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Jules Engel 🍉
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Sr PR Manager at @popagenda.co | dungeon miniboss | silly goose | ☭ (they/them)

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Jules Engel 🍉 @ghoulsengel.bsky.social · Jan 30
Howdy, I'm Jules (they/them) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈! I do cool indie game comms / PR stuff at @popagenda.co from Brooklyn, NYC.

Passions include narrative puzzle adventures, silk, horror films, art nouveau, swamps, a pink & green color combo, and public transportation.

Reach me via DM or jules @ popagenda dot co ✌️
ghoulsengel.bsky.social
Advance the leftist agenda. Experience a narrative about alienation of self under capitalism. Purchase Henry Halfhead for 25% off. Enjoy a 2 hour game on company time.

Thank you Christopher and @unwinnable.com for the engaging read!!
The Langston Hughes poem "Lenin" but every instance of "Lenin" says "Henry" instead: Henry walks around the world. Frontiers cannot bar him. Neither barracks nor barricades impede. Nor does barbed wire scar him. Henry walks around the world. Black, brown, and white receive him. Language is no barrier. The strangest tongues believe him. Henry walks around the world. The sun sets like a scar. Between the darkness and the dawn There rises a red star.
November 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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ivyroadgames.bsky.social
🤯 Wanderstop is nominated in the Games for Impact category in @thegameawards.com!

Absolutely blown away, especially considering we're alongside some powerhouses this year: Consume Me, Despelote, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, and South of Midnight.

Go vote for your faves of 2025 at TheGameAwards.com!
A graphic from The Game Awards highlighting Wanderstop as a nominee in the Games for Impact category. Text at the bottom says "Vote at TheGameAwards.com"
November 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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wholesomegames.com
The latest addition to MakeRoom is today's 🌻 Garden Update 🌻 Enjoy 30+ new garden-themed items and some highly requested features like an unrestricted camera and more control when placing items.

Get MakeRoom for 20% off right now during #CozyQuest2025!
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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jurge.site
internet is down, but Morsels, a funky creature collecting roguelite from Toby Dixon (Nidhogg 2 and Atomicrops artist) plus friends is out now.

pretty cool game. I hear Northernlion is playing it at noon today. wow!
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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popagenda.co
Congrats to our dev friends who got nominations @thegameawards.com! 🥳 We're very lucky to be able to help out!

despelote - Best Debut Indie & Games for Impact
Consume Me - Games for Impact
Wanderstop - Games for Impact
LEGO Voyagers - Best Family Game
Peak - Best Multiplayer
November 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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suriel.bsky.social
Consume Me nominated
screenshot of Consume Me in which the main character is saying "I bet it's the President telling me what a good job I did!"
November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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popagenda.co
Henry Halfhead was nominated for Emotional Impact! Congrats to @lululu.games !
November 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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softrains.bsky.social
Ambrosia Sky: Act One is available now!

Your homecoming is not what you expected. An alien fungus has claimed your past and your present. Fight back with every tool at your disposal before it takes your future.

Maeve is waiting.

ambrosiasky.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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possessors.bsky.social
The wait is over. Today, you meet Luca & Rhem.

Heart Machine & Devolver Digital are proud to present: Possessor(s).

PC + PS5. Available now. 😈

store.steampowered.com/app/2132890/...
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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popagenda.co
Goodnight Universe is out tomorrow! Last call for codes!
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🌙Goodnight Universe, the follow-up to Before Your Eyes, comes out in a mere two weeks!

👶Play as Isaac, a 6 months-old baby developing mysterious psychic powers. Move things with your mind (your 👀 and face really) on PC using your camera!

Sign up for a code: forms.gle/WQwuMdfdSW2v...
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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mixtapegame.bsky.social
While developing Artful Escape, our 3D artist Mikey, made an oven asset. It was a nice oven - the work of a true pro. He even put the knobs on. And that’s who we are at Beethoven & Dinosaur. We put the knobs on. Mixtape is almost complete, we’re just putting the knobs on. See you in 2026.
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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hollynielsen.bsky.social
Reminder that from the beginning of next year I’m available for work!

Writing, narrative design, historical & narrative consultancy, research, teaching.

I’m particularly fond of applying historical approaches to worldbuilding & storytelling in interactive mediums
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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lyamgtt.bsky.social
Hey #PitchYaGame !
Magical Greenhouse is a cozy simulation game where you manage your own potion shop ✨

🌿 Take care of Magical Plants
🔮 Experiment with Potions
🎨 Customize your Greenhouse
🌸 Fill Villagers Quest

Thank you @indiegamelover.com & @liamtwose.bsky.social for hosting this event!
November 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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agentepsilon.bsky.social
Hi, #PitchYaGame!

Puzzle Spy International is a '60s spy adventure where you travel the world, chat with (& flirt with!) contacts, and solve substantial thinky puzzles involving wordplay, logic & rules discovery.

A standalone demo is on Steam at s.team/a/3406690 and on itch.io.

