Look, we know it's silly. You know it's silly. But all the same, are you going to miss out on seeing a giant crab-louse wearing a pirate hat? Ask CrabbyBot in our discord server for /freestuff: discord.gg/jNCNRmyMjy

Thrilled to announce @headlicegame.com is at www.sxswsydney.com this year! Also, our MD Gareth Fox will be presenting a session titled "The Parasite and the Half Baked Cake". How does a game like Headlice come to be? Come find out in beautiful Sydney. See you in October #gamedev #sxsw #sxswsydney

Headlice will be returning to the New Zealand Games showcase at the NZGDA conference 25 - 27 September 2025. Tickets on sale soon at www.nzgdc.com - connect with the NZ games industry and come see what studios and students have been cooking! Give @nzgda.bsky.social a follow for more information

We love this feature video from @finnpaul.bsky.social about composing a soundtrack for an idle game. Awesome insight to creating an audio pallette and working on ambient minecraftesque music www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmIX... #indiegames

It's Tech Spike Friday! What's better than one crab? Online multiplayer MULTICRAB (we are working on a small tech demo to see if this is possible. What do you think of the idea?)

We've resumed preproduction on Cold Salvage, in which you play as a blue-collar engineer on deadly repair missions. How is our crew patch looking? #indiedev #gamelogo #horrorgames #indiehorror

Our Kickstarter has less than 48 hours left, and we know it won't succeed. But! We have decided to give free rewards to say thank you to all those who pledged. Read more about it below, and thank you to everyone. The team is SO grateful for all the support ❤️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/bun...

We are getting a lot more LLM-driven DMs lately across our various channels, though we're not quite sure what their purpose is yet, other than to waste our time. Some are.... easier to spot than others. #llm #spam #alig #lyricalgenius

Today was the final session of the Practical Pitching workshop with @gameconsulting.bsky.social (which was sponsored by @nz-code.nz) We can recommend it if only for the chance for an early peek at some amazing upcoming titles from NZ studios! Trust us, you will want to keep an eye on the scene ❤️

The first developer diary for Sugardew Island is out! covering the most important thing of course, farming! Check it out here; store.steampowered.com/app/2711030/...

You're an indie dev. We're indie devs. Show us what you're working on! We want to bathe in creativity for a beat ❤️ Any genre, any stage of development! #indiedev #indoegamedev #indiegames #gamedev #solodev

oh and here's our game trailer too www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO6u...

Poor Dwayne. Every thirty seconds he gets thwacked kickstarter.com/projects/bunguingames/2039082423

What's THE game that made you decide to become a dev? For me (Gareth CEO) it was Space Invaders - not playing it, but helping my dad program it in to a Commodore 64 when I was six years old. Seeing the code go from incomprehensible lines in the book, to something you could play was world-changing.

If you're seeing this, you probably know that we've decided to take the plunge and turn our back on what used to be our biggest platform (Twitter), but we're excited to spread the indie love on all our other channels ✨🕹️ Let's keep it going! #LeavingX

The Alterium Shift Kickstarter is live now! Hurry over and grab your early bird rewards now! Help support our retro-inspired turn-based JRPG today: https://bit.ly/AlteriumShiftBacker #gamedev #indiegame #jrpg #kickstarter

Our Headlice Kickstarter is now LIVE!! Back us for cool rewards www.kickstarter.com/projects/bun...

We are very excited to announce that our Kickstarter goes live within the next 24 hours! You can follow the campaign at www.kickstarter.com/projects/bun...

Merry #Devmas and for the final day... "Dev Team Snap" Picture of the team! this was taken at the spark arena event representing games made in NZ. Thanks for joining us for devmas! to support Headlice, play the demo, Wishlist and add the our Kickstarter to your watchlist. #Gamedev #indie #Headlice

Great news! 🥳 We are nominated for the @nevermoreniche.bsky.social Awards for BEST DEMO and MOST ANTICIPATED ♥️🫂🦊 The best thing about it? You can vote for us now to win them here: forms.gle/ejFGvr1jsLcK... Thank you so much for the nomination ♥️🦊

The arts and crafts division at @headlicegame.com HQ is hard at work making Kickstarter merch!

