Robert Olsén

Robert Olsén

@rawbert.bsky.social

I play all kinds of games. Occasionally make games. I try to be kind, respectful and optimistic. Game Designer & Co-Founder at Splendid Failures, working on "A Corporate Machine". Formerly Game Designer at Thunderful Games (and previously Image & Form).

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Yoyo i released a huge update for drill bird yesterday but have been too tired to tweet abt it 🥳 Make a deal with the Devil in order to birth the most powerful bird your bloodline has ever seen Go be a bird mom! store.steampowered.com/app/3809940/...

store.steampowered.comDrill Bird on SteamDrill Bird is a cozy-yet-tense digging platformer where every trip underground counts. Play as a bird fallen from the sky, in search for powerful ores to hatch your Egg. Get home before night falls, u...

Our little robot vacuum cleaner believes it can!

Splendid Failures@splendidfailures.bsky.social

Our cozy cleaning adventure, A Corporate Machine, will be part of The Big Break Showcase, and Sanitron is gearing up to show you some clean footage. ⁣ ⁣ Big Thanks #CoffeeStain ⁣ Check it out on 29 September, 19:00 CEST www.youtube.com/CoffeeStainS... #BigBreakShowcase

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So much smoother! Moving the old janky prototype cleaning-system in our game A Corporate Machine to this solid shader based version looks a lot better and is way more performant. You can already wishlist it, link in the bio. #gamedev #indiegame #blender #godot #retro

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Work is progressing on our demo for A Corporate Machine! Currently we're hard at work on both the core cleaning gameplay and the art. And hey, we finally got the steampage up! (link below) #godot #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #blender

New game solo developed by the GOAT, Olle Håkansson, was just announced. The mind behind the amazing gameplay of the SteamWorld Dig and Heist series. Check it out!

Announcing Mysticore: Towers & Timber 🎉 Explore, build and survive massive enemy waves in this 1-4 player survival strategy game. Take direct control of your ballistas and land each shot where it counts! Wishlist now: store.steampowered.com/app/3754970?... Please retweet! #wishlistwednesday

I'm designing a custom MtG set based on a DnD campaign I ran for multiple years. The players were all skilled artists so I have a lot of art to use, but not enough to cover all cards. So today me and my 2 year old son made a co-lab artwork for a basic Forest

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Too many testers tried to burn the dog for us not to add an easter egg… Steam page for A Corporate Machine coming soon! #indiegame #gamedev #godot #easteregg #videogamedogs #indiedev

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We’re experimenting with different ways for our little vacuum cleaner robot to interact with the office workers. Unionize today for table tennis breaks! #gamedev #indiegame #godot #screenshotsaturday #officelife

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The environment in our game, A Corporate Machine, is inspired by tech and interior decoration from the 70s to the 90s. But with more advanced capabilities like wireless communication protocols and one heck of a smart robot vacuum cleaner. #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #blender #godot

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In A Corporate Machine you play as Sanitron TC-84, the world's most overqualified robot vacuum cleaner. Unseen and underappreciated, but also free to shake things up! #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #Blender #godot #videogames #cozygaming

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Happy #portfolioday 🥳 Here is my portfolio hopefully posted on time 😆

LinaBeeArt@linabeeart.bsky.social

Happy late #portfolioday I’m a game artist from Sweden. I love creating fantasy illustrations that is colorful and fun! You can find my portfolio here: www.linabrunhage.com

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I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice: www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1... I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.

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Some progression on the look-development environment for A Corporate Machine. Lots of pipeline work done to make asset creation in #blender easier and exporting to #godot smoother #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev

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Drill Bird has now been out for a week and I've been delighted by the response. The game sits at +80 positive reviews. Fun that people like tiny games! 🐦⛏️✨ Feel free to give it a go if you're keen for some bitesized chill puzzly mining🥚 store.steampowered.com/app/3809940/...

store.steampowered.comSave 17% on Drill Bird on SteamDrill Bird is a cozy-yet-tense digging platformer where every trip underground counts. Play as a bird fallen from the sky, in search for powerful ores to hatch your Egg. Get home before night falls, u...

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We tested without it for a while... but the throw action is back 🤖 💥 Use it to optimise your work, get out of boring tasks, or just chuck anything you can get your metal paws on really! #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #acorporatemachine #godot

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This week: Continued work on the prototype, talks with potential partners, and making some serious progress on our Blender to Godot pipeline. Our 3d-artist is weirdly proud to let you know that the Godot-shot is only three draw calls 🤷 #gamedev #indiegame #blender #godot #screenshotsaturday

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Okay, the quest is still janky and cobbled together, but our little vacuum can now torch their bloodsucking supervisor for a gold keycard in the prototype 🤖🧠🧛🔥 #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev #godot

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We conducted our first live user tests this weekend. The entire team was on site. More important than a well prepared build, a good testing environment and knowing what sort of data you're after is of course what sort of snacks you offer. What snack do you like when playing? #gamedev #indiegame

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When developing the art-style for A Corporate Machine we’re keeping it out of the prototype. It gives us room to explore the look and feel in a smaller scope, and lets us find a solid pipeline before we go full hog with production. 1/3 #GameDev #WorkInProgress #IndieGame #Blender #Godot

Finally showing off some of what we've been working on. Really excited for the future!

Splendid Failures@splendidfailures.bsky.social

Hi, we’re Splendid Failures, a small indie game studio in Gothenburg, Sweden, working on our first game: A Corporate Machine. Play as Sanitron TC-84, the world’s most overqualified cleaning robot, and explore life of the giant conglomerate Omega Global. Follow along for updates on our progress!

Working on a game that is heavily "inspired" by the big corp experience. Unironic con for "Corpo XP" system where you would get XP when you perform actions that the corporation likes: "Does not mesh completely with the reality of big corpo, where skilled and diligent workers seldom get promoted."

Robert Olsén reposted

einstein sent this to curie in 1911 when she was being harassed by tabloids. it contains everything you’d want in such a letter: (1) your haters are trash (2) you’re a baller, a true queen (3) i have determined the statistical law of motion of the diatomic molecule in planck’s radiation field 🧪⚛️