Johan is personally responsible for my grades for two years and probably my career. Great game.

It's time... the candles are lit... 🕯️ Our exorcism roguelite Malys is coming OUT of Early Access into 1.0 on the 24th of October! There's so much more to discover, including the FULL story as penned by David Gaider, more demons, more cards, and more content.

Announcing... DOGPILE!!! ✨🦴 Dogpile is a roguelike deckbuilder about merging DOGS. Play dogs, get money, customize your dogs with special traits, refine your deck, PLAY MORE DOGS! Free demo is live on Steam, WISHLIST NOW!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3839300/...

This article is accurate. The other part I think that comes into this is pure emotion. We talk about time a lot but rarely do we talk about emotion being the same. Everyone is exhausted, and connecting with anything truly new requires a level of personal investment and attachment.

life rn

Me once a month: I will put this file together in this random Figma file with no naming conventions or organization and I definitely won't forget I made it here. Me moments (days to months) later:

I was not kidding, I am still not done lol

I know I say I won't go looking, but I got very few submissions in a Very Big Month, so this upcoming Indie Dev Digest is a doozy - and includes like 20+ job ads I've sourced (with thanks to those who submitted! It'll go out in the evening of the 30th of September, so there's still time to submit!

Ah, the many many days of clicking around and understanding nothing but feeling mind blown regardless as a child. One of the very first games I remember playing as a kid. Hell yeah Myst.

The latest @fieldsofmistria.bsky.social patch notes are a masterclass in solving QOL issues. I know people think players won’t be excited unless there’s big features added, but solving for key small pain points goes SO far, & they solved about 12 in one patch & the subreddit is going nuts. So good!

What's your 'don't knock it till you try it' meal suggestion? I'm eating a peanut butter, shredded carrot, and sultana sandwich right now that I always used to get made for me as a kid and I still love it, but I fully understand it sounds insane.

Ended up knee deep in old photos and found this banger from 2011. What a time, what a time. Some things never change.

i am going to talk some nonsense so navel gazing about being online in the 90s that it will self destruct any shred of dignity i have left anyway this line up rules and i should not be part of it LMAO

Please repost and share this around, and if you know of an event or are attending an event during MIGW, please share it to the mailing list for the upcoming send! It helps me A Lot. <3

SORRY am I perceiving pokemon animal crossing right now because let’s go??? Let’s GO????

Last night I saw a post complaining in the indiedev sub about astroturfing and how people can't stand it, today on LinkedIn I see a post about someone's numerous successful astroturfing campaigns. Heh. Everyone online is still deciding that marketing is sales. Most marketing is nearly invisible.

hitting a PR milestone in real time by typing + sending this: content creators for the love of god have a contact email somewhere in your information i cannot stress how many opportunities you're missing by not

Me every time I decide not to take my Ritalin: It's fine, it barely does anything anyway, I don't think it makes a difference Me when I decide to take my Ritalin: Far more focused, actually gets things done, just still way more of a loudmouth than I was on Vyvanse but with a normal heart rate

What in the actual heck is this captcha are you kidding me you're making me do weird lobster dart math to make an account five times???????????

get ur freak on real soon

This this this this this! Also don't even try to imitate anything they did on the first game (as far as business and marketing) because your game is not releasing 8 years ago under those very different conditions.

thinking about the time I got really excited to turn up to a reaper painting class at pax aus thinking I’d get to paint a tiny reaper from overwatch in hot pink

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I'll be sending this months edition out this Sunday, the 31st of August - make sure you get your submissions in by then for any events across September!

Me to poor art director @theboyofcheese.bsky.social on a daily basis

The Victorian Government, through Creative Victoria is providing 50 free GCAP Assist tickets to facilitate GCAP access for marginalised communities from across the Australian games industry, as well as to those who have been affected by industry layoffs. Apply here: gcap.com.au/2025-assist-...

