Robert Olsén
@rawbert.bsky.social
I play all kinds of games. Occasionally make games. I try to be kind, respectful and optimistic.
Game Designer & Co-Founder at Splendid Failures, working on "A Corporate Machine".
Formerly Game Designer at Thunderful Games (and previously Image & Form).
Game Designer & Co-Founder at Splendid Failures, working on "A Corporate Machine".
Formerly Game Designer at Thunderful Games (and previously Image & Form).
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Drill Bird has now been out for a week and I've been delighted by the response. The game sits at +80 positive reviews. Fun that people like tiny games! 🐦⛏️✨
Feel free to give it a go if you're keen for some bitesized chill puzzly mining🥚
store.steampowered.com/app/3809940/...
Feel free to give it a go if you're keen for some bitesized chill puzzly mining🥚
store.steampowered.com/app/3809940/...
Save 17% on Drill Bird on Steam
Drill Bird is a cozy-yet-tense digging platformer where every trip underground counts. Play as a bird fallen from the sky, in search for powerful ores to hatch your Egg. Get home before night falls, u...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Drill Bird has now been out for a week and I've been delighted by the response. The game sits at +80 positive reviews. Fun that people like tiny games! 🐦⛏️✨
Feel free to give it a go if you're keen for some bitesized chill puzzly mining🥚
store.steampowered.com/app/3809940/...
Feel free to give it a go if you're keen for some bitesized chill puzzly mining🥚
store.steampowered.com/app/3809940/...
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We tested without it for a while... but the throw action is back 🤖 💥 Use it to optimise your work, get out of boring tasks, or just chuck anything you can get your metal paws on really! #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #acorporatemachine #godot
November 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We tested without it for a while... but the throw action is back 🤖 💥 Use it to optimise your work, get out of boring tasks, or just chuck anything you can get your metal paws on really! #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #acorporatemachine #godot
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Goodbye pumpkins, hello peppermint! Getting into the holiday spirit and cooking up lots of fun stuff for our game. #gamedev #indiegame #godot #blender #acorporatemachine
November 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Goodbye pumpkins, hello peppermint! Getting into the holiday spirit and cooking up lots of fun stuff for our game. #gamedev #indiegame #godot #blender #acorporatemachine
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This week: Continued work on the prototype, talks with potential partners, and making some serious progress on our Blender to Godot pipeline. Our 3d-artist is weirdly proud to let you know that the Godot-shot is only three draw calls 🤷 #gamedev #indiegame #blender #godot #screenshotsaturday
November 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This week: Continued work on the prototype, talks with potential partners, and making some serious progress on our Blender to Godot pipeline. Our 3d-artist is weirdly proud to let you know that the Godot-shot is only three draw calls 🤷 #gamedev #indiegame #blender #godot #screenshotsaturday
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Okay, the quest is still janky and cobbled together, but our little vacuum can now torch their bloodsucking supervisor for a gold keycard in the prototype 🤖🧠🧛🔥 #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev #godot
November 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Okay, the quest is still janky and cobbled together, but our little vacuum can now torch their bloodsucking supervisor for a gold keycard in the prototype 🤖🧠🧛🔥 #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev #godot
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Such a good dog! You can’t pet him just yet, but at least you can take him for a walk and give him a treat #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #godot #acorporatemachine #prototype #wackywipstuff
October 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Such a good dog! You can’t pet him just yet, but at least you can take him for a walk and give him a treat #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #godot #acorporatemachine #prototype #wackywipstuff
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Can we trust you with the precious china? Good Bot or Bad Bot, the choice is yours. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #wackywipstuff #acorporatemachine
October 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Can we trust you with the precious china? Good Bot or Bad Bot, the choice is yours. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #wackywipstuff #acorporatemachine
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So soft … So comfortable #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #godot #acorporatemachine
October 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
So soft … So comfortable #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #godot #acorporatemachine
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We conducted our first live user tests this weekend. The entire team was on site. More important than a well prepared build, a good testing environment and knowing what sort of data you're after is of course what sort of snacks you offer. What snack do you like when playing?
