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tim oxton

2 months

my game FLATHEAD is out now! FINALLY. I am supremely and incredibly proud of it. huge thanks to @DreadXPGames for helping me get there Its $2 and will directly go to funding my development of Silkbulb Test. if youre at all curious, check it out!

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tim oxton

@tim_oxton

6 months

home sweet home

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tim oxton

@tim_oxton

7 months

its 2024 - don't forget to smile

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tim oxton

@tim_oxton

2 months

flathead is coming.

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tim oxton

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6 months

play the silkbulb demo on steam. video of things to come.

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7 months

happy_face

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tim oxton

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9 months

do you feel lonely

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@tim_oxton

23 days

about a decade ago, i got stuck living in a czech motel. the shower had a hole in the wall (into another room) and the shared toilet (??) was down the hall. the 80 yr old owner hand delivered juice every morning wearing only dirty underwear. great inspo, 0/10 experience.

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3 months

flatheads comin at ya may 30th

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6 months

got something cooking.

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5 months

SILKBULB LORE DROP directly related to previous post

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2 months

FLATHEAD v103.0 is single and ready to mingle (its up)

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6 months

new steam cover(?) for silkbulb test. feelin real good about it. feel like it captures the vibe while keeping the uncanny freakness.

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@tim_oxton

5 months

reworking the game design and most of the art direction of flathead. i feel like i went too hard on the folkhorrorweird and lost the uncanny vibes i love about silkbulb test.

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8 months

its too easy to get lost

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@tim_oxton

6 months

do you ever feel lonely? /random gameplay still from silkbulb test

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tim oxton

@tim_oxton

5 months

for anyone jonesing for more silkbulb stuff, my first game 'future racer 2000' is on steam and takes place in the same universe.

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@tim_oxton

5 months

big(ish) news - releasing a small game in March called "flathead" its part of silkbulb - but the scope of the silkbulb test is...big. so i took a break for a few weeks to work on a smaller project. a game of death and dice.

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4 months

i found a book on the beach

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5 months

everybodys working for the weekend

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2 months

working on a fun update for flathead.

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7 months

little sneak peak at the lobby/ready concept for silkbulb test. of course - untextured/unfinished/placeholder disclaimer. #silkbulbtest

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3 months

wheel of fortune aint got nothin on me #flathead #silkbulbtest

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@tim_oxton

3 months

so unbelievably excited for this.

DreadXP Games

@DreadXPGames

3 months

From @tim_oxton and DreadXP. Today is special. FLATHEAD is coming May 30th.

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tim oxton

@tim_oxton

7 months

update on the future of silkbulb for anyone interested: tl;dr: the initial game experience will be asymmetrical co-op. thoughts *more* than welcome

silkbulb test - Future of Silkbulb Test - Steam News

It's been a minute, friends. I want to keep you informed because youre excited and Im excited that youre excited. I want to be as honest and transparent with all ya because, well, I appreciate you so...

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8 months

floating in space

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2 months

before developing games, i was obsessed with developing film and taking photos. one summer i went to this place turtle pond. its a funny little place ripped from reality. i would bike over with my camera and take photos of whoever showed up. i miss it sometimes.

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2 months

flathead // may 30th // flathead // may 30th // flathead // may 30th

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7 months

messenger

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3 months

flathead is COMING TOGETHER. and im frickin excited, man.

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@tim_oxton

5 months

flathead is comin along and im feelin really good about it for the first time (its been a thing). ya can wishlist it here and make me feel better about my precarious life choices.

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8 months

silkbulb trailer from the @HorrorGameAward

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4 months

time will wash ya away

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6 months

getchur silkbulb lore drop and yes i redacted the swears. and yes its silly.

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@tim_oxton

23 days

yes i asked him to stop with the juice. and yes he kept right on doing it. his son didnt speak any english but insisted on making me dinner. he would come in, throw a plate down (hotdogs), sit across from me, and not say a word. they got upset when i tried to opt out of hotdogs

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@tim_oxton

2 months

v103.1 is LIVE for flathead. a few balancing tweaks for PUSH YOUR LUCK mode, added the contest to the main menu, etc etc etc.

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@tim_oxton

2 months

im not sure what he was expecting

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@tim_oxton

9 months

@horrorvisuals there are *a lot* of replies already ha so my expectations are tempered but my game silkbulb test isa horror game im working on about free will and human connection.

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@tim_oxton

23 days

i would text them on my burner vodaphone that i would be unable to make dinner and he would just text me back, "you are a bad boy time" (pronounced teem-ay.) in hindsight, i probably should have moved.

