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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 28/04/2026

someone (*cough* me *cough*) had time on their hands today and decided we needed to show off the sauce pokemon gym.... anyone fancy showing off theirs??

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 07/01/2026

in case you wondered about the team's alignments...

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 16/12/2025

Nice to know the public also feels Overwhelmingly Positive about our little game too😊

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 11/12/2025

We've been supporting the incredible @heybirdhey.bsky.social team with their studio rebranding! Just in time for Christmas they've got a slick new website, socials, strategy and of course announced the incredible game Inkblood alongside @cr-games.bsky.social 🔥

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 10/12/2025

Introducing Weekend Games! If you're a dev working on something that you could 'complete' in a weekend, with a learning curve of some sort, and a gripping visual hook, we want to talk! Especially if you're self-funding development👀 publishing[at]thesecretsauce.uk

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 02/10/2025

we did some "team bonding" by playing Stuck Together - and we're supporting them in Next Fest so if you like... - Bennett Foddy’s games - Bread & Fred - Paddle Paddle - putting your relationship/friendships at risk ..and are a creator / journo then DM us a line for keys and an extended build👀

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 24/09/2025

welp big thank you to the MIX for featuring two of our games in the showcase!!

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 19/08/2025

so so nice to see little corners up on the gamescom steam page! Be sure to stop by the IAB booth to try out @littlecornersgame.bsky.social and other great indies

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 11/08/2025

calling all creators at #gamescom 📢 we're going to be showing our game little corners at @indiearenabooth.de, DM us if you're interested in checking it out --- aaaaand maybe grabbing a key👀 - decorate cute (or chaotic)rooms - jam to lofi beats - satisfying sticker sounds

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 04/07/2025

The sauce team have only gone and done it. We lost a few folks along the way but it was all worth it #PEAK @ayeforscotland.bsky.social @secretsaucesoph.bsky.social RIP @jasmo.bsky.social & @gigaidx.bsky.social

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 03/07/2025

Yesterday we launched the demo on Itch for @littlecornersgame.bsky.social alongside the talented folks at Meteor Pixel. We've already had so many cosy doodles, we can't wait to see what else people create and share ✨ Links in thread ⬇️

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 23/06/2025

Look at this handsome trio!! We polished and tidied ourselves up for the @mcvdevelop.bsky.social awards!

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 03/06/2025

With #NotE3 / #SummerGamesFest in full effect, we want to hear your BOLDEST and most UNHINGED predictions. Let us start with an obvious one... Jeff Goldblum will reveal the Dreamcast 2 as a surprise "Out Now" moment to a stunned Geoff and Sonic.

Geoff Keighley and Sonic the Hedgehog stand on the set of Summer Games Fest looking at a screen that shows Jeff Goldblum presenting a Dreamcast 2 (it looks like a Sega Dreamcast that someone has felt tipped "2" onto" with the words "Out Now" underneath it.

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 02/06/2025

Heading to #SXSWLondon today?* @grgwllrd.bsky.social is on a panel with @olima.bsky.social‬, @annahollinrake.com, Pietro de Grandi and @ocarina0fslime.bsky.social titled... Self-Publishing for Indies: Everything You Need to Know (But Were Afraid to Ask) ✨ 14:00 BST Kaso Rooftop Bar and Kitchen.

An image of Eminem standing next to Idris Elba. George from Secret Sauce is behind them, though George has been edited in, the meeting between Idris and Eminem was real, in a rooftop bar setting, to their right are two indoor palm trees. Text reads: SXSW LONDON and in relation to the image text reads:*this has never and probably will never happen.

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 30/05/2025

Fancy a demo for the weekend? Shroom and Gloom from @teamlazerbeam.bsky.social has been on repeat here! It's a first person, rougelike, "double-deckbuilder" which had me sold. Then throw in the art style? 🧑‍🍳🤌 store.steampowered.com/app/3271280/...

