Cathy Kimport

@purpleninjagrrl

She/her. Human-passing cryptid, indie game dev underdog, retired roller derby skater/coach. Designed #Primrows & #TheDayWeFoughtSpace Likes: cats, space, maps, tea, and vengeance 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵|❤️🧡🤍🩷💜|🧡💛🤍🩵💙 Crossposts from @tursiopsstudios.bsky.social

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Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· Jul 13

Another returning favorite for this week’s #Primrows challenge: New Neighbors! Some players found this challenge a little bit easier to wrap their heads around, and you still get some of the pattern-spotting, constraint-solving goodness of vanilla Primrows. Try here: linktr.ee/tursiops #indieDev

Primrows Screenshot

Round 2 of 3; 60 points

A 4x4 grid of flowers currently being pruned.

Row 1: empty, empty, empty, empty
Row 2: violet, pink, blue, pink
Row 3: azure, orange, empty, violet
Row 4: orange, violet, empty, azure

2 of 3 water remaining

Not ready to harvest

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· Jul 9

We've got the perfect way to beat July's scorching heat: Staying in and playing our exclusive challenge for this month only, along with two brand-new weekly challenges! #Primrows

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· Jul 8

I have no respect for Senate apologists. We need to reform this nonsense yesterday.

A map of the US showing two regions with similar populations and wildly different senate representation.

Green - 43.6 Million People, 44 Senators: AK, HI, ID, MT, WY, NV, UT, NM, ND, SD, NE, KS, IA, AK, MS, WV, DE, VT, NH, ME, MA, RI

Pink - 43.7 Million People, 2 Senators: CA, DC, PR, VI, GU, AS, MP

A map of the US showing two regions with similar populations and wildly different senate representation.

Green - 72.6 Million People, 56 Senators: AK, HI, OR, NV, ID, MT, WY, UT, ND, SD, NE, KS, NM, OK, IA, MO, AK, LA, MS, KY, WV, DE, NJ, CT, RI, VT, NH, ME

Pink - 43.7 Million People, 2 Senators: CA, TX, DC, PR, VI, GU, AS, MP

A map of the US showing two regions with similar populations and wildly different senate representation.

Green - 94.2 Million People, 65 Senators: AK, HI, OR, NV, ID, UT, MT, WY, NM, ND, SD, NE, KS, OK, MN, WI, IA, MO, AK, LA, MS, AL, KY, WV, SC, DE, NJ, CT, RI, VT, NH, ME

Pink - 43.7 Million People, 2 Senators: CA, TX, FL, DC, PR, VI, GU, AS, MP

A map of the US showing two regions with similar populations and wildly different senate representation.

Green - 126.4 Million People, 74 Senators: AK, HI, OR, NV, ID, UT, MT, WY, CO, NM, ND, SD, NE, KS, OK, MN, WI, IA, MO, AK, LA, IN, KY, TN, MS, AL, SC, WV, MD, DE, NJ, CT, RI, MA, VT, NH, ME

Pink - 43.7 Million People, 2 Senators: CA, TX, FL, PA, NY, DC, PR, VI, GU, AS, MP

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· Jul 6

New #Primrows weekly challenge: Be My Sunshine! This challenge introduces the most over-powered flower in all of Primrows, the sunflower, which can shine on other flowers and make them happy regardless of other rules. Try for yourself: linktr.ee/tursiops #indieDev @tursiopsstudios.bsky.social

Primrows Screenshot

Round 3 of 3 - 170 points
A 4x4 grid of flowers on a summer backyard background

The following flowers:
Sunflower, blue, blue, pink
Violet, pink, violet, sunflower
Pink, violet, blue, blue
Blue, violet, sunflower, violet

0 of 3 water remaining
Harvest for 95 points

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· Jul 3

Cast yourself as a villain

Adult Kurona's final form Gal Guardians. A 6-winged, 20-foot-tall horned demon queen dressed in black robes, with arms outstretched

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· Jul 1

New #Primrows monthly challenge: Enhydro Quartz! This weird little honeycomb makes for challenging unmatching, but to help you out, you do get to store water for later. Try it all july on your platform of choice linktr.ee/tursiops #indieDev #puzzleGame @tursiopsstudios.bsky.social

Primrows Screenshot

Left side
Round 7 of 13; 170 points

A trio of interlocking hexagons, subdivided into triangles, which contain flowers

Row 1: blue, violet, pink
Row 2: cyan, blue, blue, azure, orange, orange
Row 3: cyan, yellow, azure, pink, azure, orange
Row 4: yellow, orange, yellow

2 of 3 water remaining, plus one bonus water in a barrel

Right half:
A scorecard, partially filled.

