Outside, it is raining. And so I, I listen to the Minecraft OST.

Initially we set out to make a hardcore bullet-hell. Then, for a while, we were making a chill game where you amble through the woods making friends. Now we've sort of ended up making a hardcore bullet-hell, where you *frenetically* amble through the woods making friends.

Inside of me there are two wolves. One desires our next game to have *no dialogue* The other desires our next game to be *all dialogue*

Key Fairy has a suite of Assist Mode options so you can tailor the game to your abilities! We even included a peaceful more, where you can just frolic gleefully through the forest, blowing kisses to monsters and having conversations.

1 Week till Key Fairy releases! Less than 1 Month. More than 1 Day. You have 1 Week to get your affairs in order. 1 Week to mop your floors. 1 Week to make your bed. 1 Week to tell your family how much you love them.... Key Fairy comes out in 1 Week. #indiedev? #indieGames? #indiedevgames??

As a continuation of the oral tradition, the best way to play key fairy is with your eyes closed...

Oke, but is it too late to add rogue-like progression?

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse

In anticipation of Key Fairy's release (on the 19th of February) I have caught a cold. To support me in this difficult time, consider wishlisting Key Fairy on Steam, and telling all your weird little friends to do the same. Every wishlist is one step closer to health, or something, I don't know

Turns out this tunnel (of spikes) causes lag (spikes) . Would you believe: artistic intent?

Next game: No keys.

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Key Fairy is designed to be played on my laptop. If your computer is different than my computer... I'm so sorry

Idea spiral spiral spural zpirl spiral sourl Idea...

If video games are to be believed, the best way to build strong communities is through the mediums of Violence and Extractive Capitalism...

guess what... i made a website www.mothership.blog

I have a friend who largely uses photos of US Presidents as placeholder art in games. The "radical" role AI "art" currently holds in game pipelines could be filled with a low-res png of Biden.

A fresh one from me! I wrote about fandom, what characters "deserve," lesbians and our desire to Return To The Past. What does it mean to wind back the clock and why does that seem to be *the* thing many folks want from art now? aftermath.site/life-is-stra...

Me (when the mighty gaze upon my works): "haha despair, idiot"

What if... Instead of releasing a game... I started a Minecraft server?

You will like my indie game if you played: - Shin Megami Tensei (1992) - Arx Fatalis (2002) - Off (2008) - Middens (2012) - The Lesser Key Of Solomon (18XX?)

1 month store.steampowered.com/app/2878580/...

If games aren't Educational, how come I know so much about War Crimes after playing Kirby???

Check out the marvellous Game Poems magazine! Yes, I have a little something in there, and, yes, it lives up to the dream of publications that manage to include (and be about) interactive/games stuff! www.gamepoems.com/issue01/

thank you everyone for your suggestions!! here's all the big aussie and nz-made games you should watch this year!!

"Game Feel"??? How your game Taste tho?

I went to the woods with some cool and lovely friends, and made a game about ancient beasts! You can play it with your own cool and lovely friends (up to 4 cool friends on one lovely device)! neighbourhood-snake.itch.io/dog-dog

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There are no bad games, just bad players.

Bite someone, today

New Year, New Me. (thanks to battlepass)

The Indie Brew is doing a lovely monthly digital Demo Disk! I have played more demos than full games this year, and I appreciate any opportunity to play more! Go subscribe to their demo-disk-mailing-list, that you too might be blessed by tasty tidbits of new and upcoming indie games!

Can a bullet-hell game also be a pacifist game? We find our in our playthrough of the Key Fairy demo! Watch now 👉https://youtu.be/FNT6ZeLE67Q #keyfairy #demodisc #indiegames @soyoudontneedto.bsky.social

Everyone was too busy asking "Can games be Art?", no-one stopped to ask "Should games be Art?".

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Actually, I'm still mad about this. There is no Kojima without the concept art of Yoji Shinkawa. There is no Wes Anderson without the cinematography of Robert Yeoman. The machine isn't the source of the problem. The problem started when we decided that Warren Spector created Deus Ex.

What?

AI for concept art is not just a cost saving issue. The men who direct these companies don't want to share creative influence. They could write down their ideas, do a rough sketch, and send it to an artist, but then that artist would have some freedom to interpret and shape the world.

"A website that catalogues the fonts used in video games. Fuck, it's genius... why didn't I think of that...!" www.gamefontlibrary.com

Oke, here's 50 indie games. There is no order, there is no god, there are just 50 indie games that I thought were good and/or interesting.

Sbug's Bugs Bundle is all discounted right now! That's 3 cute bug games for the price of 1 slightly more expensive bug game! store.steampowered.com/bundle/60905...

🪱Wirm is just 2 reviews away from the threshold where Steam will start calling it "Very Positive", so please leave a review if you haven't already!! (We'll still get the rating even if the next 2 reviews are negative, but don't be mean 😠) store.steampowered.com/app/1934870/...

2025 The definitive list of Australian made video games. 🎮 We've recorded games all year for our seventh annual collection of local titles, across PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and more! FEATURE by @gdig.bsky.social + @juiceboxcat.bsky.social www.sifter.com.au/post/2025-th... #videogames

No better time to re-share this article. If you're a highly-respected game developer, there's no faster way to ruin your reputation than through the use of genAI.

Some notes I wrote myself in testing a new boss engagement in Key Fairy: "light on falling stars" "never leave darkness" "occasional breaths?"

The machine has consumed my work. Were did it go, oh machine? but there is no response.

Guy who believes he's living inside a powerwash simulation.

Oh hey my wiggly game PogoPogo is gonna go on sale in the Steam Winter Fest next week! ...So if you wanna get it for full price... get in quick! If you wait (Specifically till the 18th) it'll be all cheaper (and probably worse!) so you better get it now while its full-price and full-of-flavour

The size limit for what you consider to be an "Indie Studio" is always just a little bit bigger than your studio.