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 29/05/2025

Our own @connorcloughley.bsky.social is headed to #TwitchCon this weekend! ✈️ He's there to chat streaming, games and marketing for folks and on the lookout for "the best Chinese dumpling place in Rotterdam". Hit 'em up!* *but only in a "hello" kind of way, they teach Krav Maga, so, you know... 🤼

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 16/05/2025

The meadows are calling in ADRIFT play the demo today ⬇️ store.steampowered.com/app/2903570/... #indiegame #indiedev

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 16/05/2025

Bonus interval act, the dancers in Just Dance. You love seeing them at E3, we’d love to see them at Eurovision!

Six of the dancers from the Just Dance series striking various poses!

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 16/05/2025

The Clickers from The Last Of Us So, at first you might think it’s an odd choice but in the spirit of Lordi, they could take it! Plus, the Thriller style movements and some clicking incorporated into the tune? At least 7 points from us.

Performing WITH the band Lordi, it's a Clicker from The Last of Us at Eurovision!

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 16/05/2025

Donkey Kong I mean, you don’t think the DK Rap would get points?! Plus, bash out the bongos for a Donkey Konga instrumental break!

Donky Kong strands in front of four other Kongs, all striking poses while performing the DK Rap.

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 16/05/2025

Riebeck from The Outer Wilds A unique look plus a unique instrument?! This competitor has Eurovision written all over them!

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 16/05/2025

The King of All Cosmos from the Katamari series. Dressed to kill and the voice of a turntable in motion, the King is ready to hit the stage and take send another trophy up to the sky.

The King of All Cosmos towers above a stage, arms in cat-like readiness, dressed in all their finery and looking stunning.

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 16/05/2025

The #Eurovision final is upon us so during one of our meetings we asked which game character we think would do it well! Also, be sure to add your own to this thread! First up, Ulala from Space Channel 5. Fabulous, great dancing, and if aliens invade, they’re ready! 🎤

Ulala stands in retro 60s space age chic, mic raised in the air, ready to win Eurovision.

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 14/05/2025

Check out the demo for ADRIFT by @sk98games.bsky.social 🚗 💨 Our first co-published game is both a chill vaporwave exploration game and spicy delivery game, jump in and enjoy the vibes ⬇️ store.steampowered.com/app/2903570/... #indiegame #gamedev

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 04/05/2025

Bank Holiday gaming tip: Become a cosmic entity, inhabit some "mortal shells", and question the very nature of existence; all before lunch. @runeheads.bsky.social’s Journey to the Void demo is out now. It got George thinking... deeply. ✨🧠 store.steampowered.com/app/3210490/... #indiegame #indiedev

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 30/04/2025

The latest demo for @runeheads.bsky.social Journey to the Void is out NOW! Play this unique turn-based deck builder roguelite today and add it to your wishlists! store.steampowered.com/app/3210490/... #indiegame #indiedev

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 24/04/2025

"It's 2025, Goblins are so back!" We're working with @runeheads.bsky.social as they build up to the next demo release of Journey to the Void. George and Chris? Fully locked in for a Goblin future. 💚 store.steampowered.com/app/3210490/... #indiegames #indiedev

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 23/04/2025

Also, @connorcloughley.bsky.social just casually dropping that selfie. With the FROG PHONE as well??! Gagged.

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 23/04/2025

🎉 Secret Sauce turns ONE today! 🎉 And 𝘺𝘰𝘶 get the presents! 🥳 We’re giving away a free 30min 1:1 call to three #indiedev #gamedev folks: Steam page reviews, advice, feedback, you name it! If it's in our marketing/pr/community realm, we've got you! Drop us a reply if you’re in! 🎮💬

An image of a frankly stunning member of our team, Connor, who is holding an old telephone shaped like a frog.

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 17/04/2025

Game rec! 🎲 Citizen Sleeper by @jumpovertheage.com A sci-fi dystopia with grit & heart. ✨🛰️ The characters I met, and the experiences I had in this cyberpunk dice-based RPG were were incredibly resonant, making every choice and moment feel meaningful. store.steampowered.com/app/1578650/...