I love making logos for games! I always try to design logos that are simple but cartoony, shiny and fun! Sometimes they're a bit scrappy and made in a rush (for a game jam for example)! I've made so many in the past MANY YEARS in games, from board games to mobile games! #gamedev

Anno 1800, aka maybe the most satisfying city builder of all time, is $9 Australian Dollars on Steam right now. If you haven't played it, that is an absolute steal. This has been a PSA.

This image ended up on my desktop once years ago and I have no idea when I saved it or where it came from but it's now a staple of every computer I work on and it makes me laugh every single time so I'm bringing it back

The absolute bot level email pipelines where if you delete it, they send an immediate follow up to be like 'Wait, don't you want to [earn a million more dollars] [level up your whatever] [access my secret sauce tips]' four or five times to then be all 'Just let me know if it isn't for you!'

I need to know who else is on Tiffin Tok because every day I don’t get a Tiffin for lunch I become hungrier and hungrier.

Need 600 dollars due to recent personal tragedy. Picture is not related, I cannot figure out how to delete it. The money is not for that. I don’t know what it is even

Imagine a picture of me, begging, pleading, as August tries to take me out on a daily basis, attached to this reminder post.

Septembers edition of Indie Dev Digest is coming up and I need your submissions - if you've seen an event, deadline, job or similar (or are in charge of one!) please submit them here. It takes less than 5 minutes and gets you visibility to 500+ ANZ developers! indiedigest.dev#shareurls

Know any women, nonbinary folks, or trans people (around Montreal) who want to make their first video game? Applications for the Pixelles Make Games program are open! It's free! And no experience required 🙌 More info: pixelles.ca

I love love love love LOVE this idea.

The big news of the day is—Strange Scaffold got a front page spot on Steam! It’s our first-ever publisher sale!! You can get EVERY GAME we’ve ever made for 60 bucks and I did a bunch of work on the gradients and colors to make it all look pretty!!! Ahhh!!!! store.steampowered.com/sale/strange...

Taylor Swift announcing new albums and blowing up like 8 of my group chats is really unhelpful for my productivity.

Our new kitten and my beautiful thirteen year old cat Meeko are having a TIME getting along. Meeko hasn't touched a hair on her head or chased her or anything aggressive, but the hisses and growls are consistent if kitten comes remotely close.

The internet is fun because it's made it possible for me to share a picture with a random stranger through an app called minutiae, only to get one returned of the top of a toilet from someone in Quarry Bay in Hong Kong because it's clearly caught them right at their bathroom break. Humanity!

PSA if you have Qantas points - from tomorrow, all points are being devalued so redeeming them is going to be more expensive. If you have something you need to book on points, I suggest you do it today!

Freeplay was so good that I literally only had time to post about the first keynote in the first break and then I was so enraptured for the remainder of the day with people and talks that I shared nothing. Great day great talks good stuff. See y’all tomorrow!

Absolute champions of @frostygamesfest.com starting off day 2 of Freeplay to inspire us all by talking through the love and magic of game dev in our local community of ANZ, and what it takes to showcase that talent! 🥳💙

We're working on an art project for Freakon! We want you to share games journalism that means something to you. If you have a review, a cover, a video, a headline, a quote - anything that made an impact on you please submit it! Taking earnest and dumb submissions. seasonofdecay.cargo.site

I am trying to write an Indie Dev Digest but the website is crashing so you have MORE TIME to get submissions in (or even just DM me here rn honestly in the next 20 minutes) 😎

Post about your stuff about 10x more than you think it would generally be reasonable to post about your stuff. The timeline moves fast; many of your followers will only see it the 10th time you mention it.

My favourite part is hearing a song start I don’t recognise, getting mad, then realising I’ve somehow absorbed it into my consciousness at some point in my 32 years and relenting to it being a banger. (This is happening right now.)

The Drăculești Kickstarter campaign has hit 50%! Thank you to everyone who's backed it so far. 18 days to go...! Please keep sharing, spreading the word, and supporting Dracula. You have his eternal gratitude 🖤 www.kickstarter.com/projects/171...