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Nick Suttner

@nsuttner.bsky.social

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He/him Director of Publishing @panic.com. Co-founder @furnimatgames.bsky.social. Host @eggplantshow.bsky.social. linktr.ee/nsuttner

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Nick Suttner @nsuttner.bsky.social · Dec 19

We made this short video a few years ago that was SUPER useful for all sorts of pitching, and I'm excited to share it now.

As someone who sees hundred of pitches from the other side of this in my publisher life, I would love it if every dev made something like this.

Hope it's helpful to see!

Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure 🧩⚔️ @furnimatgames.bsky.social · Dec 19

We just posted a video that we made in Jan 2022 (edited by @nickverge.bsky.social) to pitch our studio+game to partners.
We found it to be a very useful thing to have!

A lot changed, but the gist stayed the same. We're sharing it in case it's useful for other devs to see!

youtu.be/PBqzrMtmhXw?...

Arranger - studio/game overview 2022 (previously internal)

YouTube video by Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure

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Adriaan @adriaan.games · 2h

Rift Riff released on mobile & it's portrait-only. just look at how sexy portrait is

App Store (iOS):
apps.apple.com/us/app/rift-...

Google Play (Android):
play.google.com/store/apps/d...

sexy screenshot of rift riff in portrait on mobile

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Nick Suttner @nsuttner.bsky.social · 1d

Welp literally a minute after I posted that something happened and now I’m forced to use them both.

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Nick Suttner @nsuttner.bsky.social · 1d

Okay so I just unlocked Monoco, and I never used Sciel since she seemed complex and I’m still enjoying the other characters. Worth swapping some in and learning them?

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Tommy @tommyebrahimi.bsky.social · 8d

@furnimatgames.bsky.social's Arranger is the kind of game that makes me wanna write an essay about why play and joy (and thus games) are so important.

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lanyardigan @lanyardigan.bsky.social · 10d

Once the night lotion has been applied, the face is sealed. No new business. For the face

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Nick Suttner @nsuttner.bsky.social · 9d

Hmm I have no memory of this. I think it's a deepfake.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 14d

If you're cancelling Game Pass today, grab a cheap indie game or two, and then put the rest of the money toward supporting indie games media by subscribing to your favourite podcasts/websites/etc.

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 14d

despelote (Steam) w/ 9 more games is $20 on Humble Games Bundle: Stories from Latin America buff.ly/SEAMVwa #ad

also in $12 tier

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Puzzmo @puzzmo.com · 14d

For the next 30 days, we're running a series of free mini crosswords created by our puzzle editor @xws.bsky.social to help you become a better crossword solver. Solve the first puzzle here, and check the replies every day for the next one!

👯 Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...

Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1 is by brooke. It's a 5x5 grid, and the number 6 in the grid is a different color than the other numbers.

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Playdate @play.date · 14d

🍁 Buddy up and save on the coziest console. Two Playdates + two Covers, $77 in savings. Our Fall Bundle is here.

🔽 play.date/shop/fall-bundle

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Nick Suttner @nsuttner.bsky.social · 14d

Does anyone in the Bay Area want my tickets to see @jeffrosenstock.bsky.social + PUP this weekend? Free to a good home, much as I hate to miss it.

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Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure 🧩⚔️ @furnimatgames.bsky.social · 15d

Arranger is 50% off for the Steam Autumn Sale! Unseemly!

store.steampowered.com/app/2596420/

Save 50% on Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure on Steam

Find your way in a world of breezy, thoughtful puzzles, along a charming journey of self-discovery.

store.steampowered.com

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Nick Suttner @nsuttner.bsky.social · 16d

I (terribly) named this (amazing) bundle so the least you can do is buy it

Jurge Cruz-Alvarez 🦬 @jurge.site · 16d

steam fall sale - jurge's pick (biased)

you can pick up a video game bundle with TGYH, to a T, and Later Alligator for less than $30

video games with laughs, wow!

store.steampowered.com/bundle/58928...

