Jay Ma
@jarmustard.bsky.social
・Reposts of game dev and art・
・Cofounder of Subset Games・
・she/her・
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・Cofounder of Subset Games・
・she/her・
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Jay Ma
@jarmustard.bsky.social
· Aug 12
Matt found the original "brainstorming document" for FTL -
Written on a big roll of paper in his apartment in Shanghai over beers.
You can see a lot of the foundational ideas there, but this was before we even pictured having ship-to-ship combat.
Written on a big roll of paper in his apartment in Shanghai over beers.
You can see a lot of the foundational ideas there, but this was before we even pictured having ship-to-ship combat.
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The wait is over. Today, you meet Luca & Rhem.
Heart Machine & Devolver Digital are proud to present: Possessor(s).
PC + PS5. Available now. 😈
store.steampowered.com/app/2132890/...
Heart Machine & Devolver Digital are proud to present: Possessor(s).
PC + PS5. Available now. 😈
store.steampowered.com/app/2132890/...
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The wait is over. Today, you meet Luca & Rhem.
Heart Machine & Devolver Digital are proud to present: Possessor(s).
PC + PS5. Available now. 😈
store.steampowered.com/app/2132890/...
Heart Machine & Devolver Digital are proud to present: Possessor(s).
PC + PS5. Available now. 😈
store.steampowered.com/app/2132890/...
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🎉 Lumines Arise Available Now for PS5 and Steam 🚀
Light, sound and haptics unite your senses. Feel the good vibes. Puzzle differently.
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2370000/Lumines_Arise
PS5: store.playstation.com/concept/10011885
lumines.game #LuminesArise
Light, sound and haptics unite your senses. Feel the good vibes. Puzzle differently.
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2370000/Lumines_Arise
PS5: store.playstation.com/concept/10011885
lumines.game #LuminesArise
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🎉 Lumines Arise Available Now for PS5 and Steam 🚀
Light, sound and haptics unite your senses. Feel the good vibes. Puzzle differently.
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2370000/Lumines_Arise
PS5: store.playstation.com/concept/10011885
lumines.game #LuminesArise
Light, sound and haptics unite your senses. Feel the good vibes. Puzzle differently.
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2370000/Lumines_Arise
PS5: store.playstation.com/concept/10011885
lumines.game #LuminesArise
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Ambrosia Sky: Act One is available now!!
15% off on both Steam & Epic!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
15% off on both Steam & Epic!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
Ambrosia Sky 🪐 | Launch Trailer
YouTube video by Soft Rains Games
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Ambrosia Sky: Act One is available now!!
15% off on both Steam & Epic!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
15% off on both Steam & Epic!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
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Ps2 game likers should be aware that full metal schoolgirl is out now. It's a hack and shoot where two highschool gals fight against an evil corporation producing the "working dead." brainless as heck and feels good to hit buttons.
November 9, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Ps2 game likers should be aware that full metal schoolgirl is out now. It's a hack and shoot where two highschool gals fight against an evil corporation producing the "working dead." brainless as heck and feels good to hit buttons.
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EVIL EGG is OUT NOW and FREE FOREVER on Steam and Itch. infinite twin-stick paradise, no strings attached. it's not your fault you were born a monster.
download on steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3651950/...
other links below
#gaming #indiegame #indie
🥚👽👾🍄
download on steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3651950/...
other links below
#gaming #indiegame #indie
🥚👽👾🍄
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
EVIL EGG is OUT NOW and FREE FOREVER on Steam and Itch. infinite twin-stick paradise, no strings attached. it's not your fault you were born a monster.
download on steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3651950/...
other links below
#gaming #indiegame #indie
🥚👽👾🍄
download on steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3651950/...
other links below
#gaming #indiegame #indie
🥚👽👾🍄
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There's a round of GOTY discussion going around, and I realized that a lot of my favourite games this year have been absolute Sicko Picks.
