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Technical Director at ORGANIC MATTERS Maker of games Writer of code Enjoyer of beans organicmatters.games gamesbybeans.itch.io

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Organic Matters - We Make Games @organicmatters.bsky.social · 23m
Here's a little something I've been working on. This is the intro to a foraging scene. I've been messing around with particle effects to bring some subtle movement to the scene. What do you think? (Work in progress btw!!) ~ DC
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Organic Matters - We Make Games @organicmatters.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hey folks! Not in a position to hire *yet*, but looking for folks to keep in mind who are particularly good at UI art/design! Must have previous XP in making UI for games (even jam games). So if that's you, please send me a link to your portfolio/work so we can keep it on file. NO AI. <3 🎨 ~ ÚMK
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you don't have enough pain and suffering in your life you should play @fallosophygame.com. 10/10 so far.
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The FAI are making an absolute balls of this. The game should never be going ahead. Spineless from the FAI and spineless responses from the manager in yesterday's press conference. Fair play to Bazunu and the few other players that supported him in not playing the game.
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Looking forward to the anger this game is going to bring out in me! If the demo is anything to go by there will be a lot of anger.
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martin pichlmair @martinpi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We're launching Sparrow Warfare on November 16th! Mark the date in your calendar. The birds will need you! The storyteller will hate you. store.steampowered.com/news/app/347...
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Sparrow Warfare - Launch date announcement: November 16th 2026 - Steam News
Our deckbuilder x boss rush game is ready for liftoff featuring 178 wildtiles, 106 birds, and 3 playable characters.
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Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hey! Did you know we have an upcoming Steam event called BIRDS OF PLAY celebrating 140 bird games? October 10th to 16th on good old Steam! No link until it's live, but in the meantime you can find details and assets here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Promo image for Birds of Play event containing title, dates October 10th to 16th, and a range of cute birds!
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Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Please support this fundraiser for Eoghan Sweeney's family. Eoghan was a pioneer in early digital journalism and gave back to many so generously and inspired so many journalists in their careers, including mine! Donate if you can, but please do share if you can't.
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The FAI could really learn something from these artists putting their principles before income. #StopTheGame
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I can vouch for all of this. Úna-Minh is a delight to work with. Nobody knows their way around a gantt chart like she does!!
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Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hey friends! I'm starting my part-time M.A. in Game Development in a few weeks, but I'm still available for some part-time creative work aside from my own studio. So please do feel free to hit me up. Ma stuff: unaminhkavanagh.com
A picture of Úna-Minh standing next to a 1.2m sign. She's pointing at it.
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martin pichlmair @martinpi.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We 🦅 will 🦢 release 🦆 the 🦜 birds 🐓 soon 🦩 so 🦚 here 🦃 are 🦉 all 🐦‍🔥 the 🐦‍⬛juicy 🕊️ little 🐥 details 🐣 about 🦤 our 🐧 launch 🐤 of 🥚Sparrow Warfare* store.steampowered.com/news/app/347...
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Sparrow Warfare - Words from the Devs: Flight Preparations - Steam News
Sparrow Warfare's release is near: 15 unlockable tile packs, new playable character Way of Water, 3 new levels, and ~30 achievements. Nearly there, Birds! 🐦
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Organic Matters - We Make Games @organicmatters.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We're trying different narrative tools for PROJECT TOGRA because we want one that fits our vision, but what's exceptionally frustrating is testing one tool that HASN'T DECLARED that it is vibe-coded and thus discovering that we wasted our time. It has been scraped. What an absolute pain. #gamedev
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Organic Matters - We Make Games @organicmatters.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
We are a lean video game studio focused on: 1. Making intentional games with a strong pull towards storytelling and tight game mechanics. 2. Being a craft-led studio that will always choose humans first. Sign up for our newsletter for dev logs, sneak peeks and more. 🌱
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ORGANIC MATTERS is a remote-first, Irish independent game studio founded by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and David Collins. Its current flagship project is PROJECT TOGRA, a narrative-led deckbuilder based on a future vision of Ireland, shaped by community dynamics and wild food foraging.
