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Sam Stubbings

@sams.games
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Solo Developer of DWARRF & Life Not Supported he/him | no ai For DMs -> Discord:@Stubbings & mention bsky (I get a lot of spam)

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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 07/09/2026
Bet that looks silly in the ocean!
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Tomas Sala @falconeerdev.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
yes!!!! ShipShaper is released into Early Access store.steampowered.com/app/4339280/... Do spend a 8.99 on the best boat builder ever!!! Also when does this horror of having to listen to my own voice end.!! Buy now so I can retreat into the shadows again!! #indiedev #indiegame
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 27/08/2026
Oh hey, looks like it’s based on Coach Carter (2005) from that desc! I wonder how faithful it’ll be to the original 🫡
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 24/08/2026
Modnation racers!
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 20/08/2026
Can anyone recommend any localisation companies that are indie-budget friendly? (No ai)
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 20/08/2026
Thanks, I've popped you an email :)
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 20/08/2026
Thanks tom :)
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 20/08/2026
(Or individuals, I don’t mind searching language by language)
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 20/08/2026
Can anyone recommend any localisation companies that are indie-budget friendly? (No ai)
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 17/08/2026
Such a cool and timely event. If you like pinballs AND peg(balls?), my roguelite game DWARRF might interest you! store.steampowered.com/app/3634710/...
Steam pins & pegs: DWARRF: A PINBALL ROGUELIKE -> Free demo. 

