Almost all game genres need better names, and here are my suggestions: "Friendslop" - "Gaggle-Core" Modern "Roguelikes" - "Synergy Builders" "Walking Sims" - "Ramblers" "Soulslikes" - "Sad-Zone" "Cozy Games" - "Cottage Industrial" "Vampire Survivors-type" - "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh"

Key Fairy officially has a 100% "Very Positive" rating on Steam! People have been saying such lovely things about the game, and we appreciate every review! The game is still on sale for the next week, so now's the perfect time to get in on this game that 100% of people like!

Ok, I think what I'm trying to say is that: YOU CAN'T "WASTE" A GAME IDEA! If you make the game, and it's shitty, and dysfunctional, and fails to achieve your goals, then there's actually nothing stopping you from making it again. You don't use up your idea, you get a better understanding of it.

Another year, another awesome @qldgamesfestival.bsky.social ! Already wishlisted my faves and wrote about them on BabyGamer! 💜

In case you couldn't make it to @qldgamesfestival.bsky.social like me there's a Steam Event featuring all the games as well as past years' selections! 👀 store.steampowered.com/curator/4563... #indiegames #gamedev

Bumper Bout won People's Choice Award at the Queensland Games Festival ❤️ very grateful

I played a bodycam shooter, a genre that I've avoided. Being an FPS guy means always wearing a shirt that says "I don't actually want to do this in real life!" When I play a bodycam shooter, I feel like I need more shirts. www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/th...

When people suggest AI has a place in game development:

Oh hey, I've heard that Key Fairy is on sale again. They tell me this truth, and I pass it on to you. Game Newel came down to my cave, and he told it to me, "Key Fairy on sale!" And I said, "woaw" store.steampowered.com/app/2878580/...

I think I got lost...

Hey! Do you know the way to the fish market?

Going for a walk

I've been following this game for ages! It's so freaky!

Good game design is a cowboy, shooting at the player's feet to make them dance. Good design is a context for performance.

I do think there could be more public debate and dialogue, more spirited exchanges of ideas about what it is we’re all doing here when we review games. Tevis Thompson made IMO a very stirring argument 13 years ago and really, not that much has changed since then. tevisthompson.com/on-videogame...

I know this week is heavy. I know you’ve lost hope in the medium of video games. I know those brighter days where technology wowed you feel far away. but open this in your browser and bask in the enduring spirit of human ingenuity and connection messenger.abeto.co

Y'all ain't even ready for the sort of *GamE FeEl* I'm working with!

I made a manifesto for the Manifesto Jam: neighbourhood-snake.itch.io/what-game-en... Go ahead! read it! It's about you, ya filthy animal!

It's 2025, no more "characters" in video games. All your NPCs have to be Autobiographical now.

Can't wait to play the new Edgar Alan Poe cozy game

I've never wanted anything more than this

I wrote a manifesto for making games, and (not) selling them, for #manifestojam illomens.itch.io/no-one-is-go...

Very excited to announce that we have bundled with a beloved Australian indie darling, known for its silk-spinning protagonist, lovable insect characters, and richly detailed world! store.steampowered.com/bundle/77112...

All my friends with a playdate, they whisper in my ear, "You should make a game for the Playdate", they say "have you thought about making dayplate games?", "it's actually popping off right now, making playplay", they tell to me, "the playdoh is actually a cool console that everyone loves", "pla-

Hey, psst, we have a bundle with the incredible psychedelic clockwork bullet hell Enter the Chronosphere by @effortstar.bsky.social. They have possibly the coolest graphic design in any game ever?!? Seriously, I swear they have found brand new colours?!? store.steampowered.com/bundle/78089...

Key Fairy is 40% off for Steams Bullet-Hell Fest! Tell your friends, warn your enemies, and if you've been waiting for a big sale, now be ye chance! store.steampowered.com/app/2878580/...

I was gonna post my top picks from frosty, but it's literally just non-stop bangers! They've been putting weird stuff in the Aus/NZ water, and I, personally, am here for it!

Frosty Scoop! @piers.zip just unveiled Freeline at Frosty Games Fest! In this frenetic, kinetic, parkour speedrunning platformer you play as Corrin, a spirited young cat on a mission to take down his city's corporate surveillance state and reclaim the rooftops. s.team/a/3187560

Surprise Demo! Welcome to the Isle of Lost Bees, from @triplebeegames.bsky.social. Help these Aussie bees harvest pollen, research flowers, and uncover the island’s secrets in the very first demo, out now! s.team/a/4489560/

Momentomentomomenmentoto! They shouldn't be allowed to make games as pretty as Momento!

Gonna Reach the Moon! Gonna fight the Moon! Gonna Kill the Moon with my Brella!

Discord is not a replacement for real-world community. You can't internet your way out of this one, I'm afraid.

When they gonna make a MOBA for gamers?

MANIFESTO JAM 2026 An invitation/provocation for YOU to write a manifesto. Running for a full week from June 8th to June 15th (AEST). Participate and submit at: itch.io/jam/manifest...

Eeeeeee it's Frosty time!!!!

Not about anything in specific but I think we gotta be really careful about not conflating the concept of "enshittification" with the impulse to assume that everything was always better during your adolescence

Spooky Skeletons? - Souls-Like Scary Skeletons? - Horror Silly all the Same? - Undertale

My Ideal Souls-Like would have you play the snivelling bog merchant, crawling around under the demons feet to collect rusty blades and old bones, that you can sell to hapless adventurers

Souls-Like? More like Soul-Less! (Gottem)

It's time for the Cozy & Family Friendly Games Celebration on Steam! There's a ton of fantastic games included, and Momento's (revamped!) demo is available to play 🧸 Head here to check it out: store.steampowered.com/sale/CozyGam...

if you have more Bullets than Monsters, it's Action. If you have less Bullets than Monsters, it's Horror. And if you have neither Bullets, nor Monsters, it's a Walking-Sim.

Backrooms Interior Decorator Sim

Yesss! Enter the Chronosphere is out!

Writing an essay/blog post/article/thing on Minigame design...

I'm on parental leave at the moment, but my mysterious co-developer @niosis.bsky.social took some time to write a lovely Key Fairy update! store.steampowered.com/news/app/287...

Schrodinger's somehow manages to make quantum mechanics into an approachable puzzle game. How? Magic, maybe? Play the game and find out!

Eeeeek!

TODAY'S THE DAY! Schrodinger's Cat Burglar releases in 15 hours!

This last expo brought me so close to 800 wishlists, I just need one more 👀 ...before needing 200 more for 1k :p #indieGame #steam