Keely (Chicken Scratch)
@keely-brown.bsky.social
Game Dev from Canada working on a chicken game:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2267230/Chicken_Scratch/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2267230/Chicken_Scratch/
In a few minutes I'm going to be hopping on stream with the IndieGameAcademy to playtest and talk about Chicken Scratch for about an hour. Come check it out!:
www.twitch.tv/IndieGameAca...
#gamedev #indiegames
www.twitch.tv/IndieGameAca...
#gamedev #indiegames
IndieGameAcademy - Twitch
12-Hour Gamedev Q&A Stream!
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November 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
In a few minutes I'm going to be hopping on stream with the IndieGameAcademy to playtest and talk about Chicken Scratch for about an hour. Come check it out!:
www.twitch.tv/IndieGameAca...
#gamedev #indiegames
www.twitch.tv/IndieGameAca...
#gamedev #indiegames
Reposted by Keely (Chicken Scratch)
Hey #PitchYaGame! In Deep Fog Signals you're stuck in an outpost deep in a sea of toxic fog & oxygen is running out. Choose which transmissions to decode with scarce bandwidth, coordinate unstable crewmates, do science with chunky devices & interpret strange signals from the deep 📡 #indie #horror
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Hey #PitchYaGame! In Deep Fog Signals you're stuck in an outpost deep in a sea of toxic fog & oxygen is running out. Choose which transmissions to decode with scarce bandwidth, coordinate unstable crewmates, do science with chunky devices & interpret strange signals from the deep 📡 #indie #horror
Hey hey #PitchYaGame, I'm developing a multiplayer drawing party game where you work together drawing and guessing strange prompts with your friends.
Earn enough birdbucks or Mr. Talons will DISAPPROVE.
Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/2267230/...
#gamedev #indiegames
Earn enough birdbucks or Mr. Talons will DISAPPROVE.
Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/2267230/...
#gamedev #indiegames
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Hey hey #PitchYaGame, I'm developing a multiplayer drawing party game where you work together drawing and guessing strange prompts with your friends.
Earn enough birdbucks or Mr. Talons will DISAPPROVE.
Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/2267230/...
#gamedev #indiegames
Earn enough birdbucks or Mr. Talons will DISAPPROVE.
Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/2267230/...
#gamedev #indiegames
Reposted by Keely (Chicken Scratch)
Deep Fog Signals’ Steam page is live 📡
Stuck in an outpost in a sea of toxic fog, you're cut off from the outside world and oxygen is running out. Use scarce bandwidth to coordinate unstable crewmates, do research that could change the world and interpret strange signals from the deep 👁️
#indiehorror
Stuck in an outpost in a sea of toxic fog, you're cut off from the outside world and oxygen is running out. Use scarce bandwidth to coordinate unstable crewmates, do research that could change the world and interpret strange signals from the deep 👁️
#indiehorror
October 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Deep Fog Signals’ Steam page is live 📡
Stuck in an outpost in a sea of toxic fog, you're cut off from the outside world and oxygen is running out. Use scarce bandwidth to coordinate unstable crewmates, do research that could change the world and interpret strange signals from the deep 👁️
#indiehorror
Stuck in an outpost in a sea of toxic fog, you're cut off from the outside world and oxygen is running out. Use scarce bandwidth to coordinate unstable crewmates, do research that could change the world and interpret strange signals from the deep 👁️
#indiehorror
There are some moments in the game where sections of the drawing screen are undrawable. I wanted to add better feedback for the player for understanding that - so the cursor changes when you hover over a region that's undrawable.
#gamedev #indiegames
#gamedev #indiegames
October 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
There are some moments in the game where sections of the drawing screen are undrawable. I wanted to add better feedback for the player for understanding that - so the cursor changes when you hover over a region that's undrawable.
#gamedev #indiegames
#gamedev #indiegames
I'm sitting here erasing dashes from emails because it might make me sound like I'm generating them with AI.
I hate AI. (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
I hate AI. (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
October 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I'm sitting here erasing dashes from emails because it might make me sound like I'm generating them with AI.
I hate AI. (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
I hate AI. (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
there is nothing more humbling than getting absolutely destroyed by boolean logic probably around 10 times in the last two days.
I get the "<" mixed up with the ">" and it make me pay for it.
