The people who will most profit from this quality and connection-sapping technology being assumed to be inevitable, want you to give up on pushing against it today, by believing that fight is already over. Don’t give in. Don’t be fooled. Don’t accept the thing already making our medium worse.

Hello, not only do we not use AI we would rather cut off our own arms than do so. Demonschool is 100% human made.

maybe we could use another splash screen.

We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA. Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.

every single frame of animation, in-house developed sound effect, line of code, visual asset, chart, and line of dialogue was done by a human and done without using generative AI tools in the making of UNBEATABLE. relinquishing creative choices to tools makes your work empty, vapid, and meaningless

There have probably been some pretty epic changes to Battle Suit Aces since the last time you've played it! We've added Deck Management, which was highly anticipated, and other fixes and fun! Check out our FULLY VOICED, dynamic, colorful mech card battler rpg right now! 🤗

Reminder that if you are a member of the press or an influencer interested in Detective Instinct, contact us at [email protected] 👀 We'll be distributing keys very soon! Just over two weeks to go 😮 Who's ready to play?

Always ask artists for permission rather than forgiveness because we have really long memories and a bottomless capacity for both incredible generosity and incredible pettiness.

blog post boiling within me titled "indie publishers, you need to get your shit together" based on this year of indie pubs submitting games to IGF w/ a demo and then when asked for a dev build so anyone can actually judge it, either ghost or go "we will provide you with a build on the release date"

Depuis la fin du mois d'avril je n'ai pas relancé une seule fois Slay the Spire... car j'ai Starvaders à la place ! Ce jeu est un modèle d'UX qui un mélange jeu de carte et space invaders et c'est un nouveau label C'est Ouf ! de 2025 @starvaders-game.bsky.social

The amount of times I’m in gamer centric spaces and have to hold my breathe hearing something so confidently said yet incorrect is hilarious

Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day! Don’t forget to smash your clocks!

"Utiliser par paresse la technologie écocide basée sur le plagiat de masse utilisée massivement pour de la désinformation, en la banalisant tout en donnant de l'argent à ses créateurs, ce n'est pas pareil que l'utiliser à des fins de désinformation" Niquez-vous, à la fin. Ni-quez-vous.

Look Outside was a fantastic game even when it first launched, but the 2.0 version is something else. All the personal quests flesh the characters out further, and the player character gets a lot more characterization too, firmly cementing him as peak Weird Little Guy. Good neighbor. Total freak.

Hey can yall motherfuckers get unstuck from your feelings about the year 2020 already and start doing the right thing and masking up, at least around people who are vulnerable, disabled, and or already struggling with long covid? Cause I'm sick of people making my friends sick.

[2018-2025]

🕯️ If you had to choose…
would you rather fall for the mysterious lady or the strong guy? 👀💘 (Yes, I’m working on a murder/mystery dating sim, I'll try to share more soon!) #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #murdermystery #datinggame #cozygames

BIRDCAGE is manifesting in realspace! eastasiasoft has just announced the following PlayStation 5 physical editions of BIRDCAGE are available for preorder on their newly-launched store: Deluxe: shop.eastasiasoft.com/products/bir... Standard: shop.eastasiasoft.com/products/bir...

It's time!!! Independent Games Festival judging is wrapping up and thus comes my list of IGF Games I Want To Talk About for the year! As usual, I'll threadpost this later (maybe tomorrow) but people willing to click on a link can read it in full right now on my blog! auratriolo.com/blog/2025/11...

Alright! It's Tomorrow so time to turn this into a thread! Welcome to IGF Games I Want To Talk About 2025, my annual tradition where I bring up a selection of games I played as an Independent Games Festival judge that I thought were interesting and deserved further highlighting.

Senior illustrator, with 20 years of experience and a specialty in game art. I haven't been able to find a paying project for months. Can you help? Every share is appreciated.

Not even joking here, the term "gameplay loop" has done immense damage to creativity in video games, both AAA and indie.

i'm so sorry for the delay, and i appreciate each and every single one of you for cheering us on this whole time. i am so excited for you all to have your hands on it in December.

no words can express how truly sorry I am to everyone who's been waiting - but i promise it'll be worth it. we put our all into something that we want to be proud of and we're taking advantage of the time to make that something you don't have to take our word for <3

the entire team has put so much heart into this game. i have seen so many amazing things created by everyone at d-dell. we want to be happy with what we we're putting out into the world, so i hope y'all can wait just a little longer <3

When the dust settles, I believe everyone will agree this is/will have been a Very Good Thing. The game is very much worth the wait.

UNBEATABLE is now going to go from a pretty good game to the best fucking game youve ever played in your life. youre going to have to split your life into "before unbeatable" and "after unbeatable". when you get your hands on this game the month delay will not have mattered at all TRUST US. PLEASE

we love u guys so much; i really wish we could show even a glimpse into what we have in store for you (it's so good. it's so damn good) but we need you to wait just a little longer 🙇‍♂️

Unbeatable has been delayed to December 9th (was planned for release tomorrow)

Hi. I've been trying but I can't come up with a good thing to write here because the thing I wrote in this steam post took most of my energy.

TWO WEEKS UNTIL DEMONSCHOOL

Tomorrow is going to be A Day

unbeatable isn't a game that you aren't supposed to beat, it was about beating enormous odds to make it exist at all. tomorrow is going to be one of the most emotional days of my life, and I'm honored to share it with so many incredible people ♥️

I made lowpoly dreads just to see if I could #chabindra #apronstrings

This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.

it's so scary that it's been 7 years and this thing will finally come out. in a lot of ways i don't know if i'm ready for that. there's still lots to do, in a sense. but at the least it's time for us to begin moving onto a new chapter and it's starting to hit on me that it's gonna be so soon

Le contexte est très différent avec la France mais il y a tout de même ceci à retenir : quand la gauche comprend que rassurer l’électorat de droite n’est pas ce qu'on attend d’eux, il y a moyen de se concentrer sur les problèmes des gens et d’essayer de réfléchir à des solutions. Just sayin’...

Seriously, if you want to make the day of a struggling indie dev, just take ten minutes of your time to make a nice review. Works every time. ✨

💯 Playtesting can help you: - Make sure people are taking away what you want them to from your story - Balance combat encounters on a proper curve - Ensure your UI/UX is as intuitive as it needs to be - Find out where people are getting stuck when they shouldn't be ... and so much more!

I’ve seen small and new devs scared to show unfinished games because they might “spoil them.” If your audience is just your friends, then that might be true. But don’t you want your player base to be somewhat larger than that? Playtesting is the secret weapon to making a good game!

Indie Dev Tip of the Day: playtesting isn't just about finding bugs. You don't know if your game is good until many people have ratified it. Until it consistently lands for large numbers of your testers - and don't forget to include new ones every time.

gonna post a post-igf blog sometime full of thoughts on issues that cropped up in this year's compo and the top two points are going to be 1. buggy indev builds always trump demos in terms of whether you get an award vote or not 2. ways to assist/set expectations if your game is hard to judge

This is a really vulnerable time for paypro call centers. It's already been reported that Mastercard is stressed by our persistence I know we're all busy around this time too but let's fire the engines 🔥

En vue d'un projet secret 😏 je fais appel à vous ! Je recherche des jeux indépendants français originaux à mettre en valeur 👀 Professionnels-lles du jeu vidéo, montrez nous en commentaire votre dernière création ! Ami-es, partagez vos coups de cœur !!

The fact that some of the companies who run the games industry are fighting so hard to stop unionization just proves how much power the workers have when they stand together. This disgusting action only delays the inevitable; solidarity will win.

I’m starting my first indie game! It’s a small murder/mystery dating sim with cozy autumn vibes 🍂 
I’m handling art, writing, and design, all on my own.
 I’ll share my progress along the way. 👀” #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev #DatingSim #MysteryGame #cozygames