Miguel Sternberg
@spookysquid.bsky.social
Game dev @ Spooky Squid Games.
linktr.ee/spookysquidgames
Russian Subway Dogs: Steam, Xbox, Playstation, PS Vita!
They Bleed Pixels: Steam and Switch!
Currently working on unnamed "Goblin Girl Game"
WIP feed: tinyurl.com/goblingg
(He/Him)
linktr.ee/spookysquidgames
Russian Subway Dogs: Steam, Xbox, Playstation, PS Vita!
They Bleed Pixels: Steam and Switch!
Currently working on unnamed "Goblin Girl Game"
WIP feed: tinyurl.com/goblingg
(He/Him)
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Miguel Sternberg
@spookysquid.bsky.social
· Oct 28
Past due for a proper intro here! I'm Miguel Sternberg and I create indie games with small teams under Spooky Squid Games, a micro studio in Toronto, Canada. Best known for They Bleed Pixels. Our latest release is Russian Subway Dogs!
More info on both games + video clips in replies!
#indiegames
More info on both games + video clips in replies!
#indiegames
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Barbarian doodle
December 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Barbarian doodle
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The original game director for Milano's Odd Job Collection graciously worked together with us to make this re-release happen. He even gave us never-before-seen concept art and development materials that we translated and included in-game!
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The original game director for Milano's Odd Job Collection graciously worked together with us to make this re-release happen. He even gave us never-before-seen concept art and development materials that we translated and included in-game!
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This fall continues to do everything it can to slow down dev (RSI wheee!) so for #screenshotsaturday here's another #GoblinGirlGame early mockup I haven't posted, showing off a potential outdoor tileset for the dungeon.
#indiedev #gameui #pixelart #ドット絵
#indiedev #gameui #pixelart #ドット絵
November 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This fall continues to do everything it can to slow down dev (RSI wheee!) so for #screenshotsaturday here's another #GoblinGirlGame early mockup I haven't posted, showing off a potential outdoor tileset for the dungeon.
#indiedev #gameui #pixelart #ドット絵
#indiedev #gameui #pixelart #ドット絵
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...aaaand that's fully set up i think! Gonna top up stock over the week, and if there's something you're looking for that you don't see, let me know! And if you've been by already, thank you so much!
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
...aaaand that's fully set up i think! Gonna top up stock over the week, and if there's something you're looking for that you don't see, let me know! And if you've been by already, thank you so much!
This fall continues to do everything it can to slow down dev (RSI wheee!) so for #screenshotsaturday here's another #GoblinGirlGame early mockup I haven't posted, showing off a potential outdoor tileset for the dungeon.
#indiedev #gameui #pixelart #ドット絵
#indiedev #gameui #pixelart #ドット絵
November 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This fall continues to do everything it can to slow down dev (RSI wheee!) so for #screenshotsaturday here's another #GoblinGirlGame early mockup I haven't posted, showing off a potential outdoor tileset for the dungeon.
#indiedev #gameui #pixelart #ドット絵
#indiedev #gameui #pixelart #ドット絵
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🚨 8 Hours Left For Creator Day 🚨
We’re waiving itchio's platform fee on all transactions across the site for 8 more hours! You still have time to check out your recommendations and pick up something new!
We’re waiving itchio's platform fee on all transactions across the site for 8 more hours! You still have time to check out your recommendations and pick up something new!
November 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
🚨 8 Hours Left For Creator Day 🚨
We’re waiving itchio's platform fee on all transactions across the site for 8 more hours! You still have time to check out your recommendations and pick up something new!
We’re waiving itchio's platform fee on all transactions across the site for 8 more hours! You still have time to check out your recommendations and pick up something new!
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Hooray! The first of the Thanksgaming 2025 posts is up on Kotaku, with an epic TWENTY unknown indies to check out!
I'm going to put up another 20 tomorrow.
Spread it far and wide!
kotaku.com/indie-games-...
I'm going to put up another 20 tomorrow.
Spread it far and wide!
kotaku.com/indie-games-...
20 Incredible Innovative Indie Games To Wishlist This Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgaming 2025 everybody! Celebrate with a huge pile of unknown indies to put on your radar
kotaku.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Hooray! The first of the Thanksgaming 2025 posts is up on Kotaku, with an epic TWENTY unknown indies to check out!
I'm going to put up another 20 tomorrow.
Spread it far and wide!
kotaku.com/indie-games-...
I'm going to put up another 20 tomorrow.
Spread it far and wide!
kotaku.com/indie-games-...
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gathered together some of my old games that had fallen off the internet
smestorp.itch.io/lots-of-mich...
smestorp.itch.io/lots-of-mich...
lots of michael brough games by Michael Brough
collection
smestorp.itch.io
November 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
gathered together some of my old games that had fallen off the internet
smestorp.itch.io/lots-of-mich...
smestorp.itch.io/lots-of-mich...
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The most important thing about Josette's character design is that those hair clips are actually jumper cables and at the end of each in-game day they are plugged in to charge so she can enter sleep mode
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The most important thing about Josette's character design is that those hair clips are actually jumper cables and at the end of each in-game day they are plugged in to charge so she can enter sleep mode
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Heads up - usually after I put out this call I've had 200 emails already. This time, so far, it's just a handful!
While the grown ups at Kotaku are all off distracted thanking turkeys or whatever it is they do, I wanna promote as many unknown indies as I can!
While the grown ups at Kotaku are all off distracted thanking turkeys or whatever it is they do, I wanna promote as many unknown indies as I can!
Hello indies! It's almost Thanksgaming 2025!
If you have an unknown indie project in dev or just released, please could you email me at [email protected] with the subject "THANKSGAMING 2025", and a store page and YouTube link? I'll put as many as I can on Kotaku.
Rules next. Reposts appreciated!
If you have an unknown indie project in dev or just released, please could you email me at [email protected] with the subject "THANKSGAMING 2025", and a store page and YouTube link? I'll put as many as I can on Kotaku.
Rules next. Reposts appreciated!
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Heads up - usually after I put out this call I've had 200 emails already. This time, so far, it's just a handful!
While the grown ups at Kotaku are all off distracted thanking turkeys or whatever it is they do, I wanna promote as many unknown indies as I can!
While the grown ups at Kotaku are all off distracted thanking turkeys or whatever it is they do, I wanna promote as many unknown indies as I can!
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Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
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We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
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A while ago, I asked people on bluesky to tell me the name of the movie Koyaanisqatsi without looking up the spelling. I made a musical algorithm based on the answers.
I figure I owe you a demo of what it sounds like!
It's for my game Rhytm Doggo: store.steampowered.com/app/4090240/...
I figure I owe you a demo of what it sounds like!
It's for my game Rhytm Doggo: store.steampowered.com/app/4090240/...
November 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A while ago, I asked people on bluesky to tell me the name of the movie Koyaanisqatsi without looking up the spelling. I made a musical algorithm based on the answers.
I figure I owe you a demo of what it sounds like!
It's for my game Rhytm Doggo: store.steampowered.com/app/4090240/...
I figure I owe you a demo of what it sounds like!
It's for my game Rhytm Doggo: store.steampowered.com/app/4090240/...
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This is still one of the best gags of all time and it's so era-specific
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This is still one of the best gags of all time and it's so era-specific
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Zero interruptions. Just open the game and the main menu explains the four main controls.
#indiegames #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
#indiegames #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
November 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Zero interruptions. Just open the game and the main menu explains the four main controls.
#indiegames #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
#indiegames #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
How is "Science Saru anime adaptation of the dystopian manga about Santa Claus by the creator of Beastars, with music by Fantastic Plastic Machine" both a real thing that exists and probably the best anime of the season?
November 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
How is "Science Saru anime adaptation of the dystopian manga about Santa Claus by the creator of Beastars, with music by Fantastic Plastic Machine" both a real thing that exists and probably the best anime of the season?
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BIG NEWS:
We are no longer Eggplant. We are, simply:
The Secret Lives of Games
AND ALSO:
We've launched the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long, one-a-month series exploring the work of @smestorp.bsky.social. Join us and play along!
secretlives.games/all-systems-...
We are no longer Eggplant. We are, simply:
The Secret Lives of Games
AND ALSO:
We've launched the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long, one-a-month series exploring the work of @smestorp.bsky.social. Join us and play along!
secretlives.games/all-systems-...
The Secret Lives of Games: All Systems Brough - Introduction
We're joined by Frank Lantz (Q-UP) and Mare Sheppard + Raigan Burns of Metanet (N++) for the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long exploration of the work of Michael Brough. We share our th...
secretlives.games
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
BIG NEWS:
We are no longer Eggplant. We are, simply:
The Secret Lives of Games
AND ALSO:
We've launched the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long, one-a-month series exploring the work of @smestorp.bsky.social. Join us and play along!
secretlives.games/all-systems-...
