Axolotl ๐Ÿš€

Axolotl ๐Ÿš€

@pengonauts.com

- strange creature - designer of StarVaders & DiceVaders - not an astronaut

623 followers148 following102 posts

it's out!!!

Dicevaders@dicevaders.bsky.social

DICEVADERS IS OUT NOW! ๐Ÿ‘ฝ Roll the dice, build your alien army, and break the game. Play now!: Steam: https://tinyurl.com/2t3d9p8f Nintendo Switch: https://tinyurl.com/yrauhn93 Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/eZRlAwco398 #dicevaders #roguelike #deckbuilder

it's finally coming!!! I was about to explode if it took any longer

Dicevaders@dicevaders.bsky.social

YOUR INVASION BEGINS SEPTEMBER 29! ๐Ÿ‘ฝ Dicevaders launches September 29 on Steam, Nintendo Switch 1 + 2! ๐ŸŽฒ Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/Eu0Vx_yt2uo #dicevaders #roguelike #roguelite #deckbuilder #strategygame

Axolotl ๐Ÿš€ reposted

Hello, my name is Joonas Turner and I am looking for new projects to work on. I have a long experience working in all kinds of games. I am primarily looking for work as a Sound Designer and Music Composer but I am useful as a Game Designer as well. #gamedev #indiedev #gameaudio

feel this in my bones my games so far have been "one for them" games that are safe for the market so that our third game can finally be a riskier, more innovative "one for me" game

Adriaan@adriaan.games

i really believe indie game devs can only โ€˜innovateโ€™ if thereโ€™s ample opportunity for their experiments to generate a sustainable income. we all know the ability to generate that income is increasingly at risk, yet stores & platforms never seem to understand & take their responsibility in this

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At last, here's my capsule art for DiceVaders , a dice-based strategy game by Pengonauts! Or is it Diceโ—ˆVaders...? It's a dice-based follow-up to the roguelite deckbuilder StarVaders, but this time you play as the alien invaders from the first game.

go get this game! amazing dev, deserves way more attention

FromLefcourt@fromlefcourt.bsky.social

Gunlocked 2 gets a Turbo Mode, leaderboards, 80 weapon enhancements, a new playable character, and yes - more. 20% off all week. Buy it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3492830/... Like ๐Ÿ’š and share ๐Ÿ”ƒ. #pixelart #indiegaming #shmup #roguelite

Axolotl ๐Ÿš€ reposted

I strongly believe in the breadth and influence of independent art, to grant us oblique angles on the world and ourselves. But also every indie game is somewhere on this spectrum:

I am prototyping two new games - one is a game driven by passion and exploring game design space that I've wanted for years - the other is a game driven by HATE, completely soulless, i am compelled by some dark forces to make both gonna be great, stay tuned for more information

if you're evil and get enough players, you could put fake steam pages up to crowdsource player intuition to market test if a game concept would do well

Riad Djemili@riad.de

As game dev I often wonder if my intuition about the Steam market matches reality. So I did a small game to test it: Guess how many reviews a random game has. You can now play it too on steamle.com

still think a character creation themed roguelike would be very cool with style points and all

newobject@newobject.bsky.social

When we โ€œplayedโ€ TTRPGs as kids by making up characters and then โ€ฆ doing nothing with them โ€ฆ and then making more characters, we were all expressing a yearning for the as yet unearthed but still archetypal expression of theorycrafting roguelike builds

Axolotl ๐Ÿš€ reposted

These innovative geniuses took it upon themselves to clone my game not once, but twice! What a wonderful use of the $6,000,000 in funding you got for *checks notes* "inventing the luck-puzzler genre." I guess I'm just not enough of a scumbag to add microtransactions to my game, I'll work on that!

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SO... STARโ˜…VADERS in on DISCOUNT for the SUMMER SALE with a BRAND NEW UPDATE ๐Ÿ‘€ Update 1.1 includes: ๐Ÿ–๏ธ Beach Pack (5 new cards, 3 artifacts, 1 surprise) ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Sandbox mode ๐Ÿค– 10 new pilot-specific artifacts store.steampowered.com/app/2097570/...

store.steampowered.comSave 10% on StarVaders on SteamPilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the fut...

this reasoning is basically what drove me to make game

Gaziter@gaziter.bsky.social

side rant: I dislike most % upgrades in games, I think players are inherently bad at evaluating % effects so I try to avoid them as much as possible. seeing a +5% increase on a stat never excites me, its such a small increase it might as well be 0%...

Axolotl ๐Ÿš€ reposted

Replying to @boxdragon.bsky.social

We've also bundled with both Frostpunk and Starโ˜…Vaders so you can snag an extra 10% off. They're both awesome games!

I'm gonna cry ๐Ÿฅน nothing has been more meaningful to me in this journey than getting to know new friends

localthunk@localthunk.com

Nothing fills my cup more than seeing my fellow indie devs, and in this case Iโ€™m proud to say my friends, succeed in launching their game. Iโ€™m beyond excited for the team at Pengonauts, theyโ€™ve created one of the best in the genre with StarVaders Go play it! Support an indie!

Seeing that mention of Spirit Island with how different classes worked was awesone cause that's exactly what i was going for! I was really inspired by tabletop games. Great read, thanks for playing!

Joseph Pugh (Gideon's Gaming)@gaminggideon.bsky.social

My review of StarVaders. Written version: gideonsgaming.com/starvaders-r... Video version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwKO...

best part of gamedev is the friends you make along the way

localthunk@localthunk.com

Just as an aside for how indie devs support each other behind the scenes, the dev for StarVaders @pengonauts.com was the 4th person to join the Balatro discord when it had like 20 wishlists and has been super supportive every moment since Go play his cool game tomorrow!