Correct. And Bitter Silver and any game made by us will be specifically gen-AI free now and forever.

RIP to a true trans icon of the games industry.

Video games (especially AAA video games) need stories with more main, playable characters that are not just conventionally attractive white people.

Just to confirm, we are an indie game company not using gen AI to make anything in our next game, Bitter Silver, and any future games. Everything is human made, ESPECIALLY the voice acting. Unequivocally, we reject the fascist, plagiarism tools of big tech.

Mamdani going so hard for trans right and winning is some juicy proof that every dem that abandoned us didn’t do it for politically advantageous reasons. They did it because they’re transphobes and they will lose for it

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

If you’ve enjoyed an indie game please consider leaving a review on Steam. It does massively help and the devs and community teams love to read them. Especially around launch when everyone is knackered, a lovely review is such an energy boost.

Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have. Python foundation said no and rejected the grant. If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.

So fun story, I was laid off from my job earlier this week w/ no notice. Support for my content is really important right now. Especially on YouTube & Twitch where I'm monetized already. I've also increased my Ko-fi goal, but every little bit helps. Sharing is appreciated! 💖 ko-fi.com/blerdyotome

We're releasing our visual novel love letter to Cowboy Bebop next year called Bitter Silver! 🚀 (AKA the biggest 2026 game starring a woman named Lucia 😉) Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1906930/...

That's right - Game Devs of Color Expo will return on September 22 - 25, 2026!🎉 Don't forget to embrace your community, take care of yourself to keep that creativity flowing, make games that you love, and play them too. Thank you everyone - we'll see you next year! 💚💙

If you are trans and in the United States and want some jewelry from the shop but can't afford it, go to this website at the top of the next hour (9AM Mountain/Denver time) and submit an (easy, non-arduous) application. nora.jewelry/pages/we-wan...

This is HUGE NEWS for games made in Unity! If you're a Unity dev you can now add native screen reader support for mobile and PC/Mac using the native OS screen readers! So Windows Narrator and macOS VoiceOver will be able to be used in PC/Mac games!!!! This will be HUGE for blind players!!!

Help bring a cool LGBTQ+ #IndieGame, #PrincessofWorldsEnd to life on Kickstarter!

Bluesky made it a little scrungly, but check out this trailer I made for our LGBTQ+ #IndieGame, #PrincessofWorldsEnd! We're only ONE backer away from 40, so if you've been on the fence about it, we'd love for you to get us there! Help bring our project to life: kck.st/46S9uXi

Congrats to @teamcherry.bsky.social on their release date!

RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.

Spirit Swap is wonderful and here's another great excuse to pick it up if you haven't already!

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if you post about how people should just make solo game projects or start small indie projects you are now on the hook to personally buy a copy of every single small-indie game you hear about on both steam and itch. if you don't do that you are a poser

The situation with The Alters is a great example as to why devs should never use gen AI in games for any reason. We never have and we never will. Hope 11 bit studios learns and never does this again. We cannot substitute human labor and its importance in our work, even for placeholders, with slop.

Play visual novels. I promise you, they won’t bite.

In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done. My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it. I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.

As a NYC-based game studio, we are coming out of our Bitter Silver dev bunker to say: Zohran Mamdani is the future. Congrats to him and his whole team on his stunning win. Good night.

Zohran Mamdani is the only democrat in the mayoral race that released an LGBTQ platform and the only democrat in the country (that I know of) to commit to safeguarding gender affirming care for youth + adults with $$.

We've tried subliminal, we've tried liminal, now we're trying SUPERLIMINAL. HEY YOU. BUY STORIES FROM SOL: THE GUN-DOG. store.steampowered.com/app/2118420/...

Re: Game design tuning and the importance of playtests. We’ve been balancing and adjusting the Dosa Divas battle system for the last month getting ready to have hands on demo time at SGF for three days of back to back 30 min sessions. Also brought in external playtesters to get fresh eyes on it. 1/x

Howdy #PitchYaGame! Bitter Silver is a queer, #visualnovel love letter to #CowboyBebop! You are bounty hunter Lucia Lopez as you track down bounties with your misfit crew to find the answers to a curse plaguing your life! Play the demo & Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1906930/...

Just a reminder to you all we are still working on Bitter Silver, we are roughly a 10-person team, and we will never use Gen AI. Ever. Why would any studio make a soulless video game this way? Why would ANYONE want to play a game spat out like this into the world? www.ign.com/articles/ai-...

Jonathan Joss, known for King of the Hill and Parks and Rec also played Robert Rainwater in Cyberpunk 2077. He was a great actor and my heart goes out to his family and partner. May homophobes rot and burn.

Happy Pride. Take a few minutes to listen to some queer voices of the past. Because queer, trans, LGBTQ+ people have always existed and will always exist. No matter what certain lawmakers in DC try to do.

It's a combination of spite and determination. We need art, ESPECIALLY in the face of everything. Fascism? Fight it with art, they hate art. AI? Fight it with real, human art. Fight it ALL with uplifting art that inspires people to love instead. As an artist, you have the capability to inspire!

Food for thought. External QA, animators, voice actors, and musicians deserve to be part of the narrative of game makers.

Another hardy reminder: Fuck gen AI bullshit and don't use it or engage with! Oh and as always, Bitter Silver and all future games will never use it. EVER.

We're still alive, space cowfolks! We're just working on the full script for Bitter Silver, our #indiegame love letter to #CowboyBebop! Here's some #WIP concept art for one of the bounties you'll be going after, Pretoria! (Also, wishlist Bitter Silver: store.steampowered.com/app/1906930/...)

Generative AI video is a great way to preserve video games, in the sense that mirages are a great source of water

I’m seeing a lot of soft takes from industry mutuals at the moment that we shouldn’t be so hard on those who use generative AI because it’s becoming harder and harder to resist. Wrong. Betraying your ethics (and your peers) because ‘everyone else is doing it’ does not suddenly make it acceptable.

Incredibly proud of this team. Check out Spirit Swap store.steampowered.com/app/1592170/...

This is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm. The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him. Happy Black History Month.

Happy #ScreenshotSaturday! We're Lookout Drive Games & our dev team of almost entirely trans folks, queer folks & women of color are working on Bitter Silver, an #indiegame #visualnovel love letter to Telltale Games & Cowboy Bebop! Wishlist 👉 store.steampowered.com/app/1906930/...

#YetAnotherKillingGame has been out for about 24 hours now, and look, it's near the top of New & Trending for Visual Novels 🤯 C-could we possibly reach the top?! PLEASE HELP US REACH THE TOP! #visualnovel #gamedev #vndev

CITIZEN SLEEPER 2 is💫OUT NOW!💫 Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt, in this Dice Driven RPG. “The perfect sequel, offering complexity, consequence, and quiet optimism in a world of strife.” - PCGamesN links below 👇

In gamedev, we joke about how we shouldn't care so much because "we ain't curing cancer" so chill, right? But you know what? These last few weeks reminded me that the Arts, esp accessible Art like videogames is incredibly important because games have a big place in sculpting cultural norms.

OpenAI right now

To all our trans brothers & sisters, non-binary, GNC, genderqueer & two-spirit folks, both in the game industry & outside it, we love you. 🏳️‍⚧️❤️🫂 You are valid. You are worthy of thriving, not just surviving. And we will NEVER stop making games like Bitter Silver full of trans & queer people.

Here's a fun thing you can do today - play the Spirit Swap demo on Steam and wishlist! WE'RE TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM LAUNCH 💖💖💖

If you're a gaming exec who thinks laying off staff (absent any feeling of responsibility) is a great way to improve projections for an already-profitable company, and communicates it to your remaining staff with words like "leaner", "efficient", and "rightsizing", may I suggest a fuck right off? 😣

Welcome to the sci-fi genre, Naughty Dog. Guess there's room beside Bitter Silver for another cool-looking space bounty hunter game... www.naughtydog.com/blog/interga...

I'm flattered about the Very Positive Rating on Steam (100%), thanks everyone! If you have yet to play 'Storm the Swan', my Gameboy / Animal Crossing inspired horror, get it for FREE on Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3275280/ #indiegames #horror #furry #gamedev

Mark your calendars and add it to your wishlist, Fledgling Manor comes out on December 11! It's a supernatural horror visual novel featuring: -Three narrative routes -Six endings -Over a dozen CGs -An original soundtrack -A bunch of freaky vampires store.steampowered.com/app/3238510/...