#gamedev #indiegame
#gamedev #indiegame
October 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We conducted our first live user tests this weekend. The entire team was on site. More important than a well prepared build, a good testing environment and knowing what sort of data you're after is of course what sort of snacks you offer. What snack do you like when playing?
#gamedev #indiegame
#gamedev #indiegame
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When working on the art-style for A Corporate Machine we’re keeping it separate from the prototype.
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot #WackyWIPStuff
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot #WackyWIPStuff
October 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
When working on the art-style for A Corporate Machine we’re keeping it separate from the prototype.
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot #WackyWIPStuff
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot #WackyWIPStuff
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Since we’re only working part time on A Corporate Machine, we missed the chance to commemorate last weekend's important celebrations together! 😢 #gamedev #blender #indiegame #acorporatemachine
October 9, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Since we’re only working part time on A Corporate Machine, we missed the chance to commemorate last weekend's important celebrations together! 😢 #gamedev #blender #indiegame #acorporatemachine
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When developing the art-style for A Corporate Machine we’re keeping it out of the prototype. It gives us room to explore the look and feel in a smaller scope, and lets us find a solid pipeline before we go full hog with production. 1/3
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot
October 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
When developing the art-style for A Corporate Machine we’re keeping it out of the prototype. It gives us room to explore the look and feel in a smaller scope, and lets us find a solid pipeline before we go full hog with production. 1/3
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot
#GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot
Finally showing off some of what we've been working on. Really excited for the future!
Hi, we’re Splendid Failures, a small indie game studio in Gothenburg, Sweden, working on our first game: A Corporate Machine.
Play as Sanitron TC-84, the world’s most overqualified cleaning robot, and explore life of the giant conglomerate Omega Global.
Follow along for updates on our progress!
Play as Sanitron TC-84, the world’s most overqualified cleaning robot, and explore life of the giant conglomerate Omega Global.
Follow along for updates on our progress!
September 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Finally showing off some of what we've been working on. Really excited for the future!
Been playing Hollow Knight to get ready for Silksong. Lovely game! Me and my soon to be two year old made some fan art. Lineart by me and colouring by him. #hollowknight #fanart @teamcherry.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Been playing Hollow Knight to get ready for Silksong. Lovely game! Me and my soon to be two year old made some fan art. Lineart by me and colouring by him. #hollowknight #fanart @teamcherry.bsky.social
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May 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Working on a game that is heavily "inspired" by the big corp experience. Unironic con for "Corpo XP" system where you would get XP when you perform actions that the corporation likes:
"Does not mesh completely with the reality of big corpo, where skilled and diligent workers seldom get promoted."
"Does not mesh completely with the reality of big corpo, where skilled and diligent workers seldom get promoted."
March 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Working on a game that is heavily "inspired" by the big corp experience. Unironic con for "Corpo XP" system where you would get XP when you perform actions that the corporation likes:
"Does not mesh completely with the reality of big corpo, where skilled and diligent workers seldom get promoted."
"Does not mesh completely with the reality of big corpo, where skilled and diligent workers seldom get promoted."
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einstein sent this to curie in 1911 when she was being harassed by tabloids. it contains everything you’d want in such a letter:
(1) your haters are trash
(2) you’re a baller, a true queen
(3) i have determined the statistical law of motion of the diatomic molecule in planck’s radiation field 🧪⚛️
(1) your haters are trash
(2) you’re a baller, a true queen
(3) i have determined the statistical law of motion of the diatomic molecule in planck’s radiation field 🧪⚛️
June 27, 2024 at 2:17 PM
einstein sent this to curie in 1911 when she was being harassed by tabloids. it contains everything you’d want in such a letter:
(1) your haters are trash
(2) you’re a baller, a true queen
(3) i have determined the statistical law of motion of the diatomic molecule in planck’s radiation field 🧪⚛️
(1) your haters are trash
(2) you’re a baller, a true queen
(3) i have determined the statistical law of motion of the diatomic molecule in planck’s radiation field 🧪⚛️
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If you are SPECIFICALLY looking for the CURRENTLY second best Adventure, 3D platformer, Collectathon demo during the next fest then I got you covered!
