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Cathy Kimport
@purpleninjagrrl.bsky.social
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She/her. Human-passing cryptid, indie game dev underdog, retired roller derby skater/coach.
Likes: cats, space, maps, tea, and vengeance

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Making Primrows with @tursiopsstudios.bsky.social
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New #primrows weekly challenge; Field of Dreams!

Why did I make this one so dang HARD? 😅

try it out on PC and mobile here: linktr.ee/tursiops

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Screenshot of Primrows showing the final score card. Game Complete! Field of Dreams 230 points, 1 of 3 stars earned A 4x4 garden containing the following flowers: orange, violet, poppy, orange blue, poppy, orange, pink pink, blue, violet, orange violet, violet, blue, poppy
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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New #Primrows weekly challenge! Pyramid!

Can you step up to the challenge or are the odds stacked against you? (hold for groans)

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Primrows screenshot showing the game complete screen Game Complete! Pyramid 2 of 3 stars 220 points A garden in the shape of a 5-level pyramid with the following flowers: Top row: orange 2nd row: orange, cyan 3rd row: violet, orange, blue 4th row: orange, pink, cyan, pink Bottom row: cyan, pink, orange, blue, violet
November 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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nice
Screenshot of a Primrows garden ready to be harvested for 69 points
November 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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How the heck is it already november?

new month means new #Primrows monthly challenge, this one is Foraging!

This is one of my favorite twists on the mechanics, think you can get 3 stars?

try at linktr.ee/tursiops

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Screenshot from Primrows showing the game complete card Game Complete! Foraging 250 points - 2 of 3 stars A 4x4 grid of flowers: yellow, red, orange, orange violet, orange, red, purple purple, red, red, violet purple, cyan, cyan, red
November 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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New #Primrows weekly challenge today: Pumpkin Patch!

Fun fact, this was the very first weekly challenge we coded as a proof of concept and now we can finally share it with you

Try it here: linktr.ee/tursiops

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Primrows screenshot showing the final score screen Game Complete! pumpkin patch 2 of 3 stars 270 points A 4x4 grid of flowers and plants: pink, violet, cyan, pumpkin blue, pumpkin, violet, pink violet, pink, cyan, blue cyan, blue, pink, pumpkin
October 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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The hell kind of scam is this? Are LLM’s e-mailing random bystanders as part of their training process now?
Screenshot of an e-mail Subject: Quick question about your games From: [redacted] To: cathy Hey! I’m intrigued by your studio’s work. Could you share some details about pricing for your games and where I can buy them? Thanks!
October 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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First holiday-themed #Primrows challenge in a WHILE — a lotus challenge for Diwali!

This one’s challenging unless the lotus flowers are cooperating with you, like they did in this run

Try for yourself at linktr.ee/tursiops

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Primrows Screenshot. Game Complete! Resilient Lotus 325 points - earned 3 of 3 stars Portrait of a 4x4 garden with the following flowers: Cyan, Lotus, Orange, Violet Blue, Violet, Cyan, Lotus Violet, Orange, Lotus, Cyan Lotus, Cyan, Violet, Orange
October 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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New #Primrows weekly challenge today and it’s a tough one!

Rocky Start mixes a bunch of obstacles into your garden on the first round that you’ll have to move out of the way before you start.

Try it and see how well you do: linktr.ee/tursiops

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October 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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New #Primrows weekly challenge today! This one is Knightblooms, challenge that asks, “what if Primrows was based on chess instead of sudoku?”

Give it a try! linktr.ee/tursiops
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Primrows screenshot Game Complete knightblooms 2 of 3 stars 205 points 4x4 garden with the following flowers: violet, blue, blue, blue orange, pink, pink, violet violet, orange, violet, pink blue, violet, orange, blue
October 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Wooo, new #Primrows monthly challenge: Epic Primrows!

This is quite possibly the most ridiculous thing we put into the game 😅

In theory you can get over a thousand points on this challenge but I’ve never topped 300. Can you? Try at linktr.ee/tursiops

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Primrows Screenshot Round 1 of 1 A 9x9 grid of flowers in the following arrangement: 1,2,6, 7,3,3, 4,5,8 3,8,2, 7,8,4, 9,5,2 4,7,1, 6,1,8, 8,2,3 4,3,2, 5,8,6, 5,5,1 7,9,4, 1,5,7, 2,3,6 5,6,1, 2,9,3, 8,4,7 1,5,8, 3,4,8, 6,1,4 6,1,3, 5,4,9, 7,8,4 2,4,9, 8,6,1, 3,6,5 Harvest for 295 points
October 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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New #Primrows Weekly Challenge: Even Odds!

This one takes away the little bit of RNG assistance you get in quickplay mode. And yet I somehow still managed to get a prize garden on my second game 🤯

How well can you do? Try it here: linktr.ee/tursiops

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Primrows screenshot Game Complete! even odds 3 of 3 stars photo of a 4x4 garden with the following flowers: violet, pink, blue, cyan blue, cyan, violet, orange orange, violet, cyan, pink cyan, blue, orange, violet
September 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Doctor I trust more than RFK jr
Cover of the 1996 straight-to-VHS movie Dr. Ice, with the tagline “DEATH has never been so COLD!” A man in a black turtleneck and glasses stands in the foreground, holding a pistol. In the background, a woman in lingerie is chained to a brick wall, or possibly just leaning there, the lighting is too bad to tell. Neither of them are showing any sort of emotional reaction to whatever even is going on.
September 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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#Primrows Weekly Challenge 24: Progressive Planting!

This is a wonky one where you’ve got to set things up early for a payoff down the road, and I hope you enjoy the twist!

