This is a great video about workers who were recently fired by Rockstar Games. They were trying to establish a union before they were unfairly fired. Then Rockstar lied saying they were fired for "gross misconduct". Their firing is gross. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...

“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...

A plea for help. 🙏 One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor. His story, contact and donor information can all be found on iggyland.org Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙

♫ These boots are made for licking… ♫ Gross

Extra Life 2025 was a great success! If we’ve been chatting and/or planning to chat, give me a couple of days to recover and I’ll be back on track. My brain is pretty numb at the moment.

You too can look this cool with one of our shirts! If you order one of our shirts, feel free to show it off and tag us! www.bonfire.com/fpc-dev-page...

Throwing this out here. Nothing to do with FPC, but I (Dylan) would love to play some great indies on stream this weekend!

Developing games, especially in the indie scene, can be difficult. Crunch is hurting game developers, puts pressure on everyone and we want to help! We are all about being a community driven mutual aid system. We are community-funded, developer-led and sustainability focused. #indiegame #gamedev

We’re saddened by the news of Heart Machine doing more layoffs, less than two weeks before the release of their upcoming game Possessor(s). Layoffs like this show that the industry can be filled with uncertainty and we believe that #gamedev of #indiegames deserve better. Fairplaycollective.org

And our final, and most coveted design: www.bonfire.com/fpc-brendan-...

We've got T-Shirts! And they're not great! But that's the point. We're raising money for a logo. Your chance to get our bad merch before we've got a real logo to go on everything. QR links to dev page. Take it to cons. Take it to expos. Explain what FPC is! #indiedev #indiegames #pcgames

With so much uncertainty happening in the industry, it's sometimes scary working on games. Crunch and layoffs hurt game developers around the world and we want to prevent that. If you're interested in what we're doing, please check out our site! Fund devs, not execs. fairplaycollective.org

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You know, I know that the big influencers get all the swag because they can then share them to all their followers, but @fairplaycollective.org could definitely use some sweet @teamrazer.bsky.social stuff to play awesome #indiegames on.

The responses to the survey have been so much fun so far. I cannot wait to boost these on various socials and write about them. Some really awesome and fun ideas you’re all working on out there. #videogames #pcgames

Ball x Pit is flames and you need to have this game in your life medium.com/@DARSportsAn...

🚀 Launch Day Alert! The next stop on the Dimensional Double Shift journey is here. Our team is proud to unveil New Joysey! 🎡 Grab a slice, 🍕 grab a seat, grab a bribe — whatever gets ya through the door. Get New Joysey Today 👉 bit.ly/48ucgTp Learn More 👉 ow.ly/aCwk50X9RSu

Are you an #indiedev? We want to hear from you. Check out the Developers page and fill out the survey. Why? Who doesn't want to talk about the cool stuff they're making? We're featuring devs on socials and on the newsletter and we'd love to promote your work! fairplaycollective.org/developers

Fair Play Collective Newsletter 3 is live! This one written by Andy! (crappy photoshop pumpkin by me - Dylan) fairplaycollective.beehiiv.com/p/fair-play-... #indiegames #gamedev #videogames #pcgaming

It’s Heart Machine today. It’s someone else tomorrow. This industry needs a better way. Ours isn’t the only one. It won’t be the best. But it’s something different. If you believe #gamedev and #indiegames deserve better, like, repost, follow. Fairplaycollective.org Fund devs, not execs.

Support support support. This industry has become a shareholder pocket stuffer and that’s it. Fund devs, not execs.

Someone pointed this out on LinkedIn and now I don’t know if I hate that I used “jam of the month” as an example or love it…

Afternoon! We're trying to find some indie game people who are also making great video content to do with game development. Does anyone have any recommendations? #IndieGames #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Remember jam of the month clubs? You knew you were going to get a jam, and you like jams, but you didn’t know what kind of jam was coming, but it was exciting. Indie games should be like this. You trust the source, you know you like video games. Let them cook and make something great.

I misspelled my own website!!! FairPlayCollective.org How embarrassing....

FPC is indie developer mutual aid through backer funding. We're still starting up. You can read all about our vision and our status fariplaycollective.org. The goal is transparency of pay with funding developers a living wage through 1.0 of a project. #indiegames #gamedev #videogames #pcgaming

As an elder millennial (Dylan here) - I absolutely agree. This sentiment has been a curse on the games industry for decades and it's not made anyone make better, more meaningful games. It has burned thousands out of an industry that could be better.

Heyyy! 150 folks here! 150 people who believe that game developers deserve better. That’s enough to form a new micro nation. A small town high school packed for a Friday night game. Two full charter busses full of folks. Thanks for being here. #videogames #gaming #indegames #gamedev

#candycorn is immoral. Debate. And while you’re at it, help us help indie developers. Fairplaycollective.org

If you're looking to supoort The Fair Play Collective monitarily, look no further! We're live with contributions. We've got a linked sheet to expenses. As always, just being part of this is enough, and no contributions are expected. Fairplaycollective.org #indiegames #gamedev #pcgaming

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I’m very happy to say that the website is now live!! Fairplaycollective.org No more Notion-Website slop. All text written by real people. Website designed, frustratingly and infuriatingly, by me (@ultamaynard.bsky.social). No Discord link yet! #indiegames #gamedev #videogames #pcgame

Newsletter TWO is heading out the door in a little more than an hour! Sign up here fairplaycollective.beehiiv.com, if you're feeling jazzy. #indiegames #gamedev #videogames #fairplaycollective #pcgaming

On your computer, turn your volume on. Go to porkbun.com - it’s not weird porn, unless you’re into web hosting. Click on the 🎵 icon under the support email. ——————— @porkbun.com - truly inspired web design.

Wooops! Just broke the dns record for the domain on here. We’re legit, I swear, I just do all my own IT…

We’re a company!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Four teaser shots of the new website. Colorful, interactive, and most importantly functionally static. Main - 435kb (there’s a logo) Manifesto - 5.13kb FAQ -11.5 kb About -10.9kb

Going live to chat with @ancastasia.bsky.social about FPC. Come check us out! www.twitch.tv/ancastasia #indiegames #gamedev

We sure do. In fact - it's in our mission statement.

That wall fade animation though! "HARK THE GHOUL is a dungeon crawler where behind every corner lies a discovery. A deep, handcrafted world that feels tangible and immersive." Developer - @harktheghoul.bsky.social In Development - 2026 Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3058660/...

📢NEWSLETTER📢 Fair Play Collective: Empowering Indie Game Developers Worldwide fairplaycollective.beehiiv.com/p/fair-play-... Comes subscribe for weekly updates on FPC and share with anyone who believes in making making games better. #indiegames #gamedev #newsletter #fairplaycollective

Website update sneak-peek

I’m not sure “worse” is what we’d call it, but damn do we love some psx era graphics.

I got laid off from Firaxis today. I helped ship Marvel's Midnight Suns DLC and Civilization VII, and would love to talk to you about mid level Producer roles.

I'm very amused that Silksong broke Steam If you want some tiny indie games with short rounds to play between hitting refresh here's a little thread of recommendations :) (includes shameless self-promotion) (post your own too please!)

It finally happened! I GOT LAID OFF

Sometimes you can have a bit of highly anticipated indie game for $19.99. Just as a little treat.

Terrified your game might flop? Nothing feels riskier than releasing your work. But no release means zero feedback and zero growth. Done is always better than perfect-but-unpublished. #gamedev #indiedev