Dan | Wishlist Papaya Plaza on Steam now!

Shout out to the person who emailed Biscuit Factory Games and like 50 other games studios all in the same 'to' field with a completely botched mail merge. Including forgetting to replace [YOUR NAME] with their own actual name. Rough. We at [STUDIO NAME] say thanks but no.

You mean they're using my dynamite to blow up people???

Call out lifeless countryside? "Farmer bashing" Call out deadzone tree plantations? "You hate foresters" Call out our empty seas? "You're attacking fishermen" Call out our trashed National Parks? "You're denigrating park rangers" This is how they try to shut down any dissent to nature's dying.

Beautiful piece in @aftermath.site by @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social about committing to the bit aftermath.site/red-deck-win...

We're stoked to introduce the 'No Gen AI' seal for indie games! Indie devs can use it on their game's store page to assure potential players that their game was made without the use of Generative AI. You can grab it from the Polygon Treehouse website:- www.polygon-treehouse.com/no-gen-ai-seal

Steam Next Fest is LIVE and Papaya Plaza needs a Mayor! 🏝️ Enjoy updated features including: Controller compatibility, a new villager to meet, new music and SFX and Asian localisation! Check out our free demo now! Link in bio.  #PapayaPlaza #CozyGaming #SteamNextFest

BIBDU is an Irish Mythology Indie Game I have been hand painting for the past 3 years. You can wishlist it on Steam now! store.steampowered.com/app/4747050/... #indiedev #gamedev #handdrawn #irishgamedev #sologamedev #indiegame youtu.be/auSkXJ8PDvU?...

Thinking about how awesome a Vanquish sequel would be

An explanation on why Big Walk isn't available on Xbox. bigwalk.game/xbox

I’m at the Pizza Hut. I’m at the house of leaves. I’m at the combi s n e a v t a i e o l n fo esuoh & tuh azzip

Looks like that newly launched Sonic The Hedgehog discord is "pay to win." The only people who can message are people who've boosted the server lol 😅

Throw a chef at another chef. Cheddar your competitors

Lil chef game

I have separated the art from the artist, carefully drawing a knife along the grain of the art. We can mix the art with paraffin or beeswax to make a great fire starter, while the artist will form the ribs of our woven basket. Start by weaving 6 artists together in a cross shape

You know what grinds my gears? Coffee beans come in bags of 250g or 1kg. But coffee bean dosage is measures in divisions of 60g per Litre.

We don't live in slop world because of AI, we live in slop world because the purpose of everything is to generate a return on investment for capital. We evaluate everything along metrics designed to serve that purpose over any other. AI is just the best way we found of optimizing for these metrics.

can't help you bud

Just remembering there was a kids show with a robot character called Ninjizz. It pronounced its name with a real heavy emphasis on the "jizz" part.

Which Papaya Plaza character are you? ✨ Meet some of our cute villagers designed by the wonderful Stefscribbles. Drop your match in the comments below - and don't forget to wishlist Papaya Plaza on Steam to support our game! 💖 #PapayaPlaza #CozyGame #PixelArt #IndieDev

if they're drinking nounwine it's fantasy. if they're snorting a verb it's sci fi

Papaya Plaza is in the Wholesome Games Celebration on Steam - August 6–13! 🌴🍉 To celebrate, we’ve released a freshly updated demo! Head back to the plaza to experience a host of new features, improvements and bug fixes. Don't forget to share your feedback or leave a review for us. Happy Building!

Shout out to the glory days.

Help me. I don't know what I'm doing and need someone to tell me if these new features are good. Are they good? Is this melon bird too fast? Are these my legs? Why do I wake up tired? These questions need answers!

Shout out to the 3D artist who cold-emailed me a job application with a clearly AI written cover letter about the wonderful 3D art in my 2D retro pixel art game. I try to be patient and understanding, I know its rough out here getting gigs. However, that shit was so egregious I just deleted it.

Jesus christ. 22 years.

hey @2000ad.bsky.social you know your website is currently erroring when trying to setup a subscription? Means I can't buy anything. Console says there's an uncaught TypeError in subscriptionForm.js

your birth month = your papaya plaza villager!

06/25/2026 return to the sea

Bad news everyone

Rough day, so have a poem about the Jar of Moles in the Grant Zoology Museum in London that everyone has regarded as too thoroughly batshit to publish

Clocking in to Papaya Plaza like it’s my second job (it is, I’m the mayor of the town.)  Play the demo on Steam! 🍋🍋‍🟩 https://store.steampowered.com/app/4580030/Papaya_Plaza/

someone on tumblr said it better than i could

10,000 WISHLISTS, BEEP! 🥭 As a tiny indie team, we’ve put a lot of heart & soul into Papaya Plaza. We’ve been listening to your feedback & are working hard to create the best possible Papaya Plaza! We appreciate your support more than you know. Thank you for playing the demo!

We only get 4 screenshots to convince you to play our cosy bite-sized slice of life building sim, Papaya Plaza 🥭🍉 #WishlistWednesday

the phrase "lipstick on a pig" has always inspired a deep sadness in me. I think of the pig, looking forward to her big night out, and I bring myself to the verge of tears.

Nothing quite kick starts your morning like the sound of your dog tottering into the room for the express purpose of getting sick on your bedroom floor.

Demo is LIVE now if you'd like to give it a try!

The Papaya Plaza demo is now LIVE! We’re so pleased to have announced our playable demo as part of @wholesomegames.com’s Wholesome Direct 🥭 We can't wait for you to play our little town sim 🍍 https://store.steampowered.com/app/4580030/Papaya_Plaza/

I often think about this when I read about super low games budgets. "Made X from a budget of just 100k" etc. The blood comes from somewhere. The sweat comes from somewhere. Just because you didn't pay for it doesn't make it free.

be sure to tune in to the wholesome direct tomorrow! 👀

Its true. Lots to say.

We're excited to announce that our upcoming cosy town building sim Papaya Plaza will be included in @wholesomegames.com’s Wholesome Direct, taking place on June 6th! 🥭✨ Make sure you tune in... or Beep will have something to say about it 🐥

Me, being served a firehouse of hand tool woodworking shorts:

Did I mention we took the plunge for @biscuitfactorygames.com and made a discord? Its true. We even made a public viewing dev chat channel. Come watch us work like some sort of bizzare digital ant hill. discord.gg/y7qVXkRUYH

We're so excited to announce Papaya Plaza! @biscuitfactorygames.com have created a wonderful slice of life game and we can't wait to be publishing it alongside them 🥭

Announced a new game with @biscuitfactorygames.com this afternoon! @weekendgames.bsky.social will be publishing Papaya Plaza: ✨ cute af slice of life 🍉 curious characters 🏡 town decorating pure goodness for these dark times. Steam link in 🧵! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iSs...

Welcome to Papaya Plaza - a snackable and stress-free village building sim! 🏘️ Build a lovely little town and decorate to your heart’s content 👋 Meet a host of weird and wonderful characters ⭐ Provide a great experience to visiting tourists Wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/4580030/...