Try it for yourself here: linktr.ee/tursiops

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Primrows Screenshot Game Complete! Progressive Planting 2 of 3 stars 220 points 4x4 Grid with the following flowers: Pink, Orange, Blue, Cyan Violet, Blue, Orange, Violet Blue, Violet, Cyan, Pink Yellow, Pink, Violet, Blue
September 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Not even my favorite game but when I think of a ‘perfect’ game, one where I truly wouldn’t change even one single thing? Downwell, hands-down.
Title art for Downwell. A white silhoutte cartoon figure wearing mechanical boots freefalls down a dark cavern
September 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Second time in as many days I’ve had the opportunity to post Vanessa from Luminous Arc
An anime woman with light skin, heterochromic red and purple eyes, ankle-length pink hair tied into a massive ponytail, and a red star-shaped tattoo above her left breast. She is wearing a red cloak with purple accents and white fur trim around the shoulder, a black lace-up corset, a metal belt with several buckles but none of them actually functional, a pointed oversized red witch hat with a metal mask tied to it, red and black thigh-high boots, and earrings the size of christmas ornaments. She is holding a metal scythe that is taller than she is, slung over her shoulder, and she is looking into the camera like she’s ready to throw down.
September 16, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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(reposting with alt text this time, sorry)
Primrows screenshot. Game Complete! Triple Double 2 of 3 stars A 3x6 garden with the following flowers: purple, blue, azure orange, red, cyan pink, yellow, blue cyan, azure, red violet, purple, yellow blue, orange, pink 390 points
September 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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#Primrows weekly challenge 23: Triple Double! This is one of my favorites because it really amps up the risk/reward strategy.

Here’s my first attempt — can you outdo the devs?

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try it here: tursiopsstudios.com/primrows
September 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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I’m on break but the #Primrows weekly challenges are not!

Challenge #22 is Prize Rush! This challenge gifts you with the mother of all RNG manipulation tools but challenges you to hit a perfect prize garden every time.

Can you match my score?
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Primrows screenshot showing the ending scorecard Game Complete! Prize Rush 3 of 3 stars A photograph of a 4x4 garden with the following flowers: Blue, Cyan, Orange, Pink Pink, Orange, Violet, Cyan Cyan, Violet, Blue, Orange Orange, Blur, Pink, Violet 560 points
September 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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This is the weirdest franchise I’ve ever played
Steam thumbnail for We Are One Steam thumbnail for We Are OFK Steam thumbnail for We are Eva Steam thumbnail for We Are Lost Steam thumbnail for WE ARE FOOTBALL
September 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Big day for new #Primrows content!

- New weekly challenge (Apple Crate)
- New monthly challenge (Hexagon Journal)
- New fall backgrounds!

Here’s my first attempt at each challenge — how well can you do?

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Portrait Mode screenshot of the title screen of Primrows, with the game’s logo at the top. Eugene, a spotted red mushroom with a face, appears below and says “Primrows flowers bloom all year round” Menu options are quick play, journal play, challenges, and gardening school. The background shows fall foliage and fall flowers in bloom. Primrows screenshot, a dialogue box featuring the current weekly challenge Weekly Challenge Apple Crate A happy apple appears in the center of the screen in a red starburst at the bottom, “next: 06d 23h 30m” Primrows screenshot Game Complete! hexagon journal 2 of 3 stars A 3x3 hexagonal grid of flowers in a photograph, the flowers in the following arrangement: Left column: Violet, Pink, Cyan Center left column: Pink, Yellow, Yellow, Yellow Center column: Orange, Violet, Violet, Cyan, Pink Center right column: Cyan, Blue, Orange, Cyan Right column: Orange, Blue, Violet 361 Points Game Complete apple crate 3 of 3 stars A photograph of a 4x4 square garden, with the following flowers: Row 1: Blue, Orange, Violet, Cyan Row 2: Violet, Cyan, Blue, Orange Row 3: Orange, Violet, Apple, Blue Row 4: Apple, Blue, Cyan, Violet 315 points
September 1, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Don’t take my word for it, Apple also thinks Primrows is one of the best new puzzle games

apps.apple.com/us/app/primr...
August 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Why is Cleopatra’s life always described as being closer in time to the Apollo Program or the Burj Khalifa than the Pyramids at Giza, when the Bass Pro Shops Pyramid is RIGHT THERE ready to be a point of reference
The Bass Pro Shops Pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee, lit up at night against a twilight sky
August 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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#Primrows Weekly Challenge 20: Rotten to the Core!

This is a tough one — it might FEEL like it’s all based on luck, but trust me, there’s a strategy to it all.

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Primrows Screenshot Game Complete! Rotten To The Core 2 of 3 stars A photograph of a 4x4 garden, the inner four tiles covered in purple toxin It contains flowers in the following arrangement: 5, 4, 2, 1 2, 4, 3, 4 3, 4, 1, 5 4, 2, 2, 3 185 points
August 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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The opposite of a New York minute is an Apple minute
Photo of a MacOS update screen. A hard disk icon labeled “update,” with a loading bar beneath it. Under the loading bar is the phrase “About 18 seconds remaining”
August 22, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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#Primrows Weekly Challenge 19: Rain Barrel!

You get a little extra water to try to hit an even higher score

Yes, I know the pain of being 5 points away from a 3-star score

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Primrows Screenshot Game Complete! Rain Barrel 2 of 3 stars 4x4 grid of flowers in the following arrangement: Violet, Cyan, Orange, Blue Pink, Blue, Cyan, Violet Blue, Orange, Violet, Cyan Cyan, Violet, Blue, Orange 315 points
August 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM