oh no very tempted to just use a list of oblivion quotes as the Pizza Jam theme? id play all of these

in a world obsessed with polish i wish we could normalise releasing more unfinished projects. treat them like artist sketchbooks, this is already better and more interesting than plenty of released games

three days until Pizza Jam starts! 250 people signed up so far 🍕 www.itch.io/jam/pizza-jam-pizza-prize-15

i changed my phones Brough icons to unsettling david lynch characters so i wouldn’t play them so much, it didn’t work and now these are canon to me

never been so geographically jealous in my life

real gamers love a hand drawn greenaway dvd

wait EXTREME EVOLUTION: DRIVE TO DIVINITY isnt an inscrutable art game?? turns out its actually a solid platformer with a great gameplay loop and a 53 track philip glass style soundtrack store.steampowered.com/app/2111360/Extreme_Evolution_Drive_to_Divinity/ @samatlas.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivRs... i desperately need any crossword + metal gear fans to try Stealth Crossword, its absurd and delightful

if you’re into narrative design this is pure heaven

1X111 by @abagames.bsky.social one of the classic japanese game hobbiests, Kenta Cho recently tied together 111 of his single-button games into an old-school wario-ware you can play on your phone (he's been making tiny free games since the 80s) abagames.itch.io/1x111

as the goal of the jam is more about self expression and collaboration we’ve made the easy decision to disallow GenAI art for all pizza jams

i changed my phones Brough icons to unsettling david lynch characters so i wouldn’t play them so much, it didn’t work and now these are canon to me

hugo award speech quoting thecatamites? the arc of history bends correctly for once!

getting very mushy reading write ups of the festival!

The blog continues to grow... I've added a GIGF roundup as well as more book reviews, the latest gig I went to, and a whole new zines tag: hotelpaintings.neocities.org

this looks incredible holy shit akuma-kira.itch.io/basilisk-2000

another week of playing astounding games on my computer🧵 PRICE OF FLIGHT 💫(demo) just a demo for now but they seem to be going for 'Space Funeral meets Mario Party' god bless em, these people clearly have a dream store.steampowered.com/app/2636710/Price_of_Flight

easily the best ‘shmup set inside a zoetrope’ at our fest last year

Yo! If you're looking for an excuse to make a game (digital or physical) and win a delicious pizza (physical), the next Pizza Jam 🍕 starts Sept 12th Itch.io/jam/Pizza-Jam-Pizza-Prize-15 So far: 🎮700+ games made 🌎Ive had pizzas delivered to Brazil, Canada, Sweden, Norway, USA, China, Argentina...

game idea: some sort of snowboarding game where the trick names never clear and just fill up the screen #ScreenshotSaturday

It’s DOGMAN95s anniversary 🏆 the first game adhering to the rules of the dogman95 movement ComputerJames.itch.io/Dogman95 (Free / 5mins)

It’s DOGMAN95s anniversary 🏆 the first game adhering to the rules of the dogman95 movement ComputerJames.itch.io/Dogman95 (Free / 5mins)

went to a swoon-inducing talk from stephen gillmurphy (thecatamites) yesterday about games & memory ❤️ he just put up the text version >> harmonyzone.org/blog/posts/s...

HARMONY SUMMER HARDPACK a TheCatamites (Stephen Gillmurphy) collection of short music games 🎶 consistantly inspiring, I have no idea how he can express so much with so little thecatamites.itch.io/harmony-summer-hardpack-tape-11-in-1

Another week of playing astounding games on itch🧵 LAST CAR by Lilith Zone @townmap.bsky.social + @sp1nnylights.bsky.social play as the last car on earth exploring a vast space with the most ungodly 3d movement imaginable. unpalatable and wonderful 💫 lilithzone.itch.io/fundraisins

STEALTH CROSSWORD on the @itch.io front page?? thank you itch peoples!