A drawing of a person, looking tired and ragged, with dirt on their face, who is holding a small child in their arms. They are both looking at you, though the child looks more apprehensive. They are framed in a video game scene that contains text to the right, a 3D scene of a space ship being built to the left, Dice at the top of the screen and "Lem & Mina" written next to them.

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From the walkway the Sidereal Horizon looks impossibly vast, a landscape of plating and frames. All along her flanks torches flicker, drones maneuver, arclights glint. The sense of scale, of industry, is both stunning and strangely unsettling.

"She's quite beautiful, I think." You turn to see a figure a little way down the walkway, leaning at the railing. He is thin, ragged, his work gear poorly fitting and loose. The torches of the Sidereal Horizon flicker in his eyes as he turns to you.
"Lem," he leans back from the rail, revealing a child standing beside him, staring out at the ship,
"and this is Mina," he adds with a smile.

Opt 1 "Hi Lem."
Opt 2 "Hi Mina."
Opt 3 Stay silent.

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 16/04/2025

Not only has ADRIFT, our first co-published game, just dropped its debut trailer, but we’ve also hit over 1500 wishlists! AHHHH!! 🎉 @sk98games.bsky.social have been working on this solo project for over three years and we can’t wait for you all to play it! store.steampowered.com/app/2903570/...

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 14/04/2025

Now I really want to get past a boss using a withering look that just really knocks its confidence.

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 10/04/2025

🎥 Quick tip for #indiedev folks sharing trailers here: Trim the fade-in! Videos take a few seconds to autoplay while scrolling, so the first frame is all folks see at first. It can be the difference between the scroll continuing and “oh wow, this looks cool!” with one tiny change! #gamedev

This shows a video player on bluesky with nothing but black on screen as the fade in hasn't happened yet.

This shows a first frame of a trailer that shows an intriguing style that may get someone to stop and watch the video. In this instance there are various illustrated dinosaur parts, like a whole T-Rex head, in large jars in a neon green laboratory environment.

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 01/04/2025

Check out @beastieball.bsky.social by @greg.style. Like, stop what you're doing and check it! The best parts of classic Pokémon, wrapped in gorgeous art, packed with smart QoL features, and oh yeah, turn-based volleyball battles with adorable Beasties! 🏐 🔥 🔽 store.steampowered.com/app/1864950/...

The image shows four Beasties on a grid playing volleyball while their two trainers stand outside the court watching. One of them is saying to the other: "Beasties all love to play this. They're basically born for it!" They in a cartoon stylised woodland clearing.

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 28/03/2025

Had a fantastic time speaking with students across the computing and game design courses at @bathspauni.bsky.social on Wednesday! 🎮💡 Always exciting to share insights about the indie games industry and see the next generation of devs getting ready to make their mark!

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 25/03/2025

Game of the Week: Utter a Name - @evilalbert.itch.io "I wish there was a list of every game like this so I could inject them all into my veins. It captures the best of detective games like Obra Dinn. It's very fun to piece everything together!" buff.ly/FFtDmcp

An image of the game Utter a Name. A hand drawn room is in darkness with everything in outline. You can see a long dining table with two chairs, one has fallen to the ground. There is a wheel with multiple small candles hanging above it, a cross on the wall, a window with it's curtains open and to the far left there is an open door. A character is lit to the right with a menu above them. There is also what seems to be a ghost who has the speech bubble "Who Killed Me?" above them. The menu above the character, who is holding a small candle and wearing a long gown, reads "Catherine > Charlene-Say" and below that in the same drop down menu it says "Charlene" and "Cyrus". The top box reads "???"

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 12/03/2025

Game of the week: The Haunting of Joni Evers "It's always great to find a mystery walking sim which can narratively stick the landing, and @causewaystudios.com delivers that with its solid writing, relatable characters and excellent voice acting."

