Indie dev since 2005 (Grey Alien Games) Working on Forbidden Solitaire. Creator of Ancient Enemy, Shadowhand, Regency Solitaire more. Retro games fan.
Joined February 2009
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LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT
Forbidden Solitaire is out now!
We are immensely proud to release this awesome game made by two veteran indie studios and we hope you really like it.
Steam: tinyurl.com/ywj43ptj
GOG: tinyurl.com/2s3sv45j
Itch: tinyurl.com/3k4bjt8m
Plz share, thx!
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Sunday afternoon. I’ve mowed the front lawn now it’s time to do the back lawn. Got a battery mower which is cool.
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This is a really great article about how Forbidden Solitaire came about and what that means for both studios involved:
aftermath.site/forbidden-sol…
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📖 NEW book!!📖
'Forbidden Solitaire: The Making Of' is included in our latest update
🎵 what time signature is appropriate for a demon
🎬 how to stage a live-action scene with someone 100s of miles away
🗡️ handy 'how to' guide to staging your own death
store.steampowered.com/news/…
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Put some split pipe around the fibre cable to prevent possible damage.
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Just updated Forbidden Solitaire on Steam. Got another cool update coming really soon. Will update on itch and GOG once we know it's stable (next week).
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Just updated Forbidden Solitaire on Steam. Got another cool update coming really soon. Will update on itch and GOG once we know it's stable (next week).
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update details: steamcommunity.com/app/34145…
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Putting out an update soon with tooltips on the Settings dcreen, and for the NG screen.
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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie retweeted
Jun 9
Game marketing doesn't fix a game few people want. I'll say it again: MARKETING IS A MULTIPLIER.
If your game is a Flappy Bird clone in 2026, even if you spend $5000 on ads you won't get any sales/wishlists.
If your game has a base value of 0, then anything multiplied by 0 is still 0! So the most awesome most clever marketing in the world won't save a weak game idea.
In order to find success you need to make something people are genuinely excited for. Test your idea's appeal early with real humans. If you do that then your odds off success are infinitely higher than if you just make "yet another 2D Puzzle Platformer"
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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie retweeted
At once point during development the shop screen in Forbidden Solitaire looked like this :D
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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie retweeted
So yeah, Roguecraft DX Demo is out on Steam.🥳
It is our first Steam offering, so be kind. 😅😊
Try the Demo now! -> thalamus.link/roguecraft-dem…
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Someone got me this Birkett Ratio mug!
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Some bits from rhyadercomputers
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Look at the way this “weed” bifurcates. At every split is a pod that turns into a flower. It has split 4 times plus an additional time off the main stem.
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