Samuel Partridge
@spartridge.bsky.social
Indie game designer & developer. Studio lead of Tributary Games.
King of the Castle, Over the Alps, Fallen London & Occlude!
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King of the Castle, Over the Alps, Fallen London & Occlude!
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Reposted by Samuel Partridge
Steam Scream Fest has begun! And with it, Occlude is 20% off.
It's a game with immaculate vibes - one reviewer said it's like "getting a coffee enema in a bookshop"
So if you're into... that, and also want to try our free update with 24 new puzzles, go here: store.steampowered.com/app/3547010/...
It's a game with immaculate vibes - one reviewer said it's like "getting a coffee enema in a bookshop"
So if you're into... that, and also want to try our free update with 24 new puzzles, go here: store.steampowered.com/app/3547010/...
October 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Steam Scream Fest has begun! And with it, Occlude is 20% off.
It's a game with immaculate vibes - one reviewer said it's like "getting a coffee enema in a bookshop"
So if you're into... that, and also want to try our free update with 24 new puzzles, go here: store.steampowered.com/app/3547010/...
It's a game with immaculate vibes - one reviewer said it's like "getting a coffee enema in a bookshop"
So if you're into... that, and also want to try our free update with 24 new puzzles, go here: store.steampowered.com/app/3547010/...
Cardinals are out! We've increased the amount of content by 343%, which isn't half bad for a free update.
This was a team effort, as usual, but my special thanks to our resident puzzlemaster @owennewburn.bsky.social for the idea, design and execution of the Cardinals.
Right, go lose your minds!
This was a team effort, as usual, but my special thanks to our resident puzzlemaster @owennewburn.bsky.social for the idea, design and execution of the Cardinals.
Right, go lose your minds!
October 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Cardinals are out! We've increased the amount of content by 343%, which isn't half bad for a free update.
This was a team effort, as usual, but my special thanks to our resident puzzlemaster @owennewburn.bsky.social for the idea, design and execution of the Cardinals.
Right, go lose your minds!
This was a team effort, as usual, but my special thanks to our resident puzzlemaster @owennewburn.bsky.social for the idea, design and execution of the Cardinals.
Right, go lose your minds!
Reposted by Samuel Partridge
Are you in London for #EGX and #MCMComicCon this weekend? Fancy winding down with some wierd games at the Loading Bar in Stokey on Sunday?
We have friends @spartridge.bsky.social and @danthat.bsky.social showing off their games! Are you making something weird? Bring it!
luma.com/acedim4s
We have friends @spartridge.bsky.social and @danthat.bsky.social showing off their games! Are you making something weird? Bring it!
luma.com/acedim4s
Weird Worlds Wind-down: MCM/EGX London 2025 · Luma
Welcome to Weird Worlds Wind-down!
Coming to EGX? Missing out on EGX? Either way is perfect! Come chill and close out the MCM Comicon / EGX London 2025 weekend…
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October 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Are you in London for #EGX and #MCMComicCon this weekend? Fancy winding down with some wierd games at the Loading Bar in Stokey on Sunday?
We have friends @spartridge.bsky.social and @danthat.bsky.social showing off their games! Are you making something weird? Bring it!
luma.com/acedim4s
We have friends @spartridge.bsky.social and @danthat.bsky.social showing off their games! Are you making something weird? Bring it!
luma.com/acedim4s
Reposted by Samuel Partridge
The reaction to the bugfix in King of the Castle has been genuinely overwhelming. The last time we got this many positive reviews was ten months ago - madness!
We're releasing a lore drop on Arald the Great as a thank you in our Discord. Much love to you all.
We're releasing a lore drop on Arald the Great as a thank you in our Discord. Much love to you all.
October 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The reaction to the bugfix in King of the Castle has been genuinely overwhelming. The last time we got this many positive reviews was ten months ago - madness!
We're releasing a lore drop on Arald the Great as a thank you in our Discord. Much love to you all.
We're releasing a lore drop on Arald the Great as a thank you in our Discord. Much love to you all.
This was a bugger to get out! Kudos to @owennewburn.bsky.social who worked this weekend with me to get this out.
And apologies to any of players who came across the bug. The joys of updating a game because Twitch changes its backend and Unity finds a security vulnerability. I love #gamedev
And apologies to any of players who came across the bug. The joys of updating a game because Twitch changes its backend and Unity finds a security vulnerability. I love #gamedev
We're pleased to say that we have both patched a security issue in Unity and fixed a bug where a small number of players had their saves corrupted.
What's even better is, the patch should fix existing broken saves as if by magic!
Read all about it here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/183...
What's even better is, the patch should fix existing broken saves as if by magic!
Read all about it here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/183...
King Of The Castle - Fixing saves in KOTC v1.3.2 "ShinyQuarks" - Steam News
Resolving the issues with save files and a small request from us at Tributary!
store.steampowered.com
October 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This was a bugger to get out! Kudos to @owennewburn.bsky.social who worked this weekend with me to get this out.
And apologies to any of players who came across the bug. The joys of updating a game because Twitch changes its backend and Unity finds a security vulnerability. I love #gamedev
And apologies to any of players who came across the bug. The joys of updating a game because Twitch changes its backend and Unity finds a security vulnerability. I love #gamedev
Found this mockup for a pitch we did *before* KOTC.
It was a mobile game like Neptune's Pride/Subterfuge but with turns, so you'd log in once or twice a day to make moves. All set in a fantasy Roman empire-like setting.
Only really cool kids make fake app store pages for pitches. #gamedev
It was a mobile game like Neptune's Pride/Subterfuge but with turns, so you'd log in once or twice a day to make moves. All set in a fantasy Roman empire-like setting.
Only really cool kids make fake app store pages for pitches. #gamedev
October 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Found this mockup for a pitch we did *before* KOTC.
It was a mobile game like Neptune's Pride/Subterfuge but with turns, so you'd log in once or twice a day to make moves. All set in a fantasy Roman empire-like setting.
Only really cool kids make fake app store pages for pitches. #gamedev
It was a mobile game like Neptune's Pride/Subterfuge but with turns, so you'd log in once or twice a day to make moves. All set in a fantasy Roman empire-like setting.
Only really cool kids make fake app store pages for pitches. #gamedev
I'm a speaker at GGDF this year! Get yourself a ticket and come on down to Goldsmiths to hear me talk about disasters making games. It'll be fun, I promise: luma.com/GGDF25
September 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I'm a speaker at GGDF this year! Get yourself a ticket and come on down to Goldsmiths to hear me talk about disasters making games. It'll be fun, I promise: luma.com/GGDF25
What is it about this whole flag thing that stops BBC reporters from doing basic background checks?
Here's the normal bloke who put up some flags. What does the briefest Google search show?
Ah yes, a conviction for animal cruelty, along with his drug dealing gang leader brother. Very normal.
Here's the normal bloke who put up some flags. What does the briefest Google search show?
Ah yes, a conviction for animal cruelty, along with his drug dealing gang leader brother. Very normal.
September 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
What is it about this whole flag thing that stops BBC reporters from doing basic background checks?
Here's the normal bloke who put up some flags. What does the briefest Google search show?
Ah yes, a conviction for animal cruelty, along with his drug dealing gang leader brother. Very normal.
Here's the normal bloke who put up some flags. What does the briefest Google search show?
Ah yes, a conviction for animal cruelty, along with his drug dealing gang leader brother. Very normal.
I'm live right now with MrKaji to chat about the development and history of King of the Castle! Come watch me here: www.twitch.tv/mrkaji
MrKaji - Twitch
Capped Streamathon begins! | Find all the info on !discord
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September 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I'm live right now with MrKaji to chat about the development and history of King of the Castle! Come watch me here: www.twitch.tv/mrkaji
Reposted by Samuel Partridge
Oh you lot really liked that sale. So let’s do another, shall we?
King of the Castle is back on sale, this time it’s the superb Political Sim Fest where it’s a princely 50% off!
Go check out the full fest here, there’s some cracking games included: store.steampowered.com/category/pol...
King of the Castle is back on sale, this time it’s the superb Political Sim Fest where it’s a princely 50% off!
Go check out the full fest here, there’s some cracking games included: store.steampowered.com/category/pol...
Political Sim
Steam Political Sim Fest 2025
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September 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Oh you lot really liked that sale. So let’s do another, shall we?
King of the Castle is back on sale, this time it’s the superb Political Sim Fest where it’s a princely 50% off!
Go check out the full fest here, there’s some cracking games included: store.steampowered.com/category/pol...
King of the Castle is back on sale, this time it’s the superb Political Sim Fest where it’s a princely 50% off!
Go check out the full fest here, there’s some cracking games included: store.steampowered.com/category/pol...
Credit to @owennewburn.bsky.social and @skelicopter.bsky.social for working on this while I was at Gamescom. And to Morgrim and the community, who collated all the issues into one page - We’re so blessed to have fans like them ❤️
We're extremely pleased to announce the first update to King of the Castle since September 2023 is now out.
Say hello to King of the Castle v1.3 "Morgrim"! This fixes the issues with Twitch Mode and resolves a ton of bugs.
Go read the full patch notes here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/183...
Say hello to King of the Castle v1.3 "Morgrim"! This fixes the issues with Twitch Mode and resolves a ton of bugs.
Go read the full patch notes here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/183...
August 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Credit to @owennewburn.bsky.social and @skelicopter.bsky.social for working on this while I was at Gamescom. And to Morgrim and the community, who collated all the issues into one page - We’re so blessed to have fans like them ❤️
Reposted by Samuel Partridge
finally the bug wife
We’ve identified the issue with King of the Castle Twitch Mode and will be pushing a fix on Wednesday 27th.
It’s a little wait I know (sorry), so as a sweetener we’re also making over 100 fixes to the game!
Much love and thanks to Morgrim and our community for help with tracking these down.
It’s a little wait I know (sorry), so as a sweetener we’re also making over 100 fixes to the game!
Much love and thanks to Morgrim and our community for help with tracking these down.
August 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
finally the bug wife
Reposted by Samuel Partridge
We (finally) have Steam Trading Card for Occlude! We've also got emoticons and profile backgrounds too.
Good luck collecting them all! Or turning them into gems. Or printing them out and eating them, one by one, under a dank, wet bridge in Prague at midnight. Whatever you like.
Good luck collecting them all! Or turning them into gems. Or printing them out and eating them, one by one, under a dank, wet bridge in Prague at midnight. Whatever you like.
August 15, 2025 at 9:23 AM
We (finally) have Steam Trading Card for Occlude! We've also got emoticons and profile backgrounds too.
Good luck collecting them all! Or turning them into gems. Or printing them out and eating them, one by one, under a dank, wet bridge in Prague at midnight. Whatever you like.
Good luck collecting them all! Or turning them into gems. Or printing them out and eating them, one by one, under a dank, wet bridge in Prague at midnight. Whatever you like.
Reposted by Samuel Partridge
We're extremely happy to announce that we're adding more content to Occlude!
This will be a free update that will add over 20 'Cardinals', brand new puzzles based on existing Rituals, along with a reward for completing them all.
More info soon - Thanks for your love & support, it's been amazing.
This will be a free update that will add over 20 'Cardinals', brand new puzzles based on existing Rituals, along with a reward for completing them all.
More info soon - Thanks for your love & support, it's been amazing.
August 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
We're extremely happy to announce that we're adding more content to Occlude!
This will be a free update that will add over 20 'Cardinals', brand new puzzles based on existing Rituals, along with a reward for completing them all.
More info soon - Thanks for your love & support, it's been amazing.
This will be a free update that will add over 20 'Cardinals', brand new puzzles based on existing Rituals, along with a reward for completing them all.
More info soon - Thanks for your love & support, it's been amazing.
Hidden gem for fans of word games, puzzles and highly polished weirdness - Cursed Words. If you like mind-breaking games you can break, this one is definitely for you. Go wishlist!
store.steampowered.com/app/3856460/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3856460/...
Cursed Words on Steam
A word game... for a while. Cursed Words is a roguelike adventure where you can change the rules of language itself. Submit Scrabble-friendly words like DOG and HOUSE, or buy game-altering stickers an...
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August 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Hidden gem for fans of word games, puzzles and highly polished weirdness - Cursed Words. If you like mind-breaking games you can break, this one is definitely for you. Go wishlist!
store.steampowered.com/app/3856460/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3856460/...
Reposted by Samuel Partridge
Time for another one of these posts: I'm a narrative designer/writer with 8+ years of experience, including at a lead level. I'm available for short- or long-term contracting on:
- Writing;
- Systems, narrative, and economy design;
- Design or narrative consulting;
Full credits: brunodias.dev/bio
- Writing;
- Systems, narrative, and economy design;
- Design or narrative consulting;
Full credits: brunodias.dev/bio
August 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Time for another one of these posts: I'm a narrative designer/writer with 8+ years of experience, including at a lead level. I'm available for short- or long-term contracting on:
- Writing;
- Systems, narrative, and economy design;
- Design or narrative consulting;
Full credits: brunodias.dev/bio
- Writing;
- Systems, narrative, and economy design;
- Design or narrative consulting;
Full credits: brunodias.dev/bio
Alright you lot I'm going to Gamescom. I'm going to be showing off a prototype, handing out Occlude merch and generally catching up with lovely games people.
If YOU want to say hi (I'm very nice) ping me a comment below and I'll make time for you.
If YOU want to say hi (I'm very nice) ping me a comment below and I'll make time for you.
July 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Alright you lot I'm going to Gamescom. I'm going to be showing off a prototype, handing out Occlude merch and generally catching up with lovely games people.
If YOU want to say hi (I'm very nice) ping me a comment below and I'll make time for you.
If YOU want to say hi (I'm very nice) ping me a comment below and I'll make time for you.
Reposted by Samuel Partridge
We’re on an absolutely crazy 89% Positive on Steam. Considering puzzle games tend to get lower average reviews we absolutely did not expect this.
If you’d like to help us get to 90%, well, we’re not going to stop you: store.steampowered.com/app/3547010/...
If you’d like to help us get to 90%, well, we’re not going to stop you: store.steampowered.com/app/3547010/...
July 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
We’re on an absolutely crazy 89% Positive on Steam. Considering puzzle games tend to get lower average reviews we absolutely did not expect this.
If you’d like to help us get to 90%, well, we’re not going to stop you: store.steampowered.com/app/3547010/...
If you’d like to help us get to 90%, well, we’re not going to stop you: store.steampowered.com/app/3547010/...
We make a game about overthrowing monarchs and the queen dies, now this?
Next we’re making a game about everyone in the industry being paid fairly for their work, an end to the fire and hire cycle, and long-term stability for people winning out over vibes based fad chasing.
Or something like that
Next we’re making a game about everyone in the industry being paid fairly for their work, an end to the fire and hire cycle, and long-term stability for people winning out over vibes based fad chasing.
Or something like that
So we release a game about playing spooky Solitaire in the rain during a historic heatwave in our country
And the heatwave immediately breaks into torrential rain?
Cool. Cool cool cool
And the heatwave immediately breaks into torrential rain?
Cool. Cool cool cool
July 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
We make a game about overthrowing monarchs and the queen dies, now this?
Next we’re making a game about everyone in the industry being paid fairly for their work, an end to the fire and hire cycle, and long-term stability for people winning out over vibes based fad chasing.
Or something like that
Next we’re making a game about everyone in the industry being paid fairly for their work, an end to the fire and hire cycle, and long-term stability for people winning out over vibes based fad chasing.
Or something like that
Watching this guy play Solitaire on the train and Very Nearly sliding an Occlude sticker into his bag
July 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Watching this guy play Solitaire on the train and Very Nearly sliding an Occlude sticker into his bag
This is a very unsexy update, but I can promise you Occlude is a very sexy game.
If you want a copy at 10% off you better be quick! #indiegames
If you want a copy at 10% off you better be quick! #indiegames
We've updated Occlude to 1.0.2! This fixes a number of images, the game rules section and improves Steam Deck/controller support.
And a reminder - Occlude is coming off introductory sale (very soon) so get yourself a copy at a discounted price sharpish!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/354...
And a reminder - Occlude is coming off introductory sale (very soon) so get yourself a copy at a discounted price sharpish!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/354...
Occlude - Occlude Update 1.0.2 - Steam News
Another week one update for Occlude, this time fixing some artwork and further controller support
store.steampowered.com
July 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is a very unsexy update, but I can promise you Occlude is a very sexy game.
If you want a copy at 10% off you better be quick! #indiegames
If you want a copy at 10% off you better be quick! #indiegames
Someone also spotted that we missed the "K" off a King card, so the next update I am going to Flex My Muscles as an artiste, sorry in advance @emcheeseman.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Someone also spotted that we missed the "K" off a King card, so the next update I am going to Flex My Muscles as an artiste, sorry in advance @emcheeseman.bsky.social
Reposted by Samuel Partridge
Art assets and design bits from OCCLUDE, an occult twist on solitaire that I worked on with @tributarygames.bsky.social! The game is out now, play if you dare 👁️ store.steampowered.com/app/3547010/Occlude/
July 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Art assets and design bits from OCCLUDE, an occult twist on solitaire that I worked on with @tributarygames.bsky.social! The game is out now, play if you dare 👁️ store.steampowered.com/app/3547010/Occlude/
Reposted by Samuel Partridge
OCCLUDE is now OCCL-OUT -- grab this game if you enjoy mind-bending puzzles within a mind-bending narrative!
Featuring a jigsaw-puzzle plot by yours truly with shades of David Lynch, the SCP archives, and This Is How You Lose The Time War. Don't miss out!
store.steampowered.com/app/3547010/...
Featuring a jigsaw-puzzle plot by yours truly with shades of David Lynch, the SCP archives, and This Is How You Lose The Time War. Don't miss out!
store.steampowered.com/app/3547010/...
Save 10% on Occlude on Steam
Occlude is a ritual disguised as Solitaire; a cosmic-horror card game where the rules are obscured and reality is at stake. Play through cryptic challenges to reveal forbidden lore in this singleplaye...
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July 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
OCCLUDE is now OCCL-OUT -- grab this game if you enjoy mind-bending puzzles within a mind-bending narrative!
Featuring a jigsaw-puzzle plot by yours truly with shades of David Lynch, the SCP archives, and This Is How You Lose The Time War. Don't miss out!
store.steampowered.com/app/3547010/...
Featuring a jigsaw-puzzle plot by yours truly with shades of David Lynch, the SCP archives, and This Is How You Lose The Time War. Don't miss out!
store.steampowered.com/app/3547010/...
Reposted by Samuel Partridge
Releasing a game: hard
Having a new baby: HARD
Doing both in 10 days: 🫠
Having a new baby: HARD
Doing both in 10 days: 🫠
July 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Releasing a game: hard
Having a new baby: HARD
Doing both in 10 days: 🫠
Having a new baby: HARD
Doing both in 10 days: 🫠