2 of 2 downward-slanting rows: 40 points scored
0 of 2 columns: 0 potential points
0 of 2 upward-slanting rows: 0 potential points
2 of 3 hexes: 40 points scored
0 of 8 sets: 0 potential points
0 of 3 blue: 0 potential points
0 of 3 pink: 0 potential points
1 of 3 violet: 10 potential points
1 of 3 orange: 10 points scored
3 of 3 azure: 30 points scored
3 of 3 yellow: 30 points scored
2 of 3 cyan: 20 points scored
2 of 16 flowers: 10 potential points
No prize garden

170 total points

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· Jun 29

Microws makes a comeback as this week’s #Primrows weekly challenge! This tiny 3x3 challenge has all the fundamentals of Primrows strategy and is a great entry point for new players. Try it this week on your platform of choice linktr.ee/tursiops #indieDev #puzzleGame #diceGame

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· Jun 23

I’d rather be Just Kinda Okay at art than very good at “prompting” or whatever they call it

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· Jun 22

New #Primrows challenge this week: Rows Thorns! Roses heighten the stakes for this challenge. You’ll earn sweet bonus points for making them happy, but their thorns make the rest of the garden harder to work with. Try it this week: linktr.ee/tursiops #indieDev #thinky @tursiopsstudios.bsky.social

Primrows Screenshot

Round 1 of 3; 0 points

A 4x4 grid of flowers. The top row and the bottom-left quadrant are covered with tose thorns.

The following flowers appear:
blue, violet, orange, rose
azure, pink, blue, blue
violet, blue, pink, azure
pink, rose, biolet, blue

0 of 3 water remaining
harvest for 120 points

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· Jun 22

Just gonna leave this here with no further explanation. I will not be taking questions at this time.

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· Jun 15

This week’s #Primrows challenge is Austerity! This is a harder version of the basic quickplay with 4 flowers instead of 5. If you’re having trouble with this one, the new Primrows Academy has hints to offer! try it here: linktr.ee/tursiops #indieDev #puzzleGame @tursiopsstudios.bsky.social

Primrows Screenshot

Round 1 of 3; 0 points

Eugene, a smiling red-capped mushroom, offers the tip: “You can bring back a flower you pruned by tapping the empty tile”

A 4x4 garden with the following flowers:
pink, empty, empty, empty
orange, blue, violet, pink
empty, orange, pink, empty
violet, empty, blue, orange

2 of 3 water remaining
Not ready for harvest

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· Jun 12

WE ARE SEX BOB-OMB! ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR!

Scene from the Sound of Music with a woman singing to kids on a hillside, playing guitar, sunny day with nice mountains in the distance.

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· Jun 12

genuinely the best feeling #Primrows #indiedev puzzlegame

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· Jun 8

New #Primrows weekly challenge: Honeycomb! This is a VERY difficult shape to try to get everything to un-match in. Try it here and see if you’re up for the challenge: linktr.ee/tursiops #indieDev #puzzleGame #diceGame @tursiopsstudios.bsky.social

Primrows Screenshot

round 2 of 3; 65 points
A garden of 18 triangles, arranged in to 3 hexagons in a small honeycomb tesselation, containing the following flowers:

Row 1: Azure, Cyan, Yellow
Row 2: Orange, Yellow, Cyan, Purple, Violet, Blue
Row 3: Purple, Orange, Blue, Cyan, Orange, Yellow
Row 4: Purple, Pink, Blue

0 of 3 water remaining
Harvest for 125 points

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· Jun 5

You can have that option 😎 #Primrows #puzzlegame

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· Jun 1

New #Primrows monthly challenge: Pride Parade! This is a medley challenge that features every color of the rainbow, because I can never resist smashing the “make it gayer” button 🏳️‍🌈 try it all month: linktr.ee/tursiops #indieDev #lgbtqia #pride @tursiopsstudios.bsky.social

Primrows screenshot showing the challenge rules card

Pride Parade
my best score: 0
available flowers: rose, pumpkin, corn, clover, cornflower, coluflower

Journal Scoring
Fill out multiple categories on a scorecard

Rose
Fills one of its sets with thorns. Flowers surrounded by thorns can't be pruned. Scores 2x (uncommon)

Pumpkin
Happy when it has no other pumpkins as neighbors

Corn
Happy when there is another corn in the same row

Clovers
(the remaining text is off-screen)

Primrows Screenshot showing a game in progress

Left side:

Round 4 of 7; 95 points

A 4x4 garden with the following flowers:
cornflower, corn, pumpkin, coluflower
rose, coluflower, corn, corn
corn, corn, cornflower, pumpkin
coluflower, cornflower, pumpkin, 4-leaf clover

0 of 3 water remaining

Right Side:

Choose a Category
Roses - 1 of 4, scoreable for 10 points
Pumpkins - 1 of 4, scoreable for 10 points
Corn - Already scored, 5 of 16 for 25 points
Clovers - 1 of 4, scoreable for 50 points
Cornflowers - Already scored, 3 of 4 for 30 points
Coluflowers - Already scored, 4 of 4 for 40 points
All Flowers - 13 of 16, scoreable for 90 points

Total Score: 95 points

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· May 27

Pride month is starting next WEEK!! Here's the challenge schedule for June- We've got three all-new challenges, plus three returning favorites. #Primrows

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· May 27

QP a favorite photo of yourself

a fat white trans woman with messy brown hair in a ponytail, wearing a purple hoodie and a black tank top and a skate bearing necklace brandishes a pair of kitchen knives while screaming

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· May 25

New #Primrows weekly challenge: Enlightenment! Find inner peace this week with a garden full of lilies and lotus flowers #indieDev @tursiopsstudios.bsky.social

Primrows Screenshot

Round 3; 195 points

A 4x4 garden with the following flowers:

lily, violet, blue, lotus
orange, blue, violet, violet
violet, lily, lotus, blue
blue, lotus, violet, orange

0 of 3 water remaining
Harvest for 110 points

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· May 23

it makes sense though, right? #Primrows #IndieGameDeveloper #Strategygame

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· May 22

dont ask me to explain, i just CANT 😌 #Primrows #Puzzlegames #Sudoku

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· May 21

ya'll don't understand, those five minutes are IMPORTANT TO ME #Primrows #PuzzleGames #Sudoku

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· May 18

New #Primrows weekly challenge: Dandelion Field It’s No Mow May and that means that you physically CANNOT remove dandelions from your garden, so put away the lawnmower and play our game instead, and appreciate how much dandelions alter probability management #indieDev @tursiopsstudios.bsky.social

Primrows Screenshot

Round 3 of 3; 175 points

A 4x4 grid of flowers:
azure, dandelion, blue, pink
pink, violet, dandelion, azure
dandelion, blue, azure, pink
azure, pink, violet, blue

0 of 3 water remaining
Harvest for 110 points

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· May 16

Primrows Academy can fix that 👀 #puzzletok #mobilegame #leaderboard

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· May 16

how many times has this hapened to you? #Primrows indiegamedeveloper #puzzlegame

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· May 16

By now I’ve read, watched, and played as dozens of trans characters in various media, and I have loved so many of them, but this panel right here might be the first time I felt truly *represented* thank you @planetx.bsky.social

Galaxy, a purple-skinned, turquoise-haired alien woman, says “There's so many parts to me, so many bits and pieces of my identity and I'm still learning how they all fit. And the combination feels...volatile sometimes. Like I could explode at any time.
I mean, last summer, I looked completely different. Who am I? I don't know, other than I'm too dangerous to be around.”

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· May 14

you cant always predict if theyre going to be happy! #Primrows #Indiedev #Puzzlegame

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· May 11

Hexagon returns as this week’s #Primrows challenge! People always ask, “where is the hexagon? I saw a hexagon board in the trailer. Where is it?” Guess what, it’s right here! Play it before the week is done: linktr.ee/tursiops #indieDev #puzzleGame #diceGame @tursiopsstudios.bsky.social

Primrows Screenshot

Round 3 of 3; 184 points

A 3x3 hexagonal garden with the following flowers:
Row 1: blue, orange, violet
Row 2: yellow, violet, azure, azure
Row 3: violet, azure, azure, blue, yellow
Row 4: blue, orange, pink, violet
Row 5: pink, azure, orange

0 of 3 water remaining
Harvest for 111 points

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· May 9

what else is there to say? #Primrows #IndiePuzzle

Cathy Kimport@purpleninjagrrl· May 7

Quote this with a picture of bad analog UX design