LINKS Mobile Puzzle Game of the Year 👉 www.pocketgamer.com/pocket-gamer... Best Mobile Family Game 👉 www.pocketgamer.com/pocket-gamer...

A Beating Heart

Look 👀 I gave a talk at the IVIPRO festival in Trieste, Italy about Biophobia called ‘The Powers of Horror: Between Kusōzu, Ophelia, and the Anatomical Venus’. Thank you so much for inviting me to speak.

Time to #pitchyagame. Pulse is: 🏎️ high speed time trial racing 🗺️ creative route planning 🏆 competitive leaderboards Our free demo on Steam is basically our latest development build. Compete with us for the daily 🥇 🥈 🥉 store.steampowered.com/app/3888920/...

Our prototype 'Pulse' just got a big update. We now have audio, a training program and some iconic challenges. The video shows @ajkolenc.bsky.social setting a new record for the Sightseeing course. Want to join the beta on Steam? Join my Discord and say hi: discord.gg/nfNzZ3CzeY

Doing something with 'boids'...

Rembrandt’s largest painting, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Jan Deijman, was damaged in a fire. It showed eight surgeons watching him dissect the brain of criminal Joris Fonteijn. 👁️ https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/whats-on/masterpieces-on-loan-rembrandt-and-willem-van-de-velde-in-the-gallery-of-honour

WIP Ghost Flower v2

We are developing crazy technologies #indiegame #gamedev

I tried to answer stuff like this here gamedesignskills.com/game-develop...

Question: let’s say, hypothetically, you want to pitch your game to a publisher. Is it smart to post wip’s of your game before that (and gather a following) or to keep it secret so they can announce it and have something special? What do publishers want these days? 🤔

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Bear Knuckle is changing gears. I started it to help self-publishing studios with their business, working w/ teams like Appelmoes Games, Merge Conflict, and Bunnyhug. Now: ❌ Self-pub business consulting. ✅ Free 30-min consulting for devs from underrepresented backgrounds at bearknuckle.org

The box opens! Our next game is The Killing Stone, and you won't have to wait overly long on this one... On that note, wishlists welcome as always, friends. store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...

Biophobia note; was hoping to be quicker with adding language support, audio and UX fixes, but since I made the game in my free time (no funding) I have to manage my resources wisely. It’s good to see it's still getting positive reviews (84!). Rest assured, at some point I'll publish an update.

🚨 Tempest Tower v1.0 is OUT NOW 🚨 We have spent the last 4 months refining and expanding on Tempest Tower while it has been in Early Access. Today it releases for real 🎉 You can get the game right now at 35% off store.steampowered.com/app/3123800/... #TrailerTuesday #indiegame #madewithunity

New exp. dispatch! A capsule review of Mindset GO! and links to the reprint of @ultrabrilliant.xyz's Ridge Racer 4 zine, @pixelsandpolygons.net's big sale, @declouxj.bsky.social's new newsletter, and more! expzine.com/2025/08/17/t... Subscribe and get it a day early: expzine.kit.com

WIP Ghost flower

Just played the wonderful Biophobia by Charlotte Madelon. It’s 10-20 minutes tops and reminds me of the best of Ice Pick Lodge games. Just be aware it’s body horror.

#indiegame #steam #itchio #solodev #arthousegames

Update for Mindset GO! went out this morning. The tl;dr is more tokens and kinder meta so you shouldn't feel the burn of F2P as much. More to come there but if you want to talk to me about it (or share dailies, or just gossip) we've opened our Discord: discord.gg/5GazDscvVH 🔵🔺🟡

thanks to Posting you can synthesize the complete posture of a person who makes meaningful contributions; you might even make yourself believe you are. but only the work is true

itch.io has been nothing but supportive of LGBTQ+ work since the beginning. it pains me to see the community turn on them like this and so gleefully spread misinformation about them without even giving them a shred of benefit of the doubt. journalists too...

