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hi it’s leura 🦭im making an architecture game called…. canvas street!!!! please wait in eager anticipation!! I also made something about pigeons a while ago but that’s old news baby
my videogame 🧍‍♀️
(Actual answer: It's more likely than you think!)
November 20, 2025 at 6:17 AM
we’ve been testing canvas street on the tv today and it’s just been idling in the background for the last couple hours, I think it’s got a good vibe :)

you can play it at parallels on thursday if you like
October 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
in the lead up to games week I’ve been almost exclusively listening to remixes of the pokémon mystery dungeon dialga boss theme so I hope you’re ready for whatever the hell vibe I’m about to bring 🧍‍♀️
October 5, 2025 at 8:04 AM
this is a really nice article, and I’m in it too!
thanks josefina for coming in and talking to us :)
Disturbingly high levels of gratitude and affection for everyone who spoke to me 💛 I couldn’t include even 20% of what was discussed, but boy howdy did I learn a bunch!
Showing Up In The Melbourne Games Ecosystem
Dealing with existential anxieties by being a bum on a seat
www.well-played.com.au
October 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
yay!! go play it please everyone :)
After over 2 years cooking in Steam Early Access, Mars First Logistics 1.0 is finally here!

Engineer your little rover and deliver lots of silly stuff!
September 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Mars First Logistics, our silly little game about building rovers and delivering stuff, will be coming out of Early Access on 26 September 2025!
June 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
our videogame is on show at acmi game worlds!! it’s called ACMI EGG 🧍‍♀️

basically there’s this ACMI CREATURE and we have to keep it alive across a shared save file, in real time, day after day after day. if it runs away it’s everybody’s fault and we can share the guilt🧍‍♀️ also it has secrets! the end!
September 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
surprise, we’re showing our game at parallels this year!
first EVER DEMO of canvas street!!!! 🧍‍♀️
General tickets for Parallels 2025 are now on sale 🎟️

Speaker and playable showcase line-up on our website 📺

www.freeplay.net.au/parallels25
September 16, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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I realise posting this on a Saturday is not ideal, but, hear me out.

We are trying very hard to keep Frosty alive, and even grow it into something more helpful for ANZ based devs, long term 🍦
September 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Letters to Arralla is dropping in exactly ONE week on 16th September, 11am AEST 😱💕🍑💌 Everyone is so excited to meet you, their new island postie!

#indiegamedev #cozygames #wholesomegames
September 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
katsumi made this :)
August 26

- took a full day off and played with webgl. instancing is cool

以上です
August 27, 2025 at 10:09 AM
this is true! I am talking …. tomorrow …… 🧙
oh yes leura (apartment 809’s creative director I’m making game with) is gonna make a speech at science gallery tomorrow, at freeplay
July 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
WE MAKIN!!!!
Get in on the ground floor with a very early look at the blueprints for @smitleu.bsky.social‬ and Katsumi Yoshida's game about doing architecture, Canvas Street!

Just premiered in Frosty Games Fest, watch the trailer:
Canvas Street | Frosty Games Fest 2025
Featured in Frosty Games Fest 2025! Watch the full showcase here: https://youtu.be/3ff3YxX7CgwGet in on the ground floor with a first look at the blueprints ...
youtu.be
June 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
red alert!! we’re in da showcase and showing a new trailer for our game canvas street!!!!! it’s a weird trailer, prepare yourself hehe
Delighted to announce that Frosty is joining the official Summer Game Fest showcase lineup! ☀️🍦

Mark your calendars for a jam packed weekend of games 🗓️
May 22, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Hey so I recorded a quick video to explain stocking Switch 2 at Paper House. The clip was too long so i needed to upload it to youtube. I tried to explain it as best as i could!!

Anyway I made one of those thumbnails while it uploaded.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqZw...
Talkin' Switch 2
YouTube video by Terry Burdak
www.youtube.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
i’m making a videogame called Canvas Street about doing architecture!! I want it to be something game developers and architects can both enjoy. It looks like this!

and we got some money from screen australia to get it going! 💕 thanks screen aus!
March 13, 2025 at 5:45 AM
what do we think of this
March 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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🔍 We're also on the look out for Swift devs keen on mentoring this event and supporting the next generation of App developers!

Send us a DM if you're interested!
January 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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my dear friend @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social has announced crowdfunding for a new game! ✨ Dreams on a Pillow 🍉

👉 www.launchgood.com/1948 👈

nothing in games feels as important as this right now. please consider supporting it and spreading the word! 🙏 reposts appreciated!
After years away from game dev, I couldn’t stay silent about my people’s dehumanization. I made Dreams on a Pillow 🍉a game inspired by a famous Palestinian folktale about the 1948 Nakba.

I’m crowdfunding it now—please back & share!
🔗 launchgood.com/1948
Dreams on a Pillow - a videogame experience about the 1948 Nakba, based on a true story | LaunchGood
A pseudo-3D stealth adventure game about a land full of people being made into a people without land
www.launchgood.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:12 PM
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hiiii we’re 13% of the way there!

i know it’s a change from my usual posts but i think even if we can’t do much about the situation in Gaza we have the opportunity to help one young family, and I can’t just let them stay in danger— please help if you can!!! I will be so grateful
🚨Fundraiser!🚨

If you would like a random
✨Frog Detective Doodle✨
sent to your mailbox, please donate €10 or more to this GoFundMe for Maya who is trying to leave Gaza 🇵🇸

gofund.me/f89c9a1d

Send me a receipt + your mailing address by 19 Nov to get a random signed doodle!

💌: [email protected]
November 13, 2024 at 7:20 PM
i can’t lie, for a really long time i thought this was pronounced ‘blueski’ as one word 🧍‍♀️
October 17, 2024 at 11:26 PM