BlueSpruce
@bluespruce.mstdn.games.ap.brid.gy
Social scientist, data scientist, cozy gamer, solarpunk, game dev. 40-something biracial woman, she/her.
Solo developing Cave Oasis at Shylake, a hopeful futuristic […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mstdn.games/@bluespruce, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Solo developing Cave Oasis at Shylake, a hopeful futuristic […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mstdn.games/@bluespruce, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
The Cave Oasis demo is now on itch.io! Downloads for Windows, Linux, and macOS. https://bluespruceinteractive.itch.io/cave-oasis-at-shylake
(It's also on Steam, but I finally made a page on itch.io and uploaded the latest version of the demo there too. Maybe a little backwards but doing my best […]
(It's also on Steam, but I finally made a page on itch.io and uploaded the latest version of the demo there too. Maybe a little backwards but doing my best […]
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mstdn.games
February 7, 2026 at 12:56 AM
The Cave Oasis demo is now on itch.io! Downloads for Windows, Linux, and macOS. https://bluespruceinteractive.itch.io/cave-oasis-at-shylake
(It's also on Steam, but I finally made a page on itch.io and uploaded the latest version of the demo there too. Maybe a little backwards but doing my best […]
(It's also on Steam, but I finally made a page on itch.io and uploaded the latest version of the demo there too. Maybe a little backwards but doing my best […]
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Do people know about this??
The Economic Hardship Reporting Project is a nonprofit org that produces journalism on economic inequality in the US. We give grants to independent journalists reporting on issues related to poverty, class, workers’ rights, & income disparity in the U.S....
The Economic Hardship Reporting Project is a nonprofit org that produces journalism on economic inequality in the US. We give grants to independent journalists reporting on issues related to poverty, class, workers’ rights, & income disparity in the U.S....
Pitch Portal
Quality Journalism About Inequality
economichardship.org
February 6, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Do people know about this??
The Economic Hardship Reporting Project is a nonprofit org that produces journalism on economic inequality in the US. We give grants to independent journalists reporting on issues related to poverty, class, workers’ rights, & income disparity in the U.S....
The Economic Hardship Reporting Project is a nonprofit org that produces journalism on economic inequality in the US. We give grants to independent journalists reporting on issues related to poverty, class, workers’ rights, & income disparity in the U.S....
I just finished making a new trailer for my game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG11aquS3CY
This one shows more of the game’s main story, with dust storms on the surface of the moon threatening to block the town’s precious sunlight.
That means we need to diversify the town's energy tech […]
This one shows more of the game’s main story, with dust storms on the surface of the moon threatening to block the town’s precious sunlight.
That means we need to diversify the town's energy tech […]
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mstdn.games
February 4, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I just finished making a new trailer for my game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG11aquS3CY
This one shows more of the game’s main story, with dust storms on the surface of the moon threatening to block the town’s precious sunlight.
That means we need to diversify the town's energy tech […]
This one shows more of the game’s main story, with dust storms on the surface of the moon threatening to block the town’s precious sunlight.
That means we need to diversify the town's energy tech […]
I’ve released a pretty big update to the demo for my #videogame Cave Oasis at Shylake! It adds main story events that now start from day 1, with dust storms starting to appear on the surface of the moon, that the player will need to help the little cave town prepare to withstand.
This includes […]
This includes […]
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mstdn.games
January 31, 2026 at 7:22 PM
I’ve released a pretty big update to the demo for my #videogame Cave Oasis at Shylake! It adds main story events that now start from day 1, with dust storms starting to appear on the surface of the moon, that the player will need to help the little cave town prepare to withstand.
This includes […]
This includes […]
Blue Otter made a fantastic overview of the Cave Oasis demo, watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXJFv0kWQJw
#indiegame #videogame #cozygame #streamer #letsplay #youtube
#indiegame #videogame #cozygame #streamer #letsplay #youtube
January 12, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Blue Otter made a fantastic overview of the Cave Oasis demo, watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXJFv0kWQJw
#indiegame #videogame #cozygame #streamer #letsplay #youtube
#indiegame #videogame #cozygame #streamer #letsplay #youtube
I just read Sim Kern’s novel The Free People’s Village. It was captivating and thought-provoking, think it should be on any #solarpunk reading list.
It’s speculative fiction set in an alternate present-day Houston, if Gore had won the US presidency in 2000 and […]
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It’s speculative fiction set in an alternate present-day Houston, if Gore had won the US presidency in 2000 and […]
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January 2, 2026 at 3:54 PM
I just read Sim Kern’s novel The Free People’s Village. It was captivating and thought-provoking, think it should be on any #solarpunk reading list.
