Did you know that Steam OSTs are considered as DLCs and have their own SKU#. Therefore it's very easy to calculate the revenue COMPOSERS KEEP YOUR STEAM OST SALES! Negotiate it in the contract otherwise charge more for your music.

When I first asked @ginaloughlin.com to work on Wax Heads, I think neither of us could've predicted that it would reach the heights that it has - the soundtrack to this game is profoundly delightful, blistering, bombastic, soaring and above all, personal. Cannot wait for you to hear it next year ❤️

IM DONE!!!!!!!!! 😭🎉 all wrapped up on Mythmatch and Wax Heads!!! 2hrs of music!!! and I'm really proud of all of it!!!! 2026 is gonna be a year full of bangers lemme tell u 😤 anyways GONNA GO PICK UP MY SWITCH 2 AND DRINK UNHOLY AMOUNTS OF HOT CHOCOLATE AND JUST..... have a break 😭😌❤️

one game wrapped up!!!! one more to go!!!!!!!

No wait! I made it cuter by adding in music from @ginaloughlin.com (and this has Daisy and her sister singing on it, real sisters singing a song from a band about sisters, META! 😂)

my body is fuelled entirely by mediocre coffee, paracetamol and maltesers reindeers (((deadline season)))

haló devs! this is a mid-monthly reminder that I am looking for concept art work for games with charm, whimsy and playful narratives !! indie devs hit me upp !! ༘⋆ mattjohnsillustration.com

Creative solidarity means: If you're a writer, do not use AI "art" or AI "voiceover" If you're an artist, do not use AI "writing" or AI "references" If you're a streamer/actor, do not use AI for backdrops, thumbnails, etc. Never help AI steal another medium No excuses, no shortcuts, no surrender.

The Indie Game Awards air on Dec. 18th, streaming on IGN, GameSpot, and Six One Indie. It’s not a night for new trailers, but a night to celebrate global devs who swung for the fences with unrestricted creative freedom. 🕐 IGAs Countdown: 6:30 PM ET 🏆 Ceremony: 6:50 PM ET 🔗 www.indiegameawards.gg

Gertie and her creature companion must venture into dungeons & lush forests on a quest to fulfill a coven’s oath. Wishlist now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3041680/... Summon Hints from the Coven: wildflowerinteractive.substack.com

you guys should tune in tomorrow

A Digital Audio Player renewed my love of music: aftermath.site/digita-audio-p...

PONYO #pixelart #ドット絵

🚨 The UK Video Games Industry Census closes 19 Dec. Run by Ukie & Dr Mark Taylor, it’s the most comprehensive survey of the UK games workforce, exploring: 🔹 Industry mood & outlook 🔹 Layoffs, visas & training 🔹 Careers of women in games Open to all UK games workers. Take part: zurl.co/yfMwu

"AVVIES" AWARD WINNERS THREAD. Woe be upon the winners! ❤️ Watch live 👇 www.twitch.tv/UVW_CWA

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!!!!!!! 😭😭😭😭♥️♥️♥️

happy unbeatable is out day to all who celebrate @dcellgames.com

BITS & BOPS IS OUT NOW! 🎶 🎮 Over 20 original rhythm mini-games! 🎵 Catchy music! ⚡ Snappy gameplay! ✨ Gorgeous 2D animation! PLAY IT NOW ON STEAM! 💕

capybara making a delicious pizza

well

had a BREAK and my mixes are GOOD AGAIN i will never be defeated by my stupid ears!!!! 😤

do i hate mixing bcos i am bad at it or do i hate it bcos i will never be satisfied with anything i make and will always find something to change !!!!!!!!!!!

You will be visited by three spirits.

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

Our statement on the recent layoffs affecting workers at Coatsink, Splash Damage, Glowmade & Square Enix, putting over 300 workers at risk of redundancy in the run up to Christmas. If you work in the UK games industry, join our union today: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...

have you thought about shrews yet today

last Bandcamp Friday of the year!! so i have once again gone a lil crazy!!! go buy music from your fave artists!!!!! it's been 1yr since i stopped using music streaming and i feel more connection to the music i listen to now. it's much more intentional and curated and i LOVE IT

watermelon plains 🍉 Composed for the Rising Star Patronage Vol. 1 - Beginnings. Available on all platforms!

Venus

Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it. So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:

Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨

📣NEW CALLOUT: YSWN Rewired To celebrate YSWN turning 10 this year, we’re launching Rewired: artistic commissions for women and gender-diverse people working with electronic music and sound art in Yorks & the Humber. We're offering: • 3 micro-commissions of £750 • 1 main commission of £1,500 🧵1/4

Looking to open some freelance slots for the new year! I’m a Pixel Artist & Animator with 10+ years industry experience and can do a strong range of styles. if you need polished visuals, character work or fluid animations, then shoot me a DM! Shares also appreciated 😉 #art #gamedev #pixelart

perfect is the enemy of good.... i chant to myself..... as i work through these final mixes

All written by the fantastic @ginaloughlin.com (who will want me to make a point that these are all still WIP 😅) but seriously can you believe Gina has made like 25 different songs criss-crossing so many different genres? (AND shoutout to the singers inc. close friends, Daisy and... myself 😂)

Look at me, I'm doing a marketing

We're now accepting talk submissions for #AirCon26 - our next edition of Airwiggles Audio Conference: a free online conference all about audio production for media! Info + submission links here: www.airwiggles.com/c/announceme... #gameaudio #audiopost #sounddesign #composition

haló friends .ᐟ.ᐟ it's been a tough year for devs and I'm now looking for my next job, so if you know of any projects or teams in search of a concept artist/character designer/silly guy connoisseur, please keep me in mind ⋆.˚ you can see more of my concept work here: mattjohnsillustration.com

it’s my birthday! and to celebrate turning 29 i am……. getting a new boiler installed!!!! 💃🎉🥵🔥 this is what it means to age

it's a me 💜 New devlog for our game Wax Heads, hope you like it! It's exciting seeing how it has changed over the years 🔥

last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')

🚨🚨🚨WAX HEADS NEW TRAILER!!!🚨🚨🚨 We've been doing a set of dev logs showing cool new stuff in Wax Heads and in this one, @rothiotome.bsky.social (partner in crime at Patattie Games), wonderfully walks through our game loop! So excited to present, please share this far and wide! Plz and thank you!❤️😭

quri_os 🌱

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...

Malindy's voice is absolutely beautiful and I cannot WAIT for everyone to hear this track!!! 😤 she brought the song to a whole new level 💖

Hope is here. Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️

thank you for all the love on this 🥺❤️ a fun lil thing about the Wax Heads soundtrack is that it kinda maps out my guitar journey when i started working on this song i was working on octaves and the lil 'da-da-da' down up down thing in my lessons which is why they're heavily featured lol

had the most incredible opportunity to work alongside so many talented devs on Wax Heads a few months back .ᐟ.ᐟ Wax Heads is a beautifully crafted cozy-punk narrative sim - to me it's a nostalgic ode to growing up in a time void of mainstream music streaming .ᐟ.ᐟ go show Wax Heads some love .ᐟ.ᐟ ༘

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

well it's a bit late for #blocktober but if you'd like some insight into the #leveldesign process of building the world of TANUKI Pon's Summer, i will be at Good Game Dev Fest on saturday talking about it! alongside a bunch of other talented devs and festivities!! see you there? luma.com/GGDF25