Purple Sloth Studio

🌈 queer indie game studio
💜 game dev 💜 queer-feminism 💜 workers' rights 💜
🎮 Dive into the world of indie games and politics with Purple Sloth!

Purple Sloth Studio boosted:
2025-06-16

#Steam #NextFest was quite the wild ride!

We hat tons of great community feedback and also a networking event smack down in the middle of it.

@betalars held a deep-dive workshop on 10 Insights into Godot and we hope to record that for a wider audience soon.

This evening, we will also once again do a live stream. This time not with hotfixes, but - as promised - with actual #VFX magic. ✨

#gamedev #godot

Purple Sloth Studio boosted:
2025-06-10

Day two of #Steam #NextFest

Join us in creating sparkling shaders and ask us anything!

We will be showing off how we create shaders and textures in blender and also some of the dark magic that is shaders in Godot. prepare for minds to be blown and trains to be dipped into a river of time.

#godot #gamedev #vfx #blender

steam next fest sharepic for june 10 16pm CET
live development and vfx magic is written on sticky notes that are attatched to a cutout train car that has a arrow pointing at a splash in train tracks that are filled with glowing waves in a subway station
2025-06-03

Hey Berlin game crowd! 🐻🎮

We are going to be at Womenize at the Institut Français Berlin tomorrow showcasing our game TRAILS.

Come by and say hi! We're looking forward to meeting some more feminist game devs and game associated people! 💜🦥

A watercolour drawing of our team sitting on or in front of a coach gaming enthusiastically with game controllers and a purple sloth plushie in the middle of us.
2025-06-02

4. HAZARDS OF THE WASTELAND🔥

The dunes are your home but they're not without danger. Collapsing terrain, narrow passages, gaping chasms, ancient traps and errant drones can block your path or derail your journey. Foresight and careful coordination will keep the ships on track.

#indiegames #gamedev #gamedesign

2025-06-02

3. JUGGLE RESOURCES 💧🛩️🗝️

Each sand ship can carry one item at a time, whether its crucial cargo, a key to unlock a new route or a rare power-up, improving the ship's capabilities. Managing pickups, handoffs and avoiding unwanted items is essential to reaching your goal.

#indiegames #gamedev #gamedesign

2025-06-02

2. SUPPLY THE OUTPOSTS 🏚️

Scattered across the wasteland, remote villages rely on the convoy for vital cargo. To complete each level you'll need to supply every outpost. Pick up the right goods and bring them safely to their destination.

#indiegames #gamedev #gamedesign

2025-06-02

Let's talk about some game mechanics in TRAILS!

1. CHART YOUR COURSE 📍
Plan your route by drawing paths across the desert grid. All sand ships must follow their trails without visiting the same space twice - and without crashing into one another.

#indiegames #gamedev #gamedesign

Purple Sloth Studio boosted:
Mael DuinMael_Duin
2025-06-02

This week we continue the summer (in the N hemisphere) celebrations with 4 streams of recently released games!
👻 Axe ghost (by Tomasz Kaye‬)
⛵ Trails (by @purpleSloth) + 🔑 giveaway!
🔛 Shrink rooms (by Mat-Rix & Pone Games‬)
🦆 Duck detective: the ghost of glamping (by @happybroccoligames)

Spook you LIVE on YouTube❤️+💜Twitch

2025-05-31

We're super excited about yesterdays release of TRAILS, but we also have another game taking part in the @PuzzleShowcase

🧩Meet Chronescher, our space-, time- and mind-bending puzzle adventure set in an escherpunk world.

store.steampowered.com/app/191
#puzzle #escher #indiegame

2025-05-30

Check out this great review for our game TRAILS:

david.reviews/articles/trails-

"While Trails starts easy, they don’t stay that way. I was impressed by the game’s gentle yet firm difficulty curve. Though it introduces mechanics one at a time, it starts combining them in devilishly tricky ways."

Thank you @xavdid for the kind words! ✨

Purple Sloth Studio boosted:
David Brownmanxavdid
2025-05-30

New game review! It's TRAILS, the latest game from @purpleSloth.

It's clever and cozy and I liked it a lot. Give it a look if you like !

david.reviews/articles/trails-

Purple Sloth Studio boosted:
2025-05-29

Are you playing Trails by
@purpleSloth any chance? Got stuck? Fear not, we have a cool playthrough already for y'all!

*sails away ⛵*

#trails #puzzle #puzzlegame #indiegame

youtube.com/watch?v=LGqe1de6CA

Purple Sloth Studio boosted:
Plyspomitox ⓥ 😷plyspomitox@chaos.social
2025-05-29

if you like puzzle games and want to support the queer indie game dev studio @purpleSloth

Their new game "Trails" is now released!
store.steampowered.com/app/360

2025-05-29

🍰 For our release celebration we had TRAILS themed vegan cake, muffins and a TRAILS dance competition 🥳

Trails themed vegan cake. Showing a level with goals, ships, trails and mountains.Photography of a desk with TRAILS running and a dance mat used as controller.TRAILS themed muffins with deco pins showing outposts, ships, drones, gates and resources.
2025-05-29

🎉⛵ TRAILS is out now! ⛵🎉

Hoist the sails - the desert awaits!

Get the game here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3605120/...
purplesloth.itch.io/trails

#indiegame #release

2d Keyart of our game TRAILS. A white sailing ship with a violet sail is moving over the dunes of a stylized desert, leaving a dust trail behind it. The red mountains in the background are lit by a rising sun. The logo "TRAILS out now!" is set in front of the sun.
Purple Sloth Studio boosted:
Outfrostoutfrost
2025-05-28
2025-05-28

🏜️The desert is colorful! 🌈

TRAILS features several biomes, with new mechanics, complexity and a fresh coat of paint.

🌞Day Biomes: Discover these three zones while progressing along the main path.
🌙Night Biome: Venture into the these optional levels for additional challenges.

⛵Whishlist TRAILS on Steam ⛵
store.steampowered.com/app/3605120/Trails/

#indiegamedev

Day biome level featuring two ships, a village and a water tower.Day biome level featuring a key, a gate, a drone and wings.Day biome level featuring wings, ressources, burner and villages.Optional level from the night biome featuring the secret coin mechanic, a ship, a village and a ressource.
Purple Sloth Studio boosted:

Chart your sandship's course, avoid collisions, and deliver cargo in Trails by @purpleSloth, which comes out tomorrow!
thinkygames.com/games/trails/

2025-05-28

Tonight is the last opportunity to catch a glimpse of TRAILS gameplay before the launch! ⛵

@outfrost will stream the game at 10 pm CEST. They are a seasoned indie dev who does very chill streams both making and playing games.

Join them braving the desert at twitch.tv/Outfrost

#indiegames

2d Keyart of our game TRAILS. A white sailing ship with a turquoise sail is moving over the dunes of a stylized desert, leaving a dust trail behind it. The red mountains in the background are lit by a setting sun. The logo "TRAILS" is set in front of the sun.
Purple Sloth Studio boosted:
2025-05-27

Trails bonus levels! Come join for some thinky times!
twitch.tv/achie7240

#indiegame #puzzle

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