Thirsty Suitors Platform: Ps5 Recommended to: indie gamers who like turn based combat *this was so fun. I played the demo eons ago and never got to playing the full title till now. I absolutely loved the dialogue and specifically Sergio. Looking forward to Dosa Divas!

New year, new play my free abortion game and learn about it while you still can. If you've already played it, throw a review on Steam for me to fend off anti-choice freaks. Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2825000/... Phones: qrco.de/bepceD

And we're off to the races! Here are 26 carefully curated indies to look out for in 2026.

Hey, what’s your favorite non-enshittified apps and/or app developer? Here are some of mine starting with Audio Hijack which lets me record audio from apps (I also use some of Rogue Amoeba’s other apps too)

Glad to see Dosa Divas on the 50 most anticipated games for 2026 list! www.polygon.com/most-anticip...

When someone tells me how creative they feel using GenAI to make art

I wonder where the bring Matt Damon home genre will go next.

Thirsty Suitors ($14.99) - skateboarding! cooking! the crushing expectations of your parents! figuratively and literally fighting your exes! Jala Jayartne is heading home - where she'll have to face the wake she left of all the fuckups she made back there. store.steampowered.com/app/1617220/...

Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment. It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.

When I was working on Thirsty Suitors, I actually took time to write some real-looking placeholder dialogue for the battles. I'm not a good writer, but it helped me figure out design and engineering needs. Automating it would have slowed things down much more than taking a couple writing hours.

Happy Holidays from everyone at Outerloop Games!

For a year fraught with many challenges, turmoil, & shaken sense of stability, we cannot wait to continue living up to the honor bestowed upon us: bringing impactful programming, funding, & scholarships to devs of color. Thank you for the kind words, & thank you @indiegameawards.gg for this honor!🏆

Family drama, comedy, turn-based fantastical battles with your exes, skating, and cooking tasty dishes! Thirsty Suitors is 50% off on Steam. Here’s an overview. If you played it, please leave a review! store.steampowered.com/app/1617220/...

@kumail.bsky.social congrats on Night Thoughts and all your work over the years. Would love to chat sometimes about games. The Big Sick was an inspiration when we were figuring out Thirsty Suitors.

We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier. Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder. thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...

"Where do ideas come from?" I don't know how other folks come up with stuff but for me it starts with some idea that seems interesting and then the research part of it to figure out the world, looking up photos/artwork that could evoke the idea. Doing that research leads to unexpected results.

Concept art, ideating, temp and placeholder art is where the magic happens. It's also a place for more junior folks on a team to contribute work and get better at it. There is no GenAI replacement for that experience and collaboration. It's going to hurt the team and project in the long term.

All the money in the world won't prevent you showing your whole ass in an interview.

"Politeness" in the face of fascism is a liability.

Despelote is one of my favorite games of the last few years. Documentarian and personal and unlike anything else I’ve played. Go run around as a little kid trying to make sense of the world in the shadow of the World Cup.

It's the end of our year which means our annual wrap up of all things OUTERSLOTH! 🦥🥳 Highlights: ⭐ Holiday time! We're not signing more games until Jan 2026. ⭐ 4 game releases this year woooo~ ⭐ We've funded a grand total of 23 games... so far! Read it all: www.innersloth.com/outersloth-2...

It’s really good!

I hope this email finds you well

Congrats @benthroop.com on the The Free Shepherd announcement!

A company that protects its valuable IPs strongly and fiercely is investing in a company that has stolen IP from others. It's not the IP principle so much as they think this is going to print more money for them eventually. Money people have and will find the shittiest ways to exploit creatives.

Congrats to all the folks on the BAFTA Best Games of 2025 long list www.bafta.org/stories/best... @baftagames.bsky.social

I'm firing off so many work emails today. You get one, you get one, everyone gets one!

AI did all the work, see it's magic.

Despite the controversy, Horses is only shocking if you're unfamiliar with the history movies, theater, literature, or basically any art form that does not have stats. aftermath.site/horses-indie-g...

NEW OUTERSLOTH REVEAL! 🦥🔥 We're so so so excited to announce we're funding the next game by the creative director of Sable at their new studio @eteogames.bsky.social! Learn more in the video (and to see our Sloth Coin in all its glory at 0:50.)

I am a little disappointed when the conversation is focused around "it's art not porn!" because the adult games devs get very little support but have been dealing with this for far longer, and they've been sounding the alarm for that deplatforming coming for other games (such as LGBTQ+ content).

60s Timelapse - Girl in Pink #art #artpost #startvsfinish #csp

subway art test

Tiny Bookshop is charming and paced well. I planned on just checking out 30 min of it and oops 2+ hours later, still playing. @tinybookshopgame.com store.steampowered.com/app/2133760/...

What a great headline

Watch our Young Suns teaser! Available now in Xbox Game Preview on Game Pass and coming soon to other platforms 🪐 www.youngsuns.com

"As with Thirsty Suitors, this is an overt and chewy piece of social commentary, exploring the usurpation of communal cooking and eating by mass-produced ready meals." And we still manage to focus on the joy of living, joy of healing, joy of connecting, and joy of expression through play.

We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.

EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum". PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...

Introducing the nominees for The Indie Game Awards 2025, airing on December 18th at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @ign.com, @gamespot.com, and @sixoneindie.com's YouTube and Twitch channels. Visit indiegameawards.gg for the full list of nominees, presenters, and judges.

I'm still holding off on installing Windows 11 as much as possible. Is it still broken, worse, better?

“In front of the entire world, they tried to make others believe I was a bad mother,” she said. “They failed my family, they failed my son, they failed me, and they’re failing all of us.” This breaks my heart. 💔

If you want to help uterus-havers and friends, might I suggest playing the PC version of This is Normal, free on Steam? store.steampowered.com/app/2825000/... Played already? Consider leaving a nice review as there's not many, and the rating is being dragged down by anti-abortion reviews.

If you're enjoying Demonschool, please review it on your platform of choice! We would love to reach 500 reviews by the end of the month on Steam, especially. If we can achieve that goal we will put something very stupid into the game for you all as a reward......

On the day the House of Representatives voted to denounce the "horrors of socialism," here's a small thread of Trump just absolutely loving Mamdani. What a wild time we live in. bsky.app/profile/nikk...

Going to end on one of the most beautiful commercials ever made with the reminder and a call to remember the small things. They make a big difference to others. Love all, help all. Go Jackets.

Recording a thing for later and trying not to look too goofy doing it. 😑

I'm returning to Gallery Nucleus on December 6th! I've been working hard on another art show and I'm so excited to share it with you. Please join us for our opening reception on December 6th!! ✨

I'm glad this story is out there. I got to learn about lot of this over the years hanging out with the AdHoc crew and so happy for their success after years of grinding.

Ambrosia Sky: Act One is available now!! 15% off on both Steam & Epic!! store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/... store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...