AP Thomson
@apthomson.bsky.social
~games. Working on playconsume.me with @qdork.bsky.social and @frogfungus.bsky.social. Previously: Fortune-499, Beglitched, Swap Sword.
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THURSDAY EVENING in downtown Brooklyn I'm moderating a talk w/
julian cordero of @despelote.game !
@apthomson.bsky.social + @qdork.bsky.social of Consume Me !
@gcuzzillo.bsky.social of Baby Steps !
Come discuss the SHEER AUDACITY to release an indie game in 2025
alumnideveloperspanel.eventbrite.com
julian cordero of @despelote.game !
@apthomson.bsky.social + @qdork.bsky.social of Consume Me !
@gcuzzillo.bsky.social of Baby Steps !
Come discuss the SHEER AUDACITY to release an indie game in 2025
alumnideveloperspanel.eventbrite.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
THURSDAY EVENING in downtown Brooklyn I'm moderating a talk w/
julian cordero of @despelote.game !
@apthomson.bsky.social + @qdork.bsky.social of Consume Me !
@gcuzzillo.bsky.social of Baby Steps !
Come discuss the SHEER AUDACITY to release an indie game in 2025
alumnideveloperspanel.eventbrite.com
julian cordero of @despelote.game !
@apthomson.bsky.social + @qdork.bsky.social of Consume Me !
@gcuzzillo.bsky.social of Baby Steps !
Come discuss the SHEER AUDACITY to release an indie game in 2025
alumnideveloperspanel.eventbrite.com
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new pod and it's a special one! we talk to @qdork.bsky.social and @apthomson.bsky.social about CONSUME ME, the multi-award-winning overachievement simulator that took me personally on a real ride through my own history with academics, pressure, and food. incredible game eggplant.show/149-making-a...
Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games: 149: Making A Meal Of It with Jenny Jiao Hsia and AP Thomson (Consume Me)
Rob, Sarah, and Doug chat with Jenny Jiao Hsia and AP Thomson about Consume Me, an award-winning autobiographical resource-management RPG about the pressure cooker of young adulthood. We discuss the g...
eggplant.show
November 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
new pod and it's a special one! we talk to @qdork.bsky.social and @apthomson.bsky.social about CONSUME ME, the multi-award-winning overachievement simulator that took me personally on a real ride through my own history with academics, pressure, and food. incredible game eggplant.show/149-making-a...
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Perfect Tides: Station to Station
store.steampowered.com/app/1172800/...
Point-n-click adventure game with a TON of personality and great art, and a fun mechanical system where you use various verbs to learn more about topics so you can.. write better school papers about them?
store.steampowered.com/app/1172800/...
Point-n-click adventure game with a TON of personality and great art, and a fun mechanical system where you use various verbs to learn more about topics so you can.. write better school papers about them?
November 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Perfect Tides: Station to Station
store.steampowered.com/app/1172800/...
Point-n-click adventure game with a TON of personality and great art, and a fun mechanical system where you use various verbs to learn more about topics so you can.. write better school papers about them?
store.steampowered.com/app/1172800/...
Point-n-click adventure game with a TON of personality and great art, and a fun mechanical system where you use various verbs to learn more about topics so you can.. write better school papers about them?
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It's time!!! Independent Games Festival judging is wrapping up and thus comes my list of IGF Games I Want To Talk About for the year!
As usual, I'll threadpost this later (maybe tomorrow) but people willing to click on a link can read it in full right now on my blog! auratriolo.com/blog/2025/11...
As usual, I'll threadpost this later (maybe tomorrow) but people willing to click on a link can read it in full right now on my blog! auratriolo.com/blog/2025/11...
IGF Games I Want To Talk About 2026 – AURAMBLES
auratriolo.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
It's time!!! Independent Games Festival judging is wrapping up and thus comes my list of IGF Games I Want To Talk About for the year!
As usual, I'll threadpost this later (maybe tomorrow) but people willing to click on a link can read it in full right now on my blog! auratriolo.com/blog/2025/11...
As usual, I'll threadpost this later (maybe tomorrow) but people willing to click on a link can read it in full right now on my blog! auratriolo.com/blog/2025/11...
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WHOA x COOL BALL x PIT is out now!!! i cant believe so many people are playing rn 🙉 but actually i can!! because the team worked so hard to deliver this beautiful juicy addicting game 💗
…don’t miss out on the next big roguelite ☝️😌
…don’t miss out on the next big roguelite ☝️😌
🏐BALL x PIT🏐
OUT NOW on PC, Switch, PS5 and Xbox.
A brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite.
But be warned: it’s seriously addictive. Watch the trailer for real-time proof.
OUT NOW on PC, Switch, PS5 and Xbox.
A brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite.
But be warned: it’s seriously addictive. Watch the trailer for real-time proof.
