Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie
@greyalien.bsky.social
Indie developer since 2005, owner of Grey Alien Games. Working on Forbidden Solitaire (watch the trailer!) Creator of Ancient Enemy, Shadowhand, Regency Solitaire + more. Retro games fan. Please buy my games. Thx. https://www.greyaliengames.com/
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NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT!
A 1995 CD-ROM. A game buried for a reason. You flip a card. The screen glitches. Something is watching.
Forbidden Solitaire—a dungeon horror from the creators of Ancient Enemy and Home Safety Hotline.
store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
With @slicknicklives.bsky.social
A 1995 CD-ROM. A game buried for a reason. You flip a card. The screen glitches. Something is watching.
Forbidden Solitaire—a dungeon horror from the creators of Ancient Enemy and Home Safety Hotline.
store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
With @slicknicklives.bsky.social
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"Wishlist quality" is a handy shorthand that implies:
1) Some sources are lower quality
2) Some wishlisters (people) are less committed
But really it's all about YOUR GAME. Some games will get more "hell yeah" wishlists than others. Some games have a more attractive launch offering.
1) Some sources are lower quality
2) Some wishlisters (people) are less committed
But really it's all about YOUR GAME. Some games will get more "hell yeah" wishlists than others. Some games have a more attractive launch offering.
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"Wishlist quality" is a handy shorthand that implies:
1) Some sources are lower quality
2) Some wishlisters (people) are less committed
But really it's all about YOUR GAME. Some games will get more "hell yeah" wishlists than others. Some games have a more attractive launch offering.
1) Some sources are lower quality
2) Some wishlisters (people) are less committed
But really it's all about YOUR GAME. Some games will get more "hell yeah" wishlists than others. Some games have a more attractive launch offering.
This is my kind of map. Detailed. Not a vague map like in Silksong. I need to see what I have explored properly. This is Afterimage btw.
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This is my kind of map. Detailed. Not a vague map like in Silksong. I need to see what I have explored properly. This is Afterimage btw.
I have been really enjoying Deep Rock Survivor but it has crashed (frozen) on several boss fights for me (Xbox series S). Maybe it’s time to get off the dopamine mill.
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I have been really enjoying Deep Rock Survivor but it has crashed (frozen) on several boss fights for me (Xbox series S). Maybe it’s time to get off the dopamine mill.
Are you a go left at start kind of person? I am.
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Are you a go left at start kind of person? I am.
A good example of a console/controller operated menu. Clear what is the current option.
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A good example of a console/controller operated menu. Clear what is the current option.
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New information round up on our Patreon. Public post: www.patreon.com/posts/140844...
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
New information round up on our Patreon. Public post: www.patreon.com/posts/140844...
"Wishlist quality" is a handy shorthand that implies:
1) Some sources are lower quality
2) Some wishlisters (people) are less committed
But really it's all about YOUR GAME. Some games will get more "hell yeah" wishlists than others. Some games have a more attractive launch offering.
1) Some sources are lower quality
2) Some wishlisters (people) are less committed
But really it's all about YOUR GAME. Some games will get more "hell yeah" wishlists than others. Some games have a more attractive launch offering.
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"Wishlist quality" is a handy shorthand that implies:
1) Some sources are lower quality
2) Some wishlisters (people) are less committed
But really it's all about YOUR GAME. Some games will get more "hell yeah" wishlists than others. Some games have a more attractive launch offering.
1) Some sources are lower quality
2) Some wishlisters (people) are less committed
But really it's all about YOUR GAME. Some games will get more "hell yeah" wishlists than others. Some games have a more attractive launch offering.
Information:
We launched GenExile, our solarpunk city-builder, in Early Access last week. We had ~35k wishlists before launch (not a barnburner but not nothin').
And they said, "Well, there's no way you'll convert literally 0% of your wishlists to sales."
I looked them dead in the eyes and said, "Watch me."
And they said, "Well, there's no way you'll convert literally 0% of your wishlists to sales."
I looked them dead in the eyes and said, "Watch me."
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Information:
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These "strangled" cards can be unlocked by playing the nearest normal card.
Wishlist Forbidden Solitaire: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
Wishlist Forbidden Solitaire: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
These "strangled" cards can be unlocked by playing the nearest normal card.
Wishlist Forbidden Solitaire: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
Wishlist Forbidden Solitaire: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
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This is a must-watch for sound designers.
Once again, my version is no less authentic than the original.
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
This is a must-watch for sound designers.
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Ambrosia Sky: Act One is available now!
Your homecoming is not what you expected. An alien fungus has claimed your past and your present. Fight back with every tool at your disposal before it takes your future.
