Our Fall GAME-A-PALOOZA starts in less than a month! Saturday, October 18 Play 50+ new and emerging indie games for just $5! No door sales—advance tickets only, until they sell out. + a VIP early-access hour All the deets and links are right here: gameapalooza.love #nymakesgames

I missed it from my quick read, but Mizore's spot on here. For those that create NSFW art, be aware of the new NSFW section: bsky.social/about/suppor...

words to continue living by. let's be each others' scuba gear

SO HIT THE LIGHTS, COME ON AND HIT ME, COME ON #oc

It was great getting to do a microtalk focusing in on social media and social norms at this year's @gdocexpo.com 🙌

G and D cookin'

YESSS LETS GOOOO!!! ✨ I love Chiitan since watching them on Takeshi’s Castle!!! AND they’re an ally?? LFG!!!!

Always surreal to watch yourself give a talk, but I think it turned out well!

Hey puzzle game and VN lovers! Spirit Swap is on sale to celebrate GDoC Expo! We poured our heart and souls into this game AND two of us are trans and trying to escape the US so if this looks like your jam… Please grab it and hopefully give us some runway for a very expensive move. 💕🙏🏼📢 Thank you!

Btw if you're streaming our demo, please tag us here and/or tell us in our community discord! When people in the team are available, we love to come hang out and see you discovering and playing our game 🧡 store.steampowered.com/app/3484670/...

Thanks to everyone who came to my talk!!! I could honestly yap about fandom's importance to a game's legacy and success forever, so pls look forward to a longer video/chat about that sometime! ♥ Thanks @gdocexpo.com for having me!

DEMO'S OUT LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO!!!

Y'all please make some noise for our game if you can, it's been 3 years of hard work by a wonderful team!!

⚔️TIME ⚔️ TO ⚔️ RECLAIM ⚔️ YOUR ⚔️ BRAIN⚔️ Blanksword's Steam Demo & Kickstarter Campaign just launched as of RIGHT NOW! Play the Demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3484670/... Preorder the game on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/283... Join the Discord: discord.gg/ftmCfsupyv

this looks super rad :D

To all the unsung documentation heroes 🫡 I remember when this was still the case:

SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT📢 Shavonne Yu - Co-founder, Co-Chair AAPI in Gaming This talk provides attendees with a practical roadmap for starting communities in games, from early research and outreach to organizing events and building long-term sustainability. #GDoCExpo2025 #gamedev

We’re proud to be in @gdocexpo.com with: 💥 Wander Stars 🐍 Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo 🎸 Afterlove EP 💠 1000xRESIST And don’t forget, Wander Stars launches Sep 19 👊 Wishlist now & claim the sketchbook + soundtrack FREE to keep with your purchase of Wander Stars at launch 🎶🎨 💥 bit.ly/WanderStars

Thank you all for taking time out of your busy schedules, and a huge thanks to @gdocexpo.com for giving us the time and the stage. We hope to be back again soon! Wishing you an amazing rest of the convention, may it be just as fun filled and unforgettable 🫶🏼

Sept 16-19 online with IRL watch parties in Poughkeepsie, Pittsburgh, Rochester, NYC. Join a watch party here: www.gamedevsofcolor.org/watch-partie...

Between this and Tokyo Pride banning all BDS targets from sponsoring their event this year, I have never had more love in my heart for the people of Japan. And they were the reason I got to pursue higher studies too, so it’s not like I didn‘t love them to begin with.

SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 📢 Myleah Lofland - Social Media & Community Manager, Writer This microtalk by storytelling expert @myleah.bsky.social presents takeaways of how #gamedev can use fandom to generate authentic and passionate marketing. ⚡ #GDoCExpo25

I'm so excited for my very first solo talk! The intersection of fandom and marketing is so interesting to me, and I hope you'll tune in to my talk! It's one I'm really passionate about 🥰🩷

Super excited about this new "Art & System" TTRPG series by Central Michigan University PRESS! "The series will open with Dog Eat Dog (2012) by Liam Liwanag Burke, Princess with a Cursed Sword (2025) by Anna Anthropy, and The Mountain Witch (2005) by Tim Kleinert." www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

It's about 20 hours (eastern time) into the first Friday of the month, which of course means I gotta ask you: Did you see that a new Indiepocalypse came out today?

