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A promotional photo of a crochet plush toy character Pip Pepper, wearing a yellow hard hat and a sweater, looking towards the Golden Gate Bridge of San Francisco at dusk, which is visible in the background over green foliage. Hand-drawn cartoon characters are integrated into the photo: on the bridge tower and suspension cables are a brown deer, a small yellow mouse and a red snake with a construction hat. There is also a purple squid on the far right on the sea-level. Text at the top of the image in a large white, 3D text font with a thin black outline and shadow reads: "Pip Pepper Goes to GDC ‘26!" Below "Pip Pepper" is a small green sign with a black border that says, "PARK PLANNER". The text font is bold and yellow with a thick black outline. On the right side of the image, there is a grid of four white blocks with logos for the: GDC Festival of Gaming with date and location March 9-13, 2026, San Francisco, CA bubble sort studios x GAME DEVS OF COLOR , POCKET GAMER CONNECTS SAN FRANCISCO SUMMIT 2026, VERTICAL SLICE. On the bottom right corner, text in a smaller white font says "Thank you", next to the logo of the "iGDA Foundation". Text below that reads "for making it possible" with a small heart icon.

Pip Pepper goes to GDC 2026! 🌉🐤

We are excited to share our dearest tiny bird Pip will attend the Game Developers Conference (GDC) through March 9-13, 2026, in San Francisco, CA

Thank you to @igdafoundation.org for making it possible 💙💛

🔽 We’ll be Showcasing at the following local events:

A landscape-oriented promotional graphic for a Steam event features a split-screen design with vibrant, illustrated art. On the left, a blue grid background includes the Pip Pepper Park Planner logo and an illustrated round brown bird wearing a yellow hard hat. Below the bird, a bright pink banner reads "PLAY OUR DEMO" in bold white capital letters. The right side of the image features a dynamic, colorful illustration in shades of blue, purple, and pink, depicting a knight character with a sword facing a massive, glowing anime-like character's face in the background. Overlaid on this art is the text "WOMEN'S DAY SALE" followed by the subtitle "games by women-led studios". Across the bottom bar provides event details: Hosted on Steam , March 6th to 15th , Organized by WINGS.

Excited to share that Pip Pepper Park Planner is participating in the Women’s Day Sale on Steam! ✨

Through March 6-15, you can discover many amazing games co-created and led by women (including our demo! ) ♥️🐤

#WomensDay #IndieDev #CozyGames @wingsfund.me

🔗🔽

Congratulations! The film is fantastic and part of why I found it so moving is because it feels so grounded in the science and messiness of reality. Congrats again!!

A composite image of me from the red carpet at the Hoppers premiere with the Hoppers logo and several hoppers characters.

After about 5 years (!) of keeping secrets, I am so excited that Disney Pixar's Hoppers is finally coming out on March 6th!

Back in 2021, Pixar emailed me asking if I could give a talk about my research to their employees. Then another talk. And another.

📸 Disney/Jesse Grant/Getty Images

Wise Women by Aleksandra Brokman A ttrpg about witches using plant magic to protect their community, while having to navigate its prejudices and taboos.

New intro/pinned post!

Hi, I'm Ksandra, a Polish ttrpg creator currently living in Scotland.

I'm the author of Wise Women - a game about witches inspired by Eastern European plant folklore.

I also sometimes make long VtM videos and have a small VtM actual play.

ksandra.itch.io/wise-women

This is adorable 🥺

A downy woodpecker sits on a spruce on a sunny winter day. "Ahh... Febuary" it says. Close up on it correcting "Febrary" then "Febberary..." then finally "Frebrury"

Ferbruary #oldknees

A Big Garden Birdwatch bingo card with the following squares: House Sparrow Nice cup of tea Any pigeon Phone OFF Door goes during your count Any gull Blackbird Blue Tit Great Tit Goldfinch Magpie Starling Robin ID debate Biscuits A profound appreciation of nature Coal Tit Bird song Any bird of prey A oneness with birds Slice of cake A sense of enormous well-being Crisps Wren

Who'll be doing the #BigGardenBirdwatch this weekend?