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Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I'll have you know that my mom approves of both @sirbeans.bsky.social AND @organicmatters.bsky.social 🤭 #gamedev
A text from Úna-Minh's mom: "Love the name of the company and David Collins seems like a very pleasant young man ..it's great how ye met and how your skills fit .. the very best of luck wiith the business. Much love . Momxx
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Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
if you'd like to give some wee Irish devs a boost on a Friday night, we'd LOVE it if ya headed over here to interact with our ORGANIC MATTERS announcement vid (or at least light us a candle!) www.tiktok.com/@unaminh/vid... #gamedev #ireland #irish
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The craic is ninety! We can’t wait to tell you more 😊 #ireland #irish #indiegames #gamedev #irishtiktok
TikTok video by Úna-Minh 🇮🇪 | Indie Game Dev
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Played this demo this morning and absolutely loved it!
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Yesterday was very exciting. Now that we have announced our studio @organicmatters.bsky.social, we just have the easy task of... making an entire game!!! Thankfully, we love that part.
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Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Overwhelmed by the responses here, across socials and on our vid. We can't wait to show off more of PROJECT TOGRA. Very much still in prototyping phase but this week is juice week and boy did we add juice*! *not actual juice, that'd ruin our hardware.
A screenshot of PROJECT TOGRA, a narrative deckbuilder set in Ireland. On screen there are five cards, some green and some blue and mixed. Two characters in greyscale are featured to the right, in the background is an acrylic style road with rich green colours.
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Organic Matters - We Make Games @organicmatters.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
ORGANIC MATTERS is a new indie Irish game studio by @unaminh.bsky.social and @sirbeans.bsky.social Its current flagship project is PROJECT TOGRA, a narrative-led deckbuilder based on a future vision of Ireland, shaped by community dynamics and wild food foraging. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1bX...
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Announcing "Organic Matters": Our Irish Indie Game Studio
YouTube video by Organic Matters
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Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Two of my absolute favourite people in games are setting up shop!! You NEED to get your eyeballs on this cute as hell video and follow what @unaminh.bsky.social & @sirbeans.bsky.social are up to! ❤️
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
IT'S OFFICIAL!! I can't express how excited I am to finally announce this! If you'd like to follow our journey, you can sign up for our newsletter here: organicmatters.games#signup
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We're having some fun this week by pausing work on new feature development and focusing on how we can juice up what we already have. It's really nice to dedicate some time to just having fun with the project! (Which is already a lot of fun to work on btw)
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Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Hey folks - I'm the writer on this game with the Not Here, Not There team! We're working on Good Folk Cafe, a game set in Ireland with delightful foraging mechanics and lots of folklore. Wishlist us today 🌱 store.steampowered.com/app/4369850/... #ireland #gamedev #irish
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Good Folk Cafe on Steam
Forage for wild plants, craft bespoke dishes, and delight your otherworldly clientele in this cosy, atmospheric management game. Hone your craft as you collect special equipment and useful folklore by...
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This!
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Got my tickets. I'm really looking forward to this!!
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I've just clicked release on my latest game and my first attempt at an interactive fiction game! It's called Project Rebirth and was made over 3 weeks as part of the Writing For Video Games course with @alphachar.bsky.social ealga-labs.itch.io/project-rebi...
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Project Rebirth by Ealga Labs
Will you save the human race?
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Do you like weird, stupid little games? Do you have a butt? Then you're the perfect demographic for my game No Butts! gamesbybeans.itch.io/no-butts
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No Butts by Beans
No Butts - You play as a butt separated from it's body in a tragic flushing accident. Fight for survival in the sewers.
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
My morning ritual @neonaurelius.bsky.social
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I can highly recommend this course. I learned so much!
