I've said it before but one of the most revelatory things about reading Marxist theory is seeing just how much genAI automation is just the same old business-as-usual capitalism. Here's Ernest Mandel's Late Capitalism in 1972.

I was wrong! The dream of Winter Game Sales lives on for 15 more minutes!

Thanks for the shout-out @gamerant.bsky.social! Love that description of Aquamarine 👌

Oof… Too soon 🫢

Not at my computer, so I can’t be certain, but I’m pretty sure this is the last day of @itch.io’s #ItchWinterSale. Which means last chance to get this turn-based exploration adventure of mine for zero monies 🤗 moebial.itch.io/aquamarine #indiegame #indiedev

One of my favorite sentiments from this excellent piece by @ramiismail.com. A must-read for any #gamedev out there still pushing through the resource drought

🍄 happy new year ✨ may the ritual nourish you

Wow! Just logged on for the first time in days & my #ItchWinterSale giveaway has totally blown up. AQUAMARINE even got featured by @itch.io! Pretty rad to see our chill survival adventure next to these other amazing titles. Grab a copy while you can! moebial.itch.io/aquamarine #indiegame #indiedev

You can play Doodle Champs on Steam Deck! 🎨✌️ We added full touch support, slick analogue stick controls with customizable sensitivity options, and an intuitive interface for the button controls. #doodlechamps #steamdeck #artist #indiedev

This is the only 500+ hours thumbs down Steam review I will allow

Task difficulty tier list of game development

Wow! Just logged on for the first time in days & my #ItchWinterSale giveaway has totally blown up. AQUAMARINE even got featured by @itch.io! Pretty rad to see our chill survival adventure next to these other amazing titles. Grab a copy while you can! moebial.itch.io/aquamarine #indiegame #indiedev

I'm trying something different for this year's #ItchWinterSale. My underwater survival adventure AQUAMARINE is now 100% free! My gift to the #indiegame lovers out there. Even if playable comic books & turn-based exploration aren't your thing, come check out the ~viiiibes~ moebial.itch.io/aquamarine

I'll add: if the other game is out, that's a gift. You get to play a finished version of your idea, see how it feels, how it sold, and what everyone thought of it? That's incredibly powerful information to make something that builds on it.

🎨 Doodle Champs 🏆 is 60% off until January 5th! Let's celebrate this arty-party game by giving away (3) copies. You may enter a maximum of (3) times by: • Liking this post 💙 • Sharing this post 🔁 • Leaving a comment or SFW doodle/drawing 💬 Duration: NOW!-24th #art #indiegame #giveaway #steamgame

I'm trying something different for this year's #ItchWinterSale. My underwater survival adventure AQUAMARINE is now 100% free! My gift to the #indiegame lovers out there. Even if playable comic books & turn-based exploration aren't your thing, come check out the ~viiiibes~ moebial.itch.io/aquamarine

Research is the MAGIC TIME on any project where I get to go have fun and explore. And 100% what you are looking for are the surprising and amazing details and textures that you could never make up

Look out! Winter video game sale season is here! Hurry now and spend frivolously lest the onslaught of provocatively deep discounts consumes us all!! #indegame #gamedev #indiedev

Concept art, ideating, temp and placeholder art is where the magic happens. It's also a place for more junior folks on a team to contribute work and get better at it. There is no GenAI replacement for that experience and collaboration. It's going to hurt the team and project in the long term.

One of my really irritating professional opinions is I think you should never refer to anything you make as "content" or yourself as a "content creator." Be more specific about exactly what it is that you do. Me? I'm a writer. And I don't write "content"!

I don't want to generate a fucking image, I want to pay the next Alan Lee a thousand fucking euros to sit in a meadow for a week drawing hobbit houses.

Come by the Peacock terrace and get a leaflet, or digitally spread them around online!

🚨RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR BIG HOPS!🚨 January 12th, 2026 W00!

I’ve always known that appealing to Valve about problematic reviews was a losing battle, but this is a new low.

HELLO. I AM IN A GAME. This is what I've been working on for this last year, working with a small team inside Capy. Find Your Words is a short adventure game that highlights non-speaking kids and the ways they communicate. It also has me in a 3" inseam. SHARE THIS OR ELSE.

