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The indie studio where creative writing meets applied game design. Working on: The Energy Case, a detective game about bugs and pollution 🏭🔍🐜 https://linktr.ee/novakstudios

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Novak Studios @novakstudios.bsky.social · Jul 11

A little sneak peek of The Energy Case trailer! Oop, something went wrong-- 🐜
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #appliedgames #theenergycase #tec #skyrim

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Novak Studios @novakstudios.bsky.social · Jul 2

Be careful who you call ugly in high school 😤
A first look at Dec, now in 3D!
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #appliedgames #theenergycase #tec

A 3D model of a robot ant wearing a trenchcoat and a fedora. He’s shown from the waist-up, hand raised and looking down at it.

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Novak Studios @novakstudios.bsky.social · Jun 27

Our previous game for a client is out! Learn about how we made it and more on our website. There you can join us on many more topics!
www.novakstudios.nl/post/the-dev...
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#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #appliedgames #blogpost

Image of a board game and its box lying on a table. The board game’s name is displayed with the text “Sei Leiferser”. Text on the image says “The Development of Sei Leiferser!“.

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Novak Studios @novakstudios.bsky.social · Jun 25

Open up! The Energy Case trailer is on its way!
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #appliedgames #theenergycase #tec

Two 3D models of robot ants stand in front of a doorframe. Each one points a gun towards the camera. One is crouched slightly lower than the other.

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Novak Studios @novakstudios.bsky.social · Jun 20

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We'll miss them all so much😔
Until we see them again in September :P
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #appliedgames #theenergycase #tec

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Novak Studios @novakstudios.bsky.social · Jun 18

Have you guys seen Dec? He left our Steam page and walked off to another bug-based game and came back looking like this :0
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #appliedgames #theenergycase #tec #hollowknight #silksong

An ant in a trench coat and fedora, drawn like a character from Hollow Knight

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Novak Studios @novakstudios.bsky.social · Jun 13

Making games and videos is a lot of fun, but not without mistakes. Enjoy the best bloopers from our archive!
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#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #appliedgames #theenergycase #tec #bloopers

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Novak Studios @novakstudios.bsky.social · Jun 11

About time that events started happening in the Northern Netherlands! Last Friday we attended LevelUp, the first game dev industry networking event in the north. Needless to say, we hope it’s back next year!
levelupgroningen.framer.website

#indiedev #gamedev #gameevent #indiegames #appliedgames

Two people stand on either side of a tall table with a black table cloth. On the table are two laptops, each displaying different videos, while behind the two is a black board with pictures and posters plastered on it.

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Novak Studios @novakstudios.bsky.social · Jun 6

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈
Dec is indeed bisexual!

Audio: Sonic Riders | Real-Time Fandub Games by SnapCube on YouTube

#pridemonth #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #appliedgames #theenergycase #tec

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Novak Studios @novakstudios.bsky.social · Jun 6

Working on this game has been a pleasure for us and a huge learning opportunity!

Novak Studios @novakstudios.bsky.social · Jun 6

It’s now out! Last year, we collaborated with Logos Dolomiti to develop Sei Leiferser!, a board game that focuses on fostering awareness towards and teaching children about local stores in the town of Laives in South Tyrol, Italy.
#gamedesign #boardgamedesign #appliedgames #seileferser #southtyrol

A photo of a newspaper page written in Italian in the newspaper called Laives.

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Novak Studios @novakstudios.bsky.social · Jun 4

Working on this game has been a pleasure for us and a huge learning opportunity!

Novak Studios @novakstudios.bsky.social · May 30

Tech team: Hey, here's some funny errors and tests you can make a video out of.
The marketing lead:

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #appliedgames #theenergycase #tec #bloopers

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Novak Studios @novakstudios.bsky.social · May 29

Can you believe it? It's Ascension Day today! Perfect time to bring up this old drawing of Dec, now edited to feature his redesign!
#ascensionday #indiedec #gamedev #indiegames #appliedgames #theenergycase #tec

Dec, a robot ant wearing a trenchcoat and a fedora, floats in the air with his eyes closed, head tilted back, and arms raised slightly. He appears to be floating towards a cloud that casts a spotlight on him.

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Novak Studios @novakstudios.bsky.social · May 23

Sometimes all you need is a drink at the bar, you know?
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #appliedgames #theenergycase #tec

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Novak Studios @novakstudios.bsky.social · May 21

Psst! Soon we’ll have our Steam page up, so here’s a sneak peek of some of our new capsule art!
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #appliedgames #theenergycase #tec

This image depicts the meme with two panels. In the first one, someone holds up two pictures, edited to show one of them as the previous image on this post, and the second one as a meme visual depiction of the character Edwin from Five Nights at Freddy’s. The caption underneath says “Corporate needs you to find the differences between this picture and this picture.“
The second image continues the meme normally, with a woman looking into the camera and saying “They’re the same picture“.

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Novak Studios @novakstudios.bsky.social · May 16

Meet Herman Abano! He's the supervisor for Hemiaqua, a shipping company that doesn't particularly care about green energy, and is suspected to be involved with the Energy Case
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #appliedgames #theenergycase #tec

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Novak Studios @novakstudios.bsky.social · May 15

Haha! Thankfully we managed to escort her out with no casualties 🐝

Novak Studios @novakstudios.bsky.social · May 14

Comment: Sidenote: ignore the blurryness, I was nervous approaching her 😖

Novak Studios @novakstudios.bsky.social · May 14

Excuse me, ma’am, we are not currently holding auditions 😒
#indiegames #appliedgames #theenergycase #tec

A blurry image of a wasp/hornet walking around on a grey carpet.

A blurry image of a wasp/hornet walking around on a grey carpet. A few chair legs are also seen.

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Novak Studios @novakstudios.bsky.social · May 12

He doesn't really comprehend the idea of food. Why eat a sticky grain disc when there's perfectly good oil? ⛽⛽⛽

Novak Studios @novakstudios.bsky.social · May 9

Having witnessed her friend’s murder, Phila comes to Dec for help. We talked about her on our TikTok and Instagram accounts!
www.tiktok.com/@novak.studi...

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #appliedgames #theenergycase #tec

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Novak Studios @novakstudios.bsky.social · May 7

Just another day in the office.
#gamedevelopment #gamedev #tec #theenergycase

A picture of a wall, zoomed in on a piece of paper stuck to it with tape. The paper shows a picture of an ant with a fedora edited on its head. The ant originally had a hand holding a gun towards the viewer edited in front of it, but now there’s a piece of yellow paper with a hand holding a bouquet instead.

Next to the paper there’s a yellow sticky note. In blue pen it says “NO PICTURES OF GUNS IN THE OFFICE“ followed by an angry face. Underneath, in black pencil, it’s written “fixed!“ with a smiley face and an arrow pointing to the paper.

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Novak Studios @novakstudios.bsky.social · May 2

No updates on development! The Detective is napping.
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #appliedgames #theenergycase #tec

A GIF of Dec, a robot ant, sitting in a swivel chair with his legs resting atop a desk. He appears to be sleeping, with his hat covering his eyes, his hands folded atop his abdomen, and a cable coming out of him plugged in the wall behind. One of his secondary limbs occasionally twitches.

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Novak Studios @novakstudios.bsky.social · Apr 30

All members of our team have now signed ✍️

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Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.

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