Played lots of cool games in 2025, but the coolest was a 1987 pirate romance text adventure by Amy Briggs, who was also Ron Gilbert’s babysitter.

I stayed up to midnight finishing Robert Jackson Bennett’s ‘The Tainted Cup’ last night and it’s not Caves of Qud the detective novel but it’s probably as close as we’re gonna get. 🫡

We can only describe our character designs as preposterously luscious! Here's a detailed look at how we created the neighbours you'll be meeting in our upcoming game, Mandrake. #indiedev #indiegames (Please do share!)

Gotham backstreets

@awesomonster.bsky.social Lou Bega advent calendar unboxing YouTube channel.

A video of me gently petting a bobtail.

The moon is bright tonight, but so is Jupiter. Orion seems bigger than ever - I was thinking about Betelguese today while drawing, unable to comprehend such a massive object. Now it flickers gently as I watch. I stand out here eating bread and golden syrup and I know this is where stories come from.

Since November, I'm working with a new team on a new project! I'm giving a hand to Tohu Bohu and @quentinvijoux.bsky.social on their game Beware of the Cartographer!✨ I finalize colorization, add a few assets and give life to the panorama by animating some elements with frame-by-frame animation

Lacroix is not sexy but also him using Dominate on you and changing all your dialogue choices does go hard as fuck still

In quiet, sad moments where I can finally bring myself to accept that the bit I have been working on is bad, I can finally give myself the space and perspective to figure out how to make it less bad. It is freeing and uplifting.

I feel like every scene I draw for Gilt is a real struggle and I am never satisfied, but then I put the character sprites over my WIPs and seeing them hanging out in that world makes me happy.

Hey all, I'm almost halfway to my goal of funding my sci‑fi detective point‑and‑click adventure, Midnight Saturn! 😃 To support the game & win rewards, check out this page: www.cosmicvoidonline.com/blog/news/20... DM me or email me & I’ll follow up with your rewards. ❤️ #indiegame #adventuregame

I feel like every scene I draw for Gilt is a real struggle and I am never satisfied, but then I put the character sprites over my WIPs and seeing them hanging out in that world makes me happy.

We don't know. What we do know is the wiring diagram works. We built it, virtually, in @godotengine.org. We fed it scans of the books we found. And the books are very, very strange. The "game" that resulted is also strange. We're hoping people can make sense of it for us.

The project I have been working on now has a name and a Steam page. :)

WE OPENED THE DINER! The Diner at the End of the Galaxy, the game we've been working on for the last 3 years, has been released in Steam Early Access. It costs less than a Big Mac Meal! $8.99 store.steampowered.com/app/2577420/...

Sunstone Artbook is LIVE! www.kickstarter.com/projects/top...

No one can convince me that a thing I already like is bad, and I shouldn't like it. I may actually already agree that the thing is indeed bad. Me liking things doesn't magically make them good and infallible. Sometimes I even like something *for* being bad. But I can't unlike a thing, sorry.

I don’t know what alignment Dan represents, but boy is he representing it in full today. :’D

Are you prepared to make Important Choices?

I fully expect that most of you will be option 3 people, but I am willing to accomodate all!

Are you prepared to make Important Choices?

"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.

I know that this is Too Much but I had to wind down from a very intense Age of Wonders 4 session and how else but doodling in the margins?

Reinstalled Caves of Qud. Picked a Star-Eyed Vesper. My pet(?)s(?) either/or quickly turned into a pool of sugary, molten wax that I could sell & sent a canvas folding chair running around town, then later infected the giant amoeba that I’d proselytised so it randomly teleports.

I had too many notes for games that I am playing on my desk, so a while ago I ordered this frog notebook. Now all of these notes go in the frog notebook.

I had too many notes for games that I am playing on my desk, so I while ago I ordered this frog notebook. Now all of these notes go in the frog notebook.

Nekron the Risen was just being kinda cute today 🥰 (Guess how many times I’ve accidentally read Fangir’s name as “Fangirl”)

All I’m gonna say is that if this big fella can have low morale then I don’t feel so bad about having a rough day now and then.

Happy that Dave likes my project but also it’s gotten even weirder in the past week, and I haven’t even put in the real weird stuff yet.

Devlog 20: Interesting challenges I’ve found in completing the first chapter of the game. ben304.blogspot.com/2025/10/devl...

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

When I was small I did not daydream about jetpacks, flying cars or space travel. I daydreamed about crop circles, arcane alphabets, secret places, Gods hidden in nature. I think that's why I'm making an adventure game.

Honestly, the best way to make an artist’s day is by being very specific about what you like about a piece. Geek out a lil. Gush over how they use line, color, texture. Every mark is layed down by the artist, so if you can connect with those little moments, it helps the artist feel seen.

Got a NEW VIDEO for y'all! Gradius Advance/Galaxies/Generation may not be the first entry you think of, but it not only is a great way to blast Bacterions on the go, but also wants to help you be a better Vic Viper pilot! #retrogaming #gba #gameboyadvance #gradius www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntrj...

Another perfect spring day! I ended up walking 35km this weekend. I have missed the sun, and I can feel myself recharged by it. Now I spring to life like a thorny weed in the garden - unexpected and strange, and full of vigour.

If today is the best day I get all to myself this spring, at least I know I did not squander it.

Devlog 19: Building gameplay. ben304.blogspot.com/2025/09/devl...

Also, friends, I think Red Mars might be the Moby-Dick of hard science fiction. I'm enjoying it so much.

Spring is coming, and every day I check on the budding leaves to see their progress. It's magical to watch how fast it happens, but also wonderful inspiration for the alien world I am drawing.

The visual design of the amphitheater was before we figured out how to (vaguely) show people in the city, but the scalloped tent is one of my favorite details across all the buildings.

A quick mockup of a rock made from 4 rock, 3 bush, and 3 leafy bushel assets. The assets can be used in different palettes to create more depth easily. 2nd image is the parts used and their palette variants. #gamedev #pixelart

Some days, progress is just fixing one stubborn bug. That’s enough. You’re still further than yesterday. #gamedev #indiedev

Cry Out Loud is officially OUT! Some announcements coming later this week but you can now get it in shops near you! Or if you fancy, I have a special doodled hardcover edition up in the shop if you want to buy from me directly! ko-fi.com/s/6bbde422a2

This scene had been waiting for me to paint the details in properly for forever. I finally got there last week. :)

This scene had been waiting for me to paint the details in properly for forever. I finally got there last week. :)

1 more day 'til CRY OUT LOUD! See what the critics are saying! In addition to great reviews from Kirkus and Bulletin, Cry Out Loud got its first starred review from School Library Journal!

That strange term, ‘magical realism’. As if the reality of being a symbiotic cluster of countless cells and electrical impulses that exists cohesively enough to assume an identity and hold opinions, all while hurtling around a ball of life-giving plasma, isn’t ‘magical’ enough.

It is too windy to go walking today. Time to fill myself with coffee and strange books.

You awaken on a white shore, unsure what you’ve lost. Dark rites brought me, @ratcasket.itch.io , and @puppiesandanime.bsky.social together. Something stirs. More soon. #indiedev #gamedev #conceptart