And to kick off 2026, here's my 9th starter pack for games and studios to follow! I've been curating games and studios since I joined this site to try and help push devs and studios to promote their games more here so RTs are appreciated! Find the rest of my packs on my profile.

With all the new #gamedev peeps on Bluesky you should check out all these Black Femme Game Developers while you're here!!! go.bsky.app/88aYGTF

Welcome new arrivals! I'm Moo, a twenty year veteran (Ratchet & Clank, LittleBigPlanet), but a first-time creative director making Mythmatch. It's like Suika meets Cult of the Lamb + Greek Myth. If you've got 2 hours over the break, please play the demo! store.steampowered.com/app/2490290/...

I sense another wave of newbies! If you're looking for cool game devs & artists to follow, I made a starter pack a while back! There are so mamy great people to follow on here. go.bsky.app/GQLCxzc

Detective Grimoire and Sally will return in 'The Mermaid Mask' in 2026. Thanks for your patience! I can't wait to share it with everyone. (The first delay was largely due to Crow Country, and this second delay is a normal 'every project takes longer than you think' situation)

If you’re interested in a grand sokoban adventure that’s not made by a massive bigot (which I’m bringing up for no reason of course!), might I suggest Isles of Sea and Sky? One of the best games of last year by a lot! store.steampowered.com/app/1233070/...

I am struggling to exist in a community (Pokemon TCG) that is entirely based on probabilities, but where knowing how math works is an uncommon trait. As someone who loves to educate, it is a constant battle to keep my mouth shut.

I'm sorry but how cute is this 🫣😅😭🥹 Me and Daisy and then @ginaloughlin.com and Daisy, singing the gang vocals on the last song for Wax Heads!!!!!!! 😭😭😭😭♥️♥️♥️

New Video! Mistakes from a First Time Narrative Designer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b5x... Going through my learning journey to embrace constraints to find a quest system and content that worked for Mythmatch and my skill level. Featuring stories about salami!

This is great. I love hearing post-mortem style stuff in general, and this is a great perspective to come at it from.

New Video! Mistakes from a First Time Narrative Designer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b5x... Going through my learning journey to embrace constraints to find a quest system and content that worked for Mythmatch and my skill level. Featuring stories about salami!

I wrote about the weird resellers too market that’s popped up around the Pokemon TCG: www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...

Just added an easter egg into Mythmatch that is so obscure that given the expected sales figures, will probably be understood by literally 0 people. But this is my first time creative directing something and you can't stop me. Anyone Freakazoid fans planning to play Mythmatch? 😬

This ticket is now being offered for free! Go play a fun game with my cool friend

Launching today, Eteo Archetypes is a website and newsletter project exploring unsung aspects of video game design. Each month will see a theme examined through the lens of three different games, starting with 'Flying Cities'. Read it here: vist.ly/4h9ka

We're publishing Queens Domain! Inspired by Dark Souls progenitor King’s Field, it's a damn brutal and stylish retro-fantasy RPG DEMO OUT NOW - Fly with your Holy Sword - 50+ melee weapons - Eat delicious food - 100+ enemies, mini bosses & bosses to defeat - Explore a mysterious labyrinth island

Do you like narrative incremental games with about repetitive jobs for mysterious companies? Well then have I got a game for you...

Thank you to the 430+ people supporting the All Will Rise #Kickstarter! We’re thrilled to have the support as we build up to launch. You can join them by following the Kickstarter here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe... #IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDev

Ok, Nearly the end of the year, and 6 months since Highrook was released! I wrote a little postmortem, covering some nerdy production info and my thoughts on what it was like to be an indie in the last few years. www.nullpointer.co.uk/game-post-mo...

HUGE congratulations to the folks over at @simogo.com on the launch of their Legacy Collection! 💖 It's been an honour to work with them on Heartbeats, Dreams and Laser Eyes, and we're rooting for their continued artistry and success! ✨🎉 www.lostincult.co.uk/simogo

GDC 2026 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS OPEN 📣 Our alumni say it best! 🗣️"This opportunity allowed me to connect with other marginalized game designers, who helped me navigate challenging experiences in AAA & continue to act as mentors for me." ✏️ www.gamedevsofcolor.org/scholarship #GDC2026 #gamedev

ICYMI, Mythmatch was included in this list of indie games to wishlist for Black Friday. I'm a bit late, but it's never too late to pop it onto your Wishlist or take the demo for a spin!

Before we enter Awards and GOTY season, resharing my Starter Pack of folks covering indie games on Bluesky! Give it a look! go.bsky.app/4WNw4SU

Games crowd! 🎮 We're looking for a level designer at the studio I work in! Pls pass along to anyone who might be looking atm 🙏 www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

Woo, look at @oneofmoo.bsky.social's game Mythmatch in there - very nice!!

