Luke M
@upmultimedia.bsky.social
Software engineer, Naarm
Liberation (retro space adventure): https://store.steampowered.com/app/2413940/Liberation/
Cell Sword (Descent inside a human body): https://store.steampowered.com/app/3163320/Cell_Sword/
Liberation (retro space adventure): https://store.steampowered.com/app/2413940/Liberation/
Cell Sword (Descent inside a human body): https://store.steampowered.com/app/3163320/Cell_Sword/
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Luke M
@upmultimedia.bsky.social
· Jun 17
Cell Sword, my comedy scifi shooter, is now available for the mostly harmless price of $8 on Steam and Itch. It's a love letter to Descent and I've tried to make it crazy and full of twists. Boosts appreciated!
store.steampowered.com/app/3163320/...
classyk.itch.io/cell-sword
#6DOF
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classyk.itch.io/cell-sword
#6DOF
The history behind this game is super interesting. There's no canonical "Trek" game as it's the result of years of people typing the code direct into mainframes and tweaking it. Full essay on the Steam page for my version, CGA Trek, out today!
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#games #startrek
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#games #startrek
Save 10% on CGA Trek on Steam
Cyan Alert! Set your eyeballs on stunned because it's time for CGA Trek! Your continuing mission is to seek out and destroy an invading fleet of warships in this modern homage to the classic turn-base...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The history behind this game is super interesting. There's no canonical "Trek" game as it's the result of years of people typing the code direct into mainframes and tweaking it. Full essay on the Steam page for my version, CGA Trek, out today!
store.steampowered.com/app/4118300/...
#games #startrek
store.steampowered.com/app/4118300/...
#games #startrek
Here's a new anniversary short story set in the same universe as my retro space adventure, Liberation
Ganthar and Kaan are being held for interrogation. If they stick together they'll survive. But there's one small crack in their unity. They can't stand each other!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Ganthar and Kaan are being held for interrogation. If they stick together they'll survive. But there's one small crack in their unity. They can't stand each other!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Here's a new anniversary short story set in the same universe as my retro space adventure, Liberation
Ganthar and Kaan are being held for interrogation. If they stick together they'll survive. But there's one small crack in their unity. They can't stand each other!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Ganthar and Kaan are being held for interrogation. If they stick together they'll survive. But there's one small crack in their unity. They can't stand each other!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
New game! CGA Trek is my historical dive into the "Trek" game that originated on mainframes in 1971.
It was super interesting to research this unique project which spread via code printed in books and was rarely implemented the same way twice.
#retrogaming
store.steampowered.com/app/4118300/...
It was super interesting to research this unique project which spread via code printed in books and was rarely implemented the same way twice.
#retrogaming
store.steampowered.com/app/4118300/...
CGA Trek on Steam
Cyan Alert! Set your eyeballs on stunned because it's time for CGA Trek! Your continuing mission is to seek out and destroy an invading fleet of warships in this modern homage to the classic turn-base...
store.steampowered.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
New game! CGA Trek is my historical dive into the "Trek" game that originated on mainframes in 1971.
It was super interesting to research this unique project which spread via code printed in books and was rarely implemented the same way twice.
#retrogaming
store.steampowered.com/app/4118300/...
It was super interesting to research this unique project which spread via code printed in books and was rarely implemented the same way twice.
#retrogaming
store.steampowered.com/app/4118300/...
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The British Library forgiving themselves by restoring Oscar Wilde's library card 130 years after they cancelled it has really wreaked havoc with the search engine rankings for my gay card battler, Oscar Wilde Card 😆 🌈
store.steampowered.com/app/892840/OscarWildeCard/
store.steampowered.com/app/892840/OscarWildeCard/
OscarWildeCard on Steam
He loves dinner parties. He doesn't love you. A most amusing card game.
store.steampowered.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The British Library forgiving themselves by restoring Oscar Wilde's library card 130 years after they cancelled it has really wreaked havoc with the search engine rankings for my gay card battler, Oscar Wilde Card 😆 🌈
store.steampowered.com/app/892840/OscarWildeCard/
store.steampowered.com/app/892840/OscarWildeCard/
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🔥🔥 NEW SPEEDRUN RECORD VERIFIED! 🔥🔥
🎮 Game: Cell Sword
🏆 Category: Any%
⏱ Time: 0h 33m 32s 000ms
👤 Player: dodgyville
🔗 Link: http://www.speedrun.com/cell_sword/run/zg97v0vm
🎮 Game: Cell Sword
🏆 Category: Any%
⏱ Time: 0h 33m 32s 000ms
👤 Player: dodgyville
🔗 Link: http://www.speedrun.com/cell_sword/run/zg97v0vm
October 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
🔥🔥 NEW SPEEDRUN RECORD VERIFIED! 🔥🔥
🎮 Game: Cell Sword
🏆 Category: Any%
⏱ Time: 0h 33m 32s 000ms
👤 Player: dodgyville
🔗 Link: http://www.speedrun.com/cell_sword/run/zg97v0vm
🎮 Game: Cell Sword
🏆 Category: Any%
⏱ Time: 0h 33m 32s 000ms
👤 Player: dodgyville
🔗 Link: http://www.speedrun.com/cell_sword/run/zg97v0vm
My games are up to 85% off (average 40%) as part of the Steam Spring/Autumn sale until 6 October
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October 2, 2025 at 5:37 AM
My games are up to 85% off (average 40%) as part of the Steam Spring/Autumn sale until 6 October
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Low Earth Orbit Adventures is a relaxing space sim set in the very near future.
Retrieve the Hubble, rescue astronauts, assemble space stations and many other missions in this realistic but friendly adventure!
#games #nasa #nasapunk #starcops
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL7R...
Retrieve the Hubble, rescue astronauts, assemble space stations and many other missions in this realistic but friendly adventure!
#games #nasa #nasapunk #starcops
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL7R...
Low Earth Orbit Adventures - Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by uk3000
www.youtube.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Low Earth Orbit Adventures is a relaxing space sim set in the very near future.
Retrieve the Hubble, rescue astronauts, assemble space stations and many other missions in this realistic but friendly adventure!
#games #nasa #nasapunk #starcops
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL7R...
Retrieve the Hubble, rescue astronauts, assemble space stations and many other missions in this realistic but friendly adventure!
#games #nasa #nasapunk #starcops
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL7R...
Something I'm excited about for next year
#LEOAdventures #gaming #nasapunk
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#LEOAdventures #gaming #nasapunk
store.steampowered.com/app/3984420/...
Low Earth Orbit Adventures on Steam
Low Earth Orbit Adventures is a chill space sim set in the near future where the space around Earth has become a frontier of science, commerce and diplomacy. Retrieve the Hubble, rescue astronauts, as...
store.steampowered.com
September 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Something I'm excited about for next year
#LEOAdventures #gaming #nasapunk
store.steampowered.com/app/3984420/...
#LEOAdventures #gaming #nasapunk
store.steampowered.com/app/3984420/...
"We have something called 'Team Sneaky' in which we sneakily add little details in to the game without anyone knowing or signing off on it."
Fun little interview with the Cult of the Lamb game design director in Tycho Magazine
#CultOfTheLamb #TychoMagazine
tychomagazine.com/article/cult...
Fun little interview with the Cult of the Lamb game design director in Tycho Magazine
#CultOfTheLamb #TychoMagazine
tychomagazine.com/article/cult...
Cult of the Lamb Interview | Tycho Magazine
Exclusive interview with Jay Armstrong, Game Design Director at Massive Monster, on Cult of the Lamb
tychomagazine.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
"We have something called 'Team Sneaky' in which we sneakily add little details in to the game without anyone knowing or signing off on it."
Fun little interview with the Cult of the Lamb game design director in Tycho Magazine
#CultOfTheLamb #TychoMagazine
tychomagazine.com/article/cult...
Fun little interview with the Cult of the Lamb game design director in Tycho Magazine
#CultOfTheLamb #TychoMagazine
tychomagazine.com/article/cult...
New update for Magnavody, my #MagnavoxOdyssey simemulator.
Adds on screen glyphs for gamepad and keyboard that map to the Odyssey control units to make it even easier to figure out how to use this weird but awesome console!
store.steampowered.com/app/2695020/...
Adds on screen glyphs for gamepad and keyboard that map to the Odyssey control units to make it even easier to figure out how to use this weird but awesome console!
store.steampowered.com/app/2695020/...
Magnavody on Steam
Experience the magic and weirdness of the world's first home video console, the Magnavox Odyssey, lovingly recreated for modern hardware.
store.steampowered.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
New update for Magnavody, my #MagnavoxOdyssey simemulator.
Adds on screen glyphs for gamepad and keyboard that map to the Odyssey control units to make it even easier to figure out how to use this weird but awesome console!
store.steampowered.com/app/2695020/...
Adds on screen glyphs for gamepad and keyboard that map to the Odyssey control units to make it even easier to figure out how to use this weird but awesome console!
store.steampowered.com/app/2695020/...
I will be doing a very special one-performance-only at Sabby Retro Games in this Saturday about a retro topic close to my heart. Come along!
I am missing my beloved Frankston Football Club's final for this so I will probably be 50% delightful and engaging and 50% cranky as.
I am missing my beloved Frankston Football Club's final for this so I will probably be 50% delightful and engaging and 50% cranky as.
Tomorrow night will be the last Retro Games Club for a while and we're going ham 🐷
There's going to be 4️⃣ presentations! 4! (that's a lot trust us).
This will be your last chance to check out this iconic event before we move ✨🏠✨
Don't miss out!: events.humanitix.com/retro-games-...
There's going to be 4️⃣ presentations! 4! (that's a lot trust us).
This will be your last chance to check out this iconic event before we move ✨🏠✨
Don't miss out!: events.humanitix.com/retro-games-...
September 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I will be doing a very special one-performance-only at Sabby Retro Games in this Saturday about a retro topic close to my heart. Come along!
I am missing my beloved Frankston Football Club's final for this so I will probably be 50% delightful and engaging and 50% cranky as.
I am missing my beloved Frankston Football Club's final for this so I will probably be 50% delightful and engaging and 50% cranky as.
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PAX Aus is fast approaching! Last year I posted a thread of tips and advice for indies exhibiting at the show on the site formally known as Twitter. Here's an updated and expanded thread for this year (settle in, its a long one) 😀
#pax #paxaus #indiedev #gamedev
@paxaus.bsky.social
#pax #paxaus #indiedev #gamedev
@paxaus.bsky.social
August 31, 2025 at 7:36 AM
PAX Aus is fast approaching! Last year I posted a thread of tips and advice for indies exhibiting at the show on the site formally known as Twitter. Here's an updated and expanded thread for this year (settle in, its a long one) 😀
#pax #paxaus #indiedev #gamedev
@paxaus.bsky.social
#pax #paxaus #indiedev #gamedev
@paxaus.bsky.social
The making of retro space adventure Liberation
#LiberationGame #TychoMagazine
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#LiberationGame #TychoMagazine
tychomagazine.com/article/bts-...
Liberation | Tycho Magazine
The making of the retro space sim classic.
tychomagazine.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The making of retro space adventure Liberation
#LiberationGame #TychoMagazine
tychomagazine.com/article/bts-...
#LiberationGame #TychoMagazine
tychomagazine.com/article/bts-...
Hilarious Descent-inspired adventure Cell Sword is 15% off this week.
#6dof #descent #overload
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#6dof #descent #overload
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Save 15% on Cell Sword on Steam
Your medical emergency is important to us. Our health professionals will be inside you shortly.
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August 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Hilarious Descent-inspired adventure Cell Sword is 15% off this week.
#6dof #descent #overload
store.steampowered.com/app/3163320/...
#6dof #descent #overload
store.steampowered.com/app/3163320/...
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New Exhibit:Play Collection 🏳️🌈
Winners from the Melbourne Queer Games Festival. This collection contains 38 games spanning 7 years from the yearly festival. Gold, Silver, Bronze, Jury, Emerging Developer, and Technical Achievement.
Check the Dig Deeper for the full shortlist of quality queer games
Winners from the Melbourne Queer Games Festival. This collection contains 38 games spanning 7 years from the yearly festival. Gold, Silver, Bronze, Jury, Emerging Developer, and Technical Achievement.
Check the Dig Deeper for the full shortlist of quality queer games
Melbourne Queer Games Festival Winners
Explore the winners of the Melbourne Queer Games Festival, a celebration of queer culture and games. The Queer Games Festival (QGF) is a lofi event held yearly by a small team of volunteers who love q...
exhibitplay.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
New Exhibit:Play Collection 🏳️🌈
Winners from the Melbourne Queer Games Festival. This collection contains 38 games spanning 7 years from the yearly festival. Gold, Silver, Bronze, Jury, Emerging Developer, and Technical Achievement.
Check the Dig Deeper for the full shortlist of quality queer games
Winners from the Melbourne Queer Games Festival. This collection contains 38 games spanning 7 years from the yearly festival. Gold, Silver, Bronze, Jury, Emerging Developer, and Technical Achievement.
Check the Dig Deeper for the full shortlist of quality queer games
First time watching someone play Liberation in VR. It went well!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rv8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rv8...
