🎮 Virtual Exchange alumnus, @protonperson.bsky.social , is presenting at GDC 2025! 🎤 Independent Games Summit: Fundraising Bootcamp: Legal and Business Considerations 🔗 tinyurl.com/7t74txw2 Don’t miss out on these amazing insights! 🙌 #GDC2025 #Alumni #GameDev #GDCScholarImpact

There’s so many unloved IPs out there like this. A lot of indie devs would be better off getting licenses on legacy IP instead of risking it all trying to build an audience for new IP in a crowded market.

We're hiring more roles at our studio! If your needs fit our skills and vice versa, please apply -- and if not, please tell your friends who might be looking for a new opportunity! Emulation Engineer www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41... Lead Technical Game Designer www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...

2025 Starter Pack of Art Direction driven Game Designers across Solo, Indie & AAA. If I missed someone & you are working on a game with strong art focus, posting WIPs & wish to be included please reply so I can add you, - 50 spots left! RTs welcome! 🚀 #gamedev #indiegamedev

Made some big changes this year already! Consultancy is enjoyable but at this stage of my life, I am ready to go back to full-time to dedicate to one studio and passion! If you have any needs for a badass CM, marketing or influencer manager, PR, event planning, or host in gaming, I’d love to chat!

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#playdate Quake-like engine progress! - asset pipeline setup (custom level + test textures from little-martian.itch.io/retro-textur...) - engine starting to take shape - collisions!

This is the biggest leap forward in a long time for simulating a CRT on a modern display. Even the 120hz demo (if you have a 120hz monitor) is incredible. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that this open source code hacks the human eyeball into perceiving smooth movement.

"Danu" Oldie still goodie ;)

Ho ho ho! 🎅 All of my 21 PICO-8 games for 14.99 € ✨ itch.io/s/142807/pic... #pico8 #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

Impressed with tonight’s Game Awards, which has come a long way from a show that was a little cringey at times a couple of years ago to what felt more confident and well-executed tonight. Highlight for me was Amir Satvat’s moving acceptance speech. He’s such a beacon of hope for the future!

I put #picotron carts on a CDN and sped up cart mounting a bit for browsing bbs:// directly in filenav 0.1.1e (I'll backport this to #pico8 too -- so that any cart visible in splore is already downloaded and cached).

Congratulations to all the nominees (and winners) I would love this to achieve greater visibility in future years. If you want to try out the games themselves you can find them here. itch.io/jam/me...%E2... And for more info safeinourworld.org/news/mental-...

My contribution to #pico8 2024 Advent Calendar is up Play at: freds72.itch.io/frozen-islands

Settling into Path of Exile 2. I struggled early, but I’m starting to get a feel for it.

Gearing and grinding got me past the Devourer on POE2. Rewarding kill, but still feeling more than a little overmatched by this game. I do enjoy the rush of beating a challenge, but often don’t have the patience to persist through a whole game where I’m at the fringe of my skill level.

I really want to enjoy Path of Exile 2 more than I am, but the unrelenting difficulty means I'll probably never get to enjoy 99.9% of it. Like Returnal, it's not unfair, but the skill threshold is so high, I'm not sure I'll ever be able to meet it.

new #pico8 arcade game: DERBIS 📦 GRAPPLE supplies out of the falling wreckage ..... 🔫 INTERCEPT dangerous debris ! 🔋 Recharge your SHIELDS (please) 🚀 EVACUATE the colonists 🥵 Stressful gameplay !! 📡 Too much UI ?? free in your browser ??! adamatomic.itch.io/derbis

I’m going to do a 🧵 about making retro-style games in C/C++, and also about getting them to run in a browser.

Name a game with a 10/10 soundtrack: Returnal open.spotify.com/album/4HeEMm...

This place is quickly becoming the art community I hoped it would be. I hope it just continues to grow and grow.

Knight Squad!! As we get into the holiday season, I can't recommend this awesome party game hidden gem enough. Hella frenetic 8-player single screen action. CTF is my favorite mode. (You knew Xbox could support 8 simultaneous players, right?) www.xbox.com/en-US/games/...

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The notes and descriptions in this template created in collaboration between @bigesqbae.bsky.social and @aerialknight.com are good ways of evaluating the basics of a (US) indie game publishing agreement coming your way. Always get a lawyer, but it doesn't hurt to know what to look for.

I’m VERYYYY excited to announce that the Video Game Publishing Agreement Template Kit I wrote in collaboration with Aerial Knight Studio (a WELL-known Detroit based indie game studio) is NOW LIVE and FREE for developers! Check it out below! 🥹 www.aerialknight.com/publishing-a...

dieworkwear: it’s easy to dress well if you know…[insert 14-post thread about the history of the lapel or a special kind of button] me: I could be happy wearing the same 5 outfits forever.

I’ve often thought that the Pareto principle implies that one could profitably spend 50% or more of one’s time simply figuring out what to do with the other 50%

My latest episode is live. Really unique story and conversation with Dom about Hellblade and Ninja Theory. Very interesting guy!

You can now use your itch.io domain as your Bluesky handle. Super cool work from @leafo.itch.io itch.io/t/4291217/us...

I'm thrilled to share I'm included in this podcast for The Verge: The Fight to Save Old Video Games I discuss the rules and regulations that govern retro game emulation, preservation, and new challenges for current-get games. What do you think? www.theverge.com/23958715/vid...

Do you need sfx for your PICO-8 game? Check out sfxp, a sound effect design tool and generator for PICO-8! Design your effects from scratch, or use the randomizer and tweak to taste. Made in under 1k for the PICO-1K Jam. luchak.itch.io/sfxp #pico8 #pico1k

Super stoked to be a part of The Mini Indie Showcase! Huge thanks to the team at @SixOneIndie for a great event! So many awesome indies out there! Make sure to check them out sixoneindie.com/showcase

The fragmentation of all these services I use to share text messages with has me feeling like an ‘old person’ for the first time. 20yrs ago, all we had was AIM and I kept in better touch with my friends than I do today.

Hey #gamedev Excited to announce that "On the Peril of Parrots" will be a part of the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase! A celebration of the puzzle genre coming to Steam on August 3rd! 200+ curated puzzle games! 40+ demos to play! 🔗 cerebralpuzzleshowcase.com/subscribe

Mattel is looking to block Burberry from registering a trademark for BRBY, arguing it infringes on their Barbie trademarks. Is that fair? What do you think? I discuss the legal issues in this LinkedIn post. https://bit.ly/44zkBAp

This brings back warm memories from 1980s computer gaming for me... http://Chiptunes.app has a collection of MIDI music covering PC and console games as well as classical and popular music wrapped in this really cool DOS interface and player that runs in your browser.

Cash is a fact; profit is an opinion. This is why in 2011, Return of the Jedi was still not technically 'profitable' despite being one of the most successful films of its era.  Video game profit sharing arrangements are really no different...

Important for streamers (professional or otherwise) to recognize this. There's always a sword of Damocles hanging over them.

Streaming video games online professionally is illegal in most cases. How can that be possible if professional streamers make so much money online? 1/14

Employees with long tenure produce superior results in game development, just look at Nintendo, who has employed a number of legendary game developers since the 1980s. 1/12

Calling out major media publications: It's time to bridge the gap between news and the truth by including links to original legal sources. 1/12

It's liiiiiiive, hope y'all enjoy and get hooked

"Should I go to #lawschool?" I get this question often, and — as is typical of me — I don't have a simple answer beyond, "It depends." 1/14

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Are developers legally safe using AI-generated assets in their games? Although many risks and uncertainties remain, Adobe's Firefly takes a few major steps towards making AI-generated assets safe for commercial production. 1/12

This was kinda surreal for me: the Pico Playtime channel on YouTube made a video review of my game, Picofender. How cool! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdwGZ-W4398&t=5s

Are you using AI-generated assets in a game you're developing? Beware! Not only has Valve created some noise by banning some games on Steam over this, the use of AI could affect your ability to own the copyrights on elements of your game. 1/12

@psarrett.bsky.social some feeds for you: Game Dev https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4jrld6fwpnwqehtce56qshzv/feed/game-dev Game Narrative & Writing https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/feed/aaapo66fyrrga

In the last few weeks, Valve began quietly banning games on Steam because they use AI-generated art and/or text. Here's what you need to know: 1/10

Starting January 1, 2024, most small businesses registered to do business in the U.S. (including many game developers) must report 'beneficial ownership' to FinCEN: The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.