We’re back with another batch of indies worth your time. We added 18 new Early Access titles to Waypoint — and I’ve pulled together a quick wrap on 10 of them: www.indieformer.com/p/indievelop... If you want the full list, have a poke around Waypoint and see what grabs you: waypoint.indieformer.com

Upcoming releases 🥹 We finally got our Steam Publisher page up and running 🎉 GETTING REAL

Honoured to be mentioned alongside @clemmygames.bsky.social in this little write up: world.hey.com/nathanielbuc...

Here's a game NO ONE is talking about. A pixel-perfect throwback where Van Helsing and his loyal hound take on a vampire with a puppy problem. PURE ARCADE GOODNESS

Latest Showcase is out for October! And more importantly, your monthly reminder to see what's been added to Waypoint → waypoint.indieformer.com - 15 Showcase games - ✦ 10 Hidden Gems - 16 extras To be exact 👀 Read the highlights → www.indieformer.com/p/showcase1025

People ask me all the time how games get featured or added to Waypoint. There’s no secret form, algorithm, or paid slot. I just find games that feel right. Usually means I’ve watched the trailer, read through the Steam page/website, checked reviews, and came away thinking "yeah, I’d buy that".

All *serious* websites have dark mode. Jokes aside, we've got dark mode now 🎉

the slight animation between the game art and the trailer 😮‍💨🤌

There's been some great releases this month, and still a few to come!

Solo devs and very small teams often have this inherent cringe about the idea of making people pay $20 or $10 or even $5 for their little game and I can't emphasize enough how much you have to grab that cringing impulse within yourself and strangle it to death

wE did iT FirSt ha hahaha ha... Jokes aside, Waypoint is still Indieformer's calendar, but this is a great new one from Steam! store.steampowered.com/news/app/593...

very VERY excited to announce that we are publishing @dragonfodderhq.bsky.social 🎉 When this landed in my inbox, the hand-drawn art immediately caught my attention so I had to reach out. Lots of back and forth later, and here we are, wetting our pants a little. I made this overview myself 🥹

One month at a time. April 2024 has been filled!

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PAX Aus was excellent this year, and my small wrap is live! www.indieformer.com/p/pax-aus-2025 Featuring these lovely devs: @justcamh.bsky.social @cassbaygames.bsky.social

@kimchica.bsky.socials is a POWERHOUSE for the indie game community. If you aren’t following her and Wholesome Games then you’re missing out. Great to be able to meet and chat at PAX!

Lame photo, but was a great first day at PAX 🤝 Sooooooo many good indie games. Got my hands on a bunch of good ones (not to mention great chats with devs too) to report back with next week🙏

This is from NZGDA (New Zealand Game Developers Association). The growth the games industry is experiencing — especially indie games — is undeniable. "For every dollar invested, the program (GDSR) has delivered NZD 4.74 in return to the economy as of March 31, 2025." Get ready for the ride y'all✌️

For an industry built on 0s and 1s, it was ace to start the day at the CODE NZ Game Dev Breakfast ahead of #PAXAus— chatting with actual developers and hearing a brilliant panel unpack where the industry’s headed. If you spot the gem (my shirt) in the crowd, tap me on the shoulder and say g’day!

A new Frontline’s out with @direkittengames.bsky.social I don’t usually cover magical dating sims — if I saw Heartspell on Steam, I’d probably scroll past. But every “fringe” game is someone’s life’s work. www.indieformer.com/p/frontline-...

We participated in a game jam on @itch.io by @indieformer.com Patch Notes 1.0 and we created this game below within 2 days! Theme: The Error Is the Feature Test out our game and let me know about your thoughts! gafdev.itch.io/conegonewrong #indiedev #IndieGameDev #games #gamejam

La team Indies Together vous parle de leurs jeux préférés testés lors de la Gam Jam Patch Notes de @indieformer.com ! 🫶 Du platformer, du visual novel, du puzzle game, il y en a pour tous les goûts ! 🎮🥰 @nuagedemots.bsky.social @schrodingerkitten.bsky.social @layraalixis.bsky.social

What do you do when you design a custom logo font… but later need letters you never actually made? 👉 You hire someone to get the font built out properly. Indieformer Logo → turned into a working typeface → Waypoint Logo. Gemcut-Regular.otf was born.

VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE: We've got a sequel launching for Patch Notes (our game jam series). Version 1.1 is now live and ready to sign up for a Jan kick off → itch.io/jam/patch-no...

Behind every indie game is a real person bringing it to life. And Indieformer? It was just me, Josh — curating gems so you could search less, and play more. Now it’s two of us: Clem’s joined in to help build this thing out, bringing his sharp eye for hidden gems (and countless hours of playtime).