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UMAW @umaw.bsky.social · 17d

The Onion doesn’t miss. We need the Living Wage for Musicians Act NOW!

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Cool 3D World @cool3dworld.bsky.social · 23d

Ultimate Drummer: Official Trailer

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Brandon Kennedy @bicycleidiot.bsky.social · 18d

RIP Kaleb Horton
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/

I also have advice. Everybody loves reading advice on the computer, so I'll share it: the best thing you can do right now is log off as hard as you can. Go outside, talk to people in real life where it's actually kind of rude to talk about the news, try to actually see the friends you usually just text message. Go for a long drive and turn the phone off while you do it. Get back into your hobbies or pick one and learn it for a while. Watch one of those studio movies that reviews called "wildly miscalculated" and you haven't seen since high school. Play an album you like but find embarrassing. Go to free community events even if they sound stupid. If you take the freeway, try the surface streets. Go to a bad diner and just order some bad coffee because even bad coffee is good coffee.
You can't help anybody when you're exhausted and keep posting one million college-educated rewordings of "I would love to be dead right now" on the computer. Walk away from the thing and try out some of those normal things you hear about and if you get bored that's wonderful because we're not supposed to get bored anymore. It turns out boredom is the Cadillac of feelings.

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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 18d

We made a new game. It’s called Q-UP. It’s a coin flipping eSport. There’s a free demo! store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...

Q-UP on Steam

Sick of long queues, unfair matchups, and arbitrary reflex tests? Try Q-UP, the coin flipping eSport. It's one part clicker, one part multiplayer strategy game, one part demented capitalism simulator,...

store.steampowered.com

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Nick Suttner @nsuttner.bsky.social · 18d

Having worked in some capacity on three of these games, I’m compelled to agree

Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 18d

This bundle is almost all absolute bangers (especialyl Arco, Despelote and Keylocker) and the worst it goes down to is 'very good'.

Huge range of genres, too.

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 19d

Humble Games Bundle: Stories from Latin America ($20 for all) buff.ly/lbiaQWw #ad

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 18d

This bundle is almost all absolute bangers (especialyl Arco, Despelote and Keylocker) and the worst it goes down to is 'very good'.

Huge range of genres, too.

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 19d

Humble Games Bundle: Stories from Latin America ($20 for all) buff.ly/lbiaQWw #ad

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Nick Suttner @nsuttner.bsky.social · 21d

A reminder that our weekly re-airing of A Year of UFO 50 has begun, and there's still time to hop aboard before Barbuta this Friday!

I feel confident saying that this is the most comprehensive, star-studded book club ever. Play along!

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

feeds.libsyn.com/593495/rss

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Scott @smadin.net · 21d

oh man this @eggplantshow.bsky.social Year of UFO 50 finale live episode (which I am obviously not listening to live) is so good. what an ambitious, fascinating, and now triumphantly completed project. I can't think of a better way to approach a piece of art like UFO 50.

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meys @meysq.com · 21d

Blippo+ is a video game that reproduces the joy of the opening minutes of Metal Gear Solid 4 without actually having to play anything after. this is a game i am deeply appreciative of

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Nick Suttner @nsuttner.bsky.social · 21d

Still the coolest thing I'll ever work on, now in COLOR!

Panic @panic.com · 22d

Blippo+ is out NOW and in FULL COLOR on PC and Switch!!!

📡 Steam
blippo.plus/steam

📡 Switch
blippo.plus/switch

📺 Tune in and get bent today!! blippo.plus 💫

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Duncan Robson @duncanrobson.com · 22d

For sale:

Steam screenshot. Baby Steps, Neva and Sworn at discounted prices.

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Nick Suttner @nsuttner.bsky.social · 22d

You should probably watch this

Panic @panic.com · 22d

blippo+ launch live stream RIGHT NOW: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSo6...

Blippo+ Launch Live Stream

YouTube video by Panic