Two families. Two stories. One destination. 🦊🌳
THE FIRST TREE, Special Limited Edition coming soon to Nintendo Switch, courtesy of . Pre-orders start on Dec. 5th!
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We're getting lost in nature today as part of ! Live from midday GMT, join us as we jump into games from and and chat about #JingleJam2021 over on twitch.tv/specialeffectt
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🦊 FINAL WAVE 🦊
The second wave will go live in less than 5 minutes from now. Stemming from the brilliant mind of one-man-team , #TheFirstTree 🌳 is an intimate and atmospheric experience that you shouldn’t miss out on!
PRE-ORDER AT ⤵️
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You can also buy the Switch physical version by itself, and there are 2,200 copies of that. Super excited for this!
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Pre-orders for the special limited edition of The First Tree on Nintendo Switch are now available! There are only 1,800 copies available, so now is the time. It will be coming out in waves too, so don’t fret if you miss the first drop. Thanks everyone!
store.strictlylimitedgames.com/collections/th
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The First Tree pre-order starts on December 5th! 🌊
1st Wave 🎮
Saturday, 3 PM PST 🇺🇸
Saturday, 6 PM EST 🇺🇸
Sunday, 12 AM CET 🇪🇺
Sunday, 8 AM JST 🇯🇵
2nd Wave 🎮
Sunday, 9 AM PST 🇺🇸
Sunday, 12 PM EST 🇺🇸
Sunday, 6 PM CET 🇪🇺
Monday, 2 AM JST 🇯🇵
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Another cool thing... my game is part of The Yogscast Jingle Jam, an awesome charity event with tons of fantastic games to buy in one bundle. Check it out and help people in need! #JingleJam2021
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It's the moment we've all been waiting for!!! The #JingleJam2021 Games Collection is LIVE!!!!
Get donating, bag yourself some brilliant games and (almost as importantly) come watch Jingle Cats!!
jinglejam.tiltify.com
twitch.tv/yogscast
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Switch is a fitting place for this special edition since the game has thrived there, and Nintendo is the reason I fell in love with games in the first place (5 years old playing Mario Bros 3!). Super excited to get this into your hands.
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I've been working on this game since 2016, and this is it: the last big announcement. Thanks for all the support the past 6 years, it has meant so much. ♥
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🦊 THIS WEEKEND! 🦊
We're teaming up with dev to give you one of the most beautiful indie experiences ever to grace the Strictly Limited line-up of games. 🍃
We’re pleased to announce #TheFirstTree as a Strictly Limited Switch release.
👉 store.strictlylimitedgames.com/collections/th
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I'm happy to be taking part in the Winter Sale on Steam. I'll be donating 50% of my revenue to to protect and support children affected by war, and other devs will too, so please check it out and support a good cause!
bit.ly/3Bn4xSI
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I'm disconnecting for a bit. Thanks for playing my games and watching my videos! Hopefully I'll have some cool stuff to share soon.
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It's about time I post this. Here's an update on my life and my next game. Thanks for caring everyone. ❤️
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Get the entire GDU course for 50% off this weekend!
Also, you can win a free NVIDIA RTX 3070 GPU.
(only available to people who buy this weekend)
See you on the Discord :)
#indiegame #gamedevunlocked #gamedev
courses.gamedevunlocked.com/p/game-dev-unl
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🔥SONG of IRON is available NOW! 🔥
What an adventure this has been! Finally the game is out in the world and I sincerely hope you love #SongofIron! Please help share and drop a review if you like it!
