i’m in this one :) thanks @pizzapranks.bsky.social and the rest of the submitters to indiepocalypse 63

NEW CARTI I AM MUSIC

modern game design deconstructed

Birds are real.

united states of sza

i’m getting unsafe, doing a lot of unwrapping tonight (i’m talking about rust)

#Gamedevs, #narrative designers, #interactive media experimenters-- you're invited to propose a talk for #Narrascope! Particular interest on generating narratives and generative literature.... do you use/avoid #LLMs? How about for crafting #NPC #dialogues? narrascope.org/talks/

i’m swapping to light mode on things instead of dark i’m going crazy in 2025

the goat got igf nominated

Did they ever explain the in-universe reason the baby shoes were never worn? I know there are fan theories or whatever but did they ever actually address it in a spin-off? Or are the writers being lazy again 🙄

the homies eating good

If you are near the CA fires areas and are on ground floor levels, consider putting out clean water bowls for animals who are being displaced or fleeing from the fires.

My best advice for game designers is to be interested in and curious about lots of things besides games, and to do lots of things besides play games. It makes you a richer person and a better artist.

imagine the upcoming leader of the most influential country in the west threatening to use military might against one of their own allies haha his party world surely disavow and hold him accountable right

why the fuck would i want realistic graphics. i can see real things just by opening my fucking eyes. i want to see 1000 different interpretations of the world. show me what makes each thing a thing

per some remarks in fallen london player survey responses, i'd like to make it clear that we never use generative AI and anything in our games which has too many fingers has too many fingers on purpose

After 6 years, someone found a bug in Lamplight City where performing a specific set of actions causes the game to hit an unwinnable dead end state in Case 3. Just goes to show, no matter how much you test, there will always be something that slips by!

ASSISTANTS TO THE VOID WANTED Looking for peeps who would be interested in helping with a few admin tasks: - website management: Uploading one issue every three months; uploading interviews once a month

in case anyone was wondering debian 12 is a goated os

Spine of Eternity: Everybody Wants to be a Star is a Powered by the Apocalypse Tabletop RPG. In a modern fantasy setting where fame is power you play as an adventurer traveling the land to earn the strength to reach the Stars. Out now! tinyurl.com/spineofetern...

The PR team for UCLA is excited to write about the AI-generated textbook, but there are two problems: delivering consistent content is not the same as teaching, and an AI generated book is pointless if students are reluctant to read. newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/comp...

Alright Monday let's finish this videogame

I kid you not, @itch.io has been taken down by Funko of "Funko Pop" because they use some trash "AI Powered" Brand Protection Software called Brand Shield that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain

HELLO!!!!!!!! a few months ago, I ran the first league of WREKSYFT, a card game about destroying cards and infinitely evolving metagames. i've put together this Post-Mortefesto about how i designed the game to foster community- give it a read if you'd like : ) substack.com/home/post/p-...

THE TWINE COOKBOOK is now available in print!!! 📖 all proceeds from sales go toward the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation and its support of Twine: shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...

crazy but i’ve been building web frontends with mithril.js.org and not like a big three framework and it’s been super fun. just wanted to shout out a cool tool

umberto eco's sentiment about buying "too many" books absolutely applies to games 🙏

I'm ready.

ok so i’m addicted to the pokémon tcg app it’s the best pokémon game to ever exist no lie

'It's important not to lose sight of the fact that thousands of video game voice and movement performers have been on strike for 116 days.' SAG-AFTRA implores us not to forget striking actors during awards season

“bluesky is an echo chamber” the echo is sanity.

I quite like it here, it’s nice so far 🦋

a bunch of board game people seem to have followed me yay i’m excited to see more board games on my timeline!

Figure this will be a resource other indiedevs will find useful. Here's a starter pack of INDIE GAME PUBLISHERS. If you're an indie (video) game publisher then feel free to post your profile in the replies and I'll add you on Reposts welcome 🙌 go.bsky.app/DAoKtHj

one of my games is in here :)

henlo