We're at #VancouverGameGarden all weekend with @softrains.bsky.social showcasing Ambrosia Sky! If you're local, come say hello! The event is free and the games are plenty (and wonderful)! We'd love to see you!

Looking forward to @vangamegarden.bsky.social🌱🕹 this weekend and hanging out with fellow independent studios & creators! @bbigames.bsky.social is providing hardware, while @stevenmessner.bsky.social and I will have #AmbrosiaSky🪐 from our friends at @softrains.bsky.social available to play 😀

Not sure who needs this - but: As I had to clean and set up a hand-me down PC over the weekend, I found a terrific ✨ Win 11 decluttering / optimization install guide✨ (preview in Spanish somehow, but guide in English) Great for gamers 🕹️, but not only! Made the OS noticeably more responsive 💪

In space, no one can hear you scream... for joy! Citizen Sleeper and Hardspace: Shipbreaker are teaming up for the Space Capitalism Steam Bundle! Two awesome sci-fi games, together at a permanent 10% discount! Buy it here: store.steampowered.com/bundle/58811...

Aaaaaahd one more leaving early access this week. halp

"One small step for Steam players, a giant leap for us Shipbreaker makers" 😉 We finally crossed the "Very Positive" all-time reviews threshold on @steampowered.com for @shipbreakergame.bsky.social! Massive thanks to all our players! Follow @bbigames.bsky.social for future Hardspace news 👀

Pretty happy with how this new #AmbrosiaSky🪐 #trailer turned out! Hats off to @stevenmessner.bsky.social & @bbigames.bsky.social's in-house editor Todd Curry who helped put it together for our friends at @softrains.bsky.social 😃

Obviously biased - but if you enjoy physics-based games, this is a great package available now via @humblebundle.com! www.humblebundle.com/games/phunky... And I heard it's already selling like hot cakes 👀

Is it me or does @nomansbsky.bsky.social latest key art take a few cues from @starfield.bethesdastudios.com 👀? Given the shipbuilding feature in this update, the tribute sure feels appropriate 😉 Anyway - space is big enough for both games and their different takes on the space exploration fantasy!

what a goddamn video game

I thought this was way cool. It’s a fire hydrant painted in Starry Night by Van Gogh in Kirkwood.

Belated 40th birthday gift 🎁 to myself. Time to own that French tardiness, with style 😎 PS: best viewed with sound on 🔊

What happens when a ghostwriter wants to become famous? On the biographer who, for six figure sums, writes the stories of the unnotable: observer.co.uk/news/profile...

Also really excited to start working with the @shipbreakergame.bsky.social community again through the LYNX Pioneer Program! A new community initiative to get our players closer than ever to the development of future games in the franchise 👀 More info here: blackbirdinteractive.com/lynxpioneerp...

Exciting times for @bbigames.bsky.social and @shipbreakergame.bsky.social fans - as we just acquired full ownership of the IP! Obviously, we are gearing up to do more things in the Hardspace universe 👀 And we just opened up registrations for the LYNX Pioneer Program. More info in the post below 👇

Last month, I got to share @bbigames.bsky.social's journey balancing work-for-hire & original IP - including highlights like the one below, where some of our contributions to the Minecraft franchise (when we made #MinecraftLegends with Mojang Studios) ended up in the #MinecraftMovie 🤯

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This is an insane thing to write about game development. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/a...

This is how battles look like in 🛡️G l o o m G a t e⚔️ #indiegame #playdate #1bit #gamedev

My dream ✨

ICYMI, a couple of weeks ago, the excellent @thespaceshipper.com released a two-part behind-the-scenes interview for Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak and @shipbreakergame.bsky.social. Tons of great insight and anecdotes 👀 If you like @bbigames.bsky.social's games and sci-fi, go subscribe and read it!

Fallout: Bakersfield Trailer Reveals Insane Take on 1997 Classic insider-gaming.com/fallout-bake...

Genius outrage / engagement farming? Or 1984-like late-stage capitalism newspeak and brainwashing 🤔? You decide - but don’t forget to take your vacation 🏝️

Can’t. F*ing. Wait. One of my all-time favourite movies and imho one of Kubrick’s most under-rated films. The lighting. The composition. The pacing. The acting. And that score! No other period movie can hold a candle to it (pun-intended - IYKYK) And granted, I may have had a crush on Lady Lyndon.

Not out yet, but The Last Salvage Squad looks like a really interesting indie FPS experiment.

Are you Vancouver developer with an indie project to show? Vancouver Game Garden is BACK this year. This time at the Roundhouse with 2 days of games + speakers! Submit your game! 💚 vangamegarden.com/submit.html

Holy moly. Our friends & partners at @softrains.bsky.social are opening up the latest issue of @stephentotilo.bsky.social's Game File 🤯 So happy for them! They sure have been cooking something special, daring to engage in novel ways with a topic games too often trivialize: death 💀

"Toujours un plaisir" to reconnect & trade perspectives re: Europe & North America with @chloew.bsky.social from @lefigaro.fr - who was kind enough to include me in her reporting on the latest edition of #GameCamp, featured in the economy-focused "pages saumon" of this prestigious French newspaper 😊

Looking forward to attending #GameCamp🕹️ next week in France! I’ll be giving a quick talk on Thu @11.40am - looking back at @bbigames.bsky.social’s journey, focusing in particular on the benefits and challenges of the studio’s hybrid model (original IP & work-for-hire). See you there 😃

Attending #GameconCanada🍁 this weekend? Then check out @dustwalkers.bsky.social (Hall F, Booth A01) - a cool side project from our very own @lancemueller.bsky.social (Game Director at @bbigames.bsky.social)!

Since it's around the corner, I made a Tekken Father's Day card. I tried using two separate mechanics at once. This allows Kazuya to move his hands and Heihachi to descend when the card is opened.

Last weekend sure was choke-full of announcements & reveals 😵 - including two new games @bbigames.bsky.social has been helping with!

This guy consistently posts songs with incredible lyrics mere hours after events unfurl. This was a good one.

Elon threatening to just leave people on the ISS is making a pretty good case for why you nationalize your space program!

must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away

once again I must tap my own sign

Oh dang, a complete Unity-based remake of the original X-Wing! Nice.

🌞 SOL CESTO - OUT NOW ON STEAM 🌞 After 2 years of hard work, Sol Cesto is finally out in Early Access! A roguelite where the eerie charm of Inscryption collides with the high-stakes thrill and explosive combos of Balatro. Please help us spread the word 🙌

Attending @websummit.bsky.social and interested in #games and #social #issues? Our very own @rorymcguire.bsky.social will be giving a cool talk on Friday on the topic (Stage 4, 3.45-4.05pm). And I am here all day today by the BC Pavilion (West bldg, Exhibition Level 0, Booth E120) 🌄 Come say hi!

Looking forward to attending #WebSummitVancouver this week! Hit me up to discuss #videogame #adjacent #tech topics & opportunities 🙂

Plenty of valid points here - but the term rubs me the wrong way. Those not-so-newcomers aren’t necessarily any less professional than AAA devs. But they operate on scales and against constraints closer to the old garage days &/or collectives of crafts people. So "Re-artisanshipification"?

How to know you remain indisputably #French after 10 years in #Canada You only now realize that this ❤️‍🩹 IS NOT a "I love baguette" emoji BUT a "mending / band-aid heart" one...

Love seeing the enduring fandom for @shipbreakergame.bsky.social at #PaxEAST, several years after we first revealed the game there! Of all the shows, this sure remains one of the best - if not the best - to forge direct, durable bonds with the community ❤️

Gotta love seeing #Vancouver🌄 indies - and first time devs! - punch above their weight 💪 Congrats, @remysiu.com, @nhitendo.bsky.social, and team 🥳🎊🎉

That's how I've always understood the Force, and why I've always been a bit frustrated by the superhero-only approach. "It's an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together." 1977 The Force is so much more than superpowers.