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Tonight, we joined the Towson University Animation Industry Club for a talk on starting an indie video game studio! And, while we were at it, we ended up recording a podcast episode with them, too! Thanks, Murat Toons, for inviting us! We had such a great time hanging out with you guys! 💕

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Today's a busy day! We started off this morning giving a 2-hour talk (🤯) to the Norwich University of the Arts' game design students! Roo even made an appearance! 🐰 Wish we could have gone in-person! 🤩 One day! 🤞

More tonight 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

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The Baltimore IGDA student showcase last night was awesome! 🤩 We have such amazing devs in this city, and we're so excited to see where they go from here! 🌠 Thank you, MICA Game Lab, for hosting it! It made us so nostalgic about our start in the same game lab, hoping to break into the local IGDA communities 🥲💞

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We haven't taken to plunge to vend there yet, but we did hang out at the Sakura Matsuri and see many of our friends like Kawaii Doragon, Ghostmaple, and Mint and Apple! 🌸🍡🎍🥟🌸 We got to stop by the chariman's VIP event (where we got these cookies that look just like Toby!) and also learned about the adorable yet mighty @notgiganticfiretruck! 🤩 Thanks for 60+ years of this special event, Japan-America Society! 💞

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Sat in on a talk on working as a Video Game Producer today at MICA's Game Lab by Nathan Hahn of Bethesda, The Girl Who Sees, and IGDA DC—this guy is everywhere! 🤯👏👨‍🏫

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Let's give it up for the 2024 Maryland Institute College of Art UP/Start winners! 👏🥳

🥁🥁🥁

Jess Jess Press

Deadbeat devil

Dust

VERS

Plexo

As a past cohort, we feel really honored to witness your start and see your growth from here. We can't wait to see where y'all go from here! 🤩

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Take a PEEP at this gal 🔍👀 Made from ~259 peeps—that's pure sweetness right there! 😋🥰

There are 2 days left to support the Carroll Arts Center's 2024 programming! Vote today (Saturday) and tomorrow to get your donation matched! For every $5 of votes submitted, $5 will automatically be added to your order online or in person 🐣🖼🐰

If you agree Squirrely Roo Rabbit is a masterpeep, cast your vote below 😉👇

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Voting is underway! 🗳

Help raise money for the Carroll Arts Center's 2024 programming by voting for your favorite PEEPshow entry! Votes cost $1 each and can be placed online or in person! 🐣🖼🐰

If you enjoyed our Squirrely Roo Rabbit masterpeep, cast your vote below 👇 Link in bio!

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The Carroll Arts Center PEEPshow opened today! 🥳🐣🐰 Now you'll be able to see our Squirrely Roo PEEPS sculpture live!

Check out and vote on our and others' sweet, marshmallow masterpieces to fundraise for the arts council! Entry is free at the Westminster Town Mall! 🍬😋 Details on online voting coming tomorrow!

Clearly, being around all those PEEPS made us hungry... 😳

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Just want to shout out our entire Boba Studios community! 💞 And other winners, Everflux Games and Gods of Twilight 🏆

We kept in quiet because we wanted the results to be as organic as possible, but we participated in Gentleland's Community Challenge Extravaganza throughout February to stretch and strengthen our community building and engagement muscles! 💪 The contest mainly focused on wholistically improving our Discord community space, which are central to every indie dev's growth. Particpating really pushed us to address the onboarding experience and hit our goal of having 100+ members!

🎉 The results are in, and the Boba Studios Discord came in 2nd place! 🥳 So, thank you to everyone in our server. It's you who make the Squirrely Roo Hub such a warm and wonderful place to be! You come each day with stories, drawings, or even just to chat—and we love it! It's made a true home for Squirrely Roo! Thank you for helping us get there! Keep being your amazing selves! 🤗🥰

Hop in at the link below to join the fun! 🐇👇

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Shout out to our booth neighbor and new friends, Astro Crow, for winning Best in Show at Playthrough Gaming Convention for their game Throwback! Jai-Alai Heroes! 🙌🥳

We were able to play this arcade cabinet-exclusive right at the end of the weekend and we learned so much about Jai-Alai and how its played 🤔🏑 It was a ton of fun to play and the devs we're all so sweet!

Check out their game here on their website, https://www.astrocrow.com/ and maybe even recommend your local arcade to pick up a copy of their game 👀

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Thank you, everyone, who came out to our talk on starting a game studio! We got so many wonderful Q&A questions and have never given out so many signed posters at once before 🥰 It was awesome! 🙌 Hope you all had a blast this weekend at Playthrough Con!!! 🎮🩷🕹🩷🎲

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Cammie has joined the party! 🥳

Now that her prototype is here, we couldn't leave her home! 🦎🤗 Pre-orders are ending soon! Sign up while you're here at Playthrough and get free shipping!

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Just in case you couldn't spot us 🔍👀😉

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Sorry for the 📻 silence—it's been a busy couple of days!

We made it to NC for PlaythroughCon and are all set up! Very exhausting 😴 But we couldn't be more excited for the fun to start!!! 🎉🤩🕺

There was also a delicious breakfast place right next to the convention center called Crema Cafe! 😋 Thanks for doing all of our silly requests! We were hoping to stop by for breakfast every day, but then we found out they're closed on weekends 🫢 Til next year! 👋

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Let's get this show on the road! 🚗💨 Playthrough Con, here we come!

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