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Chicory 4-year anniversary + Tote Bag!
It’s been almost 4 years since Chicory first launched on Steam and Playstation… At the time I recall there was a powerful anticipation for the game…
May 30
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The All-Important Third Thing (designing Albrax and Yueffowl)
As we got late into production, our priorities in concept designs shifted.
May 23
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Creating with Hearts and Brains (designing Cherrily and Merrifly)
The process designing our cheerleader bugs, alongside an indie game creator that hugely inspired us!
May 16
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A Hairy Problem (Designing Broslidon and Leobro)
This Beastie family was requested by a couple readers, partly because many picked up on the fact that this one has a storied history.
May 2
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April 2025
April Bash Results! Top Coaches & Stats!
This past weekend we hosted another BIGMOON BASH in Beastieball, where coaches could challenge one another in fierce contests of sport!
Apr 22
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Expand and Contract (designing Sprecko + forms)
Also: sprecko plushies are coming soon!
Apr 11
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Constructing a Theme (designing Demolipede & Millimine)
I think it’s no secret that I’m a pretty big fan of the volleyball anime, Haikyu.
Apr 4
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A Beastieball update & an apology
We owe our players an apology.
Apr 1
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March 2025
March Open Bash - ALL THE STATS
This time, we're providing way more stats then you could possibly want!
Mar 31
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Balancing Beastieball
A look at what goes into tuning a PvP turn-based strategy game
Mar 26
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Follow the Shapes (designing Skibble, Skorock & Boldlur)
Aside from sketched Beastie stats and playstyles, from early on we had a plan of different environments we needed to fill with Beasties based on where…
Mar 21
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Challenging the Rule of Cool (designing Daredillo and Radillo)
Before we brought external concept artists onto the team, I’d spent a fair bit of time developing different Beasties purely in code and design - using…
Mar 14
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