Idle Researcher - Familiar Findings demo out now
@idleresearcher.bsky.social
Indie dev and producer for idle game Familiar Findings
👾 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3914780?utm_source=irbsky
Former Dev at Jagex
Full-time cat bed (and react native engineer)
🇮🇪 Living in 🏴
#IrishGameDev #IndieDev #GameDev
(They/Them)
👾 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3914780?utm_source=irbsky
Former Dev at Jagex
Full-time cat bed (and react native engineer)
🇮🇪 Living in 🏴
#IrishGameDev #IndieDev #GameDev
(They/Them)
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Familiar Findings is part of the #MidwinterSpirits Festival!
🌟 Cozy witchy idle game
🧙♀️Complete your magical grimoire
👻 Summon grumpy ghosts, sleepy dragons and two-tailed cats
✏️ Play while you study, work or over other games!
Demo out now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3914780?...
🌟 Cozy witchy idle game
🧙♀️Complete your magical grimoire
👻 Summon grumpy ghosts, sleepy dragons and two-tailed cats
✏️ Play while you study, work or over other games!
Demo out now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3914780?...
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She's hit her goal for the World Wildlife Foundation! If you donate to Kilara's campaign she will summon a Familiar from the game to sit at the bottom of the screen while she streams.
So awesome to see our game be apart of such a great cause that's so fitting and close to our hearts.
So awesome to see our game be apart of such a great cause that's so fitting and close to our hearts.
Fundraising w/ @jinglejam.co.uk for @wwf.org.uk
Jingle Jammies are Live! 🐾 Cozy Critters 🐾
Check out the link to donate!
Reminder to click the Reward of the JJ Collection
to add it to your cart, you want the games!
tilt.fyi/wILLcZaGCB
See you in an hour for the stream!
twitch.tv/kilarakaito
Jingle Jammies are Live! 🐾 Cozy Critters 🐾
Check out the link to donate!
Reminder to click the Reward of the JJ Collection
to add it to your cart, you want the games!
tilt.fyi/wILLcZaGCB
See you in an hour for the stream!
twitch.tv/kilarakaito
a woman is wearing a christmas sweater and a santa hat and says jingle bells .
ALT: a woman is wearing a christmas sweater and a santa hat and says jingle bells .
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
She's hit her goal for the World Wildlife Foundation! If you donate to Kilara's campaign she will summon a Familiar from the game to sit at the bottom of the screen while she streams.
So awesome to see our game be apart of such a great cause that's so fitting and close to our hearts.
So awesome to see our game be apart of such a great cause that's so fitting and close to our hearts.
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I assume asking like this almost never works but pls let me know of any marketing or communications or social media gigs, my insurance is now 700$ a month and I need the juice!!
December 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Thanks guys for having me on! My first podcast appearance as an indie dev and I think I only cursed twice. #indiedev
Today on #FragmentsofSilicon we welcome @cliffagames.bsky.social l to the program to talk about #FamiliarFindings live beginning at 11 AM ET! Be sure to watch and sub to the #Twitch page today! www.twitch.tv/fragmentsofs... #Gamedev #Indiedev #Indiegamedev #Indiedevhour
FragmentsofSilicon - Twitch
Welcome to the central broadcasting hub for the Fragments of Silicon video game webcast and podcast, proudly putting out the Fragments of Silicon show, Daylight Interviews, Fragments of Silicon Review...
www.twitch.tv
December 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Thanks guys for having me on! My first podcast appearance as an indie dev and I think I only cursed twice. #indiedev
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Hello, fellow mythozoologists! How is your research going? 😊 To make the experience even more magical, we released a demo update, including Irish translations and Twitch integrations!! 🎉
See the full list of changes here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/391...
#FamiliarFindings #IndieDev #GameDev
See the full list of changes here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/391...
#FamiliarFindings #IndieDev #GameDev
Familiar Findings - Patch Notes (Demo) - November 22nd 2025 - Steam News
Irish translations, renaming improvements and Twitch integration
store.steampowered.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Hello, fellow mythozoologists! How is your research going? 😊 To make the experience even more magical, we released a demo update, including Irish translations and Twitch integrations!! 🎉
See the full list of changes here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/391...
#FamiliarFindings #IndieDev #GameDev
See the full list of changes here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/391...
#FamiliarFindings #IndieDev #GameDev
Familiar Findings is part of the #MidwinterSpirits Festival!
🌟 Cozy witchy idle game
🧙♀️Complete your magical grimoire
👻 Summon grumpy ghosts, sleepy dragons and two-tailed cats
✏️ Play while you study, work or over other games!
Demo out now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3914780?...
🌟 Cozy witchy idle game
🧙♀️Complete your magical grimoire
👻 Summon grumpy ghosts, sleepy dragons and two-tailed cats
✏️ Play while you study, work or over other games!
