Top 10 Games I played this year (that did not necessarily come out this year) in no particularly strict order: 10. Metal Garden 9. Blippo+ 8. S.P.L.I.T 7. HOLE 6. THAT NIGHT, STEEPED BY BLOOD RIVER 5. Castlevania: Rondo of Blood 4. Blue Prince 3. PIGFACE 2. ROUTINE 1. Mundaun

Wip update

this year I did make this, which was pretty cool

tryhard update: rebuilding this awkward parking lot behind the shops because a bunch of people who live and work here in IRL auckland cried in my tiktok comments

From now until January 5th any and all revenue made by the lowest discount ever on CORPUS EDAX will be donated to Palestine Children’s Relief Fund!

i interviewed @bysameng.com for av club! give it a read

Since Valley of Guilt takes place in the 90s, here are some cool areas in my game to take a quick smoke break in:

hello. here are some games that came out this year, this year of 2025, that are cool to check out. or don't check them out, i dunno it's your decision, i can't make it for you

Metal Garden <3

page from a comic I've been working on

Watch my 30 second short contribution to Adult Swims Off the Air tomorrow. Its called “Asclepius”

i'm confronting a guard on the roof of the goo depository. There's no hope for a peaceful resolution to this situation. We will have to fight

please enjoy the very first (and very early) screenshot from our second game. there's a lot of this world still left to build, but i can promise that none of it will ever involve gen-AI.

There's still time for you to pick up my weird 90s walking sim/horror exploration game for 20% off in the Steam sale!

for the first time, showing off some actual gameplay #metaxiagame #gamedev #gamemaker

Hi new followers! If you don't already know I have a new game coming out on January 22nd! It's a narrative adventure set in the year 2003 where you are a young writer trying to make sense of the world: store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...

EMRTRI wishes you and your family a Happy Holiday Season. We would like to take this opportunity to transmit the following message to you: "The breakthrough of Subjectivation is coming to your home in Spring 2026" Thank you for tuning in.

hiiiii, Metal Garden is on sale right now both on Steam and Itch dot io! if you ever wanted to buy it, now's a really good time! store.steampowered.com/app/3539440/... tinerasoft.itch.io/metal-garden

instead of tutorials, i created a game instruction booklet

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a whopping 55% off in the Steam Winter Sale! Inspired by movies such as The Wicker Man & the works of M.R. James, with a little pinch of Twin Peaks and Lovecraft - our folk horror adventure is the perfect play for Christmas! store.steampowered.com/app/1182310/...

the cars have slappy feet

It’s bread. (This is my first time playing Silent Hill 3 🤫)

i finally started playing Mundaun by @dasmirts.bsky.social . the opening was beautiful! i'm so happy to see more wonderful drawings filling up the sketchbook

Planescape: Torment (1999) Developed by Black Isle Studios.

"I don’t think we give enough credit to weirdness in games as a source of mystery and power." New essay up on @essaydaily.bsky.social's advent calendar today on the video game NORCO from @geographyofrobots.bsky.social and advocating for weirdness (minor spoilers): www.essaydaily.org/2025/12/dec-...

the staircase in my mind leads to an empty room

For #screenshotsaturday let's have a look at most of hacking sequence in Go Phish! Here I've got just basic suits equipped but I'm taking advantage of a few programs to sway my chances. #indiegame #indiedev #roguelites #cardgames

still cooking!

Doing my annual thing of telling everyone I know to buy and play one particular PC indie game, in this case Metal Garden by @aleksandraht.bsky.social - a really fun, atmospheric little FPS with some great level design

new game for 7DFPS polclarissou.itch.io/vermin3000-d...

HIS ASS SHOULD NOT BE DRIVING #indiegame #gamedev #godot

When possible, it's best not to spend too much time outside at night in Rust Valley.

Played the demo for PARKSIDE: DECAYED SOUL MANIPULATION and I'm kind of charmed. Wildly overambitious maximalist kitchen sink imsim. Brings the term 'post-Cruelty-Squad' to mind. store.steampowered.com/app/2530250/...

If you liked this key art, you'll love the game it was for! Check it out 💖

In the time that I'm not spending on game development, I'm something of a birder. If you're interested in birds or avian ecology at all, you owe it to yourself to pick up @atawhaigames.bsky.social's Toroa Skycall. It's probably the best Bird Game I've ever played, in terms of Bird Gameplay.

few more reviews for despelote to hit 500 and overwhelmingly positive 🙏🏽

My humble birthday girl requests: play Angeline Era, tell a friend, blog about it, or write a review!! In addition to art, did you know I was story lead? Angeline Era embodies so much of what I've chased over the past few years, from wildflowers to parties to Apocrypha to ancestry.

Eternity Egg is out now in early access store.steampowered.com/app/1670690/...

Wirm, Woodworm, Wyrmspace – Weirdly, a lot of games about worms in the Frosty Mini, a showcase of games from Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Here's a roundup of all the games that were featured:

Key Fairy is a hand-drawn, folkloric, pacifist bullet-hell, and it's releasing on February 19. Check out the release date trailer from @soyoudontneedto.bsky.social:

ok one earnest post……. 10 yrs ago today I graduated w my honours degree which I wrote my dissertation on the need for more self determined Indigenous video games… and on this very same day 10 yrs later released one w my friends!!! 🥹

We're excited to announce that GHOST CAM will be haunting the @womenledgames Showcase✨ #TheGameAwards Edition on: Dec 11th 8am WA / 11am AEDT Dec 10th 4pm PT Watch the full show here: www.youtube.com/@Women-LedGa... ! #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #vr

Excited to be launching Janet's makeover as part of Frosty Mini Steam event!!

We've been working really hard on this indie game, it's fun and addictive and also a little bit dark and narrative-y. If you could spare a wishy that would be delishy. Thanks also to @frostygamesfest.com for letting us announce in the showcase!

TOROA is out after 5 years of dev!! congrats to the Atawhai team 💙🐥 @atawhaigames.bsky.social

Find love in the darkest night in romantic horror narrative game, Drăculești – though, you may not live to see the dawn. Check out the early access announcement from @fine-fiends.bsky.social:

Soar as an albatross embarking on an epic journey to reunite with their family in this relaxing, story-driven flight game grounded in the Māori world. Toroa: Skycall by @atawhaigames.bsky.social is out now!

played an early demo of this - really tense, eerie & claustrophobic. stuck in a literally shrinking bedroom & hacking to survive (from @doctorears.bsky.social)

🥝 WHO'S READY FOR ANZ-MADE GAMES?! 🐨 Frosty Mini is LIVE and starting in 15min! Join us LIVE for surprise reveals and announcements from a selection of INCREDIBLE games! 🔴 YouTube: youtu.be/Ji17SMaOtvg 🟣 Twitch: twitch.tv/frostygamesf...