I found out about this mod exactly one day too late

Fellow indie game devs, I am bored. As such, I will be adding games to my wishlist on Steam. Link your Steam page, and I will wishlist it. Preferably people I like, usually interact with, but sure anyone why not. And maybe I'll buy it when it's on sale and I forget why I added it!

My attempts at marketing have been minimal. So far I've... - made posts on here, Mastodon, and Reddit - shown the game off in a few Discord servers - been lucky enough to submit the game to Kotaku and a showcase video It's mostly just been a lot of "HEY! I MADE THIS! LOOK! LOOKIT! DO YOU SEE?"

Wishlist adds over time: Spike #1 in wishlists was the day after I made the page live. Spike #2 is from being featured in a Kotaku article (kotaku.com/indie-games-...). Spike #3 was from making a 15 second trailer to submit to @jitspoe.bsky.social's incredible showcase (bsky.app/profile/jits...).

It's been 2 months since I launched Star Spark's Steam page and I want to share the wishlist stats so far with y'all again. Right now I have 451 wishlists and 9 removals (it's okay, it happens 🙂). #GameDev #IndieGameDev #Steam

Released our first DLC pack today! When Trombone Champ released over 3 freaking years ago we only had 23 tracks but since then added more for free to make it 60 freaking tracks!!! And now if you include this DLC it's over 94 tracks!

My current inspiration

FINALLY can get back to game deving!! It's a Christmas miracle!! #indiedev #gamedev

If you haven't watched Punch Punch Forever, you should.

day 87 - i was way too tired to make a video yesterday so autocut it is! i don’t know why it chose to show so many clips of my potato chip salad lol however it was very tasty. also sad that i lost half my footage 😢 #nutcracker #rehearsal #christmas #dayinmylife #Vlog

It's been 2 months since I launched Star Spark's Steam page and I want to share the wishlist stats so far with y'all again. Right now I have 451 wishlists and 9 removals (it's okay, it happens 🙂). #GameDev #IndieGameDev #Steam

Taking the ferry to England instead of the train sure was something

I always thought this was a funny cover.

Pixel creates the pixel art for Avemary Rocket using EDGE2. He’s been using this tool since the original EDGE, for nearly 30 years. While I was taking photos, he suddenly scribbled “Uooo!” onto the canvas and I burst out laughing. This app was used to draw the pixel art for Cave Story and Ikachan.

Two things for #ScreenshotSaturday 1. Mael's sprite is in. 2. I added damage predictions to make planning easier. Now when selecting skills, you'll see the HP bars flash with predicted damage ranges. You can wishlist #StarSpark here: 🌟 store.steampowered.com/app/3639950 #GameDev #IndieGames

In Super Mario World, green berries increase the timer. By strategically eating them to make the timer pass 100 multiple times, the music can be sped up repeatedly. It turns out that the music engine cannot handle more than 20 speed-ups, and slows down to a crawl instead.

For this #screenshotsaturday, I’m showcasing a smoother transition into Drifter Dynasty’s revamped brawling! #godotengine #gamedev #indiegame

Two things for #ScreenshotSaturday 1. Mael's sprite is in. 2. I added damage predictions to make planning easier. Now when selecting skills, you'll see the HP bars flash with predicted damage ranges. You can wishlist #StarSpark here: 🌟 store.steampowered.com/app/3639950 #GameDev #IndieGames

🤦- I literally just made the 200+ wishlist's post ten hours ago everyone... 🎉- I don't want to do a 300+ one so soon yet you are all forcing my hand!😅 Thank you again so much! #SRPG #indiegames #インディゲーム

This is incredibly painful for me. I have never asked for help like this before. But I have had people reach out to me asking if they can help, so I am sharing my story and finally asking for help. I've been lucky to have a lovely group of followers here, please share if you can, anything helps <3

This is dead serious, do not do this. It opens up a ton of liability and actively decreases the likelihood (or fully eliminates) that what you want or hope to happen will happen.

I’ll start the #TurnBasedThursday fun with Fantasy Football Tactics, a 32-bit inspired tactics RPG where victory comes from scoring goals! 🧙🏻‍♂️ Leverage terrain, magic and turn order to force fumbles, pass the ball, and outwit your foes! 🏈 ✨ store.steampowered.com/app/3035460?... ✨ #indiegame #rpg

"Oh.. m... merci"

It's the last work day of the year so post a video game banger The MGS2 theme but it's rock. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJma...

I didn't have $1 million for a Game Awards Trailer so I'm posting my Anime inspired Bullet Heaven JRPG, Relic Abyss here instead for free!

