cosmic soup
@cosmicsoupgames.com
distributed video game studio from aotearoa / new zealand
working on a rogueish debtbuilder 😉🤓
working on a rogueish debtbuilder 😉🤓
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Thanks very much to James for what was an educated and thoughtful interview. As advocates of building a sustainable game development industry in Aotearoa New Zealand, this was a real pleasure to share these insights.
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
‘Cool and quirky is part of our brand’: how New Zealand became a hothouse for indie games
Kiwi developers are punching well above their weight thanks to a unique government support program that offers more than just grants
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Thanks very much to James for what was an educated and thoughtful interview. As advocates of building a sustainable game development industry in Aotearoa New Zealand, this was a real pleasure to share these insights.
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
Someone commented on our YouTube channel just a single word: "hacklatro". We didn't set out with Balatro as a goalpost when we were deciding what game to make. We just thought it would be interesting to see what it would be like to layer new gameplay mechanics onto Go Fish! #indiegame #indiedev
December 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Someone commented on our YouTube channel just a single word: "hacklatro". We didn't set out with Balatro as a goalpost when we were deciding what game to make. We just thought it would be interesting to see what it would be like to layer new gameplay mechanics onto Go Fish! #indiegame #indiedev
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Is Quakes too powerful for our Go Fish roguelite??? #deckbuilder #indiegame #gofish #roguelite #gaming #indiedev
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Is Quakes too powerful for our Go Fish roguelite??? #deckbuilder #indiegame #gofish #roguelite #gaming #indiedev
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We're thrilled to announce our co-hosts for the upcoming Frosty Mini showcase! ☀️
@zigarot.live
@galaxyaus.bsky.social
@shayehayes.bsky.social
@pogstream.bsky.social
and tealful
Joined by host @hellomisspotter.com! Tune in Dec 9 8am AEDT / Dec 10 1pm PT
@zigarot.live
@galaxyaus.bsky.social
@shayehayes.bsky.social
@pogstream.bsky.social
and tealful
Joined by host @hellomisspotter.com! Tune in Dec 9 8am AEDT / Dec 10 1pm PT
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We're thrilled to announce our co-hosts for the upcoming Frosty Mini showcase! ☀️
@zigarot.live
@galaxyaus.bsky.social
@shayehayes.bsky.social
@pogstream.bsky.social
and tealful
Joined by host @hellomisspotter.com! Tune in Dec 9 8am AEDT / Dec 10 1pm PT
@zigarot.live
@galaxyaus.bsky.social
@shayehayes.bsky.social
@pogstream.bsky.social
and tealful
Joined by host @hellomisspotter.com! Tune in Dec 9 8am AEDT / Dec 10 1pm PT
Echoes is one of the collectable suits in our Go Fish #roguelite #gofish #deckbuilder #indiegame #gamedev
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Echoes is one of the collectable suits in our Go Fish #roguelite #gofish #deckbuilder #indiegame #gamedev
There are two decks in our Go Fish hacking game, yours and the enemy network's. Custom suits in each deck can dramatically change how the game plays! #indiedev #devlog #deckbuilding #indiegame #gaming
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
There are two decks in our Go Fish hacking game, yours and the enemy network's. Custom suits in each deck can dramatically change how the game plays! #indiedev #devlog #deckbuilding #indiegame #gaming
Just added a new suit to the game. "Quakes" shuffles the communal card pool. It's a dynamic but risky suit to use, as it could tee up the perfect Four Of A Kind for both you and your opponent. I wonder if there will be something that synergises with this? 👀 #indiedev #devlog #screenshotsaturday
November 15, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Just added a new suit to the game. "Quakes" shuffles the communal card pool. It's a dynamic but risky suit to use, as it could tee up the perfect Four Of A Kind for both you and your opponent. I wonder if there will be something that synergises with this? 👀 #indiedev #devlog #screenshotsaturday
Make sure you're watching the @frostygamesfest.com Frosty Mini on December 10th! We're so stoked to be a part of it, and we have something *extremely cool* to show you!
Tune in at 8am AEDT / 10am NZDT to see us along with some other awesome ANZ games!! #indiedev #gamedev
Tune in at 8am AEDT / 10am NZDT to see us along with some other awesome ANZ games!! #indiedev #gamedev
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Make sure you're watching the @frostygamesfest.com Frosty Mini on December 10th! We're so stoked to be a part of it, and we have something *extremely cool* to show you!
Tune in at 8am AEDT / 10am NZDT to see us along with some other awesome ANZ games!! #indiedev #gamedev
Tune in at 8am AEDT / 10am NZDT to see us along with some other awesome ANZ games!! #indiedev #gamedev
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Classic Go Fish is a pretty simple game, but in our go fish hacking game we've created dozens of suits of cards that all have unique abilities that change how the game is played. #indiedev #devlog #deckbuilders #cardgames #gofish
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Classic Go Fish is a pretty simple game, but in our go fish hacking game we've created dozens of suits of cards that all have unique abilities that change how the game is played. #indiedev #devlog #deckbuilders #cardgames #gofish
Classic Go Fish is a pretty simple game, but in our go fish hacking game we've created dozens of suits of cards that all have unique abilities that change how the game is played. #indiedev #devlog #deckbuilders #cardgames #gofish
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Classic Go Fish is a pretty simple game, but in our go fish hacking game we've created dozens of suits of cards that all have unique abilities that change how the game is played. #indiedev #devlog #deckbuilders #cardgames #gofish
You can follow us and what we're working on at all of these channels:
www.youtube.com/@cosmicsoupg...
www.instagram.com/cosmicsoupga...
www.tiktok.com/@cosmicsoupg...
bsky.app/profile/cosm...
