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I'm only 2 wishlist short of my best day of all time for The Totemist! The Totemist is a dark-cozy occult shop sim game where you craft & sell totems & uncover a dark mystery. Play the recently updated demo and give it a wishlist! store.steampowered.com/app/4545470 #cozygame #indiedev

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Crafting the Whittler's Ward. I want the first objects in *The Totemist* to feel simple, handmade, and immediately useful. Demo on Steam now. #indiegame #cozygame

The Totemist is officially a part of the Weird Days: Job Simulator Festival August 24-31 on Steam! Can't express how excited I am to have my indie game be a small part of something so awesome. Thank you @weirddaysevent #indiegame #cozygame #indiedev #supportindies

@Charli3Dubs I'm sorry it didn't work out like you thought! But you spent plenty of time and money helping up strangers on the internet when you had no obligation to do that, so feel good about that and get some rest if you need man. 🐸✌️

Hey all here is an update from Discord I feel I should share here in case anyone was trying to enter. -CYOG is canceled. I can't fund it myself due to being out of work for the last few months. Attached is the June/July payout threshold. As you all can see we haven't hit enough to get a payout for last month and have collected 12 dollars so far for July's payout in August. I don't know what to say everyone, I'm sorry its not going to work out. I'm going to scrap the CYOG entirely. After years of it failing, I just can't keep pretending it will work magically or I'm going to be big enough to support it via ads. -Totally understand if you feel you don't wish to support with a sub anymore. I have no direct plans to do another CYOG. There is no timeline I can give for when we will have enough for any giveaways like this again so it isn't fair to you all to pretend this is sustainable and monthly. -I'm not doing good today so may skip stream honestly. Sorry I let you all down!

@samasucreative Thanks! Lot's of work to go- but with some elbow grease hoping to turn into a full game in the future

@ShutinStudio I would love to play this minigame. It looks so fun!

An early prototype I've been working on when I'm not locked into The Totemist. The idea is you make grimoires. There's also a "business office" that didn't make the clip where you take commissions & build grimoire to a specific order. Thoughts? #indiedev #cozygames #books

@TheCreepyDev Congrats!! I'm sure you'll hit 100 before the day ends. 🐸✌️

97 wishlists in less than a month 🎈 No demo yet and no ads, just pure organic traffic from X and Reddit. TikTok doesn't seem to work for my game, or maybe I'm just not that good at making shorts... probably 😅 Anyway, 3 to go and we hit 100... let's go!

@Charli3Dubs Thanks! My wife works at a library and is the book repairer there, I asked her to give me a tour of all the tools & work space when I had the idea for the prototype. Goal with this one is to make it more silly/unhinged and fun, so a lot more to come in the near future.🐸

@ShutinStudio Your minigames are so good! Looks fun but actually like you're making a book lol.

It's #ScreenshotSaturday! All my fellow #indiedev #gamedev I want to see your #indiegame! Players, Wishlist your favorite ones! I'll kick it off with The Totemist store.steampowered.com/app/4545470/Th… Like and repost this post to help spread the word! 🐸

@Charli3Dubs Thanks! This trailer is going on the store page, certified by Dubs🫡

@ShutinStudio I like the flow of this. It actually follows your steps in game I'm noticing. Meet, Craft, Imbue, Scavenge, Cleanse, Manage. I can't tell you how much I love the frog and crow companion! I knew I should've bought the fez! So damn cute!

Toying around with my game trailer to make to more clear that this is a story driven shop sim game. Is it too long? Is it clear that its a text heavy game? Thoughts? For those interested you can play the demo: store.steampowered.com/app/4545470?ut… #indiedev #cozygame #indiegame #storydriven

Time 2 Review. Thanks @BandaiNamcoUS for allowing us the chance to check out Echoes of Aincard: Sword Art Online! This is a review key! As always expect my honest reactions from start to finish. Come by and give your opinions! Stream Links Below: 🟥🟪🟩✖️🎵🤖

@Charli3Dubs Thanks man! I'm pretty pumped about it, it's a penny to a dollar for some of the big games out there, but for my first game on Steam I'm beyond excited. 🥳

@ShutinStudio Ayyyeee 600! That's awesome!

600 Wishlists! 🎉 So happy to have hit this milestone and I know we can get to 1k before the Fall next fest with a little bit of caring and sharing. Thanks to everyone who has stuck with me so far sincerely. 🐸✌️ #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #cozygame #supportindies

The Totemist now officially has a category on twitch! No more defaulting to games & demos for this frog. 🐸 #twitch #cozygame #indiegame

Evidently I broke the tutorial a good amount with the last update so I'm working on it now and should have a hotfix out tonight, sorry to anyone who was checking out the demo last night or today!

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@NoElevatorGame Thanks!! Indie gamers are awesome so I know that next milestone is coming. 🍻

@ShutinStudio Congrats on new milestone! Keep going fellas 🙏🏻

@NightfeatherST Thanks! 🐸

@ShutinStudio Congrats

Thinking of trying to start an Indie Tuesday on stream. It'll be used to highlight specific demos or Indie games (those that I find or that have reached out). Think it sounds like a lot of fun dedicating a whole day. Oh... and It starts NOW! Stream Links Below: 🟥🟪🟩✖️🎵🤖

@CrunchMoonkiss Holy smokes! Congrats

REMAIN AT YOUR DESK has passed 1,800 wishlists! #indiedev #indiegame