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@philomenaschwab

Co-Founder of Stray Fawn Studio & Publishing Making Wandering Village + Dungeon Clawler Council Member at Wings Fund #30under30 #SwissGames #indiedev Contact: hi@philo.me

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Game Marketing with Yellow Space Penguin Hi, my name is Yue (aka Yellow Space Penguin) and I want to get into game marketing for PC games! I'm looking for solo devs / studios to work with for 2 months for free. My goal is to see if I can hel...

Thanks for your interest!
We decided to set up a survey.
Would you mind filling it out?
forms.gle/Jsd7m1QbhJqZ...

13.02.2026 13:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey fellow devs!
A friend of mine wants to get into game marketing.
She is looking for a dev/team to support with FREE marketing for 2 months to learn and improve her skills. πŸ§πŸ’‘

Are you interested or know anyone?
✍️Leave a comment
πŸ” RTs appreciated
#gamedev #indiedev

21.01.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

🧢 Play / Promote / Publish - three of the key challenges of indie developers these days. Usually the "Play" or game design aspects works out well but when we talk about promotion and publishing it looks like quite different and can be even more challenging. That is why we ... 🧢 1/x

#indiegamedev

12.01.2026 11:48 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Awesome to hear :)
Would you mind filling in this quick survey with your infos?
forms.gle/8sHrhnBgBXHa...

31.01.2026 12:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, would be great if you could fill out this quick survey.
We'll get back in mid/late February!
forms.gle/8sHrhnBgBXHa...

31.01.2026 12:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The game looks super cute!
I'm currently collecting infos from all interested devs.
Would you mind filling in this quick survey?
forms.gle/8sHrhnBgBXHa...

31.01.2026 12:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Timezone is CET :)

31.01.2026 12:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ‘‘ GAME ANNOUNCEMENT βš”οΈ

Crown Siege is a short incremental tower defense game centered around growing and strengthening armies, to defend your kingdom and stop endless waves of enemies.

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

24.01.2026 10:47 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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We just released the steam demo of Blessed be the chamber, our tense russian roulette roguelite.

After more than 8’000 players on itch, we thought that we would try to push this game a little further and there it is ! The steam demo is finally out :)

Any help sharing the news helps a lot!!!

22.01.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is the second time we are doing this:
x.com/PhilomenaSch...

Friend number 1 has since gone forward and is now working full time in game marketing for games such as Brotato, Dorfromantik, The Wandering Village and Wanderburg!
-> www.indiesquire.com πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

21.01.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey fellow devs!
A friend of mine wants to get into game marketing.
She is looking for a dev/team to support with FREE marketing for 2 months to learn and improve her skills. πŸ§πŸ’‘

Are you interested or know anyone?
✍️Leave a comment
πŸ” RTs appreciated
#gamedev #indiedev

21.01.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

proud to report that Rift Riff earned enough to break-even its development costs! it's currently at ±€130k net from Steam, App Store, and Google Play.

Rift Riff team members share in the game's profit, so the money that continues to trickle in is also theirs <3

#gamedev #godotengine

15.01.2026 11:08 πŸ‘ 255 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 2
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Flotsam 1.0 is officially OUT NOW!

πŸ”Ž Featuring a Main Narrative Questline
❗ Specialist Quests & Characters
πŸ”§ New Upgrade System
πŸ—ΊοΈ New Regions and much more!

πŸ” Repost and comment until Dec 6 for a
chance to win a Steam key!

04.12.2025 16:12 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 8

good news I have done the thing! Please head over to reddit if you'd like to partake in my oversharing of gamedev insights!

www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/co...

19.11.2025 11:20 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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Heading over to Vienna tomorrow to talk about
"Surviving as an Indie Game Studio for 9 Years"
Looking forward to meet lots Austrian devs πŸŽ‰

subotron.com/event/strayf...

19.11.2025 16:22 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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May I have your attention once more beloved #gamedev ppl:

Our workshop with the Erich Pommer Institut and amazing indie speakers has some last free slots - register here: bit.ly/epi_2025gg

1/2 🧢

24.10.2025 06:56 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Our game Dungeon Clawler is nominated for a Gamescom award ✨
Now we only need to get passed Genshin Impact 🀣

19.08.2025 21:57 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Philomena Schwab - Surviving as an indie game studio for 9 years - INDIGO 2025
Philomena Schwab - Surviving as an indie game studio for 9 years - INDIGO 2025 YouTube video by INDIGO Showcase

NEW INDIGO 2025 TALK AVAILABLE ONLINE!

Philomena Schwab (@philomenaschwab.bsky.social) – Co-founder of Stray Fawn Studio ( @strayfawnstudio.bsky.social )

Talk: Surviving as an indie game studio for 9 years
Video: youtu.be/G2uJabADe48

Recorded at #indigo2025 !

#techtalk #gamedev #indiedev

24.07.2025 07:48 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

BIG THREAD of the very best Discord servers for indie games Marketing, PR, CM and support!

Whether you're a solo dev, small team, social & community manager, agency or publisher here are some really excellent discords you should join.

πŸ‘‡ Reply below if I missed one & share if this was helpful

30.01.2025 17:58 πŸ‘ 161 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 3
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Dungeon Clawler (which I've noticed since writing isn't buried thanks to YouTube!) by @philomenaschwab.bsky.social et al is a claw machine-based deckbuilder! And it's bursting with original ideas.

buried-treasure.org/2024/12/dung...

Please support Buried Treasure: www.patreon.com/c/buriedtrea...

05.12.2024 12:29 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Occasional Reminder: If you're a person working in, writing about, or otherwise involved in making video games in Switzerland, please let me know so I can add you to the SwissGames starter pack 😊

bsky.app/starter-pack...

17.10.2024 09:37 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 3
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Launching our new game in 3 days, aaaaa

18.11.2024 16:47 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0