its cool i swear
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 17/08/2026
Once you've finished your run (win or lose), you return to your village where you rebuild each building by achieving certain things during your travels, with extra balls/relics/runes and eventually alt-floors being unlocked as you go.
Village: under siege from necromancers and skeletonsVillage after youve defeated the necromancerenter the pub?The pub has many unlocks. And also many dwarves, some are drinking, some are cheering for the fella jumping in circles on the table. There's a lot of vomit..
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 17/08/2026
After each battle you can choose a free relic (works as you expect for a roguelite) & can then spend your gold on buying new balls, upgrading what you've got, or having a drink (healing).
Choose a relic! 2 dangling dwarves congratulate youBall seller: "yeah i have some balls in me sack here. just dont ask me where I can em from..."Upgrade balls: "Hey there! I can make your balls stronger for a price. Just place them on me anvil here and ill start whacking"healer (pub on wheels): "looks like youve seen better days. give ya balls a rest and come have a drink"
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 17/08/2026
Then you go to the top down view and fire your charged ball right at the enemies! Well, you do for some balls. Some carry out AoE damage, or charm, or taunt, or a heal-there are currently over 50 different balls you can have in your bag(deck) with 100+ effects to enchant them with. Tactics & chaos!
Battle view: spiders!battle view: rat whisperer!battle view: lava level with obsidian crabs of all things! A red barrel ball mid-ignition
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 17/08/2026
To fight enemies in DWARRF, you use a two phase system. Firstly, you charge up your ball using the pinball/pachinko board. Hitting pegs increases the damage you'll do. Hitting ORE will increase your frenzy meter, which when at 100% causes you to go into "MINING FRENZY" increasing your damage done.
Pinball/pachinko board, spiders with flippers as their palipleppers or whatever they're calledOne of the rotating pinball/pachinko boards in DWARRF, a highly altered ball causing chaos on screen during a MINING FRENZYOne of 2 sewer pinball/pachinko levels in DWARRF, pegs flow from the grate into another.
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 17/08/2026
Each run begins with you traversing a procedurally generated map, in 3D, coming across encounters such battles/bosses/random events/shops/chests. All this in your 'pirate ship' which is just a mine cart with a cannon attached.
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 17/08/2026
DWARRF is part of Steam's "Pins & Pegs Fest" which is great cuz the game is both a pinball game and a peg (pachinko) game. I've realised I never explained what this game actually is on bsky, so here a thread! Wishlisting / reposting etc is very appreciated :D store.steampowered.com/app/3634710
Steam's Pins & pegs fest promotional banner with DWARRF: A Pinballs Roguelike's capsule image inside.
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 17/08/2026
No AI in these balls! store.steampowered.com/app/3634710/...
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DWARRF: A Pinball Roguelike on Steam
Grab your balls and set sail on your 'pirate' minecart into the depths of the mines. Fight enemies in a unique blend of Pinball, Pachinko, with Turn-based Combat whilst collecting game altering balls ...
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 17/08/2026
I’m participating with DWARRF! store.steampowered.com/app/3634710/...
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DWARRF: A Pinball Roguelike on Steam
Grab your balls and set sail on your 'pirate' minecart into the depths of the mines. Fight enemies in a unique blend of Pinball, Pachinko, and Turn-based Combat whilst collecting game altering balls &...
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Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2026 🎉 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 27th More info 👇
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 14/08/2026
Looks like i have a coworker now
Spider on my monitor, very close to the ‘debug’ button. As if it knew 🤔
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 07/08/2026
is this the new marvel i’ve not seen it yet
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 07/08/2026
original battle phaselower pixelization battle phase
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 04/08/2026
Less than 100 wishlists away from being OVER NINE THOUSAAND
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 30/07/2026
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. (No Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli)
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The Martian Matt Damon
Alt: The Martian film, mark whatney (matt damon) says “I’m gonna have to science the shit out of this.”
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 28/07/2026
ive made 41 balls with different effects now for this pinball roguelike and i still feel like theres at least the same again out there.. just need to keep fishing in the ol idea pond 🎣
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 27/07/2026
Let’s gooooo(dot)!
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 21/07/2026
I know this is a joke but I’m LITERALLY DOING THAT RIGHT NOW
Me trying to get this dwarf’s butt to wiggle at the enemy
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 15/07/2026
F
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 12/07/2026
I'm glad we're on the top layer of this infinite recursion
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possqueen (TRICKSTARTER ENDS 9/30) @possqueen.dev · 01/07/2026
TRICKSTARTER PAGE IS UP! Currently in pre-launch, you can opt in to get notified when it formally launches in August! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pos...
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Coming soon: Tricky and the Dream Caster: A 6th Gen Throwback Platformer
A 3D collect-a-thon platformer that hearkens back to the early 2000s!
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 06/07/2026
Me too, I’ve been eso+ for maany years but this is taking the piss
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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
First batch is up! Ten fantastic-looking new or upcoming indie games you'll very probably want to stick on your Wishlist asap: kotaku.com/indie-penanc... Please repost this to get these games as much attention as possible. Especially *you*, person with a squillion followers.
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It's Indie-Penance Day! Have 10 Incredible Indie Games To Wishlist
Video games are amazing! Here's a lot of proof
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Alice Averlong 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 30/06/2026
On the last day of Pride Month, happy Trans Pride, now and forever and ever and ever, Amen.
A beige computer from the 90s with a CRT monitor, displaying the trans pride flag
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 24/06/2026
To those who think the ball physics in DWARRF is too heavy: - In regular pinball, the ball is a ball bearing or something - In DWARRF, it’s a cannonball Checkmate.
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 22/06/2026
One day i’ll listen and implement localisation at the *start* of a project…
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 20/06/2026
Working on updates for Life Not Supported feels like gamedev on hardcore mode. The project only works on one machine, in one unity version, in one folder and I have no idea why. I just hope i can finish it before this laptop inevitably dies…
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 20/06/2026
I didn't use powers that much but I did enjoy using the teleport to bypass some key doors (even if I softlocked myself a couple times)
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 12/06/2026
Like steam forums are very convenient so it’s not very motivating to setup your own forum. But I don’t trust discord, even more so recently..
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 12/06/2026
All this talk about rpg maker shutting down their forums is making me worried about the future of games/dev related Discord servers.. Is anyone doing any sort of self-hosted forums or anything for their games - something you actually own incase big companies do what big companies do?
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 10/06/2026
They’ll still accept paysafe cards & the like won’t they?
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Eternal Skies TCG RPG @eternalskies.neocities.org · 08/06/2026
With Sega (my former beloved) now jumping on the AI slop train, I'm seeing people say well everyone usea AI now at least for code! No, they don't. And here are 3 starter packs of game devs who don't use ANY AI The slop is not inevitable go.bsky.app/6DRdowf go.bsky.app/AS5R4p7 go.bsky.app/7K7JDCJ
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 07/06/2026
Only just realised the ai’s stole their logo from the emitters in LittleBigPlanet
An emmiter from LittleBigPlanet (black circle with glowing star symbol like the ai’s)
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Frosty Games 🍦 @frostygamesfest.com · 06/06/2026
Release Date! Grab your balls and set sail on your 'pirate' minecart, because @sams.games just dropped the release date for DWARRF: A Pinball Roguelike where no two runs are alike. Coming to Steam August 21. s.team/a/3634710/
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 06/06/2026
wishlisted!
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 26/05/2026
Ahoy! My game’s demo is in June’s next fest & an upcoming showcase (don’t think I can say which yet)! store.steampowered.com/app/3634710/...
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DWARRF: A Pinball Roguelike on Steam
Grab your balls and set sail on your 'pirate' minecart into the depths of the mines. Fight enemies in a unique blend of Pinball, Pachinko, and Bubble Shooter whilst collecting game altering balls &amp...
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 26/05/2026
No ai in my games whatsoever 🫡
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 22/05/2026
If you follow me for my first game, Life Not Supported, please leave your thoughts for the next big update here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/167... (if not, keep scrolling, hopefully someone's posted a cute kitten just a bit further)
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Life Not Supported - Have your say on the next major update! - Steam News
Howdy astronauts! I just wanted to put a quick announcement somewhere visible to get this new feedback form out there. I'm putting together all the new content / fixes for the next major update & am l...
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 22/05/2026
Ah makes sense, thanks for the info 🫡
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Sam Stubbings @sams.games · 22/05/2026
300+ reviews!?! This was at like 4 reviews until the games news sites started covering it…
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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should
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