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Donovan [Megahammer Studios] @megahammerstudios.bsky.social · 18h

Putting together a little playlist of Little Rocket Lab music videos 🎶

More to come! Might do a "behind the score" thing, too.

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Little Rocket Lab - Original Soundtrack - YouTube

Music from the original soundtrack to Little Rocket Lab Little Rocket Lab - Original Soundtrack available now! Bandcamp: https://megahammerstudios.bandcamp.c...

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Donovan [Megahammer Studios] @megahammerstudios.bsky.social · 21h

Go bake some pies today! 🥧🍁
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Donovan [Megahammer Studios] @megahammerstudios.bsky.social · 1d

Little Rocket Lab - Original Soundtrack
Out now on Bandcamp and Steam
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Kyle Schmitz @kyleschmitz.bsky.social · 1d

Now these morons are suggesting that @nomorerobots.io *forced* me to put represention in the game. Bitch I came up with the characters myself! And Noor is a treasure!

A section of a Steam review that reads: "A Game Marred by External Decisions

This adventure is also, and most importantly, spoiled by the publisher, No More Robots. Their forced DEI, seemingly to collect more money, comes at the expense of narrative coherence and the original developer's vision. The inexplicable presence of a character wearing an Islamic headscarf in a universe where it doesn't fit is a glaring example that shatters immersion."

The developer response to the review that reads: Hello! It's me, the dev! Like the actual person that wrote the code, almost all 97,000 lines of it, as well as all the characters, dialog, cutscenes, and storyline. The publisher did in fact make a singular character suggestion to me. You know which character it was?

The dog.

The rest? All me! You are making up completely unfounded conspiracy theories.

Oh, and that "surveillance"? It's called a log file. Unity makes them by default. Scary stuff, I know.

Take a hike man.

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Donovan [Megahammer Studios] @megahammerstudios.bsky.social · 3d

Fall music 🍂

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Flywheel Dance (Fall Theme One), by Donovan Jonk [Megahammer Studios]

from the album Little Rocket Lab - Original Soundtrack

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Donovan [Megahammer Studios] @megahammerstudios.bsky.social · 3d

Been basically glued to twitch streams of Little Rocket Lab for the last few days.

If you're enjoying the game and the music, check out the soundtrack! A whopping double-album worth of music!

Available on Steam and Bandcamp.

Thanks!

store.steampowered.com/app/4007960/...

Save 25% on Little Rocket Lab Soundtrack on Steam

Grab your trusty hammer and get ready to save St Ambroise with the Little Rocket Lab Soundtrack! Get ready to build friendships, contraptions, and of course, rockets, to 33 great tracks in both MP3 &a...

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 3d

Somehow we had a successful game launch in 2025: A thread 🧵

We launched Little Rocket Lab this week, and it's been mega for us. Which is amazing, because well, the industry is bad right now!

So I wanna go through the things we did, in the hope that something here can be helpful to someone here

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 4d

We banned a guy on the Steam forums for repeatedly saying there were “too many women” in our game

So he flipped his positive review to negative

Still totally worth it

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 4d

Omg, someone made Toasty from Little Rocket Lab with Lego

First time someone has Legoed one of our games haha

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Foolish Mortals Point & Click Adventure Game @inklingwood.bsky.social · 5d

Our hand-drawn, full-length, fully voiced point & click adventure game Foolish Mortals releases November 5, 2025! 👻 www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0rN...

A wedding... vanished. A treasure... lost. A heart... broken.

Wishlist us now! store.steampowered.com/app/1848440/...

Foolish Mortals Release Date Trailer - November 5, 2025

YouTube video by Inklingwood Studios

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 4d

One cool feature of Steam is they provide a Harassment Zone for each game you announce. It's a place for people who hate progress to come and crap all over games they haven't even played. No, they won't help you moderate it, but hey, at least you can't delete it!

Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 5d

Classic Steam forums

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Kyle Schmitz @kyleschmitz.bsky.social · 4d

One of my goals with this game was to promote girls and women in STEM. If the majority of the key characters in the game being women bothers some players, it means it's even more important for this game to exist.

Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 5d

Classic Steam forums

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No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 4d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 5d

It's 48 hours since Little Rocket Lab launched, we've been top of New and Trending for the entire time, 94% rating on Steam, huge player numbers, big numbers on Game Pass, tons of streams and YT videos...

and we've still received next to no press at all

The press for smaller games is just dead.

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James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 6d

Been spending the last couple weeks with @nomorerobots.io Little Rocket Lab as my Steam Deck playing-in-bed game, chatting with townspeople and automating the place in a Satisfactory/Stardew Valley mashup. The two genres fuse perfectly in a lovely chill adventure.

hardcoregamer.com/review-littl...

Review: Little Rocket Lab

Little Rocket Lab is about as cozy an introduction to automation as could be imagined, with a cast of likable characters in a run-down, charming town.

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Donovan [Megahammer Studios] @megahammerstudios.bsky.social · 5d

The sound design and music of Little Rocket Lab is full of homages and in-jokes.

One I'd like to share is a silly "woo" at 0:20⬇️

The source is some retro music gear @kyleschmitz.bsky.social and I refer to as the "Woo Box".

Can any fellow music dorks identify it?

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Little Rocket Lab - Now Available on Steam and Xbox Game Pass!

YouTube video by No More Robots

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 5d

Amazing first 24 hours for Little Rocket Lab <3 <3

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Donovan [Megahammer Studios] @megahammerstudios.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks, Kyle!!

Donovan [Megahammer Studios] @megahammerstudios.bsky.social · 6d

Especially, I couldn't imagine the map and the journal any other way. The aesthetic of those features is just *Morgan* to the core.

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Donovan [Megahammer Studios] @megahammerstudios.bsky.social · 6d

Your art adds so much charm to LRL's world!

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Donovan [Megahammer Studios] @megahammerstudios.bsky.social · 6d

Hey evening crowd!

Today was wild! Little Rocket Lab is Out Now! 🚀

To celebrate, I've got discounts on the OST album.

Standard Edition 25% OFF
Collector's Edition over 50% OFF (includes 14 bonus tracks)

Plus art, studio photos, and liner notes!

megahammerstudios.bandcamp.com/album/little...

Little Rocket Lab - Original Soundtrack, Collector's Edition (Full Album plus Starry Nights, Rainy Days), by Donovan Jonk [Megahammer Studios]

47 track album

megahammerstudios.bandcamp.com

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Donovan [Megahammer Studios] @megahammerstudios.bsky.social · 6d

"The soundtrack is a standout too—gentle guitar, chill beats...shifts between cozy calm and quiet focus as your machines click into rhythm. You’ll find yourself zoning out in the best possible way—lost in loops, surrounded by beauty."

xboxera.com/2025/10/07/l...

Little Rocket Lab | Review

Every once in a while, a game drops that completely surprises you — not because it’s flashy, or massive, but because it takes something complex…

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Donovan [Megahammer Studios] @megahammerstudios.bsky.social · 6d

Little Rocket Lab strooming now on the site!

www.twitch.tv/giantwaffle

Giantwaffle - Twitch

Little Rocket Lab with Waffle

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Donovan [Megahammer Studios] @megahammerstudios.bsky.social · 6d

And for the next 24 hours, I'm discounting the standard and deluxe versions of the Little Rocket Lab OST album to the same looooow, low price!

What are you waiting for?!

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Megahammer Studios

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Donovan [Megahammer Studios] @megahammerstudios.bsky.social · 6d

Also launching today.... the Little Rocket Lab OST!

Out Now on Bandcamp!

Sequenced as a continuous album, following Morgan's journey from the moment the train arrives in St. Ambroise.

With bonus tracks, high res art, and liner notes!

megahammerstudios.bandcamp.com/album/little...

Little Rocket Lab - Original Soundtrack, Collector's Edition (Full Album plus Starry Nights, Rainy Days), by Donovan Jonk [Megahammer Studios]

47 track album

megahammerstudios.bandcamp.com

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