Peter Broqvist
@broqvist.bsky.social
Narrative and 3D/Tech Art on the SteamWorld games and The Gunk. Now working on a new Splendid Failure with good friends.
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Listen. There’s a lot of discourse happening right now. But never forget the core truth of our craft: we’re all just weird little guys making weird little guys.
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Listen. There’s a lot of discourse happening right now. But never forget the core truth of our craft: we’re all just weird little guys making weird little guys.
Last week I started work on a template rig as part look development and preprod for our game A Corporate Machine. Got stuck trying to get the mouth as easy to pose as I was imagining it. After a weekend of scratching that itch I think I got it where it should be #blender #godot #gamedev #indiegame
November 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Last week I started work on a template rig as part look development and preprod for our game A Corporate Machine. Got stuck trying to get the mouth as easy to pose as I was imagining it. After a weekend of scratching that itch I think I got it where it should be #blender #godot #gamedev #indiegame
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We tested without it for a while... but the throw action is back 🤖 💥 Use it to optimise your work, get out of boring tasks, or just chuck anything you can get your metal paws on really! #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #acorporatemachine #godot
November 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We tested without it for a while... but the throw action is back 🤖 💥 Use it to optimise your work, get out of boring tasks, or just chuck anything you can get your metal paws on really! #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #acorporatemachine #godot
One benefit of working together with a holiday-nut is that I automatically get theme-updates for free
Goodbye pumpkins, hello peppermint! Getting into the holiday spirit and cooking up lots of fun stuff for our game. #gamedev #indiegame #godot #blender #acorporatemachine
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
One benefit of working together with a holiday-nut is that I automatically get theme-updates for free
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Thanks to our tireless programmer we’re now official contributors to the Godot engine 🎉 Free and Open Source is what all the cool kids are doing, right? #godot #indiegame #gamedev #foss
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Thanks to our tireless programmer we’re now official contributors to the Godot engine 🎉 Free and Open Source is what all the cool kids are doing, right? #godot #indiegame #gamedev #foss
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This week: Continued work on the prototype, talks with potential partners, and making some serious progress on our Blender to Godot pipeline. Our 3d-artist is weirdly proud to let you know that the Godot-shot is only three draw calls 🤷 #gamedev #indiegame #blender #godot #screenshotsaturday
November 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This week: Continued work on the prototype, talks with potential partners, and making some serious progress on our Blender to Godot pipeline. Our 3d-artist is weirdly proud to let you know that the Godot-shot is only three draw calls 🤷 #gamedev #indiegame #blender #godot #screenshotsaturday
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Okay, the quest is still janky and cobbled together, but our little vacuum can now torch their bloodsucking supervisor for a gold keycard in the prototype 🤖🧠🧛🔥 #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev #godot
November 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Okay, the quest is still janky and cobbled together, but our little vacuum can now torch their bloodsucking supervisor for a gold keycard in the prototype 🤖🧠🧛🔥 #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev #godot
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Can we trust you with the precious china? Good Bot or Bad Bot, the choice is yours. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #wackywipstuff #acorporatemachine
October 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Can we trust you with the precious china? Good Bot or Bad Bot, the choice is yours. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #wackywipstuff #acorporatemachine
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This coming Thursday we're heading to Skövde with @swedengamearena.bsky.social to pitch A Corporate Machine in front of a live audience. Exciting and frightening in equal amounts! We'll even bring an incredibly rough playable to try out 😱
#swedengamearena #swedengameconference #indiedev #gamedev
#swedengamearena #swedengameconference #indiedev #gamedev
October 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This coming Thursday we're heading to Skövde with @swedengamearena.bsky.social to pitch A Corporate Machine in front of a live audience. Exciting and frightening in equal amounts! We'll even bring an incredibly rough playable to try out 😱
#swedengamearena #swedengameconference #indiedev #gamedev
#swedengamearena #swedengameconference #indiedev #gamedev
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Such a good dog! You can’t pet him just yet, but at least you can take him for a walk and give him a treat #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #godot #acorporatemachine #prototype #wackywipstuff
October 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Such a good dog! You can’t pet him just yet, but at least you can take him for a walk and give him a treat #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #godot #acorporatemachine #prototype #wackywipstuff
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Since we’re only working part time on A Corporate Machine, we missed the chance to commemorate last weekend's important celebrations together! 😢 #gamedev #blender #indiegame #acorporatemachine
October 9, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Since we’re only working part time on A Corporate Machine, we missed the chance to commemorate last weekend's important celebrations together! 😢 #gamedev #blender #indiegame #acorporatemachine
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So stay tuned for a bunch of more wacky WIP stuff in the future!
We’d love to know how other creatives approach iterating on complex projects like this. 3/3
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot #WackyWIPStuff
We’d love to know how other creatives approach iterating on complex projects like this. 3/3
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot #WackyWIPStuff
October 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
So stay tuned for a bunch of more wacky WIP stuff in the future!