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 27/02/2025

Figuring out what games the Secret Sauce pets would play is an IMPORTANT TASK which we took SERIOUSLY. Meet Sooty. Soobaroo. Soobs to his friends. A definite hardcore souls player who has definitely sunk in the hours to master no pants runs on every FromSoft game possible.

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 20/02/2025

Game of the Week: Utter a Name - @evilalbert.itch.io "I wish there was a list of every game like this so I could inject them all into my veins. It captures the best of detective games like ObraDinn. It's very fun to piece everything together!" - @connorcloughley.bsky.social buff.ly/4gI9rP7

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 05/02/2025

Game of the week: @nomada.studio NEVA "A very gorgeous game, with beautiful levels and characters. Pulled at my heartstrings massively and the ending left a tear or two rolling down my cheek." - Sophie

A screenshot of the game NEVA. A large tree with yellow leaves fills most of the skyline as two characters in cloaks, on the left, look at four spindly armed characters sitting on the ground with white masks for faces on the right hand side.

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 03/02/2025

Guess who’s going to #GDC? Only our @grgwllrd.bsky.social! Hit them up for a meeting or to check out your video game. Those are the BEST meetings. Did we introduce George? They worked on the Total War series, Modern Wolf, and co-founded our team. If you want to chat brand, George is your man(d)

Text reads: Secret Sauce, GDC For Developers, By Developers.

The text is both the logos for our company, Secret Sauce, and GDC. There is a photograph of George at the side. The background is a striped blue colour with dark and light blue stripes horizontally places on the image.

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 03/02/2025

Currently OBSESSED with the gnomes!

Some very cute gnomes in Moonfrost that we love.

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 01/02/2025

earlier this week we kicked off a REALLY exciting project with @readyaimfire.bsky.social - we cannot wait to tease more with you istiks in the coming weeks! 👀

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 23/01/2025

It's only January, and the secret blend of herbs and spices GROWS! 🎉 We're excited to welcome @connorcloughley.bsky.social to the team! Connor brings a wealth of marketing experience working across the indie games space. We are excited to have him join the team and bring some SPICE to the mix!

Text reads: Secret Sauce and features a picture of Connor wearing traditional Scottish attire.

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 20/01/2025

Happen to be at or around #PGCLondon today? Drop in for our panel at 16:50, "Making Waves in a Flooded Market" with Alexis Trust, Sarah Hoeksma and Simon Byron. We find out if we're all drowning or if there's light at the end of the tunnel for publishing games in 2025...

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 10/12/2024

Temp Steam caps have quite strict rules around them but can be great for promoting game updates and giving players a reason to jump back into your game! @fieldsofmistria.bsky.social did this well by including news of their 1st major patch alongside a game broadcast to pull eyes to their page.

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 13/11/2024

The Sauce is heading to Liverpool! 🚂 If you're heading to #DevelopNorth tomorrow and want to discuss what we can do for your game or talk about some of the cool games you've seen, reach out to our own @grgwllrd.bsky.social

Text reads: Secret Sauce Develop: North, Insight:Inspiration:Networking. There is a picture of the Liverpool skyline next to this text. Both pieces of text are stylised as logos.

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 11/11/2024

With Dealer's Life Legends on the horizon, we wanted to set the mood with Dealer's Life 2! Run your own pawn shop and haggle like your business depends on it (because it...well, it does).💰 Content Creators: Apply here and we can get a key your way! www.keymailer.co/g/games/a7d4...

Text reads: Dealer's Life 2 with the S stylised as a dollar sign. There are two figures standing either side of a large suitcase, which is where the words are housed along with a large amount of cash. They are in a room that is stacked high with gold coins.

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SECRET SAUCE @thesecretsauce.uk · 23/10/2024

Supported Electric Saint with the announcement of their beautiful and magical (literally) Crescent County🧙‍♀️

Text Reads: Crescent County and three folks are stood next to it, one riding a futuristic broom, one holding a can of spray paint they are firing in to the air and another who is flying above them taking a photo on their phone.

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