So here's a few games I've loved so far in 2025, starting with a mild one: Babushka's Glitch Dungeon. A scrunkly lil' puzzle-metroidvania with so many fun verbs
So here's a few games I've loved so far in 2025, starting with a mild one: Babushka's Glitch Dungeon. A scrunkly lil' puzzle-metroidvania with so many fun verbs
Save 50% on Babushka's Glitch Dungeon on Steam
Oh hello dearie.. Babushka needs to clean up her big magical cellar. Use hag magic, or just hit stuff with your broom.
store.steampowered.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
There's a round of GOTY discussion going around, and I realized that a lot of my favourite games this year have been absolute Sicko Picks.
So here's a few games I've loved so far in 2025, starting with a mild one: Babushka's Glitch Dungeon. A scrunkly lil' puzzle-metroidvania with so many fun verbs
So here's a few games I've loved so far in 2025, starting with a mild one: Babushka's Glitch Dungeon. A scrunkly lil' puzzle-metroidvania with so many fun verbs
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It’s not too late to pre-order my new comic The Rats of Ironwood.
REPOSTS appreciated 🤜
Visit www.dereklaufman.com/shop to order a copy.
Thanks for supporting indie comics!
REPOSTS appreciated 🤜
Visit www.dereklaufman.com/shop to order a copy.
Thanks for supporting indie comics!
November 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It’s not too late to pre-order my new comic The Rats of Ironwood.
REPOSTS appreciated 🤜
Visit www.dereklaufman.com/shop to order a copy.
Thanks for supporting indie comics!
REPOSTS appreciated 🤜
Visit www.dereklaufman.com/shop to order a copy.
Thanks for supporting indie comics!
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new pod and it's a special one! we talk to @qdork.bsky.social and @apthomson.bsky.social about CONSUME ME, the multi-award-winning overachievement simulator that took me personally on a real ride through my own history with academics, pressure, and food. incredible game eggplant.show/149-making-a...
Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games: 149: Making A Meal Of It with Jenny Jiao Hsia and AP Thomson (Consume Me)
Rob, Sarah, and Doug chat with Jenny Jiao Hsia and AP Thomson about Consume Me, an award-winning autobiographical resource-management RPG about the pressure cooker of young adulthood. We discuss the g...
eggplant.show
November 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
new pod and it's a special one! we talk to @qdork.bsky.social and @apthomson.bsky.social about CONSUME ME, the multi-award-winning overachievement simulator that took me personally on a real ride through my own history with academics, pressure, and food. incredible game eggplant.show/149-making-a...
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folks we've reached the FINAL WEEKEND of the kickstarter for Starfriends! a simple yet catchy party game, and i think we can all agree i've been very reasonable with my posting volume about it. we're so close to doubling our goal, help us get there before the end! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bra...
Starfriends: The 5-Star Game About What Everyone Else Thinks
A party game where you get into your friends' heads. Kinda like a blend of Wavelength and Letterboxd that fits into a deck of cards.
www.kickstarter.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
folks we've reached the FINAL WEEKEND of the kickstarter for Starfriends! a simple yet catchy party game, and i think we can all agree i've been very reasonable with my posting volume about it. we're so close to doubling our goal, help us get there before the end! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bra...
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Generation Exile, a solarpunk city builder that I've been working on for years, is out in early access now on Steam!. You can get both the game and the soundtrack here:
store.steampowered.com/app/2963240/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2963240/...
Save 10% on Generation Exile on Steam
You are aboard humanity’s first and final generation ship, a last-chance expedition now teetering on the rim of collapse. One step at a time you must rebuild society and the ship’s fragile ecosystems ...
store.steampowered.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Generation Exile, a solarpunk city builder that I've been working on for years, is out in early access now on Steam!. You can get both the game and the soundtrack here:
store.steampowered.com/app/2963240/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2963240/...
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Q-UP is out NOW on Steam!
1. flip a coin on the internet
2. 50% heads, 50% tails
3. flip another coin
it's $8.99
... but more importantly it's $7.99 if you already own Unfair Flips
s.team/a/3730790
1. flip a coin on the internet
2. 50% heads, 50% tails
3. flip another coin
it's $8.99
... but more importantly it's $7.99 if you already own Unfair Flips
s.team/a/3730790
Save 10% on Q-UP on Steam
Sick of long queues, unfair matchups, and arbitrary reflex tests? Try Q-UP, the coin flipping eSport. It's one part clicker, one part multiplayer strategy game, one part demented capitalism simulator,...
s.team
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Q-UP is out NOW on Steam!