#indiedev #devlog #cardgames #roguelite
www.youtube.com/@cosmicsoupg...
www.instagram.com/cosmicsoupga...
www.tiktok.com/@cosmicsoupg...
bsky.app/profile/cosm...
#indiedev #devlog #cardgames #roguelite
November 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
You can follow us and what we're working on at all of these channels:
www.youtube.com/@cosmicsoupg...
www.instagram.com/cosmicsoupga...
www.tiktok.com/@cosmicsoupg...
bsky.app/profile/cosm...
#indiedev #devlog #cardgames #roguelite
www.youtube.com/@cosmicsoupg...
www.instagram.com/cosmicsoupga...
www.tiktok.com/@cosmicsoupg...
bsky.app/profile/cosm...
#indiedev #devlog #cardgames #roguelite
November 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
We've been quietly doing some massive UI iteration over in our neck of the woods, pretty happy with how it is shaping up! #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev
November 1, 2025 at 3:24 AM
We've been quietly doing some massive UI iteration over in our neck of the woods, pretty happy with how it is shaping up! #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev
We are VERY EXCITED to be in the mix of this year’s national round of funding! We’ll have more to show off in the next few weeks 😈 #indiedev
It's already an exciting week in the regional game industry but we couldn't resist making it more exciting. 🥝🕹️🎮
www.nz-code.nz/post/960-000...
www.nz-code.nz/post/960-000...
$960,000 boost for game developers in CODE’s third national funding round
13 studios from across Aotearoa received prototype and production funding in the third NZ CODE national funding round.
www.nz-code.nz
October 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
We are VERY EXCITED to be in the mix of this year’s national round of funding! We’ll have more to show off in the next few weeks 😈 #indiedev
Our game is "what if Go Fish was a card-battler where you hack into people's accounts to steal enough money to pay your rent" #screenshotsaturday #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev
July 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Our game is "what if Go Fish was a card-battler where you hack into people's accounts to steal enough money to pay your rent" #screenshotsaturday #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev
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Slow Mons, an Australian musician and friend of mine - just put out a new track and I was lucky enough to get to do the music video for it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=glFa... I got a lot of creative joy in splicing the archival footage together and trying to find a story in the sound and image.
Bombay Delay - Slow Mons (Official Video)
YouTube video by Slow Mons
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July 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Slow Mons, an Australian musician and friend of mine - just put out a new track and I was lucky enough to get to do the music video for it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=glFa... I got a lot of creative joy in splicing the archival footage together and trying to find a story in the sound and image.
July 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
If you fail too many hacks in a row, the lighting grows angry and the room grows(shrinks?) more claustrophobic... #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #indiedev
July 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
If you fail too many hacks in a row, the lighting grows angry and the room grows(shrinks?) more claustrophobic... #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #indiedev
We've been working at zhuzhing up some of our UI animation, here's a WIP look at our new hacking boot up animation! What do you think? #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev
July 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
We've been working at zhuzhing up some of our UI animation, here's a WIP look at our new hacking boot up animation! What do you think? #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev
For #screenshotsaturday we thought we could show off the WIP UI for our hacking game as it is so far. Whenever you're hacking someone, you'll have to multi-task between dialogue with your target + the hacking sequence where you're trading numbers with the network you're hacking #indiedev #gamedev
May 31, 2025 at 11:19 AM
For #screenshotsaturday we thought we could show off the WIP UI for our hacking game as it is so far. Whenever you're hacking someone, you'll have to multi-task between dialogue with your target + the hacking sequence where you're trading numbers with the network you're hacking #indiedev #gamedev
been making some soupy branding assets for the devstream we're gonna start doing (yes I can see the seam on that planet and I DON'T CARE) #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev
May 29, 2025 at 4:24 AM
been making some soupy branding assets for the devstream we're gonna start doing (yes I can see the seam on that planet and I DON'T CARE) #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev
working on the apartment that your character lives in in our new game. The apartment itself evolves based on your stress level, becoming either nicer or more upsetting based on how stressed you are... #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #indiedev
May 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
working on the apartment that your character lives in in our new game. The apartment itself evolves based on your stress level, becoming either nicer or more upsetting based on how stressed you are... #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #indiedev
We've just put out a new entry into our newsletter! We're working on a new hacking game that we think you'll really like. Please subscribe to the newsletter to keep up to date! cosmicsoupgames.beehiiv.com/p/cosmic-sou... #indiedev #indiegame #devlog
May 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
We've just put out a new entry into our newsletter! We're working on a new hacking game that we think you'll really like. Please subscribe to the newsletter to keep up to date! cosmicsoupgames.beehiiv.com/p/cosmic-sou... #indiedev #indiegame #devlog