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Daniel Draper

@draperdanman

Solo Indie Dev @ Mirror Door Interactive. Prev EA, Sledgehammer Games, Samurai Punk. Making jank jam games is very appealing to me. He/Him

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BitSummit is great, the Japanese indie scene is thriving and there is a really strong turnout for the business side too. Loads of publishers and investors from the asia pacific region.

11.03.2026 06:45 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Crabmeat Review - Girt by sea Brave icy Antarctic waters and farm for crabs in survival horror indie Crabmeat.

REVIEW: Crabmeat

"Navigate your boat around to the best spots for crabs... while also keeping an eye out for anything that might try to cut your expedition short."

@nicholasmc1.bsky.social

checkpointgaming.net/reviews/2026...

11.03.2026 06:26 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Kickstarter page for CONTINUE: A Defiant, New Videogames Magazine, showing that 354 backers pledged 28,300 to bring this to life.

Kickstarter page for CONTINUE: A Defiant, New Videogames Magazine, showing that 354 backers pledged 28,300 to bring this to life.

It's been 7 hours. We hit the goal. We hit the freaking goal man 😱😱😱😱😱😱πŸ₯ΉπŸ₯ΉπŸ₯ΉπŸ₯ΉπŸ₯ΉπŸ₯ΉπŸ₯ΉπŸ₯ΉπŸ₯ΉπŸ₯ΉπŸ₯Ή

Every single person who made this a reality on day one ... thank you so much. So so much. We are doing this!!!!!!

11.03.2026 06:32 πŸ‘ 157 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 9
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We just finished the first release candidate of our pinball game for the #Playdate! :)

If you're at #GDC and want to check it out or talk about pinball, let me know!

10.03.2026 16:27 πŸ‘ 198 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3

Hell yeah Tonight we go CRABBING!

10.03.2026 22:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My best bud (one of the developers of Screencheat!) made a brand new game, and hot damn, it looks weird and awesome

Check it out!

10.03.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

CRAB

10.03.2026 20:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love the real-time take on 90s FMV adventure game controls that Crabmeat plays with. So many quirky twists in this game!

10.03.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All I can say is that your body isn't ready for this adventure, so enjoy the ride and happy crabbing. #indiegame

10.03.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Southern Fisheries Penal Colony is looking for new Expatriates!

πŸ¦€Crabmeat is Out Now on Steam πŸ¦€
store.steampowered.com/app/3671850/...

❄️Explore, Get big hauls, Defend your ship from attackers
πŸ§ͺBlend of First Person and Point and Click gameplay
πŸ•‘Short 2-3 hour experience

10.03.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 161 πŸ” 80 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 21
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Crabmeat's come a long way in 11 months
#ScreenshotSaturday

07.03.2026 23:24 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Added weapons and armor with the ability to swap them with a suitable item in your inventory. Stat and Affinity changes are displayed in the status menu with nice little coloured highlights like in SMT 4.

(and yes once again the ux is still wip 🫠)

#gamedev #indiedev #godot #indierpg

05.03.2026 09:58 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Catalog Anniversary Sale begins....NOW πŸ’«

πŸ›οΈ play.date/games

05.03.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 10

Daughter Games and Wife Games are an interesting thing. they always come after, never before, the games centered on the men in a storyβ€”as if they have to ask for permission to exist

that doesn't stop a certain sector of absolute fucking babies from whining about the fact that they exist, period

02.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 283 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1

Hoping to make it back this year!

28.02.2026 07:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Both Super Splash League and Teddison Inc will be on sale! #playdate

27.02.2026 04:02 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

oh hell yeah this is awesome!

24.02.2026 09:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ITS ANZ DEMO TIME BAYBEEE!πŸ¦β„οΈ

23.02.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@edmondtran.bsky.social please tell me Nick's new game is on your radar <3

23.02.2026 23:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You must check out the Crabmeat Demo, it's one hell of an experience! Next Fest is a great time to do it because it really helps out with visibility!

23.02.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

can finally say that I've been making VFX for Slay the Spire 2 ✨ such an awesome team behind it and i feel so incredibly lucky and grateful for this opportunity !!

here's a compilation of my favorite ones so far (that were in the trailer πŸ‘€)

19.02.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Demo Preview: Crabmeat – Harvesting Horror πŸ¦€

Catching crustaceans in this point-and-click atmospheric horror game isn't for the faint of heart!

@nicholasmc1.bsky.social

#indiegames #gamedemos #horror

β›“οΈβ€΅οΈπŸ¦€πŸ¦€πŸ¦€

18.02.2026 05:37 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I uploaded a thing. See you tomorrow.

18.02.2026 05:11 πŸ‘ 421 πŸ” 89 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 14
Screenshot of a word puzzle game. A word in the middle is broken up into syllabic chunks, and a circular player cursor is swapping them two-at-a-time.

Screenshot of a word puzzle game. A word in the middle is broken up into syllabic chunks, and a circular player cursor is swapping them two-at-a-time.

labsylle, my new #wordgame, is OUT NOW for your personal computer and your #playdate!

it's a quick-play game all about the "building blocks" of english. if you like puzzle-y games, i hope you enjoy this one too!

πŸ’» raewtf.itch.io/labsylle
🟨 play.date/games/labsylle

#indie #indiedev #gamedev

17.02.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4

My latest game is available on the official playdate catalog! Woot!

17.02.2026 22:58 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Twitch Twitch is the world

We're doing some Crabmeat dev live at twitch.tv/searchinginteractive

Come hang out while I fix bugs and work on polish.

#gamedev #indiedev #crabmeat #horrorgames

09.02.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

my mental health has been rough last month and I've been making steps to sort myself out, but earlier today my wife was like "does this have anything to do with editing these Disco Elysium videos?" and I had to sit and think about it.

03.02.2026 06:58 πŸ‘ 354 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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Announcement: The Crabmeat Steam Demo is Out Now!

An early segment of the game is available for those willing to brave the ice ❄️



Explore the full depths when the game launches March 10th
store.steampowered.com/app/3671850/... 



Please Wishlist and Share!πŸ¦€πŸ¦€
#gamedev #indiedev

02.02.2026 08:39 πŸ‘ 130 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 4

it's out now!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3811020/... #BLASTERMANCER

30.01.2026 01:54 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Experimenting with not always inheriting the ship roll on the player camera. It's a much more cinematic feel but is likely instant motion sickness for many.

21.01.2026 06:24 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0