Join us for BUILD YOUR OWN GAME JAM from Feb 13th - March 2nd! This is a new jam format in which we publish a menu of themes, technical challenges, and other modifiers for you to choose from to inspire your jam games 👩‍🍳 All are welcome, come on in! itch.io/jam/byogamej...

Big announcement on Monday

Every single "the robots are here" story from CES is wrong

The GDQ break channel that @marlowedobbe.com and I made for a jam just got merged! If you're watching #AGDQ this week, keep an eye out for it. I think it turned out really fun. Donations reduce the HP of the foe, and when defeated, a new one spawns. So stoked to see it in action!

every day I wake up and think are you fucking kidding me

If YOU would like a free list of my favorite weird indie games I played in 2025 I have compiled the best of the best of my monthly game recommendation newsletter I write for @pigsquad.com!!

Hear ye hear ye, @marlowedobbe.com's "best of" Truffle Hunter Newsletter is now available to view! Check out an awesome curated list of indie game goodness, gathered from 2025's newsletters: 🏆 bit.ly/trufflehunte... 🏆

It's Town Hall tonight! Pop into twitch.tv/PIGSquad at 7pm PT to chat with the nonprofit organizing team, ask questions, and learn more about cool plans for next year (like PIGCON)!

I had a dream last night that I made the "Jet Star" in Kirby air riders so I made it a reality this morning

It is my birthday and there are a few things you can do here at this crossroads. There are burnt out candles in the mud below your feet, mixed with foil paper scraps and ribbons. Before you are three paths, extending far into the fields. It smells like frosting. You aren't sure what's going on.

Had a blast with everyone for our Year End Showcase! Thanks for supporting fellow devs and raising money for the children's hospital 🤩 Next week, we're doing Town Hall and our TTRPG game live on Twitch, Wednesday & Thursday! twitch.tv/pigsquad See ya soon >:)

Took on a VERY exciting voice acting gig recently, very very excited to talk about it more later.

Sometimes, when two people love each other very much, they share a save file

Hello, fine folks! We have a surprise special announcement stream tonight at 8pm PT to announce something really big. Feel free to hop in and hang then 🌟 www.twitch.tv/pigsquad

Oh! Tomorrow night we're also going to be distributing some flyers for our Year End event if anyone wants to help post them around town! Hit us up if you want the file to print >:)

Pretty dang cool article that makes us all look so cool 🤩

Tomorrow (Tuesday) evening at the NW Lucky Lab! We're kicking off the "Finish Your Game" Jam with some team forming, brainstorming, and a theme reveal for those of you needing one :) Work on an existing game and show us a big ol' progress post by December 1st! Details here: itch.io/jam/finishyo...

Get ready for our Year End Showcase! On December 8th, bring out your "Finish Your Game" Jam games or anything else you've worked on over the year for our holiday party ♥ We'll be at Urbanite again with tons of games to play and pals to meet, you can RSVP at pigsquad.com/yearendshowc... ❄

Tomorrow (Wednesday) evening! We're hanging out for a Speed Meet and coworking sesh. Bring a lil thing to work on and/or hang out & chat with new folks during a structured meetup activity in prep for next week's game jam ♥ pigsquad.com/events-list/...

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🧼Tonight & Wednesday🧼 We're doing Speed Meet events to help you meet other devs in prep for next week's "Finish Your Game" Jam! TONIGHT In Discord pigsquad.com/events-list/... WEDNESDAY At White Owl in SE Portland pigsquad.com/events-list/... Huge thanks to @ragonia.bsky.social for art this year :)

0hr Game Jam was so fun--you can play the games we made last night from 1am to 1am here: itch.io/jam/pigsquad...

🎃UH OH NOW IT'S TONIGHT🎃 Spooky Games Marathon at PNCA in NW Pop in anytime between 7pm-11pm, we'll be going all night with scary games on stage and available for play in the lobby! 😈 Come in costume too if ya want 😈 pigsquad.com/events-list/...

Our new shirt by @marlowedobbe.com released last weekend at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, now it's available online! Pick up this rad tee and support our local gamedev community at pigsquad.com/store/cubepi... 🏰⚡

🏰ANNOUNCEMENT TIME⚡ After so many years, we finally have a new shirt design! CLIMB INDIE MOUNTAIN, ENTER THE GATES, and support our local gamedev community if you have the mettle! Our new shirt goes on sale this weekend in-person at the @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social, online orders open next week!

This is the last pic I will post of myself on social media ever that's all there is ever again

The games that will be at our @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social booth are now live! Check out all of the awesome community projects & devs you'll be able to hang with 🤩 pigsquad.com/portland-ret... See you on October 17-19 ~

Game Devs of Color Expo is here, and talks started today! Pop in to see some wonderful presentations from gamedevs all around the world. Tickets are at ti.to/GDoCExpo/2025/ Schedule at app.swapcard.com/event/2025-g...

See you at the Summer Game Jam Celebration on Friday! We're welcoming all participants of this year's Summer Slow Jams to showcase their game - come play the games and hang with devs all night 😎🌞 RSVP: pigsquad.com/events-list/... Friday, September 12th from 6pm-midnight at Urbanite

It's showcase season, and our two highlight events are coming up! We just opened submissions for our booth at @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social - if you have something to share, apply before 9/19 to play your game with tons of rad devs and game fans in October! Learn more: pigsquad.com/form-prge-2025 ♥

Here's a pic of my Stardew Valley painting I submitted as a prize for the upcoming Frame Fatales marathon! I painted it on a recycled cupboard and installed a cute lil glass knob and wall hanging hardware and everything!

The shop drop is LIVE! GO and nab yourself some prints, risos, originals! YEEHAW marlowedobbe.com/store

PS If you're local, we're hosting an optional "Hand Drawn" competition & giveaway for the Parody Jam, where the winner gets a new Wacom tablet! If you're interested, check out the rules on the jam page and reach out ~ itch.io/jam/ssjparod... There's still time to jam out something great 😍

The Parody Jam is off to the races with the creative theme "Cheat Codes!" We're stoked to see everyone's updates and to play everyone's games in a couple weeks! Learn more & sign up at itch.io/jam/ssjparod... There's LOTS of cool stuff surrounding this game jam too... (see replies)

Sunday! Play awesome games made by awesome people: we just wrapped June's Puzzle Summer Slow Jam 🤩 If you made a game, come set it up! If you wanna check out what others made, the event is free and open to the public. Details here: pigsquad.com/events-list/...

VILLAGER A: Lovely day today! VILLAGER B: La la! I'm going to school! VILLAGER C: My mother isn't back yet. I hope she hasn't gone into the Snails' Den. VILLAGER D: I'm busy. VILLAGER E: This town hasn't been the same since the Empire invaded. VILLAGER F: You can sneak past snails by holding 🅑.

Mario Kart Stampede

Metapod + Gust of Wind These are my two entries to @tcgnewdeckplus.bsky.social, a Pokemon TCG Gameboy Color mod! I've always loved this game (and soundtrack 😩👌) and have played many different versions of it. So cool to fire up the pixel art and make these buggies! #pokemon #pixelart #pokemontcg

MAKE GAMES THIS SUMMER! YOU CAN DO IT!

Announcement! Our friend Davis will be joining the orgteam as a Lead Volunteer, and Merlin is becoming an Officer with the nonprofit after being a Lead Volunteer for many years. Join us in celebrating them & reach out if you have questions or ideas that can help the community make games together!

Our Peabody speech for 1000xRESIST. “This art form is barely unearthed. It’s too early to define it. Fund the indescribable.”

We just announced Summer Slow Jams this week! Super happy about the themes, and we're doing a lot of new things this year. Check it out and see if you are ENTICED to make some cool stuff with new pals!

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March and April events are ON THE CALENDAR! We have a lot of fun events coming up including a Tabletop Jam, our 14th Anniversary, RPG Maker month, Talent talks, and more! Come hang out with us! :) bit.ly/PIGSquadEvents

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We're live!

Our game LOVESICK is starting to get some good reviews and that's exciting! Wishlist to support and pick it up for a good time starting tomorrow!

The Build Your Own Game Jam has BEGUN! From now through March 3rd, pick from our menu of themes, genres, technical challenges, and add-ons and create a game that incorporates all of them! Peep the cool menu that I made for the jam, and join us at itch.io/jam/byogamej... 👩‍🍳🍔