#puzzleGame #VN
In this screenshot from Puzzle Spy International: Demo & Prelude, Agent Epsilon - dark skin, short dark hair, serious expression, in a teal and charcoal mod dress - is listening to detective Ewan Danger - chiseled features, blonde hair, 5-o'clock shadow, vest and tie and trench-coat. They're in London, standing in front of the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, and the new Scotland Yard (yes, they really are all right on the same block together, or at least were in the mid-60s.) Danger is saying "We've positively identified them as Hammer and sickle. They're two 'obfuskoperatives' who work for the Soviet Cypher Force." A puzzle with a bunch of clues at the top and 26 baggage tags at the bottom. The tags are from the '60s, back when each airport had its own colors and graphic elements on the tags, they didn't all look the same like they do now. The baggage tags are in disarray, as a player has already moved many of them around. Covering up some of the clues is a modal showing hints for the puzzle. The hints read "hint 1: There's something wrong with each one of these sentences" and "hint 2: There are places where letters are missing, but thanks to the baggage tags, we have extra letters!" A scene in a cafe. It's simplified, retro art with just a few colors, mostly browns, purples and tans. Several people sit at tables, and most of them are looking at you. Each person has a box to fill in next to them. There are hints on the left - for example, "Embarek is reading" and "Aloui and Bakhti hate each other and sit in opposite corners as far apart as possible" - but in this screenshot, some of the hints are in fake Latin. You'll have to eventually buy the game to see the real clues and find your contact in this cafe. Agent Epsilon is confronted by Stefania Plinth, who is agrily gesturing and saying "Those diavoli! They broke in here and stole the Eswatini Giant!" Both women are in 60s outfits, Epsilon in a teal mod short-sleeved dress and Stefania in a blue and cream dress with a wide collar and double-breaster buttons up the front. She's got cats-eye glasses and her hair is in a tight bun. Both are standing in the geology museum, with display cases of rocks, framed phots of how plate tectonics work, and a T-rex skeleton in the back. The scene is purple and gold and the whole thing is drawn in a mid-century modern art style.
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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futurevibecheck.bsky.social
Hey #PitchYaGame!

I'm making Future Vibe Check. An automation game where you make music.

• Factorio-inspired building meets real-time musical composition
• Production chains generate notes, beats, and melodies
• No music theory required

Steam & discord in bio
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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pipapogames.bsky.social
It's time for #pitchyagame!
In 'Map Map - A Game About Maps' you ...

🗺️ make your own maps
📍 embark on a cozy treasure hunt
🏝️ explore idyllic islands

Head over to Steam and try our demo 🤗 (can you find all of the 5 hidden treasures? 😯)

✨ s.team/a/2702260/
November 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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jotson.bsky.social
#PitchYaGame The Mailroom is a horror job simulator where you sort mail in a regional office of Hell located in Modesto, California — it's like spooky "Papers, Please" with demons, necromancy, and frogs — DEMO OUT NOW s.team/a/4043990/ #indiegame #gamedev #horrorgame
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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rollergirlgame.bsky.social
Happy #PitchYaGame!

RollerGirl is the slice-of-life adventure game you have been waiting for!

🎶Choose your own vibe with your MP3 player
🗺️Explore a small town on rollerblades
💅Get swept up in local drama

store.steampowered.com/app/2828540/...
November 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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wario64.bsky.social
Man I Just Wanna Go Home is $2.09 on Steam buff.ly/56GDiEg
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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lizardengland.bsky.social
anyway for my fellow devs I recommend filling out the state of the industry survey, it's imperfect but about as good as we get in trying to get a yearly pulse of the industry

gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26
2026 State of the Game Industry
The gaming industry's most comprehensive annual survey is back, and we're casting a wider net than ever before. Whether you're a developer, executive, investor, marketer, educator, or any other profes...
gdconf.typeform.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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iftechfoundation.org
Two more weeks to apply to our microgrants program! We've received a few applications already (wooo!) but there is room left, so shoot your shot!

Head over to blog.iftechfoundation.org/2025-10-12-2..., and ask us any lingering questions - we want to hear from you!
2026 IFTF Microgrant Applications Now Open!
You can now apply to our third grant cycle!
blog.iftechfoundation.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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wholesomegames.com
Get ready for the latest Wholesome Snack this December 9, 2025 starting at 12pm PT / 3pm ET!

Tune in for 20+ exclusive and world premiere announcements from games that inspire optimism, hope, and introspection. As always, huge thanks to @thegameawards.com for co-broadcasting!
October 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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yourkyotowife.bsky.social
Hi everyone, I'm urgently looking for any work. I'm a writer and narrative designer, I offer game consultations and mock reviews, I localise between German and English, I can write copy. If it needs words, I'll do it! Here's some games I've written on in the past:
Wax Heads by Pattatue Games, coming 2026. I'm a writer on this game! The image shows a character, Tee, wearing a pink longsleeve and holding a vinyl she just pulled from its purple slipcase, about to putvit onto a record player. Tee has aqua hair with lime green bangs, she's wearing glasses and headphones around her neck. In the background, a man is looking through a vinyl rack. Oddsparks, released this year, nominated for the Deutsche Entwicklerpreis. I wrote on this game, too! The image shows your character, wearing a red cloak with yellow accents and holding a wooden staff. Under their arm, they're holding a wood spark, a tiny creature that looks like a tree stump with googly eyes. They're lookingvdown onto an assembly line from their vantage point on a cliff. Mars Vice, a queer visual novel. The image shows a woman of colour in an olive turtleneck holdingba to go coffee cup. She's quishrd between several anthropomorphic animals. She's looking grumpily up at her partner, a male lion. Mythwrecked! I'm it's lead writer. The image shows Alex, a woman if colour with a poofy bun of natural hair, shorts and a tankntop, in front of several other characters.
October 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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lizardengland.bsky.social
This game is fantastic. Series of short horror games with the same art, overarching story, dark yet comedic tone, and yet from different creators. Highly recommend it for a spooky play this season.
October 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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qdork.bsky.social
this was what i came up with off the top of my head when i was recording. it’s definitely not an all-encapsulating response. i could make a million videos on “what is your video game about” and the answer would be different every time. maybe i’ll try it this one again in the future. enjoy! #gaming
October 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM