Surprise! We're now available on Xbox Game Pass! Go grab your friends, drinks and controllers, then descend under the tavern for some chaotic dungeon crawling action! 🍻💚

Kia ora e hoa mā! 👋 I am now considering remote or Dunedin based part-time 3D Artist positions! I now have 10 years of game dev experience (😨) and if you think I could be a good fit in your team hit me up! Here's the olde portfolio: www.artstation.com/csb

Told Bill Paxton to ask at the back desk for books about moas (after asking him to clarify whether he meant the extinct bird or the garden implement) He was in NZ filming Vertical Limit and I was working in the Otago University Bookshop

So, today I'm wrapping up People Watching. Massive thanks to everyone who has supported it & all the cool people I've met and drawn. I wrote an article in the Sunday Magazine today talking about the lessons I've learned doing it - and there were so many. www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3609...

Day Ten of Devmas has arrived! 🎄 Today we're tasked to share a 2025 recap! So here's a peek at how the year went over at the Balancing Monkey Games Studio ✨

if you want to get me a gift, u can wishlist Shape Sender Deluxe on Steam and if you already have, get a friend to do it, thank u 💓♥💓⭐🟧🟡 s.team/a/2976470

Suddenly remembered there’s cricket on! And my teenager is out for the rest of the day! 👀🙏

Five days till Christmas! Welcome to Day Eight of the 12 Days of Devmas 🎄 Our prompt today? Best Placeholder in our game Something tells me this isn't a normal size for a chicken or sheep...what do you think? 🤔

I’d say Before We Leave, because that was our first game and it came out in 2020 😅🤘 The historic year I suddenly became a game developer store.steampowered.com/app/1073910/...

heres 20 seconds of my kid pitching my game #indiegame #gamedev

Some activities I tried as a manager for team culture & my thoughts: - Regular playtests as a team: Very effective in terms of building team culture & connecting with the game. It took time & could cause frustration if the builds were bad/if they perceived they were not performing well in the game.

A cool thing I learned at the cephalopod conference is that squid embryos actually look out of their capsules while they're developing and learn what prey will be available to hunt after they hatch. 🧪🐡🦑

Two more albatross species today; shy and grey-headed, and a white-chinned petrel that has followed the ship for hours #marineexplorer #Antarctica #aurora_expeditions #SAEF 🧪🦑

Wikaira and his dogs, Waimamaku. Photos by Eric Lee-Johnson, 1956. Ref O.006585, Te Papa.

#Devmas with #Adaptory - Day 1 Adaptory is a 2D base-building/simulation game - your crew of four have crash landed in uncharted space. Using the planet’s limited resources and your creativity, you must keep your crew alive, explore your surroundings, build a thriving base, and ultimately get home.

And so it begins: 🎄 The 12 Days of Devmas 🎄 Day One: In a Nutshell In a nutshell, Beyond These Stars follows a Space Whale named Kewa and their new pals, the Peeps, as they journey together...Beyond These Stars! (see what we did there? 👀) Here's their first conversation!

Just rolled credits, and what a lovely experience. :' ) If you're looking for a chill, meditative game with lots of lil giggles and a beautiful indigenous worldview, please give Toroa Skycall a shot! It's 2-3 hours of playtime and worth every moment of it for how well it fills your cup. ❤️

It ys a such challenging, turbulent, scarye tyme. My greatest wisshe ys that you may fynde sum small moment of peace, delight, mirthe, pleasure, discoverye, connectioun, or fascinacioun that doth make yower day just a litel bettir. Ich wisshe thys for thee wyth all of myne hearte.

Card Cricket Quest is part of the Steam Sports Fest! If you're into #cricket, or #deckbuilders or #roguelites, you can download our free demo here: store.steampowered.com/app/4155160/... #indiegames #gamedev #indiegamedev #madewithunity #art #sportsfest

Kia ora, explorers! It's me, the new community manager behind the scenes, letting you know what you can expect from us in the lead up to our Early Access release on January 26th! #Adaptory #IndieGames #basebuilding #simulationgame #EarlyAccess #nicetomeetyou

With the 2026 NZGDA Board voted in 😀 we're now pleased to announce elected roles are:  CHAIR Anna Barham (Balancing Monkey Games), VICE CHAIR Stacey Wood (BSA), TREASURER: Lance Burgess (PikPok), SECRETARY: Elissa Snowball (RocketWerkz). Congrats to you all! 👏

showing a trailer at the Game Awards is free but it costs anywhere from $450,000 to a cool $1 million to post it on BlueSky - anyway, here's the old Shape Sender Deluxe trailer ⭐ #indiegames

ok one earnest post……. 10 yrs ago today I graduated w my honours degree which I wrote my dissertation on the need for more self determined Indigenous video games… and on this very same day 10 yrs later released one w my friends!!! 🥹

☁️🌊 TOROA: SKYCALL 🌊☁️ 🐥 OUT NOW ON STEAM! 🐥 Unravel the fate of the ocean and glide across an ever changing seascape in the hopes of reuniting Toroa with their family 💙 After 5 years of hard mahi, love and dedication, we're so excited to share our first game with you all 🥹 Mauri ora e te whānau!

I have some super exciting news: at the start of 2026, I will be stepping into the role of Chair of the New Zealand Game Developers Association (NZGDA). I’d love to know what you’d like to see from the NZGDA in the coming year. Please come tell me in the comments! www.linkedin.com/posts/anna-b...

Check out the latest jobs on the NZGDA jobs board, including opportunities for Programmers, Marketing Specialists and more. https://www.nzgda.com/jobs

Our pal Frosty is showing off a bunch of cool games today - so go support all of our Aotearoa & Australia friends in the Frosty Mini on later today!

🎉 CONGRATULATIONS 🙌 The results of the 2025 App Store Awards are in and NZ's own Black Salt Games wins the iPad Game of the Year award for Dredge!!  See the full list of the 17 stand-out developers here

New Zealand indies are flourishing, with successes like DREDGE, Path of Exile, and Biotic Factor played by millions. So earlier this year at PAX, I made it my mission to play and speak with every Aotearoan dev on the showfloor. See what's being made by Kiwi devs: www.qualbert.com/new-zealand-...

we won ipad game of the year lmao

can't wait for people to play the upcoming indie game Toroa: Skycall

my controversial opinion as an anthropologist & creative is that making it a generic taboo for people who don’t have cultural backgrounds in a belief/practice nor the financial means to hire a cultural consultant harms diversity more than helps ignorant depictions are bad, but so are no depictions

*goes to a natural history museum and holds up a bouquet to an Allosaurus skeleton so they can finally see some flowers*

On the Factor Fexcectorn and autism bicycle AI slop study: I got an answer from Springer Nature this morning that this scientific paper will be retracted! 🧪 Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...

would you still love me if i were gergerger

My bonsai tree is blossoming

Most of my jobs have come about because someone I knew and cared about needed help. This has led to a very zigzag career: • barista and manager of volunteers • music & jewellery-making tutor to disabled adults • admin & fundraiser for hospital chaplains • medical manager • game dev managing director

✨🍔 5000 WISHLISTS BABYYYYYYYYYY 🍔✨ we're taking all these wishlists to the bank and they'll tell us "we can't do anything with this" and we'll laugh because they don't know the power of SOCIAL CURRENCY

Did someone say…new Beyond These Stars demo?! 👀 We’ve been making some big changes to the game over the last year, but we’re not quite done yet. Be sure to download our new demo & discover the changes for yourself! We can’t wait to bring Beyond These Stars to you in 2026

This is it!!  You have until 5pm tomorrow to cast your vote for the next NZGDA Board.  NZGDA Members will find their unique voter ID and election link in their email

That's right - 5 days to go!  Don't wait - cast your vote today!

My oldest kid just got his restricted drivers licence and drove himself home alone. I get this text:

My kid got into the very limited course they applied for!!!!!

NZGDA Members: check your email for your unique voter ID and election link

In DwarfHold you build and defend a dwarven settlement! Stack tokens to do everything! ⛏️ Mine, forage and forest resouces 👷 Craft tools, buildings, and towers 🪙 Sell resources and earn recipes 🍺 Don't forget to keep your dwarfs fed! Wishlist now: store.steampowered.com/app/3686880/ #PitchYaGame

Shape Sender Deluxe, Sendy (your new best friend) teaches you how to bounce, float, and teleport shapes from A to B! ⭐️ Physics-puzzle goodness 🟧 Talk, banter (and find out what's up??) with Sendy 🟡 Creative, open ended solutions Wishlist now and play the demo! s.team/a/2976470 #PitchYaGame

📢 Hey #PitchYaGame - Only a few days left before the release of the Blades, Bows & Magic Demo on Steam - Wishlist today to be notified on release: store.steampowered.com/app/4017660/... ⚔️ 🏹 🧙‍♂️ #bladesbowsmagic #gamedev #indiegame #gaming #cardgame #game #videogame #gamedevelopment

Hi #PitchYaGame! Denari is a narrative action game about a boy with telekinetic powers who must fight to save his people from the invasion of an empire! ⚔️⚔️👋💨 #gamedev

Hey #PitchYaGame Rollick N' Roll is a casual puzzle experience where you manipulate the level itself to reach your goal. 🧠 Fun physics 🎧 Groovy tunes 🕹️ Intuitive controls 🚗 Expand your collection Try the demo - You won't be disappointed! #indiegame #gamedev #solodev

Hey #PitchYaGame, Davy Jones’ Deckhand is a pirate adventure roguelike deckbuilder ⚔️Perfect parry system 🛡️Instead of stacking defense, perfectly match incoming attacks to trigger counters 🏝️Open-world exploration 🏴‍☠️ StS x Monkey Island ⭐️ WISHLIST BELOW YAARRRR #indiegames