Do you run a podcast you would like me on (or know of one)? Looking to take some bookings in early 2026. Want to talk game design and games ed and not Business Bollocks™️.

It's good to see you hosting #TurnBasedThursday, John! Star Spark a roguelite, tactical turn-based fighting game in which you battle your way through a survival tournament. 👊 You can punch the wishlist button here: 💥 store.steampowered.com/app/3639950 #StarSpark #IndieGames #GameDev #Roguelite

ENCRYPTID is now available to wishlist on Steam 😊🙏 store.steampowered.com/app/4242890/...

Happy Winter Sale on Steam! Unfortunately my Christmas game was ineligible to take part in the sale due to its release being so close - But! There is still a 15% Bundle Discount! Get into the Christmas mood! #indiegames #Cozygames #Christmas #Steam #WinterSale store.steampowered.com/app/3030650/...

when you're a little kid and there's a big fight scene happening on TV

This is so cool. I love seeing others attempt to bring turn based mechanics to typically real-time genres. Check out this turn based spin on the fighting genre below! #TurnBasedThursday

It's probably a pointless endeavour to try and pinpoint the genesis point of "indie gaming" on account of how "indie games" have always been a part of game history and the delineation between "indie" and "regular" games has always been in flux.. That said, the answer is still probably Cave Story

Twas the week before Christmas 🎅 Santa’s loading his sleigh And #gamers rejoiced It’s #TurnBasedThursday! All #gamedev / #indiedev Show your #turnbased game! 🩷 Like, share and wishlist To increase their fame! I’m honored to host This great weekly fest Thanks for having me 🥹 You all are the best!

Thank you for the #TurnBasedThursday host and Happy Holidays peeps! Work has had me hella busy, but tis the season to get back to my Mancala Roguelike Was able to do some sweeping changes in recently and I think it's coming together #indiedev

Here's my indie game in #15seconds. store.steampowered.com/app/2329690/...

Star Spark is a roguelite, tactical turn-based fighting game in which you battle your way through a survival tournament. 👊 You can punch the wishlist button here: 💥 store.steampowered.com/app/3639950 #WishlistWednesday #StarSpark #IndieGames #GameDev

Here it is, my last #indiegamedev podcast of 2025! Covers: 🕹️ Publishing with Acclaim ☄️ Juggling side projects (while working fulltime) 📈 Content marketing Next year I'll make more comics and videos, too. Good luck with your game! www.valadria.com/acclaim-side...

Star Spark is a roguelite, tactical turn-based fighting game in which you battle your way through a survival tournament. 👊 You can punch the wishlist button here: 💥 store.steampowered.com/app/3639950 #WishlistWednesday #StarSpark #IndieGames #GameDev

Our first big Christmas update is with an amazing recovery of the final build of Resident Evil on Gameboy Color. Hotgen's impressive conversion that got canned. This is much closer to completion, and seems completable too. Lots to discover! www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/12/resi...

Last new Make the Game episode of the year coming tomorrow, in which I discuss: 🕹️ Publishing with Acclaim ☄️ Juggling side projects (while working fulltime) 📈 Content marketing Stats for the year:

Star Spark is a roguelite, turn-based fighting game in which you battle your way through a survival tournament. You'll have to master combos, learn new skills, and outwit your opponents if you wanna make it! ↗️ store.steampowered.com/app/3639950 #TeaseYaGame #StarSpark #IndieGames #GameDev

Star Spark is a roguelite, turn-based fighting game in which you battle your way through a survival tournament. You'll have to master combos, learn new skills, and outwit your opponents if you wanna make it! ↗️ store.steampowered.com/app/3639950 #TeaseYaGame #StarSpark #IndieGames #GameDev

Q. Do you think most players of indie games know that most indie games flop and that's why long term support isn't possible? Or do you think lots of people only know about indie hits and somehow think all indie games make loads of money?

OMG, steamcapsule.com referenced in a thesis from LAB University of Applied Sciences 💚 🔗 www.theseus.fi/bitstream/ha... Kiitos! 🇫🇮 #gamedev #indiegamedev #gamemarketing #steam

Breaking: #TeaseYaGame IS Live! 🚀 Open to ALL games, across the globe. Time to show the world your #VideoGames! 🥰

Went on a sidequest, Delia can now label lilypads for you in solfege, numbers or letters, in the correct key. If she's playing for you already, she'll lock out the other keys so you can't make a mistake and set something goofy. #indiedev #gamedev #music

Less than 12 hours till #TeaseYaGame. 😤