First game of the year is Golden Sun per @itsalex.bsky.social suggestion and hot damn this is pretty good! I wasn’t expecting so much puzzling/environmental manipulation.

Had exactly one vodka soda and then fell asleep at 10.30, happy new year

Gonna harvest some plums this week… what should I make? Currently considering syrup and cordial…

love seeing new indie stuff that looks unlike anything else I've ever seen

Taking a break from last-min holiday shopping to just check in with y'all and ask: have you wishlisted GO PHISH yet? It's our premier new roguish-debtbuilder! It's on Steam! It's got cards, and stress, and dubious moral choices! store.steampowered.com/app/3909150/... #indiedev #indiegame

Pretty sure I'm on the naughty list because I hacked Santa... #indiegame #indiedev #wishlist #christmas #GOPHISH

seeing this made me so irrationally angry

I didn't like how the original format image looked so I made my own one. Anyway, I generally play 15-20 games per year - here's your opportunity to suggest something for me to play in 2026! I tend to play a lot of RPGs/action/narrative games, I'd be happy to branch out of my comfort zone though!

gawd damn this looks so fucking cool can some publisher pick this up immediately

Today’s harvest… our raspberry and boysenberries bushes are going nuts this year, punnets every week!

This is a more extended look at how GO PHISH plays - at the moment anyway! Still iterating on a lot of the timing of actions

Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment. It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.

I am unlikely to finish any more games between now and 2026 so here: all the games I finished in 2025.

now thats a headline right there

i will rag on anybody using an LLM for placeholder text when lorem ipsum has been here for sixty years

It blows my mind how big games companies will just hit complete own goals when it comes to PR... like anyone could tell the CEO to not mention AI in an interview. Now you have even more bad PR because everyone's talking about how bad your hiring practices are... it's blown up even bigger!

Putting this out there for all of you would-be hackers and card game aficionados that haven't seen our game announcement yet! Wishlist GO PHISH on Steam now! store.steampowered.com/app/3909150/... #indiegames #indiedevs

Thought I'd show off the buildcrafting you can do in Go Phish! Managed to put together this combo where I could do nearly 100 damage from an Ace (usually only 14 damage). Also there's a bug in this video, hopefully you don't notice? #indiegame #indiedev #roguelite #cardgames

Marathon still looks really good and I'm definitely... interested? But truly the only thing that would really convince me to buy it day one is a PvE only option. Duckov showed that PvE only extraction can totally work - why not let us?

Toddlers contain multitudes. One moment of kindness, handing a water bottle to their sibling. The next moment, winding their arm back and then full face slapping that same sibling.

We've started up a new Discord server where we'll be posting about GO PHISH development and sharing sneak peeks! It'll also be the first place to hear about future playtests. If you're excited for GO PHISH, you should join! #indiegame #indiedev discord.gg/8KxSYJ4AUp

I love Aotearoa New Zealand video games

Oh I’d do this! Got anything you can recommend I should play?

THEY'VE PUT ME ON THE POCKETSTATION COOP. I'M BEING RENDERED IN A 32 BY 32 GRID OF MONOCHROME PIXELS. THE BOYS BACK AT QUANTICO SAID THEY'RE GOING TO RELOCATE ME TO A "DOKO DEMO ISSYO" UNTIL THEY CAN GET THIS STRAIGHTENED OUT.

For screenshot satur/sunday here's a look at the Deck Customisation screen in GO PHISH! Inspired by the idea of a cyberpunk cyberdeck, the Deck in GO PHISH is a small device that you customise with Suits, Plugins, and Programs. The art is still in dev so just a greybox sneak peek for now! #indiegame

It's the first day of #devmas We announced our game Go Phish last week! In a nutshell the game is about phishing and hacking folks (with Go Fish) to take their money, all to pay rent and not get evicted. Please wishlist it on Steam and support our development journey! #indiegame #indiedev #gaming

A Total War W40k game is such a slam dunk of an idea I am surprised it's not been done before.

this is SO NEAT

@kebabskal.bsky.social hey I've been *really enjoying* Wild Growth. Is there somewhere to find the soundtrack to buy? I really like the music!

Our team is feeling SUPER energised after being in @frostygamesfest.com Mini yesterday! Hello to all of our new followers, thank you for looking at/wishlisting/following Go Phish on Steam. It's really gratifying after all of our work so far! We can't wait to show you more of the game! #indiedev

Wirm, Woodworm, Wyrmspace – Weirdly, a lot of games about worms in the Frosty Mini, a showcase of games from Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Here's a roundup of all the games that were featured:

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ok one earnest post……. 10 yrs ago today I graduated w my honours degree which I wrote my dissertation on the need for more self determined Indigenous video games… and on this very same day 10 yrs later released one w my friends!!! 🥹

Whenever I see a game like this I just get excited to introduce my boys to it in a few years when they might have a passing interest. This looks wonderful!

We've been working really hard on this indie game, it's fun and addictive and also a little bit dark and narrative-y. If you could spare a wishy that would be delishy. Thanks also to @frostygamesfest.com for letting us announce in the showcase!

Whew! Trailer up, Steam Page live, Frosty Games Mini done, time to go wishlist a whole bunch of games and also I GOTTA PLAY TOROA BRB

We're so excited to properly announce our first game, GO PHISH! A tense, exciting rogue-ish debtbuilder based on the classic card game Go Fish! WISHLIST NOW ON STEAM! store.steampowered.com/app/3909150/... #indiedev #indiegame #steamgames #indie

played an early demo of this - really tense, eerie & claustrophobic. stuck in a literally shrinking bedroom & hacking to survive (from @doctorears.bsky.social)

lotta folks on YouTube getting a real shock watching one of the shorts I posted talking about Customising Your Deck but in my kiwi accent...

The Frosty Mini from Frosty Games is live tomorrow!!! Make sure you watch live at 8am AEDT/10am NZT/1pm PT, there are going to be a lot of amazing Australia and New Zealand-made games - including our project ;) you can find the stream over here: bit.ly/frostymini #indiegames #indiedev #showcase

26 games, 30 minutes. Frosty Mini is TOMORROW! ☀️🍦 Catch the showcase live on our YouTube and Twitch channels. Expect surprise reveals, announcements, and updates! 🔴 YouTube: youtu.be/Ji17SMaOtvg 🟣 Twitch: twitch.tv/frostygamesf...

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this map for Disco Elysium Final cut is i believe the most time consuming jobs i've done was super fun

I played Horses this weekend and I wrote down some messy thoughts not only on the game but especially on the specter of formalism that emerged to haunt us all for a moment. transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...

Yet another banger of a blog post from Joe. Really interesting design system for reactive NPC behaviour.

Played a bit more Clair Obscur. I think the only thing I'm finding myself disappointed in is the world map?? It feels almost pointless, all of the optional content is absurdly difficult and geared towards late-game approach. So there's basically no incentive to explore. It's pretty, but empty.

In our Go Fish roguelite, you play as a hacker trying to make rent. Existing in your apartment can be tough though... the more stressed you get, the more the walls close in as the room shrinks. This can cut off access to vital tools if you're not careful!!! #roguelite #indiegame #indiedev

In our Go Fish roguelite, instead of playing with Clubs/Spades/Hearts/Diamonds, you instead play with a whole host of different equippable suits with different abilities. #indiedev #indiegame #roguelite

This is just more fuel on the fire that says we need a Benoit Blanc Muppets Movie where the only human is Benoit Blanc! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJxz...

Please watch this showcase! My team has got something cool in it <3