It’s speculative fiction set in an alternate present-day Houston, if Gore had won the US presidency in 2000 and […]
[Original post on mstdn.games]
It’s speculative fiction set in an alternate present-day Houston, if Gore had won the US presidency in 2000 and […]
[Original post on mstdn.games]
I've opened up the underwater lake scene in my game's demo! You can now swim and forage for seaweed and aquatic fungi in the lake depths. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3689220/Cave_Oasis_at_Shylake/
#indiegame #pcgaming #videogames #gamedev #underwater
#indiegame #pcgaming #videogames #gamedev #underwater
December 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I've opened up the underwater lake scene in my game's demo! You can now swim and forage for seaweed and aquatic fungi in the lake depths. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3689220/Cave_Oasis_at_Shylake/
#indiegame #pcgaming #videogames #gamedev #underwater
#indiegame #pcgaming #videogames #gamedev #underwater
A bunch of wonderful indie gaming streamers/content creators have made some lovely videos of the Cave Oasis demo. These are generally small creators, and they’ve been so supportive and offered tons of great feedback. I should have shared here sooner, please give their videos some love! […]
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mstdn.games
December 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A bunch of wonderful indie gaming streamers/content creators have made some lovely videos of the Cave Oasis demo. These are generally small creators, and they’ve been so supportive and offered tons of great feedback. I should have shared here sooner, please give their videos some love! […]
LadiesGamers wrote up a lovely first impressions article about my game’s demo! https://ladiesgamers.com/cave-oasis-at-shylake-demo-impressions/
It's an indie + wholesome games site that I love, started by a couple of older women gamers. I don't think they're on Mastodon, but they're on BlueSky […]
It's an indie + wholesome games site that I love, started by a couple of older women gamers. I don't think they're on Mastodon, but they're on BlueSky […]
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mstdn.games
December 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
LadiesGamers wrote up a lovely first impressions article about my game’s demo! https://ladiesgamers.com/cave-oasis-at-shylake-demo-impressions/
It's an indie + wholesome games site that I love, started by a couple of older women gamers. I don't think they're on Mastodon, but they're on BlueSky […]
It's an indie + wholesome games site that I love, started by a couple of older women gamers. I don't think they're on Mastodon, but they're on BlueSky […]
I’m completely off of Chrome now! I’ve been using the Vivaldi browser for a while and liking it, finally moved all of my profiles over. None of that agentic stuff for me thank you. An agentic OS or browser sounds like handing over my computer or use of the internet to some intern who’s really […]
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mstdn.games
December 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I’m completely off of Chrome now! I’ve been using the Vivaldi browser for a while and liking it, finally moved all of my profiles over. None of that agentic stuff for me thank you. An agentic OS or browser sounds like handing over my computer or use of the internet to some intern who’s really […]
I just subscribed to COYOTE Media Collective, 15% off right now!
I found them a month or so ago (from another toot :D). It’s a worker-owned media collective (!!) of 11 veteran journalists covering SF Bay Area (w/ strong emphasis on Oakland/East Bay).
The site is an alt-weekly style pub of […]
I found them a month or so ago (from another toot :D). It’s a worker-owned media collective (!!) of 11 veteran journalists covering SF Bay Area (w/ strong emphasis on Oakland/East Bay).
The site is an alt-weekly style pub of […]
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mstdn.games
December 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I just subscribed to COYOTE Media Collective, 15% off right now!
I found them a month or so ago (from another toot :D). It’s a worker-owned media collective (!!) of 11 veteran journalists covering SF Bay Area (w/ strong emphasis on Oakland/East Bay).
The site is an alt-weekly style pub of […]
I found them a month or so ago (from another toot :D). It’s a worker-owned media collective (!!) of 11 veteran journalists covering SF Bay Area (w/ strong emphasis on Oakland/East Bay).
The site is an alt-weekly style pub of […]
The free public demo for Cave Oasis at Shylake is now live!
“So it’s like stardew but weird?” (from TikTok) Pretty much! Or as I like to put it, “eco-socialist alien Stardew”.
Or, with a few more words, it’s a sustainable moon town farm/life sim, with […]
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“So it’s like stardew but weird?” (from TikTok) Pretty much! Or as I like to put it, “eco-socialist alien Stardew”.
Or, with a few more words, it’s a sustainable moon town farm/life sim, with […]
[Original post on mstdn.games]
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The free public demo for Cave Oasis at Shylake is now live!