I'd love to get a pulse check — where do you like to stay updated about games? Either fully released or coming up. Newsletters, Discord, Social Media — or something else? Let me know in the comments!

Hard to fathom, but we’re officially publishing a game 🫠🫠🫠 Announcement of said game coming soon 🫶

Indieformer’s growing — I’m not doing it alone anymore 🙌 Clem’s officially joining me to help build this project. We’ve had countless chats about the future, and he’s got a sharp eye for the hidden gems we love to share. Think of it as two mates building something fun — and it's just beginning.

bring back those small, quirky little games I played on my DS 😭 PANIK hits this vibe just 🤌

My game for the patch-notes game jam got featured in the @indieformer.com newsletter! Thanks so much for featuring me! It's an supply-chain management autobattler called "Born of Original Error" I'm hoping to make a post-jam version soon with a proper tutorial ;) #gamedev #indiegame #itchio

WHY DOES MY SINGLE PLAYER GAME NEED A LOGIN??? 😭

"A Kung-Fu Noir prison escape based on Buddhist myth that is a mix of stylish combat, dating sim and exploration." WHAT LMAO

📣 24hr #giveaway — 2 Steam keys for Super Farming Boy One-button farming that flips between harvesting, fighting & puzzles in seconds. To enter: - Like & repost - Comment with an indie game that deserves more love (past or future) I’ll pick my two favourites across X, Bsky & Threads.

Thanks so much for the support y’all. Didn’t really expect this post to go anywhere 🥹🫶

Waypoint is live 🚀 Nearly a year in the making — a custom-curated calendar for indie games, updated every few days with new gems. Every game since June 2024 (and more) is already in there. We’re building in public, and your feedback will shape it. 👉 waypoint.indieformer.com

Plenty more great games on sale! @norseboargames.bsky.social → store.steampowered.com/app/3443080/... @@blargis.bsky.social → store.steampowered.com/app/2533600/... @pixelsplit.bsky.social → store.steampowered.com/app/3026450/... ENDLESS Legend 2 → store.steampowered.com/app/3407390/... MORE ↓

If you're one of those people who "only buy games on sale" — there is now no excuse to pick up some great games from this month! Snippet is from my custom-curated calendar.

Big news for Indieformer 🚨 We’re building something new → Waypoint - A custom-curated calendar of indie games. - Everything you’ve seen in the newsletter + more. - Every entry linked to all the storefronts you can find the game on. Want early access?

MUST-READ article about R74n and Sandboxels just dropped on @indieformer.com - with REAL quotes from yours truly: www.indieformer.com/p/frontline-...

“My design philosophy is to purposefully overdo it.” Most developers aim for polish, trimming ideas down until they’re manageable. @r74n.com does the opposite. Everything becomes too much — and that’s exactly what makes it work. The new Frontline dives in:

Great to see some creativity for the game jam with the 'fake publisher' splash. This one is great! "Fake Logo" vs. Official one

Nous sommes le 15, et c'est dès aujourd'hui que les streameur·euse·s du collectif Indies Together vont stream les jeux de la GameJam Patch Notes ! 🎮 N'hésitez pas à passer sur les lives pour voir les jeux du 15 au 29 ! itch.io/jam/patch-notes #PatchNotesJamV1 @indieformer.com #indiegames

The #giveaway just got an upgrade! Winners can now choose Silksong or Hades II 🔥 Join the newsletter to enter → indieformer.com/subscribe Top 3 referrers by end of Sept win a key. Unlock more games at 10 → 20 → 40 → 80 referrals. 🔁 Repost to spread it!

Forgot to post this earlier — but #PatchNotesJamV1 is officially live! Discord humming. Streams, questions, wild ideas… I love being in the thick of it all. Got caught up in the chaos (in the best way). The announcement drop was a BLAST. Over 300 people tuned in live, and the chat was BUZZING!

Shipping a game and opening a business feel eerily similar. There’s never a “perfect” time. At some point you just hit publish and deal with what happens.

Not a drill: we’re doing another #Silksong #Giveaway Three copies. 👀 But this one’s just for Indieformer newsletter subscribers. In the next issue, you’ll get a unique referral link. Share it far and wide. Top 3 referrers by Sept 30/Oct 1 each get a key. And that’s just the start ↓

Not a drill: we’re doing another #Silksong #Giveaway Three copies. 👀 But this one’s just for Indieformer newsletter subscribers. In the next issue, you’ll get a unique referral link. Share it far and wide. Top 3 referrers by Sept 30/Oct 1 each get a key. And that’s just the start ↓

Every small business owner knows the truth: You don’t need millions. You just need the right 200 people. Games, gyms, newsletters — it’s all the same.

“Building an audience” sounds abstract until you realise: It’s just the same as building a local community. Show up consistently. Deliver something good. Word spreads.