If this post gets 100 likes I'll release a new game 🎮 EDIT: sorry everyone my account was hacked. Nothing comes out until I'm ready

The history behind this game is super interesting. There's no canonical "Trek" game as it's the result of years of people typing the code direct into mainframes and tweaking it. Full essay on the Steam page for my version, CGA Trek, out today! store.steampowered.com/app/4118300/... #games #startrek

Here's a new anniversary short story set in the same universe as my retro space adventure, Liberation Ganthar and Kaan are being held for interrogation. If they stick together they'll survive. But there's one small crack in their unity. They can't stand each other! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

New game! CGA Trek is my historical dive into the "Trek" game that originated on mainframes in 1971. It was super interesting to research this unique project which spread via code printed in books and was rarely implemented the same way twice. #retrogaming store.steampowered.com/app/4118300/...

store.steampowered.com/app/2413940/... #Blake's7 fans check this out.

The British Library forgiving themselves by restoring Oscar Wilde's library card 130 years after they cancelled it has really wreaked havoc with the search engine rankings for my gay card battler, Oscar Wilde Card 😆 🌈 store.steampowered.com/app/892840/OscarWildeCard/

🔥🔥 NEW SPEEDRUN RECORD VERIFIED! 🔥🔥 🎮 Game: Cell Sword 🏆 Category: Any% ⏱ Time: 0h 33m 32s 000ms 👤 Player: dodgyville 🔗 Link: http://www.speedrun.com/cell_sword/run/zg97v0vm

My games are up to 85% off (average 40%) as part of the Steam Spring/Autumn sale until 6 October store.steampowered.com/search/?deve... store.steampowered.com/search/?deve...

Low Earth Orbit Adventures is a relaxing space sim set in the very near future. Retrieve the Hubble, rescue astronauts, assemble space stations and many other missions in this realistic but friendly adventure! #games #nasa #nasapunk #starcops www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL7R...

Something I'm excited about for next year #LEOAdventures #gaming #nasapunk store.steampowered.com/app/3984420/...

"We have something called 'Team Sneaky' in which we sneakily add little details in to the game without anyone knowing or signing off on it." Fun little interview with the Cult of the Lamb game design director in Tycho Magazine #CultOfTheLamb #TychoMagazine tychomagazine.com/article/cult...

New update for Magnavody, my #MagnavoxOdyssey simemulator. Adds on screen glyphs for gamepad and keyboard that map to the Odyssey control units to make it even easier to figure out how to use this weird but awesome console! store.steampowered.com/app/2695020/...

I will be doing a very special one-performance-only at Sabby Retro Games in this Saturday about a retro topic close to my heart. Come along! I am missing my beloved Frankston Football Club's final for this so I will probably be 50% delightful and engaging and 50% cranky as.

PAX Aus is fast approaching! Last year I posted a thread of tips and advice for indies exhibiting at the show on the site formally known as Twitter. Here's an updated and expanded thread for this year (settle in, its a long one) 😀 #pax #paxaus #indiedev #gamedev @paxaus.bsky.social

The making of retro space adventure Liberation #LiberationGame #TychoMagazine tychomagazine.com/article/bts-...

New (old) game classyk.itch.io/cga-trek

Hilarious Descent-inspired adventure Cell Sword is 15% off this week. #6dof #descent #overload store.steampowered.com/app/3163320/...

New Exhibit:Play Collection 🏳️‍🌈 Winners from the Melbourne Queer Games Festival. This collection contains 38 games spanning 7 years from the yearly festival. Gold, Silver, Bronze, Jury, Emerging Developer, and Technical Achievement. Check the Dig Deeper for the full shortlist of quality queer games

First time watching someone play Liberation in VR. It went well! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rv8...

Liberation, my low poly spacesim, is 50% off for the next week. The reviews are 93% positive and the last update added support for virtual reality which is quite weird and fun. #VR #ValveIndex #SteamVR #spacesim store.steampowered.com/app/2413940/...

If you are in gamedev in Naarm/Melbourne and in a position to give back a little it is your solemn duty to sign up to support this amazing grassroots space even if you have never heard of it! #melbourne #vicscreen #creativevictoria #igdamelbourne #frostyfest #migw

SpaceGameJunkie live streaming Cell Sword www.twitch.tv/spacegamejun...

I'm really interested in code literacy and the aesthetic value of code so it was amazing to ask software archeologist Mark Moxon a few questions about the beauty of the source code to the classic space sim Elite! Thanks @markmoxon.bsky.social tychomagazine.com/article/mark... #Elite #TychoMagazine

Had a lot of fun with this and Bargain Bin Gaymers have been on an absolute tear with their series on indie queer games recently

Cell Sword, my comedy scifi shooter, is now available for the mostly harmless price of $8 on Steam and Itch. It's a love letter to Descent and I've tried to make it crazy and full of twists. Boosts appreciated! store.steampowered.com/app/3163320/... classyk.itch.io/cell-sword #6DOF

24 hours until Cell Sword launches! Hmm, wait, I should be theming the announcements. Um, 24 hours until it injects... 24 hours until the doctor will see you... 24 hours until hemoglobing ... hmm #CellSword #BoomerShooter #Games

Cell Sword is a modern game but I wanted to evoke the classic 90s genre in some way so I made a custom typeface to use as a font. It's called "6DOF Sword" and it releases with the game under a creative commons license. store.steampowered.com/app/3163320/...

Cell Sword ready to launch

It's amazing to see Cell Sword in the same category as the best #6DOF games: "Descent, Overload, Forsaken, Zerograve, Desecrators and miscellaneous" #gaming

Cell Sword on /r/games for #IndieSunday. It's a hard game for me to summarise as I feel obliged for some reason to over-explain the history of the six-degrees-of-freedom subgenre but I did OK here www.reddit.com/r/Games/comm...

spin it #CellSword #6DOF

The only Liberation Day I want to know about is when is the next update to this game #LiberationDay #gaming #EliteDangerous store.steampowered.com/app/2413940/...

I'm here to give the people what they want... and they want high FOV #CellSword #6DOF #godotengine

At that stage of launching Cell Sword where I'm like "if only one person buys my homage to high energy super crazy #6DOF shooters then it will all be worth it... particularly if that player happens to pay $46,000 for that game. Wishlist and share 💪! #gaming store.steampowered.com/app/3163320/...

Final production board for Cell Sword. Even small games take lots of planning. From this board 460+ tasks were generated (435 are closed) to get to v1 What I like about this is you can see visually without text by the end (far right) the story beats, missions and monsters all integrated #gamedev

While I'm boosting kickstarters, here's Crescent Country, a punk broomstick riding delivery game that looks great!

Slay The Spire but you're a hot priest exorcising demons? Insta-backed.

A lot of the enjoyment making this was reaching back in time to games like Descent (1995) and Overload (2018) and "finding the fun" in a game design (6DOF shooter) that has largely died out. Desecrators (2023-present) being a notable exception.

Itch page is live for my #6DOF game Cell Sword. I think in hindsight I accidentally made a boomer shooter :D classyk.itch.io/cell-sword #itch #itchio #gaming #BoomerShooter #CellSword

Submitted Cell Sword to Steam for final approval. MEGA excited to show you this game. #CellSword #gaming #6DOF #forsaken #overload #desecrators

This week's Bargain Alert is courtesy of @upmultimedia.bsky.social - Grab the Up Multimedia Bundle of queer indie games for a great price now! bargainbingaymer.com/f/bargain-al...

Cell Sword hit release candidate today! As far as I can tell it is ready for release. Last minute addition of a ping ability that sends out a cute little wobbly pulse and then highlights the nearest enemy. #CellSword is my homage to #6DoF games like Descent and Forsaken

Going for that Descent (1995) feel but updated for 2025. So high energy but accessible in a way it wasn't in 1995. #CellSword #gaming #descent

I think there's something in my eye! #CellSword #gaming #InnerSpace

Liberation is 50% off on itch and steam this week. store.steampowered.com/app/2413940/... #gaming #elite #retro

My baby is alive (and in game) #CellSword #gaming

Time to UNLEASH HELL because our Malys Kickstarter is OFFICIALLY LIVE! 🔥 Follow the link to join the hunt and and help our hellish roguelite deckbuilder reach its full infernal potential! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/summerfallstudios/malys-exorcise-demons-on-your-hunt-for-an-ancient-evil

Hello Bluesky! It's great to be here. I'm a game developer and historian from Melbourne. I love open source but, hey, whatever gets the job done. My most recent game is Liberation, my version of a 1980s space sim, and I hope to make many more games. Looking forward to new (and familiar) faces!

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