1. flip a coin on the internet
2. 50% heads, 50% tails
3. flip another coin
it's $8.99
... but more importantly it's $7.99 if you already own Unfair Flips
s.team/a/3730790
1. flip a coin on the internet
2. 50% heads, 50% tails
3. flip another coin
it's $8.99
... but more importantly it's $7.99 if you already own Unfair Flips
s.team/a/3730790
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HYPER DEMON PVP
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2801700/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2801700/
November 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
HYPER DEMON PVP
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2801700/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2801700/
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My game releases in 7 days!
If it looks like something you'd enjoy playing, wish list it now so you can get it for 33% off on launch next week!
store.steampowered.com/app/3094970/...
#SteamSale #IndieGames #TowerDefense
If it looks like something you'd enjoy playing, wish list it now so you can get it for 33% off on launch next week!
store.steampowered.com/app/3094970/...
#SteamSale #IndieGames #TowerDefense
Spires of Morosith: Gossamer Sundered on Steam
Spires of Morosith is a tactical tower defense game with a blend of real-time-strategy elements.
store.steampowered.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
My game releases in 7 days!
If it looks like something you'd enjoy playing, wish list it now so you can get it for 33% off on launch next week!
store.steampowered.com/app/3094970/...
#SteamSale #IndieGames #TowerDefense
If it looks like something you'd enjoy playing, wish list it now so you can get it for 33% off on launch next week!
store.steampowered.com/app/3094970/...
#SteamSale #IndieGames #TowerDefense
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We... put out a video game? That you can play? On your computer?!?
store.steampowered.com/app/2963240?...
store.steampowered.com/app/2963240?...
Save 10% on Generation Exile on Steam
You are aboard humanity’s first and final generation ship, a last-chance expedition now teetering on the rim of collapse. One step at a time you must rebuild society and the ship’s fragile ecosystems ...
store.steampowered.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
We... put out a video game? That you can play? On your computer?!?
store.steampowered.com/app/2963240?...
store.steampowered.com/app/2963240?...
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Still haven't played the Mysterious Update for Isles of Sea and Sky yet?
Buy it now for 7.99! (60% off) during the Metroidvania Fusion Festival on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/1233070/...
store.steampowered.com/developer/hu...
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
Buy it now for 7.99! (60% off) during the Metroidvania Fusion Festival on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/1233070/...
store.steampowered.com/developer/hu...
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
November 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Still haven't played the Mysterious Update for Isles of Sea and Sky yet?
Buy it now for 7.99! (60% off) during the Metroidvania Fusion Festival on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/1233070/...
store.steampowered.com/developer/hu...
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
Buy it now for 7.99! (60% off) during the Metroidvania Fusion Festival on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/1233070/...
store.steampowered.com/developer/hu...
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
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You left. Now they're dead.
Immersive sim narrative first person cleaner AMBROSIA SKY is coming out NEXT WEEK!
"beautiful, intimate, and deeply affecting" - @ign.com
"equal parts System Shock and Powerwash Simulator" -
@pcgamer.com
Steam & Epic, November 10, 9am EST. Links below!
Immersive sim narrative first person cleaner AMBROSIA SKY is coming out NEXT WEEK!
"beautiful, intimate, and deeply affecting" - @ign.com
"equal parts System Shock and Powerwash Simulator" -
@pcgamer.com
Steam & Epic, November 10, 9am EST. Links below!
October 31, 2025 at 6:49 PM
You left. Now they're dead.
Immersive sim narrative first person cleaner AMBROSIA SKY is coming out NEXT WEEK!
"beautiful, intimate, and deeply affecting" - @ign.com
"equal parts System Shock and Powerwash Simulator" -
@pcgamer.com
Steam & Epic, November 10, 9am EST. Links below!
Immersive sim narrative first person cleaner AMBROSIA SKY is coming out NEXT WEEK!
