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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 02/10/2026

I love how other platforms constantly improve ease of use while expanding their dashboards and in Google Play Console it takes 20 clicks to upload a new screenshot #indiedev #gamedev

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Edd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Since a dev shared his game concept last month, Steam has been flooded with vibe-coded slop clones. This is what "democratising creativity" actually looks like. Even with AI, your ideas are worthless as long as they can be plagiarised at scale. Gen AI was designed for plagiarism, NOT creativity.

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 23/09/2026

We're in the "your precious little indie game was vibe-cloned in a day because it was bad, you should've made a better game" phase now #indiedev

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 15/09/2026

I think I was pretty respectful 🤔

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 11/09/2026

"And they downvoted him, because he was telling the truth" #indiedev

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cabbagebishop @cabbagebishop.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Long term planning isn't the goal here. It's to siphon as much profit possible out of a system that is doomed to fail before the walls collapse.

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Noa 🪻 @noahbogart.com · 07/09/2026

10. Card Hog - part broughlike, part dungeon crawler, part brain burner. @snoutup.com's best game (which is saying something). i love how the swords flop around, and things poof into and out of view. i play fast and loose cuz i can get too sucked in if i slow down.

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 06/09/2026

Morbidly curious to see what the endgame of "every creative and technical field is cooked by AI" will look like. In a world where anyone can easily and quickly make apps, games, music, videos and anything else... who will be buying any of that? Mines will collapse on everyone.

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 06/09/2026

Making some good progress with one of my #robloxdev games. Not monetarily (I don't add agressive monetization), but maybe... one day. #gamedev #indiedev

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 05/09/2026

Posted this in July. Didn't expect things to go this bad this fast. Projects (especially web) are getting copied 1:1 (levels, title, everything) and republished everywhere, multiple clones hitting the stores ahead of announced original... Welp. Future is sure exciting. #gamedev #indiedev

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 03/09/2026

I got bored while waiting for algo to pick my games and wrote a bunch of #robloxdev tips from my own experience that may be helpful to beginner/mid devs... Yes, I'm trying that cursed platform again. It's not going well, but I'm getting a hang on it. www.reddit.com/r/ROBLOXStud...

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 31/08/2026

Is anyone still here? How's your #indiedev going?

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 02/06/2026

I'm rebuilding Chef Bacon to be more eatventure-like, but struggling to onboard casual web players. 20% drop off without upgrading their apples! What the heck? Give it a go an let me know where my onboarding is lacking: poki.com/en/preview/4... #gamedev #indiedev #gamemaker

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 11/04/2026

If you want a chill & casual restaurant management game where you control a tiny pigly chef serving (vegetarian) meals to forest customers - check out Chef Bacon on Google Play & Poki! #gamedev #indedev

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 27/02/2026

This little pig wants you to help him run a forest restaurant! 👨‍🍳 Answer the call if you have an Android phone: play.google.com/store/apps/d... #gamedev #indiedev

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 27/02/2026

This little pig wants you to help him run a forest restaurant! 👨‍🍳 Answer the call if you have an Android phone: play.google.com/store/apps/d... #gamedev #indiedev

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 23/02/2026

Yay, Chef Bacon is live on Poki! Nay, it's having some kind of weird technical issues (a lot of people fail to launch it and engage with the game). If you have an older phone or some weird browser (that still runs web games), could you try it out? poki.com/en/g/chef-ba... #gamedev #indiedev

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CHEF BACON - Play Online for Free! | Poki

Play Chef Bacon on the most popular website for free online games! Poki works on your mobile, tablet, or computer. No downloads, no login. Play now!

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 19/02/2026

It looks like new players actually WENT DOWN after the release 😅 Oh mobile marketplaces, you so silly.

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 18/02/2026

it's very easy to succeed as an indie gamedev all you gotta do is get tens of thousands of followers, significant numbers of true fans, and then ship at least one game a year (preferably more)

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 17/02/2026

My reaction to 99% of AI "tool" annoucements

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 16/02/2026

During a moment of weakness I full released Chef Bacon on Google Play yesterday. That means you can now REVIEW it which I'd be super thankful for! #gamedev #indiedev play.google.com/store/apps/d...

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Chef Bacon - Apps on Google Play

Cozy cooking game! Serve food, hire workers, upgrade & customize your chefs 🐷

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 16/02/2026

I'm slowly getting back to toying with Roblox too. Have a bunch of failed & audience-mismatched projects on the platform, which still might start earning something with a couple of adjustments. Like this Match 3 game. Will it be popular? No way in hell, but... #gamedev #indiedev

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 16/02/2026

During a moment of weakness I full released Chef Bacon on Google Play yesterday. That means you can now REVIEW it which I'd be super thankful for! #gamedev #indiedev play.google.com/store/apps/d...

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Chef Bacon - Apps on Google Play

Cozy cooking game! Serve food, hire workers, upgrade & customize your chefs 🐷

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Fermenter Games @fermentergames.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Shout out to @yellowafterlife.bsky.social for making my GameMaker dev life 1000x more seamless with GMLive. yellowafterlife.itch.io/gamemaker-live

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GMLive.gml for GameMaker by YellowAfterlife

Code and asset live-reloading for GameMaker!

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 10/02/2026

I'm still keeping it in Open Testing since I'm too scared to fully release it for some reason. Not like full launch matters on Google Play these days. Would be nice to see some reviews tho

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 10/02/2026

If this continues Chef Bacon will soon be my TOP EARNING MOBILE release 😅 #gamedev #indiedev play.google.com/store/apps/d...

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 09/02/2026

I have put my little casual restaurant management game on Steam Playtesting, so you can just... play it for free! If you promise to give me some feedback. store.steampowered.com/app/1878120/... #gamedev #indiedev #gamemaker

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Chef Bacon on Steam

Casual restaurant management game in which a tiny piglet cook must feed a forest full of hungry creatures

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 09/02/2026

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Chef Bacon on Steam

Casual restaurant management game in which a tiny piglet cook must feed a forest full of hungry creatures

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 06/02/2026

No idea where did all these people come from!

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 05/02/2026

Over 70 people joined the Steam Playtest already! I didn't know what to expect, so this sounds pretty darn good for me. Will update the game today. #gamedev #indiedev

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 03/02/2026

Which icon would you choose for a casual restaurant management game? #gamedev #indiedev Gameplay: poki.com/en/g/chef-ba...

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 04/02/2026

It's my first time trying to do Playtest on Steam. Can anyone confirm it works? I assume you should click something and just... get to play the game! #gamedev #indiedev store.steampowered.com/app/1878120/...

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Chef Bacon on Steam

Casual restaurant management game in which a tiny piglet cook must feed a forest full of hungry creatures

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 04/02/2026

Of course I messed up and Playtest option was not visible in the store page? But I think now it should be good and new testers should be approved automatically.

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 04/02/2026

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Chef Bacon on Steam

Casual restaurant management game in which a tiny piglet cook must feed a forest full of hungry creatures

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 03/02/2026

Which icon would you choose for a casual restaurant management game? #gamedev #indiedev Gameplay: poki.com/en/g/chef-ba...

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 02/02/2026

Chef Bacon now has a working juicer station that takes in both apples and carrots as well as a shopping stand where honey and juice can be sold for guests that are only interested in take-away. #gamedev #indiedev #gamemaker

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REllU_StillRunning @stillrunning.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

We've been cooking! 👀 Watch the new trailer for ZKW [REDACTED] and get your popcorn ready! youtu.be/vwQmgveZLdI?... #indiedev #gamedev #gamemaker #indiegame #pixelart

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 28/01/2026

Chef is now sleeping at the start of the game. Just something I'll test to see if it makes players more curious to engage. #gamedev #indiedev

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 28/01/2026

7 wishlists already? That's not bad at all!

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 28/01/2026

Some absolute madman must've played for hours! 😅

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 26/01/2026

Chef Bacon is soft released on @poki.com ! 🚀 Easily accessible web version, so should be much easier for you to give me some feeeeedback! Right? poki.com/en/g/chef-ba... #gamedev #indiedev

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CHEF BACON - Play Online for Free! | Poki

Play Chef Bacon on the most popular website for free online games! Poki works on your mobile, tablet, or computer. No downloads, no login. Play now!

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 27/01/2026

You can now wishlist Chef Bacon on Steam! I'll try to get a Playtest build up and running as soon as possible. store.steampowered.com/app/1878120/... #gamedev #indiedev

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 22/01/2026

Hey #gamedev give my new game a go and give me some feedback! #indiedev play.google.com/store/apps/d...

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 22/01/2026

Hey #gamedev give my new game a go and give me some feedback! #indiedev play.google.com/store/apps/d...

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 21/01/2026

My gameplay short is going places! I know, 1.7k views isn't much, but it broke through the usual 300-600 I get and the graph is looking strong, so it's a very solid start. Gives me hope that it can hook people! www.youtube.com/shorts/2tn4s... #gamedev #indiedev

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Aurimas @snoutup.com · 20/01/2026

Store page and build is up for review. Will start a Playtest thing after it's approved. Is it a Steamy game? Not yet. But I can't work without player feedback and other platforms don't give me much.

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