I get the "<" mixed up with the ">" and it make me pay for it.
October 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
there is nothing more humbling than getting absolutely destroyed by boolean logic probably around 10 times in the last two days.
I get the "<" mixed up with the ">" and it make me pay for it.
I get the "<" mixed up with the ">" and it make me pay for it.
Reposted by Keely (Chicken Scratch)
Oh! I feel it. I feel the cosmos!
My Mario Paint portrait of The King is complete!
Sooo regal~~! ✨
My Mario Paint portrait of The King is complete!
Sooo regal~~! ✨
October 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Oh! I feel it. I feel the cosmos!
My Mario Paint portrait of The King is complete!
Sooo regal~~! ✨
My Mario Paint portrait of The King is complete!
Sooo regal~~! ✨
random thing, but
@kennysun.com, I just wanted to inform you that your game has 1337 reviews right now which seemed like a pretty cool achievement.
@kennysun.com, I just wanted to inform you that your game has 1337 reviews right now which seemed like a pretty cool achievement.
October 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
random thing, but
@kennysun.com, I just wanted to inform you that your game has 1337 reviews right now which seemed like a pretty cool achievement.
@kennysun.com, I just wanted to inform you that your game has 1337 reviews right now which seemed like a pretty cool achievement.
In the flip drawing mode - the drawing that you have to copy gets flipped upside down. Players were having some trouble understanding it.
I added this little effect to help make that a bit clearer (rather than just showing the flipped image immediately).
#gamedev #indiegames
I added this little effect to help make that a bit clearer (rather than just showing the flipped image immediately).
#gamedev #indiegames
October 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
In the flip drawing mode - the drawing that you have to copy gets flipped upside down. Players were having some trouble understanding it.
I added this little effect to help make that a bit clearer (rather than just showing the flipped image immediately).
#gamedev #indiegames
I added this little effect to help make that a bit clearer (rather than just showing the flipped image immediately).
#gamedev #indiegames
AI is so good and cool and definitely good at understanding what is true and correct.
I am so glad that it is plugged into every single fucking thing that I have to interact with against my will.
I am so glad that it is plugged into every single fucking thing that I have to interact with against my will.
September 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
AI is so good and cool and definitely good at understanding what is true and correct.
I am so glad that it is plugged into every single fucking thing that I have to interact with against my will.
I am so glad that it is plugged into every single fucking thing that I have to interact with against my will.
There's a lot to do right now and I have no time to do any of it.
The prospect of kicking the can again on NextFest feels pretty awful. But I need to make a new trailer and I need to start doing a ton of outreach. Do I wait in order to start building momentum in the winter? This shit is hard man.
The prospect of kicking the can again on NextFest feels pretty awful. But I need to make a new trailer and I need to start doing a ton of outreach. Do I wait in order to start building momentum in the winter? This shit is hard man.
September 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
There's a lot to do right now and I have no time to do any of it.
The prospect of kicking the can again on NextFest feels pretty awful. But I need to make a new trailer and I need to start doing a ton of outreach. Do I wait in order to start building momentum in the winter? This shit is hard man.
The prospect of kicking the can again on NextFest feels pretty awful. But I need to make a new trailer and I need to start doing a ton of outreach. Do I wait in order to start building momentum in the winter? This shit is hard man.
September 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
September 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Another reason for doing a lot of low effort investigation posts with your content: if you aren't thinking and put a word like "shooting" in your title - youtube won't propagate it to anyone.
Now I'm also taking time to censor swearing 🙃
www.youtube.com/shorts/X230D...
#gamedev #indiegames
Now I'm also taking time to censor swearing 🙃
www.youtube.com/shorts/X230D...
#gamedev #indiegames
September 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Another reason for doing a lot of low effort investigation posts with your content: if you aren't thinking and put a word like "shooting" in your title - youtube won't propagate it to anyone.
Now I'm also taking time to censor swearing 🙃
www.youtube.com/shorts/X230D...
#gamedev #indiegames
Now I'm also taking time to censor swearing 🙃
www.youtube.com/shorts/X230D...
#gamedev #indiegames
August 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Been working on upgrading the scoring machine to have a bit more juice and feel more grounded.
Any input on anything in terms of how it works right now?
