Michele Pirovano - making Dotage
@dotage.bsky.social
Indie gamedev, gameplay engineer, PhD, making a game about a grumpy village elder
Wohooo sick season ended! Now to get some work in before Christmas is upon us!
Who remembers what we were doing after 2 weeks out cold? Hmmmm
Who remembers what we were doing after 2 weeks out cold? Hmmmm
December 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Wohooo sick season ended! Now to get some work in before Christmas is upon us!
Who remembers what we were doing after 2 weeks out cold? Hmmmm
Who remembers what we were doing after 2 weeks out cold? Hmmmm
The #TurnBasedThursdayFest comes back on my birthday next year! AWESOME!!!
<3 these guys, make sure to take turns looking at all the games!!!
<3 these guys, make sure to take turns looking at all the games!!!
The 4th annual #TurnBasedThursdayFest will be March 9-16!
Hundreds of excellent games & discounts on Steam, Let's Plays & giveaways, & our first ever Featured Reveals trailer showcase!
Help us spread the word? ❤️🔃
Developer & content creator signups are open, 🔗 in replies 👇
Hundreds of excellent games & discounts on Steam, Let's Plays & giveaways, & our first ever Featured Reveals trailer showcase!
Help us spread the word? ❤️🔃
Developer & content creator signups are open, 🔗 in replies 👇
December 10, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The #TurnBasedThursdayFest comes back on my birthday next year! AWESOME!!!
<3 these guys, make sure to take turns looking at all the games!!!
<3 these guys, make sure to take turns looking at all the games!!!
Three announcements if you are looking for a game for the holidays!
- dotAGE is currently 30% off!
- Me and @strayfawnstudio.bsky.social bundled! You can get dotAGE and The Wandering village at a nice discount!
- Cool games made by my friends around Italy!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/638...
- dotAGE is currently 30% off!
- Me and @strayfawnstudio.bsky.social bundled! You can get dotAGE and The Wandering village at a nice discount!
- Cool games made by my friends around Italy!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/638...
dotAGE - Discount! Games In Italy! AND dotAGE x the Wandering Village bundle! - Steam News
Hello Elders! I bring some cool news today if you are looking for a cool new game to get for the season! dotAGE 30% OFF First of all, dotAGE is 30% OFF to celebrate the addition of the new Endless gam...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Three announcements if you are looking for a game for the holidays!
- dotAGE is currently 30% off!
- Me and @strayfawnstudio.bsky.social bundled! You can get dotAGE and The Wandering village at a nice discount!
- Cool games made by my friends around Italy!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/638...
- dotAGE is currently 30% off!
- Me and @strayfawnstudio.bsky.social bundled! You can get dotAGE and The Wandering village at a nice discount!
- Cool games made by my friends around Italy!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/638...
Wohoooo!! I created a new Steam Startup Movie for dotAGE fans, you can get it on the Steam's point shop!
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December 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Wohoooo!! I created a new Steam Startup Movie for dotAGE fans, you can get it on the Steam's point shop!
store.steampowered.com/points/shop/...
store.steampowered.com/points/shop/...
Ahhhh I love December it's the month where I get sidetracked into thinking I can have time to play more!
December 2, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Ahhhh I love December it's the month where I get sidetracked into thinking I can have time to play more!
Check out this year's Turn-Based carnival! It has a cool section on digital board game, and dotAGE is on sale too!
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Turn-Based Carnival 2025
🎪 Welcome to the Turn-Based Carnival 2025!🃏 Are you ready to celebrate the art of every move, choice, and perfectly timed play? From tactical showdowns to story-rich adventures, this is the ultimate f...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Check out this year's Turn-Based carnival! It has a cool section on digital board game, and dotAGE is on sale too!
store.steampowered.com/developer/Ac...
store.steampowered.com/developer/Ac...
What is this, a Thanksgiving miracle? An auto-flipping review!! Love to see it! Thank you! :D
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
What is this, a Thanksgiving miracle? An auto-flipping review!! Love to see it! Thank you! :D
Hello Elders! Endless mode is here! Play against the Domains forever (or, more precisely, until they destroy every single Pip!)
Have fun! Read more in the Steam news:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/638...
Have fun! Read more in the Steam news:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/638...
dotAGE - Endless Mode is here! - Steam News
Hello Elders! How is it going? I hope everything is great! I am here today with a brand new update for you! Endless Game Mode! This new update brings Endless mode to the game! This is a special mode t...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Hello Elders! Endless mode is here! Play against the Domains forever (or, more precisely, until they destroy every single Pip!)
