Splendid Failures
@splendidfailures.bsky.social
Short games - Well crafted
We’re a team of four experienced game developers in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Currently working on our studio’s debut game: A Corporate Machine.
We’re a team of four experienced game developers in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Currently working on our studio’s debut game: A Corporate Machine.
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Hi, we’re Splendid Failures, a small indie game studio in Gothenburg, Sweden, working on our first game: A Corporate Machine.
Play as Sanitron TC-84, the world’s most overqualified cleaning robot, and explore life of the giant conglomerate Omega Global.
Follow along for updates on our progress!
Play as Sanitron TC-84, the world’s most overqualified cleaning robot, and explore life of the giant conglomerate Omega Global.
Follow along for updates on our progress!
Thanks to our tireless programmer we’re now official contributors to the Godot engine 🎉 Free and Open Source is what all the cool kids are doing, right? #godot #indiegame #gamedev #foss
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Thanks to our tireless programmer we’re now official contributors to the Godot engine 🎉 Free and Open Source is what all the cool kids are doing, right? #godot #indiegame #gamedev #foss
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This week: Continued work on the prototype, talks with potential partners, and making some serious progress on our Blender to Godot pipeline. Our 3d-artist is weirdly proud to let you know that the Godot-shot is only three draw calls 🤷 #gamedev #indiegame #blender #godot #screenshotsaturday
November 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This week: Continued work on the prototype, talks with potential partners, and making some serious progress on our Blender to Godot pipeline. Our 3d-artist is weirdly proud to let you know that the Godot-shot is only three draw calls 🤷 #gamedev #indiegame #blender #godot #screenshotsaturday
Okay, the quest is still janky and cobbled together, but our little vacuum can now torch their bloodsucking supervisor for a gold keycard in the prototype 🤖🧠🧛🔥 #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev #godot
November 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Okay, the quest is still janky and cobbled together, but our little vacuum can now torch their bloodsucking supervisor for a gold keycard in the prototype 🤖🧠🧛🔥 #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev #godot
The office building you’ll be cleaning in #acorporatemachine may be on top of a hell-mouth, but the rent is unbeatable.
Supernatural encounters here have some very natural explanations; hiring vampires for the night shift is just good business sense really🧛 #happyhalloween🎃 #indiegame #gamedev
Supernatural encounters here have some very natural explanations; hiring vampires for the night shift is just good business sense really🧛 #happyhalloween🎃 #indiegame #gamedev
October 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The office building you’ll be cleaning in #acorporatemachine may be on top of a hell-mouth, but the rent is unbeatable.
Supernatural encounters here have some very natural explanations; hiring vampires for the night shift is just good business sense really🧛 #happyhalloween🎃 #indiegame #gamedev
Supernatural encounters here have some very natural explanations; hiring vampires for the night shift is just good business sense really🧛 #happyhalloween🎃 #indiegame #gamedev
Can we trust you with the precious china? Good Bot or Bad Bot, the choice is yours. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #wackywipstuff #acorporatemachine
October 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Can we trust you with the precious china? Good Bot or Bad Bot, the choice is yours. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #wackywipstuff #acorporatemachine
We had a lovely drive up to Skövde, discussing all manner of game ideas, as the sun rose over the horizon. Now we’re here at #swedengameconference preparing to pitch A Corporate Machine #gamedev #indiegame
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
We had a lovely drive up to Skövde, discussing all manner of game ideas, as the sun rose over the horizon. Now we’re here at #swedengameconference preparing to pitch A Corporate Machine #gamedev #indiegame
This coming Thursday we're heading to Skövde with @swedengamearena.bsky.social to pitch A Corporate Machine in front of a live audience. Exciting and frightening in equal amounts! We'll even bring an incredibly rough playable to try out 😱
#swedengamearena #swedengameconference #indiedev #gamedev
#swedengamearena #swedengameconference #indiedev #gamedev
October 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This coming Thursday we're heading to Skövde with @swedengamearena.bsky.social to pitch A Corporate Machine in front of a live audience. Exciting and frightening in equal amounts! We'll even bring an incredibly rough playable to try out 😱
#swedengamearena #swedengameconference #indiedev #gamedev
#swedengamearena #swedengameconference #indiedev #gamedev
So soft … So comfortable #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #godot #acorporatemachine
October 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
So soft … So comfortable #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #godot #acorporatemachine
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NEW BLOG POST!
This time I'm talking about systems-driven narrative design and how YOU can tell a story with your gameplay, whatever that gameplay happens to be. We start from Bananza and build into a systemic approach anyone can use.
www.nathansavant.com/post/systemi...
This time I'm talking about systems-driven narrative design and how YOU can tell a story with your gameplay, whatever that gameplay happens to be. We start from Bananza and build into a systemic approach anyone can use.
www.nathansavant.com/post/systemi...
Systemic Narrative: A How-To Guide
After my last blog post on Donkey Kong Bananza, I threatened to take what I’d learned and tell you how to do that for yourself. Well here I am, looming in the shadows with the knife of knowledge in my hand. Waiting just for you.Now you may look at this blog title and think to yourself “But Nathan, Bananza doesn’t really have a systems-driven narrative, why are you talking about that topic?!” and to you I would say “welcome to my unhinged corner of the internet, you must be new here!”. Donkey Kon
www.nathansavant.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
NEW BLOG POST!
This time I'm talking about systems-driven narrative design and how YOU can tell a story with your gameplay, whatever that gameplay happens to be. We start from Bananza and build into a systemic approach anyone can use.
www.nathansavant.com/post/systemi...
This time I'm talking about systems-driven narrative design and how YOU can tell a story with your gameplay, whatever that gameplay happens to be. We start from Bananza and build into a systemic approach anyone can use.
www.nathansavant.com/post/systemi...
We’re self-funding early dev by working part time. Reliable FOSS-tools like Blender and Godot are invaluable for small cross-disciplinary teams. We gladly use personal funds to support these projects. If you’re a FOSS-user, 🙏 donate if you can #blender #godot #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #foss
October 16, 2025 at 6:52 AM
We conducted our first live user tests this weekend. The entire team was on site. More important than a well prepared build, a good testing environment and knowing what sort of data you're after is of course what sort of snacks you offer. What snack do you like when playing?
#gamedev #indiegame
#gamedev #indiegame
October 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We conducted our first live user tests this weekend. The entire team was on site. More important than a well prepared build, a good testing environment and knowing what sort of data you're after is of course what sort of snacks you offer. What snack do you like when playing?
#gamedev #indiegame
#gamedev #indiegame
Such a good dog! You can’t pet him just yet, but at least you can take him for a walk and give him a treat #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #godot #acorporatemachine #prototype #wackywipstuff
October 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Such a good dog! You can’t pet him just yet, but at least you can take him for a walk and give him a treat #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #godot #acorporatemachine #prototype #wackywipstuff
When working on the art-style for A Corporate Machine we’re keeping it separate from the prototype.
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot #WackyWIPStuff
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot #WackyWIPStuff
October 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
When working on the art-style for A Corporate Machine we’re keeping it separate from the prototype.
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot #WackyWIPStuff
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot #WackyWIPStuff
Since we’re only working part time on A Corporate Machine, we missed the chance to commemorate last weekend's important celebrations together! 😢 #gamedev #blender #indiegame #acorporatemachine
October 9, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Since we’re only working part time on A Corporate Machine, we missed the chance to commemorate last weekend's important celebrations together! 😢 #gamedev #blender #indiegame #acorporatemachine
Messy humans leaving their chairs everywhere
#indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #acorporatemachine
#indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #acorporatemachine
October 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Messy humans leaving their chairs everywhere
#indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #acorporatemachine
#indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #acorporatemachine
Our brilliant programmer has revealed his other project. Spooky!
It has happened before.
It will happen again.
Unless the cycle is broken.
Spooky Dungeon is a Halloween-themed retro FPS dungeon crawler.
Coming October 2026.
Wishlist on Steam now! store.steampowered.com/app/3225290/...
#Halloween #IndieGame #SpookyDungeon
It will happen again.
Unless the cycle is broken.
Spooky Dungeon is a Halloween-themed retro FPS dungeon crawler.
Coming October 2026.
Wishlist on Steam now! store.steampowered.com/app/3225290/...
#Halloween #IndieGame #SpookyDungeon
October 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Our brilliant programmer has revealed his other project. Spooky!
When developing the art-style for A Corporate Machine we’re keeping it out of the prototype. It gives us room to explore the look and feel in a smaller scope, and lets us find a solid pipeline before we go full hog with production. 1/3
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot
October 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
When developing the art-style for A Corporate Machine we’re keeping it out of the prototype. It gives us room to explore the look and feel in a smaller scope, and lets us find a solid pipeline before we go full hog with production. 1/3
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot
The funky sounds for this little video were masterfully composed by @ratvaderr.bsky.social, the genius behind the awesome soundtrack for The Gunk and the wonderfully strange Ultros. Always such a joy to collaborate with.
Hi, we’re Splendid Failures, a small indie game studio in Gothenburg, Sweden, working on our first game: A Corporate Machine.
Play as Sanitron TC-84, the world’s most overqualified cleaning robot, and explore life of the giant conglomerate Omega Global.
Follow along for updates on our progress!
Play as Sanitron TC-84, the world’s most overqualified cleaning robot, and explore life of the giant conglomerate Omega Global.
Follow along for updates on our progress!
September 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The funky sounds for this little video were masterfully composed by @ratvaderr.bsky.social, the genius behind the awesome soundtrack for The Gunk and the wonderfully strange Ultros. Always such a joy to collaborate with.
Hi, we’re Splendid Failures, a small indie game studio in Gothenburg, Sweden, working on our first game: A Corporate Machine.
Play as Sanitron TC-84, the world’s most overqualified cleaning robot, and explore life of the giant conglomerate Omega Global.
Follow along for updates on our progress!
Play as Sanitron TC-84, the world’s most overqualified cleaning robot, and explore life of the giant conglomerate Omega Global.
Follow along for updates on our progress!
September 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Hi, we’re Splendid Failures, a small indie game studio in Gothenburg, Sweden, working on our first game: A Corporate Machine.
Play as Sanitron TC-84, the world’s most overqualified cleaning robot, and explore life of the giant conglomerate Omega Global.
Follow along for updates on our progress!
Play as Sanitron TC-84, the world’s most overqualified cleaning robot, and explore life of the giant conglomerate Omega Global.
Follow along for updates on our progress!