And how many of these do you think you'll cross off? 😁👇

Get well soon JC! Look forward to seeing you soon

Happy holidays from the Pip Pepper Park Planner team! ☃️

We hope you are able to hang your hats and have a restful end of the year 🍃

Thanks for joining us through a year of development progress and great milestones 🌟

See you on the other side! 🌎💫

#indiegame #cozygames #indiedev

Photo of a sunrise on the Fife coast in Scotland.

The other side of long, dark Scottish nights.

Splash art for the game Pip Pepper Park Planner framed inside a yellow border with the logo for the festival with the words "Build, Design, Chill Games Festival November 20-27"

The Build, Design, Chill Steam Games Festival is on until 27 November, a celebration of games encouraging laid-back creativity. Pip is truly honored to be recognised amongst such distinguished builders, designers, decorators and other masters in their field.

#BuildDesignChill

So excited for you to play Hades!

Thats amazing! Congratulations!

This looks really cool! Wishlisted :)

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As we rebuild post Hurricane Melissa - Jamaica could really use your help.

If you're able, please, PLEASE donate to the GoJ's support fund:
supportjamaica.gov.jm

Update: this book was fantastic! Such a lovely piece of non-fiction, I feel my life is enriched for having read it.

Happy birthday Flea!!

An e-reader displaying the book cover for "The Well-Read Game: On Playing Thoughtfully." The cover shows a stylized animated character floating in the clouds reading a book.

Psyched to get into reading The Well-Read Game by Tracy Fullerton and @docfarber.bsky.social for our book club! We got so excited when we found out about the toolkit for book clubs (and an upcoming card game!)

Your talk was great! Thanks for sharing

A frame which says "2025 Game Devs of Color Expo Exhibitor." Inside the frame is key art for the game "Pip Pepper Park Planner" depicting a small bird wearing a hardhat and the game's logo.

We are beyond thrilled that Pip Pepper Park Planner was selected for this year's @gdocexpo.com Direct AND Steam Showcase! 📺🐤

✨ Game Devs of Color put on a fantastic event every year with games, talks, interviews and more! Be sure to check out other cool games and speakers in this year's event.

It’s live!

The Game Devs of Color Support Bundle is here!💚🩵

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Every purchase helps fund events, grants, scholarships & more that uplift #gamedev of color!

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A teddy bear with a headset and a blue hoodie. A sticker on the hoodie which has the logo for the game "Pip Pepper Park Planner"

It's kinda punk rock when other people put stickers of your indie game on corporate merch.

A photo collage featuring IGDAF Virtual Exchange alumni David Olamide, Anzal Baig, Angelo Diktopoulus, JC Lau, Nathaly Kalantar, Arden Osthof, and Dean Gichukie

✨ Huge thanks to #Devcom2025! ✨

Our grantees @anzal.bsky.social, @drjclau.bsky.social, and @archivistowl.bsky.social had an amazing time in Cologne through the Devcom Scholars Program. Opportunities like this help emerging #gamedev talent grow, connect, and thrive. 💡🎮

Thanks for sharing @buddyclub.bsky.social! If anyone is around and want to meet up give me a shout 😊

The last (square) one is my fav!

Pip's first Wholesome Celebration! 🐣🎊🎁🕺

We are delighted that Pip Pepper Park Planner is part of the Wholesome Games Celebration this year alongside some incredible upcoming and released indie games! 🕹️🤝🐤 @wholesomegames.com

Check it out on Steam from 7-14 August 💫

Just came out of @blubberbaleen.bsky.social's show [whalesong] and it was a very cool sound play about voices and noises in the sea. If you're at the Edinburgh Fringe and want to see something weird and different go see their show. Plus it's free!

Copy of the book "Mastering Community Management" by Victoria Tran on a table.

My copy of @victoriatran.bsky.social's new book is here 🤩

Excited to read it as part of Book Club at @igdafoundation.org. I've read a few chapters already and so far the book is very easy to read and funny!

This was therapeutic to watch. I have so many things in my drive from application related work. We need more content destroying all of that!!!