Have fun! Read more in the Steam news:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/638...
Have fun! Read more in the Steam news:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/638...
Hehe a screenshot from a player who clearly knows who is the boss!
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Hehe a screenshot from a player who clearly knows who is the boss!
Reposted by Michele Pirovano - making Dotage
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a lot of things to do, send help!
Tomorrow is the day! 6 Nov!
store.steampowered.com/app/3108230/...
#indiegame #gamedev #vforvendetta #nicetoyeetyou
a lot of things to do, send help!
Tomorrow is the day! 6 Nov!
store.steampowered.com/app/3108230/...
#indiegame #gamedev #vforvendetta #nicetoyeetyou
November 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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a lot of things to do, send help!
Tomorrow is the day! 6 Nov!
store.steampowered.com/app/3108230/...
#indiegame #gamedev #vforvendetta #nicetoyeetyou
a lot of things to do, send help!
Tomorrow is the day! 6 Nov!
store.steampowered.com/app/3108230/...
#indiegame #gamedev #vforvendetta #nicetoyeetyou
Have you found all Fish-related events? I did have a lot of fun adding those!
November 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Have you found all Fish-related events? I did have a lot of fun adding those!
Experimenting with adding new sections into the Agepedia... for stuff to come! 👁️
October 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Experimenting with adding new sections into the Agepedia... for stuff to come! 👁️
Reposted by Michele Pirovano - making Dotage
Just got sent this by a player, love how the achievements already tell you a lot about the story! Congratulations!
September 10, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Just got sent this by a player, love how the achievements already tell you a lot about the story! Congratulations!
Ok my balance tools tell me that animals do not produce manure with enough probability. Good to know, good to know.
October 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Ok my balance tools tell me that animals do not produce manure with enough probability. Good to know, good to know.
I love the smell of balance spreadsheets in the morning
October 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I love the smell of balance spreadsheets in the morning
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Hello Elders!
This is just a quick post to celebrate with you all the second birthday of dotAGE! It has already been two years since release!
Thank you to everybody who purchased the game and all players who made this a reality!
This is just a quick post to celebrate with you all the second birthday of dotAGE! It has already been two years since release!
Thank you to everybody who purchased the game and all players who made this a reality!
October 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Hello Elders!
This is just a quick post to celebrate with you all the second birthday of dotAGE! It has already been two years since release!
Thank you to everybody who purchased the game and all players who made this a reality!
This is just a quick post to celebrate with you all the second birthday of dotAGE! It has already been two years since release!
Thank you to everybody who purchased the game and all players who made this a reality!
Hello Elders!
This is just a quick post to celebrate with you all the second birthday of dotAGE! It has already been two years since release!
Thank you to everybody who purchased the game and all players who made this a reality!
This is just a quick post to celebrate with you all the second birthday of dotAGE! It has already been two years since release!
Thank you to everybody who purchased the game and all players who made this a reality!
October 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Hello Elders!
This is just a quick post to celebrate with you all the second birthday of dotAGE! It has already been two years since release!
Thank you to everybody who purchased the game and all players who made this a reality!
This is just a quick post to celebrate with you all the second birthday of dotAGE! It has already been two years since release!
Thank you to everybody who purchased the game and all players who made this a reality!
The Recall Update 1.8 is live on Steam and GoG!
- Recalls: a feature to re-select Buildings in the tree
- Starting village boons!
- Custom game modifiers!
- Research Previews and Research Queuing!
- Balance & Fixes
Have fun!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/638...
- Recalls: a feature to re-select Buildings in the tree
- Starting village boons!
- Custom game modifiers!
- Research Previews and Research Queuing!
- Balance & Fixes
Have fun!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/638...
dotAGE - 1.8 - The Recall Update is live! - Steam News
Hello Elders, This is it, the Recall Update is now out on Steam and GoG! Go play it! Soon also on Switch, as soon as the patch gets accepted! Thanks to everybody who gave feedback on the update during...
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September 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The Recall Update 1.8 is live on Steam and GoG!
- Recalls: a feature to re-select Buildings in the tree
- Starting village boons!
- Custom game modifiers!
- Research Previews and Research Queuing!
- Balance & Fixes
Have fun!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/638...
