also the game was BIG fun and deserves more reviews!! It‘s one of the funniest PnC Adventures I know! Game by @relativelypainlessgames.com

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Relatively Painless Games @relativelypainlessgames.com · 19/08/2026

Our team will be boycotting the upcoming $110 Adventure Game Challenge. We refuse to be part of a jam that openly allows genAI use (with a frankly ridiculous justification). We encourage our fellow indie developers to join our boycott. Let's leave them with nothing but slop submissions. #noAI

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Relatively Painless Games @relativelypainlessgames.com · 14/08/2026

📣Uncle Lee's Cookbook is now available in German! Translated by a real human™ (@marcelweyers.bsky.social). As a present for our German-speaking friends, we're having a 20% discount! Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3777930 Gog: www.gog.com/en/game/uncl... itch: dionous.itch.io/uncle-lees-c...

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Relatively Painless Games @relativelypainlessgames.com · 15/08/2026

Wow! Or first Ines cosplay (as far as we know)!

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Relatively Painless Games @relativelypainlessgames.com · 14/08/2026

A note on the GOG version: the game WILL have the German translation if you buy it there, even if the store page currently doesn't list it as a supported language. We're just waiting for the store page to be updated, but the latest build is already available.

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Relatively Painless Games @relativelypainlessgames.com · 14/08/2026

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Relatively Painless Games @relativelypainlessgames.com · 01/08/2026

Yes, with LÖVE (mis)used as a library for rendering

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Relatively Painless Games @relativelypainlessgames.com · 28/07/2026

There, we're all out of announcements. To recap: if you're German, own a Nintendo Switch, and like kale and/or like adventure games this is your lucky day.

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Relatively Painless Games @relativelypainlessgames.com · 28/07/2026

Fourth announcement: we're starting to plan our next game! Codename: #ProjectKALE 👀🥬 Details are secret. What we can tell you is that it will be another #pointAndClick adventure, and that it will NOT be episodic. Also it has nothing to do with kale or any other leafy green. #gamedev #indiedev

Pixel art drawing of a piece of a document with title "Project KALE" and subtitle "property of Relatively Painless Games".

"SEKRIT" and "DO NOT TOUCH" are scribbled on top of it in red ink.

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Relatively Painless Games @relativelypainlessgames.com · 28/07/2026

Third announcement: we're also making a #NintendoSwitch port of Uncle Lee's Cookbook! The engine is already ported and we already had full controller support, so we just need to do some testing and go through certification. No pictures this time, because of those pesky NDAs.

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Relatively Painless Games @relativelypainlessgames.com · 28/07/2026

Second announcement: we're making mobile ports of Uncle Lee's Cookbook! The engine has already been ported to both Android and iOS, we just need to do some work on the touch controls.

Screenshot of the Xcode iOS simulator running the mobile port of Uncle Lee's Cookbook

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Relatively Painless Games @relativelypainlessgames.com · 28/07/2026

We've been a bit quiet lately, but a lot of work has been going on behind-the-scenes and now we have quite a few updates/announcements to give! First of all: Uncle Lee's Cookbook is getting a German translation, done by @marcelweyers.bsky.social!

Screenshot from the game. Ines and uncle Lee are in a van, and Ines is shouting "ZEITNAVIGATOR!?" at her uncle.

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Relatively Painless Games @relativelypainlessgames.com · 10/07/2026

Beware of using "not" , "and", "or", etc in C++. Despite being part of the standard, some compilers (*cough* Microsoft) don't support them

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Sally Beaumont | BAFTA Breakthrough | Voice Actor & Writer @sallybeaumont.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I'm on a panel at Develop next week! Wednesday 15th at 4.30pm "Developing Characters For Performance - A Writers’ Panel" alongside Sagar Beroshi, Vicky Wheeler, Daniel Bowditch, and Amy-Leigh Shaw! @sagarberoshi.bsky.social @diveamydive.bsky.social www.developconference.com/conference-p...

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Sally Beaumont | BAFTA Breakthrough | Voice Actor & Writer @sallybeaumont.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Voice Actor demo pull/casting call: I'm casting a short animation, which is a pitch for a larger TV show. Yuri is 51, male, Russian accent, understated gravitas and directness. Paid role. Looking for authentic accents or VAs with Russian heritage. drop demos below (with accent) and studio details.

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Sally Beaumont | BAFTA Breakthrough | Voice Actor & Writer @sallybeaumont.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Voice Actor demo pull/casting call 2: I'm casting a short animation, which is a pitch for a larger TV show. Xu is 52, male- born in Beijing, speaks Mandarin+ English with barely perceptible accent. Rich, confident, cheerful. Paid role. Looking for asian VAs only. Drop demos below + studio details.

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RoJo Aventuras @rojoaventuras.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

La última crítica de mi blog va de una aventura que me ha sorprendido especialmente (para bien) en su diseño de puzles, no os la perdáis:

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Nicholas Camm @nicholascamm.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

A really lovely review - "Every character is fully voiced and done well." (such an amazing cast, imho), and "Uncle Lee has that old, mad scientist sound." (a sound I achieved through obsessively watching Hammer Horror films and being old).

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itch.io @itch.io · 04/06/2026

Uncle Lee’s Cookbook: Five Recipes for Disaster: Uncle Lee has done it again. And again. And again. And again. And again. dionous.itch.io/uncle-lees-c...

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Dionous Games @dionous.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Five recipes for disaster. Uncle Lee's Cookbook is out now. Relatively Painless Games made something genuinely funny and full of puzzles worth chewing on. Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3777930 #ScreenshotSaturday #UncleLeesCookbook

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Relatively Painless Games @relativelypainlessgames.com · 27/05/2026

The Adventure Game Challenge still happens every year on itch (in September, I think). I also heard rumours of the AdventureX jam possibly happening again, but it's not confirmed yet.

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Relatively Painless Games @relativelypainlessgames.com · 26/05/2026

Just a few more hours to grab Uncle Lee's Cookbook at 20% off!

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Agustín Raluy @pordeciralgo.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Charla de actualidad marca de la casa y, por mi lado, nivelazo con los juegos que reseño: Picross S Konami Antiques Edition, Luna's Room de @donutdroid.bsky.social y @savegames.bsky.social, Uncle Lee's Cookbook de @relativelypainlessgames.com y @dionous.bsky.social y Whirlight @whirlight.bsky.social

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