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Making games every way we know how.
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Voting closes today! There's still time to vote for Porch Weather Games for Indie Dev of the Year! (if that's how you are so inclined to vote). And lots of other great things to vote for as well! www.thehorrorgameawards.com/news/public-...
PUBLIC VOTING IS NOW OPEN! — The Horror Game Awards
The time is now! With only two weeks until The Horror Game Awards 2025, presented by Lost in Cult, voting is open on the nominees in all sixteen of our award categories. Choose your favourites, cast ...
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December 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Porch Weather Games has been nominated in the 2025 Horror Game Awards "Best Indie Developer"!

Should you vote for us? Only you can answer that for yourself.

Would I like you to vote for us? Yes, absolutely. You should do it here: www.thehorrorgameawards.com/news/public-...

#indiegame #indiedev
PUBLIC VOTING IS NOW OPEN! — The Horror Game Awards
The time is now! With only two weeks until The Horror Game Awards 2025, presented by Lost in Cult, voting is open on the nominees in all sixteen of our award categories. Choose your favourites, cast ...
www.thehorrorgameawards.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
We are thrilled to announce we've been nominated for "Best Indie Developer" in the 2025 Horror Game Awards!

You can cast your vote to help support us now here: www.thehorrorgameawards.com/news/public-...

Voting closes Dec 3rd, so run - don't walk! - to that link above!
PUBLIC VOTING IS NOW OPEN! — The Horror Game Awards
The time is now! With only two weeks until The Horror Game Awards 2025, presented by Lost in Cult, voting is open on the nominees in all sixteen of our award categories. Choose your favourites, cast ...
www.thehorrorgameawards.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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New week, new devlog! (...with a missed week in between).

This week, rethinking how units work, from initial concept to today. porchweathergames.com/blog/2025-11... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
Devblog - An Absolute Unit
Rethinking the heart of the squad - the humble Unit
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November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
New Devlog: Narrative Tools and Getting All That Story Into the Game #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #devlog

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Devblog - Telling a Tale, One Sequence at a Time
Working a story-shaped peg into a game-shaped hole
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November 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Daylight Savings means you get an extra hour today you could be using to play Camp Keepalive!

Just one more day left during the Halloween Sale, so grab it now and tell Thanksgiving to hold on just a dang minute - you're still doing spooky! #indiegame #indiedev store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/...
Save 34% on Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer on Steam
Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is a turn-based strategy game set in a camp straight out of an 80's horror movie. Save the helpless and dull-witted campers from an onslaught of monsters with a team of ...
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November 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Just dropped a hotfix for Camp Keepalive to address an issue with the counselor action bar not appearing in certain circumstances when using mouse/keyboard controls! Fix is live on both Itch and Steam.
October 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Oh, and what's that? You wish you could listen to the Camp Keepalive soundtrack even when you aren't playing the game to really keep you in the spooky season mood? #indiegame #gamemusic

GREAT NEWS: joelhaddock.bandcamp.com/album/camp-k...
Camp Keepalive, by Joel Haddock
13 track album
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October 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Just 2 more days until Halloween, and you could be filling them *right now* with using that big tasty brain of yours to save the campers from all manner of things that lurk in the dark forests!
#indiegame #indiedev #thinkygame #turnbased

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Save 34% on Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer on Steam
Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is a turn-based strategy game set in a camp straight out of an 80's horror movie. Save the helpless and dull-witted campers from an onslaught of monsters with a team of ...
store.steampowered.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Or if Steam isn't your thing, you can get DOUBLE THE SPOOPY and grab both Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer AND Night in the Unpleasant House on itch.io in our Halloween Sale bundle! #indiegame #indiedev itch.io/s/162321/hal...
Halloween Sale 2025 by Porch Weather Games
A bundle by Porch Weather Games, $13.00 for Night in the Unpleasant House, Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer
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October 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It's Spooky Season, and Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is on sale now as part of the Steam Scream Fest! Get cozy, get creepy, and get yourself out in the woods to save those campers this Halloween! #indiegame #indiedev

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October 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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▶️ REVIEW! - Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer. A turn-based strategy game with an 80s horror twist!

Its addictive gameplay loop, charming retro style, and rich horror movie references make it a worthy addition to your Halloween gaming treats.

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REVIEW | Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer | Turn-Based 80s Horror Game | Halloween Recommendations!
YouTube video by KDB innit
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October 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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New devlog up: porchweathergames.com/blog/2025-10...

In which I confront my old frenemy, UI design. #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #indiegame
Devblog - A Task Most Avoided
The trials and tribulations of working on UI
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October 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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And don't forget, also ending today over on Itch, you can pick up Station Zeta *and* Night In The Unpleasant House for a mere $5! Get your puzzle-platform on, then enjoy an appropriately creepy and kooky tale of local politics for spooky season! #indiegame #indiedev #IF

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Autumn Sale by Porch Weather Games
A bundle by Porch Weather Games, $5.00 for Night in the Unpleasant House, Station Zeta
itch.io
October 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Last day of the Autumn Sale and your last chance to grab Station Zeta for 50% off! Picture yourself wrapped in a cozy autumn sweater, sipping a hot beverage of your choice, and blasting your way through 30 levels of puzzle-platform mayhem. Then make it happen! store.steampowered.com/app/2950320/...
Save 50% on Station Zeta on Steam
Run, jump, shoot, and think your way to safety in this retro-inspired 2D puzzle-platformer. Station Zeta is out of control, and you'll have to deal with crazed robots, terribly designed station machin...
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October 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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New devlog up! This week, finally diving into the details of the battle system and the experience I'm aiming to create for the player #indiedev #gamedev #solodev

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October 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
We're hosting our Autumn Sale on Itch as well, so you can pick up both Station Zeta *and* Night In the Unpleasant House for [appropriate regional/generational idiom for a $5 bill]! itch.io/s/161213/aut... #indiegame #indiedev
Autumn Sale by Porch Weather Games
A bundle by Porch Weather Games, $5.00 for Night in the Unpleasant House, Station Zeta
itch.io
October 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
You can grab Station Zeta right now in the Steam Autumn Sale for less than the price of a tariff-adjusted cup of coffee. Run, jump, and puzzle your way through the worst station in space today!

store.steampowered.com/app/2950320/...
Save 50% on Station Zeta on Steam
Run, jump, shoot, and think your way to safety in this retro-inspired 2D puzzle-platformer. Station Zeta is out of control, and you'll have to deal with crazed robots, terribly designed station machin...
store.steampowered.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Station Zeta is on sale during the Autumn Sale right now - here are a few important reasons you should get it!

⭐ It's puzzley, platformy fun!
⭐ You should support indies now more than ever!
⭐ Space O.S.H.A.!
⭐ Did I mention it's fun?

#indiedev #indiegame

store.steampowered.com/app/2950320/...
Save 50% on Station Zeta on Steam
Run, jump, shoot, and think your way to safety in this retro-inspired 2D puzzle-platformer. Station Zeta is out of control, and you'll have to deal with crazed robots, terribly designed station machin...
store.steampowered.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Back on track with a new Devlog! Laying a lot of groundwork this past week or so, but you've got to have a good foundation before you slap on the building. #indiegame #indiedev #solodev porchweathergames.com/blog/2025-09...
Devblog - A* is Born
When you come to a fork in the road, take it and all other available routes before determining the best one
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September 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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No devlog this week, but a quick video of the "encounter map" layer of things as more structure starts to fall into place. In next week's entry I'll dive into this in more detail, as well as some absolutely thrilling talk about pathfinding algorithms! #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev
September 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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New Devlog up today: Paper to Prototype

Starting the journey from getting something playable in any form possible before delving further. #indiedev #indiegame #gamedesign

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Devblog - Paper to Prototype
You can never go wrong starting with a few cardboard chits.
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September 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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So since something broke the major storefronts, I decided to go about as opposite as I could and put my interactive fiction pseudoscience adventure Night in the Unpleasant House on sale on itch. A game you can buy and play right now! #indiedev #indiegame porchweathergames.itch.io/night-in-the...
Night in the Unpleasant House by Porch Weather Games
A classic tale of revenge, local politics, pseudoscience, questionable botany, love, and loss.
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September 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Getting back in the devblog groove as I ramp up on a new project, and starting off with a little self-reflection on process porchweathergames.com/blog/2025-09... #indiedev #gamedev #devblog
Devblog - Starting Somewhere
The longest journeys start with the first step and several prototypes
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September 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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I've entered a game into IFComp for the first time! It's a text adventure called Murderworld and it's about the X-Men. (Though, you don't need to know anything about the characters to play.)

Superhero drama, action, and above all: teamwork!
September 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM