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Miguel Sternberg
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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)
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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
Left Side: logos for They Bleed Pixels and Russian Subway Dogs Right Side: The Clawed Girl a demonic but cute monster girl with purple skin and giant red claws for hands, wearing a black dress and big red bow. Beside her is the Subway Dog, a brown dog wearing a fur cap.
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adamatomic @adamatomic.bsky.social · Jul 21
i started making new #pico8 games last october - here's 13 of them crammed into 75 seconds ??

they're all playable in your browser! -> adamatomic.itch.io
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NOP @noppixels.bsky.social · 1d
Portfolio day!!!!
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Megan Kearney @spookymeggie.bsky.social · 1d
Some yokai thoughts from my Japan trip this summer
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Ian Campbell @bootdiskrev.bsky.social · 2d
I made a little game that mashes up Balatro x Scrabble! The demo is in Next Fest starting today!
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Miguel Sternberg @spookysquid.bsky.social · 3d
Been mostly doing behind the scenes work on #GoblinGirlGame this week. Stuff like refactoring most of the in game text to work with Chatterbox. So here is a set of cute cactus enemies from my "enemy ideas sketch file" for #screenshotsaturday.

#pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #ドット絵
16 bit style pixel art. Four cactus enemies. A knight with a cactus flower shield and thorn lance. A mage with a thorn hat and flower hands. Some sort of bull like cactus with large thorn horns. A weird little cactus dude, just a round cactus with legs, thorns in all directions and a little flower on top.
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Miguel Sternberg @spookysquid.bsky.social · 2d
Yeah, if I didn't play Monster Hunter I wouldn't have had a reason to pick one up. Sony shutting down Japan Studio has really reduced the amount of unique exclusives that used to make PlayStation exciting.
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Miguel Sternberg @spookysquid.bsky.social · 2d
Oof. Ultima Underworld is sooo cursor driven compared to pretty much every other first person game. I imagine it's possible, mapping the keyboard movement shortcuts to the dpad and using a PS4/PS5 controller for touchpad mousing. That would probably be the least awkward?
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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 3d
"pixelart game, mixed resolutions"
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🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 6d
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 3d
They Bleed Pixels - Gamers4Gamers Edition (Switch) available at Premium Edition Games ($79.99) buff.ly/FRgmux4 #ad
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Miguel Sternberg @spookysquid.bsky.social · 3d
No promises these will make it in, not sure if there will be an appropriate dungeon biome or not. But I really like this bunch.
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Miguel Sternberg @spookysquid.bsky.social · 3d
Been mostly doing behind the scenes work on #GoblinGirlGame this week. Stuff like refactoring most of the in game text to work with Chatterbox. So here is a set of cute cactus enemies from my "enemy ideas sketch file" for #screenshotsaturday.

#pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #ドット絵
16 bit style pixel art. Four cactus enemies. A knight with a cactus flower shield and thorn lance. A mage with a thorn hat and flower hands. Some sort of bull like cactus with large thorn horns. A weird little cactus dude, just a round cactus with legs, thorns in all directions and a little flower on top.
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Sloppy Forgeries @sloppyforgeries.bsky.social · 5d
A look at 84 forgeries of Van Gogh's Night Cafe made in Sloppy Forgeries at IndieCade's Night Games 2024 ordered by accuracy.

✨ Wishlist ✨
bit.ly/sloppy-bs

#tbt #ThrowbackThursday #gamedev #indiegame #art #digitalart #games #videogames #magfest
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 6d
Thank you for all your Bloödcheëp tshirt preorders. The print run is fully funded, but you can keep preordering for 6 more days!
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Blöödchëëp Shirt PRE-ORDER
Blöödchëëp Shirt - merch by Rosemary Mosco and Bird and Moon at TopatoCo!
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Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · 8d
Bumping this! I'm still searching for localizers for the following below. If that's you, or if you know someone who it fits, please reach out! This is a paid, short term, fully remote opportunity, though you must be in Ontario due to grant restrictions.
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Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · Aug 21
Hey game dev! Looking for Ontario-based localization partners (either a company or individuals) for:
- French
- German
- Japanese
- Simplified Chinese
- Spanish

These do not all have to be done by the same person. Must be comfortable working with queer themes/pronouns and complex narratives! Thanks
a woman is sitting at a desk with her head down writing in a notebook
Alt: A GIF of a woman with her face pressed against a desk and scribbling with a pink pen
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Christine Love @christinelove.bsky.social · 8d
Star Sword Nemesis is now available! Read about the most fashionable girl in a utopian collective of Trans-Neptunian Objects falling in love with her fencing instructor, the deadliest turncoat milf in all of space, feat. art by @mightyatom.bsky.social! loveconquersallgames.itch.io/star-sword-n...
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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 8d
Did you know I’ve got a starter pack of awesome people who make awesome video game books and magazines?
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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 8d
I wrote a long article about Rieko Kodama, her career at Sega, the evolution of her company, the games she worked on (including some canceled games and/or games for which she is not credited), the status of women and working conditions in the video game industry, etc.
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/
Illustration: a portrait of Rieko Kodama with some of the games she has worked on. The dominant colors are yellow, purple and red. Counterclockwise from top left: Rieko Kodama, Alis and Lutz from Phantasy Star, Sonic in a maze, Alex Kidd and his motorbike next to Flicky on a waterfront pier, Joe Musashi and his dog near the Statue of Liberty facing a skyline, the three playable characters from Golden Axe seen from behind on the edge of a cliff, and one of the flying ships from Skies of Arcadia.
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 8d
Working on a bloödcheëp shirt. I'm proud of those letters.
A black tshirt design with a bald red cardinal in a circle surrounded by flames, with the word bloodcheep in red death metal style letters above it.
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Ollie @minusworld.bsky.social · 9d
This is the best sticker that they have ever put on a game box. Even better than ‘Featuring Dante…’
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Miguel Sternberg @spookysquid.bsky.social · 9d
Congrats!!!
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Miguel Sternberg @spookysquid.bsky.social · 10d
She sleep💤

#screenshotsaturday #GoblinGirlGame #indiedev #gamemaker #pixelart #ドット絵
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Miguel Sternberg @spookysquid.bsky.social · 9d
Thanks, just did! I also mentioned that the Manga Taisho section is missing a bunch of past winners that are actually available in English on Bookwalker. Seems like that section doesn't get a lot of love.
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Miguel Sternberg @spookysquid.bsky.social · 10d
Gotta get your sleep where you can in a dungeon!
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Miguel Sternberg @spookysquid.bsky.social · 10d
If you want to help support #GoblinGirlGame development and play some pretty damn fine videogames, our back catalogue is currently on sale!

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Miguel Sternberg @spookysquid.bsky.social · 14d
🍃🍂🦑SPOOKY SQUID GAMES🦑🍂🍃
🍃🍂🦑STEAM AUTUMN SALE!🦑🍂🍃

Russian Subway Dogs 70% off! store.steampowered.com/app/762610/

They Bleed Pixels 75% off!
store.steampowered.com/app/211260/

#steamsales #gamingdeals
Illustration with the logos for Russian Subway Dogs and They Bleed Pixels on the left and The Clawed Girl and Subway Dog on the right.
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Miguel Sternberg @spookysquid.bsky.social · 10d
As always more dev posts on my still untitled, Tower of Druaga-like, starring a terribly sleepy goblin girl, can be found in the feed!
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