Michele Pirovano - making Dotage
@dotage.bsky.social
Indie gamedev, gameplay engineer, PhD, making a game about a grumpy village elder
Hehe a screenshot from a player who clearly knows who is the boss!
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Hehe a screenshot from a player who clearly knows who is the boss!
Have you found all Fish-related events? I did have a lot of fun adding those!
November 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Have you found all Fish-related events? I did have a lot of fun adding those!
Experimenting with adding new sections into the Agepedia... for stuff to come! 👁️
October 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Experimenting with adding new sections into the Agepedia... for stuff to come! 👁️
Hello Elders!
This is just a quick post to celebrate with you all the second birthday of dotAGE! It has already been two years since release!
Thank you to everybody who purchased the game and all players who made this a reality!
This is just a quick post to celebrate with you all the second birthday of dotAGE! It has already been two years since release!
Thank you to everybody who purchased the game and all players who made this a reality!
October 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Hello Elders!
This is just a quick post to celebrate with you all the second birthday of dotAGE! It has already been two years since release!
Thank you to everybody who purchased the game and all players who made this a reality!
This is just a quick post to celebrate with you all the second birthday of dotAGE! It has already been two years since release!
Thank you to everybody who purchased the game and all players who made this a reality!
Version 1.8 (now on experimental) adds a new Boon choice step, at the start of each village!
This spices up early game, trying to make each village more unique from the start! New boons favour fishing, harvesting, and making many Pips!
This spices up early game, trying to make each village more unique from the start! New boons favour fishing, harvesting, and making many Pips!
September 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Version 1.8 (now on experimental) adds a new Boon choice step, at the start of each village!
This spices up early game, trying to make each village more unique from the start! New boons favour fishing, harvesting, and making many Pips!
This spices up early game, trying to make each village more unique from the start! New boons favour fishing, harvesting, and making many Pips!
Just got sent this by a player, love how the achievements already tell you a lot about the story! Congratulations!
September 10, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Just got sent this by a player, love how the achievements already tell you a lot about the story! Congratulations!
I'm back from vacation elders!!!
Which means that I'm releasing the new update soon! Time for a sneak peak of a cool new mechanic! :D
Enter the Recalls!! Soon on experimental with many more changes for 1.8, I'll be hinting at all the rest these days :)
Which means that I'm releasing the new update soon! Time for a sneak peak of a cool new mechanic! :D
Enter the Recalls!! Soon on experimental with many more changes for 1.8, I'll be hinting at all the rest these days :)
September 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I'm back from vacation elders!!!
Which means that I'm releasing the new update soon! Time for a sneak peak of a cool new mechanic! :D
Enter the Recalls!! Soon on experimental with many more changes for 1.8, I'll be hinting at all the rest these days :)
Which means that I'm releasing the new update soon! Time for a sneak peak of a cool new mechanic! :D
Enter the Recalls!! Soon on experimental with many more changes for 1.8, I'll be hinting at all the rest these days :)
Here's a cat litter in the meantime
August 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Here's a cat litter in the meantime
It's bot name appreciation day, where I look at bot names and nod with a smirk!
July 31, 2025 at 8:22 AM
It's bot name appreciation day, where I look at bot names and nod with a smirk!
Ok I've been revising other parts of the Agepedia, I'm moving all Elder details to separate areas as the new elders had a LONG list of stuff!
Much cleaner isn't it?
Much cleaner isn't it?
July 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Ok I've been revising other parts of the Agepedia, I'm moving all Elder details to separate areas as the new elders had a LONG list of stuff!
Much cleaner isn't it?
Much cleaner isn't it?
Hello everybody! How is it going? I've been quite busy with life lately (also trying to solve my workaholism problem) while working on the next update for after the summer focusing on improving the Research Tree, I'll be sharing some cool stuff in the coming weeks!
June 30, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Hello everybody! How is it going? I've been quite busy with life lately (also trying to solve my workaholism problem) while working on the next update for after the summer focusing on improving the Research Tree, I'll be sharing some cool stuff in the coming weeks!
Here is the new roadmap!!!
May 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Here is the new roadmap!!!
I always wanted to add hyperlinking to the game... and so here we are, coming soon!
May 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I always wanted to add hyperlinking to the game... and so here we are, coming soon!
I swear adding a Vegan achievement to the game was the best choice that made dotAGE's emergent narrative flourish
April 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I swear adding a Vegan achievement to the game was the best choice that made dotAGE's emergent narrative flourish
Let's delve into cool stuff from the new Folkways DLC! Dad is one of the new elders, and he has one cool caveat: he can *work* like a bonus Pip! He also has a special icon in the UI where you can see whether he's busy or not!
April 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Let's delve into cool stuff from the new Folkways DLC! Dad is one of the new elders, and he has one cool caveat: he can *work* like a bonus Pip! He also has a special icon in the UI where you can see whether he's busy or not!
This is what happens when you go into exile working on your game for 8 years!
April 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is what happens when you go into exile working on your game for 8 years!
This is why we make games, thank you for the heartfelt review!!!
April 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
This is why we make games, thank you for the heartfelt review!!!
I found some design notes for dotAGE going back to 2014, did you know that "Good Events" appeared only in 2020? That's 6 years since I started working on the game!
I could write a book with all the different iterations of the event system 👁️
I could write a book with all the different iterations of the event system 👁️
April 16, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I found some design notes for dotAGE going back to 2014, did you know that "Good Events" appeared only in 2020? That's 6 years since I started working on the game!
I could write a book with all the different iterations of the event system 👁️
I could write a book with all the different iterations of the event system 👁️
Cat economy is obviously based on meat, which might sound cruel but... well, what did you expect!
April 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Cat economy is obviously based on meat, which might sound cruel but... well, what did you expect!
I just love emergent narrative from gameplay mechanics! Here is the poor Tujelly crying due to being wet!
April 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I just love emergent narrative from gameplay mechanics! Here is the poor Tujelly crying due to being wet!
This achievement is inspired by my late princess Priscilla <3
April 9, 2025 at 8:08 AM
This achievement is inspired by my late princess Priscilla <3
Then explain THIS!!!!
April 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Then explain THIS!!!!
I am mildly annoyed from the fact that more players found a Bourgeoise Pip than a Cat.
April 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I am mildly annoyed from the fact that more players found a Bourgeoise Pip than a Cat.
Down the memory lane! Logo evolution for dotAGE, from 2014 to 2022!
April 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Down the memory lane! Logo evolution for dotAGE, from 2014 to 2022!
As we Italians say: Patience is the Virtue of the Strong! Welcome to the official #TurnBasedThursday thread, we celebrate turn-based games! No rush, only strategy!
#GameDev and #IndieDev, show us your work! Everybody, come and see plenty of awesome games and show your support!
#GameDev and #IndieDev, show us your work! Everybody, come and see plenty of awesome games and show your support!
April 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
As we Italians say: Patience is the Virtue of the Strong! Welcome to the official #TurnBasedThursday thread, we celebrate turn-based games! No rush, only strategy!
#GameDev and #IndieDev, show us your work! Everybody, come and see plenty of awesome games and show your support!
#GameDev and #IndieDev, show us your work! Everybody, come and see plenty of awesome games and show your support!