Only 10 more days until the Swiss Game Awards! If you're in the region of Geneva and would like to watch the event in IRL, there's a watch party at the Oasis bar (Rue de Monbrillant 20, Genève) 🥳

🏆 The Swiss Game Awards are upon us! 🏆 A total of 40 games were submitted this year among these 4 categories: 🚀 Best Entertainment 📖 Best Student 👔 Best Serious 📅 Most Anticipated Join the online ceremony on December 18th at 19:00 CET on our Youtube Channel!

A tous les game devs francophones de Suisse : Envoyez votre candidature pour la deuxième édition de la Game Créalab Francophone, une résidence de conception d'un projet de jeu vidéo qui aura lieu à Charleroi en Belgique du 10 au 23 octobre 2025. La participation est gratuite!

A tous les game devs francophones de Suisse : Envoyez votre candidature pour la deuxième édition de la Game Créalab Francophone, une résidence de conception d'un projet de jeu vidéo qui aura lieu à Charleroi en Belgique du 10 au 23 octobre 2025. La participation est gratuite!

#SwissGames release alert! 🏰Castle Craft 🏰 released today! Dive into an epic siege sandbox where you can build massive castles in a fully destructible voxel world. Castle Craft will be available on Steam, and when you are already there, leave a review 🫡 store.steampowered.com/app/2086680/...

Deadline extended! There are still some booth spaces available for Fantasy Basel, so sign up!

🗓️ Upcoming Event 🗓️ The next Let's Talk About Games gathering in Rotkreuz will happen tomorrow. If you're up for a relaxed get-together and testing each other's prototypes, this is for you! ❓Where: Rotkreuz, FORUM (Building 1, ground floor) ❓When: April 15th, 6pm

🗓️ Upcoming Event 🗓️ The Critical Thinking with Video Games event and workshop look at games in times of crises. All talks and workshops are free, so if you have some spare time, you should 100% stop by! ❓Where: Swiss Game Hub/UZH ❓When: April 14th and 15th, 2025

Would you like to showcase your game at Fantasy Basel? The SGDA once again will have a booth at Fantasy Basel this year, promoting amazing games from Switzerland! SGDA members can still apply for one of the 10 booth spaces until April 13th, 2025.

🗓️ Upcoming Event 🗓️ Why do we even play video games? In the next Games in Context event, David Stark explains player motivations, why they can be different from person to person, and why this is relevant to game developers and everyone interested in psychology. More info in first comment ⬇️

Feudums is a medieval online grand strategy & 4X ⚖️ no pay-to-win gimmicks, ♟️ no grind. Just strategy. Monday's update to the community demo brought streamlined seasonal labour management & better commands UX. 🔗 s.team/a/473750 #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #indiegame #multiplayer #uiux #gaming

In Of Life and Land, your villagers not only have to work, but also look after their needs - water, food, sleep! 🛏️

It’s starting to feel like spring (the Grimoire Groves plants are feeling it too)! 🌱☀️ #screenshotsaturday

In Of Life and Land, animals are more than just residents. They affect the balance of nature. Every animal has its place in this living world. 🦊🐄🌿

A little harmless misbehaving, as a treat

An #interview with #Swiss #gamedeveloper @earlycoffee.games, currently working on #HermitAnUnderwaterTale (paywall, German read). #SwissGames #gamesCHweiz #indiegames #gamedev #gamedesign #games #Steam www.games.ch/swissgames/i... @sgdach.bsky.social @igda-ch.bsky.social @swissgamehub.bsky.social

Would you like to showcase your game at Fantasy Basel? The SGDA once again will have a booth at Fantasy Basel this year, promoting amazing games from Switzerland! SGDA members can still apply for one of the 10 booth spaces until April 13th, 2025.

📣 Introducing our new board members! 📣 At our general assembly last month, our members voted two new people into the SGDA board. Today we're introducing: ❗ Alexandre Serex❗ Alexandre is a software and DevOps engineer, tools programmer and teacher!

📣 Introducing our new board members! 📣 At our general assembly last month, our members voted two new people into the SGDA board. Today we're introducing: ❗ Marco Burri!❗ Marco is project lead, software engineer and game dev since 15 years! ⬇️ Marco's goals in the SGDA⬇️

❗ Fantasy Basel registrations are open!❗ The SGDA once again will have a booth at Fantasy Basel this year, promoting amazing games from Switzerland! SGDA members can now apply for one of the 10 booth spaces until April 13th, 2025.

I'll be part of a podium discussion about "dangers and uses of gaming" at the Manabar in Basel this Thursday. I'm very curious about the other participants and the discussion and would love to see some familiar faces in the audience!

In cultural funding, it is often assumed that artists and cultural practitioners must be professional in order to receive support. But what does professionalism really mean in this context, and what does the path to professionalization look like?

An #interview with Seraina Rohrer (Head of Fachstelle Kultur Kanton #Zürich) about the new #funding for digital culture (paywall, German read). #games #Spieleförderung #Computerspiele #ZürcherFilmstiftung www.games.ch/schweiz/inte... @sgdach.bsky.social @igda-ch.bsky.social @swissgamehub.bsky.social

#SwissGames release alert! 🌱 Grimoire Groves🌱 released today! Check this colorful and quirky roguelite dungeon crawler out on Steam, and when you are already there, leave a review 🫡 buff.ly/Mbnj7dZ

An #interview with #Swiss #gamedeveloper Strangers, currently working on #TrailblazersIntotheMarch (paywall, German read). #roguelite #colonysim #sim #simulation #SwissGames #gamesCHweiz #indiegames #games #FTL #RimWorld www.games.ch/strangers/in... @strangers-dev.bsky.social @sgdach.bsky.social

Two new surprise #SwissGames launches coming up! Looks like the SAE students are super productive 💪 If you want to check them out, be sure to wishlist 🏰Descend to the Top 🏰and 🥊Glimmer Fighters🥊on Steam! 🏰Descend to the Top: https://buff.ly/3EEHfPR 🥊Glimmer Fighters: https://buff.ly/3X7hs94

This is how River Towns started vs. how it looks today! 🎨✨ From concept art to the final game, the transformation has been incredible. What do you think of the evolution? 🏡🌊 #GameDev

Finished the piece I was working on! Particularly happy with the colors and vibes of this one :> (and gives me a good direction for making the background assets)

Are you ready for your witch apprenticeship? 🧙‍♀️🪄 The new Grimoire Groves demo is now live on Steam! If you wanna pick up your magic wand and grow some cute plants with it, follow this link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1830430/Grimoire_Groves/

#SwissGames release alert! 🐻 The Right to Bear Arms 🐻 released today! This quirky souls-like action adventure made by two SAE students is now available on Steam. The Right to Bear Arms on Steam: https://buff.ly/3Xkf13p

#SwissGames release alert! ⚔️ Pale Abyss ⚔️ released today! The first person action RPG made by two SAE students is now available on Steam. You can delve into the Pale Abyss here: https://buff.ly/40G6EzV

Folks over on Twitter are really enjoying our little cactus plants 🌵But what if I told you that this lil guy also makes more even littler guys?😊🍄

You can try to plan your city however you want… but in the end, the river is in charge. 😅 Steam Page: store.steampowered.com/app/2485350?...

So you want to be a Trailblazer, huh? A new trailer like you’ve never seen before. See you on February 27th for the full trailer and gaming news, sneak peeks, exclusives and more, all part of the 2025 #ignfanfest! @ign.com

Gefallen euch #Games wie #FTL #FasterThanLight und #RimWorld? Dann solltet ihr euch #TrailblazersIntoTheMarch genauer anschauen, ein Spiel, das beim #Schweizer Studio Strangers @strangers_games entsteht. Ein Interview mit den Devs. www.games.ch/strangers/in... (G+)

We're only following 10 other accounts on here, let's fix that. We're Okomotive from Zurich and we're working on an adventure game about herding a bunch of mysterious creatures up a mountain. What about you? What games are you making or playing? 🤗

Time to break out and emerge into the open air 🌤️

📣Calling all content creators📣 It's less than a month until Grimoire Groves releases 😱 If you would like to get a super sparkly ✨review key✨ so you can play Grimoire Groves before it releases, we got a sign-up form for you🌸 forms.gle/PxFCv9QUjVrR... Please also help spread the word by reposting 🙏

Attention Clawlers! 🕹️ Our roguelike deckbuilding game Dungeon Clawler is now available with Google Play Pass! 🥳

In addition to building, there are many exciting tasks in River Towns! Which mechanics do you like best? 🌳

DERU is celebrating the #steam #co-op fest with a 70% discount! store.steampowered.com/app/632250/D... #gaming #indiegames #puzzle

I got to play the closed beta for this and it was so fun!

Sometimes we find friends in unlikely places 🍂

Did you know that the Grimoire Groves spell tree is an actual bunch of (mushroom) trees? 🍄 Whenever you grow a new tree, you unlock a new spell! ✨ Magical gardens are quite neat, huh? 🪄 #screenshotsaturday

Happy to announce we will be participating in the @steampowered.com couch co-op fest next week! If you haven't played Hermit with a friend yet, give it a go! s.team/a/1773740/

SMELOGS CLASH #1 Ready to battle for glory? Join our Smelogs Clash tournament with a $200 prize pool! 🎉 Grab a teammate and prove you're the best! 💥 🔹 Format: 2v2 Tournament! ⚔️ 🔹 Prize Pool: $200 💰 🔹 Date: 23rd - 16:00 CET Sign up now! matcherino.com/tournaments/... #SmelogsClash #eSport #RTSgame

Made a little post summarizing all that we've worked on last year, it's over on steam in case you're interested: store.steampowered.com/news/app/177... It always feels like not much when shown incrementally, but it's good to have a little bit of a retrospective from time to time ❤️🦀 #gamedev

👀 Psst..we’ve got some exciting news! With the help of witch magic, Grimoire Groves is releasing early on March 4th!🧙 Also, a new demo releases February 17th, so you can soon grow your garden, cast some spells and make new friends!🔮 Trailer is too long for Bsky, so have a random bug video 💖

Highlighting a unit that has a target, now outlines the target as well. I've also worked on low-ground/high-ground differentiation, but it probably will need more work. e.g. archers on low-ground have a shorter range. #gamedev #swissgames #highground #indiedev

The Calicorns like to feel the mountain breeze ruffling their fur 🍃