“So it’s like stardew but weird?” (from TikTok) Pretty much! Or as I like to put it, “eco-socialist alien Stardew”.
Or, with a few more words, it’s a sustainable moon town farm/life sim, with […]
[Original post on mstdn.games]
“So it’s like stardew but weird?” (from TikTok) Pretty much! Or as I like to put it, “eco-socialist alien Stardew”.
Or, with a few more words, it’s a sustainable moon town farm/life sim, with […]
[Original post on mstdn.games]
I’ve made a Discord server for my game! https://discord.gg/TnGPeKHWhR
Made it for demo players to chat, get help, share feedback, etc but also anyone remotely interested in the game and its broader themes. It’s brand new, hardly anyone there, come join us!
The game is Cave Oasis at Shylake, a […]
Made it for demo players to chat, get help, share feedback, etc but also anyone remotely interested in the game and its broader themes. It’s brand new, hardly anyone there, come join us!
The game is Cave Oasis at Shylake, a […]
Original post on mstdn.games
mstdn.games
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I’ve made a Discord server for my game! https://discord.gg/TnGPeKHWhR
Made it for demo players to chat, get help, share feedback, etc but also anyone remotely interested in the game and its broader themes. It’s brand new, hardly anyone there, come join us!
The game is Cave Oasis at Shylake, a […]
Made it for demo players to chat, get help, share feedback, etc but also anyone remotely interested in the game and its broader themes. It’s brand new, hardly anyone there, come join us!
The game is Cave Oasis at Shylake, a […]
I just read this from Wired: "Activists Are Using Fortnite to Fight Back Against ICE"
https://www.wired.com/story/activists-are-using-fortnite-to-fight-back-against-ice/
Focused on the New Save Collective, a group of kind, supportive activist gamers, who've been organizing events to teach […]
https://www.wired.com/story/activists-are-using-fortnite-to-fight-back-against-ice/
Focused on the New Save Collective, a group of kind, supportive activist gamers, who've been organizing events to teach […]
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mstdn.games
November 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I just read this from Wired: "Activists Are Using Fortnite to Fight Back Against ICE"
https://www.wired.com/story/activists-are-using-fortnite-to-fight-back-against-ice/
Focused on the New Save Collective, a group of kind, supportive activist gamers, who've been organizing events to teach […]
https://www.wired.com/story/activists-are-using-fortnite-to-fight-back-against-ice/
Focused on the New Save Collective, a group of kind, supportive activist gamers, who've been organizing events to teach […]
There’s a Steam charity event going on right now called Games Against Living Miserably, raising money for suicide prevention.
A lot of wholesome indie games are participating, many of them on sale, with a portion of proceeds going to fund a hotline and related […]
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A lot of wholesome indie games are participating, many of them on sale, with a portion of proceeds going to fund a hotline and related […]
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September 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
There’s a Steam charity event going on right now called Games Against Living Miserably, raising money for suicide prevention.
A lot of wholesome indie games are participating, many of them on sale, with a portion of proceeds going to fund a hotline and related […]
[Original post on mstdn.games]
A lot of wholesome indie games are participating, many of them on sale, with a portion of proceeds going to fund a hotline and related […]
[Original post on mstdn.games]
New #gamedev blog post about crafting and cooking in my game: https://bluespruceinteractive.com/blog/5-crafting-cooking-mix-match/
The idea is that almost everything needs to be growable, harvestable, reusable, and compostable, to keep up a self-renewing cycle […]
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The idea is that almost everything needs to be growable, harvestable, reusable, and compostable, to keep up a self-renewing cycle […]
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September 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
New #gamedev blog post about crafting and cooking in my game: https://bluespruceinteractive.com/blog/5-crafting-cooking-mix-match/
The idea is that almost everything needs to be growable, harvestable, reusable, and compostable, to keep up a self-renewing cycle […]
[Original post on mstdn.games]
The idea is that almost everything needs to be growable, harvestable, reusable, and compostable, to keep up a self-renewing cycle […]
[Original post on mstdn.games]
I just read The Past is Red by Catherynne M. Valente. It was rude, salty. Devastating. I couldn’t put it down.
September 4, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I just read The Past is Red by Catherynne M. Valente. It was rude, salty. Devastating. I couldn’t put it down.
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I have to tell you that I'm very happy seeing such a beautiful mix of recent art at the #storyseedlibrary - works of Taylor Seamount, Exhell, our Mastodon @NIGHTEN and Yuuna Maiko. You can see so many different facets of the #solarpunk movement and […]
[Original post on writing.exchange]
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August 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I have to tell you that I'm very happy seeing such a beautiful mix of recent art at the #storyseedlibrary - works of Taylor Seamount, Exhell, our Mastodon @NIGHTEN and Yuuna Maiko. You can see so many different facets of the #solarpunk movement and […]
[Original post on writing.exchange]
[Original post on writing.exchange]
There's an Investigative Journalism Game Jam! Hosted by Floodlight Games and Anima Interactive (Anima recently hosted the solarpunk game jam).
You have to apply by tonight in order to participate, because it seems they'll be distributing a package of investigative reports to developers and some […]
You have to apply by tonight in order to participate, because it seems they'll be distributing a package of investigative reports to developers and some […]
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mstdn.games
July 31, 2025 at 8:06 PM
There's an Investigative Journalism Game Jam! Hosted by Floodlight Games and Anima Interactive (Anima recently hosted the solarpunk game jam).
You have to apply by tonight in order to participate, because it seems they'll be distributing a package of investigative reports to developers and some […]
You have to apply by tonight in order to participate, because it seems they'll be distributing a package of investigative reports to developers and some […]
Reposted by BlueSpruce
BREAKING - B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel call Israel's actions in Gaza genocide
Given how important Israeli voices are in this context for obvious reasons: we now have Israel's two leading human rights NGOs in addition to many of its leading Holocaust and Genocide scholars […]
Given how important Israeli voices are in this context for obvious reasons: we now have Israel's two leading human rights NGOs in addition to many of its leading Holocaust and Genocide scholars […]
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spore.social
July 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
BREAKING - B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel call Israel's actions in Gaza genocide
Given how important Israeli voices are in this context for obvious reasons: we now have Israel's two leading human rights NGOs in addition to many of its leading Holocaust and Genocide scholars […]
Given how important Israeli voices are in this context for obvious reasons: we now have Israel's two leading human rights NGOs in addition to many of its leading Holocaust and Genocide scholars […]
I wrote a blog post on the economy in my video game: https://bluespruceinteractive.com/blog/4-video-game-economy/
It's long. There are a lot of moving parts, and I wanted to explain my interwoven reasoning for all of it. (Don’t we all.) But I think it’s now at least coherent. It explains a lot […]
It's long. There are a lot of moving parts, and I wanted to explain my interwoven reasoning for all of it. (Don’t we all.) But I think it’s now at least coherent. It explains a lot […]
Original post on mstdn.games
mstdn.games
July 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I wrote a blog post on the economy in my video game: https://bluespruceinteractive.com/blog/4-video-game-economy/
It's long. There are a lot of moving parts, and I wanted to explain my interwoven reasoning for all of it. (Don’t we all.) But I think it’s now at least coherent. It explains a lot […]
It's long. There are a lot of moving parts, and I wanted to explain my interwoven reasoning for all of it. (Don’t we all.) But I think it’s now at least coherent. It explains a lot […]
I’ve added bikes, scooters and skateboards to my solarpunk video game. You can even ride the bikes on high wires strung between the cliffs overlooking the main cave!
There are root bridges and pedal-powered outdoor elevators too, trying to get around the 3D […]
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There are root bridges and pedal-powered outdoor elevators too, trying to get around the 3D […]
[Original post on mstdn.games]
July 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I’ve added bikes, scooters and skateboards to my solarpunk video game. You can even ride the bikes on high wires strung between the cliffs overlooking the main cave!
There are root bridges and pedal-powered outdoor elevators too, trying to get around the 3D […]
[Original post on mstdn.games]
There are root bridges and pedal-powered outdoor elevators too, trying to get around the 3D […]
[Original post on mstdn.games]
Ugh, I should never read new series-starting books right after they come out. Now I have to wait however long it takes for the author to write another very good novel so I can read the sequel.
The book is Jayán F.R.’s The Wind of Venus: The Aeoliad Part I (https://www.jayanfr.com/books). I had […]
The book is Jayán F.R.’s The Wind of Venus: The Aeoliad Part I (https://www.jayanfr.com/books). I had […]
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mstdn.games
July 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Ugh, I should never read new series-starting books right after they come out. Now I have to wait however long it takes for the author to write another very good novel so I can read the sequel.
The book is Jayán F.R.’s The Wind of Venus: The Aeoliad Part I (https://www.jayanfr.com/books). I had […]
The book is Jayán F.R.’s The Wind of Venus: The Aeoliad Part I (https://www.jayanfr.com/books). I had […]