iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This weekend I'll be speaking at High Score in Melbourne! Join us on Sunday 4th for How to Speak Dev and Influence Designers, a panel about developer and audio collaboration.

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Oh god have I hit the gamedev career cap?

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The first time you implement new art is almost always funny

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Making code tasks for Winnie's Hole special events

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Making snake characters for our indie game Had to add this guy

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Sometimes you just need to sleep on it...

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

On the topic of naming our indie game

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Remade this because our game is on sale and we just added more content! It's better, right?... ... ...Right? I've been looking at this for too long

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

The pros and cons of indie gamedev

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I come bearing SENSITIVE INFORMATION including our past #SteamNextFest numbers Share if you appreciate graphs #gamedev #indiedev

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Just learned about the game Bad Rats, which has apparently become a meme Steam gift? Launched in 2009, started blowing up 4 years later. I need to know more...

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Advertise your account with a Simpsons image

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Ring of Pain, Winnie’s Hole and The Dungeon Experience

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Can you spot the typo? It's been in the game and demo the whole time, never mentioned. Even got translated.

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Here comes a new challenger

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

3am mid-sleep ideas strike again You are a what now

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Making life incredibly difficult trying to design UI to a 7 slice grid

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Asked for game design feedback on Reddit and someone replied to share how Ring of Pain handled chaining events... These moments make the internet great🤣

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Unlock animation first pass... Not sure about using the hole 🤔

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Satisfied with this. Good game. What does the inverse white border heart mean?

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Got there :) If you write instructions it'd be nice to note the scoring metric ahead of time, thought it might be diamonds. Ended with 40 diamonds but hadn't bought any Health in the shop.

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Progress comparison or our guts cutaway. Also adds more layers as you go deeper.

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Emerging from a post-Survivors world into a post-Balatro world where this is trending

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Real life is more disturbing than any monster I could make

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Life metaprogression Was thinking about game design and made this

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Share your Mundane Milestones. People usually post fun gamedev milestones like big wishlist traction... Well NOT HERE! I'm here for the intersection of dull and momentous. Treat me to your most fancy yet boring numbers, and witness this: Our 1000th project task! 😱

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Gamedev ᵇᵘᵗ ⁱᵗ ʷᵒᵘˡᵈ ᵇᵉ ˢᵒ ᶜᵒᵒˡ

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I often feel compelled to make little updates for art cohesion - Is this even noticeable? Is it better?

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

We do also have these boys, currently unused 😅

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Some days I need to remind myself progress was made, it just may not have been the things I'd hoped to focus on that day... Usually it's the days I'm stuck in accounts and spreadsheets... but it's okay because yesterday I got to make these boys