Learn about how I got my butt kicked in my own game from a blue puppet!! ✨ youtu.be/gCPKxU9vgNc?...

A Winter Away is a short, hand-drawn visual novel about a daughter duck who recently moved far away from her aging mama. Write letters back and forth! Chat with the mailbirb! By @romanhyacinths.bsky.social pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-68

An epistolary visual novel I made for my mom last year is in this wonderful #indiegame anthology! Check it out ☺️

skirmish [ #oc #art ]

☆ Trying to Make a Metroidvania for a VTuber When I've Never Played One ☆ i made a #gamedev video on my experience in #Dokijam!! i cover the entire jam day by day HOUR BY HOUR... please check it out! 👉 youtu.be/pjCX6dMsybk

@anima-interactive.com could use your support to help combat the harassment they're enduring. Any pledges and words of solidarity would help greatly.

If you want to understand what Take Us North actually is and the work its developers have put into this game, I talked to @kreyes121.bsky.social back in March www.wired.com/story/take-u...

doing some quick animating while I wait for Silksong to download. Just blocked out the forms on this character for a turnaround before I go in and add some movement

I want my taxes to be useful!! Make the govt pay to keep tax filing free for us! ENDS SEPTEMBER 5TH!! GO GO GO GO

My partner and I (2/4th of SNW) are both trans and attempting to leave the US (I’m also an Arab immigrant). It’s extremely expensive, so please consider buying our game/leaving it a review so that we have some sort of income when we inevitably have to make the jump and start over. Thank you.

I absolutely adore watching Cute Games Club and this little prototype is sooo sick youtu.be/JfDi_fmlu1Q?...

Sometimes I want to make some fun content or talk about more about my daily life but then I remember I’m 10 minutes late for a bus and 2 days late on a task so just running around forever ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

*earnest response warning* ⚠️ There have been multiple close-calls in my life that nearly made my game design career untenable for too long. It takes so long to start to get properly paid on a consistent enough basis. I still struggle, but with my first of many releases out—that will soon change.

First session of an EARTHBORNE RANGERS campaign with a group of @nyugamecenter.bsky.social faculty! I’m already enjoying myself immensely!

Just played @earthbornegames.bsky.social Earthborne Rangers for the first time with some NYU folks and… WOW what an exciting and deep system to dive into! While campaign games are notoriously hard to finish—this is one journey I’m glad to have started, and excited to get back to!

Aaaand here’s another dino preview for my 2026 release coming from Underdog Games—and it’s a racing/betting game!! 🦖🍌 This time we say hello to the Velociraptor!!! 🎲✂️

I am excited to announce the Games for Palestine charity bundle page is now live!!! Over 300+ games with proceeds going to UNRWA USA in support of Gaza relief. Thank you to everyone for your support. The bundle launches on Sept 2nd 9am PST. Link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...

It’s my birthday! Rejoice! etc All I’m gonna do is plug my game and see if we can’t get it to 200 reviews (we’re sitting at 191 rn) bsky.app/profile/soft...

Arco is on 50% sale right now! Buy it so I'm very rich and happy

My IGDA NYC talk from last week is now online! The talk is entitled "Right in the Feels: Designing Emotive Games" and covers my thoughts on Essay Games (as a genre and a studio), and some lessons learned from making Bundle of Joy. Check it out: youtu.be/X4ZSOhUePJ8?...

Finally met my We Are OFK gamedev teammate irl!! @chuwenjie.bsky.social - incredible illustrator & visdev artist on KPop Demon Hunters, Across the Spiderverse & more! Catch Kat on tour now at cons across the US!

I’m so excited to see the official reveal of my next to-be-released game Phantasmic!!! @buttonshy.bsky.social did a fantastic job developing it and building the world. If you like simple, tricky bluffing games—it’s gonna be a fun ride! ✨🔮

our game about DEAD GODS and TAKING BILLIONAIRES TO COURT FOR THEIR CRIMES is in the graun!! thx @yourkyotowife.bsky.social for a thoughtful write-up touching on our complex conversational systems & how joy + rage power transformation 🔥 @allwillrise.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/games/2025/a...

Genuinely happy that the 7 year long development time was spent working at a leisurely pace, spending time with their families and flexing their creative muscles - with no pressure to expand their company, deliver sooner or read a single reddit post. Smartest people in our entire industry.

happy gen ai bubble almost popping day to those who celebrate