Wanna try out the demo for The Darkside Detective 3?

20 reviews and all of them positive! Keep them coming! We need 50 to get to the next level!

As the #GamesFromIreland Steam Event begins to wind down, we’d like to highlight some more of the amazing games made in Ireland. From the gothic co-op horror of Eyes of Hellfire to the cozy stop-motion adventure Éalu, Ireland continues to offer games that can’t be found anywhere else.

Here's a work in progress video of the technique in action. vimeo.com/1175098049

Here's a rendering technique I've been toying with over the last couple of months in Unreal. It will be used in the upcoming game "Valley of the Lost Abbey" by @rucach.bsky.social The effect is calculated at runtime with the goal of making any scene look more painterly. #UE5 #GameDev #UnrealEngine

Just three years after saying 'generative AI will replace the majority of [their] static content', Buzzfeed is in big trouble: aftermath.site/buzzfeed-ai-ba...

Gaming execs In 2 years: “I can’t believe nobody wanted to pay for the Ai slop games we didnt hire game developers to develop?!?!”

VACANCY: Screen Ireland is seeking to hire a Head of Digital Games to lead the agency’s strategy and policy for the Digital Games sector. 📅 Deadline for applications: 25th March, 5pm 🔗 screen-ireland.jobs.personio.com/job/2529275?... #JobFairy #IrishGames

NEVER FORGET - WHEN THEY FIND YA☘THEY'LL GETCHA The Games From Ireland Steam Event! Check out some COOL IRISH GAMES discounted all week, including the deepest discounts ever on ENIGMA|STUDIO games. (Huge bualadh bos to @imirt.bsky.social for such a monumentally cool achievement! Please follow them!)

Really proud to see this Games From Ireland steam event come together - will be live from 5pm Irish time tomorrow and goes right through St Patrick's Day next week!

It's absurd that this is being presented as some sort of positive or moment of ingenuity. This thing is guzzling gas. We need to ban these outright.

Over the last few months we've been putting together a little game called Kitman: a 1-4 player sports management simulator set in the backrooms of a soccer stadium ⚽ www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dwz...

Friends, chumps, wizards-of-ill-repute: today we launched our DEMO for Sparrow Warfare! If you are into deckbuilders and somehow not already 110% consumed with Slay The Spire 2, give us a whirl over the weekend! store.steampowered.com/app/4396770/... #indiedev #indiegamedev #deckbuilder #demo

I’m really looking forward to playing this over the weekend. Give it a look :)

Ok, this one has caught my eye multiple times during development. The demo is out now :)

Hello friends! Happy #TurnBasedThursday to all & especially to you @ichigoichiegames.bsky.social for hosting!! It's an big week for us as we're launching our DEMO for SPARROW WARFARE tomorrow! Birds, tiles, & freedom - what more could you want of a Friday?! store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...

I tell people that if the government is covering up the existence of aliens, NASA is absolutely not involved, because astrobiologists can't keep a secret to save their lives

New Lotto Draw Gives Winner Chance Of Registering With A GP https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2024/03/14/new-lotto-draw-gives-winner-chance-of-registering-with-a-gp/

This is what the market-led policies of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have given us. They've put the profits of landlords and investment funds above ordinary people. That's why I've decided to run in the Galway West by-election. It's time we had a radical shift in housing policy that puts people first.

Hi there! Thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday & I'm super excited for your demo, Alchemice looks stunning!! I see your demo is out on March 5th - ours for Sparrow Warfare is out on the 6th & we made a tiny video about that choice that you might relate to 😅 store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...

"Denman Rooke has been selected as the People Before Profit candidate to contest the by-election in Galway West. He is a long-time activist campaigning on issues of worker’s rights, trade unions, anti-racism, climate action, cost of living, and housing." www.pbp.ie/denman-rooke...

🐎SURPRISE🐎 🚨TÖLT - Steam Horse Fest Demo is LIVE 🚨 🎨NEW! CUSTOMISE YOUR HORSE. 🧢PLAY NOW TO CLAIM YOUR EXCLUSIVE PROPELLER CAP, ALSO WEARABLE IN THE FULL GAME. CLAIMABLE *ONLY* DURING STEAM HORSE FEST.

Recently I've been taking another look at fitting movement model parameters from data and managed to derive some formulations that work in terms of starting and stopping times and distances - something that is potentially a lot more intuitive for designers to use. theorangeduck.com/page/fitting...

👾 ANNOUNCING 868-BACK! Dismantle capitalism one server at a time in this computer-hacking strategy roguelike game by Michael Brough! Play the free demo in Steam Next Fest on Feb. 23rd! Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3304110/...

