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Matt Beakes

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Game artist, Concept artist & Illustrator. Also egg. https://www.artbybeakes.com/ He/Him

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You _could_ spend some of your Sunday playing our demo. It's good.

01.03.2026 11:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We've done a new game! If you like one or more of:
* Tower defence
* Scottish Space Dwarves
* Retro vibes
You should check this out right now!

05.02.2026 14:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 61 ๐Ÿ” 37 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Save 25% on Earth Must Die on Steam These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from ...

EARTH MUST DIE is OUT NOW.

Starring Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas, @alexhorne.bsky.social @misterabk.bsky.social @benstarr.bsky.social @5teviem.bsky.social Tamsin Greig, Don Warrington and LOADS of other people.

It's cheap | good | funny, check it out.

store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...

27.01.2026 18:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 192 ๐Ÿ” 104 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 19
Image displaying a  screenshot from the You Vs Zombies game. Featuring a stylized game character labeled 'Hero Found!' with the title 'Zombie Fighting Guy' below. The character appears in a dynamic pose, wearing a casual outfit with a flashlight and a tool belt, set against a dark, windowed backdrop that suggests an urban night scene.

Image displaying a screenshot from the You Vs Zombies game. Featuring a stylized game character labeled 'Hero Found!' with the title 'Zombie Fighting Guy' below. The character appears in a dynamic pose, wearing a casual outfit with a flashlight and a tool belt, set against a dark, windowed backdrop that suggests an urban night scene.

๐ŸงŸ PLAYTEST YOU VS ZOMBIES ๐ŸงŸ

A zombie roguelite starring YOUโ€ฆ
or a fire-breathing ballerina
or a spell-slinging punk with no coping skills

Describe your hero and Unleash them on the apocalypse.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Playtesting opens 13 Feb
๐Ÿ‘‰ Request access https://store.steampowered.com/app/4224660/YOU_vs_Zombies/

27.01.2026 15:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Turnbound on Steam Turnbound is an auto battler, where you manage a hero's inventory to escape a haunted boardgame. Each run is different from the last, with unique upgrades, combos and synergies. Async PvP lets you bat...

๐ŸšจEarly access is live! ๐Ÿšจ

It brings:
๐Ÿน Robin Hood
๐Ÿ† Leaderboards
๐Ÿ› ๏ธ More abilities, ultimate's and items!

Buy the game on Steam โคต๏ธ
store.steampowered.com/app/3802470/...

Learn more โคต๏ธ
store.steampowered.com/news/app/380...

Every RT, Like, share and review helps!

#IndieGameDev #gaming

22.01.2026 12:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 23 ๐Ÿ” 12 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Weโ€™re releasing Turnbound in less than 2 hours aaaaaaaaaaaahhhh

22.01.2026 10:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 90 ๐Ÿ” 23 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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HEY HEY it's NEWS 'O CLOCK.

'EARTH MUST DIE' is coming out on the 27th of Jan, which is alarmingly soon!

Please pop over here and wishlist it, and do share if you're able. Thank you.

store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...

14.01.2026 17:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 224 ๐Ÿ” 114 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

As someone who grew up with seemingly 100% โ€˜pictures of oxenโ€™ based advent calendars I approve of this striking improvement

25.12.2025 12:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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And behind the final Advent Calendar door...
It's the Sparrow of Bethlehem, of course!๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ„ (a la @threebeansaladpod.bsky.social )

25.12.2025 08:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 31 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Welcome to Halcyon Dynamics! In your new role you'll be expected to process digits efficiently and build a small well-motivated team. Don't overthink it; they're definitely just digits. A narrative-driven incremental management sim. store.steampowered.com/app/4218750?...

03.12.2025 16:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 66 ๐Ÿ” 25 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

3rd arms the charm eh? ๐Ÿคฎ

28.11.2025 11:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Me standing behind my booth at Thought Bubble with prints, stickers pins and models all set up.

Me standing behind my booth at Thought Bubble with prints, stickers pins and models all set up.

