To anybody who happens to play games in French or Spanish (or other heavily gendered languages): How does an NPC typically address gender of player avatar? Like in an RPG where you pick gender, do NPCs use gendered adjectives, or do they sort of weasel around it? And is it strange for players?

MIDNIGHT IN BABYLON, the first episode of AZATHOTH BLUES, is now out on all major podcast platforms, including Spotify. A dark journey into paranoia, conspiracy, murder & ritual. How do you fight back in a world that seems increasingly insane?

I found the ep in PLURIBUS where Carol--white, American--meets 5 non-white, non-American survivors of the hivemind off-putting, but in a way that made me curious to see where Gilligan was going. Now that I have, I wrote about how empire, privilege, genAI, & resistance converge in the show's subtext:

Ah yes, of course.

we’ve got somewhere to stay after the fucking place flooded again, just a room tho, I’ve just managed to pack the bare minimum and I’m skint beyond words. I am so sorry, this has all gone to shit. Can anyone help with emergency survival funds? www.paypal.com/paypalme/ret... ko-fi.com/robfearon

Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨

Do I know anyone here who speaks French? I'm looking for an old fashioned, colloquial word or phrase that translates to "troublemakers". Something you'd call a group of schoolgirls that are very clever about pulling pranks. Along the lines of rascals, scamps, misfits, etc. Thank you!

Die or Die, by @aonorte.com is on the front page of @kotaku.com! Let's hope it will help put this fun game in the spotlight. You can currently play the demo on Steam in English, Spanish, German, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, and French. Lots of other great games on that list too!

Wednesdays is ✨ free ✨ for World Children's Day in order to raise awareness about child sexual abuse. Grab it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2747770/... or Itch: artefrance.itch.io/wednesdays before November 21th 9PM CET!

Virtue's Heaven has finally reached the 10 review threshold and to both celebrate and potentially capitalize on the (marginal and temporary) boost in visibility, I've put the game on sale for this week! store.steampowered.com/app/1929860/...

Here's the reason why you see so many people beg for reviews on Steam. Virtue's Heaven got past 10 reviews this weekend and suddenly the amount of page views tripled, mostly because the game started to show up in people's discovery queues.

found this deep cut #schleck #plus4

Bonescape is an exploration and trading game I've been working on: The discovery of a giant, verdant boneyard spurs on a flood of explorers, hunters, homesteaders, outlaws and merchants - and you. 🦴 zarkonnen.com/bonescape

GFM update! Recovery has gone almost as perfectly as it could, but unfortunately, I had to re-open the fundraising because between a partial insurance denial and some frankly ridiculous hospital costs, I'm now looking at over $9000 #transsupport #supporttransmen #transhealthcare gofund.me/44e711c83

Can highly recommend. Check out @uncannymagazine.bsky.social

I have played this almost one year ago and I still keep thinking about it. It's very good.

I know it's the new hip cost cutting thing but let me tell you as someone who worked on a game that got utterly reviewbombed by Chinese players due to the poor quality of the translation ...don't fucking rely on genAI translations. Thank you.

HERDLING releases on August 21 !!🐐🐏

I cannot stress this enough: working on @tinybookshopgame.com and adding a tiny part to an already masterful translation was such. a. pleasure. If all translation projects were like that, I'd quit my day job without a second thought. Happy release day, Tiny Book Shop!

Happy release day to Tiny Book Shop! @someindie.bsky.social and I worked on the German localisation for this, and I've been a huge fan of this project for years. If you need a game about bookshop management, the value of community and a life beyond capitalisn, this is for you

Please sign this petition to oppose censorship from payment processors and extremists! It's made and supported by female and gender-marginalised people working in games. Collective Shout does not speak for us. They can't silence us. We will continue to stand up for freedom of expression in games.

I'm working on putting Let's Freeze Some Penguins on the Nintendo Switch. #nintendoswitch

Let's Freeze Some Penguins is localized into a number of different languages, and that work is done by real humans who know what they're doing! Of course it was suggested to me that an AI could do the job, and to that I say: No. It clearly can't. #indiegame #gamedev

Apple is delisting Wheels of Aurelia from the App Store, because it's... "obsolete". Our statement:

Hello!👋 I'm Laura, English > Italian translator and game localizer. I've been active in this field since 2011, first in-house at Nintendo and afterwards as a freelancer. Here's some of my work. Hit me up with your projects, I'll be available all summer! #PortfolioDay #TranslatorsInTheCredits

If you're an indie dev exhibiting at Gamescom and you want a fancy German translation for your demo build to benefit from the fact that most of the audience will be actual Germans … 1. what are you waiting for? 2. get in touch, I'd be happy to help!

Happy to report that I did some translating for Atuel, which, for the record, was a total pleasure. Go play the game, it is worth experiencing (and won't cost you anything but 30 minutes of your day).

Eyyyy your boy is looking for projects! #commission #art #mecha

@maschimensch.bsky.social huch, was ist denn da schiefgelaufen?

Seems like my brain is broken and I cannot finish that last mission, but: Tactical Breach Wizards. What a gem.

Can confirm. Someone complimented my translation of Dicey Dungeons recently and that got me through a really bad week. It's easy and free, folks!

I'm excited to officially announce CROWNBREAKERS, my new deck-building roguelike #indiegames that has you fight back against demonic billionaires! To celebrate, check out the announcement trailer! youtu.be/Bypf6pKX2rI

ATUEL IS COMING TO STEAM & GOOGLE PLAY ON JUNE 30TH! 🎉🙌✨ This free re-release of our award-winning surrealist documentary game about climate change comes with localization to 7 new languages and full controller support! 💬🎮 Wishlist it now! 🙏💕 store.steampowered.com/app/2794330/...

The German Games Industry Association (game) still refuses to acknowledge that the recently appointed minister responsible for the local games industry, Dorothee Bär, openly demands to deny queer people equal rights...

Popemon: gotta catch em all?

This is quite something - massive respect to Kate Nash for putting this out into the world. Give it a listen. Kate Nash - GERM youtu.be/q2MoQJP-PhA?...

Hello everyone! My wonderful partner finally has their top surgery scheduled after over a year of prep, waiting, and insurance BS. Please help however you can make this process go as smoothly as possible for them! Even if you can't don't, reposts are much appreciated. gofund.me/793f6925

The wrong people own the future, your friends are imprisoned and the world is about to end. There’s no more time for deliberation. It is time for desperate actions. It is finally time to end the Age of Reason. Virtue’s Heaven is now out on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1929860/...

Folks this is the EASIEST activism you can do today. Let's make conversion therapy BANNED. eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...

▶️ ⚙️ Join the GUTENBERG WORKSHOP on #Laboratory #Automation at @unimainz.bsky.social 🥼 🦾 🗓️ 3-5 June 2025 📍 Helmholtz-Institute Mainz Info gutenberg-workshops.uni-mainz.de/laboratory-a... Deadline to register soon! converia.uni-mainz.de/frontend/ind... #Robotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence

indie dev friends, we need your help!! we launched our game yesterday, but people in Germany still can’t buy it on Steam! 😩 that's is our 2nd most wishlisted region and we’ve been working on Freeride for years so this is a huge bummer any advice what we could try? Pls share for reach boost

I feel like anyone who wants to pass judgement on what constitutes as a "biological trait" in humans should be required to first explain what they think evolutionary theory is, how they think it works and how it all connects to humans.

Ok. I have posted an update to the gofundme, bumped the number up a scary amount. Really I need to sort the main fundraiser page out too but I’ve been going at things for twelve hours now, alternating between house and usual dad stuff and I need a sit down. I’m shattered. gofund.me/ecddc7af

Hey, why is nobody talking about this? Fund this already! 11 days remaining.

Things I need to tell myself, again and again (and you probably should, too): do not work for free. This is not getting you any paid work down the road whatsoever. Just people asking for more free work. Even people who could afford to pay you, won't. So yeah, don't.

You can get all our games for under $13 total. store.steampowered.com/bundle/6109/...

The Collage Atlas: My entirely pen & ink first-person adventure is on sale on Steam this weekend. There's a 21 min vid on the Steam page where I talk at length about the motivations behind the game. So if you're curious...or struggling to sleep: store.steampowered.com/app/2581960/...

It’s finally time! Our submissions for gamescom 2025 are officially open! ✨ We have a bunch of free and discounted showcasing options available for you 👀 Please check out our website for all relevant information: indiearenabooth.de/apply ⌛ Open until 9 April We look forward to your submissions! 🙌💗

If trailers and descriptions aren’t enough to convince you to care about this game, I also wrote a blogpost where I’m doing my best to explain the reason why I keep persisting with it: mokkograd.net/posts/2025-0...