We’d love to know how other creatives approach iterating on complex projects like this. 3/3
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot #WackyWIPStuff
We’d love to know how other creatives approach iterating on complex projects like this. 3/3
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot #WackyWIPStuff
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In the prototype, we want to be able to try lots of things. And if a play-test shows something we didn’t plan for (has that ever happened?!) we want to be able to change things quickly, not waste time polishing stuff that belongs in the bin. 2/3
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot
October 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
In the prototype, we want to be able to try lots of things. And if a play-test shows something we didn’t plan for (has that ever happened?!) we want to be able to change things quickly, not waste time polishing stuff that belongs in the bin. 2/3
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot
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When developing the art-style for A Corporate Machine we’re keeping it out of the prototype. It gives us room to explore the look and feel in a smaller scope, and lets us find a solid pipeline before we go full hog with production. 1/3
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot
October 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
When developing the art-style for A Corporate Machine we’re keeping it out of the prototype. It gives us room to explore the look and feel in a smaller scope, and lets us find a solid pipeline before we go full hog with production. 1/3
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot
So excited to share what we’ve been working on for the last half a year! Can’t wait to post more stuff we’re up to
Hi, we’re Splendid Failures, a small indie game studio in Gothenburg, Sweden, working on our first game: A Corporate Machine.
Play as Sanitron TC-84, the world’s most overqualified cleaning robot, and explore life of the giant conglomerate Omega Global.
Follow along for updates on our progress!
Play as Sanitron TC-84, the world’s most overqualified cleaning robot, and explore life of the giant conglomerate Omega Global.
Follow along for updates on our progress!
September 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
So excited to share what we’ve been working on for the last half a year! Can’t wait to post more stuff we’re up to
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We made this short video a few years ago that was SUPER useful for all sorts of pitching, and I'm excited to share it now.
As someone who sees hundred of pitches from the other side of this in my publisher life, I would love it if every dev made something like this.
Hope it's helpful to see!
As someone who sees hundred of pitches from the other side of this in my publisher life, I would love it if every dev made something like this.
Hope it's helpful to see!
We just posted a video that we made in Jan 2022 (edited by @nickverge.bsky.social) to pitch our studio+game to partners.
We found it to be a very useful thing to have!
A lot changed, but the gist stayed the same. We're sharing it in case it's useful for other devs to see!
youtu.be/PBqzrMtmhXw?...
We found it to be a very useful thing to have!
A lot changed, but the gist stayed the same. We're sharing it in case it's useful for other devs to see!
youtu.be/PBqzrMtmhXw?...
Arranger - studio/game overview 2022 (previously internal)
YouTube video by Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure
youtu.be
December 19, 2024 at 6:33 PM
We made this short video a few years ago that was SUPER useful for all sorts of pitching, and I'm excited to share it now.
As someone who sees hundred of pitches from the other side of this in my publisher life, I would love it if every dev made something like this.
Hope it's helpful to see!
As someone who sees hundred of pitches from the other side of this in my publisher life, I would love it if every dev made something like this.
Hope it's helpful to see!
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In this case, I would like to break the cycle and the silence on my own erasure. Since the night of the GDC Awards, I often think about what I would have said if I had been given the opportunity to speak. I think it would have been something like this:
March 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
In this case, I would like to break the cycle and the silence on my own erasure. Since the night of the GDC Awards, I often think about what I would have said if I had been given the opportunity to speak. I think it would have been something like this:
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Reading your own writing, summed up:
so some of the words are good!
March 22, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Reading your own writing, summed up:
Good summary of how any good argument for neoliberalism will always be erased by the end goal of it. Complete freedom in the market will inevitably lead to liberty for none.
Capitalism always resists change that threatens its inevitable march towards oligarchy. Even the lightest of touches, such as sensible financial regulation, gets immediate and hard pushback.
March 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Good summary of how any good argument for neoliberalism will always be erased by the end goal of it. Complete freedom in the market will inevitably lead to liberty for none.
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Game writers! If you were laid off, @marykwrites.bsky.social @alexmakesstuffup.bsky.social & I want to help out with portfolio, sample, or resume reviews. Just respond to this post with a number between 1 & 1000 and we'll select a few folks for a review. For free, obv.
a woman says i 'm happy to help in a yellow circle
Alt: gif: Alexis Rose from Schitt's Creek saying "I'm happy too help."
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February 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Game writers! If you were laid off, @marykwrites.bsky.social @alexmakesstuffup.bsky.social & I want to help out with portfolio, sample, or resume reviews. Just respond to this post with a number between 1 & 1000 and we'll select a few folks for a review. For free, obv.
Oh yes, a weighted cover is a grand idea for a better night’s sleep right up until you snap a rib at the gym. Don’t like this added pressure on my stupid bird bones!
February 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Oh yes, a weighted cover is a grand idea for a better night’s sleep right up until you snap a rib at the gym. Don’t like this added pressure on my stupid bird bones!
So I’ve started playing around with Godot this past 6 month and it’s so god damn freeing. Feels like it’s about the same place as Blender was at version 2.5 so really looking forward to where it’s heading these coming years
February 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
So I’ve started playing around with Godot this past 6 month and it’s so god damn freeing. Feels like it’s about the same place as Blender was at version 2.5 so really looking forward to where it’s heading these coming years
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ICO development sketches 💙
January 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
ICO development sketches 💙