Had the BEST time at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend! Thanks to everyone for stopping by, chatting, supporting my work & just generally being absolutely lovely. So inspiring to see so many skilled, excellent creatives in one place! โœจ๐ŸŽ‰

17.11.2025 10:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 24 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Steam image for Go Kart Island, a new game released by Grumpy Pizza games - Ewan McKenzie. The key art here was done by me - a logo and four characters on a bright island background.
Steam image for Go Kart Island, a new game released by Grumpy Pizza games - Ewan McKenzie. The key art here was done by me - a logo and four characters on a bright island background.

Steam image for Go Kart Island, a new game released by Grumpy Pizza games - Ewan McKenzie. The key art here was done by me - a logo and four characters on a bright island background. Steam image for Go Kart Island, a new game released by Grumpy Pizza games - Ewan McKenzie. The key art here was done by me - a logo and four characters on a bright island background.

Picture of Lumi, a Belgian shepherd cross dog. She's just woken up from a nap and has her tongue poking out and her nose smushed up against the couch.

Picture of Lumi, a Belgian shepherd cross dog. She's just woken up from a nap and has her tongue poking out and her nose smushed up against the couch.

My pal @ekenz.bsky.social game Go Kart Island released today!! The game is super fun and Ewan's writing is genuinely so funny! If that's not enough, Lumi also has a bribery loving character based on her so what's not to love?! Check it out now!!!๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿถ
store.steampowered.com/app/3749790/...

10.11.2025 19:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Two days till launch and the Mayor has filed an injunction to rename the game to "Mayor E.O. Kart" ๐Ÿ˜Ÿ

Apparently the E.O. stands for Elected Official ๐Ÿ™„ Curse you Mayor, this is not the time!

Wishlist and try the demo now!
๐Ÿ”— s.team/a/3749790

#indiegames #indiegaming #indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev

08.11.2025 13:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
A smirking devious cat surrounded by game tiles and purple smoke on the left with the words: Patch Notes and Turnbound on the right.

A smirking devious cat surrounded by game tiles and purple smoke on the left with the words: Patch Notes and Turnbound on the right.

We are bringing down the server in just a minute for roughly 15-30 minutes as we deploy our next patch for the demo which includes the new feature: Rematch! โš”๏ธ

Patch notes can found in the replies.

#gamedev #indiedev

20.10.2025 14:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Quick bump from the weekend - not often I get a chance to talk about projects while their in production, so this was a nice opportunity to pop my head out of photoshop for a spell to chat with @studioanisa.bsky.social about Turnbound a little!

20.10.2025 12:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's Next Fest day 2!

Remember to check out Go Kart Island, the only game in Next Fest with go-karts... on an island. As far as I'm aware at least.

store.steampowered.com/app/3749790/

#SteamNextFest #indiegames #indiegaming

14.10.2025 13:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hi folks ๐Ÿ‘‹ I am available now for freelance UI/UX design work (but also 2D art, illustrations, motion design or art direction).

Don't hesitate to drop me a message for any new opportunity!

See more of my work:
โœจ cedrepradier.com
๐Ÿ“ฎ cedreprader@gmail.com

17.06.2025 10:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 255 ๐Ÿ” 110 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Happy Steam Next Fest week!! Our game Turnbound has a free demo you can try!! Wishlist pls? ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ’–

store.steampowered.com/app/3802470/...

14.10.2025 11:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 29 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Turnbound reveal trailer - PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct
Turnbound reveal trailer - PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct YouTube video by PC Gamer

INTRODUCING OUR NEW GAME TURNBOUND!!!

Your sould is trapped in a haunted board game and you gotta play for your freedom! Also I added a cat because you always need a cat being a dick somewhere in your game

www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3_r...

28.09.2025 16:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 87 ๐Ÿ” 21 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Teamโ€™s been very busy on this one!

28.09.2025 20:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Spooky house cart set up under a bridge with a eerie glow about it!

Spooky house cart set up under a bridge with a eerie glow about it!

You may all be wondering where we've been and what's been going on with the radio silence!

We've been super hard at work over these past few months and can't wait to share VERY SOON what we've been up to!

Watch this space! ๐Ÿ‘€ #indiedev

23.09.2025 16:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Testing what happens when you interact with this obstacle when in different states. Worked out PERFECTLY.

๐Ÿ‘‡ Play the Go Kart Island demo and smash that wishlist button RIGHT HERE ๐Ÿฅณ

๐Ÿ”— store.steampowered.com/app/3749790/

#indiegames #indiegaming #indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev

15.09.2025 09:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cute cartoon car brightly coloured and stylised with an ice cream on top of it

Cute cartoon car brightly coloured and stylised with an ice cream on top of it

Still frame from a 3D stylised crow model, a non-humanoid vtuber from my own design.

Still frame from a 3D stylised crow model, a non-humanoid vtuber from my own design.

Illustration piece of a dark woods, in greyscale.

Illustration piece of a dark woods, in greyscale.

Still image of a gif, of a stylised Bearded vulture in low-poly 3D. Designed, rigged, animated by myself.

Still image of a gif, of a stylised Bearded vulture in low-poly 3D. Designed, rigged, animated by myself.

Welp, I've just found out that my role has been made redundant ๐Ÿซ ... So I will be looking for work!

If anyone is looking for a 2D/3D Generalist or Art Director for games (particularly specialising in stylised projects!) please shout! From concepts > modelling > animating thru to implementation ๐Ÿ’›โœจ

02.09.2025 16:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 233 ๐Ÿ” 95 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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A second festival in two weeks, the popularity of this game knows no bounds.

Quickly, go play the demo and wishlist before it becomes too popular and you will no longer be one of the cool early people.

#indiegames #indiegaming #indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev

๐Ÿ”— store.steampowered.com/app/3749790/

05.08.2025 13:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mashina is OUT NOW.

Dig and mend the world in this chill stop-motion mining adventure.

store.steampowered.com/app/3395930/...

31.07.2025 13:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1096 ๐Ÿ” 340 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18 ๐Ÿ“Œ 33
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Mythmatch Demo on Steam A Greek mythology anti-capitalist merge game. Play as Artemis bouncing between Olympus and Earth trying to find what kind of goddess she wants to be. Help the mortals. Challenge the gods. Find your ma...

As folks are downloading demos this week, please consider the Mythmatch demo.

It's only 20 minutes, recently updated, and we're really proud of it!

And please recommend it to anyone who is looking for something to play this week!

store.steampowered.com/app/2490290/...

09.06.2025 09:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 70 ๐Ÿ” 32 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Into the Restless Ruins is a deckbuilder in the Scottish highlands, where you create a dungeon then battle through it.
Out now on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, and Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/2877770/...

15.05.2025 11:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 110 ๐Ÿ” 48 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 35

Absolutely can confirm that that is one corrupt pup. Squirrels watch out.

Great job!!

14.05.2025 19:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A mockup screen of the soon to be released game Into the Restless Ruins! Some in game UI, environment styling and how general placement of rooms might work visually is explored here.

A mockup screen of the soon to be released game Into the Restless Ruins! Some in game UI, environment styling and how general placement of rooms might work visually is explored here.

A close up of a forge room featuring an early character placeholder design, exploring how much the player might be able to see at any given time once out of building mode and colours working together.

A close up of a forge room featuring an early character placeholder design, exploring how much the player might be able to see at any given time once out of building mode and colours working together.

The bad room. A bunch of enemies laid out to get an idea of scale in comparison to one another and the prop sizes.

The bad room. A bunch of enemies laid out to get an idea of scale in comparison to one another and the prop sizes.

Concept for a summoning circle rune - how deactivation/activation might look and how it works in the level as a whole.

Concept for a summoning circle rune - how deactivation/activation might look and how it works in the level as a whole.

Ahhh! Into the Restless Ruins is coming out a week todayโœจ๐Ÿ‘€ Worked on this game last year doing vis-dev and style exploration, been given the all clear to share a couple of bits. HYPED!

08.05.2025 21:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1