It's been a year since Quarterstaff launched! To celebrate, Quarterstaff is on sale! Check out this easy-to-learn & hard-to-master tactics extravaganza today! store.steampowered.com/app/2134060/... #IndieGameDev #SteamSale #StrategyGames

Dear gamers, how do you critique the classics? With a game like #FinalFantasyTactics there's so much love, from us & the devs alike. You see it in how Square brought FFT forward for 2025 But could they have gone even further? Help us talk this out: www.deargamers.net/blog/dear-ga...

"A lot of really good decisions for overall gameplay happened to be good accessibility decisions..." We asked @hurlgreytea.bsky.social from @genericlakemonster.bsky.social, the team behind Quarterstaff, about game dev, indies, and accessibility Check it out here: www.deargamers.net/features/qua...

Here's a strategic turn-based indie for your radar: Quarterstaff from @genericlakemonster.bsky.social Easy to learn, tough to master - built with accessibility so anyone can try to conquer the challenge Check out Jason's full review, his 1st for accessibility! www.deargamers.net/reviews/quar...

We’re happy to be the official host for this #TurnBasedThursday! The expedition is set, your heroes are ready! #GameDev, it’s time to show off your turn-based projects! Don’t forget to share this thread and have fun exploring new projects ❤️ and wishlist the games you liked!

Sunday Sunday Sunday! A martial-&-magical-arts fantasy epic epic epic! No quick time events, no randomness, no save scumming required - just bespoke strategies & stories, art & anims made by real people people people! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R3Q... #NoAISlop #Steam #PC #IndieGames #IndieGaming

Gompers enjoying himself on this fine #Caturday #Cats #Gompers

Since this famous Michelangelo painting is on a ceiling, clearly it's incomplete without ceiling cat(s). I showed @aileenholmes.bsky.social my redo of the classic with Gompers on the right, and she completed the masterpiece with Oscar on the left. #Caturday #Cats #ClassicArt #Gompers #Oscar

Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.

I will never forgive myself for bringing this monstrosity into existence. The fabled man skeleton used to animate the horses in the first Assassins Creed #AssassinsCreed #Gaming #gamedev #gaming #3DModeling

Alright, Missile Command Delta comes out tomorrow, probably one of the biggest projects of my career (in one of the shittiest years of my career too). Share it, wishlist it, I think its incredibly special, and the work we got to do on it alongside 13AM Games was some of the best both us have done.

This game is amazing, but Reading Rainbow rules apply: don't take my word for it. "It’s rare to find a tactics game this simple that stays compelling." -Indiegamereviewer.com Just a few days left to save during the #SteamSummerSale! #IndieGames #TurnBased store.steampowered.com/app/2134060/...

Gompers helping* me get work done. *not actually helping #Caturday #Cats #CatsOfBlueSky #Gompers

do you like car games but don't always want the pressure of racing? become a remote-controlled car and explore challenging obstacle courses made of retro-style toys in our upcoming cozy off-roader 🚙 wishlist here! store.steampowered.com/app/3412490/...

🎵Caturday night's the night for fighting,🐈 🎵Get a little action in!💥 🎵Get about as catnipped as Gompers is,🍂 🎵Bunny kick some plushy toys!🦈🍌 🎵'Cuz Caturday night's the night I like,💖 🎵Caturday night's alright alright alright Wooooo-oooo-oo-ooooo!🎶

I wrote about nine indie games I’ve played this year that you might have missed. Check them out!

Quarterstaff is 40% off during the Steam Summer Sale! 🚫⚡No QTEs, No reflexes needed, Undo button for when a cat walks on your keyboard. 🚫🎲Strategy without Randomness! Win by wits, not by luck. 🖌️🎨Animated, illustrated, and written by real people, not AI! store.steampowered.com/app/2134060?...

Just posted a new video on my favorite exploits found in #gaming 🖤 #gamedev #indiedev www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMrd...

Hello #PitchYaGame! Love turn-based tactics but sick of randomness mucking up your perfect strategy? Want a game that offers dozens of hours of challenge without inflicting a single quick time event on you? Check out Quarterstaff! Free demo & 35% off sale! store.steampowered.com/app/2134060/...

It's #TurnBasedThursdayFest and Quarterstaff is one of the festival's featured games! To celebrate we're running a sale and Quarterstaff is 35% off! Are you ready for strategy without randomness or quick time events? Check out Quarterstaff on Steam today! store.steampowered.com/app/2134060/...

Deus Arcana is a pixel art adventure, where you master elemental magic while exploring the world and discovering it's secrets. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #madewithgodot

Nildigo is now on Steam for wishlisting etc! store.steampowered.com/app/3769010/... The best game I've ever made, currently being pitched to publishers. #gamemaker #gamedev #indiedev #madewithgamemaker #steam #newgame #game

Was getting nostalgic for classic games and suddenly realized I’d made the horrible oversight of never sharing with Bluesky this cross-stitch my wife made for me.

Takes two minutes to set up. Dear fellow game devs, please do this.

📣Calling all Streamers, Reviewers, and Content Creators! "It's rare to find a tactics game this simple that stays compelling." - Indie Game Reviewer Want to check out a strategy game with no RNG but plenty of challenge? DM me about Quarterstaff! #promosky #IndieGames #ContentCreators #Streamers

The folks at @aftermath.site sat down with @writnelson.bsky.social during GDC to discuss their process and how our studio makes games together. aftermath.site/xalavier-nel...

Want a game you can play while doing your taxes? Quarterstaff is currently 30% off on Steam! ⚡Action-packed 2d Animation but with turn-based pacing! 🤔Challenging, strategic gameplay without randomness! 💖NO GenAI! We may have bad puns, but we're free of art & data plagiarism! #promosky #steamsale

Actual name: Gompers Daily names: Gomps, Gompies, Gomps-Élysées

we couldn’t say this a couple days ago because it would sound like an April Fool’s joke, so: here’s the final name for the co-op kaiju horror cooking game

Thrilled to announce our April Fools Day Update for Quarterstaff! No joke, actual update! Added Gratuitous Flip Sounds & Excessive Gore Mode One is an epic feature that aligns with my true vision of the game Other is me caving in because >1 tester answered “What do we need more of?” with “Gore”

NEW DROP!!! Check out this interview with our director & founder @hurlgreytea.bsky.social, courtesy of @pixelbreakdown.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFVr...

What a beautiful (almost) Spring morning - take 25% off Quarterstaff for a limited time only! #Steam #indiegame #gamedeals store.steampowered.com/app/2134060/...

*Terminator hands you a collection of Joan Didion's nonfiction writing* "We tell ourselves stories in order to live if you want to live."

🎮💪 #VideoGameStrike Update: The bargaining group would have you believe that we are close to reaching a deal. This is not the case. They are hoping our members will turn on each other. Read this comparison chart of A.I. proposals: ow.ly/7KvP50VgERR

we may be one of the few pubs that got this headline right Trump And Vance Ambush Zelensky In Prelude To Betrayal talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...

If y'all look up and see "Qua" carved onto the moon, it's because I was so desperate for some Quarterstaff coverage that I resorted to the Chairface Chippendale school of self-promotion but got thwarted mid-machination.

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! ❣️❣️❣️ We love you! Take 30% off of Quarterstaff for this weekend ONLY!! ❣️❣️❣️ store.steampowered.com/app/2134060/...

Huge shoutout to @indiegamereviewer.bsky.social for this thoughtful write-up about Quarterstaff - we're delighted you enjoyed it! indiegamereviewer.com/quarterstaff...

New Exclusive building on Wired's reporting: Musk operatives have already pushed live to production extensive code changes to the Treasury Department payment system which makes 95% of fed govs payments. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-...

Gompers in his castle. Heraldry nerds, please eviscerate my Alt Text in replies. #Cats #CatsWithAltText #CatsInFauxFortifications #CatsInFauxFortificationsWithAltText #ActualCatsNotThatCreepyMusical

One could clutch their pearls and scream "We've all agreed this is an abomination and the rest of us KNOW there was nothing legal about this!" and you'd be missing a point that's maybe hard to parse until the law targets you. Read about another cursed January 20th: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannsee...

It's been tricky knowing exactly which genre Quarterstaff fits in best. Several playtesters said it gave them Into The Breach vibes, so maybe our genre is ITBA - Into The Breach Around? Whatever it is, you can try it now FOR FREE. The demo is now available on Steam!

It occurs to me, after reading posts getting it spectacularly wrong, that there are a lot of misconceptions over how game studios organize and, in particular, who makes the actual decisions about what ends up in your game. Much of it is by folks who don't *try* to get it... but not all, surely. 1/🧵

Ok, trying to pitch Quarterstaff in 3 words: 1) Accessible 2) Rhythmic 3) Grotesque But now some of you expect/want monster/cyborg erotica but I'm thinking chess grotesque (1-player vs unfair setups) and in marketing, explaining equals failing. If we sell enough, we can take requests on the sequel.