- Recalls: a feature to re-select Buildings in the tree
- Starting village boons!
- Custom game modifiers!
- Research Previews and Research Queuing!
- Balance & Fixes
Have fun!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/638...
Version 1.8 (now on experimental) adds a new Boon choice step, at the start of each village!
This spices up early game, trying to make each village more unique from the start! New boons favour fishing, harvesting, and making many Pips!
This spices up early game, trying to make each village more unique from the start! New boons favour fishing, harvesting, and making many Pips!
September 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Version 1.8 (now on experimental) adds a new Boon choice step, at the start of each village!
This spices up early game, trying to make each village more unique from the start! New boons favour fishing, harvesting, and making many Pips!
This spices up early game, trying to make each village more unique from the start! New boons favour fishing, harvesting, and making many Pips!
Just got sent this by a player, love how the achievements already tell you a lot about the story! Congratulations!
September 10, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Just got sent this by a player, love how the achievements already tell you a lot about the story! Congratulations!
Hello Elders! Version 1.8 is now on experimental, with some cool changes!
- A Recall mechanic to re-roll buildings!
- Starting Boons to spice up early game!
- 'Clairvoyance' mode with whole tree visible!
- 'Infinite Recall' mode to select all buildings!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/638...
- A Recall mechanic to re-roll buildings!
- Starting Boons to spice up early game!
- 'Clairvoyance' mode with whole tree visible!
- 'Infinite Recall' mode to select all buildings!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/638...
dotAGE - The Recall Update 1.8 is now on the experimental branch! - Steam News
Hello Elders, Welcome back! After some vacation time, I'm excited to bring dotAGE to new heights with the next updates! Let's first take a look again at the current roadmap: We now are coming close to...
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September 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Hello Elders! Version 1.8 is now on experimental, with some cool changes!
- A Recall mechanic to re-roll buildings!
- Starting Boons to spice up early game!
- 'Clairvoyance' mode with whole tree visible!
- 'Infinite Recall' mode to select all buildings!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/638...
- A Recall mechanic to re-roll buildings!
- Starting Boons to spice up early game!
- 'Clairvoyance' mode with whole tree visible!
- 'Infinite Recall' mode to select all buildings!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/638...
I'm back from vacation elders!!!
Which means that I'm releasing the new update soon! Time for a sneak peak of a cool new mechanic! :D
Enter the Recalls!! Soon on experimental with many more changes for 1.8, I'll be hinting at all the rest these days :)
Which means that I'm releasing the new update soon! Time for a sneak peak of a cool new mechanic! :D
Enter the Recalls!! Soon on experimental with many more changes for 1.8, I'll be hinting at all the rest these days :)
September 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I'm back from vacation elders!!!
Which means that I'm releasing the new update soon! Time for a sneak peak of a cool new mechanic! :D
Enter the Recalls!! Soon on experimental with many more changes for 1.8, I'll be hinting at all the rest these days :)
Which means that I'm releasing the new update soon! Time for a sneak peak of a cool new mechanic! :D
Enter the Recalls!! Soon on experimental with many more changes for 1.8, I'll be hinting at all the rest these days :)
Here's a cat litter in the meantime
August 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Here's a cat litter in the meantime
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Nightwatchers DLC is OUT NOW on PC, along with the Commons Update (1.8)!
Nightwatchers adds a new playable species, two new biomes, new world events, modifiers, buildings, mechanics, cornerstones, deeds, and more!
Re-share to help us spread the word! ❤
Links and more info below ⤵
Nightwatchers adds a new playable species, two new biomes, new world events, modifiers, buildings, mechanics, cornerstones, deeds, and more!
Re-share to help us spread the word! ❤
Links and more info below ⤵
July 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Nightwatchers DLC is OUT NOW on PC, along with the Commons Update (1.8)!
Nightwatchers adds a new playable species, two new biomes, new world events, modifiers, buildings, mechanics, cornerstones, deeds, and more!
Re-share to help us spread the word! ❤
Links and more info below ⤵
Nightwatchers adds a new playable species, two new biomes, new world events, modifiers, buildings, mechanics, cornerstones, deeds, and more!
Re-share to help us spread the word! ❤
Links and more info below ⤵
It's bot name appreciation day, where I look at bot names and nod with a smirk!
July 31, 2025 at 8:22 AM
It's bot name appreciation day, where I look at bot names and nod with a smirk!