Mel (she/her)
@meltea.bsky.social
Director @gamesmellow.bsky.social
Game dev / Narrative Game Designer / UX Designer. Working on Blueberry, a game about a woman's life, trauma and memory processing. Co-creator of Orwell.
Game dev / Narrative Game Designer / UX Designer. Working on Blueberry, a game about a woman's life, trauma and memory processing. Co-creator of Orwell.
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People get hung up on "I don't know how to write a good review" but honestly you don't need paragraphs of analysis and observations. Don't compare yourself to a journalist. "I loved it!" or "I had fun" are equally valid reviews, AND matter just as much to the Steam algorithm to support game devs!
Sometimes it is so easy to write a review 💜
December 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
People get hung up on "I don't know how to write a good review" but honestly you don't need paragraphs of analysis and observations. Don't compare yourself to a journalist. "I loved it!" or "I had fun" are equally valid reviews, AND matter just as much to the Steam algorithm to support game devs!
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Hi, I'm opening commissions in this style. Prices negotiable on the complexity of the character, but base rate of $80 AUD (around 50 American bucks), paid on delivery of the finished piece. DM me with inquiries. Please consider RTing <3
October 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Hi, I'm opening commissions in this style. Prices negotiable on the complexity of the character, but base rate of $80 AUD (around 50 American bucks), paid on delivery of the finished piece. DM me with inquiries. Please consider RTing <3
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reposting this a little late, but the game I've been animating for won its first award this month! so proud to be involved!
We won our very first award for Blueberry!!! 🏆
Absolutely stoked that the social impact of this heartfelt game is being recognized. Thank you so much to @unity.com 💜💜💜😭😭😭
Absolutely stoked that the social impact of this heartfelt game is being recognized. Thank you so much to @unity.com 💜💜💜😭😭😭
December 29, 2025 at 5:56 AM
reposting this a little late, but the game I've been animating for won its first award this month! so proud to be involved!
Showing Blueberry at a great Creator event in Cologne 🤩
December 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Showing Blueberry at a great Creator event in Cologne 🤩
One thing I've learned while developing Blueberry is how surprisingly satisfying it is to finish a jigsaw puzzle 🧩
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
One thing I've learned while developing Blueberry is how surprisingly satisfying it is to finish a jigsaw puzzle 🧩
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This has been a long week but I will make a list of 50 indie games that are:
From this awards voting year (Nov 2024 - Nov 2025)
Not covered by the awards show
Deserve your attention
From this awards voting year (Nov 2024 - Nov 2025)
Not covered by the awards show
Deserve your attention
New rule this year: If you post "Play more indie games" during the game awards, you are required to make a thread recommending 50 of them.
December 13, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Blueberry is part of this very cool event next Wednesday in Cologne! Come by and play a super new version of the game. I might just have a puzzle or stickers for you as well 👀
Details 👇
Gaze & Games Summit
lnkd.in/ejv53qib
Details 👇
Gaze & Games Summit
lnkd.in/ejv53qib
December 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Blueberry is part of this very cool event next Wednesday in Cologne! Come by and play a super new version of the game. I might just have a puzzle or stickers for you as well 👀
Details 👇
Gaze & Games Summit
lnkd.in/ejv53qib
Details 👇
Gaze & Games Summit
lnkd.in/ejv53qib
The trailer is sooooo cute, I am dying 🤩🤩🤩 Congrats Riley and son 💜
🪱🪱🪱Wirm is out right now!!!🪱🪱🪱
Please enjoy this new trailer voiced by my 2-year-old son, then go buy the game on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/1934870/...
Please enjoy this new trailer voiced by my 2-year-old son, then go buy the game on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/1934870/...
December 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The trailer is sooooo cute, I am dying 🤩🤩🤩 Congrats Riley and son 💜
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
Blueberry won its first award 😭🎉🤩
We won our very first award for Blueberry!!! 🏆
Absolutely stoked that the social impact of this heartfelt game is being recognized. Thank you so much to @unity.com 💜💜💜😭😭😭
Absolutely stoked that the social impact of this heartfelt game is being recognized. Thank you so much to @unity.com 💜💜💜😭😭😭
December 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Blueberry won its first award 😭🎉🤩
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Despite the controversy, Horses is only shocking if you're unfamiliar with the history movies, theater, literature, or basically any art form that does not have stats. aftermath.site/horses-indie-g...
Horses Is Tame
Horses, the indie game that is too scandalous for either Valve or Epic, is only beyond the pale if you're not familiar with any other art form.
aftermath.site
December 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Despite the controversy, Horses is only shocking if you're unfamiliar with the history movies, theater, literature, or basically any art form that does not have stats. aftermath.site/horses-indie-g...
Does anyone else have the song Goodbye Horses in their head constantly at the moment? For completely current-discourse-unrelated reasons?
December 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Does anyone else have the song Goodbye Horses in their head constantly at the moment? For completely current-discourse-unrelated reasons?
I want chocolate and I have no chocolate 😭 Can someone send me chocolate please?
December 4, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I want chocolate and I have no chocolate 😭 Can someone send me chocolate please?
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Sich selbst heiraten, eine lesbische Stadt gründen oder den verhassten Chef einfach anzünden: In Die Sims ist (fast) alles möglich! Was das Psychologisch bedeutet und wie es für die Therapie nützt, haben wir gemeinsam mit @jasonsmom.bsky.social besprochen:
Die Sims in der Therapie – Podcast E123 - Behind the Screens
Sich selbst heiraten, eine lesbische Stadt gründen - in Die Sims ist alles erlaubt. Die Psychologie dahinter besprechen wir in dieser Folge.
behind-the-screens.de
December 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Sich selbst heiraten, eine lesbische Stadt gründen oder den verhassten Chef einfach anzünden: In Die Sims ist (fast) alles möglich! Was das Psychologisch bedeutet und wie es für die Therapie nützt, haben wir gemeinsam mit @jasonsmom.bsky.social besprochen:
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From indies like Blue Prince to big console exclusives like Donkey Kong Bananza, NPR staff members and contributors round up their favorite games of 2025. n.pr/3K8WaF5
The best games of 2025, picked by NPR's staff
From indies like Blue Prince to big console exclusives like Donkey Kong Bananza, NPR staff members and contributors round up their favorite games of 2025.
n.pr
December 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
From indies like Blue Prince to big console exclusives like Donkey Kong Bananza, NPR staff members and contributors round up their favorite games of 2025. n.pr/3K8WaF5
I have no time to be sad now. I need more time to be sad
December 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I have no time to be sad now. I need more time to be sad
I see Hicks, Vasquez and even Bishop in the trailer 👀
How did commanders in films such as Aliens feel when they led a special unit into an alien-infested area and commanded everything via screens? Traptics and Firesquid aim to answer this question with Xenopurge!
www.gamesmarket.global/xenopurge/
www.gamesmarket.global/xenopurge/
December 1, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I see Hicks, Vasquez and even Bishop in the trailer 👀
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I liked the bit where the Frankenstein escaped on a waterslide
November 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I liked the bit where the Frankenstein escaped on a waterslide
This seems important
Germany's Friedrich Ebert Stiftung has completed and published on line the first systematic deconstruction of the oligarchic clique that stands behind JD Vance and Donald Trump. A project that American corporate media are afraid to touch (because... guess who controls American corporate media).
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This seems important
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watch our trailer and wishlist Horses of Hoofprint Bay on Steam if you haven't already I am going to bed and I would love to wake up an impressive number of wishlists 😇
🐴 ANNOUNCEMENT TRAILER 🐴 Horses of Hoofprint Bay – a lovingly hand-drawn 2D point and click barn buildup game where you take care of horses, train them, and compete for prize money! Breed adorable foals, hire and manage staff, and build the stable of your dreams!
October 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
watch our trailer and wishlist Horses of Hoofprint Bay on Steam if you haven't already I am going to bed and I would love to wake up an impressive number of wishlists 😇
Last day of GIC Poznań 🎉
Already seen an amazing CD Projekt talk about the MaxTac police spawn system in Cyberpunk 🤩
Already seen an amazing CD Projekt talk about the MaxTac police spawn system in Cyberpunk 🤩
October 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Last day of GIC Poznań 🎉
Already seen an amazing CD Projekt talk about the MaxTac police spawn system in Cyberpunk 🤩
Already seen an amazing CD Projekt talk about the MaxTac police spawn system in Cyberpunk 🤩
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Who wants a puzzle? Come over to our booth at GIC Poznań ⬇️🧩
October 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Who wants a puzzle? Come over to our booth at GIC Poznań ⬇️🧩
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Always so happy to see people play our game 🤩
October 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Always so happy to see people play our game 🤩
Deep questions at GIC Poznań (by Adam Mirkowski of 11Bit Studios
October 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Deep questions at GIC Poznań (by Adam Mirkowski of 11Bit Studios
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Behold our booth at GIC Poznań (next to our lovely friends from @beardshaker.bsky.social 🥰)
#GICPoznan
#GICPoznan
October 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Behold our booth at GIC Poznań (next to our lovely friends from @beardshaker.bsky.social 🥰)
#GICPoznan
#GICPoznan