It's tough to pick faves amidst so many fantastic talks & speakers, but I think @princerosalium.bsky.social's talk at @qgcon.bsky.social in the Spite, Survival, and Joy panel this year was such an amazing way to round out the weekend. What a balm! <3

I've been gone for too long...

Episode two of my game development series is live! This time I build some obstacles/enemies and build a level with the new feature. Inspired by some assets I made for the @gamemakerstoolkit.com game jam a few weeks ago. <3 youtu.be/1yGM5KDZ4Og

New video! Start of a game dev series from a @godotengine.org game development newbie. Tune in to see me work on features for my first @steampowered.com release, A Wicked Game 🙂 www.youtube.com/watch?v=u736...

A year ago I made my first game and began teaching myself game development. To celebrate a year of progress, I joined the 2025 @gamemakerstoolkit.com Game Jam! I'm very proud of how much I learned in a year. If you can, help George get milkshakes with Jack! 🤠💖 niko-no-games.itch.io/survive-george

✨ It's finally time. The fifth Queer Games Bundle is live now. For $60 (or $10+), get over 600 games, TTRPGs, zines, and more. Support over 300 queer artists for their survival and future art. itch.io/b/3062/

I am streaming on the purple website. 🙂

A massive thank you to @indiana-jonas.bsky.social for creating this amazing artwork for A Wicked Game! He really helped me find a vision for how to depict my game in an exciting way. I cannot recommend enough working with him. 👏💖 www.indiana-jonas.com

Day 1, we played: Mina the Hollower Mullet Mad Jack Is This Seat Taken a wicked game STARIO: Haven Tower #SteamNextFest, Day 2 on Okay-Per-View is live, starting off with: Everdeep Aurora!! twitch.tv/okaydrian

So @okayperview.com tried out A Wicked Game and he LOVED it! Check out this quote from the playthrough: "Who puts a semicolon as an input, man? Nikono, you should be in prison." What a glowing review 🥰🤭 Please check out his entire experience with the demo here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0W8...

It's Steam Next Fest, so let's get some eyeballs on demos! Hey, indie devs? Have you got a game with a demo in Next Fest? Reply to this with a link to your store page, and give a pitch for your game! Everyone else? Take a look and check out some cool demos! (No generative AI please)

Happy @steampowered.com Next Fest Week! I am running a competition for A Wicked Game til June 16th: Beat the demo and I will put your name in the credits! 🎉 Full details here! store.steampowered.com/news/app/324... #nextfest

#pitchyagame time! I'm solo developing A Wicked Game! It's simple aesthetic hides an unfair & complex system of rules and rage-inducing trolls. 😇 "This game is like Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing but if she was a sadistic domme who just is constantly disappointed in you." youtu.be/3OOLjrXIqII

@sloanwise.bsky.social gave A Wicked Game a try today. Made it farther than anyone before!! www.twitch.tv/sloanwise/cl...

WE'RE BACK YEEHAW come say hi while I probably lose my mind playing @nikonoisarealpersonbutnikonosschoolof3dprintingisntarealschool.com A Wicked Game😌 www.twitch.tv/sloanwise

It's a special #SteamNextFest edition of #wishlistwednesday! I'm trying to get the jump on coverage so if you are in, I want to know! ⬇️

Thanks for the offer! I just sent you over an email 🙏 I'm solo developing a deceptively simple, yet hard to master, rage game. A Wicked Game forces you to contort yourself to it's disorienting controls or perish. Hope you enjoy (but also suffer... 😇)! youtu.be/3OOLjrXIqII

New trailer for A Wicked Game just dropped! youtu.be/3OOLjrXIqII

www.twitch.tv/bobochet/cli... @bobochet.bsky.social played A Wicked Game. They couldn't beat it either... :)

www.twitch.tv/faunandgames... @faunandgames.bsky.social played my rage game's demo and we discovered features I didn't even know were features! 😈 You too can play A Wicked Game on Steam... right now!

Had so much fun playing The Mosquito Gang and REPO with pals! Next we're checking out a challenging new indie game by my pal @nikonoisarealpersonbutnikonosschoolof3dprintingisntarealschool.com ... Niko WTF is this name!? Twitch.tv/FaunAndGames

Rainbow Tech Fest 2025 has officially launched! 🌈 A 3-day Pride Month hack-a-thon on Twitch where creators build amazing tech projects LIVE! June 19-21, 2025 No experience needed - just creativity! Visit our new website: rainbowtechfest.dev #RTF2025

My demo is live on Steam!!! If you want to enjoy a wario-ware-meets-rage-game experience inspired by the experience of being queer and autistic, check it out! <3 store.steampowered.com/app/3576280/...

hey bsky! do like used video games? how about for $3 CAD? tomorrow i’m hosting my first live auction stream on WhatNot for Moonshine Gaming, a fantastic used video game store in toronto! we’ll be selling a whole variety of games, including lots of bundles, all starting at $3 CAD! 🎮💸

Important message from @bobochet.bsky.social store.steampowered.com/app/3242940/... :)

My graduate thesis opens in one week! Here’s a peek of the custom arcade cabinet I built for the game I am developing. The game title borrows language I learned from @davidepstein.bsky.social ‘s book Range, which has been a cornerstone to my research. Holler if you want to come see the exhibition!

You are cordially invited to my graduate thesis exhibition! I hope to see you there. :)

See y'all in June 😎

My first game on Steam! Wishlist to be one of the first to know when it is released :) store.steampowered.com/app/3242940/...

There are two types of people in this world.

literally here because @nikonoisarealpersonbutnikonosschoolof3dprintingisntarealschool.com like everyone else

If you could write a love letter to the sky, where would you write to? forms.gle/4CsouQNLry8T...

we decided this has @nikonoisarealpersonbutnikonosschoolof3dprintingisntarealschool.com energy

new video essay is live. rollerblading 🤝 thinking thoughts www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx9h...

Still blown away by the response to this video essay. Thanks for watching pals <3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7nP...

Missing @nikonoisarealpersonbutnikonosschoolof3dprintingisntarealschool.com already 😞

Some say, I might be a fan of Nikono (@nikonoisarealpersonbutnikonosschoolof3dprintingisntarealschool.com) *Side Note: His bluesky username is long as heck*

Such a perfectly compact name.

Anyone else want to fess up?

My greatest work yet

Anywho, hi y'all! Happy to be here. My name is Drew (you can call me Niko) and I'm an artist currently in grad school! 👨‍🏫 Here's a video essay I recently wrote about failure, social expectations and letting go I'm really proud of 💞

Sorry not sorry to everyone who wants to @ me here and spends half their allotted characters on my username 😘