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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Our favorite review for today for store.steampowered.com/app/4385270/...

Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Launch day 🐾 We shipped TWO games today. Stay: Your Forever Pet: adventure with Ember in the Otherlands. Stay: Ember's Desktop Adventures: she lives on your desktop, chasing your cursor. #cozygames #indiegames #gamedev Both on Steam 👇 Made by @windupminds.com store.steampowered.com/app/4385270/...

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I'm not saying that Ember's inspired by Roxy but I'm not not-saying that either!

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

My indie game team is bringing our virtual pet to PC and Steamdeck - Stay: Your Forever Pet! Get ready to adopt Ember later this year in Early Access! Help us by wishlisting and sharing. I *promise* you - she's a very good girl. Mostly. store.steampowered.com/app/4385270/... 100% made by hoomans.

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

@stay-forever-home.com has been nominated for Rufftalk VR's MR game of the year! It's been an intense year for...well, everyone. Which is why I'm proud we brought to life something loveable: Ember, our virtual pet. Show Ember that you know she's a good girl! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

@windupminds.com wishes you a happy holiday. Don't forget to skritch your pets, real and virtual!

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

A virtual pet gets in the way of game development the same way a real-life pet gets in the way of household chores. The most surprising thing that sometimes slows us down. @stay-forever-home.com #VirtualPet #DigitalPet #SimulationGame #VRGame #MRGame #XRGame #IndieDev #IndieGame

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

this is my dog when its meal time in VR and tbh rl she comes for meal time but my expensive food is meh

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

@elmaxo20.bsky.social hanging out with his @metsmerized.bsky.social crew at #mets game - LFGM! Been reading his updates esp w Matt Allen and Ronnie Mauricio!

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

6th Anniversary of launching Quest with First Steps and Bogo! Finally, we got to make a full Bogo game @stay-forever-home.com!

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

'...we made that.'" I hope the world can see the backstory he's created for her and the Otherlands. Note: he loves Frisbee and Hoops. Proof:

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Roxy current interest level in going back to yakima where she was born :-)

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Welcome @niantic-labs.bsky.social to the Quest store with @playperidot.bsky.social --- now maybe players won't be able to say this anymore when playing @stay-forever-home.com ;-)

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Our team @windupminds.com was IN TEARS looking at @jukibom.bsky.social dev video of her animation pooping implementation. I have NEVER laughed so hard looking at gameplay before. We will share when we figure out how - bc with great power comes great responsibility ... but for now

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

"I even gave Tyler the first sketch for their current visual design. There's a lot of room for them to be even more fun, quirky, and unpredictable (in a good way) from here on out."

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

... to voice Ember. Understanding the wide variety of emotes and variations of these emotes brought a consistent personality to Ember that really helped bring her to life." OG Dren's Ember Barks were great! But I have poor taste. Here's something that is in good taste! A moment of zen...

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

"The animation system is the most exciting thing I've ever worked on - and proud of," she said. "Getting under the hood is my jam." If we had an HR department, we'd have to explain this clip. It's for work. Really!

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Next entry from the @windupminds.bsky.social role call, folks getting Stay: Forever Home ready for launch! @canotico.bsky.social: our most recent engineer, from Chile, a VFX/tech art-centric engineer. #VirtualPet #DigitalPet #SimulationGame #VRGame #MRGame #XRGame #ComingSoon #IndieDev #IndieGame

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

From Jay: "OBVIOUSLY the physics ragdoll ears! I sweat blood to get those damn things to work properly but it's the thing that EVERY single player comments on and that brings me endless joy."

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

@dinoi.bsky.social shared something about First Contact, which we worked on together at Oculus, and how players still love it. So, to the meme generator:

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I moderated a panel at GDC - no shower, shave or change since Saturday night. Also didn't even put on hard pants. (Wait, I did put on studio t-shirt!) AMA Thx Jonathan Hamel, Laura Warner, Austin Grossman for being awesome, and a bit noseblind! #indiegamedev #gdc2025 @windupminds.bsky.social

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Supporting my pal @drjclau.bsky.social #WhatAGameDevLooksLike with the dorkiest "I'm talking at GDC" banner I could make up! I'm Asian, past 50, founded a studio with a diverse group of people making a Nintendogs for mixed reality, so I can baby-talk to my malinois-lab rescue and a virtual pet!

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Tune into VR Games Showcase for the latest announcements and updates on Meta Quest, PlayStation VR2, and PC VR titles coming in 2025- including our upcoming game, Stay: Forever Home! youtu.be/0wN0B5utUu4 #VirtualPet #PetSimulation #VirtualRealityPet #ComingSoon

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Oh lord that hurt more than I remember. Barely got thru it and definitely drool was involved. Last couple of sets were pretty iffy. But gotta get em in before I travel. DICE crud really threw me off.

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

"i'm in this picture and i dont like it" But if you want a cuddly virtual pet on massive amts of GOFAI and anim engineering juice with love-y puppy eyes, HMU at DICE and tell me where we are on this curve!

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

wake up, time to start regression testing

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Tomorrow, Thursday December 5th, we're revealing the VR/MR experience we've been working on at the UploadVR showcase! Tune in at 10:30am PT youtu.be/1JWpDySAGjc Can't wait for you to meet our virtual pet! Do people still use hashtags? Because: #UploadVRShowcase #Ember #WindupMinds

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Oculus was at a crossroads; my team split to support PC VR & Monterey (Quest). We took the character+rig from Farlands & built a virtual pet demo, proving the HW to Zuck and the world. 4th highest user hours all time for any Unreal app on the store. Tomorrow we're going to finish that promise!

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

My sweet girl photographed by my sweet partner.

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

My Nigerian Uber driver in Helsinki admonished me to not eat crappy food and juices that are full of sugar and other stuff. Agreed with him. Got to Finnair lounge at HEL and promptly had a lingonberry “juice” because I am weak and jet lagged.

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

i got this from a former colleague today

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

I'm Bernie! Here's a thing I helped make for you old school VR peeps!

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 25/11/2023

37F in Central Park meant there were fewer tourists and I was able to ride tempo with short jumps! Almost bailed but been a week of iffy training and getting on plane with some effort felt like the right thing to do.

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

Hello, please meet the best girl

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

Who is this person? And how did they become my friend? Don’t answer that

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Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

Wanna thank Unavita racing team for letting me stay with them during MFG Silver Lake, letting me use the Wahoo Kickr rollr and helping me pack my bike up after I crashed out!

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