Heartbreaking news. There's lots of discourse on the festival's identity, ethics of volunteering and scale I largely agree with- but I just want to thank Freeplay for having me as a judge & awards chair in the past. I felt a part of community and built skills & confidence I still utilise to this day

Hello I guess it's a new year already Last year: ✨️ announced a game studio (@intarsia.studio) ✨️ did multiple cycles of IVF ✨️ moved house ✨️ shipped a game (Mushka on Board.fun) & last but not least! ✨️ gave birth to my first born child (we are both happy & healthy) Bring on '26 💪

Dreaming of Spring (risograph)

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🔥 Malys is OUT NOW in 1.0! 🔥 For a game about demons, you've all been absolute angels - thank you for your support along the way & we're so happy to share Malys' full release with you 🖤 Check out the launch trailer and then get exorcising below!

oi what are some great/terrible/fun videogames featuring or about babies & children? I'm talking baby steps, shower with your dad simulator, octodad, who's your daddy, etc. gimme your best/worst/mid

I truly think the Games Industry would be in a much better place, creatively, if everyone had more exposure to DOS Shareware games.

made a playable zine for FREAKON that incorporates a whole heap of stories of how games media helped feed our community

This is what I've been busy working on this past year! I can't express how stoked & lucky I feel to be running a studio with such madly talented folk.

Announcing... DOGPILE!!! ✨🦴 Dogpile is a roguelike deckbuilder about merging DOGS. Play dogs, get money, customize your dogs with special traits, refine your deck, PLAY MORE DOGS! Free demo is live on Steam, WISHLIST NOW!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3839300/...

AVAILABLE NOW!! You are Johnny Sixgun. You have been having the same dream every night, and it warns you of something terrible. It's time to figure your shit out. Commissioned for and available as part of Indiepocalypse issue #57! pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalyp... #gamedev #hooters #indiegame

🚨 Just one day left to submit for Frosty's Dec event! 🚨 Last chance to submit your upcoming or recently released game made in Australia & Aotearoa for consideration. Dev submissions close TOMORROW, Sep 30! ⤵️ forms.gle/tt8y9N1dPweS...

Isle of Feathers' Kickstarter is now live! Back Dan & Juno's gorgeous bird board game!!! rb.gy/sb9z17

Hello MIGW goers. If you see me at an event and politely think "hmMMm???", yes indeed that big bump is another human growing in me. Shipping a game next month and a baby the month after, wish us energy 💪

I'm obsessed with this

Mars First Logistics 1.0 is out! The time to make robots (on mars) is now!!

Please just develop the literacies and dispositions to play old games just like you can watch old movies.

Day of the Devs: The Game Awards Digital Showcase RETURNS for 2025! Join us after @thegameawards.com for a first look at the future of indie games. ✨✨✨ Working on something awesome? Submissions are now OPEN! Learn more & submit your game here: dayofthedevs.org/submit/

"solving the autism problem" oh you mean cutting the scratchy tags off my shirts?

imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off

Mars First Logistics 1.0 comes out on Friday! Here are some of my favourite builds from Steam Workshop:

Shaking with fear/anticipation

Hello Darwin! Very excited to be speaking this Sunday at NT Screen Summit as a part of the Playing to Win: The Business of Indie Games panel. NT game devs, please reach out if you want to chat - I'm here all weekend!

This year has been about 5 years in one and I am very excited to be able to say more about that verrryy soooon in the lead up to MIGW & after

Letters to Arralla is OUT NOW on Steam with a limited time 20% launch discount!! 🏝️💌 After 5 long years of development and lots of fruit & veggies eaten to power our developers, this cheeky game is finally ready to be delivered directly into your hands!! ☺️ Play now on Steam! youtu.be/7GbGTEpsoIM

Very proud that Mars First Logistics is a finalist in 3 categories at this year's Australian Game Developer Awards: - Excellence in Visual Art - Excellence in Gameplay - and Game of the Year!! agdas.com.au/2025-finalis...

