martin pichlmair
@martinpi.bsky.social
🀄️ Wishlist SPARROW 🐦⬛ WARFARE https://store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/Sparrow_Warfare/. he/him.
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martin pichlmair
@martinpi.bsky.social
· Sep 22
Let's Play: Sparrow Warfare (Beta)
YouTube video by Ill Omens
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There've been a couple of streams of Sparrow Warfare by now but Mike explains the rules and analyses the design decisions like no one else. Watch it to get good and mostly actually true theories about why I things are how they are. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq_U...
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Our latest playtest build is UP! And features daily challenges and leaderboards for the next 2 weeks. We would love to welcome you into our bird world 🙏
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Sparrow Warfare on Steam
Lead a feathered rebellion in the bird-filled deckbuilder SPARROW WARFARE! Combine your tiles to free birds. Unlock wildtiles to craft riotous combos. Take down the fiendish Storyteller for the libera...
store.steampowered.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Our latest playtest build is UP! And features daily challenges and leaderboards for the next 2 weeks. We would love to welcome you into our bird world 🙏
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
PLUR1BUS, by the way. Wow. Big recommendation.
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
PLUR1BUS, by the way. Wow. Big recommendation.
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Super excited to promote some awesome indie games on Steam for Animal Fest tomorrow through @neonaurelius.bsky.social's Migration Route!
Tune into the stream tomorrow on the respective steam pages at 7pm PST and come hang out!🍻
#indiegames #animalfest #steam
Tune into the stream tomorrow on the respective steam pages at 7pm PST and come hang out!🍻
#indiegames #animalfest #steam
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Super excited to promote some awesome indie games on Steam for Animal Fest tomorrow through @neonaurelius.bsky.social's Migration Route!
Tune into the stream tomorrow on the respective steam pages at 7pm PST and come hang out!🍻
#indiegames #animalfest #steam
Tune into the stream tomorrow on the respective steam pages at 7pm PST and come hang out!🍻
#indiegames #animalfest #steam
Playtest 2 has just kicked off. We'd be excited if you put Sparrow Warfare through the wringer – even if you break the game! As long as you give us feedback, of course. store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Sparrow Warfare on Steam
Lead a feathered rebellion in the bird-filled deckbuilder SPARROW WARFARE! Combine your tiles to free birds. Unlock wildtiles to craft riotous combos. Take down the fiendish Storyteller for the libera...
store.steampowered.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Playtest 2 has just kicked off. We'd be excited if you put Sparrow Warfare through the wringer – even if you break the game! As long as you give us feedback, of course. store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
We're getting ready to open the flood gates. Last fixes have just been tested and submitted. Off we go (or fly)! May the sparrow succeed in their revolution!
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
We're getting ready to open the flood gates. Last fixes have just been tested and submitted. Off we go (or fly)! May the sparrow succeed in their revolution!
Interesting that all the big companies still retain control of their technology stack by building in-house engines. In my opinion open source engines like Godot, LÖVE and Luxe are more similar to those than Unity. They are just communally developed engines with source code access for everyone.
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Interesting that all the big companies still retain control of their technology stack by building in-house engines. In my opinion open source engines like Godot, LÖVE and Luxe are more similar to those than Unity. They are just communally developed engines with source code access for everyone.
Once again I find myself on the second place in my own game. How delightful (and also it means that I won't have to delete my scores by hand after playing every time).
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Once again I find myself on the second place in my own game. How delightful (and also it means that I won't have to delete my scores by hand after playing every time).
I've been getting into cryptic crosswords with @alphachar.bsky.social and I fear it is very alluring to only write social media messages that could also have a second layer of meaning. I will try not to but there's something very evocative about the tone of voice of cryptics.
November 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I've been getting into cryptic crosswords with @alphachar.bsky.social and I fear it is very alluring to only write social media messages that could also have a second layer of meaning. I will try not to but there's something very evocative about the tone of voice of cryptics.
I will add a few more modifiers to our Daily Run mode but there's already a guarantee of 2600 possible combinations. Should keep things interesting for a while (and impossible to test fully).
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I will add a few more modifiers to our Daily Run mode but there's already a guarantee of 2600 possible combinations. Should keep things interesting for a while (and impossible to test fully).
Do you have a go-to author you get another book by when you run out of stuff to read? Mine is Anthony Burgess because even his lesser known books usuaully turn out to be absolute bangers. His level of craftsmanship is so high that it guarantees satisfaction on sentence level.
November 7, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Do you have a go-to author you get another book by when you run out of stuff to read? Mine is Anthony Burgess because even his lesser known books usuaully turn out to be absolute bangers. His level of craftsmanship is so high that it guarantees satisfaction on sentence level.
I've just finished Expedition 33 and here's a luke warm take. The music is hauntingly beautiful and I'm a sucker for a convoluted story because it's less boring than being the chosen one over and over again. That being said it felt like a game that mostly made very safe and conservative choices.
November 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I've just finished Expedition 33 and here's a luke warm take. The music is hauntingly beautiful and I'm a sucker for a convoluted story because it's less boring than being the chosen one over and over again. That being said it felt like a game that mostly made very safe and conservative choices.
Developing a slight obsession with Dinner Time Live with David Chang because I, too, refuse to measure anything. He says it's laziness but there's also just a lot of pleasure in being surprised by your own creation and the suspense it adds to the cooking process is delightful for me too.
