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BROKENCIGS - The Hilltop Funeral's Demo is out!

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New York based indie game studio. Working on Inkression & The Hilltop Funeral [email protected] if you'd like us to play your game!! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2965930/Inkression/ www.brokencigs.com

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BROKENCIGS - The Hilltop Funeral's Demo is out! @inkression.bsky.social · 9h

🎉The Hilltop Funeral’s New Demo is live🎉
🎮 Play in Solo, Local Co-op, or Online Co-op
We’ve refined the tutorial, level design, performance, and more—plus a brand-new key art!

Play now on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3553350/

#indiegame #indiedev #PhysicsGame #gamedev

The Hilltop Funeral on Steam

Yet another night at Cherry Hill, a casket arrives. The phone rings—two pallbearers are sent. One hand for one man, navigate through the cemetery and deliver the dead to their destination… at The Hill...

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BROKENCIGS - The Hilltop Funeral's Demo is out! @inkression.bsky.social · 9h

The Hilltop Funeral on Steam

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Veselekov @veselekov.bsky.social · 26d

Trailer for our new #inidegame called Penguin Colony! We are collaborating with Lenval Brown (Disco Elysium, Ultrakill) to bring this unique re-imagining to life

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aylG...

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BROKENCIGS - The Hilltop Funeral's Demo is out! @inkression.bsky.social · 26d

We are so happy to be featured in this year's GDoC Expo Direct! Thank you @gdocexpo.com for this amazing opportunity💜

If you haven't already, come checkout our demo and all the awsome games participating in this year's event!
store.steampowered.com/app/2965930/...

#indiegame #indiedev

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BROKENCIGS - The Hilltop Funeral's Demo is out! @inkression.bsky.social · Aug 7

🎉The Debut Festival is LIVE 🎉
Come checkout 🪦The Hilltop Funeral🪦, our co-op physics game on Steam and many other studios' first games!
store.steampowered.com/app/3553350/...

#indiegame #indiedev #PhysicsGame #gamedev

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BROKENCIGS - The Hilltop Funeral's Demo is out! @inkression.bsky.social · Aug 6

We are excited to announce that our co-op physics game, The Hilltop Funeral, has been selected for Debut Festival 2025! 🎉🎉🎉

The event starts tomorrow! Please come and support us! store.steampowered.com/app/3553350/...

Thank you @gamedevist.bsky.social for hosting this event!

The Hilltop Funeral participatingin DebutFestival from August 7-11th, 2025

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Pandasquish @pandasquishgaming.bsky.social · Jul 12

I still think about Frank's tattoo of cardboard boxes a lot.

Playthrough of the demo is on my channel, link in my bio.

#inkression #indiegames #indiedevs #brokencigs

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BROKENCIGS - The Hilltop Funeral's Demo is out! @inkression.bsky.social · Jun 15

Steam next fest is amazing and our team has finally got some time to play games!!

Watch us playing @pinestudio.bsky.social 's Escape Simulator 2 here! 👇

youtu.be/ztTIoF85OQY?...

#steamnextfest #indiegames #gamedev

Stop Going to Escape Rooms and Just Play This Game!

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BROKENCIGS - The Hilltop Funeral's Demo is out! @inkression.bsky.social · Jun 11

No one is gonna go out of their way to fight against Death Stranding 2... NO ONE. 💀

The Hilltop Funeral is currently part of Steam Next Fest! 🎊
Check out the demo and WISHLIST it!!!! 🙇‍♂️

youtu.be/sY0dMXnXSVs?...

#SteamNextFest #indiegamedev #indiegame #WishlistWednesday

Steam Next Fest but we have decided to DELAY the release of our game.

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BROKENCIGS - The Hilltop Funeral's Demo is out! @inkression.bsky.social · Jun 7

Getting ready for release is a long way to go...

The Hilltop Funeral will be participating in the Summer Steam Next Fest starting from June 9th!!!

youtu.be/XEQyp8zhqs0?...

#indiegamedev #gamedev #devlog #steamnextfest

Toxically(?) Preparing to Self Publish Our Game! - [Coffin Diary.03]

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BROKENCIGS - The Hilltop Funeral's Demo is out! @inkression.bsky.social · Jun 7

Thank you!💕

BROKENCIGS - The Hilltop Funeral's Demo is out! @inkression.bsky.social · Jun 6

Hope it's not too late but hi #PitchYaGame !!!

Our little goofy dark game, THE HILLTOP FUNERAL, is now on Steam with a Demo!!!

Play as these two weird guys who carry a corpse uphill to the funeral home. Give it a try and hopefully you'd also want to wishlist it too!!

