We're back and hard at work after a little break over the holidays. Here's a sneak peak at one of the lovely decorations that @steadfastsalmon.bsky.social is making for us! Release date announcement coming soon, so keep an eye out 📆✨ #WishlistWednesday #Steam #IndieDev #PixelArt #CozyGame

Happy holidays to all who are celebrating. We can't wait to bring you the full release of #FamiliarFindings early next year! #indiedev #cozygame #wholesomegame #popularupcoming

Day 7 of 14 with @jinglejam.co.uk raising funds for @wwf.eu My heart is so full seeing these names run across the bottom of my screen! Thank you to all who have donated so far! We still have one more week to go, let's try to double the number of these adorable adoptables from Familiar Findings.

Thank you @idleresearcher.bsky.social for helping me make this idea a reality. #FamiliarFindings has made this #Fundraiser extra magical! Chat has been all about giving love to them with !pet Command #JingleJam2025 #WorldWildlifeFund #ThankYou #Comminity #Incentives #IdleGame #TwitchIntegration

Familiar Findings joins Taskbar Treasures Week! 🚫 No grind mechanics that slow your progress 🧚 Dozens of magical creatures to collect ✨ Use the Fusion mechanic to unlock over 100+ combinations Try the Demo and wish list now on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3914780?... #idlegame #cozygame

She's hit her goal for the World Wildlife Foundation! If you donate to Kilara's campaign she will summon a Familiar from the game to sit at the bottom of the screen while she streams. So awesome to see our game be apart of such a great cause that's so fitting and close to our hearts.

Spread the news, find some juice. (help out a wonderful #indiegamedev)

Thanks guys for having me on! My first podcast appearance as an indie dev and I think I only cursed twice. #indiedev

Hello, fellow mythozoologists! How is your research going? 😊 To make the experience even more magical, we released a demo update, including Irish translations and Twitch integrations!! 🎉 See the full list of changes here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/391... #FamiliarFindings #IndieDev #GameDev

Familiar Findings is part of the #MidwinterSpirits Festival! 🌟 Cozy witchy idle game 🧙‍♀️Complete your magical grimoire 👻 Summon grumpy ghosts, sleepy dragons and two-tailed cats ✏️ Play while you study, work or over other games! Demo out now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3914780?...

Previously on RGS: The Abbess Garden #IndieDev #IndieGame. More:

Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.

Thread of demos from Games from Vancouver that I'm excited to check out: #WishlistWednesday #GamesfromVancouver #gamedev #indiegames

Games from Vancouver Steam sale shows just how stacked the Vancouver Games industry is: Wanderstop, Darkest Dungeon, Peglin, Inscryption, 1000x Resist and so many others. Excited for Familiar Findings to be apart of it. Check it out and wishlist the game while you're there! #WishlistWednesday

Unfortunately, Familiar Findings wasn't eligible for #SteamAnimalFest. Apparently unicorns count as animals, but dragons don't 🤷 Don't worry though, our demo is staying life indefinitely, so even if we're not featured you can still enjoy all of our magical creatures! #steam #wishlistwednesday

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Companies have so fetishized the idea of free labor they’re paying the highest prices to get it. If they can just realize their dream of a world without employees, they think, the savings will come. The savings will come. It’ll all be worth it when nobody has a job and all the money’s dried up.

This wasn’t about leaking GTA VI. It was: Rockstar illegally firing union members to stop the studio from unionizing. it directly contradicts Rockstar’s PR narrative and confirms almost everything that people suspected was going on.

And then for cozy quarter screen idling, Familiar Findings looks like an adorable, relaxing time by @cliffagames.bsky.social store.steampowered.com/app/3914780/...

Melínoe from Hades 2 🗡️

5 days to go- and we are SO SO SO CLOSE to being able to make Fractured Library the best game we can. 🥹 If you like cozy, magic, and some top-tier humour in-between emotional moments, you might like to back this www.kickstarter.com/projects/rag... #indiegame #Kickstarter #cozygame

Just know when you see the wonderful animations in Familiar Findings that this is what our lead animator has to put up with for references from me. As you might be able to tell I am not the artist for this game. #IndieDev #whosthatpokemon

Hey #PitchYaGame! Familiar Findings Demo Out Now: 👾Creature collector and idler 🧙‍♀️Summon magical creatures 👻Sleepy Dragons, Grumpy Ghosts, Curious Cats and more ✏️Play while you study, work or over other games! #IndieDev #cozygames #idler Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3914780/...

Did you know that alt.ctrl.GDC is celebrating 12 years of alternative controllers this year? We’re looking for your coolest idea, if you built it and the game to go with it, it’s time to submit your project! Submissions close November 20th. Submit today! bit.ly/43dEaQc #GDC2026

It's #PitchYaGame! Elfie: A Sand Plan is game where you help a small elephant build sand castles! 🐘 🏖️ Relax at the beach! 🧩 Solve open-ended 3D geometric puzzles! 🏰 Build your own castles in sandbox mode! You can play the demo on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3784760/... #IndieGame #CozyGame

Are you someone who has streamed #FamiliarFindings? Would you like to help us decide what sort of Twitch integrations to add to the game? Then please reach out to me in DMs (or reply to this), we really want to make sure what we're building is something streamers will love! #indiedev #cozygame

SAG-AFTRA stands in solidarity with the IWGB Game Workers Union exercising their right to organize following reports of union-busting at Rockstar. Our members’ union performances on Rockstar games are an integral part of the success and legacy of games like Grand Theft Auto.

UPDATE: Got many great pitches already, most from Latin America & Eastern Europe (which makes sense given my history & previous work lol) I really want more stories from north of Africa, Middle-East & SEA. I'm reaching out to researchers & journos there, any suggestions & connections are welcome 🙏

HEY FOLKS! Now I am back from Japan I wanted to do a proper *I'M LOOKING FOR WORK* post. Reviews, previews, features, podcasts, on-camera stuff, online, in print... I can do it all! And have been doing it all for like six years! If you have a beat on any opportunities, please let me know.

Everyone is summoning the algorithm today- so why not. We're making a cozy, story based exploration game set in a magical realm. It's called Fractured Library, and you can play a short story from the world for FREE here! store.steampowered.com/app/3984930/... #gaming #cozygame #indiegame

Anyone got recommendations of great Game Dev / Design podcasts plz? #gamedev #gamedesign

Gutted because Teen Vogue was doing legitimately important journalism. Support the staffers laid off today however you can.

Streamers! Transparent window mode has been added to our demo so you can stream our game alongside others more easily with OBS. This + Twitch Integration were among our most requested features at NextFest and we are hard at work on the latter Always hear first on our Discord: discord.gg/NFPPADyjYF

I’m super excited to announce that our Steam page for Blast Off! is now live!! 👽🛸If you want to support us please go have a wee look at our page and wishlist the game (if you do you get a BIG hug from Muni) 💫 store.steampowered.com/app/4078550/... #steam #gamedev #wishlistwednesday #indiegame

I took some time off with my partner after NextFest so I didn't get to say thank you to everyone who checked out our game demo. The response was phenomenal with over 2500 wish lists from NextFest alone. Watching people stream the game was so rewarding and I'm really looking forward to launch.

NextFest might be over but the Familiar Findings Demo is still available. If you're looking for a Halloween game that's witchy but not scary it's a great way to enjoy the festive season. Find it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3914780/... #indiegames #idlegames #idler #cozygames #halloweengames

The final numbers are in! 3500! What a great end to #NextFest 🥰 Thank you again to everybody, we've had so much fun watching you play and interact with the Familiars. We hope you keep following us as we work on bringing you even more cute creatures! #IndieDev #GameDev #CosyGame

So lovely watching streamers like @rinnliadon.bsky.social squeal in excitement at seeing their favourite animals appearing in #FamiliarFindings 💜 www.twitch.tv/rinnliadon #NextFest #IndieDev #CuteGame #CozyGame

There’s a couple more days left of Steam Next Fest, where you can try out a ton of amazing game demos on Steam for free. Here are some awesome games developed by women or from companies with a woman CEO or game director to try out before #SteamNextFest ends! ✨ #Gamedev #IndieGame #Steam

King Gizzard’s Stu Mackenzie on leaving Spotify and making all their music free: ‘Sometimes you just forget that you have free will’

Game devs - *please* don't remove your demos after Next Fest ends! A demo suddenly disappearing after a week doesn't mean I'll rush to play it, instead it just means I'll probably never get around to trying (or buying) your game.

@anwenvt.bsky.social may have had one of my favourite reactions to a Familiar in all of Next Fest. Check out their stream for the full thing here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTNB... #NextFest #indiedev #idlegames #cozygames

Thank you to @tntdragon.bsky.social for covering our game Familiar Findings in your #NextFest micro reviews. We were so pleased to see you give it 5 stars. Check out their work here: reviews.tntdragon.com/nf-25-3-2/ #indiedev #indiegames #idlegames #cozygames #demo

@amiiatsix.bsky.social is now live streaming our game Familiar Findings. Check it out! www.twitch.tv/amiiatsix #nextfest #idlegames #cutegames #cozygames #streaming #twitch #halloweengames #indiegames #gamedev

It was really cool to see how @skellanore.bsky.social positioned #FamiliarFindings alongside interfaces in other games in their stream last night! #NextFest #CozyGame #CuteGame

Been so nice watching @xoneontiger.bsky.social streaming Familiar Findings today. I love getting to hop on stream and answer questions about the game. #NextFest #CozyGame #CuteGame #VTuber www.twitch.tv/xoneontiger

This was Elfie when I told her that her game was sandwiched between a bunch of GenAI slop at the beginning of the event 😭 "Elfie knows what would cheer her up.."👉👈🥺🐘 *She says showing you this link:* store.steampowered.com/app/3784760/... #SteamNextFest #Gamedev #IndieGame #ScreenshotSaturday

My whodunnit lovers should have a look at the seance of Blake manor for steam next fest.

@cosmicnexuss.bsky.social discovering the OpenDyslexic font in #FamiliarFindings reminded me to post it for #ScreenshotSaturday. Having multiple fonts for people to choose from to improve accessibility was an early decision we made in this project. #cutegame #cozygame #nextfest

So wonderful to watch @cosmicnexuss.bsky.social's enthusiasm for #FamiliarFindings on stream. #NextFest #IndieDev #IrishDev #CuteGame #CozyGame www.twitch.tv/cosmicnexuss