Did you know? #GodotEngine makes it super easy to localize your game. See below! Oh, also, the demo for my horror game Dark Lessons launches in 11 days, and I just now finished adding all the translations (actually, Portuguese is still WIP 😬). Wishlist now: store.steampowered.com/app/2675700/...

If I don't get some award for best in-game dialogue, there is no justice in this world. (Maybe now isn't the right moment to note that I actually do have a degree in English literature.)

12 DAYS till the Dark Lessons demo launches ... ... and I can't say I'm feeling ready. At least my translators have been busy, making sure you'll be able to play with English, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese or Spanish subtitles. store.steampowered.com/app/2675700/...

13 DAYS till the Dark Lessons demo launches. Trapped in your teacher's home, your only defense against the dark is a flickering candle. Unearth a family’s twisted history and solve puzzles in this Lovecraftian nightmare to find a way out! Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2675700/...

Save the date! The demo to my horror game Dark Lessons launches in two weeks. That's DOS SEMANAS for those who are counting. To celebrate the occasion, I updated my Steam page - even the parts nobody reads! Wishlist now so you can be among the first to play: store.steampowered.com/app/2675700/...

Hot take: Gamedev isn't hard. It's just ... a lot.* *Been seriously wanting to write a Reddit rant on this, but I've go *so much* to do for my game. 😜 The basic idea is: The way many devs stress how *hard* game dev is strikes me as devaluing other people's jobs, but game dev still is super complex.

When you download your own video from YouTube because you need a clip from it and lost the project file ...

It's #FollowFriday, and I'd like to give a big shoutout to VO artist @delbellzva.bsky.social , who's been doing a fantastic job voicing Parker Hope, the main character of my lil' horror game Dark Lessons. If you need a voice actress, I can highly recommend her great work. Thanks so much, Dela!

Started with my brother saying - hey, wanna make a little game with me? And here we are - Cloudsea is now available on Steam! 🥳🥳🥳 Join us on this RPG adventure where you explore floating islands, fight a bunch of enemies, delve into dungeons and help our hero find his way home! #indiedev #gamedev

youtu.be/U4c8vG18tKs?... Yup! It's launch trailer time! #theislandofdoctormorose #spooky #indiehorrorgame #comingsoon #noAI

Vultures: Scavengers of Death is OUT! 🧟 Face the undead in turn-based combats 🔫 Scavenge for items, weapons and clues 🔍 Explore a PS1 graphics inspired doomed city

Fellow game devs: Is it bad if the "New Game" button doesn't work when you're testing your game? 🫠

We shouldn't have gone down there... But we found: 🎮 100+ UPCOMING HORROR GAMES 🌍 50+ WORLD PREMIERE TRAILERS #horrorgameawards #midsummernightsscream Huge thanks to @morbidworks for creating our showcase artwork!

Do it.

Yay, some of my posts were forwarded by an account named "Non-stop Infinite Bs" ( @muffin-tin.bsky.social ). BS is short for "Bluesky", right? Right?!

Hi friends, I'll be mailing the next newsletter for my psychological indie horror game Dark Lessons in a couple of hours. Now is as good a time as ever to sign up! subscribepage.io/darklessons #indiehorror #indiegamedev

*Clears throat* Dark Lessons demo dropping June 1st. *Walks off* #indiegamedev #indiehorror

So, I broke down and bought PICO-8, and I think I may have fallen in love. I hope Godot can forgive me. www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php

play now! @notasailorstudios.bsky.social: store.steampowered.com/app/1269950...

Guess who's game got published! 🙌 I have partnered with @numskullgames.bsky.social to bring Hazard Pay to PS5, Switch and PC this June!

We just released Ritus Exorcismus!! 🎉🎉 What a journey! We really hope you enjoy it! If you do, please consider leaving a review, they are vital for small teams like us! Thank you all for supporting us this far, you rock! Now go exorcise some demons! store.steampowered.com/news/app/369...

First Steam Dev Diary is up. God that nearly killed me. store.steampowered.com/news/app/410...

Playing The Séance of Blake Manor and really enjoying it! I'd grown a bit tired of your classic detective-style point-n-click adventure, but this game features some new gameplay mechanics for investigation that make it feel fresh, deep and tactical. #FollowFriday #indiegamedev

EXCITING NEWS: we’re *amped* to announce Wax Heads, our new game about running a record store, releases May 5! 💿⚡ check out the new trailer + spread the love 🤘 coming to Nintendo Switch, PS5, Steam, Xbox! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DorB... #indiegames #cozygames #switch #xbox #steam #playstation

I hope you're happy, @ that one guy who complained that the toilet brushes couldn't be interacted with in Dark Lessons. #indiegamedev

Yes, in my game, everything that you can "open" and "close" is a Door. Except for books, though I'd thought about making them doors, too.