Merry #Devmas and for day 11... "Looking forward" We are super excited for next year, and are currently constructing our Kickstarter page, keep your eyes peeled next month! #Gamedev #indie #Headlice

✨🎄 12 Days of #DEVMAS 🎁✨ Day 8: "Happy Accidents" THEY SQUISHED OUR BOY!!🗜️😩 Low frame ratez used to love smooshing Josh in particular. Maybe he deserves it??? 🧐

😤 12 Days of #DEVMAS 😤 Day 9: "Elf on the Shelf" 🎄 You can find all sorts of trash strewn about the ocean in Toroa: Skycall and Christmas decorations are certainly not spared from this fate! #indiedev

It’s a Christmas miracle! We’ve reached 1k wishlists since announcing our game earlier this year. 📈 🌟 Patty reckons we can do even better! Wishlist link: https://buff.ly/4f99H8L 🍔🎄12 Days of #Devmas Day 10: “2024 Recap”

Merry #Devmas and for day 9... "Elf on a shelf" This little guy is scarier than crabby :/ #Gamedev #indie #Headlice

Follow our Kickstarter page to be notified when the campaign launches in January! We will be offering a bunch of awesome rewards - including a very limited run of handmade Bunguin rainbow fur plushies. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bun...

Merry #Devmas and for day 8... "Happy accidents" Exploring dismemberment techniques resulted in some interesting effects.. #Gamedev #indie #Headlice

Merry #Devmas and for day 7... "Endless loop" Once you know you can swing on the fans, its pretty hard to stop 🕸️ #Gamedev #indie #Headlice #WishlistWednesday

Merry #Devmas and for day 6... "Most deranged chat" Lots of odd conversations around Headlice... #Gamedev #indie #Headlice

Merry #Devmas and for day 5... "Trust the process" From concept to execution, Crabbys come along way! #Gamedev #indie #Headlice

😤 12 Days of #DEVMAS 😤 Day 4: "What if?" 🎄 It was tough to find a feature that didn't make it in, we are really bad at cutting stuff 😜 but here are some "quest" ideas that we decided to leave in the brainstorming document. #indiedev

Merry #Devmas and for day 4... "What if" A feature that didn't make the cut was toilet diving, we won't completely rule it out yet though...🐬🕸️🚽

Merry #Devmas and for day 1... "In a nutshell" 🦀🥜

Merry #Devmas and for day 2... "Best Placeholder" Throwback to our favorite way to end a level! 🎊

Now that @theindiebrew.com.au have premiered our new "Brew" trailer, we can share it on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtEY... While you're at it, why not check out the brew yourself? They are fierce supporters of indie titles like ours: theindiebrew.com.au

Make sure to head over to theindiebrew.com.au tonight at at 8pm AEDT | 10pm NZDT to see some awesome games from down under! A shiny new Headlice trailer will be making an appearance! 🦀✨ #ANZIndieShowcase #indiegames #Gamedev

Find our project on Kickstarter! :: Launching January www.kickstarter.com/projects/bun...

Start em young. That way when they learn quaternion math they will cry less

MyMovie.mp3 #Gamedev #WishlistWednesday #Headlice

Update v1.2.60 is Live on Steam! Steamでアップデートv1.2.60が配信開始されました！ store.steampowered.com/news/app/132... #beatemup #fgc #arcade #fightinggame #IndieGame #GameDev #Steam #IndieDev #アップデート #インディーゲーム

A demo is on the way for this oceanic survival crafter ⛵ Learn more 👇 https://theindiebrew.com.au/voyagers-of-nera-to-drop-first-demo/ #indiegames #voyagersofnera #survivalcrafter

We will soon have a Kickstarter live! you can save it here and be notified when its live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bun...

Printers broken again... 🖨️ #Gamedev #Indie #WishlistWednesday #Headlice

Procedural Flesh Tech using Houdini in Unreal Engine. Wanna learn how to do it yourself? Check out my free Tutorial: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5j_... #houdini #sidefx #sidefxhoudini #procedural #unreal #tutorial #free #3d #tools #gamedev

We used this great tutorial as a basis for a "flesh nest shader" for a character customisation node: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe3b... 10/10 perfect intersection of gross and cool #madewithunity #shaders #gamedev #indiedev

Headlice has 2.5D beats, and one of our early WIP dev branches included a swimming section, to help provide a alternative level traversal mechanic. Bsky game devs - do you think this would work to break up pacing? #indiedev #gamedev #concepts #devlog #madewithunity

For our weekly no-context developer post, we have chosen a clip of the new "dynamic enemy spawn" work-in-progress. We assure you, dear reader - the hat and cigarette is critical to the plot

Hello to our new followers on 🦋! A reminder that Headlice has a free demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2851800/... We think it's hilarious! Play and wishlist for yourself 🦀❤️❤️

Rough way to go ⚙️🫥⚙️ #Indie #Gamedev #Headlice