Introducing more Play By Play speakers! 👉 Serena Lal “This Isn’t Just a Game” 👉 Moana Moran “The Good With/In Games Aotearoa Research Collection” Join us at the Play By Play Conference from May 8-9! Ticket link in comments & bio! 🔗 #NZGamesFestival #NZGF2026 #NZGameDev #2026PlayByPlay

How do you make a surreal world feel alive? Nirvana Noir’s latest update breaks down art tricks, animation choices, and a much nicer save system. Read more in the blog post below and wishlist to receive the latest news! 📰 store.steampowered.com/news/app/128...

"she danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died" is now available on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/4430780/... You play the very last flower left on Earth, bringing peace to long dead soil. Explore brutalist ruins to collect memories of a dead world. 🥀 #GameDev #IndieGame

I genuinely question how effective academic systems are when the industry continues to stagnate.. Curriculum guided by industry requirements and should directly result in growth that is in line with the amount of graduates produced right? Right? #gameDev #indieDev #degreeMills #exploitingDreams

Word of advice from someone who got roped into a games degree. Don't do it. Total waste. Learnt more from YouTube. You would be better off just burning your money. Worst investment I ever made. #gameDev #indieDev

No one should under any circumstances ever go to university to make games. I was meant to do comp Sci, and got lured into a games course. Worst decision of my life. Know what's worse than the games industry? Games academia. Just watch tutes on YouTube. #gameDev #degreeMills #studentDebtBlues

While I can see the benefit in game jams, they come from a culture of grind. In college the 24 and 48s were gruelling soul shredding events. Why is it normalised? That's not how creative flow should work, and whatever benefits are far outweighed by the culture it creates reliant on burn. #gameDev

lizard ran past hour ago and they still just wildin. #lizardStalkin #catsWildin

That's so cooool. Spend months applying to a government games grant, get no response at all. Full pitch, deck, marketing, demo, the lot, didn't even get a rejection email. Great way to waste time we couldn't afford, to not even get feedback. We deserved at least a 'no thanks'.

Just registered our first trademark!™ not as difficult or expensive as expected. ™feel so official and legally protected now!™ ™REMINDER™ fellow game™ devs: trademark™ yo stuff™. feels good™. 5⭐™ #NoneOfThisPostIsActuallyTrademarked™

How are small indies meant to publish and meet new EU regs without doxxing themselves? Apple doesnt let you distinguish between business address and legal point of contact for public, demanding both be my personal street address and not a PO Box. wtaf? 🙃 #gameDev #Apple

Before Apple takes developers money they should provide a platform and service that's actually worth the cost instead of being the literal WORST. Shitty back end, shitty documentation, shitty support and the absolute audacity to demand money for it. #FuckApple #gameDev

Net Bookings: 'hey bro you totally gonna buy lots of my stuff?'😅 "OH FOR SURE BRO! Not right now tho right?"😜 'no in the future.. maybe.. but for definite.. kinda..'😅 "OH FOR SURE BRO, definite maybe!"🥰 'IM WORTH THAT NOW EVERYONE!'📈🤷🚀💯🙏 EU Regulators: 😬

Paying for the apple developer program is painful, their back end and systems are broken shit, and their support is non-existent. Just put in a ticket, get told 24hrs and buckle in for weeks. So worth $150, 'think different' my ass. Legit worst platform to dev for, fuck apple.

I sure wish Cairn had options outside default rage bait mode/turning everything off. Exploration/learning are severely punished by default, and seems super artificial/tacked on. Would love a middle ground instead only being able to disable entirely.

so Meta fired the people making the metaverse, I bet the AI techlads will be wishing they could do that next 'very soon'. instead they'll beg for bail outs because they accidentally speculated their way into mountains of useless data centers. meanwhile I just want a ram upgrade this lifetime..😢

- Embrace your own weird - Take perspective breaks - Put your phone in another room - Foster an inquisitive mind - Learn from your mistakes

was super bored from documentation/on-boarding scripting for last couple weeks, so spent last bit of today blocking in a market stall I've been wanting to do. #gameDev #indieDev #Blender

#artvsartist for 2025: 💜 Started with a big #pixelart commission project followed by 6 months of #gamedev as I learned #gamemaker programming and rebuilt 60% of demo systems for #Moonshell_Island. A challenging but satisfying year of growth for me. 💪🦀

Whoa it's that super festive super cheery super loud and emotionally draining season again! 😅..why not throw on some headphones and have a couple of clucks to yourself?🐣 🥚100% free AND free range!!🥚 store.steampowered.com/app/922460/C... #indieGame #gameDev #Christmas #HappyHolidays #chickens

I am not surprised the developer who demanded maps, a known vital point of accessibility for people (like myself), would ruin their immersion. Using scraped stolen data? That's cool. Making your game accessible to large groups of people? Nah. Im surprised anyone is surprised honestly.

