Some rambling thoughts on stuff I'd liked to have known before I started working on our Steam page: 1. Stop worrying its too soon 2. Make it official 3. Tags are cool 4. You need more capsules than you think 5. Its never too early to think about accessibility toastmoth.substack.com/p/five-thing...

Five Things I wish I’d Known Before Starting our Steam Page

Some small, practical things that panicked or pleased me in the process, rather than marketing advice.

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Ahoy me hearties, today be #TalkLikeAPirateDay so lets parlay bout ye games in ye beste buccaneer voice 🏴‍☠️ We’ll lead the fleet: "Scrub the wreck to pillage clues from the loot, and savvy what scourge scuttered the ship" #indiegames #gamedev

Happy #ScreenshotSaturday Some early pics of the cleaning from our cozy investigation game about a mysterious shipwreck. store.steampowered.com/app/5093780/...

Looking back through our old group chat and found these pictures that really show how we built the main cleaning desk in our game from first concept to playable scene. #IndieDev #ScreenshotSaturday #DevLog

I'm surprised there aren't more cats trying to make a career in game dev.

VOID - Eight Lives Left@eightlivesleft.bsky.social · 3w ago

Would you play a game created entirely by a cat? Well this one is not but it's ABOUT a cat as the main character. #catgame #indiedeveloper #murdermystery #cats #noai

So excited to have just pressed publish on our little game's coming soon page. Its a great way to end the week, and makes this project feel so much more real. If you like cozy games and mysteries then please check it out. store.steampowered.com/app/5093780/...

Wreck of The Narwhal: A Cleaning Mystery Game on Steam

A cleaning and investigation game where you scrub the salvage found in a shipwreck and solve mysteries from the past. Clean the evidence to uncover clues, catalogue sea creatures, and identify the los...

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Little work in progress of how the cleaning is coming along. Its so satisfying to see what's hidden beneath the grime.

Last month we decided to sink our game. So now you are cleaning and investigating artifacts from a ship wreck. Read more about our journey at toastmoth.substack.com

ToastMoth Studio | Substack

A blog about making a game and navigating the shores of indie dev. Click to read ToastMoth Studio, a Substack publication.

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We're making a game where you catalogue an increasingly strange collection of local wildlife whilst investigating remains found in the forest. Players will clean bones to look for clues, identify animals from footprints, and deduce the cause of death in a series of curious events.