Daniel Sproll / @dasp.bsky.social

One of the workflows we frequently use in @PuzzlingPlaces is to pre-bake light into a separate texture and use it for dynamic effects in shader. For one of our Halloween specials we created a lightning effect inspired by a scene in Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula movie.

The game is called @PuzzlingPlaces , it‘s a chill 3D jigsaw puzzle game for VR and 2D where you build cool locations from around the world 🌎! It’s coming to #Steam on April 9th and already available for Quest, Pico and PSVR2 🧩 store.steampowered.com/app/3530820/Pu…

give us a wishlist maybe if you like puzzles thanks? #indiedev

@Hero_Kvatch this is pretty much what our core audience looks like - older demographics who play weekly over a long time. Seeing the level of commitment from these players to @PuzzlingPlaces is super humbling and is what keeps us going strong 5 years in🙂

My Dad still puts on a headset everyday to play a few hours of Puzzling Places. He's owned a Quest 3 for about 18 months.

Tried the Puzzling Places demo on #Steam yet? Cozy up with the exclusive new Cozy Corner puzzle - only on PC! 🏡✨Purrrfect for a relaxing puzzle session🐈 Don’t forget to leave a review - It really helps us out! 💚 #Gaming #IndieGames #CozyGaming

📢 BIG NEWS! 📢 Puzzling Places is coming to #Steam! Relax and build stunning 3D jigsaw dioramas 🧩 🧩 30+ puzzles, 25-1000 pieces, no timers! ⏲️ Puzzle your way in 2 game modes 🎮 Play on desktop, Steam Deck, or VR! #cozygaming #gaming #indiegames #comingsoon

Dropping teasers of something you've been waiting for. 👀 The first 2025 pack will cover everything, from the grand scale to the minor and minute details. ❤️🧩 #VRGaming #MetaQuest #PSVR2 #Puzzles

Tiny Glade: Summer to Winter FREE Holiday Puzzle LIVE on #MetaQuest #PSVR2 and #PICO! Feel the coziness as you go for a charming visit to the lands of the highly awarded game Tiny Glade, with a dynamic weather change system. ☀️❄️ Please, pet the sheep! 🐑❤️ #VRGaming #Puzzles

@Rengle820 I used to believe this as well, but with how the ecosystem is developing I’m honestly wondering if it is still the best approach - or whether it‘s smarter to build small, quick experiences and hope one of them goes viral

A big mistake I see in VR today is devs building small one off games with no longevity or incentive for retention. If the only revenue is from upfront purchase, it’s going to be a tough road ahead. Treat the experience like a business, not just a game.

World Heritage Premium Pack is now out on #MetaQuest! 💙 Travel across continents to six iconic cultural heritage landmarks in collaboration with the amazing team at @CyArk, with three up to 1000-piece puzzles available! 🧩 #PSVR2 will go live in the next hour! 🕐 #VR #Gaming

@mrabkin I’ve talked to a lot of other store devs over the last days, none of us are seeing anything near the sales spikes we saw with Q2 or Q3 - if there are a lot of new players coming it seems they are not seeing our content.

@mrabkin Being a 3rd party dev on the store is extremely challenging right now. Aside from the merge and aggressive pushing of Horizon Worlds over 3rd party games a lot of engagement tools are broken and/or massively reduced in reach (dev posts, notifications).

We hear you on this. Helping devs find customers AND monetize is mission critical for us. First key step: grow the total audience. Quest 3S is already doing that, so far it’s bringing in the highest share of new-to-Quest users (vs upgraders) since Quest 2.

Dance of the Damned: Halloween Puzzle AVAILABLE NOW FOR FREE on #MetaQuest #PSVR2 and #PICO! 🚨 Join The Eerie Echoes for a groundbreaking concert, where you will encounter a variety of spooky and familiar faces in this fully exclusive and animated puzzle! 🎃 #VR #Gaming

Ultimate Puzzle Bundle: Get three of the best puzzle games on #MetaQuest at 36.36% off! @realities_io is partnering with @enhance_exp and @CubismVR @creaturedotpage to bring Puzzling Places, Cubism, and Tetris® Effect: Connected in an exclusive bundle, available now! #VR #Quest

People don’t believe me when i say that the EU Inc will happen. We will publish the roadmap early next week. The only thing we need is the startup ecosystem getting united behind it and say “yes we want this” -> eu-inc.org 🇪🇺💪

🚨 indie devs: my latest GDC talk is now FOR FREE on YouTube!! - "The Marketing Money Talk: How to Budget Your Indie Game's Promotion Campaign" - DOLLAR TIME!!!! - with loads of price estimates - and a list of what to spend your money on first youtu.be/-jM9Tx6AVIE?si…

@Azadux @realities_io @IRCSS @DFinsterwalder thank you for six amazing and super fun years of working together! It‘s been a blast and we wouldn‘t be where we are today without you! 🙌🙏 Already super excited to hear what the next weeks and months will bring for you! 😉

After almost 6 years, today will be my last day working at @realities_io! It’s been an absolute honor and a pleasure to have lived in Berlin for a few years to work with such a talented group of people (@left_big_toe @IRCSS @DFinsterwalder and more) 🫡 Super proud of what we were able to accomplish with our scrappy little team, with our photogrammetry optimization tools, vr productions with @prefrontlcortex, vr film productions with @Now_Here_Media, and of course, @PuzzlingPlaces. Theres a lot more yet to come for Puzzling Places—New puzzles, and some bigger, unannounced things, so keep an eye out! PS - @realities_io is hiring! Looking for a 3D generalist + a marketing/community person in Berlin! realities.io/careers #xrjobs Sharing this clip of the moment we launched PP on the Oculus Quest Store on Sep 2, 2021 🥹

@hmltn cultural revolution vibes…let‘s see if content starvation will follow

Time to bring a little more color in everyone's lives with puzzles! 🎨 Releasing tomorrow, Monthly Pack 29 brings you six vibrant and colorful puzzles from around the world. #VR #Quest2 #Quest3 #PSVR2 #PICO #Gaming