gnatamania
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gnatamania
@gnatamania.bsky.social
Co-founder of Pointless Games, Busy working on 3(!) games. Ex- Mojang ex-Paradox. Always up for discussing numbers and data about games. Contact natalie@pointlessgames.net
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New Fancy Block Builder update! 🧱 Submit your builds in-game and compete for Build of the Month!

How to submit 👉 youtu.be/_fpOZ9mIShQ

It's our first big social feature so feedback welcome! ❤️
#vr #indiedeveloper #voxels #MetaQuest
New Fancy Block Builder update! 🧱 Submit your builds in-game and compete for Build of the Month!

How to submit 👉 youtu.be/_fpOZ9mIShQ

It's our first big social feature so feedback welcome! ❤️
#vr #indiedeveloper #voxels #MetaQuest
October 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Going live on Twitch, come join us for some challenging deckbuilding fun!
www.twitch.tv/pointless_ga...

#gamedev #indiegaming
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September 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We will be streaming Stones of Power this evening on Twitch! Tune in if you want to join for a chill stream with stones and fedoras 💎🎮
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September 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Just got to hear the music made for our VR game trailer. It's sooo good 😍😍. This one is ending up on my repeat list!
May 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Hello everybody! It's been quiet here about Stones of Power but that doesn't mean we haven't been busy!

Over the next few days I will be sharing some of the major technical changes we've done in the huuuge refactor that will be in next weeks update!
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April 24, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Lab Escape is now out on Steam! How many flasks can you get? 🏆
bit.ly/4inBPqx

#indiegame #sokoban #puzzle #indiedev #Steam #gamedev
April 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
We are happy to announce the Steam Release Date of Lab Escape - our second game released by Pointless Games!

Lab Escape will be available to play on April 17th, just a week from now!

Wishlist and try out the free demo, link in the comments!
April 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Doing some light reading about employment laws.

#smallbiz #indiedev #smallbusiness #sweden #womeninbusiness
February 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Lab Escape is in #SteamNextFest ! Go ahead and help our little indie studio by wishlisting and trying the demo😊

#indiegame #gamedev #indiedev
February 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Our demo for Lab Escape is now live on Steam! Try it out and tell us what you think!

#IndieGame #PuzzleGame #SteamDemo
January 31, 2025 at 7:32 PM
VR development expectation: This is great, it will make me naturally not sit at my desk all the time and make sure I move around naturally!

VR development reality: Can't be bothered to move, I'll just test at my desk. woops, almost knocked the monitor over. Ouch, I hit my hand against the desk
January 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
We're doing a Steam Key giveaway on Reddit for Stones of Power, so if you want a key to a strategic deckbuilder with autobattler elements, go comment on the reddit post :) www.reddit.com/r/steam_give...
From the steam_giveaway community on Reddit: 10 Steam Key Giveaway to a new strategic deckbuilder - Stones of Power
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January 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Went for a walk this morning although instead it was more like I went ice-skating
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January 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
My favourite boardgame right now is Ark Nova. It hits all my buttons of engine building, economy, worker placement, strategy and replayability.

Does anyone know any PC games that have similar elements? Would love some recommendations :)
January 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Wow! Over a 100 people signed up to playtest Stones of Power! Good timing as we just did a major update to our closed alpha and need all the feedback we can get!
December 11, 2024 at 9:16 AM
Could it be Stones of Power update day today? Could something major be dropping today? Who knows! Def not me..
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December 10, 2024 at 10:48 AM
WalkBot was the first game we published on Steam and it is now in the Steam Autumn Sale!

If you want to give this short story-driven puzzle game a try, now is the opportunity to get it at 70% off! Link in the thread.
November 28, 2024 at 11:13 AM
Just enabled the playtest button on our Steam game add got more than 50 applicants in less than a day 😳
November 27, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Pushed the weekly update way too late because instead of uploading the build I started playing it instead.
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November 19, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Today is not just any day, Today my co-founder Matte is joining Pointless Games full-time and I couldn't be more excited of all the things we'll be able to do now 🤩
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November 18, 2024 at 6:41 AM
Moving forward we will be posting regular updates on Steam so it's possible to follow the ongoing changes to Stones of Power!

Link to our first post with a summary of all the changes over the past 10 weeks can be found in the thread below
November 14, 2024 at 6:21 AM
We're going on holiday next week.
Other people's kids: I'm so excited, there will be pools and swimming and beaches!

My kid: I'm so excited, I will be able to find some igneous rocks like basalt and pumice!
October 23, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Stones of Power is a challenging rogue-lite deck-builder where stones are what you use to build your deck.

Most of the stones are based on real stones and minerals and I want to share the used reference pictures and the current version of the stone in the game.

First up - Amber 🔶
October 22, 2024 at 3:10 PM
prepping for new Stones of Power build, this one includes significant change to the game mechanics! Going to be interesting to see how quickly people find broken combos that we've missed 😆

#indiedev #gamedev #deckbuilder #roguelite
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October 20, 2024 at 8:19 PM