Kate Solbakk

Thanks! 😊💕

Next Fest is almost over! 👀
Exciting as this week has been, I can’t wait to put my head down and focus 100% on game dev again.
I’m dying to start the next round of play testing with Halteria and the new player virus system! 🦠👾
#SteamNextFest #gamedev #indiegames #unitygames #cellscape #microbes

Try the Cellscape demo during #SteamNextFest! 🦠💕
#microbiology #indiegames #microbes #unitygames

Tried a little experiment today, using clear nail polish to capture snowflake impressions on a microscope slide. It actually kind of worked, and was very fun 😁❄️
Will try again next time it snows and hopefully get some better ones!
#microscopy #winterwonderland #snowflakes #nature

I’m working on a special new creature for Cellscape. Halteria is a ciliate that eats viruses irl! In the game your character can get infected with viruses and you can use Halteria to remove them 🦠💕

#gamedev #indiegames #unitygames #microbiology #protozoa #ciliate #steamnextfest

Indie devs! I’m looking to play as much as I possibly can during #SteamNextFest at the end of the month. Let me know if you’re taking part, or better yet, will have a demo up before the event starts! (Drop a link, or my email is in my bio)

Thank you ❤️ 😊

Cellscape on Steam Experience life as a microbe in a dynamic, living ecosystem. Hunt bacteria, dodge hazards and predators, and divide as many times as you can!

I have a demo taking part! 2D microbe survival 🦠💕
store.steampowered.com/app/3650410/...

Cellscape on Steam Experience life as a microbe in a dynamic, living ecosystem. Hunt bacteria, dodge hazards and predators, and divide as many times as you can!

My demo is available and will be part of Next Fest! 🦠💕
store.steampowered.com/app/3650410/...

Cellscape on Steam Experience life as a microbe in a dynamic, living ecosystem. Hunt bacteria, dodge hazards and predators, and divide as many times as you can!

The Cellscape demo is now playable! Check it out for free on Steam. The demo lets you play in 5-minute timed runs, but you can play as many as you like. Have fun! 🦠💕

#unitygames #indiegames #microbes #microbiology #SteamNextFest

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Only a few days left to join the playtest! Come try living the microbe life while you can 🦠
#gamedev #indiegames #steamplaytest #mocrobiology

So lovely to see the night sky again. Didn’t expect auroras already! They are strong enough to see without a camera tonight 😍 #auroras #october #norway

I’m a big fan of whoever invented anti hair wrap vacuum brushes. #thankyou

Join the Discord: discord.gg/dcxTNQj5

Cellscape on Steam Experience life as a microbe in a dynamic, living ecosystem. Hunt bacteria, dodge hazards and predators, and divide as many times as you can!

First playtest for Cellscape is now open! Come try it out and let me know what you think 😍

store.steampowered.com/app/3650410/...

#indiegames #unitygames #cellscape #gamedev #microbes

What is it about this stuff? I get all excited whenever I get to use it

#sosatisfying #parafilm #microbiology

I’ve often wondered about this as we hear a lot about how important a healthy microbiome is in the gut, on skin etc, but then with the mouth it’s still just “kill everything all the time” 🤔

#microbiology #microbiome

I’m dying to show you what I’m working on in Cellscape right now, but every time I say ok NOW I’ll stop and make some videos I go back and keep working on the game instead 😅

I’ll show you more soon I promise!! Here’s a pic for a sneak peek at least!
#gamedev #indiegames #unitygames #cellscape

Congratulations @drogos.bsky.social !!! 👏🥳🤩

Wooo!! So excited to see Cellscape featured on a Norwegian gaming site 😍😍
English version here: spillhistorie.no/2025/08/28/e...

#indiegames #unitygames #gamedev

My husband’s game Freight Manager is coming out in early access on Steam next week! Our house is officially a game studio 😜
#gamedev #unitygames #indiegames

Video games aren’t just a hobby or a form of entertainment for some folk.
They help people through some hard times.

It’s sad that some people will never understand that.

It definitely is! Maybe that’s why I’m so surprised that it can still be so much fun 😄

Makes sense! Probably depends a lot on the type of game too, and how repeatable it is. I’m just surprised I can enjoy it at all, I thought I’d be too focused on the creative side to actually have fun playing, but surprisingly not 😄

The most surprising thing about #gamedev to me is that I can have SO much fun playing my own game.
As an artist I never get to enjoy my own work, I only see flaws and I thought this would be the same. But DAMN I love my game 😁
Is that allowed or am I supposed to be humble? 😅
#indiedev #unitygames

How Does This Predator Capture Prey? YouTube video by The Microscopic Odyssey

In this episode of the Microscopic Odyssey, we are diving into the brilliant strategy (and geometry) Lacrymaria olor uses to catch its prey.

August 2025 Lots of art news and game updates!

Just shared a post over on Substack with lots of art and game news, including a very special commission featuring the most majestic rotifer there is 😍

mikroliv.substack.com/p/august-2025

#artist #microbes #indiegamedev

You can tell I’m working on my game’s settings menu right now because my kitchen is SPOTLESS.
#procrastination #gamedev #indiegames

I absolutely love the chaos of the feeding frenzy and this new pathogen mechanic is great fun, but will have to put some sort of limit on bacteria divisions so the game doesn’t just crash 😅

A screenshot from the game Cellscape, showing a chaotic feeding frenzy of bacteria and protozoa

Increased bacteria spawn rate, ended up with predator swarms. Introduced a pathogen to control the predator swarms. Dying cells dissolve into a nutrient cloud which creates a feeding frenzy for bacteria.. creates total chaos and crashes the game 🤣
#gamedev #ecology #microbes #indiegames #unitygames

Actually yeah that wouldn’t even need to be 3D, it could be different depths but still in 2D. Like a microscope as you said. That’s a very cool idea!