Beloved @tinyteamsfest.bsky.social is the best opportunity to publish the We Grew Up in War demo, a story that rarely ends up in news. We’re hard at work to please our 🐭 overlords, Steam algorithm, players and witnesses who lend us their memories. Thank you @yogscast.games for incl. us! #indiegame

We have a demo out and tbh we’re a little nervous, it’s been a long time! ⏱️ It’s part of @ogrepixel.bsky.social’s neat showcase (ty!). Please keep the feedback going our way. Grateful for shares. Play here, check out the showcase: store.steampowered.com/app/3254380/... #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev

Update time: Build your own Prague now in Traditional & Simplified Chinese! We’re happy we can make Playing Prague accessible to even more Prague lovers. ❤️ 🔔 🦄All platforms at www.charlesgames.net/playing-prague

Numbers are one thing, but personal reviews are totally different to read. Thank you, Lemlupa! (Consider leaving a review of Playing Prague too, if you did not already) #indiegame #indiedev

Lešek needs y’all!

Ondřej Trhoň🐍@ondrejtrhon.bsky.social · last mo.

Hey, it would mean a world to Lešek (and us) if you could share your thoughts on Playing Prague in the form of a Steam review. It’d help tremendously our game which was born as a love letter to our city. Much obliged! 🐾 #indiegame #indiedev store.steampowered.com/app/4729310/...

🌬️ Playing Prague is on Steam! 🌟You can now discover Prague’s culture and atmosphere on a desktop. Base game is free. Share if you ever been to the Old Town Square. Link below. #indiegame #prague

It’s been an absolute pleasure to model the monuments of the city we love! Is there some another building from Prague you’d like to see in-game? Also, find more at www.charlesgames.net/playing-prague #indiegame #prague #cz #gamedev

Pears & Unicorns update of Playing Prague brings achievements and LEADERBOARDS for free! 🏆 Compare your scores in each level with friends or log the records you want to break. Shine like a city builder star! Get the game on App Store and Google Play or through www.charlesgames.net/playing-prague

Making games for my hometown is a dreamjob😊 Czech out our huge update to Playing Prague (Android+iOS, Steam coming soon!)

Ondrej from Charles Games 🐝@charlesgames.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Playing Prague has 90k+ players and a 4.6/5 rating, so we just had to expand it. 🏰 2 new level packs are full of Prague’s monuments, historical figures and new gameplay, all for less than a coffee. AND achievements for everyone! Link in replies. #indiegame #prague #puzzlegame #gamedev

Playing Prague has 90k+ players and a 4.6/5 rating, so we just had to expand it. 🏰 2 new level packs are full of Prague’s monuments, historical figures and new gameplay, all for less than a coffee. AND achievements for everyone! Link in replies. #indiegame #prague #puzzlegame #gamedev

Time for panel dyskusyjny! 🗣️ Thank you @creativeeurope.bsky.social Desk PL for organizing this roundtable and inviting us to talk about our indie experiences in the European context. It’s free, online and it’s in English. Consider joining if that is your thing: kreatywna-europa.eu/zoom-in-indi...

ZOOM IN: Indie Games in Europe – panel dyskusyjny online / 17 czerwca - Kreatywna Europa

[for English scroll down]   OBOWIĄZUJĄ ZAPISY: ZOOM IN: Indie Games in Europe. Visibility, Funding and Stories – FORM   Zapraszamy na kolejne spotkanie z cyklu ZOOM IN, organizowane przez Creative Eur...

kreatywna-europa.eu

I wrote about We Grew Up In War last year and wishlisting it would help their noble goal immensely!

Historical Narrative We Grew Up in War Launches in 2026 - Pixelbytegaming

Based on real-life testimonies, emotional narrative adventure We Grew Up in War is set to release on Steam in 2026. Transforming vivid accounts from conflicts in Bosnia, Syria, and Ukraine to a though...

pixelbytegaming.com

Ondrej from Charles Games 🐝@charlesgames.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We just updated We Grew Up in War Steam page, incl. new screenshots, gifs and detailing a bit how you purchasing the game helps to fund historykeeping and educational efforts. Open to feedback! #indiegames #indiegame store.steampowered.com/app/3254380/...

We just updated We Grew Up in War Steam page, incl. new screenshots, gifs and detailing a bit how you purchasing the game helps to fund historykeeping and educational efforts. Open to feedback! #indiegames #indiegame store.steampowered.com/app/3254380/...

