Jesus... I knew it was bad, but wiping out almost all of Id Software's coders - the most experienced engine coders and optimizers in the entire business - is ABSOLUTELY INSANE.

The game industry is so fucking back

MiniJam 214! Done in 72h. Limitation : "Getting out of hand"... I built a 3D point & click set of dioramas. It tells the emotional story of Sarah processing her breakup with Han D.! ~5min to complete. Feedback appreciated <3 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #minijam laywelin.itch.io/leaving-han-d

This game is AWESOME you gotta check it out!! I played the demo and can't wait playing the full game ✨ (releasing it at 6pm to make sure I stop everything and play it?wp @yolwoocle.com that works) Congratz on the release!! 💖

🌼New Video!🌼 We explore all the benefits of the rootweave in the demo for ChloroLink by @laywelin.bsky.social! youtu.be/amgpJkY1Xxc

#MiniJam210 is over for me! It was fun, I wanted to experiment doing a 3D escape-game! If you want to try out a short puzzle-mystery made in 72h: laywelin.itch.io/astral-mystery #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

Okay I knew 3D would be difficult :D All the 3D projects I worked on, 3D assets were handed over and ready to use! 8 hours in: got a story and tiny puzzle ideas, I hate probuilder, I just reinstalled Blender... but I can walk, look around, use doors / locks and collect items 🌟

Excited to participate to MiniJam 210: Astral I'm gonna explore 3D ideas along with my new toolbox 💖Never did a first person proto yet, gonna be fun! #gamedev #indiedev itch.io/jam/mini-jam...

I see no lies here

Crazy how difficult it is to start another project when you worked 9 months on the same one! I need objectives again. Or a team. Both?! Maybe a jam would help! Let's find a jam.

Can you make a cozy strategy game? CHLOROLINK is a 4X game without the 'exploit and exterminate' of the genre. @laywelin.bsky.social on the team's design philosophy. INTERVIEW www.sifter.com.au/post/can-you... #cozygames #strategygames

ChloroLink released exactly one month ago... while there might be some surprises related to it, it's time to move to another project and find a way to pay bills ✨ BUT FIRST let's update the jam toolbox to include all the new tiny tools and scripts! Love that part 💖 #gamedev #indiedev

We made a bundle on Steam to celebrate their release!! It's lovely to collaborate with Low Flame Studio and Milkshake Games, wishing them an awesome release week 💖 Go discover all the pretty fishes! 🐠🪼 #indiegames #indiedev #cozygame

We've got our winners for this Thursday's ✨️Demo Day✨️ for Earth Month!! 🌎🌏 - "ChloroLink" by @laywelin.bsky.social - "Bloomkeeper" by Resonance Interactive - "Tukoni: Forest Keepers" by @dream-operator.bsky.social - and "Outbound" by Square Glade Games and @silverliningint.bsky.social

🎶Many players praised the music in ChloroLink 🍃✨, one very relaxing track per biome... If you want to check it out, it's now available everywhere! Links below 🔽 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #soundtrack #relaxing

Too many job offers ask for examples, so I made a portfolio following the advices of other professionals. Available on the little button next to the resume little button. sites.google.com/view/leontro... Tell me if you think this lacks one specific type of document.

Indie 500 Bonjour !! Et dans ce nouvel épisode, le monde végétal est à nouveau à l'honneur puisque l'on discute du 2X Végétal ChloroLink (si si, vous verrez) en compagnie de @laywelin.bsky.social ! 🌺 Merci de vos partages ! ❤️ podcastaddict.com/episode/http...

🍃✨ CHLOROLINK EST DISPO ! ✨🍃 (En FR aussi, oui :D) C'est un petit jeu d'exploration / gestion qui parle d'espoir et de vivre-ensemble 🌸 Prendre soin de potite fleurs pour explorer ✨ Découvrir les 20 Luminoix cachées 💚 Aider Lux à devenir un arbre de vie robuste #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

🍃✨ CHLOROLINK IS OUT ✨🍃 ChloroLink is about hope and community, it's a relaxing management / exploration game! 🌸 Tend to beautiful flowers to explore ✨ Unveil secrets to find 20 hidden Lumicorns 💚 Help Lux to become a robust life tree #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #videogames #release

D'ailleurs, j'ai rajouté cette anecdote là sur mon Media Kit qui s'étoffe de plus en plus en "anecdotes" ☝️🤓 schrodingerkittenmediakit.carrd.co

Hahahaha incroyable 😂 Résumé du lore: Moi qui découvre la démo: "Les plantes se désarrosent" Les devs: "Trop bien le mot, on va le rajouter dans le jeu" Les devs qui tiennent leurs paroles: (Wishlistez ChloroLink, c'est super mims et super bien !! : store.steampowered.com/app/3411230/... )

✨ We updated our Steam capsule ✨ As ChloroLink is out in 2 days (March 27!!), we thought this one would better represent what the game is about! How do you feel about it?💚 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #indiegames #videogames

@schrodingerkitten.bsky.social Ici on aime pas mentir, c'est pas pipou. Du coup on a inclus tes mots, comme promis !

Démo testée et approuvée de notre côté !! Allez Wishlister 🫶🍀🍃

Okay the game is ready. THE 👏 GAME 👏 IS 👏 READY. Last few days, might spam a bit because I'm hyped and I want you to see how beautiful and peaceful the world we crafted is! ChloroLink will be out March 27 ✨🍃 Please share the world about it!! #videogames #indiegames #indiedev #cozygames

Chez Indies Together, beaucoup de nos streameureuses ont découvert plein de démos incroyables lors du dernier Steam Next Fest, alors voilà notre petite sélection. N'hésitez pas à en partager un maximum pour soutenir les devs ! Et vous, c'était quoi votre coup de coeur de ce #SteamNextFest ? ✨

5 hours until Chicory: A Musical Tale premieres (23:00 UTC)! The album will release on Bandcamp immediately following the premiere. There will be a 10 minute intermission in between disc 2 and 3. See you soon! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c49...