October 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
WHOA x COOL BALL x PIT is out now!!! i cant believe so many people are playing rn 🙉 but actually i can!! because the team worked so hard to deliver this beautiful juicy addicting game 💗
…don’t miss out on the next big roguelite ☝️😌
…don’t miss out on the next big roguelite ☝️😌
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While the demo for Perfect Tides: Station to Station is part of Steam Next Fest, you can get the original Perfect Tides at 25% off. Lots of time to play the hell out of it before the sequel's release in January.
store.steampowered.com/app/1172800/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1172800/...
Save 25% on Perfect Tides on Steam
Perfect Tides is a point and click adventure game about the agony and anticipation of being a teen. Set in the year 2000, you follow Mara, an internet-obsessed young writer who lives on a so-called is...
store.steampowered.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
While the demo for Perfect Tides: Station to Station is part of Steam Next Fest, you can get the original Perfect Tides at 25% off. Lots of time to play the hell out of it before the sequel's release in January.
store.steampowered.com/app/1172800/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1172800/...
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Next Fest has begun! Please enjoy + wishlist the latest demo build of Perfect Tides: Station to Station, the coming-of-age adventure in production since 2022 - coming in January!
store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...
Perfect Tides: Station to Station on Steam
A point n' click sequel to Perfect Tides about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex ...
store.steampowered.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Next Fest has begun! Please enjoy + wishlist the latest demo build of Perfect Tides: Station to Station, the coming-of-age adventure in production since 2022 - coming in January!
store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...
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Played Consume Me. Loved Consume Me. www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...
Consume Me review - anything but empty calories
A teenage slice-of-life tale, an energy-management challenge and a satire of diet culture – this indie award-winner is a flavoursome treat
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Played Consume Me. Loved Consume Me. www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...
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The updated demo for Perfect Tides: Station to Station is available now ahead of Steam Next Fest! We're getting ever closer to the full release in January! store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...
Perfect Tides: Station to Station on Steam
A point n' click sequel to Perfect Tides about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex ...
store.steampowered.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The updated demo for Perfect Tides: Station to Station is available now ahead of Steam Next Fest! We're getting ever closer to the full release in January! store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...
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i wrote about consume me for @theverge.com ✨
October 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
i wrote about consume me for @theverge.com ✨
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Consume Me is a work of autobiography born out of its creator's real experiences growing up in NYC. I spent a day with the devs visiting real places that inspired the game and looking through boxes of high school memories. A chat about how to adapt reality to game. www.polygon.com/consume-me-j...
The artists who turned teenage obsessions into an award-winning video game
To create an interactive autobiography, Consume Me's creators had to turn teenage memories into playable self-portraits.
www.polygon.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Consume Me is a work of autobiography born out of its creator's real experiences growing up in NYC. I spent a day with the devs visiting real places that inspired the game and looking through boxes of high school memories. A chat about how to adapt reality to game. www.polygon.com/consume-me-j...
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i’m still currently taking a break from responding to messages but i just wanna let you all know i am reading them and i really appreciate all the overwhelming love and support for the game 🥹💞 thank you playing Consume Me 🥺 #gaming #indiegames #indiegamedev #gamedev #videogames
September 27, 2025 at 4:47 AM
i’m still currently taking a break from responding to messages but i just wanna let you all know i am reading them and i really appreciate all the overwhelming love and support for the game 🥹💞 thank you playing Consume Me 🥺 #gaming #indiegames #indiegamedev #gamedev #videogames
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One the things I'm really loving about Consume Me is how unmistakably it takes place in NYC, in subtle but detailed and grounded ways. Reading on the subway, going on dates at museums, the manhattan mall, doing laundry in the basement. I grew up here too, and I never see the city shown like this.
September 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
One the things I'm really loving about Consume Me is how unmistakably it takes place in NYC, in subtle but detailed and grounded ways. Reading on the subway, going on dates at museums, the manhattan mall, doing laundry in the basement. I grew up here too, and I never see the city shown like this.
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It will surprise literally no one to learn that I fkn loved Consume Me, the coming-of-age slice-of-life WarioWare-meets-Persona game about being an Asian teen (there's more to it than that I promise)
@qdork.bsky.social + @apthomson.bsky.social made something really, really good! You should play it!
@qdork.bsky.social + @apthomson.bsky.social made something really, really good! You should play it!
The IGF Award-winning 'Consume Me' is a supremely confident piece of work that celebrates and salutes all the small joys and anxieties of life, while being an utterly charming and moreish time management game.
thisweekinvideogames.com/review/consu...
thisweekinvideogames.com/review/consu...
Consume Me Review
Consume Me is a highly charming and compelling slice-of-life management game that's bursting with character and good humour.
thisweekinvideogames.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
It will surprise literally no one to learn that I fkn loved Consume Me, the coming-of-age slice-of-life WarioWare-meets-Persona game about being an Asian teen (there's more to it than that I promise)
@qdork.bsky.social + @apthomson.bsky.social made something really, really good! You should play it!
@qdork.bsky.social + @apthomson.bsky.social made something really, really good! You should play it!