We Grew Up in War on Steam

This narrative adventure tells stories of children from Sarajevo and Ukraine based on local’s testimonies. See contemporary war from an overlooked perspective, highlighting resilience and imagination ...

store.steampowered.com

We’re so happy to be #Unity For Humanity recipients with We Grew Up in War! 🎉 Thanks to @unity.com we’ll be able to create an even more impactful #indiegame about kids from Ukraine and Bosnia. Congratulations to everyone else! More below.

Please excuse that we’ve been less active recently – we simply had a lot of work to do! Five game projects require a lot of writing, designing, programming and artmaking. More info soon, we promise! (Pictured are our artists Noemi & Jitka) #gamedev #indiedev

We’ve improved the animation of Luna the dog from our game We Grew Up in War. What do you think? 🐕 This is from a child’s fantasy minigame, set in 2014 in Ukraine... #indiegame #gamedev #indiegames #dog

This scene from We Grew Up in War is set in Mariupol & inspired by the Mariupol theatre, which was used as a shelter until destroyed by Russia, killing many civilians. Anna & Valerie are anxious, waiting for a text from their father. But they need to charge the phone first... #indiegame #ukraine

In We Grew Up in War, you have to assemble each memory first. We designed a custom system in @unity.com that generates outlines you have to fit. Here’s a sneak peek. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

When we started developing We Grew Up in War, we hoped the war in Ukraine will be over well before we finish. Our game is dedicated to all those, whose lives were affected by the war that now enters its fourth year, instigated by the cruel Russian regime.

In our sixth year of existence, we have many plans for many games. This picturesque group photo might be a hint about one of them – we are currently starting to work on it with a help of an extra talented Noemi Valentíny. And we can’t wait to tell you more. Stay tuned.

And last, but not least, we had to document how Attentat 1942 depicts alcohol for the Indonesian regulators.🍸It can’t be helped – herr Sýkora drinks cognac when he’s insidously trying to seduce your grandma. #indiedev #gamedev #history #indiegame

New Indonesian rating system need us to upload the most "extreme" content from our games. And we can’t decide if angry gestapo dog from Attentat 1942 is, indeed, "horror"... #indiegame #indiedev #indiegamedev #history

At our studio, we often like to do create games the evidence-based way, testing if our idea for a transformative game works – and love spreading our knowledge. So if you care about narrative games and their transformative potential, read the recently published paper about We Grew Up in War👇

MEMENTOES Project@mementoes.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Read “Promoting Positive Attitudes Through Narrative-Driven Digital Games,” by our partners @charlesgames.bsky.social & the War Childhood Museum, which explores how narrative-driven games can positively influence players’ attitudes. diglib.eg.org/items/... #gamedev #indiedev

New Indonesian rating system requires you to upload snippets of the "extreme" content of your game. Alas, Attentat 1942 has historically-accurate depiction of cigarettes, earning it "drugs" label. #indiegames #indiedev #history The scene in question:

Feedback time: Do you like our new, animated dialo-emotion options we just put into We Grew Up in War? ☁️ #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame

The winter has come to Playing Prague alongside SEVEN new languages! 🌨️ Our city puzzler is now available in Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Italian, Spanish, & French! Download the snowy update now (links below). We can’t wait for new player to try the game and their feedback.

This is how anxiety looks like in We Grew Up in War. Melisa arrives in a refugee camp in Germany & even though she’s a teenager, it’s a scary place... Our demo starts with her leaving Bosnia alongside her mum: partner.steamgames.com/apps/landing... #indiegame #indiedev #indiegames

Another gem to discover? I'll definitely give it a look! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3743570 #gamedev #indiedev #steamdemo #freetoplay #newgame

Ondrej from Charles Games 🐝@charlesgames.bsky.social · 9mo ago

There’s an unpacking level in We Grew Up in War!📦Anna & her sister are settling in a new Ukrainian home, away from the war in the East. But it’s 2022 and they don’t know what’s coming... Our demo is still up, we appreciate any feedback: store.steampowered.com/app/3743570/... #indiegame #indiegames

There’s an unpacking level in We Grew Up in War!📦Anna & her sister are settling in a new Ukrainian home, away from the war in the East. But it’s 2022 and they don’t know what’s coming... Our demo is still up, we appreciate any feedback: store.steampowered.com/app/3743570/... #indiegame #indiegames

Great news! I love checking out new demos. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3743570 #gamedev #indiedev #steamdemo #freetoplay #newgame

Ondrej from Charles Games 🐝@charlesgames.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Here’s a little tutorial for Matej’s level in our Steam demo that will be up for a little while more. If you like what you see, give it a try and let us know what you think: store.steampowered.com/app/3743570/... #indiegame #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #videogames