Maeve is waiting.
ambrosiasky.com
Your homecoming is not what you expected. An alien fungus has claimed your past and your present. Fight back with every tool at your disposal before it takes your future.
Maeve is waiting.
ambrosiasky.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Ambrosia Sky: Act One is available now!
Your homecoming is not what you expected. An alien fungus has claimed your past and your present. Fight back with every tool at your disposal before it takes your future.
Maeve is waiting.
ambrosiasky.com
Your homecoming is not what you expected. An alien fungus has claimed your past and your present. Fight back with every tool at your disposal before it takes your future.
Maeve is waiting.
ambrosiasky.com
New information round up on our Patreon. Public post: www.patreon.com/posts/140844...
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
New information round up on our Patreon. Public post: www.patreon.com/posts/140844...
I'm like "I'm freezing" and I put on loads of layers. Then I'm like "I'm too hot" and take them off again. Then the cycle begins anew.
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I'm like "I'm freezing" and I put on loads of layers. Then I'm like "I'm too hot" and take them off again. Then the cycle begins anew.
These "strangled" cards can be unlocked by playing the nearest normal card.
Wishlist Forbidden Solitaire: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
Wishlist Forbidden Solitaire: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
These "strangled" cards can be unlocked by playing the nearest normal card.
Wishlist Forbidden Solitaire: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
Wishlist Forbidden Solitaire: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
This is a must-watch for sound designers.
Once again, my version is no less authentic than the original.
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
This is a must-watch for sound designers.
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how to stop unwanted line breaking while animating text appearing in godot
November 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
how to stop unwanted line breaking while animating text appearing in godot
Q. So that thing where game text types out in a story box, and then a word that doesn't fit suddenly wordwraps down to the next line, instead of starting on the next line in the first place. Is that a retro aesthetic or bad programming?
It shouldn't be hard to code properly. Or does no one care?
It shouldn't be hard to code properly. Or does no one care?
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Q. So that thing where game text types out in a story box, and then a word that doesn't fit suddenly wordwraps down to the next line, instead of starting on the next line in the first place. Is that a retro aesthetic or bad programming?
It shouldn't be hard to code properly. Or does no one care?
It shouldn't be hard to code properly. Or does no one care?
Most TV shows and movies don't work if people make intelligent choices.
“WHY WOULD ANYONE LOOK INSIDE AN ALIEN EGG??” this is why:
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Most TV shows and movies don't work if people make intelligent choices.
What Dan says. Yeah it is terrifying. There's not a week goes by when we don't see a seemingly great game perform poorly, and you feel for the devs/studio because you know things are going to be rough.
This is a great read.
Also: important to realise that this industry has become *persistently terrifying* for your favourite devs, and that is no atmosphere in which to be creative.
Try to buy games, if you're able. Buy lots of games. Review and share them if you love them. Talk about them.
Also: important to realise that this industry has become *persistently terrifying* for your favourite devs, and that is no atmosphere in which to be creative.
Try to buy games, if you're able. Buy lots of games. Review and share them if you love them. Talk about them.
Sat down for a lovely chat with @clert.bsky.social over @eurogamer.bsky.social To talk about my games and how I'd like to keep making and improving them sustainably. To step away from the launch, meme and hype driven madness that has taken root in games.
www.eurogamer.net/as-viral-hit...
www.eurogamer.net/as-viral-hit...
November 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
What Dan says. Yeah it is terrifying. There's not a week goes by when we don't see a seemingly great game perform poorly, and you feel for the devs/studio because you know things are going to be rough.
Stayed up late playing Deep Rock Survivor (it’s great!) but alas woke up at my normal time. Tired. It’s my fault.
November 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Stayed up late playing Deep Rock Survivor (it’s great!) but alas woke up at my normal time. Tired. It’s my fault.
I'm the kind of guy who gets excited by data visualisations.
November 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I'm the kind of guy who gets excited by data visualisations.
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Here's the new tutorial dialog and pixelly font in-game!
Wishlist Forbidden Solitaire: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
Wishlist Forbidden Solitaire: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
November 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Here's the new tutorial dialog and pixelly font in-game!
Wishlist Forbidden Solitaire: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
Wishlist Forbidden Solitaire: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
Steam have done this just as we are working on a 4:3 game!!!
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Steam have done this just as we are working on a 4:3 game!!!
Here's the new tutorial dialog and pixelly font in-game!
Wishlist Forbidden Solitaire: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
Wishlist Forbidden Solitaire: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
November 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Here's the new tutorial dialog and pixelly font in-game!
Wishlist Forbidden Solitaire: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
Wishlist Forbidden Solitaire: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...