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1 month

the flathead leaderboard competition is popping off to a degree I could never have foreseen and if I don’t get more crabs, my reputation in this town is RUINED. Also @markiplier played flathead yesterday. if he made the leaderboard, he gets a crab too.

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4 months

textures are love, textures are life.

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6 months

accidentally made the steam next fest dev stream for silkbulb test demo *right now* instead of Friday night because i am not a detail oriented person. tune in and say hey if ya curious

silkbulb test on Steam

today was special

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9 months

participant 47.A [is going through it]

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19 days

hot take of the week: longlegs is an extremely mediocre & vapid b-horror movie disguised as a thought-provoking arthouse horror because of, admittedly, great cinematography, art direction, and marketing. i got got by their marketing department baaaad. ill give em that.

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@tim_oxton

23 days

i wish this was like some creepypasta bit i was doing but sadly this one is actually real.

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@tim_oxton

2 months

Whoever has the top score on the FLATHEAD leaderboards for Push Your Luck mode by the end of the week will get mailed a choice select from my CrabBox. Which is exactly what it sounds like. You do not get to choose because IAVPTSOTC ( I Am Very Partial To Some Of The Crabs )

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2 months

What’s some horror game hot takes? Mine is I think pyramid head works beautifully for a low poly ps2 game because your mind fills in the best details. But when you make him a muscled up, super detailed beefcake, I just see a guy with an awkwardly large hat on his head.

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2 months

he gave me an offer I could refuse

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@tim_oxton

8 months

ill fly away

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9 months

tunnels can crazy tunnels can be fun

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1 month

i love strange thift shop photos. this meant something to somebody once. new years eve, 1952.

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@tim_oxton

4 months

do you?

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@tim_oxton

1 month

gonna announce the crabshell winners tonight live at 7pm EST. be there or be non-crab shaped.

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@tim_oxton

9 months

mondays amirite

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4 months

every morning since i made this i wake up and wish i had this haircut.

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1 month

went pretty far last night into the open ocean to try and get like, a pick-your-own-fireworks display. of course, went way too far and couldnt really see anything. but it always surprises me how truly dark darkness can get.

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@tim_oxton

2 months

so temu thinks I’m Buffalo bill. Which is just great.

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22 days

he stopped responding. talk about a fair weather friend.

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@tim_oxton

1 month

flathead "win a crab shell" contest ends tomorrow today i found some living crabs. details in comment

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@tim_oxton

6 months

ha realized i uploaded the super small steam version - heres a larger version if anyone wants to peep the deets.

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tim oxton

@tim_oxton

6 months

@mrspaceboi It’s why I always drink a full gallon before I slumber. It’s the only way to snooze

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tim oxton

@tim_oxton

4 months

hell ya

Mike Klubnika

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4 months

Buckshot v1.2 is out on Steam featuring online leaderboard, expired medicine, pointy syringes, Estonian translation by yours truly & more (you won't believe what happens at 0:46 (not clickbait))

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9 months

@delaneykingrox didnt realize the auto steering into table corners was an adhd thing. never felt so seen

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2 months

FLATHEAD on Steam

Over or Under? A simple game of gambling with your life.

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@tim_oxton

29 days

flathead got a mention! hell ya

Dominic Tarason

@DominicTarason

30 days

My big feature is up! Twenty oddball picks from the Steam Summer Sale. Indies of all shapes and sizes - plus TWENTY MORE, offering alternatives to each of my main picks! That's forty games! That's as many as four tens! And that's wonderful!

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@tim_oxton

4 months

ha I realized I don’t have many photos of myself. This is 6 years ago. I had one last frame on the roll before developing. I remember it was so hot in that bathroom, the gloves would fill with sweat and id have to empty em every few minutes. I kinda miss it tho.

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tim oxton

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5 months

for me, i think the best high stakes game of slug racing for a windfall of cash is slugs&money - but i heard cash4snails is solid i dunno tho, i feel like the shells just add too much pageantry. anyone else? (from future racer 2000 - which just so happens to be on sale)

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@tim_oxton

3 months

If I ever die in some freak (although probably super cool) accident - I want it on the record that anyone who even just barely knew me should use my death as an excuse to get out of doing something.

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tim oxton

@tim_oxton

2 months

it is official. play flathead and you can wear the flattest crown.

FLATHEAD - Heavy Is The Head That Wears The Flattest Crown (CRABS REALLY ARE COOL CONTEST) - Steam...

Hey all Ive decided to give the people what they want - which is obviously crab shells that I found and put into a box (CrabBox) So the contest is this: Whoever has the highest score on the Push Your...

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tim oxton

@tim_oxton

3 months

FLATHEAD on Steam

Over or Under? A simple game of gambling with your life.

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2 months

it’s Billie’s world, we just live in it.

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7 months

@DuffDuckGaming Silkbulb test!

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2 months

@Spectrathegame Thats the saddest fucking logo ive ever seen in a trailer.

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tim oxton

@tim_oxton

1 year

releasing a free game in a few weeks. its called silkbulb test. its gonna be pretty weird. #horrorgame #indiedev #liminalspace #TheBackrooms

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@tim_oxton

2 months

Ive extended the deadline for the CrabBox Flathead contest until next Friday at 6pm. I forgot the elden ring DLC came out this week and i wanna give people enough time to get their asses absolutely handed to them by Miyazaki crabs

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tim oxton

@tim_oxton

1 month

flathead "help" music is up on youtube for anyone who wants a little Schubert whimsy but also needs a constant stream of existential dread.

flathead impromptus

A rework of Impromptus, Op. 90, No. 3 in G♭ major [Franz Schubert] by me. featured in my game, flathead. [ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2840480/FLATHEA...

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@tim_oxton

8 months

I love horror games community - this so so cool.

Horror Games Community

@horrorvisuals

8 months

The choices you make, the calibrations you fail, or the amount of times you look in a certain spot, all seem to affect the outcome in some shape or form. I really enjoyed this demo. It's being developed by @tim_oxton .

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6 months

@once_was_Chef

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@tim_oxton

4 months

jawbreaker by @VincentLade is out today. having grown up with games like manhunt, ive been excited about this for awhile. at less than 15$, its a steal.

Jawbreaker on Steam

Will you survive when the world falls apart? Jawbreaker is a punishing stealth & survival horror game that will have you running, hiding, and fighting in a terrifying gang-infested society on the...

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tim oxton

@tim_oxton

6 months

@krangledangle Ok real talk - that freaky part was admittedly spooky as hell but between the “water you doing step bro” brother, the bizarre threesome, and all the other unnecessary and long winded details - I feel like they shoulda just made it a short film and called it a day.

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tim oxton

@tim_oxton

6 months

ah! so amazing to be included here - along such incredibly cool games. hell ya to 2024

Leon Hurley

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6 months

Wrote about a bunch of weird horror games I'm looking forward to this year. It's basically my wishlist as an article.

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3 months

@igp I went hard on infinite fp tear+comet azure and never looked back. If you wanna be a god, ya gotta play like one. And melting every boss before they get within 10 feet of you is *very* godlike. No shame!

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@tim_oxton

2 months

@DSDigitalDev As the person behind Flathead - I just wanna add that the experience from my end has been 10/10 and anyone thinking about reaching out for XP Ultra absolutely should. They were incredibly supportive and helped get Flathead to a place I'm immensely proud of.

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tim oxton

@tim_oxton

28 days

back on that silkbulb test shit. if ya wanna see some behind the scenes stuff of how i recorded the footage, check out my patreon (shout out to @ConorHudson_ for literally making the entire page for me because i really really hate asking for money)

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tim oxton

@tim_oxton

2 months

I’m not blocking out the name because he explicitly offered to give a detailed review in the email - and I found the same scam on Reddit where they gave him keys and the reviews were never posted (4 years ago) So I’m ok with it.

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@tim_oxton

1 month

my heartwarming coming-of-age story "future racer 2000" is 33% off.

Future Racer 2000 on Steam

Only You Can Be The Future Racer 2000

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@tim_oxton

10 months

texturing!

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@tim_oxton

1 year

another asset from my upcoming horror game, silkbulb test. #liminalspace #HorrorGames #HorrorArt #backrooms

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@tim_oxton

10 months

finishing!

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@tim_oxton

10 months

animating!

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@tim_oxton

9 months

. @markiplier playin silkbulb test is a weird beautiful fever dream

The Silkbulb Test

The Silkbulb Test is an analogue horror nightmare where everything is made up and the points don't matter and there's someone right behind.LISTEN TO DISTRACT...

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tim oxton

@tim_oxton

2 months

some fanart by the lovely&talented @SuperSpacedad

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tim oxton

@tim_oxton

2 months

lol im a muppet. its push your luck, not push your own luck. either way, its totally free. so if ya bought it already, its yours. if ya havent - nows the time

FLATHEAD on Steam

Over or Under? A simple game of gambling with your life.

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@tim_oxton

2 months

there is currently a three way tie for first on the leaderboards. in the event of a tie, the contenders must fight in the way of the crab (can only move sideways, must shed hard-shell exterior, and communicate exclusively through drumming) . BYOOB (bring your own Old Bay)