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A video game studio growing the future of social play. 🌳 Follow along here and on our website: www.gardens.dev
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Gardens 🌳 @gardens.dev · Dec 3
strandbox game
steph.cam stephen @steph.cam · Oct 21
strandbox game
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lincolnhello.bsky.social
lotta people about to be bludgeoned to death by baboons
kitfoxgames.com Kitfox Games 🦊 @kitfoxgames.com · Aug 7
The award-winning Caves of Qud is coming to Nintendo Switch in Q4 2025!
August 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
gardens.dev
we hosted a secret teahouse LAN party during Summer Game Fest this past weekend where we let a select group of folks play our still-unannounced debut game. it was so heartening to see the enthusiastic response to what we've been building!
an overhead shot of a warmly lit teahouse room full of people -- some sitting on the floor, some standing and chatting. concept art is projected onto gauzey fabric hanging from the ceiling. there are 4 PC demo stations on short tables on the floor and 2 more standing PC demo stations on the side. the footage on the screen is censored. a close-up shot of 4 people seated around a PC demo station. there are people standing and talking in the background next to a tea bar.
June 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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hunktears.online
before I log back off FOREVER, I am a full time writer at @gardens.dev now. we're making games. it's pretty neat.
June 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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caylen.bsky.social
thanks for the well wishes everyone!

can't really talk about what the game is for a bit, but will say the two reasons I joined up was the people working on it are incredible, and the game itself is something truly special

i will give one hint though:

bsky.app/profile/gard...
gardens.dev Gardens 🌳 @gardens.dev · Dec 3
strandbox game
steph.cam stephen @steph.cam · Oct 21
strandbox game
May 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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caylen.bsky.social
always wanted to do one of these
May 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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steph.cam
March 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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gardens.dev
strandbox game
steph.cam stephen @steph.cam · Oct 21
strandbox game
December 3, 2024 at 11:45 PM
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gardens.dev
bye gdc
gardens key art depicting companions crossing a forest clearing, one adventurer carrying an injured companion, mysterious totems in the background
March 22, 2025 at 3:54 AM
gardens.dev
bye gdc
gardens key art depicting companions crossing a forest clearing, one adventurer carrying an injured companion, mysterious totems in the background
March 22, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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🌳❤️🌳
pixellesmtl.bsky.social Pixelles @pixellesmtl.bsky.social · Mar 17
The Pixelles Ensemble, in partnership with @officialgdc.bsky.social, is a critical opportunity for any developer to accelerate career growth through a week of panels, workshops, networking, and mentoring. Thank you to @gardens.dev for their continued support of this important program! 💚
March 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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gardens.dev
we're making a shared fantasy adventure game in which making stew is important. it takes a lot! in fact, you can never have too many cooks.

help us cook!! we're hiring a Gameplay & Combat Designer! our remote studio offers competitive salaries, 35-hr work weeks & more 🐸

tinyurl.com/gardens-jobs...
in this concept art by Gardens art director @Phandy.bsky.social, three figures sit around a campire fire beneath huge, mossy stone statues. a red-cloaked character sits and sharpens their blade with a whetstone, and the other two (one wearing a blue wizard-like hat, the other in a hooded teal cloak) are collaborating over a pot of stew.
January 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
gardens.dev
i promise we're making a very good video game but the Gardens team has also been debating how many eggs we could eat in a sitting for two entire days

more eggs than Marlon Brando? is eating eggs PvP?

bluesky how many eggs do you think you could eat in a sitting this is really important
steph.cam stephen @steph.cam · Jan 23
i think "21 eggs already! i'm better than you newman" all the time
Brando was extremely competitive, and in 1968 he appeared at a private party celebrating Oscar nominations in which Paul Newman was in attendance with his wife Joanne Woodward. Brando approached Newman and began a conversation that eventually became very heated, resulting in Brando shouting and Newman walking away. Later that evening Brando stood on a table and challenged Newman to an egg eating contest, like the one Newman was depicted doing in Cool Hand Luke, however Newman ignored the challenge. Brando, undeterred, had somebody from his entourage bring him dozens of hard boiled eggs, and started the competition without Newman. While eating, he would loudly keep count as he consumed the eggs saying things like "21 Newman! 21 eggs already! I'm better than you Newman!", while mocking and insulting Newman the whole time, and calling him a "phony". Eventually, Brando consumed 51 eggs before being removed from the party, 1 more than Newman's character did in Cool Hand Luke. As he was being escorted out, he reportedly said "51 eggs Newman! I beat you! You couldn't eat 51 eggs because you're a phony, Newman. I'm better than you, and always will be Newman! Don't ever forget that!" - True Hollywood Tales 1997
January 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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caylen.bsky.social
genuinely excited about what this studio is working on. if you're what they are looking for, I would urge you to apply

phenomenal attitude about how games should be made, from the people making them to the people they are made for

they're not kidding about the work/life balance stuff either!
gardens.dev Gardens 🌳 @gardens.dev · Jan 17
we're making a shared fantasy adventure game in which making stew is important. it takes a lot! in fact, you can never have too many cooks.

