Ripstone Games
@ripstonegames.bsky.social
🎮 Award-winning indie developers since 2011. 🧩 🎱 Pure Pool Pro - Coming 2025! Links: https://loom.ly/H9B2gXo Updates and Support: https://discord.gg/ripstone
^v^ Competition Time! WIN a £100 Steam puzzle game bundle - the games that inspired Aberrate Inc! Portal, Fez, Baba Is You, Monument Valley + more, all in one grand prize. Plus 5x £10 vouchers for runners-up ^0^ Enter via Gleam: gleam.io/D8wTs/win-10...
^v^ Thrilled to announce we'll be at PAX Aus, Oct 9-11! Come say hi & give Aberrate Inc. a try - our cozy, Portal-inspired puzzle game ^-^ Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3620390/... @paxaus.bsky.social #PAXAUS
🎱 Here's some of August's #PurePoolPOTM entries! Judging's underway, scores tallied this afternoon, winner contacted today! Massive thanks to everyone who shared a shot. Keep them coming, Pool fans! #PurePoolPro
👀 Ask the Devs! George sits down with Phoebe & Lachlan from Chilltop Games to answer your questions about Aberrate Inc. Closed Beta starts 21st Sept - sign up now 👉 forms.gle/euyAPBBo5FrL...
We hit a lovely little milestone this week ^0^ 1,000 Wishlists! Thank you - every single one genuinely helps! Wishlist and follow N.T.R.N's story: store.steampowered.com/app/3620390/... Sign up for the September Closed Beta: forms.gle/34NPA6F77oQ9... #IndieDev #GameDev
Great opportunity to give @aberrategame.bsky.social a try ahead of launch later this year!
Aberrate Inc.@aberrategame.bsky.social · 3w ago^v^ Aberrate Inc.'s Closed Beta starts Mon 21 Sept - sign up to get early access to our cozy, Portal-inspired puzzle game on Steam. All skill levels welcome - even those that don't typically play #puzzlegames Sign up here: 👉 forms.gle/yGzjvpQ4t6TR... #IndieDev #GameDev
^v^ Devlog Pt.3: work on the emote system from Pts.1 & 2 come together! Lachlan stitched them into a short test cutscene to see N.T.R.N. emote in-game ^0^ Wishlist Aberrate Inc: store.steampowered.com/app/3620390/... #GameDev #IndieDev #DevDiary #IndieGames
^0^ Devlog Pt.2: Time to bring N.T.R.N's emotes to life! Lachlan takes those new 'eyebones' and uses them to create a bunch of animation sequences to be used in game ^v^ Wishlist Aberrate Inc: store.steampowered.com/app/3620390/... #GameDev #IndieDev #DevDiary #IndieGames
^o^ Win a £100 Steam Bundle! These are the games that inspired Aberrate Inc. And we're giving them away to one lucky winner! Includes; Schrödinger’s Cat Burglar, Portal, Antichamber, Superliminal, Monument Valley & more ENTER👇 gleam.io/D8wTs/win-10... #GleamCompetition #IndieGames #PuzzleGames
Win a £100 Steam Puzzle Game Bundle: The Games That Inspired Aberrate Inc.
To celebrate Aberrate Inc.'s upcoming release, we’re giving away a Steam bundle of the mind-bending puzzle games that shaped it - worth over £100! One grand prize winner takes the full 10-game bundle, including: Schrödinger’s Cat Burglar, Monument Valley, Fez, Portal, Portal 2, Baba Is You, Antichamber, Superliminal, Manifold Garden, The Spectrum Retreat Plus 5x runners-up each win a £10 Steam voucher! HOW TO ENTER The more actions you complete, the more entries you earn. Start by wishlisting Aberrate Inc. on Steam (your biggest boost), then follow us across X, Instagram, Bluesky, YouTube, TikTok, and Discord to rack up bonus entries. Wishlisting helps us hit launch day running - and puts you first in line for the game these classics inspired. ^v^ Good luck! 🎮
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Some great N.T.R.N. "in-sight" 👀 from the Chilltop Games team! If you haven't already, be sure to wishlist Aberrate Inc.!
Aberrate Inc.@aberrategame.bsky.social · last mo.^0^ Devlog: N.T.R.N. used to emote with flat floating characters - so here's a little BTS from Lachlan on how he gave that CRT face some feeling! ^v^ Wishlist Aberrate Inc: store.steampowered.com/app/3620390/... #GameDev #IndieDev #Vlod #DevDiary #IndieGames
ICYMI - a few weeks back we dropped Aberrate Inc.'s announce trailer! ^v^ A first look at N.T.R.N. and the strange corridors of a very shady corporation. We can't wait to show you more! @ripstonegames.bsky.social Wishlist now: store.steampowered.com/app/3620390/... #PuzzleGames #IndieGames
^v^ N.T.R.N. is the curious little robot at the heart of Aberrate Inc. We're currently working on the ways in which they emote on their tiny little CRT head! Can we get a +1 <3 for N.T.R.N. ? Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3620390/... #IndieGames #PuzzleGames #IndieDev
^-^ Got a query for the devs behind @aberrategame.bsky.social? We're taking questions for Chilltop Games' first "Ask the Devs" feature! 👇 Ask away below to be featured! Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3620390/... #IndieGames #PuzzleGames #CozyGames
^-^ So how does @aberrategame.bsky.social work? You split, move, and combine red and blue boxes to power doors, stairs, platforms, and odd office machines! Deceptively simple! But with puzzles that gently rise in complexity as you progress. Wishlist now: store.steampowered.com/app/3620390/...