#GodotCon Amsterdam is open for ticketing ! tickets.godotengine.org/foundation/g... I still don't know if i can go. I'll be sure in 3 loooong weeks. I hope it won't be sold out ... #Godot

📢 THE DARK RITES OF ARKHAM is OUT! 📢 Join detectives Foster and Whitman as they unravel a ritual murder that opens the door to an ancient conspiracy and an eldritch cosmic horror. Available on Steam and Itch, 10% off first 2 weeks!! store.steampowered.com/app/3566870/The_Dark_Rites_of_Arkham

Just bought Dark Rites of Arkham after reading its excellent review on RockPaperShotgun. Really looking forward to playing this weekend!

There comes a point in gamedev when you start questioning certain life decisions.

Renée Good Alex Pretti 20 years ago, as a German exchange student in the US, kids would sometimes ask me how it'd been possible for ordinary people to allow fascism to rise in Germany. We watched movies and read books to try and understand. Now, I read the news and think: "This is how it happens."

🚨 DEVELOPERS and PUBLISHERS 🚨 TRAILER SLOTS are now available at both our upcoming Showcases and the Horror Game Awards 2026! Please submit your interest using the form down below and we'll be in touch as soon as possible!

If I'd called my game "Typewriter Simulator", I'd be almost done now. #GodotEngine #IndieGameDev

The last 2 games I bought were Stardew Valley and No Man's Sky. Somehow No Man's Sky ended up being much more like what I'd hoped Stardew Valley would give me. The day-night cycle, relationships and events in Stardew would sometimes stress me out, while you can play NMS just super chill and cozy. 🤯

Second attempt at the typewriter paper animation, now taking a paper rest into consideration. It's a bit wobbly in a way that reminds me of old claymation effects. However, in-game, it won't be one continuous animation, but going line by line, so I think it may work. #indiegamedev #blender3d

I can't say I've been enjoying animating the paper in this typewriter and my approach to doing it is probably dumb, but I think it's turning out alright ...? Fellow old people out there: This is how paper behaved before we traded it in for tablets, right?

I've decided to release marketingforgames.com before procrastination and perfectionism kick in. What is it? A platform that helps indiedevs discover niche, mid-tier content creators (YouTube-only for now) based on their view and engagement metrics. #gamedev #indiegamedev #gamemarketing #youtube

Still working on that typewriter (based on a Synty asset). It's ready for animation now. This thing needs to actually work as a typewriter in-game, so let's see how that goes. I'm also using this to experiment with washed-out textures, having used mostly flat-colored textures in game so far.

Playtesters Wanted! Built-In community levels with built-in rating and feedback, live Discord integration, streams of horrible lab disasters - Who's keen? Join the Discord and get access to the Hazard Pay Playtest! smitner.studio/discord

When you're editing a typewriter asset and accidentally create Batman.

No Players Online - the full version of the viral abandoned online FPS horror game - is back on Steam. 🎉 The game was falsely removed weeks ago, just after launching, which has severely impacted the studio's survivability. Please spread the word, and support it! ❤️ (No Players Online Steam page)

Why, though, do the cats worship the printer?

The Hollow Complex is now available to wishlist on Steam with a demo coming soon! store.steampowered.com/app/4087830/...

Hi, looking for some illustration work at the moment, send me a message if you'd like some art for your project. You can also email me at [email protected] Thanks!

Finally all(?) GodotFest talks are on Youtube, now with fresh video thumbnails to tell them apart 🍿 www.youtube.com/@GodotFest

A dear friend to many of us in the UK Game Dev family, the lovely @pretendasaur.com, is not well and needs our help. Please donate if you can. Mark is truly a wonderful bean and is there for anyone who needs support whenever he can. It's our go to help him now. www.gofundme.com/f/wkngf-supp...

Just launched the demo to our debut game INSECTA VINDICTA on steam. store.steampowered.com/app/4100290/... #Wishlistwednesday

Just wondering: Are diagrams more interesting to look at if they've got blood splattered all over?

First newsletter since the Beta of my horror game Dark Lessons ended will go out tomorrow. This one will bore you to *DEATH* with an in-depth analysis of how the Beta went. Sounds spooky? Sign up below! subscribepage.io/darklessons #indiehorror #indiegamedev