Busy day. New version of Mindset GO! with another round of fixes should be pushed tomorrow. Also: I spent about an hour trying to make a Harissa Explains It All joke. Nothing to do with Mindset. But maybe one of you can help? Feels like there's something there. mindset.game/app

Every object in a vanitas painting has symbolic meaning: ☠️ Skulls: life is fleeting ⏳ Hourglass: time slips away 🕯️ Candle: life can end in a breath 📚 Valuables like books and documents show the emptiness of wealth, knowledge, and power in the face of death 👁️ https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20026298

It started a bit slow/gradual for me, but this thing has really gotten its hooks into me -- it's crazy how simple yet novel this concept is, and it's even crazier how mega-polished the presentation is. Also remarkable: there's IAP, but somehow it manages to not feel scummy at all! Recommended!! :D

Everything is charged up and ready to go here! Tempest Tower will leave Early Access on August 19th 📣 Learn more in our latest blog post: halfpastyellow.com/blog/2025/07... #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gaming #madewithunity

Starts out simple (that's how they get you!) but soon enough becomes trickier and, naturally, addictive. I LOVE sorting things into designated areas!

Stick with this past the first few levels. My first impression based on the overall structure was “oh I’ve played games like this.” But once it starts folding in more rules you’ll realize that this is actually a VERY GOOD, VERY SMART puzzle game.

Small fix pushed to Mindset GO!: (mindset.game) * No ads on failure (so you can play around a bit more) * Some early text changes to make rules clearer Still bug hunting but it's been a really good 24 hours. Thanks for playing / your thoughts. More updates soon. Think I might have an ice cream. 🍦

We're in @edgemagazine.bsky.social this month. There's a beautiful two-page feature (art by @charlottemadelon.bsky.social) and a picture of me scowling, (almost) exactly 25 years after I made my sulky print debut. There's also a secret on the playable page. Let me know if you solve it. NO SPOILERS.

(Okay, I probably should have explained this better.. Blame the excitement) For almost two years, I’ve been doing UI/UX for a brilliant little game called Mindset Go! It just launched (soft launch), and I’m so proud of how it turned out. mindset.game

I have played this and it IS fun

This is sooooo good - add it to your daily play list now!

I saw this earlier, and it's one of those "Wait - this is an idea no-one's done" sort of puzzle games. You should look.

Played an early version of this and it's the real deal. Supremely elegant design, could well be absolutely massive. Get on it now so you can brag to your mates that you were into it before they were

Just played this for 10 mins or so and it's instantly very very good.

Actually a bit scared by how good and polished @stecurran.bsky.social's new Mindset Go! puzzle game is. Then again, since it's bound to be cloned instantly, the only defence is to make it as accessible and shiny and free as possible! (also the web version works *great* on mobile!)

This is one of the most beautifully designed puzzle games I've ever played

Been playing a bunch of this and it makes me feel thick but then clever, in the way all the great puzzle games do. Get involved!

It's difficult launching a game, let alone one you've actually designed yourself. It's not my place to be proud of Ste, but I'm proud of Ste. Go check it out.

🎉LUDOCENE LAUNCHED 🎉 So excited (and nervous) to send our game-finder into the world. Ludocene.com If you want a better way to find amazing games that rewards experts and is in the hands of players, this is our shot. Thank you to the 1000's backers and supporters.This is just the beginning.

Do I know any UI/UX designers who want to work short-term on a mobile game? pls dm me 🙏

I've been doing UI/UX for a very exciting puzzle game for a while now, and it's going to be released soon! 👀

Something to think about regarding the whole censorship situation:

Regarding the adult themed games crackdown: The Dutch Game Association has flagged this issue with the European Games Developer Federation as we believe we can have a bigger impact on a European level. However, I still strongly recommend you also bring up the issue with your local association.

Apple is delisting Wheels of Aurelia from the App Store, because it's... "obsolete". Our statement:

🌬️🔥 Fire Dances in the Wind 🔥🌬️ 
A tender story about perception, love, and the dance between life and death. 📍Set in Amsterdam, born from truth, laced with magic.
 💜 Read it now — let it touch you!
 English: shorturl.at/etqOv Nederlandse: shorturl.at/NO3il #ShortStory #QueerFiction