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Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 7h

I think it was plenty strong, especially in the narrative!

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Gugames @gugames.eu · 11h

Last 7 days! Can't wait to see the results.

My personal favorite? @shdon.com 's "Intern's First Day", followed by moumix's "Double-0-Oops!".

Johnny Nys @little-writer.bsky.social · 12h

We're in the final week of voting for the $109 Adventure Game Challenge. Exciting times for the contestants! I don't know about the other two judges, but my results are in for a while now. Who will take away the prize money? Just a little while longer...

itch.io/jam/109-adve...

$109 Adventure Game Challenge

A game jam from 2025-09-07 to 2025-10-21 hosted by StandOffSoftware. The Jam for Passionate Adventure Game Developers! The theme of the jam Is You are the Wrong Person . Read the following closely for...

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Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 11h

I'm biased of course, so I'll naturally put my own game in the top three, but definitely agree with you on Double-O-Oops! too and your Eulogy for Nonno rounds out my list of 3 favourites.

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Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 13h

Great work, my friend!

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Cosmic Void @cosmicvoidonline.bsky.social · 14h

🔴 Hey all! I'm launching a crowdfunding campaign to bring Midnight Saturn, my point & click adventure game, to life. 🤩

Check out the campaign page below! Support via PayPal or Patreon & unlock awesome rewards! 🥳 👇

www.cosmicvoidonline.com/blog/news/20...

Demo live on Steam! Please share! ❤️

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Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social · 14d

Sigh. I got the results from the cat scan yesterday. My right lung has a membrane that's normally the thickness of plastic wrap. It's current 1cm to 2cm thick. That's the tumor. I’ll be setting up a gofundme to help with my medical bills

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Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 12d

You know about my latest short game, as you streamed it recently 😁 Intern's First Day is about a little intern who has to survive his first day at the weird Lab Lab. The jam version is available at shdon.itch.io/interns-firs... - soon to be update with several quality of life improvements.

An intern stands by the reception/security booth outside a steel security gate and a sign reading "LAB". He says to the receptionist "Good morning, ma'am, I'm the intern, here for my first day!"

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Goloso Games @golosogames.bsky.social · 12d

I'm your host for #PointNClickFriday!
I just announced Antenna Dilemma, a comical and epic adventure where fixing your antenna leads to dystopian chaos. ⬜️🔴

store.steampowered.com/app/3853730/...

Like, retweet and share your games in the comments! 👀

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Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 14d

Welp, I've given this particular company a 1-star review. They don't deserve it, but it's not possible give them the -5 stars that they do deserve. Incompetent scumbags. And am I the only one who feels this way... well... the graph speaks for itself:

A graph of ratings with the 1-star bar being so long the more positive ratings are barely even visible.

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Dionous Games @dionous.bsky.social · 15d

🚀 Ready for a fall adventure? Our entire catalog is now 50% off during the Steam Autumn Sale.

Grab your favorites while the deal lasts!

store.steampowered.com/bundle/28352...

#SteamSale #SteamAutumnsale2025

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Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 16d

Also funny: they actually used a T instead of a C, so it says King's Tourt 🤣 Vivaldi's T does look really C-like, though.

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Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 16d

Weird that they cut the little curl inside the K. The font is actually Vivaldi: fontsgeek.com/vivaldi-font

Vivaldi Font : Download For Free, View Sample Text, Rating And More On Fontsgeek.Com

Download Vivaldi For Free, View Sample Text, Rating And More On Fontsgeek.com

fontsgeek.com

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Lou Inglese @chaos440.bsky.social · 18d

Got my performance review.

Old floppy drive with printed label 'Works, but makes Sad Noises'

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Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 17d

That was pretty quick! A redditor in /r/tipofmytongue has been able to identify it. It is *Les Premiers Sourires de Vanessa* by Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint - www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2uP... - been at least two decades since I heard it and now I finally know what it is!

Richard Clayderman - Les Premiers Sourires de Vanessa (Official Video)

YouTube video by Richard Clayderman Official

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Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 17d

Any #piano music gurus who can help me identify this tune? For nearly 40 years now, it's been bugging me that I don't know what this is. www.shdon.com/temp/tune/ #namethattune #whatsthattune

What is this tune?

www.shdon.com

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Durinde @durinde.bsky.social · 19d

Going to be working on this over the weekend to release a more complete and bug/typo free version once judging is over in a few weeks.

If you want to give the current version a go, it's playable right in your browser.

#109AdvChal

Durinde @durinde.bsky.social · 24d

Alright entry submitted for #109AdvChal. Might squeeze in one more update before the deadline drops in a few hours, but I'm not sure. Grabbing a walk to clear my head first

durinde.itch.io/you-are-not-...

You are not my son by durinde

A short game made for Adventure Game Challenge 2025

durinde.itch.io

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Piratenpartij Nederland @piratenpartij.nl · 22d

"Krankzinnig" is hoe Jelle Postma de motie om Antifa terroristisch te verklaren beschrijft.

Onze vraag aan @vvdonline.bsky.social is: Wat zou volgens jullie de straf moeten zijn voor iemand die zich als Antifa identificeert en een ongedocumenteerd persoon aan een overnachtingsplek helpt?

Pauw & De Wit @pauwendewit.bsky.social · 23d

Afgelopen donderdag werd een motie ingediend om ‘Antifa’ als terroristische organisatie te bestempelen. Deze motie kreeg, mede dankzij de VVD, een meerderheid. Partijleider Dilan Yeşilgöz legt uit waarom haar partij vóór de motie stemde. Ook geeft oud-AIVD'er en onderzoeker Jelle Postma zijn visie.

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Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 23d

Thank you, my friend!

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Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 24d

Yay! 2 hours and 44 minutes before the deadline, I've submitted my #pointandclick #adventuregame "Intern's Day Off" to the #109AdvChal! Find it at shdon.itch.io/interns-firs... #indiedev

Intern's First Day by Steven Don

Just a normal day at the Lab Lab

shdon.itch.io

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Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 24d

Ah, no, sorry, that's prof. Ray Gamma

Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 25d

Finishing up character art for my #109AdvChal game "Intern's First Day": Dr. Flora Fauna (biologist), Prof. Ray Gamma (nuclear physicist), Prof. Cogswell Crank (engineer) #indiedev #pointandclick #adventuregame

On the left, an old lady in a green dress and lab coat wearing purple shoes and glasses, flowers in her beehive hairdo. In the middle a rotund bald man with a grey moustache and beard, wearing a lab coat. On the right, a black balding man wearing a lab coat and a striped purple tie.

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Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 26d

Oh, dus blijkbaar ben ik terrorist...

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Cosmic Void @cosmicvoidonline.bsky.social · 27d

🔴 I'm working on Midnight Saturn, a sci-fi point and click adventure.

Wishlist on Steam & try the demo:
store.steampowered.com/app/3909740/...

#indiegame #indiedev #adventuregame #pointandclick

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Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · 28d

A game called "Intern's First Day" where an intern starts at a lab that has a pet piranha cannot be considered complete without a sign like this. #indiedev #pointandclick #adventuregame

A sign with the text "days without blub eating an intern" above two cards showing the digits 00.

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Steven Don 🇺🇦 @shdon.com · Sep 14

My little intern riding the self-driving shuttle to the main lab. Screen took way longer than it should have. My home-made engine wasn't intended for it, but there's 4 layers of parallax. Drawing Rayman style detached limbs for ease of animation. #109AdvChal #indiegame #pointandclick #adventuregame

A vehicle whizzing along a road next to a park. We see a cutaway of the main vehicle to reveal the interior with a geeky character inside.

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