Beaucoup de paillettes dans les yeux après une journée à présenter ChloroLink au festival du jeu vidéo Toulousain (merci @toulousegamedev.bsky.social l'impression de retrouver des copains en venant aux events !). Plein de retours constructifs et de très chouettes rencontres 💛

What's your favorite ChloroLink's plant? 💖 (art by @zdieska.bsky.social and @mantelia.bsky.social)

7e Salon du jeu vidéo toulousain le samedi 7 mars à partir de 11h ! Médiathèque José Cabanis ! Gratuit et ouvert à tous. Venez rencontrer les développeurs toulousains et essayer leurs jeux ! @toulousegamedev.bsky.social @occitanie.bsky.social @actutoulouse.bsky.social

Je serai Samedi prochain (7 Mars) à Toulouse pour présenter et faire tester la démo de ChloroLink ! Toujours heureux d'avoir des occasions de directement rencontrer les joueur.euses, et échanger avec les autres gamedevs <3 Merci @toulousegamedev.bsky.social pour l'organisation!

C'est actuellement le #SteamNextFest, l'évènement de Steam dédié aux démos de jeux à venir. Pour cette édition de Février, on a plusieurs jeux toulousains qui y sont présents et que vous pouvez retrouvez dans le thread ci-dessous ↓ (1/6)

LES DEMOS STREAMÉES PENDANT LE STEAM #NextFest : A THREAD Retrouvez ci-dessous toutes les démos que j'ai pu essayer en stream pendant ce #SteamNextFest , et un bref avis sur chacune d'entre elles ! Les WISHLIST aident VRAIMENT les devs !! (ma chaîne Twitch: www.twitch.tv/schrodingerk...)

Merci @schrodingerkitten.bsky.social d'avoir essayé notre jeu! C'était un immense plaisir de te voir découvrir nos ptites fleurs 💚✨

📢 INDIE DEVS WHO ARE IN NEXT FEST! If you're participating and would like your demo/store page reposted to 37K+ Bluesky followers then drop it in the replies below* *No games that use Gen-AI please and thank you.

ChloroLink is participating in Steam Next Fest ! It's a critical moment for a tiny indie game made by a small team like us, so if you could check out our demo, it would mean the world to us 💚 And don't forget to give some love to other games! 🌱 #indiegame #steamnextfest #cozygame #gamedev

Hey. Tell people when they do good job. When you like the stuff they make. When you like the characters they’ve created. The stories they’ve told. Nobody hears it as often as you think bc everyone thinks everyone hears it all the time. Trust. They don’t. Tell. Them.

ChloroLink will participate to Steam's #nextfest next week! Our steam page is all cleaned up, I'm ready to welcome new players testing the demo 💚✨ #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

What's happening, horses everywhere this week?! @malicedafirenze.bsky.social Are you responsible for this? 😂 itch.io/jam/mini-jam...

Nouvel article ! Le post-mortem narratif de #Sandwalkers par Goblinz Studio. Écrit par son narrative designer (moi). Partie 1 : l’univers. Ou comment un pitch GD a réveillé le fou du lore de jeu vidéo sites.google.com/view/leontro...

Me every night: sigh... it's so difficult. Everything in this industry you're trying to join is falling appart, there is no room for you, why bother Also me every morning: AHHH LET'S DO IT ANYWAYYY GOOO (Yeah my caffeine level is high this morning WE GOT THIS OKAY) #gamedev #indiedev

This is where we post work-in-progress GIFs full of placeholders made by the programmer? Okay! Testing out a color palette and windy vfxs for our 2nd biome 💛 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

People praising new AI building video game worlds are so out of touch ^.^" Even putting aside the part where it's trained on things people crafted without giving them any credits... you really think all those rocks in the games you love are just randomly placed, do you?

Today while discussing colors for ChloroLink: "I'd love purple, blue and green... kinda like the swamp's water in Chicory." Them: "Hmmm Chicory? I get the palette, but the game is black and white Flo. You're the one that placed those colors." I'm still processing it tbh

At 1:30 CET (in 15 min!) join @amory-vost.bsky.social testing ChloroLink's demo on Twitch 💚Always exciting to witness someone playing our game!! #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev

Pause ChloroLink ce week-end pour participer à la #GGJ26 en physique à Albi ✨ Exercice rigolo pour moi qui ait plus l'habitude des jams en ligne, hâte de rencontrer des gens 💚

Small, free act you can do to bring some good in this world: add positive reviews to ALL you Steam games, especially the small indies. You don't need to write anything smart, just "game good" is enough. Every positive steam review tips the algorithm and helps your fav artists get more sales

Yes! Leaving a positive review on a game made by small teams makes a huge difference, and also don't forget demos! I'm telling you, when you are sharing your first game with the world, every comment is something truly special

🚨 Did you hear? Our demo IS OUT! 🚨 Yes, you can play ChloroLink right now on Steam! If you play it, leave a review, it helps us a ton 💚 store.steampowered.com/app/3411340/... #gamedev #indiedev #cozygame

🎉🎉 DEMO AVAILABLE 🎉🎉 The demo for ChloroLink 🍃, our cozy management/exploration game, is now available on Steam!!!✨ It contains the first chapter of the game: First biome, first flowers, 4 secret luxicorns to find! TELL EVERYONE AROUND YOU!! WE ARE SO EXCITED 🍄🌿🌻🐞 #gamedev #indiegame #indiegames