This is Bear, Australia's most famous koala detection dog. After a decade of service, he's retiring. He's located hundreds of injured or displaced koalas after forest fires. We're told his retirement will be filled with rest, cuddles, and maybe a little mischief. 15/10

sad about Destiny; significantly sadder about the team

they are feeding him a powerful compound

I was reading this article on the train yesterday, and it was so good I missed like three stops

Any #godot brained folks able to help me with this? We have audio assets in the project that get compiled to FMOD banks, so don't need to be exported. However, I've tried every method of excluding them to no avail (gdignore, export modes) and nothing works besides deleting the folder before export.

We are hosting a watch party of the Game Workers Conference @gameworkerscon.bsky.social ! Bring a friend, drinks, or snacks to share and let's watch, learn and discuss together. See you next weekend ➡️ www.meetup.com/aucklandmake...

I'm at A MAZE this weekend! I've just wrapped up two wonderful volunteer shifts here too 🩷 🦩 if you see me pls say hi! #amaze2026

Little up, remember that if you love narrative game, fake os, minigame and file explorer, MyDear.exe might be for you ! Play the demo, leave a review, add it to your wishlist and share it to your friend to make this cat happy (it's Noumea) #godot #gamedev

We're a part of the ANZ Indiefest! Be sure to check it out, watch the broadcast, and of course... Give the Beyond These Stars Demo a go! 😎 🔗: buff.ly/gvguYzG

Playtesting Bus Game at NZGF ❤️ i received such awesome feedback & hype. I'm starting to see a common thread between this group and the Armageddon group on what is missing for the player experience. I've got some work to do for Wellycon later this month! IG 📸 soda_can_photography

Incredible feedback from Armageddon means that you get to try a NEW WAY TO PLAY Bus Game during NZGF! What happens when a player has just one journey left to complete? Come find out this Sunday 10 May 😎

I think the tonal thing I miss in Star Trek is the arrogance of its optimism. It wasn’t ostensively trying to convince you of its progressive values, it was flat out telling you that one day you and your petty bigotries would be dead and gone and laughed at. I’d like some of that energy in the 2030s

A bus-sized thank you to my friend and lovely colleague Amila for letting me do one of my favourite things for her boardgame- write a blog post 😌

🐶BIG DIG - DEMO OUT NOW!🐶 Big Dig is a short incremental narrative game about digging up artifacts to help Mayor Dog win the election! Play for freeeee: store.steampowered.com/app/4653260/... #pixelart #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame

Do you love romance? Warm and fuzzies? Crying a lil bit? Go play the demo of MyDear.exe!!!!!

I am thrilled to announce that Dreams on a Pillow has wrapped up pre-production and we are about to start full production. We can’t do it without your support. We are starting our second round of crowdfunding, to support us you can find out more here www.launchgood.com/1948

@bsky.app @moderation.bsky.app you need to do better. Game dev community, we need to call out bsky for silencing a fellow game dev. And while you're at it..Wishlist Dreams on a Pillow!! store.steampowered.com/app/4438850/...

Hey! If you missed it, we're part of #interfaceX26 a steam festival and showcase celebrating #fakeos games! We're soo happy to be able to share Eli and Lucien's story with everyone there! So pin the 27th in your calendar! #gamedev #indiegames whislist here : store.steampowered.com/app/4255640/...

Sad to hear about Ludum Dare beginning to wind down, but I think it's maybe good for people to be reminded how many of the things they consider indispensable institutions are really a single-digit number of people (often a single person) working very long & hard for little to no money

YESSS this was awesome news to wake up to!!!! Fingers crossed they get the other funding they need 🤞🤞🤞

WE'RE SO EXCITED! We will be part of the #interfaceX26 festival that showcases games taking place in #fakeos ! The festival will start on the 27th, pin that in your calendar! Love on you! Wishlist here => store.steampowered.com/app/4255640/...