November 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Developing a slight obsession with Dinner Time Live with David Chang because I, too, refuse to measure anything. He says it's laziness but there's also just a lot of pleasure in being surprised by your own creation and the suspense it adds to the cooking process is delightful for me too.
So many hills to die on, so few extra lives. Maybe this explains cats as a concept?
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
So many hills to die on, so few extra lives. Maybe this explains cats as a concept?
Watched a TV show where someone punched in a passcode for a long time and then a CIA operative was explaining that with "they typed over a minute, must be a multifactor-password" and I don't get why some Hollywood writing is so lazy.
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Watched a TV show where someone punched in a passcode for a long time and then a CIA operative was explaining that with "they typed over a minute, must be a multifactor-password" and I don't get why some Hollywood writing is so lazy.
I am on board with having a more optimistic view about the industry I'm in. howtomarketagame.com/2025/11/04/t...
The optimistic view that indie games are in a golden age right now – How To Market A Game
howtomarketagame.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I am on board with having a more optimistic view about the industry I'm in. howtomarketagame.com/2025/11/04/t...
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This game was tailored for me...
Yeaaaahhhhhhh! Thanks @caseyexplosion.bsky.social!
Me & @martinpi.bsky.social are making SPARROW WARFARE, a mahjong-inspired deckbuilder with a ton of birds! We'll have a playtest coming next week, so excited to welcome folks into our bird kingdom 🙌🦜🦉🦤🦆🕊️
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Me & @martinpi.bsky.social are making SPARROW WARFARE, a mahjong-inspired deckbuilder with a ton of birds! We'll have a playtest coming next week, so excited to welcome folks into our bird kingdom 🙌🦜🦉🦤🦆🕊️
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
November 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This game was tailored for me...
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I guess I'm obligated to try out this game on stream soon 👀 deck builder, birds AND my name in the title? It would be illegal not to I think.
Yeaaaahhhhhhh! Thanks @caseyexplosion.bsky.social!
Me & @martinpi.bsky.social are making SPARROW WARFARE, a mahjong-inspired deckbuilder with a ton of birds! We'll have a playtest coming next week, so excited to welcome folks into our bird kingdom 🙌🦜🦉🦤🦆🕊️
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Me & @martinpi.bsky.social are making SPARROW WARFARE, a mahjong-inspired deckbuilder with a ton of birds! We'll have a playtest coming next week, so excited to welcome folks into our bird kingdom 🙌🦜🦉🦤🦆🕊️
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
November 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I guess I'm obligated to try out this game on stream soon 👀 deck builder, birds AND my name in the title? It would be illegal not to I think.
The CAPTCHAs are getting so hard to read I might have to write an AI to solve them.
November 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The CAPTCHAs are getting so hard to read I might have to write an AI to solve them.
I've made a Chinese subtitles version of our trailer. Do you speak Chinese? Is it too fast? Did I garble something?
October 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I've made a Chinese subtitles version of our trailer. Do you speak Chinese? Is it too fast? Did I garble something?
What's the difference (or relation) between fairytales and folklore? I was just thinking that I don't particularly like most fairytales but have always been fascinated by, especially hyperlocal, folklore.
October 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
What's the difference (or relation) between fairytales and folklore? I was just thinking that I don't particularly like most fairytales but have always been fascinated by, especially hyperlocal, folklore.
Oh to step onto a platform in Vienna today and scream "Hello Wien!"
October 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Oh to step onto a platform in Vienna today and scream "Hello Wien!"
Call me naive but I enjoy the new free Affinity. I haven't upgraded since V1 because there was no need to but now I might just switch over. Worst case I move to a different app in a few years. www.theverge.com/news/810251/...
Affinity’s new design platform combines everything into one app
Canva is making some changes.
www.theverge.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Call me naive but I enjoy the new free Affinity. I haven't upgraded since V1 because there was no need to but now I might just switch over. Worst case I move to a different app in a few years. www.theverge.com/news/810251/...
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Pretty niche post here, but if any of you game devs are taking part in Steam's Animal Fest in a few weeks, I'm setting up a "migration route" for us to make the most of the festival together. Want in? Sign up here:
tally.so/r/mDrvGR
tally.so/r/mDrvGR
Animal Fest 2025: Join The Migration Route!
Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.
tally.so
October 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Pretty niche post here, but if any of you game devs are taking part in Steam's Animal Fest in a few weeks, I'm setting up a "migration route" for us to make the most of the festival together. Want in? Sign up here:
tally.so/r/mDrvGR
tally.so/r/mDrvGR
One of the massif of hills I'm planning to die on is that two party systems are proto-democratic. To fully form a state that represents everyone appropriately you need a majority system. Some progressive countries might still get there through reforms.
October 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
One of the massif of hills I'm planning to die on is that two party systems are proto-democratic. To fully form a state that represents everyone appropriately you need a majority system. Some progressive countries might still get there through reforms.
This pretty much sums it all up.
Short form video is killing gaming and the fastest selling console in US history just launched and layoffs are the only answer and multiple franchises are seeing record setting launches and we need to expand use of AI to make more games faster and we've had huge increases in release count each year.
October 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This pretty much sums it all up.