#gamedev #indiegames
Any input on anything in terms of how it works right now?
#gamedev #indiegames
August 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Been working on upgrading the scoring machine to have a bit more juice and feel more grounded.
Any input on anything in terms of how it works right now?
#gamedev #indiegames
Any input on anything in terms of how it works right now?
#gamedev #indiegames
A short from the playtest we did last night for Chicken Scratch where I struggled to understand how a pair of pants could actually be a vest:
www.youtube.com/shorts/QyO3s...
#indiegames #gamedev
www.youtube.com/shorts/QyO3s...
#indiegames #gamedev
NO PANTS #gamingshorts
YouTube video by ChickenScratchGame
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August 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
A short from the playtest we did last night for Chicken Scratch where I struggled to understand how a pair of pants could actually be a vest:
www.youtube.com/shorts/QyO3s...
#indiegames #gamedev
www.youtube.com/shorts/QyO3s...
#indiegames #gamedev
Reposted by Keely (Chicken Scratch)
Our game got third place in the game jam! Here's a post mortem post about it, link is contained within if you wanna give it a try :) bluepinstudio.com/blog/2025-08... #indiegame #gamedev #gamejam #indiedev
August 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Our game got third place in the game jam! Here's a post mortem post about it, link is contained within if you wanna give it a try :) bluepinstudio.com/blog/2025-08... #indiegame #gamedev #gamejam #indiedev
Yesterday we ran a table at the Toronto Expo for Chicken Scratch! Went in with very low expectations and ended up spending 11 hours straight showing the game to people. 🤯
Lots of notes for improvements to make and got a lot of positive reception! Super rewarding experience. 😄
#gamedev
Lots of notes for improvements to make and got a lot of positive reception! Super rewarding experience. 😄
#gamedev
August 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Yesterday we ran a table at the Toronto Expo for Chicken Scratch! Went in with very low expectations and ended up spending 11 hours straight showing the game to people. 🤯
Lots of notes for improvements to make and got a lot of positive reception! Super rewarding experience. 😄
#gamedev
Lots of notes for improvements to make and got a lot of positive reception! Super rewarding experience. 😄
#gamedev
Honestly, now that you say it, totally agree. How about now? Does this seem more clear that the player is running out of time?
#gamedev #indiegames
#gamedev #indiegames
August 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Honestly, now that you say it, totally agree. How about now? Does this seem more clear that the player is running out of time?
#gamedev #indiegames
#gamedev #indiegames
10 days later and I've got a progress update for Youtube shorts!
Biggest lesson: Voiceovers are a big value adds when it comes to viewer retention. The average video I've posted this last week got around 10x more traction when I tightened up the duration and added concise narration.
Biggest lesson: Voiceovers are a big value adds when it comes to viewer retention. The average video I've posted this last week got around 10x more traction when I tightened up the duration and added concise narration.
Making a thread on some notes on about a week's worth of experiments with posting shortform on Youtube for my game. Might try to keep this updated with posts in the future, we'll see!
#gamedev
#gamedev
August 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
10 days later and I've got a progress update for Youtube shorts!
Biggest lesson: Voiceovers are a big value adds when it comes to viewer retention. The average video I've posted this last week got around 10x more traction when I tightened up the duration and added concise narration.
Biggest lesson: Voiceovers are a big value adds when it comes to viewer retention. The average video I've posted this last week got around 10x more traction when I tightened up the duration and added concise narration.
People have been saying that it hasn't been clear when time is running out in Chicken Scratch. I've been working on this effect, but I'm worried it's a little too subtle. What do you think?
#gamedev #indiegames
#gamedev #indiegames
August 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
People have been saying that it hasn't been clear when time is running out in Chicken Scratch. I've been working on this effect, but I'm worried it's a little too subtle. What do you think?
#gamedev #indiegames
#gamedev #indiegames
Animating the drawings in the presentation has been on my todo list for ages.
Super stoked with how this is turning out so far.
#gamedev #indiegames
Super stoked with how this is turning out so far.
#gamedev #indiegames
August 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Animating the drawings in the presentation has been on my todo list for ages.
Super stoked with how this is turning out so far.
#gamedev #indiegames
Super stoked with how this is turning out so far.
#gamedev #indiegames