Demo out now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3914780?...
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Familiar Findings is part of the #MidwinterSpirits Festival!
🌟 Cozy witchy idle game
🧙♀️Complete your magical grimoire
👻 Summon grumpy ghosts, sleepy dragons and two-tailed cats
✏️ Play while you study, work or over other games!
Demo out now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3914780?...
🌟 Cozy witchy idle game
🧙♀️Complete your magical grimoire
👻 Summon grumpy ghosts, sleepy dragons and two-tailed cats
✏️ Play while you study, work or over other games!
Demo out now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3914780?...
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Previously on RGS: The Abbess Garden #IndieDev #IndieGame. More:
The Abbess Garden – Cozy Historical Gardening Game with Romance & Intrigue
The Abbess Garden is a cozy gardening game set in 17th-century France, blending plant care with queer romance, espionage, and court intrigue.
f.mtr.cool
November 27, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Previously on RGS: The Abbess Garden #IndieDev #IndieGame. More:
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Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
Thread of demos from Games from Vancouver that I'm excited to check out:
#WishlistWednesday #GamesfromVancouver #gamedev #indiegames
#WishlistWednesday #GamesfromVancouver #gamedev #indiegames
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Thread of demos from Games from Vancouver that I'm excited to check out:
#WishlistWednesday #GamesfromVancouver #gamedev #indiegames
#WishlistWednesday #GamesfromVancouver #gamedev #indiegames
Games from Vancouver Steam sale shows just how stacked the Vancouver Games industry is: Wanderstop, Darkest Dungeon, Peglin, Inscryption, 1000x Resist and so many others.
Excited for Familiar Findings to be apart of it. Check it out and wishlist the game while you're there! #WishlistWednesday
Excited for Familiar Findings to be apart of it. Check it out and wishlist the game while you're there! #WishlistWednesday
Games From Vancouver
This showcase assembles over 100 games made in the Greater Vancouver area – from beloved indie darlings to venerated franchise hits.
store.steampowered.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Games from Vancouver Steam sale shows just how stacked the Vancouver Games industry is: Wanderstop, Darkest Dungeon, Peglin, Inscryption, 1000x Resist and so many others.
Excited for Familiar Findings to be apart of it. Check it out and wishlist the game while you're there! #WishlistWednesday
Excited for Familiar Findings to be apart of it. Check it out and wishlist the game while you're there! #WishlistWednesday
Unfortunately, Familiar Findings wasn't eligible for #SteamAnimalFest. Apparently unicorns count as animals, but dragons don't 🤷
Don't worry though, our demo is staying life indefinitely, so even if we're not featured you can still enjoy all of our magical creatures!
#steam #wishlistwednesday
Don't worry though, our demo is staying life indefinitely, so even if we're not featured you can still enjoy all of our magical creatures!
#steam #wishlistwednesday
November 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Unfortunately, Familiar Findings wasn't eligible for #SteamAnimalFest. Apparently unicorns count as animals, but dragons don't 🤷
Don't worry though, our demo is staying life indefinitely, so even if we're not featured you can still enjoy all of our magical creatures!
#steam #wishlistwednesday
Don't worry though, our demo is staying life indefinitely, so even if we're not featured you can still enjoy all of our magical creatures!
#steam #wishlistwednesday
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November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Companies have so fetishized the idea of free labor they’re paying the highest prices to get it.
If they can just realize their dream of a world without employees, they think, the savings will come. The savings will come.
It’ll all be worth it when nobody has a job and all the money’s dried up.
If they can just realize their dream of a world without employees, they think, the savings will come. The savings will come.
It’ll all be worth it when nobody has a job and all the money’s dried up.
ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
November 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Companies have so fetishized the idea of free labor they’re paying the highest prices to get it.
If they can just realize their dream of a world without employees, they think, the savings will come. The savings will come.
It’ll all be worth it when nobody has a job and all the money’s dried up.
If they can just realize their dream of a world without employees, they think, the savings will come. The savings will come.
It’ll all be worth it when nobody has a job and all the money’s dried up.
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This wasn’t about leaking GTA VI.
It was:
Rockstar illegally firing union members to stop the studio from unionizing.
it directly contradicts Rockstar’s PR narrative and confirms almost everything that people suspected was going on.
It was:
Rockstar illegally firing union members to stop the studio from unionizing.
it directly contradicts Rockstar’s PR narrative and confirms almost everything that people suspected was going on.
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This wasn’t about leaking GTA VI.
It was:
Rockstar illegally firing union members to stop the studio from unionizing.
it directly contradicts Rockstar’s PR narrative and confirms almost everything that people suspected was going on.