help us cook!! we're hiring a Gameplay & Combat Designer! our remote studio offers competitive salaries, 35-hr work weeks & more 🐸

tinyurl.com/gardens-jobs...
in this concept art by Gardens art director @Phandy.bsky.social, three figures sit around a campire fire beneath huge, mossy stone statues. a red-cloaked character sits and sharpens their blade with a whetstone, and the other two (one wearing a blue wizard-like hat, the other in a hooded teal cloak) are collaborating over a pot of stew.
January 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
gardens.dev
we're making a shared fantasy adventure game in which making stew is important. it takes a lot! in fact, you can never have too many cooks.

help us cook!! we're hiring a Gameplay & Combat Designer! our remote studio offers competitive salaries, 35-hr work weeks & more 🐸

tinyurl.com/gardens-jobs...
in this concept art by Gardens art director @Phandy.bsky.social, three figures sit around a campire fire beneath huge, mossy stone statues. a red-cloaked character sits and sharpens their blade with a whetstone, and the other two (one wearing a blue wizard-like hat, the other in a hooded teal cloak) are collaborating over a pot of stew.
January 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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eurogamer.bsky.social
Dwarf Fortress' roguelike Adventure Mode gets full Steam launch this month, following a lengthy public beta www.eurogamer.net/dwarf-fortre...
Dwarf Fortress Adventure Mode art showing a party of adventurers - including a frog, a dwarf, a goose, and a lute-playing bard - situated next to a vast lake with mountains visible beyond.
January 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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badtakes.bsky.social
he’s cooking with this one. it’s very fun already
December 10, 2024 at 11:08 PM
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steph.cam
screenshot from twitter. @buggirl tweeting " i need a cozy game where you also fight for your life but isnt too hard so that i dont rage quit all the time and also has a decent amount of lore" and the gardens account quote tweeting it saying "watch this space"
December 10, 2024 at 9:00 PM
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mollygos.com
it's a new genre and it's pronounced "gorp" (the second g is silent)

if you pronounce it "jorp" like the gif guy i'm gonna ban u from the gorp
December 10, 2024 at 9:40 PM
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jfg.land
By the way I don't think ANY of the Caves of Qud launch speedrunning contest categories have been completed (including the milder Wander Mode one).

Meaning if you're willing to stream your playthrough, you can claim some of this rad new merch for free

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Caves of Qud 1.0 Launch Speedrun Contest
Caves of Qud 1.0 Launch Speedrun Contest To celebrate the launch of Caves of Qud 1.0 we are challenging speedrunners, Qud experts and streamers alike to complete the game as quickly as possible. Will...
docs.google.com
December 8, 2024 at 10:20 PM
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sylvibullet.bsky.social
playing video games
caves of qud item named 'wet baboon corpse'
December 9, 2024 at 4:17 AM
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lincolnhello.bsky.social
here's the slide btw
hello i'm lincoln and this is my slide about Caves of Qud - classic tile-based roguelike—aka "the good shit"—set in a science-fantasy deep future. a really rich setting revealed through esoteric prose, procedurally-generated histories, and conversations with non-human intelligences. also you can make a precognitive turtle man with an autocannon - you can: 1) turn furniture into people 2) clone and befriend/eat yourself 3) contract an intelligent fungal infection that will whisper secrets about the world 4) become so psychic that you attract extradimensional hunters ... and so much more! - i fought alongside a crab president for twelve of my human hours until invisible trolls threw axes at him to death - the UI doesnt cause physical pain anymore - water is their dollars
October 15, 2024 at 7:20 PM
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mollygos.com
pov ur making a video game 👩‍🍳 @gardens.dev
a slack screenshot that reads Molly Carroll: we need to develop a kind of ping morse code but for commonly used phrases instead of letters. like "thank you" is two quick pings. "it's too late for me, tell my wife i love her" is 3 long sad pings
December 3, 2024 at 10:47 PM