And finished! Another 20 fantastic-looking unknown indie games to play right now or wishlist! kotaku.com/indie-games-... Thanks so much to everyone who submitted, and sorry to the hundreds I couldn't include! Very pleased to have managed to get to 40 though! Please repost far and wide!

Really excited to play more of the mortals section! I imagine I will get plenty of chances to since at least the one mini game I played is *not* my forte 😅 Still a lot of fun, though!!

New Mythmatch Video A 1-minute overview of the game loop of Mythmatch after seeing many players surprised by the depth and breadth of the game. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3KS...

GUYS! I need your help. If we get to 100 followers by tomorrow my manager said I can leave early for the day. If a sim game with a cozy-punk narrative about running a struggling record store your thing drop us a follow and a repost 🙏 We can't wait to bring Wax Heads to you all in early 2026!

here's a snippet of one of the last songs i've made for Wax Heads!!! it's about something i'm super passionate about -- music not having to be ✨perfect✨ and being a thing of joy and expression and bringing people together so i hope you enjoy my perfectly imperfect rendition 😌 #gameaudio #indiedev

Loco Motive is currently 30% off, and we've been seeing a lot of new players picking up the game. As a result, we're inching closer to 900 reviews on Steam! If you've enjoyed the game but haven't left a Steam review yet, we'd really appreciate it. ➡️ s.team/a/1709880

This is genuinely one of my favorite games of all time. It is so simple yet so clever and is filled with so many amazing details. And it's also very playable by someone who has absolutely no rhythm like me. I cannot believe you can get this, Year Walk, and DEVICE 6 all together. Just magical.

We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal. youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...

Honoured to be part of the 2025 @bafta.org Breakthrough Programme and represent Scotland with some of the most talented people I’ve ever met www.gamesindustry.biz/bafta-breakt...

you can nominate squeakross for the "Sit back and relax" Steam award!! NOMINATE=> store.steampowered.com/news/app/287...

I'm a BAFTA Breakthrough 2025! I'm honoured to be amongst such an incredible cohort, and for BAFTA to recognise my work on Old Skies! As a disabled, female, performer-writer in games, I am so proud to show what we can do, and with BAFTA's support the sky's the limit! www.bafta.org/stories/brea...

At the end of a rollercoaster year, I’m genuinely humbled to share that I’m part of this year’s #BAFTABreakthrough UK cohort! Thank you @bafta.org, @baftagames.bsky.social, @netflix.com and everyone involved in the program for your belief and support 🙏 Photographer: Hollie Fernando

Absolutely loved working on Mythmatch with Moo! What a joyful game and lovely team 💕

Hilde (@heksen.bsky.social) wrapped on Mythmatch in February of this year. She did amazing work on the Mortal Realm map design. I'd just throw in everything that the map needed functionally, and she'd lay it out to feel like a living, breathing space that also looked nice!

Still working night and day on The Mermaid Mask. I've never worked so hard or for so long on anything! Apologies again, about being so quiet for so long. It's been a real 'head down working' kind of year.

Hey game devs-- are you releasing an Indie game in 2025 or do you have a demo up on Steam? Reply with a link to your Steam page and get in this starter pack! #indiedev #gamedev #followfriday go.bsky.app/Tip1FYr

A student in my graphics programming class said I could go to E3 if I signed up for an internship at their video game company.

A lot of Mythmatch playtesters play over the weekend so it's so nice to come in on a Monday morning to watch people playing (and usually loving) the game. Now that there are less critical bugs / UX issues, I can mostly relax and just enjoy the reactions.

And November is here and everything inside of me is screaming to stay home / go to my son's Pokemon tournament instead. But I'm on the train so see some of you soon!

A bunch of new wonderful people added to this starter pack - collecting people working on indie games that explore better futures or critique the messed tangle of the present. Keep them coming! go.bsky.app/Fhw51ip #starterpack #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #future

As of today it has been a year since I launched IT EATS PLANETS! Since launch I have released 60+ colour pages, which feels pretty good for something I'm unable to do full time. Huge thank you to every reader, commenter, sharer and supporter. I care deeply about my work and cherish every response ❤️

Alerta de vídeo novo! 🚨 Mythmatch Updated Demo - Part 1 (EN) (Cozy Quest 2025)

I'm giving an IN-PERSON Game Trailer Masterclass in FRANCE! Seven jam-packed hours of talking about the good and bad of making trailers 👀 January 19th in Paris January 21st in Lyon Here's a video with an overview, and the link to sign up 👇🏼 gamemasterclasses.catalogueformpro.com/7/business/2...

It's the fourth and final day of #CozyQuest2025 and it's a packed one! We've got a day of the coziest puzzle games around starting right now, then join us on YouTube at 4pm GMT for the Cozy Quest Awards! youtu.be/iFNUQzyP2is

We're on Day 3 of #CozyQuest2025 and it's all about simulation games! If you love building / managing / cleaning, make sure you tune in and you might just discover your next favourite game! youtu.be/byBBayV4iEE