(inspired by @zockrateslabs.bsky.social who's currently killing it on the charts)
(inspired by @zockrateslabs.bsky.social who's currently killing it on the charts)
February 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
If you are SPECIFICALLY looking for the CURRENTLY second best Adventure, 3D platformer, Collectathon demo during the next fest then I got you covered!
(inspired by @zockrateslabs.bsky.social who's currently killing it on the charts)
(inspired by @zockrateslabs.bsky.social who's currently killing it on the charts)
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i released a game! i've been working on this for the past few months.
it's a short, casual tile laying game where you can really get into the weeds, optimising for high scores.
price: free!
where: catnipped.itch.io/powertile
read more about it here: catnipped.bearblog.dev/powertile-pr...
it's a short, casual tile laying game where you can really get into the weeds, optimising for high scores.
price: free!
where: catnipped.itch.io/powertile
read more about it here: catnipped.bearblog.dev/powertile-pr...
February 21, 2025 at 9:19 AM
i released a game! i've been working on this for the past few months.
it's a short, casual tile laying game where you can really get into the weeds, optimising for high scores.
price: free!
where: catnipped.itch.io/powertile
read more about it here: catnipped.bearblog.dev/powertile-pr...
it's a short, casual tile laying game where you can really get into the weeds, optimising for high scores.
price: free!
where: catnipped.itch.io/powertile
read more about it here: catnipped.bearblog.dev/powertile-pr...
Yesterday we watched "The Bad Guys", an animated heist movie about criminal anthropomorphic animals. The world was bizarre as it was inhabited mostly by humans but all the main characters were animals. Did not understand the "rules" of the world. Decent movie, poorly written female characters.
December 2, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Yesterday we watched "The Bad Guys", an animated heist movie about criminal anthropomorphic animals. The world was bizarre as it was inhabited mostly by humans but all the main characters were animals. Did not understand the "rules" of the world. Decent movie, poorly written female characters.
Just watched the movie "Family Pack" (Loup-Garou), a French movie based on the Werewolf card game, and it was so much better than it had any right to be. Big recommend for a good movie time.
November 30, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Just watched the movie "Family Pack" (Loup-Garou), a French movie based on the Werewolf card game, and it was so much better than it had any right to be. Big recommend for a good movie time.
It occurred to me today when cleaning the appartment that an alternative career path could be shirtless cleaning service guy. Do you think there is a market for 40-ish year old men with body insecurity issues and low self-esteem in that line of work?
November 30, 2024 at 10:52 AM
It occurred to me today when cleaning the appartment that an alternative career path could be shirtless cleaning service guy. Do you think there is a market for 40-ish year old men with body insecurity issues and low self-esteem in that line of work?
I hate buying gifts, it stresses me out to no end. A complex social contract that I can never figure out. It's pretty fun to buy for kids though, and for my brother I've created a mini-game for myself every year where I find a hyped non-mainstream game that he does not have on his wishlist.
November 29, 2024 at 9:01 AM
I hate buying gifts, it stresses me out to no end. A complex social contract that I can never figure out. It's pretty fun to buy for kids though, and for my brother I've created a mini-game for myself every year where I find a hyped non-mainstream game that he does not have on his wishlist.
All the hype surrounding Dave the Diver was warranted. Fantastic game! Can't help but draw parallels to SteamWorld Dig, similar core loop (although DtD does a lot of more things). It would be interesting to hear if they looked at the dig games and what conclusions they made from it.
November 28, 2024 at 8:37 AM
All the hype surrounding Dave the Diver was warranted. Fantastic game! Can't help but draw parallels to SteamWorld Dig, similar core loop (although DtD does a lot of more things). It would be interesting to hear if they looked at the dig games and what conclusions they made from it.
A lot is happening in my life right now; we bought a house, we're in the middle of a move process, we both lost our jobs (same company), my son is turning 1 tomorrow, and we also bought a car. I almost cried when I laid eyes upon it when I went grocery shopping today. A car is a milestone in life.
November 27, 2024 at 7:44 PM
A lot is happening in my life right now; we bought a house, we're in the middle of a move process, we both lost our jobs (same company), my son is turning 1 tomorrow, and we also bought a car. I almost cried when I laid eyes upon it when I went grocery shopping today. A car is a milestone in life.