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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Our cozy cleaning adventure, A Corporate Machine, will be part of The Big Break Showcase, and Sanitron is gearing up to show you some clean footage. ⁣ ⁣ Big Thanks #CoffeeStain ⁣ Check it out on 29 September, 19:00 CEST www.youtube.com/CoffeeStainS... #BigBreakShowcase

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

So much smoother! Moving the old janky prototype cleaning-system in our game A Corporate Machine to this solid shader based version looks a lot better and is way more performant. You can already wishlist it, link in the bio. #gamedev #indiegame #blender #godot #retro

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Ah yes, whacky temp rooms built during testing. Say hello to the Clown Room! #blender #godot #indiedev #gamedev #spookyclown

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

We love our little robot vacuum guy, Sanitron. Did you know you can wishlist A Corporate Machine now, to follow his journey? Link in comments! #godot #blender #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Turning on physic for all items in our game A Corporate Machine. Wishlist on Steam now. Link in the bio. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #blender #godot

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Should we keep the arcade in our satirical office cleaning game A Corporate Machine? #godot #indiedev #retro #indiegame #gamedev

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

If at first you don't succeed, try again. A coveted Company Appreciation Token is always around the corner. #indiegame #gamedev #godot #gamegif #indiedev

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Work is progressing on our demo for A Corporate Machine! Currently we're hard at work on both the core cleaning gameplay and the art. And hey, we finally got the steampage up! (link below) #godot #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #blender

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Finally, the steampage for A Corporate Machine is live! If you've ever wanted to be a cute cleaning robot, follow the link in the replies and check it out! 🎉 #indiegame #gamedev

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Yay! I feel so motivated … wait what? We've started to make these in-game de-motivational posters to hang around the Omega Global offices in our game A Corporate Machine #3dart #gamedev #gameart #indiegame #blender #godot

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Check out this fancy in-game paper weight for our game A Corporate Machine. It’s hefty and highly polished and you’re not allowed to touch it. #curling #gamedev #gameart #indiegame #blender

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Too many testers tried to burn the dog for us not to add an easter egg… Steam page for A Corporate Machine coming soon! #indiegame #gamedev #godot #easteregg #videogamedogs #indiedev

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Check out this neat in-game succulent plant for our game A Corporate Machine It’s just a little house plant, it’s definitely not sitting there silently judging you, it’s way too chill for that. #indiegame #gamedev #gameart #3dmodeling #blender #godot #retro #succulent

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

In-game office chair asset for A Corporate Machine. When is a chair just a chair, and other philosofical musings. - - #indiegame #gamedev #blender #godot #gaming #gameart #acorporatemachine #retro

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

This week we’ve finalised more assets for #godot screenshots for a Steam Page, made a template scene in #blender to show said assets, and dirtied up the prototype to see how much time players can spend just making it look nice, without respawning dirt #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

Finished in-game 3d assets for the Game A Corporate Machine. Office furniture lit and arranged inside of the game engine Godot

A Split View i Blender 3D. On the left side a rendered scene of a retro computer and on the right a gray shaded version of the same scene. Everything surrounded by Blender UI

A game lever in Godot game engine. Lots of small icons over a scene with a blocked up 3D office with lots of dirt in it.

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

We're currently focusing on finalising a slew of in-game assets to populate the Omega Corporation's offices in our game A Corporate Machine #gamedev #indiegame #blender #godot #screenshotsaturday

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

In our game A Corporate Machine, there's plenty of items to be diligently experimented with #indiegame #gamedev #godot #kettlebell #cuterobot 🔥

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

None can question Omega Global's dedication to the environment, not with such an efficient incenerator installed! #indiegame #gamedev #corporatehumor #cuterobot #godot

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

In A Corporate Machine you play as Sanitron TC-84, the world's most overqualified robot vacuum cleaner. Unseen and underappreciated, but also free to shake things up! #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #Blender #godot #videogames #cozygaming

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

The environment in our game, A Corporate Machine, is inspired by tech and interior decoration from the 70s to the 90s. But with more advanced capabilities like wireless communication protocols and one heck of a smart robot vacuum cleaner. #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #blender #godot

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

We’re experimenting with different ways for our little vacuum cleaner robot to interact with the office workers. Unionize today for table tennis breaks! #gamedev #indiegame #godot #screenshotsaturday #officelife

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

We're doing thumbnail sketches to capture the tone of the narrative in A Corporate Machine. They're also perfect fodder when developing the look of the game #indiegame #gamedev #blender #screenshotsaturday

A 3d render of two characters eating slices of pizza while a cure robot vacuum cleaner pulls a full sized pie along the floor, leaving a greasy trail behind. On a small table in the background there is a stack of pizza boxes and some party hats. A sign on the table reads: Q2 celebratory Pizza Party, 1 slice per employee" and the Q2 text is printed on a swappable card.

A rough pencil sketch of two characters eating slices of pizza while a cure robot vacuum cleaner pulls a full sized pie along the floor, leaving a greasy trail behind. On a small table in the background there is a stack of pizza boxes and some party hats. A sign on the table reads: Q2 celebratory Pizza Party, 1 slice per employee"

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

We're kicking off 2026 with some more tweaks on the demo, and getting a head start on a more polished future version by working on a template rig for the human NPCs in our game A Corporate Machine #screenshotsaturday #Blender #indiegame #gamedev #acorporatemachine

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

For this #screenshotsaturday, we’re going back in time some months to share a silly trial render from when we were exploring the look of the office dwellers in A Corporate Machine. We’ve since ditched the thumb-shaped heads… but the overall look and feel is still there #gamedev #indiegame #blender

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Got any fun ideas for office people? We've started concepting all sorts of fun little guys that you might encounter in A Corporate Machine. Would love to hear people's ideas, or examples of interesting folks you've worked with at your own jobs! #indiedev #conceptart #gamedev

concept art of two office workers. one "inexplicably cool accountant" and one "ambitious corp goon". The cool accountant has a beanie hat and hair infront of their face, making a cool hand gesture. The ambitious corp goon looks like a know it all bootlicker, with a blazer and slicked back hair

Concept art of an "it-goth" and a "sould drained long ago". Soul drained is an old man who looks just that, soul drained. The it-goth looks like an introvert wearing purple, with a pentagram necklace

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

This is the #blender render we’re working on matching in #godot Fun technical fact: it’s mostly done with vertex colours in a single shader; even the roughness and metallic is set by storing values in the UV.

A toony 3D render of a game view of the game A Corporate Machine, featuring a cute robot vacuum cleaner vacuuming dirt in an office. An NPC is looking at it.

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

A better preview image of the look development graphics in the video we just posted #godot #indegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

Cover photo to the video in the quoted post. Polished game graphics depicting a cute robot vacuum roaming an office

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Some progression on the look-development environment for A Corporate Machine. Lots of pipeline work done to make asset creation in #blender easier and exporting to #godot smoother #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

We had a fun time showing off A Corporate Machine at a #gamedev pub, hosted by @swedengamearena.bsky.social. It’s an uncontrolled environment, and getting lots of hands on it when it’s early and rough really lets you see what the biggest hurdles are for players to get in to the loop. #Indeigame

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

We tested without it for a while... but the throw action is back 🤖 💥 Use it to optimise your work, get out of boring tasks, or just chuck anything you can get your metal paws on really! #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #acorporatemachine #godot

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Goodbye pumpkins, hello peppermint! Getting into the holiday spirit and cooking up lots of fun stuff for our game. #gamedev #indiegame #godot #blender #acorporatemachine

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Thanks to our tireless programmer we’re now official contributors to the Godot engine 🎉 Free and Open Source is what all the cool kids are doing, right? #godot #indiegame #gamedev #foss

An image of a GitHub comment congratulating a user on their first merged contribution to the Godot engine

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

This week: Continued work on the prototype, talks with potential partners, and making some serious progress on our Blender to Godot pipeline. Our 3d-artist is weirdly proud to let you know that the Godot-shot is only three draw calls 🤷 #gamedev #indiegame #blender #godot #screenshotsaturday

A room rendered in Blender (top) and Godot (bottom), split to show identical lighting and material properties.

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Okay, the quest is still janky and cobbled together, but our little vacuum can now torch their bloodsucking supervisor for a gold keycard in the prototype 🤖🧠🧛🔥 #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev #godot

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

The office building you’ll be cleaning in #acorporatemachine may be on top of a hell-mouth, but the rent is unbeatable. Supernatural encounters here have some very natural explanations; hiring vampires for the night shift is just good business sense really🧛 #happyhalloween🎃 #indiegame #gamedev

A robot vacuum opens the blinds, exposing a vampire in a suit to sunlight in a humorous office scene.

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Can we trust you with the precious china? Good Bot or Bad Bot, the choice is yours. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #wackywipstuff #acorporatemachine

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

We had a lovely drive up to Skövde, discussing all manner of game ideas, as the sun rose over the horizon. Now we’re here at #swedengameconference preparing to pitch A Corporate Machine #gamedev #indiegame

Sunrise over a field in south west of Sweden. The fog hands heavy over the field.

A street and crosswalk in front of the entrance to Sweden Game Conference. A dark opening surrounded by colourful flags promoting the event. The sidewalk is wet after rain.

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

This coming Thursday we're heading to Skövde with @swedengamearena.bsky.social to pitch A Corporate Machine in front of a live audience. Exciting and frightening in equal amounts! We'll even bring an incredibly rough playable to try out 😱 #swedengamearena #swedengameconference #indiedev #gamedev

A mock up screenshot of the game A corporate Machine inside a frame promoting the even Sweden Game Conference on October 23-24 2025

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

We’re self-funding early dev by working part time. Reliable FOSS-tools like Blender and Godot are invaluable for small cross-disciplinary teams. We gladly use personal funds to support these projects. If you’re a FOSS-user, 🙏 donate if you can #blender #godot #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #foss

A card UI-element featuring a silver coloured icon of Blender’s monkey maskot Suzanne. Text beside the icon reading: Splendid Failures, Joined 3 years, 5 months ago

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

We conducted our first live user tests this weekend. The entire team was on site. More important than a well prepared build, a good testing environment and knowing what sort of data you're after is of course what sort of snacks you offer. What snack do you like when playing? #gamedev #indiegame

Snacks in jars and boxes, surrounded by stickers on a table

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Such a good dog! You can’t pet him just yet, but at least you can take him for a walk and give him a treat #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #godot #acorporatemachine #prototype #wackywipstuff

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Splendid Failures @splendidfailures.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

When working on the art-style for A Corporate Machine we’re keeping it separate from the prototype. #GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot #WackyWIPStuff

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