The greatest collection of video games ever produced is available at the low low price of 20m of your time and developed on a eye watering budget of free

Another week of playing astounding games on itch 🧵 easily the most specific puzzlescript game i’ve played, ISLAY QUEST is a stephen’s sausageroll tour of every whisky distillery on the scottish island of Islay 💫 puzzlescript needs to be used for more tourism games nnnaaammm.itch.io/islay-quest

Stealth Crossword by @computerjames.itch.io is a perfect genre mashup, which is to say it's fun, clever, hilarious, and doesn't overstay its welcome. Go play it right now and don't forget to see what happens when you get caught! computerjames.itch.io/stealth-cw

game idea: some sort of snowboarding game where the trick names never clear and just fill up the screen #ScreenshotSaturday

>Domino Club's throughline seems to be 'good writing, low-fi tools and earnest perversions', they're proof that having a little freak petri dish of friends lets you raise each others standards and develop beautiful peculiarities (some recs of good intro games 🧵)

holy fucking shit, this is amazing. this is just incredible

Dogman95 (@computerjames.itch.io) "Dogman95 grew up hearing tales of his brothers' heroic adventures in the Labyrinth, Illustrious warriors all. His training would have to be enough. Dogmaiden guide us." Free - Windows, Browser: warpdoor.com/2025/02/02/D...

making a 'genre-mashup game' usually means doing neither genre particularly well, so with my stealth crossword game ive made sure to follow this noble tradition

Hey! I posted an edited transcript version of the talk I've been giving about uncomfortable abundances and game design enclosure, for those who hate hearing human voices (I agree): emreed.net/Reframing_Ab...

for over a decade now Lilith zone (@townmap.bsky.social) has been making the most beautiful textured mausoleums over on @itch.io

come hang out and play some alternative games ✨ (we sold out last year so gettem quick!)

making a 'genre-mashup game' usually means doing neither genre particularly well, so with my stealth crossword game ive made sure to follow this noble tradition

There are more games below I wanna look at but I've played the main six @computerjames.itch.io releases now and they're all bangers, goddam computerjames.itch.io

tired of games adding unecessary stealth missions for no reason? Well im not! STEALTH CROSSWORD is out now✨ ComputerJames.itch.io/stealth-cw 🧩6 mins of Stealth Crossword Action! 👑Two endings ('caught' and 'not caught') 💻Play in browser

tired of games adding unecessary stealth missions for no reason? Well im not! STEALTH CROSSWORD is out now✨ ComputerJames.itch.io/stealth-cw 🧩6 mins of Stealth Crossword Action! 👑Two endings ('caught' and 'not caught') 💻Play in browser

Calling all weird game developers, we're looking for games to showcase at Glasgow Indie Game Fest!

Calling all weird game developers, we're looking for games to showcase at Glasgow Indie Game Fest!

head on down to @computerjames.itch.io's itch page aka non-stop banger city computerjames.itch.io/dassh

Ooo @kevindugames.bsky.social (who made the IGF nominated GINGER) just joined blusky ‘KEVIN 1997-2077’ was one of my favourites from our festival last year. he’s doggedly anti gamification and the soundtrack is literally just him counting to 29000

Hey! If you're looking for an excuse to make a game (digital or physical) and win a pizza (physical), the next PIZZA JAM starts on April 4th ✨ itch.io/jam/pizza-ja...

my five minute morality play DASHCAM is now fully playable in browser ☘️ ComputerJames.itch.io/dassh

went sicko mode and mocked up a fantasy football TCG for the Imaginary Cards Jam

Another week of playing astounding games on itch🧵 LAST CAR by Lilith Zone @townmap.bsky.social + @sp1nnylights.bsky.social play as the last car on earth exploring a vast space with the most ungodly 3d movement imaginable. unpalatable and wonderful 💫 lilithzone.itch.io/fundraisins

Hey! If you're looking for an excuse to make a game (digital or physical) and win a pizza (physical), the next PIZZA JAM starts on April 4th ✨ itch.io/jam/pizza-ja...