It was:
Rockstar illegally firing union members to stop the studio from unionizing.
it directly contradicts Rockstar’s PR narrative and confirms almost everything that people suspected was going on.
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And then for cozy quarter screen idling, Familiar Findings looks like an adorable, relaxing time by @cliffagames.bsky.social store.steampowered.com/app/3914780/...
Familiar Findings on Steam
Summon and study witches’ familiars in this charming creature collection game. Gather dragons, spirits and more in your quest to complete your magical grimoire. Watch them enchant your screen without ...
store.steampowered.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
And then for cozy quarter screen idling, Familiar Findings looks like an adorable, relaxing time by @cliffagames.bsky.social store.steampowered.com/app/3914780/...
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Melínoe from Hades 2 🗡️
November 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Melínoe from Hades 2 🗡️
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5 days to go- and we are SO SO SO CLOSE to being able to make Fractured Library the best game we can. 🥹
If you like cozy, magic, and some top-tier humour in-between emotional moments, you might like to back this
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rag...
#indiegame #Kickstarter #cozygame
If you like cozy, magic, and some top-tier humour in-between emotional moments, you might like to back this
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rag...
#indiegame #Kickstarter #cozygame
November 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
5 days to go- and we are SO SO SO CLOSE to being able to make Fractured Library the best game we can. 🥹
If you like cozy, magic, and some top-tier humour in-between emotional moments, you might like to back this
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rag...
#indiegame #Kickstarter #cozygame
If you like cozy, magic, and some top-tier humour in-between emotional moments, you might like to back this
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rag...
#indiegame #Kickstarter #cozygame
Just know when you see the wonderful animations in Familiar Findings that this is what our lead animator has to put up with for references from me. As you might be able to tell I am not the artist for this game.
#IndieDev #whosthatpokemon
#IndieDev #whosthatpokemon
November 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Just know when you see the wonderful animations in Familiar Findings that this is what our lead animator has to put up with for references from me. As you might be able to tell I am not the artist for this game.
#IndieDev #whosthatpokemon
#IndieDev #whosthatpokemon
Hey #PitchYaGame!
Familiar Findings Demo Out Now:
👾Creature collector and idler
🧙♀️Summon magical creatures
👻Sleepy Dragons, Grumpy Ghosts, Curious Cats and more
✏️Play while you study, work or over other games!
#IndieDev #cozygames #idler
Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3914780/...
Familiar Findings Demo Out Now:
👾Creature collector and idler
🧙♀️Summon magical creatures
👻Sleepy Dragons, Grumpy Ghosts, Curious Cats and more
✏️Play while you study, work or over other games!
#IndieDev #cozygames #idler
Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3914780/...
November 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Hey #PitchYaGame!
Familiar Findings Demo Out Now:
👾Creature collector and idler
🧙♀️Summon magical creatures
👻Sleepy Dragons, Grumpy Ghosts, Curious Cats and more
✏️Play while you study, work or over other games!
#IndieDev #cozygames #idler
Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3914780/...
Familiar Findings Demo Out Now:
👾Creature collector and idler
🧙♀️Summon magical creatures
👻Sleepy Dragons, Grumpy Ghosts, Curious Cats and more
✏️Play while you study, work or over other games!
#IndieDev #cozygames #idler
Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3914780/...
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Did you know that alt.ctrl.GDC is celebrating 12 years of alternative controllers this year? We’re looking for your coolest idea, if you built it and the game to go with it, it’s time to submit your project!
Submissions close November 20th.
Submit today! bit.ly/43dEaQc
#GDC2026
Submissions close November 20th.
Submit today! bit.ly/43dEaQc
#GDC2026
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Did you know that alt.ctrl.GDC is celebrating 12 years of alternative controllers this year? We’re looking for your coolest idea, if you built it and the game to go with it, it’s time to submit your project!
Submissions close November 20th.
Submit today! bit.ly/43dEaQc
#GDC2026
Submissions close November 20th.
Submit today! bit.ly/43dEaQc
#GDC2026
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It's #PitchYaGame!
Elfie: A Sand Plan is game where you help a small elephant build sand castles! 🐘
🏖️ Relax at the beach!
🧩 Solve open-ended 3D geometric puzzles!
🏰 Build your own castles in sandbox mode!
You can play the demo on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/3784760/...
#IndieGame #CozyGame
Elfie: A Sand Plan is game where you help a small elephant build sand castles! 🐘
🏖️ Relax at the beach!
🧩 Solve open-ended 3D geometric puzzles!
🏰 Build your own castles in sandbox mode!
You can play the demo on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/3784760/...
#IndieGame #CozyGame
November 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It's #PitchYaGame!
Elfie: A Sand Plan is game where you help a small elephant build sand castles! 🐘
🏖️ Relax at the beach!
