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Miguel Sternberg
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Game dev @ Spooky Squid Games.
linktr.ee/spookysquidgames

Russian Subway Dogs: Steam, Xbox, Playstation, PS Vita!
They Bleed Pixels: Steam and Switch!

Currently working on unnamed "Goblin Girl Game"
WIP feed: tinyurl.com/goblingg

(He/Him)
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Miguel Sternberg @spookysquid.bsky.social · Oct 28
Past due for a proper intro here! I'm Miguel Sternberg and I create indie games with small teams under Spooky Squid Games, a micro studio in Toronto, Canada. Best known for They Bleed Pixels. Our latest release is Russian Subway Dogs!

More info on both games + video clips in replies!
#indiegames
Left Side: logos for They Bleed Pixels and Russian Subway Dogs Right Side: The Clawed Girl a demonic but cute monster girl with purple skin and giant red claws for hands, wearing a black dress and big red bow. Beside her is the Subway Dog, a brown dog wearing a fur cap.
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juliaminamata.bsky.social
My tiny Over the Garden Wall fan game is now available for FREE! 🎉
juliaminamata.itch.io/otgw

Thanks so much @patrickmchale.bsky.social, @forkfrenzy.bsky.social, @blastingcompany.bsky.social, Elijah Wood, @clickpulp.com, @grundislav.games. Thanks @requiemcafe.bsky.social & @mossmouth.bsky.social.
The Round-about Orchard: A tiny OtGW fan game by JuliaMinamata
A two-room adventure game that takes about fifteen minutes to play
juliaminamata.itch.io
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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spookysquid.bsky.social
She laugh!

#screenshotsaturday #GoblinGirlGame #monstergirl #pixelart #ドット絵 #indiedev
November 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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spookysquid.bsky.social
Been working out of the Sequential Artist Workshop (SAW) while I'm in Gainesville, a really incredible community space/library/workspace for comic artists.
Welcome sign for SAW black and white illustrations of art tools with rainbow splashes of water color. TEXT: Welcome to The Sequential Artists Workshop! We're a non-profit, artist-run comics school. When we're not having workshops, we're a sstudio, library, gallery and event space. As a shared space we ask that everyone respect a few simple rules. - Respect the space and other people in it including our neighbors, GFAA. - Clean up after yourself and dispose of waste appropriately. - Do not move any furniture except the workshopping desks and chairs. - No alchohol or drugs of any kind. - Return library books to where you found them. - SAW has a no tolerance policy for any kind of harasment or discriminatory behavior. We reserve the right to ask anyone to leave. THANK YOU!" One wall of the SAW space. Wall covered in posters for 'zine fairs and random art. A small book case full of children's picture books is on the left side. A set of short wide drawers is on the right side, the sort used for holding maps, blueprints or other large documents. Wide shot of the SAW space, various work tables fill the central space. Colored lights are draped from the ceiling. Along the windows on the left side wall is a shelving unit with art supplies and a large lightbox/drafting table. The entire back wall is filled with tall bookcases packed with graphic novels, comic long boxes etc. A neon sign on the right wall spells out SAW Close up of the top of the wide drawer unit, a book display stand shows of various comics/'zines/graphic novels/anthologies mostly by SAW / SAW related artists.
November 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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lorenschmidt.bsky.social
i just started Tower Dungeon. the stonework in this is fascinating. it feels as though the stone built the landscape, the humans and other creatures are a secondary ecology. it has the spirit of Blame!, but the lens here renders it as much more surreal.
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
spookysquid.bsky.social
She laugh!

#screenshotsaturday #GoblinGirlGame #monstergirl #pixelart #ドット絵 #indiedev
November 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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spookysquid.bsky.social
"Meet me at the 3.5" disk table at Satchel's Pizza, we're going to violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act"
A restaurant table top covered in 3.5" floppy disks under laminate. They come in a rainbow of colours and at least half are the Y2K clear plastic style. On top are a salt shaker and napkin holder.
November 8, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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2mello.net
My birthday sale is now live! No discount code, prices are manually reduced on my end, including my full discography on Bandcamp which is around $40 today. Thanks for listening to my music!

2mellomakes.bandcamp.com
2mello.net/store
2mello.net 2 Mello @2mello.net · 5d
2 Mello Birthday Sale
Nov. 7-9
Everything, including CDs, 50% off at both my Bandcamp and webstore.

Then! Friday Nov. 14 at 12PM Eastern time, I will restock the Sounds Of Tokyo-To Future vinyl for the last time this year.

Yes. Commerce, physical media, things of that nature.
Art of all my album covers stacked on top of each other, with the same information as the post in text on the right with my logo
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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clarkesworldmagazine.com
Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.
thebookseller.com The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 4d
Amazon has launched a new AI-driven translation service, Kindle Translate, for Kindle Direct Publishing authors 👇 #BookSky
Amazon launches AI translation service for indie authors
ebx.sh
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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mommysbestgames.bsky.social
We all need to post more about our games.
This is my next game ChainStaff.
You should follow me, I make cool games.
November 6, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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spookysquid.bsky.social
Got up early this morning to do some volunteer grave digging!
Two signs hanging by a forest road: "Alachua Conservation Trust est. 1988. " "Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery" Shot of Florida trees with Spanish moss hanging from them. The early morning light pours through the branches, illuminating the moss from behind so they glow. Photo of myself in a half dug grave shoveling dirt. I'm wearing a red flannel shirt and a "Hardcore Chocolate" baseball cap. The grave has a wood frame around it, another volunteer stands to the side leaning on a rake.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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tomnullpointer.bsky.social
Stuck in the mental loop of "is it financially viable to be making this sort of game? - and -Is it financially viable to be making any game?"
November 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
spookysquid.bsky.social
In Gainesville for a week to visit my sister. Please enjoy this beautiful photo of the moon here I took last night.
Statue of a giant metal crescent moon with glowing red eyes.
November 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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thehandeyesociety.bsky.social
Super FESTival 2025 is now LIVE RIGHT NOW with our annual talks every day this week featuring games & developers from around the world! We even have a talk today from @unity.com!

today! Go check out the stream and join the FESTivities! #SuperFESTival #indiegame twitch.tv/handeyesociety
HandEyeSociety - Twitch
Super FESTival 2025 - Day 1 (Nov 1 - 7) [Nov 3, 2025]
twitch.tv
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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funland.itch.io
As some of you have already suspected, Plastiboo's FUNLAND NO. 04 cover is not only fantastic... IT'S REAL!

Here's a behind the scenes look at the creation of lil' Funlad's scary sculpted quest: www.patreon.com/posts/model-...
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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adamgryu.bsky.social
This year we had over 50k pumpkins submitted to Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival! Apparently over 9 terabytes of pumpkins were served to y'all!

Thanks to everyone who dropped in, shared, or supported the game. It's always a blast running this thing and it's nice the festival grounds so lively! 🎃
A group of ghosts crowds a movie theater. Two ghosts look through a painted cutout to be a ghost and skeleton. A group of ghosts stands on a UFO in the night sky. A pumpkin carved to show Carl with some hearts around them.
November 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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spookysquid.bsky.social
This week I'm sharing an older mockup I haven't shared in full before for #screenshotsaturday. This is 1/2 of a two screen character respec menu you access between dungeon floors in #GoblinGirlGame

#gameui #pixelart #ドット絵 #indiedev
16-bit stye pixel art of an equipment menu. It has a sort of ink on parchment style graphic design style. At the top is the screen title "SET EQUIPMENT" The right 1/5th of the screen is a full body portrait of the goblin girl, floating, head upturned with her eyes closed and her mouth smiling. She has red hair in pigtails and her clothing is a mix of chainmail, plate and leather, with bone accents. In one hand she holds a jagged dagger, in the other a small round shield. The rest of the screen is split horizontally into two windows. The top is a tabbed window showing a variety of armor and clothing choices, with a dull plate mail with green stench lines coming off it selected. The bottom is a text description of the selected mail. "STENCH PLATE [skull with demon horns icon] (+5 [heart icon]): Smells strongly of menthol and blood. At the bottom right of the screen is a button with a blue "mana mouse" and an arrow pointing right, to the next screen)
November 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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arden.rip
As someone who doesn't watch sports but does love human suffering, I'm having a great night
November 2, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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saskrotch.com
BRO WHAT
DEPRESSION STUDY ADVERTISEMENT ON THE BUS FEATURING SHINJI IN A CHAIR FEELING GUILTY ABOUT JERKIN IT TO A GIRL IN A COMA I THINK
November 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
spookysquid.bsky.social
This week I'm sharing an older mockup I haven't shared in full before for #screenshotsaturday. This is 1/2 of a two screen character respec menu you access between dungeon floors in #GoblinGirlGame

#gameui #pixelart #ドット絵 #indiedev
16-bit stye pixel art of an equipment menu. It has a sort of ink on parchment style graphic design style. At the top is the screen title "SET EQUIPMENT" The right 1/5th of the screen is a full body portrait of the goblin girl, floating, head upturned with her eyes closed and her mouth smiling. She has red hair in pigtails and her clothing is a mix of chainmail, plate and leather, with bone accents. In one hand she holds a jagged dagger, in the other a small round shield. The rest of the screen is split horizontally into two windows. The top is a tabbed window showing a variety of armor and clothing choices, with a dull plate mail with green stench lines coming off it selected. The bottom is a text description of the selected mail. "STENCH PLATE [skull with demon horns icon] (+5 [heart icon]): Smells strongly of menthol and blood. At the bottom right of the screen is a button with a blue "mana mouse" and an arrow pointing right, to the next screen)
November 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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konjak.org
Do smaller indies/devs still prefer to work in a fixed framerate? It used to be prevalent in my circles. I felt like not many were working with delta timing, which I guess makes more sense if you're actually working at a pixel resolution for the codebase as well
November 1, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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nadinel.bsky.social
‘Tis the season! #happyhalloween
A picture of Hellboy holding a bottle of rum and pointing. Speech bubble: “don’t mess with me lady, I’ve b en drinking with skeletons.”
November 1, 2025 at 2:07 AM
spookysquid.bsky.social
If you're looking for something horror themed to play today, our game They Bleed Pixels is 75% off on a bunch of stores! 👻🎃

Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/211260/
Humble: www.humblebundle.com/store/they-b...
Itch: spookysquid.itch.io/they-bleed-p...

Humble and Itch are DRM free + Steam key!
Pixel art of the clawed girl gobbling up candy from a jack o' lantern. Text: nom nom nom
October 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
spookysquid.bsky.social
🌟☄️The Stars have Aligned☄️🌟
Play Russian Subway Dogs *today* to unlock the black cat Hex!
Once midnight strikes you'll have to wait for the stars to align again.
October 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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chainslobber.bsky.social
Bluesky has NO ALGORITHM.
Likes are PRIVATE by default.
If you enjoy someone's content, you've GOT to get used to circulating it.
The point of social media is to be SOCIAL.
It's literally just a 2nd button press; please help artists out by hitting reblog, too! Likes are nice, reblogs get exposure!
jametc.bsky.social jess m. @jametc.bsky.social · 11d
Bluesky needs a bit of a culture shift

I'm noticing that engagement has kindof been cratering, but favs haven't. People will fav a post but not comment or repost it, I've noticed this with others as well.

If you like something, spread it! Try commenting to bump it or repost it eh?
October 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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skot.bsky.social
A Kimono decorated with skeletons, from Japan, 1840-1860 CE,
now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
October 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM