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Alex
@gamesrightmeow.com
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Hi there 👋 I'm an #indiedev who makes #1bit #PixelArt games for the #Playdate and PC. Currently working on #SuborbitalSalvage! Also maintainer of #Playbit.

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Alex @gamesrightmeow.com · May 30
#SuborbitalSalvage now has a coming soon page on Steam 🥳 Wishlist it now!
store.steampowered.com/app/3687960/...

Also in celebration of this announcement, the #Playdate version on Catalog is on sale for $6!
play.date/games/suborb...
Suborbital Salvage on Steam
Maneuver your spaceship through a dangerous, procedurally-generated orbit in this endless runner. Explore four unique regions and climb online leaderboards while avoiding hazards and a giant space fis...
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Learned about make files, fixed some outdated code, added a new feature, and recompiled a new binary. Only to find there was an existing PR for what I was trying to do 🤦 At least I learned something along the way, eh?
November 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Looks like #CloudFlare is down 😅 The number of times the internet has broke this year is concerning
November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Me: *clicks uninstall Adobe Creative Cloud*
CC: Please login
Me: Uh, sure
CC: Oh and now plz update
Me: Um, not sure I follow, but ok
CC: Update failed
Me: 💀
November 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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#SuborbitalSalvage is on sale for $5!
play.date Playdate @play.date · 28d
The Catalog Fall Sale is back, bigger than ever, and it starts… NOW! ⚡

🛍️ Over 200+ games on sale
📅 October 30, 10 AM PT - November 13, 10 AM PT
⬇️ play.date/games
Catalog Fall Sale; October 30, 10 AM – November 13, 10 AM PT. 200+ games on sale.
October 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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I take comfort in that, as a #gamedev, if I create a bug at worst players can't play a game. Unlike if I worked on say... #AWS where a bug could break the Internet 😅
October 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Legacy project. No documentation.
impavid.us 🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · Oct 9
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Working on the last feature for the Steam version of #SuborbitalSalvage: achievements! Here's my rough list of silly names and objectives 😆

#gamedev
Screen shot of a list of achievements: - UNHEALTHY COMMITMENT: Collect salvage after crashing - BEHAVIORAL MISALIGNMENT: Fly backwards thru a ring - POLICY VIOLATION: Feed the fish - HERE FISHY FISHY: Fly in the fish’s mouth for 7 seconds - EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH: Reach 250m in a single run - GO BIG OR GO HOME: Collect 15 big salvage in a single run - ???: Collect a total of 10000 salvage - SPIN ME RIGHT ROUND: Do 5 spin boosts in under 10 seconds - ???: Continuously thrust for 2 minutes
October 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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rae.wtf
from peedee to PC... HEXA is now available on windows, macOS and linux!! #indie

a hand-ported version of the really good hexagon-based puzzle game for #playdate, brought into the wonderful #love2d engine, with features like COLOR! and RUMBLE!?!?

⬇️ hundreds already love it, and now you can too. ⬇️
HEXA by rae
Board the helm of Starship HEXA, and conquer the universe the only way you know how: shapes.
raewtf.itch.io
October 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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I forget that GIFs don't work on Bluesky, and it always tricks me because my draft post shows the GIF animating...
October 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Quick demo of alt color palettes for #SuborbitalSalvage! Game won't auto switch over time as shown here, but is configurable in the settings. I'm open to palette requests as this is just a shader tweak 😄

#playdate #gamedev
October 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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@gamesrightmeow.com - it appears that tagging via SkyLight (ATproto short-form app) isn't working as I'd hope!

Anywho, bear with me while I figure this out. And go check out Suborbital Salvage!!

play.date/games/suborb...
September 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Just submitted my entry to the #FallingBlockJam called Fall in Line: gamesrightmeow.itch.io/fall-in-line

There's both Windows and #Playdate builds available!
Fall in Line (Jam Version) by GAMES RIGHT MEOW
an inverted falling block game
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September 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Bits of polish and balancing. Tho I can't decide if the pillaring that ends most of my runs is a design problem, or if I just suck at my own game 🤔 #FallingBlockJam
September 19, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Day 3: 𝕧𝕚𝕓𝕖𝕤. Tomorrow....some difficulty balancing 😂 #FallingBlockJam
September 17, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Woke up with some fresh ideas that I think have made a big improvement! Video is playing at 2x speed because this was a rather long session ⏩ #FallingBlockJam
September 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Day 2: I think I have a game? 🤔 #FallingBlockJam
September 16, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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I'm not yet sure what kind of abomination I'm making for #FallingBlockJam but there are blocks, and they are in fact falling!
September 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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While trying to sort out why a client's #Apple development team wasn't showing up under my account in XCode, I discovered that changing my preferred currency on my Apple developer account forces the backend to sync my available teams 😅😭💀

stackoverflow.com/a/77667105
Development team not showing in Xcode
I am an self-employed iOS developer and so have my own iOS distribution membership. For a few days, I am working as a developer in a team. My apple account has been added in their iTunes Connect / ...
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August 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Always wanted to explore the Small Web in beautiful 1-bit? Now you can!

Meet Hopper, a down-to-earth Gopher & Gemini browser for #Playdate.

Available today: tkers.itch.io/hopper
Hopper by tkers
Browse like it’s 1991
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August 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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So begins the task of adding full mouse support to #SuborbitalSalvage for the Steam release. Normally an out-of-the-box feature I take for granted when working in an engine like Unity😅

#playdate #gamedev
August 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Got an itch to do some late night coding, and knocked out a few tickets in the #Playbit backlog. Most notably: CoreLibs/object!

#playdate #gamedev
August 24, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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This bundle supports Game Devs of Color, a nonprofit organization that uplifts and amplifies game creators of color.

itch.io/b/3171/game-...
August 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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cloudburst, my newest #playdate app, arrives in catalog tomorrow! weather you like it or not
Store page for Cloudburst. The page is dark blue, and features a graphic of a rotating globe with various temperature readings from around the world at the top. The description reads: "Curious what the forecast looks like? Easy! But...your laptop's out of reach, your phone's battery is dead, your smart assistant's brain is busted, and your curtains are shut. It's just you, and your Playdate. What can you do? Well, here is your answer! Leveraging state-of-the-art networking capabilities, Cloudburst is a fully seamless, on-line enabled weather app for your Playdate! Get the forecast here, there, or anywhere — it's compatible with cities around the world! (And don't worry, it works with Fahrenheit or Celsius — metric or imperial.) See detailed stats such as hourly forecast, precipitation, wind, and more. Change settings to your heart's content, and even use it as a low-power screensaver — the perfect desk buddy. No external tools or setup required, just download and go — it's weather, untethered."
August 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Today my team and I got told that we were made redundant, not gonna go into specifics.

But yeah, I'm still in shock. I guess I'm a freelancer for the foreseeable future? I will make my commission price sheet this weekend. If you want to work with me as artist lmk in DMs 🫶

Here's some of my work:
Fan art of the character The Curator from the game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. It is a very dimly lit scene, making the hollowed face blend seamlessly into the darkness of the rest of the scene. There's a tattered halo around it and some rose petals A concept of a book cover with an illustration of a girl sitting at a bus stop, while casually tapping into the power from the power generator to charge her phone. In the background, there's a silhouette of giant teeth looming over her and the stop. At the top of the illustration is the title Void state written and underneath that by Anchimayen in smaller letters Spider-Punk character leaping over a building, planting his hand on the edge of the structure to steer a bit and gently push himself into his next web swing. The background is vibrant with blues, yellows and orange suggesting it's during the golden hour of the day. 3 Illustrations of the same character, first front facing, a girl with pastel pink hair in a very baggy hoodie and coat. The coat has several different patterns on it. She wears stockings with two different color palettes; the left is dark with a tan bottom, and the other leg has red and white stripes. The one next to it is the same but turned sideways. The one next to that is the same character without a hoodie and coat, revealing her light pink crop-top and jeans
July 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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#SuborbitalSalvage is on sale for 25% off as part of Augustravaganza!
rae.wtf rae @rae.wtf · Aug 1
the second installment of the playdate community sale, augustravaganza 2025, is here!! over 60 titles, on sale all week!

head to play.date/games/tags/o... to see what's on sale — something from your wishlist? something you've never even heard of? — and pick up some new games to ring out the summer!
Flat, bubbly promotional poster with a yellow background and green accents. "2025 Playdate Community Augustravaganza! Over 60 games on sale, across all genres and styles! Runs from August 1st to August 7th, pacific time." There's a link to the catalog sale page, and a variety of Playdate game thumbnails lining the bottom of the frame.
August 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM