Nom wrote one of the loveliest reviews we have been lucky enough to receive! Good games journalism, good criticism, is good art. It can both build upon the meaning and ideas presented in works, and explore further into the unknown. We are so fortunate to have such amazing journalists in games!

oh, uh, I forgot to say that WizardChess is 50% in the Checkmate Humble Bundle! do you like chess? indie games? supporting weird devs who suck at promotion? check it out! www.humblebundle.com/games/checkm...

Key Fairy is on sale! Buy it now, or I'll have to get a real job!!! store.steampowered.com/app/2878580/...

ANZ game devs, it's your LAST CHANCE to get your application in for Frosty Games Fest! Form closes tomorrow at 5pm AEST ⏰🍦 ➡️ forms.gle/MUUWLcvMviHi...

The captcha keeps asking me "which of these squares contain political dissidents"???

as i write, i find it very unhelpful to ask myself if something is funny i think the focus should be on the overlying structure: is there enough context to setup the punchline, is the flow too concise or distracting, and most importantly, can i callback to this bit later in the game

An absolute steal. When I’m prototyping, I grab some Kenney assets before I boot up the editor. Consistent, beautiful placeholder art is good for the soul, and for motivation.

Friendly reminder for game developers based in Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand – Frosty Games Fest 2026 applications are OPEN and will close in 1 week on Mar 27! 🍦 If you have an exciting announcement to share with the world in early June, be sure to fill in our application form 🫶

I've been reading Project Hail Mary, and it's... fine...it's good... But Andy Weir has this strange habit of finishing half his sentences with "Anyway," and it is very funny to me. It's all this clever science talk, which crashes into a brick wall when he runs out of things to say. Anyway, I-

WOOOOO!! the Isle of Lost Bees - a game I've been making with my friends for a month, now has a demo available on itch! triplebeegames.itch.io/the-isle-of-...

🚨 One week to go! 🚨 The Lone Pine demo is dropping on the 24th of this month at 8am PT! #indiegames

Meredith saying something I’ve spent a lot of the last couple years thinking about:

top 10 best lines of dialog in any game ever

My #indiegame review for Key Fairy is live. I really enjoyed my time with this game and more people should check it out! @soyoudontneedto.bsky.social #gamedev #gamesky

steam's relaxing event has new demos for very cool, very wholesome upcoming games & i rec a bunch

I want to introduce you all to something myself and @jacksonwryan.com have been working on. A PRINT MAGAZINE about video games and video game culture. We know things have been bad for games writing recently. We're asking, "do you want to Continue?" www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...

Can people stop acting breathlessly surprised that the digital slot machine company wants to make more money? What?!? They are increasing the price of Vbucks??? How could they compromise the artistry of "Marty McFly skin in the fort-building-micro-transaction-children's-casino-game"?!?

The regional games events in the States and Territories here in Australia are really stepping up. Not only are they showcasing local games, but delivering talks from developers and educating the local scene. The program for ALT GAMES in Sydney looks great! powerhouse.com.au/program/alt-...

Unpopular opinion, but a lot of this "doing it right" mentality is how we wind up with games all feeling the exact same. Difficulty spikes, weird controls, ropey onboarding all of it critical to prevent games feeling like they're ground down and pumped out safe mush. www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/s/...

Oh I like this approach more! The 9 most influential games on my game design style would be something like:

@bsky.app seems to believe that I am 16, so I can't see DMs! If you have sent me a message, I'm so sorry! If you need me, find me on Discord, or email me: texbarnes88(at)gmail(dot)com Or continue sending messages into the void, when I finally turn 18 I'll have so many letters to open!

Key Fairy

Check out the Bravest Coconut demo for #NextFest 😺 Help Coco become an adventurer on her epic quest to return a book to the library. s.team/a/2913190 #IndieGame #PuzzleGame #PixelArt #Australia #Godot

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Schrodinger's Cat Burglar is in the Steam #NextFest! 🆕 Minor demo updates w/ localisation! 👥 Split into two quantum cats to solve puzzles. ⚛️ Play with quantum concepts including Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle. 📤 Share this with one buddy who loves science (and cats!)

We have made a new demo for Key Fairy! We took the demo down right before release, to make it easier to do patches and stuff on the full game! But we like demo's, and we want people to be able to taste the game before they commit to it! store.steampowered.com/news/app/287...

We're trying out Key Fairy! The Fae themselves brought the key to me, so I'm more than happy to give this Pacifism true-Fae experience to all! Cannot wait to see what we can find! #Vtuber #VSky #KeyFairy www.twitch.tv/emiko_choroi

You should play key fairy, it's one of two 10/10 games that came out this week

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Just got our first negative Steam review... Real thought provoking stuff.

Such a lovely review by the ever incredible @nomibelle.bsky.social at Sifter!

Thank you to everyone who has played Key Fairy! It means so much too us! And especially thank you to all the lovely folks who have written a steam review! lil' games like ours live off of early reviews, so we really appreciate every one we get!

Delve into an inky, folkloric fantasy adventure in Key Fairy. Out now on Steam! Offering a unique grappling twist on bullet hell and a dark woodland filled with hand-drawn fairytale aesthetics, Key Fairy overflows with atmosphere. Review by @riorobayo.bsky.social: www.qualbert.com/reviews/key-...

Key Fairy is officially released! Buy it, lest ye be slain! store.steampowered.com/app/2878580/...

Such lovely words from the ever incredible Checkpoint Gaming!

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i think what a lot of people never seem to realize is that a lot of people's vision of an "epic dream game" isn't actually very deep and comes down to scale and/or having a lot of features, whereas by embracing limitations you can be pushed in a far more radical direction.

Hey if you are a press/media person, and would like a Key Fairy...key, please let us know: tally.so/r/Gxdjlo And share this with people you think might like our wiggly, ink-illustrated, pacifist bullet-hell!

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?