After several weeks of hard work: 🔥 New demo of The Shadowed Rune 📽️ New trailer 🔫 New playable character: Veld, the Arcane Hunter 🎆 Major graphic update & improved lighting 🗓️ Save the date: December 4 #TheShadowedRune #IndieGames #Roguelike #SoloDev

🌲 - It is tough for horses to maneuver though dense forest! 🏃 - I added a little speed adjustment when for all unit's is running though rough terrain such as includes tiles such as mountains and water. #GodotEngine #IndieDev #IndieGames #GameDev #SRPG

the assets are implemented in unity, also made some fence; that tiling texture was a massive pain in the ass but worth it. now for a decoration pass on the city! 😻yo wishlist our game! store.steampowered.com/app/2103110/... #wishlistWednesday #indieDev #gameDev #Unity3D #Blender #MadeWithUnity

example of adding detail using shells/decals. this is instead of unique textures/materials, because all our assets share instanced material libraries. this means it can work with our customisation system, and is super performant. #gameDev #indieDev #Blender

🚇!!!MEWTRO UPDATE!!!🚇 (2 whole months later like wut) but look a breakdancing cat named Paw Boi!! inspired by the devs of this game. (we cannot afford marketing...😿) 😺😺 WISHLIST OUR GAME!!!! 😺😺 store.steampowered.com/app/2103110/... #gameDev #screenshotSaturday #cats #indieDev #Unity3D #indieGame

Got the levels a bit more balanced, city/vehicle ambience much nicer now. We really need another cat annoyed sfx lol. Wishlist our game!!! >> store.steampowered.com/app/2103110/... #ScreenshotSaturday #Unity3d #MadeWithUnity #IndieDev #GameDev #screenshotSaturday #Caturday

made new assets for a detail pass on our city. NOW the FUN part of game dev! ..hours of importing/setting it up to work with our customisation system and setting default colours.. 🥳 one day we will automate this. after my final art commit prolly. #gameDev #indieDev #Blender #DevLife

Literally sick of seeing "games media" hand wave and back flip to cater to and make excuses for the biggest pieces of shit in the industry. As someone who makes child friendly content WTF do I need to compete with giant corpos willing to break and skirt laws to abuse and manipulate kids? #gameDev

🙀nintendo says now 'in the movies!' it will be copyrighting and patenting 'everything'. you'll soon need a licence to make media 'to be experienced in any form or time'.💩⏱️ the rumored plan is to sue every movie/show ever made for ripping them off. 😿justice at last.😿 #FreeNinty #1FanBoy #gameDev

that's what nerds call diagetic sfx. 🌎🔊🤓

Some people were having trouble with multi-screen setups, so 1.0.4s just came out to address this! The game should now be able to work properly on any screen setup! 🎉 (Please leave us a review, it helps a lot!! 🙏 💖) store.steampowered.com/news/app/397... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #cozygame

really cool seeing this come together. been working on it for a while so seeing everything come to life is pretty magical.

OMG QUICKLY!!

seen this trend in the current animal fest. on one hand, i kind of cant hate the hustle. same time we got two games in the event, spammed down because of literal pages of tactics that seem to be about maximising key words and exposure. seems very bork. #GameDev #IndieDev

hey heres a cool new cut of our trailer I did!

there is no way that this creature does not know how adorable it is. wearing it's paw like a hat. OBVIOUS cuteness ruse. I'm being manipulated. catnipulated. #cat #catnipulation #ruses

Keep rollin'! #gamedev #indiedevs

makin mewves!! wishlist Neko Café meow!!😻 store.steampowered.com/app/2103110/... #caturday #screenshotSaturday #Unity3d #IndieDev #GameDev

i desperately need a new mainboard and cpu. general game dev and arting it holds up, but video editing is a nightmare. can hardly playback, and really only know how it will look if i do a render. highlight: rendering means lots of time to make tea and hang with my cats.

Just did my first ever move/flight with cats, they were super brave goobers AND EXCITINGLY: 💩🙀💩SO MUCH POOP! 💩😸💩 Means they're hydrated, settling, and most importantly they are shitting. Tbh cat ownership involves a lot of poop analysis. 🔬💹 But they give my life meaning so it's a fair trade.

Hey folks, new month so time for another SHOWCASEY! #Showcasey If you are an indie developer with an upcoming game, reply below with a description or elevator pitch of your game and make sure to include a link to your store page. Let's get some eyeballs on those games! (NO GenAI!)

Wooooooo!!!! Go cat gang!

We've been hard at work polishing our demo, but I really wanted to show off how cool our character creation menu is! #indiegamedev #demo #photography Wishlist Snap Quest here: store.steampowered.com/app/2327110?...

Continuing our 2D environment explorations… with a furry little supervisor sneaking into the corner. 🐾🐈 #indiedev #gamedev #cozygames #cat #games #indie Music: Balloon Musician: @iksonmusic

I HAVE AN UPDATE!!! I did a detail pass on my metro station. It has a tail. No puns today. #indieDev #gameDev #Blender #Unity3D #ItsOKtoNotAlwaysPun

I am now open for pixel art commissions! I can do icons, characters, game assets and more! for more info check out tempuracatgames.com#commissions ! RTs appreciated :3 #pixelart #art #commission #opencommissions #commissionsopen

wip of a metro station, but cats. It's a "Mewtro Station". Shut up. It's a great pun. Everyone loves it. No one thinks you are cool for hating adorable puns. Grow up. #indieDev #Unity3D #gameDev #Mewtro #PunsAreOK

It's a silly little cat riding a bike for Neko Cafe. Carry on. #gamedev #indiedev #unity3D #cats

Mark your calendar to sit back, relax and decorate our first level in ✨ 3 days!!! ✨ 💜 Join us if you like organizing, decorating and patting cat 🌿😻