"beautiful, intimate, and deeply affecting" - @ign.com
"equal parts System Shock and Powerwash Simulator" -
@pcgamer.com
Steam & Epic, November 10, 9am EST. Links below!
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folks it is time for game #15 !!! i am proud to present!!
✨ LIL KOBOLD'S BIG STEW ✨
adamatomic.itch.io/lil-kobolds-...
🐸 big. ass. OVERWORLD
🍄 TONS of puzzles
🧿 nasty little shortcuts dont worry about it
🧪 absolutely will NOT save your PROGRESS
happy halloween !!
✨ LIL KOBOLD'S BIG STEW ✨
adamatomic.itch.io/lil-kobolds-...
🐸 big. ass. OVERWORLD
🍄 TONS of puzzles
🧿 nasty little shortcuts dont worry about it
🧪 absolutely will NOT save your PROGRESS
happy halloween !!
Lil Kobold's Big Stew by Adam Saltsman
Help a little kobold make a really big stew.
adamatomic.itch.io
October 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
folks it is time for game #15 !!! i am proud to present!!
✨ LIL KOBOLD'S BIG STEW ✨
adamatomic.itch.io/lil-kobolds-...
🐸 big. ass. OVERWORLD
🍄 TONS of puzzles
🧿 nasty little shortcuts dont worry about it
🧪 absolutely will NOT save your PROGRESS
happy halloween !!
✨ LIL KOBOLD'S BIG STEW ✨
adamatomic.itch.io/lil-kobolds-...
🐸 big. ass. OVERWORLD
🍄 TONS of puzzles
🧿 nasty little shortcuts dont worry about it
🧪 absolutely will NOT save your PROGRESS
happy halloween !!
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Explore a haunted movie studio. Learn the fates of the tormented souls bound to it. End a 50-year curse inscribed in blood and celluloid.
KINOPHOBIA, my first piece of noncommercial interactive fiction in eight years, is now available to play.
brunodias.itch.io/kinophobia
KINOPHOBIA, my first piece of noncommercial interactive fiction in eight years, is now available to play.
brunodias.itch.io/kinophobia
Kinophobia by Bruno Dias
Explore a haunted movie studio. Learn the fates its tormented souls. End a curse inscribed in blood and celluloid.
brunodias.itch.io
October 31, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Explore a haunted movie studio. Learn the fates of the tormented souls bound to it. End a 50-year curse inscribed in blood and celluloid.
KINOPHOBIA, my first piece of noncommercial interactive fiction in eight years, is now available to play.
brunodias.itch.io/kinophobia
KINOPHOBIA, my first piece of noncommercial interactive fiction in eight years, is now available to play.
brunodias.itch.io/kinophobia
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So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
The Video Game History Expansion Pack – Pitch your story
Today I’m putting my money where my mouth is and launching a new project — a book focused on game history outside of the usual North American perspectives.
crpgbook.wordpress.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
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Humble Games Bundle: Indie Fears ($13 for 13 games) buff.ly/xa5rSSV #ad
-Mouthwashing
-Buckshot Roulette
-Arctic Eggs
-Who's Lila?
-THRESHOLD
-ORDER 13
-NO-SKIN
-Kiosk
-Adios
-The Boba Teashop
-Daemonologie
-Massacre At The Mirage
-Terror At Oakheart
-Mouthwashing
-Buckshot Roulette
-Arctic Eggs
-Who's Lila?
-THRESHOLD
-ORDER 13
-NO-SKIN
-Kiosk
-Adios
-The Boba Teashop
-Daemonologie
-Massacre At The Mirage
-Terror At Oakheart
October 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Humble Games Bundle: Indie Fears ($13 for 13 games) buff.ly/xa5rSSV #ad
-Mouthwashing
-Buckshot Roulette
-Arctic Eggs
-Who's Lila?
-THRESHOLD
-ORDER 13
-NO-SKIN
-Kiosk
-Adios
-The Boba Teashop
-Daemonologie
-Massacre At The Mirage
-Terror At Oakheart
-Mouthwashing
-Buckshot Roulette
-Arctic Eggs
-Who's Lila?