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#XBOX - tinyurl.com/swushs28
#STEAM - tinyurl.com/2wctt7ub
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So in a previous thread I wrote how it is VERY VERY hard to battle the algorithms and release a lot of small games on Steam. It is hard but not impossible. Here are some ways you might make it work! 👇👇👇🧵🧵🧵👇👇👇
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I asked the top 10 marketing questions for indies, and it was a fascinating discussion! We covered pricing, Tiktok, Discord, solo dev tips, and more. Check it out! #gamedev
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This is the big plus of marrying an artist… you learn inspiring stuff like this constantly. And you better believe this sentiment applies to indie games. :)
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A sculpture by Daniele Sigalot:
“I wanted to see what happened if I put all the bad ideas I have ever had in my life, in one single room. Would all these crumpled papers turn from bad to good, once they joined forces? Is the repetition of failure, a success?”
#gamedev
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My sister doesn’t play many games… but me and my brothers showed her Phasmophobia. Now she wants to build a gaming PC 🤘🤘
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Oh sweet, Quake on Switch. My nightly gaming session actually has been Duke Nukem 3D as of late, so I love revisiting these classics on a portable. Confession time: I've played lots of Quake 2-4, but only played like 10 minutes of Quake 1... pretty pumped to check it out.
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Alright, so inspired by 's bee post yesterday, here is one of my favorite bits of Skyrim oral history - the myth of the treasure fox.
I've told this story before in talks/etc, but I don't think I've shared it with twitter. Here goes.
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In the same day, I'll get a troll spamming my live chat saying I'm a piece of shit and making fun of how I breathe... and I'll also get a message like this. Thank you for the kind messages from the good people out there, I'm glad my efforts have helped in a small way.❤️
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Gonna stream and talk about/critique some Steam pages, tags, the two big sales events and my sales data, etc. Should be fun! If you have a Steam page, post it in the chat and I'll try to take a look. #gamedev
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Funny enough, I did actually make the game free for a week on Epic Games Store 🤷♂️
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Two big Steam sales back-to-back, thought I'd share the graph. Being on page 1 on the sale page (half-way down) makes a huge difference obviously. Being initially hidden like on the Tiny Teams page (you have to expand a window to see my game) is a 1:4 difference. #gamedev
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Do you ever fancy ditching your long-in-development game and just rapidly release lots of smaller games on Steam? It is called a "rapid release" strategy and it won't work. here is why ... 1/16 🧵🧵🧵🧵👇👇👇
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It’s comforting so many other devs resonate with this line of thinking. I think the big reason for my mental health decline has been making my face a brand, so I can support my family. A (unnecessary?) trade off
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The need to be special, get noticed, gain followers - especially in order to sell games - is not good for the mind. It's the exact opposite of a healthy mental/spiritual state.
This is something I'm interesting in reconciling whilst still making games. Any thoughts?
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The need to be special, get noticed, gain followers - especially in order to sell games - is not good for the mind. It's the exact opposite of a healthy mental/spiritual state.
This is something I'm interesting in reconciling whilst still making games. Any thoughts?
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The First Tree is part of this! I love how many small teams there are making their dream games come to life. BTW there's supposed to be a discount, but it's not showing up... hopefully should be fixed soon.
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Tiny Teams Festival is live on Steam NOW! We're streaming all week, and ALL our own games are on sale, plus some incredible games like Phasmophobia, Valheim, Rimworld and more. Not only that, there are loads of demos for upcoming games! yogsca.st/TinyTeams
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Oh hey, didn't see you there, #screenshotsaturday. This week a quick preview of the new HOVER BIKE!!! that's gonna be in the update of my still ongoing #sideproject. Stay tuned, it's almooooost ready!
#gamedev #solodev #indiegame #madewithunity
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Hi, your game is doing too much! DO LESS. Cut. Strip down. Simplify ~ the hardest & most important part of game design
Thread of great games that do less:
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I have some thoughts about redeeming "failed" #indiegames. Yes sometimes your game is just bad, and you should move on. But in my experience, many times games are just victims of releasing in the wrong place, at the wrong time. A THREAD:
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The First Tree is part of the World Nature Conservation Day sale on Steam! I’ll be donating 30% of my revenue during the sale to the Nature Conservancy. Thanks for all the support 🌱🦊
store.steampowered.com/sale/WorldNatu
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