Liberation VR – A Retro Sci-Fi Space Adventure | Inspired by Classic 80s & 90s Sci-Fi
YouTube video by blackheart909
www.youtube.com
July 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
First time watching someone play Liberation in VR. It went well!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rv8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rv8...
Liberation, my low poly spacesim, is 50% off for the next week. The reviews are 93% positive and the last update added support for virtual reality which is quite weird and fun.
#VR #ValveIndex #SteamVR #spacesim
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#VR #ValveIndex #SteamVR #spacesim
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Save 50% on Liberation on Steam
Fight back against the evil Galactic Federation! It'll be good for humanity and probably OK for you.
store.steampowered.com
June 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Liberation, my low poly spacesim, is 50% off for the next week. The reviews are 93% positive and the last update added support for virtual reality which is quite weird and fun.
#VR #ValveIndex #SteamVR #spacesim
store.steampowered.com/app/2413940/...
#VR #ValveIndex #SteamVR #spacesim
store.steampowered.com/app/2413940/...
If you are in gamedev in Naarm/Melbourne and in a position to give back a little it is your solemn duty to sign up to support this amazing grassroots space even if you have never heard of it!
#melbourne #vicscreen #creativevictoria #igdamelbourne #frostyfest #migw
#melbourne #vicscreen #creativevictoria #igdamelbourne #frostyfest #migw
Sabby is open for preliminary co-op memberships‼️
If we get 100 memberships by August 16th Sabby can get a cool new building for bigger and better things and keep existing! We desperately want to keep providing cool free events and services to the arts community in Naarm! 💖
sabby.gallery/join/
If we get 100 memberships by August 16th Sabby can get a cool new building for bigger and better things and keep existing! We desperately want to keep providing cool free events and services to the arts community in Naarm! 💖
sabby.gallery/join/
June 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
If you are in gamedev in Naarm/Melbourne and in a position to give back a little it is your solemn duty to sign up to support this amazing grassroots space even if you have never heard of it!
#melbourne #vicscreen #creativevictoria #igdamelbourne #frostyfest #migw
#melbourne #vicscreen #creativevictoria #igdamelbourne #frostyfest #migw
SpaceGameJunkie - Twitch
Cell Sword - Inner, Rather than Outer, Space
www.twitch.tv
June 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I'm really interested in code literacy and the aesthetic value of code so it was amazing to ask software archeologist Mark Moxon a few questions about the beauty of the source code to the classic space sim Elite! Thanks @markmoxon.bsky.social
tychomagazine.com/article/mark...
#Elite #TychoMagazine
tychomagazine.com/article/mark...
#Elite #TychoMagazine
The original Elite, INSIDE OUT | Tycho Magazine
Exclusive interview with Mark Moxon, software archeologist, on the source code for the original Elite.
tychomagazine.com
June 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I'm really interested in code literacy and the aesthetic value of code so it was amazing to ask software archeologist Mark Moxon a few questions about the beauty of the source code to the classic space sim Elite! Thanks @markmoxon.bsky.social
tychomagazine.com/article/mark...
#Elite #TychoMagazine
tychomagazine.com/article/mark...
#Elite #TychoMagazine
Had a lot of fun with this and Bargain Bin Gaymers have been on an absolute tear with their series on indie queer games recently
I present our chat with one of the brains behind the Melbourne Queer Games Festival @upmultimedia.bsky.social
youtu.be/1-TOWXT1pgk?...
youtu.be/1-TOWXT1pgk?...
Behind The Scenes of Melbourne Queer Games Festival with Luke Miller
YouTube video by Bargain Bin Gaymers
youtu.be
June 18, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Had a lot of fun with this and Bargain Bin Gaymers have been on an absolute tear with their series on indie queer games recently
Cell Sword, my comedy scifi shooter, is now available for the mostly harmless price of $8 on Steam and Itch. It's a love letter to Descent and I've tried to make it crazy and full of twists. Boosts appreciated!
store.steampowered.com/app/3163320/...
classyk.itch.io/cell-sword
#6DOF
store.steampowered.com/app/3163320/...
classyk.itch.io/cell-sword
#6DOF
June 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Cell Sword, my comedy scifi shooter, is now available for the mostly harmless price of $8 on Steam and Itch. It's a love letter to Descent and I've tried to make it crazy and full of twists. Boosts appreciated!
store.steampowered.com/app/3163320/...
classyk.itch.io/cell-sword
#6DOF
store.steampowered.com/app/3163320/...
classyk.itch.io/cell-sword
#6DOF