Introducing the Games From Ireland Steam Event, a week-long digital showcase. Running on Steam during St Patrick’s Day 2026, 13th March - 20th March, this is an Imirt-led initiative, developed in collaboration with Irish developers and studios worldwide. www.imirt.ie/news/2026/2/...

Our recap of the Imirt AGM, alongside a video covering some highlights of the day and our Q&A is up on the Imirt Website now! www.imirt.ie/news/2026/2/...

As we announce the first round of tickets for FÍS Games Summit 2026, we are excited to share that Game Designer and Director @nictringali.bsky.social will be one of our guest speakers on the day! The Summit will again be hosted at the Radisson RED in Galway on April 24th. ardan.ie/event/bithel...

Introducing... The Irish Games Fund - Stage 2 @outliersocial.bsky.social @dreamfeel.bsky.social @enigmastud.io @screenireland.bsky.social www.imirt.ie/news/2026/1/...

Announcing Bog Bodies from Dreamfeel! A "short hike”-alike 3d adventure set in a far future Ireland populated only by radioactive talking cats. Players explore a late 19th c inspired landscape full of strange characters and stories...

As the Irish far-right align themselves with British far-right in some twisted idea of a common threat from 'invaders'. It's worth noting that British fascists are reverting back to the days of the National Front, when they hated white (Irish) Catholics also. Hear for yourself at 0.16 in this clip.

The Imirt Irish Game Awards are back for 2026, with new categories for Best Student Game and Best Experimental Game. Submissions are open until February 9th! For further information on the awards and how you can submit your game to the show, please click here! - www.imirt.ie/news/2026/1/...

The Fallosophy beta has been live for 6 days. Over 1,000 players have already tried to climb the history of ideas - and almost as many have fallen back to the beginning. Given how many players keep climbing back up, we’re going to keep the beta on @itch.io going forward ▶️ Play now: bit.ly/4pNSqaK

When I talk about my historical research people are shocked at the brazen propaganda of board games produced during WW1. Things like “recruiting for Kitchener’s army” and “little soldier boy”. But this never went away, just adapted.

as in, if we want investment in games in Ireland we have to support the organisations doing it and shout about the impact it has I'm really excited to take part in the Irish Games Fund, and I was delighted to help with IndieDev and Incubator etc, and we need all these to keep going for the future 🙏

Lovely 10 Year commemorative enamel pin from this year's IMIRT AGM. I got to design this logo years ago, so I was thrilled when IMIRT reached out to me to update the logo. My favourite bit was switching out the D20 for a D10 for this commemoration (2015-2025).

I wrote a blog post about pathfinding and pedestrian simulation: www.psychicsoftware.com/2026/pathfin...

I will be doing the first pitch of Persevere at the @imirt.bsky.social AGM in just over an hour, as part of the IndieDev program (shout out to @ardan-ie.bsky.social also!). This marks the end of our IndieDev period, and the start of our road to release! Exciting! docs.google.com/presentation...

It’s hard to describe how tall these are. Located in Donegal Ireland, these are Europe’s tallest sea cliffs. Lucky to see them recently. Similar to how difficult it was to photograph the Colca canyon in Peru.

Terry and I are going to be in Australia early Feb to early March, approx: * Melbourne: 10-16 Feb * Bit of travelling (Hobart, Moonta) * Adelaide: 25 Feb-8 March Let me know if there's book things or game things happening that I should know about!

Just wrapped another year of Ireland’s longest running Irish Christmas Gamedev party.

I've prepared a little blog post discussing the ideas behind the new Smooth Walking Mode we developed for UE's Mover plugin. This Movement Mode is also used in the new UE 5.8 GASP release! theorangeduck.com/page/new-mov...

It was deliberate intentional and from the top down. That's how you do it.

Suspending Doctors Without Borders is definitely a thing healthy countries do

Reminder that The Guardian has a financial partnership with openAI so they have a vested interest in trying to paint this shit in a positive light. You can't trust a single thing they say about it whatsoever

The motion detector now works in cutscenes! It's fun to see how far this scene has come since like... 2022?? #pixelart #gamedev #survivalhorror #gamemaker

It’s time….

I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%). Lay article attached:

✨ CHICKEN FILLET ROLLS WANTED ✨ Close to completion with my first solo game about chicken fillet rolls! Full draft of the game done, now all about polish. Still on the hunt for people’s roll pics for the in-game gallery! If you've a pic to contribute / plan on getting a roll 😊 DM me! #gamedev