My favourite event of MIGW is back 🤩

I think that as an indie game dev without a large publisher, your target audience is not gamers in general, it is sickos. It's hardcore sickos that will be diving the depths of your genre and finding your game, and it is sickos who will be spreading it. Please the passionate, not the masses.

DŘACULES̗TI IS OFFICIALLY FUNDED! WE MADE IT! we will make a more elegant and on-theme post when it isn't 3am Australian Eastern Time but thank you so much for getting us here, it's a thrill and an honour and a relief.

Howdy friends! I’ll have some capacity for extra work in the near future if any folk are in need of a little games marketing gremlin ✨ I’ll have more specifics soon but am also keen to just get a cuppa with folk/chat about games/chat about Dragon Age, my cats, the new Hunger Games novel etc etc ☕

i make cup'o'soup with like 20ml of water so it's more of a salty paste i can lick off the spoon

We just announced our debut game: PARASENSOR 😈 Wishlist now on Steam: tinyurl.com/yeacumm7 Thank you to @frostygamesfest.com for featuring us! It's an honor to be included among so many amazing ANZ games youtu.be/m7TZws0VrWk #indiegame #indiehorror #horrorgame #summergamefest

Great debut stream from @frostygamesfest.com !! Congrats to all the devs, your games looking tasty as and inspiring to boot. What a great way to start Sunday 🥰

When you're at a point where there's just no way your action game based on a world-famous billion-dollar box office super hero character can realistically be financially viable you have to ask what the games industry is doing, man.

Want to see some GAMEPLAY from our hellish roguelite deckbuilder Malys? We got you! 🖤 Intrigued? Our Kickstarter to make it the best game it can be ends in less than 48 HOURS! Join the hunt today 🙌

🚨 Five Days Til TableTopCon!!🚨 *movie announcer voice* 🗣️ This weekend, grab the very latest in bird-related fashion, with the 'Isle of Feathers' apparel line... What's more appropriate for birding than a bucket hat? Come by our stall at TableTopCon and grab yours! #merch #tabletopcon

Funding rounds OPEN tomorrow for both the Emerging Gamemakers Fund and the Games Production Fund from Screen Australia <3

1. Interview with the Vampire 2. HR Screening with the Vampire 3. Technical Interview with the Vampire 4. The Vampire’s Interview with the Team 5. Hello, Vampire! Unfortunately, we’re not ready to invite you in for this position at the moment. Please stay in touch for opportunities for other roles.

32-∞. I'm just going to paste the arcane kids manifesto here, I think it'll answer all your questions arcanekids.com/manifesto

Happy International Women’s Day, where the the theme is Invest in Women. I will accept AUD$1 million in any format. Thank you.

Please check out this sheet of the current team members who are now looking for new opportunities. We've been honoured to collaborate with them, both on Saltsea Chronicles, and on our unannounced prototype. Jump at the chance to hire them! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

It's so nice to write referrals for excellent and lovely people you've worked with. It's a delightful reminder of all the ways they made your life good in the past and a real treat to have a mini-platform to rave about how wonderful they are 🥰

my self-control this week has been impeccable. it's like im not even in my own body

Sick for the second time in three weeks. I'm becoming reliant on fever dreams for my design ideation & iteration process

What a novel idea—not laying off your staff as soon as a project's over, and letting them cook the next game with all that hard-earned experience, chemistry, and pride. From @jasonschreier.bsky.social's latest Bloomberg newsletter:

Any game devs/artists have recommendations for tools that combine 2D & 3D animation - like pencil sprites + 3D rig? Looking for the best authoring workflows, not in-engine set up

Rip and Tear: My GCAP Talk slides and code Go forth, diassemble and runtime patch the Unity editor with wild abandon. Caution, even the slides are spicy. Slides: cratesmith.github.io/GCAP2023/ Code: github.com/Cratesmith/G...