🧩 Solve open-ended 3D geometric puzzles!
🏰 Build your own castles in sandbox mode!
You can play the demo on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/3784760/...
#IndieGame #CozyGame
Elfie: A Sand Plan is game where you help a small elephant build sand castles! 🐘
🏖️ Relax at the beach!
🧩 Solve open-ended 3D geometric puzzles!
🏰 Build your own castles in sandbox mode!
You can play the demo on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/3784760/...
#IndieGame #CozyGame
Are you someone who has streamed #FamiliarFindings? Would you like to help us decide what sort of Twitch integrations to add to the game? Then please reach out to me in DMs (or reply to this), we really want to make sure what we're building is something streamers will love!
#indiedev #cozygame
#indiedev #cozygame
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Are you someone who has streamed #FamiliarFindings? Would you like to help us decide what sort of Twitch integrations to add to the game? Then please reach out to me in DMs (or reply to this), we really want to make sure what we're building is something streamers will love!
#indiedev #cozygame
#indiedev #cozygame
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SAG-AFTRA stands in solidarity with the IWGB Game Workers Union exercising their right to organize following reports of union-busting at Rockstar. Our members’ union performances on Rockstar games are an integral part of the success and legacy of games like Grand Theft Auto.
November 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM
SAG-AFTRA stands in solidarity with the IWGB Game Workers Union exercising their right to organize following reports of union-busting at Rockstar. Our members’ union performances on Rockstar games are an integral part of the success and legacy of games like Grand Theft Auto.
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UPDATE: Got many great pitches already, most from Latin America & Eastern Europe (which makes sense given my history & previous work lol)
I really want more stories from north of Africa, Middle-East & SEA. I'm reaching out to researchers & journos there, any suggestions & connections are welcome 🙏
I really want more stories from north of Africa, Middle-East & SEA. I'm reaching out to researchers & journos there, any suggestions & connections are welcome 🙏
So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
The Video Game History Expansion Pack – Pitch your story
Today I’m putting my money where my mouth is and launching a new project — a book focused on game history outside of the usual North American perspectives.
crpgbook.wordpress.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
UPDATE: Got many great pitches already, most from Latin America & Eastern Europe (which makes sense given my history & previous work lol)
I really want more stories from north of Africa, Middle-East & SEA. I'm reaching out to researchers & journos there, any suggestions & connections are welcome 🙏
I really want more stories from north of Africa, Middle-East & SEA. I'm reaching out to researchers & journos there, any suggestions & connections are welcome 🙏
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HEY FOLKS!
Now I am back from Japan I wanted to do a proper *I'M LOOKING FOR WORK* post.
Reviews, previews, features, podcasts, on-camera stuff, online, in print... I can do it all! And have been doing it all for like six years!
If you have a beat on any opportunities, please let me know.
Now I am back from Japan I wanted to do a proper *I'M LOOKING FOR WORK* post.
Reviews, previews, features, podcasts, on-camera stuff, online, in print... I can do it all! And have been doing it all for like six years!
If you have a beat on any opportunities, please let me know.
October 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
HEY FOLKS!
Now I am back from Japan I wanted to do a proper *I'M LOOKING FOR WORK* post.
Reviews, previews, features, podcasts, on-camera stuff, online, in print... I can do it all! And have been doing it all for like six years!
If you have a beat on any opportunities, please let me know.
Now I am back from Japan I wanted to do a proper *I'M LOOKING FOR WORK* post.
Reviews, previews, features, podcasts, on-camera stuff, online, in print... I can do it all! And have been doing it all for like six years!
If you have a beat on any opportunities, please let me know.
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Everyone is summoning the algorithm today- so why not.
We're making a cozy, story based exploration game set in a magical realm. It's called Fractured Library, and you can play a short story from the world for FREE here!
store.steampowered.com/app/3984930/...
#gaming #cozygame #indiegame
We're making a cozy, story based exploration game set in a magical realm. It's called Fractured Library, and you can play a short story from the world for FREE here!
store.steampowered.com/app/3984930/...
#gaming #cozygame #indiegame
Fractured Library Demo on Steam
Help rescue a man's memories from being trapped forever in the dream-like world of his favourite childhood book. You've stuck around after helping save the Library, but there's still some tidying up t...
store.steampowered.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Everyone is summoning the algorithm today- so why not.
We're making a cozy, story based exploration game set in a magical realm. It's called Fractured Library, and you can play a short story from the world for FREE here!
store.steampowered.com/app/3984930/...
#gaming #cozygame #indiegame
We're making a cozy, story based exploration game set in a magical realm. It's called Fractured Library, and you can play a short story from the world for FREE here!
store.steampowered.com/app/3984930/...
#gaming #cozygame #indiegame