Sweet Baby Inc
@sweetbabyinc.com
Hey there! We’re a small narrative development studio, working on projects of all sizes and genres across the games industry! ✨ Find out more about what we do at sweetbabyinc.com!
The sun is out and Sweet Baby Inc are heading to the beach! Grab your bucket and spade and catch us at Develop:Brighton on Tuesday and Wednesday next week! 💚 Want to talk narrative? Find us on MeetToMatch, or just fire over an email: we can’t wait to see everybody!
The sun is out and Sweet Baby Inc are heading to the beach! Grab your bucket and spade and catch us at Develop:Brighton on Tuesday and Wednesday next week! 💚 Want to talk narrative? Find us on MeetToMatch, or just fire over an email: we can’t wait to see everybody!
Catch us at @gamescomdev.bsky.social this August for Kim’s talk: “We Will All Be Dead Soon: Making Art In An Indifferent Industry” Want a chat, too? We’ll be around throughout gamescom this year - we’d love to see you there! 💚
Catch us at @gamescomdev.bsky.social this August for Kim’s talk: “We Will All Be Dead Soon: Making Art In An Indifferent Industry” Want a chat, too? We’ll be around throughout gamescom this year - we’d love to see you there! 💚
Oh, hey! Cool to see something I did some writing on get recognized like this.
Compulsion Games@compulsiongames.bsky.social · 3mo agoSouth of Midnight is a Peabody Award winner!! For 86 years, @peabodyawards.bsky.social has honored #StoriesThatMatter. It takes heart and steadiness to tell stories rooted in folklore, stitched with care to carry the weight of beauty and the truth of scars. @xbox.com #PeabodyAwards #PeabodyWinner
Just a week after winning a Bafta for Best New IP, South of Midnight has won a Peabody Award, honoring excellence in storytelling! We’re so proud of our work on the game’s story, writing, & cultural background, & of everybody who brought Hazel’s journey to life. Huge congrats to Compulsion! 🧵🐟
Compulsion Games@compulsiongames.bsky.social · 3mo agoSouth of Midnight is a Peabody Award winner!! For 86 years, @peabodyawards.bsky.social has honored #StoriesThatMatter. It takes heart and steadiness to tell stories rooted in folklore, stitched with care to carry the weight of beauty and the truth of scars. @xbox.com #PeabodyAwards #PeabodyWinner
The 2026 Canadian Game Awards nominees have been revealed. 🇨🇦 🎮 The GOTY nominees are: -Assassin’s Creed Shadows -Hell is Us -Lost Records: Bloom & Rage -South of Midnight -Wanderstop Other noms include Marvel Cosmic Invasion, Battlefield 6 & Ambrosia Sky. The full list on @mobilesyrup.com:
Here are the nominees for the 2026 Canadian Game Awards
Games like Assassin's Creed Shadows, Marvel Cosmic Invasion, South of Midnight and Lost Records: Bloom & Rage are up for awards.
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So excited to announce that Strange Scaffold is sponsoring the Frosty Games showcases this year. The degree to which ANZ teams go above and beyond to not just contribute to the medium, but also better the ecosystem of making games, can't be overstated!
Frosty Games 🍦@frostygamesfest.com · 5mo agoExciting news… The Frosty Games team is officially up and running for 2026! ❄️ This year we're working with two wonderful partners who share our passion for ANZ-made indie games, @nz-code.nz and @strangescaffold.bsky.social! 🎉
BACK ALL WILL RISE on KICKSTARTER if you're into 💜 citizen sleeper x ace attorney 🔥 revenge against the epstein class 🤑 marxist-animist weirdness 🃏 card-based narrative 🇮🇳 set in alternate india ✨ dreams of dead gods 🍃 branching stories ✊ WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe...
All Will Rise: a narrative courtroom deck-builder
A game about taking a billionaire to court for the murder of a river.
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📖 THE GAME NARRATIVE KALEIDOSCOPE ❄️ is out NOW! www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope 100+ essays on writing & narrative design, with articles from the writers of Baldur's Gate 3, Control, Call of Duty, Prince of Persia, Tomb Raider, Sam and Max... ALSO the Kaleidoscope Podcast with 2 full eps!
South of Midnight is a masterpiece tbh. The game has a unique stop-motion animation style, but you can disable it if needed! The game is also Blind-accessible with menu narration, customizable volume, pace, and pitch — all introduced during the initial onboarding. How cool is that?!
