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Adam deGrandis
@adamdegrandis.bsky.social
* Indie games art director (www.chickadeegames.com)
* Working on small games with my pal Ash. (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2769410/Ash__Adams_GOBSMACKED/)
* Educator at Maine College of Art & Design
* Dad
* Hugs and high five
how fucking embarrassing to have this government. and what a pain in the ass for everyone else to have to deal with it
December 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
We're doing a thing with our releases and we're both excited about it. Small, snappy games priced like drinks you buy for a pal. Or, like a Fugazi show, if you're old.
It's our collab anniversary (🍻) and we're marking the day with a special announcement: we're pricing our games like beers during happy hour, starting with GOBSMACKED. It's now $5.

store.steampowered.com/app/2769410/...
ashadamsgames.itch.io/gobsmacked

#indiegame #roguelike #actiongame #FPS
December 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Tried a stuffed crust tonight. Homemade garlic dough. Peppers, onions, mushrooms, basil, pep.
December 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
sorry for the immediate repost but for real, Chris killed it with the soundtracks to our games. It's bandcamp friday. Go listen and PAY UP

PAY UP, DEADBEATS
hey it's bandcamp friday, which means its the perfect time to check out @oselkasound.bsky.social's amazing soundtracks to both GOBSMACKED and Existential Treads. For real. They're amazing. Give Chris your dollars.

oselkasound.bandcamp.com/album/gobsma...
oselkasound.bandcamp.com/album/existe...
Existential Treads OST, by Oselka Sound
9 track album
oselkasound.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
5 bucks for a banned game? Easy day 1 purchase.
Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf
December 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I can't wait to get coffee splatters all over this bad boy
I'm not using dvi screens from 10+ years ago anymore. This will assuredly be a boon to my artables
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
hey fellow game artists, what are you using for a screen these days? I've been wanting to get something new for like 18 months, but I keep hemming and hawing. Anyone have a monitor they love? I'm looking for 4k with decently accurate color.
November 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
im growing my beard back, and I'm still in the weird beard transition period where I look like a drunk who hasn't seen his kid months. And I always go into a fugue state on podcasts and end up talking like a 5 year old with a hobby they're pumped about.

So like I said: good tv.
friends. Ash and I will be on www.twitch.tv/middleagedga... / www.youtube.com/@middleagedg... today at 9p UK time (4p EST) to chat about Existential Treads and gaming news of the week.

I, for one, am looking pretty haggard. Pretty sure Ash does too. Gonna be some great tv. Come watch.
Middle Aged Gamer Guy
Entertaining gamers with talk shows, community gaming and variety streams in a fun Twitch community
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
oh snap, modern vintage gamer is a channel I watch regularly, and marble blast ultra (the first released title I worked on) gets an honorable mention in his latest video. that's neat :D
20 Years of Xbox 360 - Most Memorable Games
YouTube video by Modern Vintage Gamer
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
All artists should follow Gareth. His work is routinely in mood boards i make for various projects. Great stuff.

I mean hell, look at this image and look at existential treads. You can see it. The color. The stylistic jank.
Big colourful robots anyone?
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
My god. Day of days. Mystery science theater, kids in the hall, and the Simpsons were the holy trinity of comedy education for young Adam.
Today in 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA in St. Paul Minnesota. #MST3K
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
fortnite being IP soup and tik tok being tik tok are interesting because I might say "oh damn, young people aren't going to understand form, structure, composition, etc" - and I think that might be true! - but *I* won't understand the new structures that grow from this particular soil.
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
hey also look my talented wife's work
Another rug I made a few weeks ago for a show at a local gallery! I wanted to stick with naming it after a character from the book I was listening to while working - Harrow the Ninth, but I think Harrow is probably the opposite of cozy quilt design?? 💀 #fiberart #tuftedrug
November 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Pepperoni, meatball, onion, mushroom, and red pepper on homemade dough
November 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Pizza dougg
November 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Reposted by Adam deGrandis
had the opportunity to do some voice acting for the new Metroid game and I was really excited but it turns out everybody hates it :(
Nobody likes my voice acting in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
YouTube video by Jeremy Kaplowitz
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Two pals chattin', just like the old days
Draknek & Friends Official Podcast Episode 41 featuring @adamdegrandis.bsky.social is out now! While Syrenne was on a much-needed vacation, Alan took the opportunity to chat to Adam for an hour about all things game dev!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=smrC...
Episode 41: Alan and Adam deGrandis have a rambly chat
YouTube video by Draknek & Friends
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Breakfast pizza for lunch
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I tell my students that one of the many reasons it's exciting to be in games is because its history is still living memory. The people that started Video Games as we know them are still around. You can ask them questions.

But they're old. They're dying. We're losing something truly tremendous.
November 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Aww damn, rebecca heineman
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Snuggle gal tonight
November 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
It's the weekend, go play with the new turrets, they're neat
hey #screenshotsaturday, we released our first big demo update for our tank/settlement building/tower defense game this past week, Existential Treads. Check it out!

store.steampowered.com/app/3580340/Ash__Adams_Existential_Treads/
ashadamsgames.itch.io/existential-...

#indiegame
November 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Reposted by Adam deGrandis
The temperature is getting colder here in London, so this is an excellent time to remind you that every hour, the monster goes out to the weather station in London to check the temperature and sets the price for A Good Snowman is Hard to Build to match the weather.

draknek.itch.io/a-good-snowman
A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build by Draknek & Friends, Benjamin Davis
Pay what the temperature is: 16.3°C = $16.30!
draknek.itch.io
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Middle aged nonsense, but i feel like Id have fun with a model train. Making a little landscape and shit. Having a little train go around with a mini camera on it. Adding little decorations when I launch a game.

Good clean fun.
November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Stellar cartography does good work. And goddamn, "prophet margin" is a name I wish I came up with.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM