The band that I associate the most with my early teens is Midnight Oil. It’s the first band that I have really been a fan of, and the only band that I cared about enough to buy all the albums, know all the songs…

What a horrifying end for such an admired and successful studio, just incredible work time after time after time.

It is allowed to do that, isn't it? #gamedev #indiegame #indiegame #arcade

That's great! Thank you for the kind words. Hear everyone?

I've always loved the original Back To The Future movie. I now like to consider it for what it was, a self contained movie with a complete story. No cliffhanger, just a joke ending with Marty being dragged along once more (will it even end?), and a pretext to showcase the flying DeLorean.

Today is the tenth anniversary of Firewatch's release. It remains the thing I'm most proud to have worked on. There's more of me inside of Firewatch than in any other game—and I have no doubt there are others on the team who would say the same about themselves. Thanks to everyone who ever played it.

My bullet-hell precision platformer just reached 2500 Wishlists on Steam! 🦇 Time to celebrate! With guns and dynamites! 🔥🎉 #indiegames #Steam #gaming #indiedev

I often feel doom and gloom about genAI, not just for video games, but in art in general. Then I see one of my favourite piano players taking requests for songs from people who want to hear it played by a human, Sangah Noona of all humans. Playing live right now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l_J...

Book menu breakdown 📙 #pixelart #indiedev #GameMaker

We're stoked to introduce the 'No Gen AI' seal for indie games! Indie devs can use it on their game's store page to assure potential players that their game was made without the use of Generative AI. You can grab it from the Polygon Treehouse website:- www.polygon-treehouse.com/no-gen-ai-seal

I completely forgot the existence of this character, Faker, but it's all coming back now. I used to have the toy. It's He-Man with a different paint job. He's an imposter.

If you have memories of watching The Phantom Menace at the cinema in 1999, and still haven't recovered, I highly recommend this podcast. It brought back many memories.

Found these fellas shooting up a grave. #badpixels #indiegamedev #pixelart

In my opinion, if you need AI to give you an idea for something to create, like a video, an app, even for a game, you should ask yourself "Why am I creating it in the first place?".

When kids watch Marty in Back To The Future playing Johnny B. Goode, they may not really get the sudden shift from 1950's early rock 'n' roll to 80's hard rock, because it all sounds like old people's music.

✨ Thanks for the magic, Catherine 🇨🇦❤️ #CatherineOhara #SchittsCreek #MoiraRose #fanart #portraitart

Another Battle on the River. Here's hoping that the Riverfolk ended up with the right mix of derpy and threatening 😅 #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart #ドット絵 #screenshotsaturday

🚀 🎮In Rebel Transmute, the awesome Metroidvania adventure from solo dev @evantor.bsky.social, you can adapt your playstyle with powerful upgrades. 🦾 Experiment with more than 40 augments to create the perfect build for you! 📢 Available now on all platforms! #Metroidvania

One thing that a program like The traitors shows us (if it wasn't clear) is that a person who's only telling the truth is more likely to be suspected of lying than a person who is intentionally using deceit.

Thunder Helix - CGA + Amber mode go well together 👍

🕹️ Return to the golden ages of Arcades with Trasmoz Legends, the latest retro adventure created by solo dev @volcanobytes.bsky.social! Play solo or team up with a friend in the local couch co-op and destroy the evil Mutamin!💀 🛒 Now available on all platforms! #Retro #Arcade

I'm looking for a song, probably from 2005-2010. I was certain it was Duffy, but she doesn't have that many songs and none of them fits. It was a bit like Amy Winehouse's style, the chorus went to 2 high notes like "He He" (like a laugh), but they were probably words, I just never knew the lyrics.

With a special upgrade, using the Bubble Gun against water surfaces causes the bubbles to burst in a strong updraft, propelling you upwards! The best part: it works on lava too! 🔥 #pixelart #gamedev #indiegame #metroidvania #ドット絵

Not everyone in the Crypt is kind and cozy... 😅 #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart #ドット絵

Sophisticated phishing attack: medium.com/@eric.moret/...

One of the true indisputable benefits of the internet is getting answers about board game rules that are terribly written.

📢 Folks, we’re thrilled to announce our new game: Hocus Focus! A cozy gamified focus tool to help you work, study, or relax to soothing tunes. Check out the trailer 👇 Wishlist link and more info in replies!

may the goddess bless us this year

If everything goes well, I'm releasing Snow-Boy tomorrow It'll be available on itchio, Gxgames, and later Newgrounds I wanted to release it before Chirstmas, but well, that's life. #indiegame #gamemaker

When it comes to learning gamedev as a complete beginner, these are the 2 ends of the spectrum: 1) Choose a programming language to learn code and start experimenting with small ideas (eg. text/turn-based combat). 2) Use an engine like UE with template and start making changes to code/graphics.

when an online tool you last used 7 years ago seems like it'd be really useful for a thing you're working on today so you go to look up the site and the first thing you see is a huge full page headline about how it's now focused on AI tools so you just go do the thing literally any other way instead

The movie The Hangover was translated as "A Very Bad Trip" in French, keeping the title English but changing it with words that are well-known by a French audience. But it happens the other way around! A French movie called "Le Sens de la Fete" was translated in English as "C'est la Vie!".

In the few days since the announcement of #NitromeClassics the first game #TwinShotDeluxe has already managed over 20k wishlists on Steam! Ready to add your support? store.steampowered.com/app/3618520/Tw…

Tried a more illustrative approach for a side-scrolling #pixelart game setup

Looks amazing

Space is big, but not everything has to be industrial sized. Peddlers between Pulsars is a narrative based RPG where you follow a group of small-time peddlers trying to navigate a world of fees and beings who know way more than they do. #TeaseYaGame #gamedev #indiegame

Worked on camera movement & finding a solution to grab items in a 3D space ! Right now, it's using handles projected on the hands plane. Seems to works well enough #indiedev #gamedev #unity #screenshotsaturday #solodev

Announcing Nitrome Classics! We are bringing back beloved games of old re-equipped for modern gamers. Re-live your childhood. Wishlist Twin Shot Deluxe now: store.steampowered.com/app/3618520/...

An older watercolour drawing from when I used to make frequent trips to sketch in London. This shows the Embankment with lots of pigeons, a pavement artist and a couple of Japanese young women on one of the benches. This was sold at an exhibition. #art #pleinair #London #Thames #watercolour

Does anyone know of a Godot developer who might be up for a bit of contract work to help us on Lancer Tactics? I'm trying to get off of dotnet and to do so we need to convert its one line-of-sight algorithm from C# to a C++ GDExtension. Should be short -- just a few hundred lines of code.

This game is awesome and a *steal* at $3.99! ❤️

I don't think I need this again at this point in my life. But what a great pinball game it is. dos.zone/microsoft-3d...

Curtains The Clown by @grimclownjay.bsky.social has released! You can get it for the price of a cup of coffee and it is more than worth it (and I LOVE coffee) Steam store.steampowered.com/app/3766820/... Itch grimclownjay.itch.io/curtains-the... #CurtainsTheClown #IndieGame #Recommendation

Maybe we lost a bit of clarity, but the lighting and level of detail really make the atmosphere come alive, especially when it’s moving in the game. #GameDev #PixelArt #IndieGame #Godscale #IndieDev #GameDesign #Lighting #DevLog

WIP: after some months without any progress i made some more work on bionator. i'm finally in that point in the game i can create levels that are just evil. also fixed lots of stuff in the game and gave the main jump physics some tweaks. Created more enemy types and a new boss.

I messed up. Launched page during autumn sale, missed Next Fest, got all assets wrong. But watching my tiny diver work melts all the stress away. Still love making it. Finally steam page is live. Mind testing the wishlist button for me?🥺 #indiegamedev #gamedev #godot #cozygame

Tales of Lost Ages Vol. 1 is 50% off this week on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/2857070/... Explore ancient ruins and dank caves in this anthology of short fantasy action-adventure games!

End of the level #GravityStorm The game is out on steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3482870/... Tags: #indiegame / #gamedev / #gamemaker / #platformer