We had an Overwhelmingly Positive score on Steam, then these two reviews rolled in Why does Valve allow this?

We tried to draw all the Smiling Friends as one character... we should not have. #doodlechamps #smilingfriends #fanart #indiegame

It's not about if Horses is good or if you like it, it's about the world we're in where a few companies have control over who gets to make money and which artists get to continue working. Stores can stock whatever they want, but if you don't understand the broader picture you shouldn't speak.

Only a few hours left to pick up my flawed-but-charming labor of love for just a couple bucks! Some folks call it "2D Subnautica", to which I would add: "if it were a turn-based playable comic book about the journey of self-realization" moebial.itch.io/aquamarine #indiegame #indiedev

The one upside of generative AI is that it made me value human-made art more. Art that didn't really impress me before feels way more meaningful now. Thanks slop, you made me appreciate human creativity more than ever.

This is still happening! Only $2 for a vibey lil hand-drawn adventure about surviving in an alien ocean 🌊

Patric is the incredible lead programmer for Doodle Champs! 🎨He brought my vision for my niche lil' drawing game for artists to life. He's a professional game dev, and a hell of a cool dude. Please go check out his own awesome hand-drawn adventure game here! 🌊 AQUAMARINE 🌊

Totally forgot to post about the weekend sale over at @itch.io for my game Aquamarine! If you want something fun to chill out with this lazy holiday weekend, I think my turn-based underwater exploration adventure is a great choice. moebial.itch.io/aquamarine #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

This is still happening! Only $2 for a vibey lil hand-drawn adventure about surviving in an alien ocean 🌊

Totally forgot to post about the weekend sale over at @itch.io for my game Aquamarine! If you want something fun to chill out with this lazy holiday weekend, I think my turn-based underwater exploration adventure is a great choice. moebial.itch.io/aquamarine #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

Well there’s the rub, as @thespaceshipper.com answered: exactly the same thing (with more people around me) UBI gives everyone the same opportunity to pursue their interests and passions that ‘get really fucking lucky 15 years ago with a rectangle game’ gave me. And I think that’s neat.

Sometimes, when two people love each other very much, they share a save file

🦃🎮 Creator Day returns this Friday with the start of our Black Friday 2025 Sitewide Sale. For 24 hours we'll waive our free on all transactions. Over 15,000 projects to be on sale from this Friday through December 3rd. More details here itch.io/blog/1124058/creator...

If there is a humble yet surprisingly expensive key in your hub-world, you better believe my entire existence will revolve around purchasing it as quickly as possible. And no, I do NOT care what it unlocks.

psst, no one is struggling with this - we are trying to create singular things that resonate with a huge audience or resonate hugely with a specific audience. We "struggle" with how tech and VC funding has broken almost every creative economy we have. So thanks but no thanks

It’s wild to me how much I can relate to in this story of triple-A/triple-i developers. Really eases the alienation and frustration that comes with trying to get a commercial narrative game finished.

re: tutorials and early game friction, here's a blog post I wrote in 2021 on why I like the social practice of game wiki'ing, and the "ludic mystery" that motivates it mixedinitiatives.net/blog/apologi...

Gumby screens that feel like Elden Ring @gumbyscreens.bsky.social

Games industry veteran Alyssa Kollgaard has put together a tool called Publisher Pathfinder, which guides developers towards publishing partners and investors that match their game's needs. www.gamesindustry.biz/publisher-pa...

Gotta start posting about Order Automatica more : ) Another big update coming soon. Your last candle is flickering... Complete the ritual before the darkness takes you! ⚙️ Roguelike auto-battler played on a 3×3 grid. #PitchYaGame #indiegame #roguelike

Started a lil side project this week as a treat and it’s all clicked so effortlessly! Any guesses what I’m making? 📅 #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev

While I remain adrift in publisher pitch purgatory, I'm giving myself the ultimate #gamedev treat today: Permission to work on something new. 🎁

My game is good, the algorithm just ignores me My game is good, the algorithm just ignores me My game is good, the algorithm just ignores me My game is good, the algorithm just ignores... #indiegames #pixelart #gamedev

Dear folks. I’m collecting case studies on good/interesting game dev practice/process from artisanal solo devs or small teams. Please; more reccs for developers who are not dudes.

This is entirely accurate and it’s not even close.