We are no longer Eggplant. We are, simply:
The Secret Lives of Games
AND ALSO:
We've launched the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long, one-a-month series exploring the work of @smestorp.bsky.social. Join us and play along!
secretlives.games/all-systems-...
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One day I woke up and decided I wanted to do a stop motion animation. So I animated a simple run cycle, printed each frame and stuck them around my city ✨️
(Which btw, I felt super guilty about)
(Which btw, I felt super guilty about)
November 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
One day I woke up and decided I wanted to do a stop motion animation. So I animated a simple run cycle, printed each frame and stuck them around my city ✨️
(Which btw, I felt super guilty about)
(Which btw, I felt super guilty about)
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Me, ten years ago: "I love technology! It enables such incredible things, and it's only going to create more wonders in the future!"
Me, now:
Me, now:
November 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Me, ten years ago: "I love technology! It enables such incredible things, and it's only going to create more wonders in the future!"
Me, now:
Me, now:
Has anyone tested the Analogue 3D with Wonder Project J2? It's always been tricky to emulate, with a bug when you access the store, which even appears in the MiSTer core.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Has anyone tested the Analogue 3D with Wonder Project J2? It's always been tricky to emulate, with a bug when you access the store, which even appears in the MiSTer core.
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Mark your calendars, set your alarms. Tomorrow is a BIG DAY!
🕰️ Nov 21 @ 12pm EST.
1️⃣ Black Friday sale launches with some VoV titles going on sale!
2️⃣ Signalis CDs & limited Signalis Vinyl being restocked
3️⃣ MYSTERY RECORDS (1, 2, & 3LPs)
4️⃣ A NEW VoV release will be up for pre-order @ 7pm EST.
🕰️ Nov 21 @ 12pm EST.
1️⃣ Black Friday sale launches with some VoV titles going on sale!
2️⃣ Signalis CDs & limited Signalis Vinyl being restocked
3️⃣ MYSTERY RECORDS (1, 2, & 3LPs)
4️⃣ A NEW VoV release will be up for pre-order @ 7pm EST.
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Mark your calendars, set your alarms. Tomorrow is a BIG DAY!
🕰️ Nov 21 @ 12pm EST.
1️⃣ Black Friday sale launches with some VoV titles going on sale!
2️⃣ Signalis CDs & limited Signalis Vinyl being restocked
3️⃣ MYSTERY RECORDS (1, 2, & 3LPs)
4️⃣ A NEW VoV release will be up for pre-order @ 7pm EST.
🕰️ Nov 21 @ 12pm EST.
1️⃣ Black Friday sale launches with some VoV titles going on sale!
2️⃣ Signalis CDs & limited Signalis Vinyl being restocked
3️⃣ MYSTERY RECORDS (1, 2, & 3LPs)
4️⃣ A NEW VoV release will be up for pre-order @ 7pm EST.
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This thing took so much work, from so many people - RPGs have so many little working parts, and we did so much to try to make this world feel alive. The team is just vibrating right now, seeing how this all goes, but for now it's great to just have it out there, in people's hands.
Demonschool: Is OUT. It's out. Finally it is out. We hope you enjoy it.
store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This thing took so much work, from so many people - RPGs have so many little working parts, and we did so much to try to make this world feel alive. The team is just vibrating right now, seeing how this all goes, but for now it's great to just have it out there, in people's hands.
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Crystal Chronicles is high in the rankings of bastard FF stepchildren, yet I still would like to see more of the creepy yet lovable Yukes
November 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Crystal Chronicles is high in the rankings of bastard FF stepchildren, yet I still would like to see more of the creepy yet lovable Yukes
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Gaze into the fire and think of home...
#screenshotsaturday #GoblinGirlGame
#indiedev #gamemaker #pixelart #ドット絵
#screenshotsaturday #GoblinGirlGame
#indiedev #gamemaker #pixelart #ドット絵
November 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Gaze into the fire and think of home...
#screenshotsaturday #GoblinGirlGame
#indiedev #gamemaker #pixelart #ドット絵
#screenshotsaturday #GoblinGirlGame
#indiedev #gamemaker #pixelart #ドット絵