-THRESHOLD
-ORDER 13
-NO-SKIN
-Kiosk
-Adios
-The Boba Teashop
-Daemonologie
-Massacre At The Mirage
-Terror At Oakheart
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Big congrats to @ancientgames.bsky.social @yuzokoshiro.bsky.social on today’s Japanese physical release of EARTHION!🚀✨🥳 Super proud of the @sdxgames.bsky.social versions we made, and especially stoked that we teamed up with 8BitDo (the best!) on this rad M30! ❤️ superdeluxegames.jp/collections/...
October 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Big congrats to @ancientgames.bsky.social @yuzokoshiro.bsky.social on today’s Japanese physical release of EARTHION!🚀✨🥳 Super proud of the @sdxgames.bsky.social versions we made, and especially stoked that we teamed up with 8BitDo (the best!) on this rad M30! ❤️ superdeluxegames.jp/collections/...
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At least this one won't cost you anything.
(I've got a whole spreadsheet of great free games, and I need to add a few more to it)
(I've got a whole spreadsheet of great free games, and I need to add a few more to it)
Free PC Games - The Best For The Broke
docs.google.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
At least this one won't cost you anything.
(I've got a whole spreadsheet of great free games, and I need to add a few more to it)
(I've got a whole spreadsheet of great free games, and I need to add a few more to it)
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hey im doin a game design talk !!
I KNOW ITS BEEN A WHILE
ive been collecting my thoughts on the last year of making little games again, what i've learned, what's been fun, how to do a lot with a little and so on
thinkygames.com/events/think...
I KNOW ITS BEEN A WHILE
ive been collecting my thoughts on the last year of making little games again, what i've learned, what's been fun, how to do a lot with a little and so on
thinkygames.com/events/think...
Day 1 of ThinkyCon 2025 · Thinky Games
Puzzle design, art, development, production — learn about every aspect of crafting thinky games.
thinkygames.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
hey im doin a game design talk !!
I KNOW ITS BEEN A WHILE
ive been collecting my thoughts on the last year of making little games again, what i've learned, what's been fun, how to do a lot with a little and so on
thinkygames.com/events/think...
I KNOW ITS BEEN A WHILE
ive been collecting my thoughts on the last year of making little games again, what i've learned, what's been fun, how to do a lot with a little and so on
thinkygames.com/events/think...
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Forever charmed by Monkey Island II's iMUSE implementation, Lucasfilm/Arts' sound engine for smoothly and naturally transitioning from the musical beats and moods of one screen to another.
It's something you lose out on in the CD audio based re-releases of this, Dark Forces, and X-Wing/Tie Fighter.
It's something you lose out on in the CD audio based re-releases of this, Dark Forces, and X-Wing/Tie Fighter.
October 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Forever charmed by Monkey Island II's iMUSE implementation, Lucasfilm/Arts' sound engine for smoothly and naturally transitioning from the musical beats and moods of one screen to another.
It's something you lose out on in the CD audio based re-releases of this, Dark Forces, and X-Wing/Tie Fighter.
It's something you lose out on in the CD audio based re-releases of this, Dark Forces, and X-Wing/Tie Fighter.
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HEY
WE MADE A GAME!!
Introducing: Cruise Control 🚢🚢🚢
COMING 2026
store.steampowered.com/app/3973220/...
(everyone who shares is invited on the No More Robots cruise, date very pending)
WE MADE A GAME!!
Introducing: Cruise Control 🚢🚢🚢
COMING 2026
store.steampowered.com/app/3973220/...
(everyone who shares is invited on the No More Robots cruise, date very pending)
October 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
HEY
WE MADE A GAME!!
Introducing: Cruise Control 🚢🚢🚢
COMING 2026
store.steampowered.com/app/3973220/...
(everyone who shares is invited on the No More Robots cruise, date very pending)
WE MADE A GAME!!
Introducing: Cruise Control 🚢🚢🚢
COMING 2026
store.steampowered.com/app/3973220/...
(everyone who shares is invited on the No More Robots cruise, date very pending)