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Itch.io Summer Sale recommendation thread because I think it's a neat site and I like that it takes a smaller cut than Steam and you get the games DRM-free. Most of these will probably be adventure games since that's what I play the most! 🧵

Aww the co-creator of FTL came out as trans and issued an update for the first time in years just to change her name in it 😭 love that game.

The whole plot of the game is just Fox putting the ship into danger to collect the insurance.

Wow, we just hit the top of the "comedy-but-actually-depressing" tag! Thank you! #itchsummersale

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I totally forgot to post that my games are on sale as part of the @itch.io Summer Sale. It's the best deal I've had on either of my commercial games! essaygames.itch.io/ne9jwnt7tk Itch takes only 10% of sales compared to Steam's 30%, so now's the perfect time to support Essay Games!

IGN is reporting that your GTA 6 character can only access healthcare in the Ultimate Edition

AQ1 is in the Itch summer sale. You can purchase two years of my life for one American dollar. two-headedboy.itch.io/academic-que...

Git still hiring poets to write error messages.

AQ1 is in the Itch summer sale. You can purchase two years of my life for one American dollar. two-headedboy.itch.io/academic-que...

If you're mad about not getting a physical copy of this, may I interest you in a Game Boy cartridge about trying to graduate from college? twoheadedboygames.etsy.com/listing/4491... (With perhaps more to come soon...👀)

Today at noon Midwest central time my first two games will be available as a bundle on itch.io Come check them out give em a download and play them on your choice of gameboy emulator or even on original hardware Links in bio! #gameboy #gamedesign #pixelart #retrogaming #videogames #gamedev #gaming

Mark, please play my Game Boy game about how moderates seeking profits have improved higher education, you'd love it

damn. valve is at the mercy of industry players that dwarf them to such an extent they just have to deal with whatever they're being charged for access to the market? that sounds rough. can't imagine what that's like kotaku.com/valve-says-t...

As an educator trying to navigate these issues on a much smaller scale, I find the hyperbole about this conversation really frustrating. I have tried to take a zero-tolerance policy in my classes, and it's led me to put all my energy into being a cop, and it sucks.

I've decided to experiment with #godot and rebuild the #gbstudio prototype and see which direction I might want to go. So here's a new thread! #indiedev #gamedev

currently working on the demo for Encryptid. its playable from start to finish on both PC and Game Boy and just needs some polish the intro to the game should be playable for yall soon 👀 spooky screenshot unrelated #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame

Oh no, I'm gonna relapse.

I recognize that security is a real issue there, but is there anything more annoying than trying to log into Discord? "Scan this QR code." With what? I am on my phone.

For this Father's Day weekend, my minigame-narrative-memoir-ish game Bundle of Joy will be 50% off. BoJ attempts to capture the lovely and difficult changes that happen when you become a parent. So gift it to a new Dad, hopefully it'll make them feel seen. store.steampowered.com/app/3138370/...

We just launched a video game!! 📑📑📑 Thank You For Your Application is an interview game, where you screen resumes according to company requirements and issuing the appropriate thank you letters. Available now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2881370/...

Because of this bug, I'm going to take a break from prototyping, work on art and other studio business as I plot my next move. I have the choice of moving the project out of GBS into Godot or radically scoping down. It's a tough call.

Pretty sure there's a breaking bug in a plugin that I'm using in...all my critical systems. Variables are just randomly changing value in the background when they're not being referenced. Unsure how to proceed, but...this isn't great! #gbstudio #indiedev

Was about to repost the announcement for an interesting new release and glanced at its Steam page to find AI-generated trailers and music. Just show some fucking gameplay, dawg.

Its just this meme over and over again. STOP BUYING STUDIOS TO CLOSE THEM

Why didn’t Microsoft announce these studio closures during the Xbox Games Showcase?

People Make Games traveled to Michigan to meet Jerry Gretzinger, an 84-year-old man, who's spent most of his life working away on a single, giant map to an imaginary world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is8N...

I'm gonna have to mute the word "britain" I guess

Didn't post about it because I was actually enjoying it, but Narrascope was great again this year. I might have even gotten an idea for a talk...

"We're shipping so much more code with AI!" "Good, stable code?" "Oh heavens no. No no no. not at all. We couldn't possibly"

Beginning the long drive from Philadelphia to Narrascope in Albany!

Love the art style on this.

It's true: we're organizing a games industry hardship fund! This is the kind of mutual aid that can happen when workers get organized, too. And we've got a lot of irons in the fire 💅

Submitted AQ1 to this, encourage other devs that follow me to do the same. #gamedev

🕚️ There's still time to register for a NarraScope 2026 remote membership, but the clock is ticking! Membership sales close at 11:59pm EDT tonight...

Relevant: we make free narrative tools for multiple engines, and we don't use any genAI whatsoever--not for coding, not for writing, not for anything. When it comes to middleware that people build their art + livelihoods upon, quality (and labour solidarity) matters. yarnspinner.dev/blog/why-we-...

The people pushing LLMs claim that those who know how to use the slop machine will control the world soon. But actually it will be anyone who can still brush their own teeth.

New Kingdom Hearts leak.

Okay. An important moment for us, if you’ll indulge me with a repost. It’s time to start the very first whisper of noise about our next game. It’s a mailing list! But it’s a mailing list that I’m hoping will be a bit different than what you’re used to. mailchi.mp/bithellgames...

Inside sources have leaked to me that the next Kingdom Hearts will be set in the extended Hanna-Barbera universe.

nintendo announced they are remaking the last christmas you had before the divorce

I hope Kingdom Hearts visits Seinfeld this time.

Side columns of the movement indicators are working. Lots of bugs, but they aren't worth working out until full implementation. They pop up a bit slower than I want, but I can't even think about optimizing until other systems are built. #gbstudio #indiedev #gamedev #pixel

The worst part of my partner being out of town is that there's no one to blame when the filtered water is empty. Follow for more studio updates.

hey man we used AI in the production process of this game but don't worry none of it made it in the game, it was a huge waste of time and money, and we could've just looked at stock photos at the end of the day. You have to accept the future.

🎉 Celebrating 2 years of glory! ⚔️ Now available on Nintendo Switch, Steam, Itch, EmuDeck, and Afterplay, Glory Hunters has come a long way, and it's all thanks to your support. To celebrate, we've prepared a few goodies. Follow the thread

The final section of AQ1 is a defense research facility overseen by a literal demon and full of extraterrestrials on vacation, and it's still somehow less absurd than reality.

This is what every game developer sounds like right now.

All the enemies have their pronouns floating above their heads.