stevie (she/her)

Magic Carpet (PC/DOS) 1994, Bullfrog, EA YouTube video by Major Thriftwood

I had to dig into a video to find it! Apparently it's only used in the cinematic! You can hear it at the timestamp when the wizard speeds up youtu.be/7umaSjvoBRI?...

Magic Carpet!!! What a throwback. I still recognize one specific foley sfx that shows up all over the place from that game first.

I don't think I've touched either game since before 2005. This makes me really want to go back and experience them again!

Thank you! I would be very interested to see your list!

Hard to settle on just Myst, though!! I also loved Riven, Myst 3 and Myst 4! There was a time when my Myst obsession was so strong I went seeking similar games and played some weird titles like Lighthouse: The Dark Being and Shivers.

My top 9 games in no particular order!

I feel strong feelings about PZ being included 🧟

I'd be very interested in reading this! I hope this encouragement helps.

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Tribute to the lost art of Japanese PS2 discs 💿

Mission accepted!! o7

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That means I'm headed in the right direction! 🤜🤛

💽 Project Data Mind | Stevie | Substack Updates on the development of project data mind, a horror job sim set in deep space in 1995. Click to read 💽 Project Data Mind, by Stevie, a Substack publication. Launched 17 hours ago.

No steam page yet, but you can follow here on bsky or at stevie.link/b/DMsubstack

#ForgiveMyProgrammerPlaceholderArt 🥺🙏

Here's a little 🔊 listen to what I've been working on this week.

#projectdatamind #screenshotsaturday #solodev #indiedev #indiehorror #UE5

@1e0y0e0s.bsky.social Thank you for making my year more moody 📀

Top Rated Steam Releases Top rated games and products on Steam as decided by SteamDB rating algorithm.

If you want to see the deep cuts from your own steam library, you can use this page on steamDB and filter it to your steam owned games. steamdb.info/stats/gamera...

Then just sort by number of reviews to find the games with the lowest review counts!

#indieswith<100

Here are 3 games I've played with less than 100 reviews on steam! QRP with yours #indieswith<100
- Block Shop (automation puzzle game)
- Game Time Glizzy's (restaurant job sim)
- They See Us (crewlike IOOD-like hybrid)

Here are 3 games I've played with less than 100 reviews on steam! QRP with yours #indieswith<100
- The Overseer (IOOD-like)
- No Signal (point & click hard sci-fi adventure)
- Planet Scanner (horror job simulator)

It's changed how I see games since I started learning about all this. Now I find myself more willing to play random experiences that I might not have spent time on before. I still don't think I've made it outside the popular bubble yet, tho.

I don't think consumers understand that games that steam recommends are already huge. And if more than 2 content creators have played or recommended it, it's likely the same story.

I perceived the world differently before I started researching indie game marketing. I genuinely thought Project Zomboid and RimWorld were eccentric/niche deep cuts.

Yes x100. You had me at the blue screen terminal. Wishlisted immediately.

Getting close to Halloween again so check out this series of screenshots that tell a story about a really scary screensaver program.

Also he's running a kickstarter for the project kickstarter.com/projects/1831872668/pazleum-3d-jigsaw-puzzle-museum/!

Pazleum on Steam Build 3D jigsaw puzzles of famous works of art, sculptures, artifacts and more. An evocative, visually stunning experience with immersive soundscapes and intuitive mechanics. Two gameplay modes: &quot...

A former colleague released a demo for his 3D puzzle game made in UE! It's such a chill/calm experience. Right now the outlook is bleak (6 player peak on the demo), but I hope that changes cause it's _gorgeous_ and so satisfying. store.steampowered.com/app/3897520/Pazleum/ 🙏 #indiedev #indiegamedev

I think it's an awesome contrast. The music feels very human in scale and it feel a bit calm.

This is probably the way, but how to stop torturing yourself? I'm still working on that bit haha

This sounds sooo cool! I really enjoy watching you work on audio stuff because I feel like it expands my ideas about what is possible.

I am so curious to hear what you mean. Would you ever be willing to share a before/after for the trial and error to make the audio feel good?