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The Mane Quest is a website dedicated to "horse games" and the portrayal of horses in video games. Always happy to learn about and give feedback to upcoming games with horses! 💖 themanequest.com created by Alice Ruppert malicedafirenze.bsky.social
Over the past six months or so, I have lost my mind and heart to Vintage Story and the horses are really far from the main reason for it but they *are* what inspired me to pick the game up for review purposes. And then somehow, 300h of playtime.
The Mane Quest 🐴🎮 Horses in Video Games 🎮🐴@themanequest.com · yesterday⛏️🐴NEW ARTICLE 🐴⛏️ Not Quite A Review: I need to talk about Vintage Story www.themanequest.com/blog/2026/8/...
⛏️🐴NEW ARTICLE 🐴⛏️ Not Quite A Review: I need to talk about Vintage Story www.themanequest.com/blog/2026/8/...
Not Quite A Review: I need to talk about Vintage Story — The Mane Quest
Vintage Story is a block-based survival game that one might summarize as “Minecraft with extra steps”. I’m obsessed with it and have played for 300 hours. There are horse mods already, and official h...
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a few years ago, I interviewed @thepinkcurator.bsky.social on TMQ to lament the lack of good chariot racing games. This week, a mobile game dev reaches out to tell me that article struck a chord with them and they made a good chariot racing game 🥹💖
The Mane Quest 🐴🎮 Horses in Video Games 🎮🐴@themanequest.com · 5d ago🐎NEWS ARTICLE 🐎Game Announcement: Is Chariot Rivals the Chariot Racing Experience We’ve Been Waiting For? www.themanequest.com/blog/2026/7/...
Horses of Hoofprint Bay has cracked 50'000 Wishlists on Steam🥳🥳🥳 Thank you all so much for your support and excitement. Our game is making a ton of important progress right now with exciting new features, and we can't wait to share them with all of you 🥰🥰🥰
🐎NEWS ARTICLE 🐎Game Announcement: Is Chariot Rivals the Chariot Racing Experience We’ve Been Waiting For? www.themanequest.com/blog/2026/7/...
Game Announcement: Is Chariot Rivals the Chariot Racing Experience We’ve Been Waiting For? — The Mane Quest
This is a very fun little follow up to a deep dive article from The Mane Quest about Chariot Racing in Games: Mobile game developer Towering Towers reached out to inform me that the aforementioned art...
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Omg look people, we got a real article! Thanks for the kind words and we promise, we are going to finish this game! Poniesneed to be released into the wild after all, right?
The Mane Quest 🐴🎮 Horses in Video Games 🎮🐴@themanequest.com · 3w agoNEW ARTICLE: Game Announcement: Blackboard Ponies is an Adorable Hand-Drawn Platformer with a Pony Protagonist, Coming to Steam this Year www.themanequest.com/blog/2026/7/...
excellent news: the foals can walk now. and trot. and get the zoomies
thogli studios 🐴 Wishlist Horses of Hoofprint Bay@thoglistudios.com · 3w agoAdorable update today: You'll be able to go on walks with mares and foals in Horses of Hoofprint Bay. There's some health benefits to this but mostly because it's cute as heck and we wanted to add it 🥹💖
choo choo get on the announcement wishlist train everyone!!
Super Stable Games@superstablegames.com · 3w agoAaaah officially announced the Blackboard Ponies on all to me available Social Media platforms😱 So exciting! For that, the ponies even get a goodie apple Wishlist here if you want to get on the announcement wishlist train: store.steampowered.com/app/4670040/...
NEW ARTICLE: Game Announcement: Blackboard Ponies is an Adorable Hand-Drawn Platformer with a Pony Protagonist, Coming to Steam this Year www.themanequest.com/blog/2026/7/...
Game Announcement: Blackboard Ponies is an Adorable Hand-Drawn Platformer with a Pony Protagonist, Coming to Steam this Year — The Mane Quest
Blackboard Ponies is a 2D Platformer where you play as a pony wreaking havoc on a classroom blackboard, developed by a two person team from Austria. The game’s prototype was originally created as an ...
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this game's creature animation has gone viral on tiktok and insta a few times - I will always remain skeptical of big beginner teams with ambitious scopes, but I *do* like quite a bit of where they're going with this and I think their answers sound quite competent
The Mane Quest 🐴🎮 Horses in Video Games 🎮🐴@themanequest.com · 4w ago🐎 NEW ARTICLE 🐎 Game Announcement and Developer Q&A: Will Driftborn fill the Alicia-Online-Shaped Hole in Your Heart? www.themanequest.com/blog/2026/7/...
🐎 NEW ARTICLE 🐎 Game Announcement and Developer Q&A: Will Driftborn fill the Alicia-Online-Shaped Hole in Your Heart? www.themanequest.com/blog/2026/7/...
Game Announcement and Developer Q&A: Will Driftborn fill the Alicia-Online-Shaped Hole in Your Heart? — The Mane Quest
Driftborn is a multiplayer fantasy creature racing game coming to Steam for PC. Developer Redstride Studio aims to release a playable demo in 2026 and has been making waves primarily in the horse game...
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RECOMMENDED ARTICLE: Bringing ‘Horses Of Hoofprint Bay’ To Life – Interview with Thogli Studios and The Mane Quest by Video Game Town www.themanequest.com/blog/2026/7/...
Recommended: Bringing ‘Horses Of Hoofprint Bay’ To Life – Interview with Thogli Studios and The Mane Quest by Video Game Town — The Mane Quest
I am stoked to share this interview with the thogli studios team and myself from Video Game Town: Bringing ‘Horses Of Hoofprint Bay’ To Life . Definitely take a look if you’re interested in a cl...
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The HORSE CLUB Ride West AMA is now live on reddit! Make sure to head over there and ask your questions! www.reddit.com/r/GamesWithH...
Good news: we've added face markings for the horses to our hand-drawn horse game 😍😍 Learn more about how we did it and why it was more complicated than you'd think 👇 Is this cool or what?? If this post gets 100 reposts, we'll drop a handful of beta keys in the comments 👀
Here's another game y'all should be keeping an eye on if you aren't already!!
Sara Steeves@sarasteeves.bsky.social · 2mo ago#pitchyagame time! Resolute Bay 🐎 is a hand-drawn JRPG where you play as a wild horse using body language 👀 to fend off threats in the search for your lost herd. Play the first 30 minutes for free on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/4338830/... #jrpg #CozyGame #IndieGame #solodev
Here's a tiny horse game you should keep an eye on 👀
Super Stable Games@superstablegames.com · last mo.Let's get this account up and running with one of the first animations ever created for our first game. The Blackboard Ponies coming alive was a great moment and it happened as part of the tiny horse game jam #2 in the @themanequest.com community! store.steampowered.com/app/4670040/...
Have you checked out the new Horse Club game yet? 👀 Considering the previous games, I expect this to be a really solid, kid-friendly, story-based horse adventure, and I'm excited about some of the changes made since Horse Club Adventures 2! More info: www.themanequest.com/blog/2026/6/...
OH LOOK AT THAT it's another new horse game (brand new reveal today!) that I got to do consultation work on 😱
The Mane Quest 🐴🎮 Horses in Video Games 🎮🐴@themanequest.com · last mo.🎉NEW ARTICLE🎉 Horses Deserve to be Main Characters” – Game Announcement & Developer Insight for HORSE CLUB: Ride West www.themanequest.com/blog/2026/6/...
🎉NEW ARTICLE🎉 Horses Deserve to be Main Characters” – Game Announcement & Developer Insight for HORSE CLUB: Ride West www.themanequest.com/blog/2026/6/...
“Horses Deserve to be Main Characters” – Game Announcement & Developer Insight for HORSE CLUB: Ride West — The Mane Quest
The Horse Club game series by developer and publisher Wild River Games announces its third entry! I’ve been in touch with the Wild River team before, and even consulted on the latest title: Horse C...
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ICYMI, I do quite a bit of horse game content on tiktok these days! Would you like me to crosspost that content to bsky as well? (It's also up on instagram reels)
Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮@malicedafirenze.bsky.social · 2mo agoget in losers we're making horse game tiktoks!! www.tiktok.com/@themaneques...
I'm so tired of newbie horse game devs not managing to follow basic best practices for game marketing that I put together a horse game specific guide enjoy
The Mane Quest 🐴🎮 Horses in Video Games 🎮🐴@themanequest.com · 2mo ago📢NEW ARTICLE📢Horse Game Marketing 101 – The Do's and Don'ts of Sharing Your Passion Projects with People www.themanequest.com/blog/2026/6/...
📢NEW ARTICLE📢Horse Game Marketing 101 – The Do's and Don'ts of Sharing Your Passion Projects with People www.themanequest.com/blog/2026/6/...
Horse Game Marketing 101 – The Do's and Don'ts of Sharing Your Passion Projects with People — The Mane Quest
Indie horse game developers who make games out of a passion for the subject matter are becoming more common these days. Many of these up and coming horse game devs make basic mistakes in marketing and...
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New Horse Game out today! 🎉🎉🎉 Barbie Horse Ride & Rescue is now available on iOS and Android globally! I'm thrilled I got to do consulting work on this, and I'm excited to see what people think 🥰
Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮@malicedafirenze.bsky.social · 2mo agoI feel like y'all are still sleeping on the fact that there's a genuinely good-looking Barbie horse game coming out this month and that I got to consult for them on horse accuracy and game design. Where's the Barbie Horse Adventures girlies at?
Blackboard Ponies, one of the games that emerged from the Tiny Horse Game Jam last year, is coming to Steam!! 🎉🎉🎉
blackboardponies.bsky.social@blackboardponies.bsky.social · 2mo ago*_*
#Exclusive: Horses of Hoofprint Bay publisher @themanequest.com is leading us through some exclusive data insights of @thoglistudios.com massively successful game demo and wishlist campaign. www.gamesmarket.global/numbers-insi...
Numbers & Insights Into Horses of Hoofprint Bay's Demo Success
Horses of Hoofprint Bay publisher The Mane Quest is leading us through some exclusive data insights of their massively successful game demo and wishlist campaign.
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We're getting some comments asking what the day limit will be for the full game, so we'll say this here for everyone: There will NOT be a Day Limit in the full game 😄 You will eventually run out of upgrades and quests and new competitions and trail rides, but your playtime is UNLIMITED 💖
thogli studios 🐴 Wishlist Horses of Hoofprint Bay@thoglistudios.com · 2mo agoNEW GAMEPLAY TRAILER Horses of Hoofprint Bay was part of the Women-Led Games Showcase on the channels of The Game Awards just now 😱 Watch the new trailer right here:
What a milestone for the team! 💚🐎 Congratulations to @thoglistudios.com and @themanequest.com on being featured in the Women-Led Games Showcase. Proud to be part of the journey and excited for everything that's still to come.
thogli studios 🐴 Wishlist Horses of Hoofprint Bay@thoglistudios.com · 2mo agoNEW GAMEPLAY TRAILER Horses of Hoofprint Bay was part of the Women-Led Games Showcase on the channels of The Game Awards just now 😱 Watch the new trailer right here:
Happy Pride Month!! In Hoofprint Bay, Love is Love and we radically support everyone on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum! To celebrate, we asked our community to show us their best custom color Pride Ponies created in the HoHB Demo, and we LOVE how these are turning out! 😍