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Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
What can I tell you so far? It’s time to deck build your life. If you love strong narratives + card games + Ireland, my friend, this combo is FOR YOU.
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
So excited to be working on this with @unaminh.bsky.social!!! I can't wait to share more!
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Programming is weird. You can go from "Well, this is literally impossible and there is no way I can do this" to "Oh, that was actually really easy" in a matter of seconds.
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Have started building my new office in a dark, unloved corner of the garden. Why I chose the hottest weekend of the year to start this I really don't know!! Anyway, here’s some progress pictures.
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I've just clicked release on my latest game and my first attempt at an interactive fiction game! It's called Project Rebirth and was made over 3 weeks as part of the Writing For Video Games course with @alphachar.bsky.social ealga-labs.itch.io/project-rebi...
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Project Rebirth by Ealga Labs
Will you save the human race?
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This was so much fun to work on and getting in the top 6% of ratings from over 3500 entries feels pretty good! If you haven't played it, you really should try it. @unaminh.bsky.social did such a great job with the art and the voice acting is 👌 JOIN THE PPA!
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Both of these courgettes were harvested from the same plant at the same time 😅
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Part Two gets greenlit if we make it to the top 5 👀
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Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Our game is currently #47 most popular out of over 3600 entries in the juniper game jam!! We’ve been getting really lovely comments and delighted that people have been finding it funny 🤭 unaminh.itch.io/popcorn-braw... #gamedev #gamejam #indiedev
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POPCORN BRAWL IV: Part One by Úna-Minh Kavanagh, Ealga Labs
This time, it's serious.
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Out of over 3500 game jam entries, our game is currently sitting in the top 50 most popular 🤯 unaminh.itch.io/popcorn-braw...
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POPCORN BRAWL IV: Part One by Úna-Minh Kavanagh, Ealga Labs
This time, it's serious.
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Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Play as KID KERNEL, the latest budding recruit for the Perfect Popcorn Alliance. Do they have what it takes to be THE next big thing?! Made very seriously by myself & @sirbeans.bsky.social, this is our first time jamming and collabing together on a game! 🍿 unaminh.itch.io/popcorn-braw... #gamedev
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POPCORN BRAWL IV: Part One by Úna-Minh Kavanagh, Ealga Labs
This time, it's serious.
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Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Some screenshots from the #gamejam I was quite happy with the kid-like art for this!
A screenshot of cartoon popcorn kernels walking towards a green microwave. There's a light on inside and a painting of a person wearing a colourful hat. Title screen for POPCORN BRAWL IV: PART ONE with a popcorn kernel wearing a colourful hat surrounded by popcorn. A popcorn kernel looking directly at camera - very happy with a colourful hat on and a purple couch in the backgroundA popcorn wearing a green cap like a colonel pointing at the player. They're on the screen of a TV
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
And here it is!! What an enjoyable game this was to make! And what a pleasure it was to work with someone as talented as @unaminh.bsky.social THIS WAS A BEANS A CHEESE PRODUCTION.
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
We are now at that point where I'm absolutely terrified of making code changes because who knows what catastrophic, game breaking bugs I'll introduce!!
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Having so much fun working on this game with @unaminh.bsky.social for the @juniperdev.bsky.social VERY SERIOUS Game Jam! We've crammed so much work into it so far. Looking forward to sharing the game when its finished at the end of the week.
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Just two serious people making a serious game about serious things.
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
We are making a VERY SERIOUS game!
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Some people may find this offensive but Brunch ice creams are seriously overrated. Ice Burger is the one true king.
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The Irish game dev community is really cool!
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Beans @sirbeans.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Submitted my game for the Absurdist comedy jam last night with a few hours to spare. Crammed as much as I could into this weird little game and im pretty happy with the result. Would be very grateful for some feedback on the game - ealga-labs.itch.io/no-butts
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No Butts by Ealga Labs
No Butts - You play as a butt separated from it's body in a tragic flushing accident. Fight for survival in the sewers.
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