Pool Fans on @xbox.com Pure Pool Pro, the long-awaited sequel to Pure Pool, arrives tomorrow on Series X|S #PurePoolPro #IndieGames #8Ball #9Ball Wishlist here and follow for updates 👇
Pure Pool Pro@purepoolpro.bsky.social · 2mo agoPure Pool Pro FINALLY hits Xbox Series X|S tomorrow at 09:00 UTC / 10:00 BST. "a technical masterpiece in this genre." – 95%, Complete Xbox Wishlist Now: linktr.ee/RipstoneGame #PurePoolPro #Xbox #IndieGames
Meet Chilltop Games - the duo behind Aberrate Inc. ^v^ We grabbed a quick chat about bringing their award-winning student project to life. We’ll be sharing regular devlogs on Steam over the coming weeks and months! Wishlist now: store.steampowered.com/app/3620390/... #IndieGames #PuzzleGames
Meet N.T.R.N., the curious little bot at the heart of @aberrategame.bsky.social ^v^ You’ll be seeing a lot more of them soon, but for now here’s a peek at how they “talk”: ^v^ happy ^_^ unimpressed ^-^ unsure ^.^ nervous ^0^ singing ^o^ surprise ^~^ cutesy #AberrateInc #IndieGames #PuzzleGames
REVIEW: Pure Pool Pro @ripstonegames.bsky.social ✍️Jamie Collyer "a pool simulation that nails the basics - physics, game types, controls" www.xboxtavern.com/pure-pool-pr...
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We’re excited to be publishing Aberrate Inc., a warm, clever 3D puzzle game from Chilltop Games, winners of Best Student Game at SXSW Sydney 2025. Watch the announce trailer and WISHLIST NOW on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3620390/... #IndieGames #PuzzleGames
Xbox Pool Fans! True Achievements have the full rundown on what you'll need for that coveted 1,000G when Pure Pool Pro launches on 23.07.26. www.trueachievements.com/news/pure-po... #PurePoolPro #IndieGames #XboxAchievements
WINNER of our May Play of the Month is “villa1tez” for this incredibly creative back‑spin shot that delicately sets up the game‑winning black 🎱 Deceptively simple, but our judges loved the vision and positional play. This topped the table with a huge 46/50. #PurePoolProPOTM
🎱 Play of the Month - May is live! Post your best Pure Pool Pro shot here on Bluesky, tag @purepoolpro.bsky.social and add #PurePoolProPOTM for a chance to win a Snooker DLC key when it launches later this year. Up to 3 clips per person. Closes Sun May 31. Winner June 2.
⚠ Server Maintenance Update ⚠️ Today’s planned work on Pure Pool, Pure Chess & Pure Hold ’Em is taking longer than expected. Downtime is now expected to run until around 6pm GMT - we apologise for any inconvenience caused All other Ripstone titles remain online. #PurePool #PureChess #PureHoldEm
⚠️ Scheduled Server Maintenance ⚠️ In 1 hour we’ll start our scheduled work on Pure Pool, Pure Chess & Pure Hold ’Em servers. Downtime: 11am-1pm GMT (7am-9am ET, 4am-6am PT). All other Ripstone titles remain online! #PurePool #PureChess #PureHoldEm
👋 Scheduled Server Maintenance ⚠️ Heads up, folks! Tomorrow we’re running some planned work on Pure Pool, Pure Chess & Pure Hold ’Em servers. Downtime Expected: Tue 5 May, 11am-1pm GMT (7am-9am ET, 4am-6am PT). Other titles are unaffected. #PurePool #PureChess #PureHoldEm
⚠️ Poker Club server alert: We’ve been made aware of ongoing server issues and are investigating. If you’re affected, please submit a feedback form to help us resolve this faster: ripstone.com/feedback
🎱 Play of the Month - April is live! Post your best Pure Pool Pro plays on r/PurePoolPro for a chance to win our upcoming Snooker DLC when it launches later this year. Full details & how to enter: www.reddit.com/r/PurePoolPr...
Our Month 1 Patch for Pure Pool Pro is rolling out now on PC and PS5 🛠️ This one focuses on early bug fixes, polish and quality-of-life tweaks based directly on your launch feedback. Full patch notes here 👇 store.steampowered.com/news/app/345... #PurePoolPro