🪦🧟💀

#indiegame #gamedev

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ORIGAME DIGITAL @origamedigital.bsky.social · Jun 2

Storepage for our next game Penguin Colony is now LIVE on Steam. Be sure to give it a wishlist. We will have a Trailer and Demo in the coming months. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3695930/Penguin_Colony/

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BROKENCIGS - The Hilltop Funeral's Demo is out! @inkression.bsky.social · May 31

struggle is too real

BROKENCIGS - The Hilltop Funeral's Demo is out! @inkression.bsky.social · May 31

No more publishers for...?

#indiegamedev #gamedev #indiegames

We decided to STOP seeking funding for our Game.

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BROKENCIGS - The Hilltop Funeral's Demo is out! @inkression.bsky.social · May 29

AND!

The Games in New York Steam sale is now live as well!!!
store.steampowered.com/sale/GamesinNY

Check out all the amazing games featured and don't forget to wishlist both Inkression & The Hilltop Funeral!!! 🙇‍♂️

#steamsale #wishlistwednesday #indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev

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BROKENCIGS - The Hilltop Funeral's Demo is out! @inkression.bsky.social · May 29

Our second game in production: The Hilltop Funeral, is now playable on Steam with a Demo!!! 🎊

store.steampowered.com/app/3553350/...

Make sure to go check it out and let us know anything you like & don't like~!

#indiegamedev #gamedev #indiedev #steam #demo #wishlistwednesday

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BROKENCIGS - The Hilltop Funeral's Demo is out! @inkression.bsky.social · May 28

Games in NY Steam Sale is happening this weekend! 🙌

Both our games Inkression and The Hilltop Funeral are featured!🤩

The event goes live on 5.29 at 1pm EST. Tune in to check out the amazing games made in NY!!!

#indiedev #gamedev #NewYork

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BROKENCIGS - The Hilltop Funeral's Demo is out! @inkression.bsky.social · May 28

Does getting rejected by publishers mean that we are making a BAD GAME?! 🤔

Watch the latest Coffin Diary, where our team does game dev, chats, and talk sh*t!

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#indiegamedev #indiedev #gamedev #devlog #indiegames

REJECTED by Publishers = We are making a bad game?! - 'Coffin Diary.02'

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BROKENCIGS - The Hilltop Funeral's Demo is out! @inkression.bsky.social · May 14

Like, comment, and subscribe!

We will continue to push out similar content in the future and hopefully they will be fun to watch for you!

BROKENCIGS - The Hilltop Funeral's Demo is out! @inkression.bsky.social · May 14

I learned how to use Premiere Pro and started screen recording everything we do each day.

The result is...a 7 minute video of random yapping while making little progress on the game.

📺 youtu.be/NGa84G0e3QQ?...

Making games is fun (hard).

#indiegamedev #gamedev #devlog #indiedev #vlog

【棺材板日记】独立游戏制作人居家办公的精神状态是？!

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Playcrafting @playcrafting.bsky.social · May 5

pov: you found an IRL gaming event where devs and players are super supportive + games are fresh🍒 🥹✨

Our nyc indie dev night is the 4th Thursday of every month at BrookLAN 💥🎮

Link in bio 🔗 for free tix for attendees and sign up for devs

#indiegamedev #indiedev #indiegame #indiegames

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BROKENCIGS - The Hilltop Funeral's Demo is out! @inkression.bsky.social · Apr 22

And our achievements are ready! ⚰️🧟

Wishlist The Hilltop Funeral Now! store.steampowered.com/app/3553350/...

#TheHilltopFuneral #indiegamedev #gamedev #indiegames #WishlistWednesday

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BROKENCIGS - The Hilltop Funeral's Demo is out! @inkression.bsky.social · Apr 18

DM us:
1. Name (real or madeup) 🤗
2. Occupation (could totally be something wild and fictional)
3. Any photo (could be your artwork too!) 📷
4. Something special about you! 🥳
5. AND YOUR TATTOOS! (if you have some) ✍️
6. Just anything you'd like to share!
7: Screenshot of wishlist (we need that pls)

BROKENCIGS - The Hilltop Funeral's Demo is out! @inkression.bsky.social · Apr 18

Our tattoo shop keeps a good record of its customers!✍️

Believe that you are a customer too?
Repost, wishlist Inkression: store.steampowered.com/app/2965930/...
and DM us your info to find yourself in the upcoming demo udpate! 🥳

#indiegamedev #indiedev #steam #gamedev

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Itella_Itella 🆚 The Big Fish 🐟 @itellaitella.bsky.social · Apr 3

Hook Line & Sniper will be at #awescomecon !!

If you couldn't make it to our booth at MAGFest, be sure to swing by our table this weekend in DC!

We'll have an updated demo of the game, merch options, and more!

It's gonna be Fishtastic!! 🐟

#indiegame #indiegamedev #gaming #gamedev

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