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Here's a brand new Dev Dive with the team behind Consume Me, the game that won the grand prize at GDC earlier this year. I had such a blast having a fun, reflective conversation with @qdork.bsky.social , @apthomson.bsky.social @frogfungus.bsky.social about the game!
youtube.com/watch?v=JoxW...
youtube.com/watch?v=JoxW...
youtube.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Here's a brand new Dev Dive with the team behind Consume Me, the game that won the grand prize at GDC earlier this year. I had such a blast having a fun, reflective conversation with @qdork.bsky.social , @apthomson.bsky.social @frogfungus.bsky.social about the game!
youtube.com/watch?v=JoxW...
youtube.com/watch?v=JoxW...
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actually i changed my mind store.steampowered.com/app/2359120/... #gaming #indiegames #gamedev #indiegamedev #videogames
September 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
actually i changed my mind store.steampowered.com/app/2359120/... #gaming #indiegames #gamedev #indiegamedev #videogames
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Baby Steps starts as an elaborate shitpost before slowly revealing itself to be a sincere game about male insecurity. A deconstruction of the kind of idealized picture of manhood that video games helped create wrapped in a terrific slapstick comedy. My review. www.polygon.com/baby-steps-r...
You will not survive Baby Steps' open world, but you'll laugh
QWOP goes open world in 2025's funniest game
www.polygon.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Baby Steps starts as an elaborate shitpost before slowly revealing itself to be a sincere game about male insecurity. A deconstruction of the kind of idealized picture of manhood that video games helped create wrapped in a terrific slapstick comedy. My review. www.polygon.com/baby-steps-r...
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it’s not like there are any other games releasing at the same time 🤡
store.steampowered.com/app/2359120/...
#indiegames #hades2 #gaming #silksong #cloverpit #babysteps
store.steampowered.com/app/2359120/...
#indiegames #hades2 #gaming #silksong #cloverpit #babysteps
September 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
it’s not like there are any other games releasing at the same time 🤡
store.steampowered.com/app/2359120/...
#indiegames #hades2 #gaming #silksong #cloverpit #babysteps
store.steampowered.com/app/2359120/...
#indiegames #hades2 #gaming #silksong #cloverpit #babysteps
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hello content creators!
you should play consume me because :
- funny
- mini-games
- will make you cry
- award winning
do you want to relive MY high school experience? well now’s the time to request a code to stream or review the game at launch!!
❤️09.25.25❤️
forms.gle/npXsYjN9LvSP...
you should play consume me because :
- funny
- mini-games
- will make you cry
- award winning
do you want to relive MY high school experience? well now’s the time to request a code to stream or review the game at launch!!
❤️09.25.25❤️
forms.gle/npXsYjN9LvSP...
September 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
hello content creators!
you should play consume me because :
- funny
- mini-games
- will make you cry
- award winning
do you want to relive MY high school experience? well now’s the time to request a code to stream or review the game at launch!!
❤️09.25.25❤️
forms.gle/npXsYjN9LvSP...
you should play consume me because :
- funny
- mini-games
- will make you cry
- award winning
do you want to relive MY high school experience? well now’s the time to request a code to stream or review the game at launch!!
❤️09.25.25❤️
forms.gle/npXsYjN9LvSP...
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play as a stressed teenager in Consume Me, a semi-autobiographical RPG out Sept 25 on Steam!
@qdork.bsky.social
🍕 slice-of-life drama!
🧩 mini-game activities!
🐶 there's a dog!
🥣 you'll laugh AND cry!
now's the time to request a code to stream or review at launch!
📝 forms.gle/npXsYjN9LvSP...
@qdork.bsky.social
🍕 slice-of-life drama!
🧩 mini-game activities!
🐶 there's a dog!
🥣 you'll laugh AND cry!
now's the time to request a code to stream or review at launch!
📝 forms.gle/npXsYjN9LvSP...
September 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
play as a stressed teenager in Consume Me, a semi-autobiographical RPG out Sept 25 on Steam!
@qdork.bsky.social
🍕 slice-of-life drama!
🧩 mini-game activities!
🐶 there's a dog!
🥣 you'll laugh AND cry!
now's the time to request a code to stream or review at launch!
📝 forms.gle/npXsYjN9LvSP...
@qdork.bsky.social
🍕 slice-of-life drama!
🧩 mini-game activities!
🐶 there's a dog!
🥣 you'll laugh AND cry!
now's the time to request a code to stream or review at launch!
📝 forms.gle/npXsYjN9LvSP...
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i stg this is the best video i have EVER made.. im gonna be PISSED if it doesn’t go viral 😡 WISHLIST CONSUME ME NOW 💗💗💗 💸 store.steampowered.com/app/3438190/...
June 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
i stg this is the best video i have EVER made.. im gonna be PISSED if it doesn’t go viral 😡 WISHLIST CONSUME ME NOW 💗💗💗 💸 store.steampowered.com/app/3438190/...
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process video for the caffeine crash random encounter in consume me
June 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
process video for the caffeine crash random encounter in consume me