Friends! ✨ Once again I will be hosting the Hyper Talks at @amazefest.bsky.social in Berlin this May! ✨ I'm looking for speakers! Send me a DM with your topic if you are coming and interested! 💛 The talks are 5-7 mins long. 🤗

📺New devlog video! How should I talk about this game structure? 🤔 #gamedev #pixelart #gamedesign

And this beautiful game on grief is out now! If you want to support Arab-made work about the Arab world, history, arts, and culture -especially in a time of destruction and erasure towards our people- I cannot recommend this game more. store.steampowered.com/app/3451680/...

a world without trans people has never existed and never will

The future of social media is a magic sword that speaks to you telepathically

A feature about games on SBS News? It’s more likely than you think. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

moby-dick, his eyes enormous: from hell's heart you STAB at moby? for hate's sake you spit your last BREATH at moby? oh! oh! the great shroud of the sea for ahab! the great shroud of the sea rolling on as it rolled five thousand years ago!!!!

Today is trans day of visibility 🏳️‍⚧️ but more immediately for me it's also the 3-year anniversary of Lancer Tactics' Kickstarter campaign. Writing up a larger retrospective for the next backer post, but it's cool to see how far we've come since then.

I saw this and thought it was a real DLC for a sec and got very excited, nobody talk to me rn

pls remember that star trek is actually about romulans and the federation shooting at each other, not social issues.

🚨 BIG NEWS: We’re officially adding Gen-AI to Fruitbearer! 🍎🤖 As a small indie, non-AI won't work! 😱 Forget Deckbuilders—we’re now the world’s first Roguelike Promptbuilder. 💀✨ Watch our tester absolutely LOVING the AI integration ❤️ #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart #WishlistWednesday #fruitbearer

The amount that we talk about Dragon Age at my office is wild (affectionate). It had such a powerful impact on so many people. Some of my coworkers worked on it, others just grew up with it. Impactful 🥹

After 10 years of offering first-class, complete (we thought) dialogue solutions, we learned we had been missing the most important narrative design tool of all time: Tarot. We're sorry. We're listening, we're learning. And today, we've taken the first step: adding Tarot to Yarn Spinner 💚

I've had the pleasure of working on MyDear.exe recently! It's such a sweet, fun game and the team are the nicest people ever. Do me a favour and give it a wishlist? 🙏

it's currawong season also known as the time of year i start seeing more currawongs

Multiple game studios have recently closed because their titles couldn't compete with established live-service games like Fortnite. Meanwhile, you can also literally work on Fortnite and get laid off and Tim Sweeney remains a billionaire. Something has to change. The time is now. uvw-cwa.org

I've had the pleasure of working on MyDear.exe recently! It's such a sweet, fun game and the team are the nicest people ever. Do me a favour and give it a wishlist? 🙏

i know it's pretty unlikely in this climate, but if anyone needs a game writer/editor in the next few months, i am good and could use the work 🙏

Some say that making a smaller game or simpler game are ways to cut down on dev time. This is also true. But if you're making a game of any size that has any sort of consistent production methodology, a good way to make everything take longer is to change standards and pipelines in production.

Let's go dig a *big* hole!⛏️ ⬇️WISHLIST ON STEAM⬇️ store.steampowered.com/app/4304900/... #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart #screenshotsaturday

Helllllo I could use your help! We're trying to create a new steam tag, and that requires a bunch of people tagging our (and games like it) with the same tag. If you could pop over to our store and put in 'Fake OS', that'd be super appreciated! pls share =] store.steampowered.com/app/4253020/...

What absolutely gutwrenching news. I spoke to Katherine a handful of times back when I was community manager for Before We Leave - she was an absolute treasure, a complete delight. My love and thoughts are with her community and her family.

Heard a kid say “that game Doom is really old, I think it came out in 2017?” And now I am dying, thanks

New t-shirt company creating sustainable clothing featuring designs from First Nations designers, and 100% of profits are donated to charities or causes aligned with each shirt 🥰 Sizes range from XS to 3XL! #AusMade

never, ever piss off a writer. god damn

hi! we're the makers of 1000xRESIST, and we have... something special coming up soon 👀 ✨ triple-i showcase on April 9 ✨ 9am PDT / 12pm EDT ✨ no hosts, no ads, just GAMES see you there, sisters 💖

thinking about the medieval cat door in Exeter cathedral again