REALLY passionate about this week’s podcast. I want to work in a game industry, not a game aristocracy. Smart co-dev setups can supercharge big games while preserving our profession. Even writers can benefit from this! @sweetbabyinc.com’s Kim Belair joined us to explain how:
Game Developer@gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 6mo agoCan co-development save the game industry? - Game Developer Podcast Ep. 64
🍬✨WE’RE IN THIS ONE✨🍬 Our CEO Kim Belair sat down with Rory McGuire of Blackbird Interactive and Mitch Patterson of Wolfjaw Studios, to talk to @bryantfrancis.me about how our floating Writers’ Room works, and how co-development looks for our team and others! Give it a listen here! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Game Developer@gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 6mo agoCan co-development save the game industry? - Game Developer Podcast Ep. 64
…MORE awards for us??? TWO (2) of the wonderful 2025 releases that the Sweet Baby Inc team worked on are nominated for the Indie Game Awards 🥲 Pikselnesia and Lululu, look at YOU!!! Superstars! 💫
The Indie Game Awards@indiegameawards.gg · 8mo agoThe Indie Game Awards air on Dec. 18th, streaming on IGN, GameSpot, and Six One Indie. It’s not a night for new trailers, but a night to celebrate global devs who swung for the fences with unrestricted creative freedom. 🕐 IGAs Countdown: 6:30 PM ET 🏆 Ceremony: 6:50 PM ET 🔗 www.indiegameawards.gg
Critique Boundaries and Hate Speech Gaming is built by people — and we’re amplifying their voices. From casual players to industry CEOs, this is Gaming for the Culture. 🎮 Who should we talk to next in the gaming space? 🔗 Full episode: https://youtu.be/M641x0WiscA
Entering gaming during the pandemic boom Gaming is built by people — and we’re amplifying their voices. From casual players to industry CEOs, this is Gaming for the Culture. 🎮 Who should we talk to next in the gaming space? 🔗 Full episode: https://youtu.be/M641x0WiscA
Harassment Fallout Gaming is built by people — and we’re amplifying their voices. From casual players to industry CEOs, this is Gaming for the Culture. 🎮 Who should we talk to next in the gaming space? 🔗 Full episode: https://youtu.be/M641x0WiscA
You might recognise our charming, talented @somengomen.bsky.social on the most recent episode of @junaebenne.bsky.social’s Gaming For The Culture podcast! They’re talking all things Narrative Development & Games Production, and it’s well worth a listen! youtu.be/M641x0WiscA?...
Nominate Winter Burrow for the Sit Back and Relax Award in the #SteamAwards2025! 🧣🐭 If our cozy adventure brought you comfort this year, your vote means the world to us and @pinecreekgames.com. Make your nominations here: https://f.mtr.cool/eqohqgcuyq #gamedev
Fellow mice adventurers!! !🐭🧣 You can now nominate your favourite games for this year’s Steam Awards! 🏆 We would be so honored if you would cast a vote for Winter Burrow 💌 store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
Heading to #AdventureX2025 this weekend? We’ll be there on Sunday, to catch up with all our wonderful narrative friends & make some new ones, too! If you’d like to chat story structure, worldbuilding, character & more with an award-winning team that have worked on over 80 games… just let us know! 😉💚
The 23rd of October??? Why, that’s today!
Amy-Leigh Shaw@diveamydive.bsky.social · 10mo agoIf you’re around Farringdon on the 23rd of October and you’d like to hear me and quite a few other very lovely people in gamedev talking about how to handle IP in games, good news! You’re in luck! You can catch that and more at the Viva! IP & Licensing event 💛
Pssst! 👀 Are you a disabled content creator OR a creator passionate about accessibility? DM us! We’re working on something new and exciting at AbleToPlay to help inclusive creators grow their audiences and connect with game studios and publishers for sponsorships. Reposts appreciated!
🥹 Best Narrative 🥹 Congratulations to Fellow Traveller & the Pikselnesia team - we’re so proud of you (and a little proud of ourselves, too) 💚
Fellow Traveller@fellowtraveller.games · 10mo agoTerima kasih banyak, Indonesia Game Awards! 🫶 🇮🇩 Congrats to Pikselnesia for winning Game of the Year, Best Narrative, and Best Music & Audio for Afterlove EP! 🎸 Thanks to our fellow nominees and everyone who experienced Rama’s journey. Haven’t played yet? Check it out 👇 🎸 bit.ly/AfterloveEP_...
Episode 3 of Make Games, Drink Coffee is out today! This week's guest is @sahilbajaj.dev, a game writer and narrative designer. Sahil has worked on the Blackwood Charter Escape Room with Sweet Baby Inc and with Veritable Joy on ValiDate: Struggling Singles in Your Area, and more!
I'm a BIG fan of physical media, so it's safe to say I'm SUPER STOKED that our multi-awarding winning indie game Mythwrecked will be getting a physical release!!! 🎉🎉🎉 Snag your copy below & signal boosts are most welcome folks. 🏝️ bit.ly/mythwrecked
