i'll be showing off one of my games at this, hope to see people there!!

The thriving Australian video game scene has over 150 projects in active development. So we compiled them all into one handy resource. Join us in celebrating amazing Aussie projects and take a look at the 150+ Aussie games of 2026 and Beyond! Read Here: checkpointgaming.net/features/202...

And just a final general footnote that relying on unpaid volunteer labour is not always necessarily 'unethical'. What's unethical is *making a profit* from volunteer or unpaid labour. It is okay for a community to invest itself in the work of maintaining itself as a community!

Ultimately, I hope Freeplay finds a way to return to and persist in its more ragtag low budget from, relying on the community that in turn gets so much from it to sustain it. Or people start new ragtag events in new dojos without a budget to make the new CEOS of the game industry feel uncomfortable.

one more thing about freeplay, and an issue that's been on my mind for a while (alt text available):

Freeplay 2025 was one of the events I was able to convince myself to go to last year, and it reminded why I love games so fucking much. It's so crucial to have events like Freeplay that highlight how games aren't disposable.

An update: Unfortunately Freeplay didn’t secure multi-year funding and is potentially looking at its last year of operation. We’re exploring what comes next & want your input. Read our full statement here: www.freeplay.net.au/survey2026 Help us decide our next step here: forms.gle/W4ZSns1bGCX1...

announcing........ the WIZARD PUNKS!!! release date! (i also kind of waterboarded myself recording this) anyways: WIZARD PUNKS!!! comes out March 16th 2026! go wishlist it now: store.steampowered.com/app/3332770/... #wizardpunks #indiedev #gamedev #steamgame #indiegame #wizard #punk

MTF Squad: SCP Foundation MtF Squad: FIST KNOW THE DIFFERENCE — IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE!

happy new year!!

wowow world, the Nonolith demo is out now! A mysterious metroid-BRAIN-ia with hundreds of surprising 'aha' moments that will redefine what is and always has been possible. There are secrets everywhere, even this little demo has so much to discover!

Only 5 more days left to pledge! bit.ly/croc-dance-ks Crocodile Dance is a 2D/3D African animated thriller about a cursed musician who must confront a water goddess (Mami Wata) to reclaim her power. #Kickstarter #animatedfilm #crocodiledance #afrofuturism #africanfuturism #africananimation

Find love in the darkest night in romantic horror narrative game Drăculești 🦇 Coming to Early Access (PC/Mac) on 2nd March 2026 Wishlist on Steam 🖤 store.steampowered.com/app/2537980/Draculesti/

the WIZARD PUNKS!!! demo has just come out as part of the @frostygamesfest.com Frosty Mini Steam Event! go play it!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3332770/... #wizardpunks #frostymini #gamedev #indiedev #partygame #anzgames

i've been making tiktoks/reels/shorts for WIZARD PUNKS!!! for the last 2 weeks, but i've decided this one is funny enough i can make it a bsky post as well #wizardpunks #gamedev #indiedev #partygame

PLAYTEST IS LIVE! Feed mama, find bugs and play Mama's Sleeping Angels RIGHT NOW!!!

Over the course of the month I drew a portrait or 2(hundred) in #over/under and called them 🩸HEADSHOTS🩸 And @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com said he might put them in the Mothership app so now you can all apply gentle pressure to that situation too! lol drive.google.com/drive/folder...

boosting this one more time 💃 the deadline is tomorrow, BUT meaningfully i'm not going to have time to look through submissions til the weekend, so you can fudge a liiiittle. either way, hopefully it ends up fun enough that i do another one with a different theme soon

I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct. That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...

i'm working on a horror game where the levels are alive it comes out next year, wishlist panoptique here: store.steampowered.com/app/4100350?... #PitchYaGame #Solodev #indiegame #horrorgame #godotengine

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default. Here's how to turn it off. First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

the swamp of despair (from 2018)

ENTER THE PRISON My survival horror game, panoptique, now has a Steam page! Watch the teaser and wishlist it here: store.steampowered.com/app/4100350/... #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #horror #horrorgame #gamedev #solodev #godot #godotengine

some vivians

My final interview in the SPINE design series is w/ @liz-shrikestudio.bsky.social about what games can learn from House of Leaves. Liz discusses the implications of calling You Will Die in This Place a book versus a game, how metanarrative informs mechanics, and the paradox of unplayed indie ttrpgs.

🔥 Malys is OUT NOW in 1.0! 🔥 For a game about demons, you've all been absolute angels - thank you for your support along the way & we're so happy to share Malys' full release with you 🖤 Check out the launch trailer and then get exorcising below!

"NO MATTER WHAT, 'STARNET' MEANS HOPE."

Delphinium's Kickstarter will go live on October 27th, 9:00AM ACDT 🩵💫

dam reich: i've been clear the whole time

ughhhhhh these all look amazing, i'm gonna have to back all of them aren't i (said with the biggest smile on my face)

The Device Strikes

yeah, parallels was pretty fun also, thanks to everyone who checked out WIZARD PUNKS!!! at fed square as part of big games night out! #migw #migw2025

this game and the talk we all just witnessed at parallels were scientifically engineered to make me hoot and holler

you're already seeing & will see more stories about how various attempts at reducing energy use "aren't working," etc -- those are propaganda. this is fantastic

Little Nico ink for warmup

academy award contending tiktok

we spent 5 hours talking through a translator for this one :]

its tough out there but so am i

Spider girls 🙏

"I'M ON THAT MOZART AUTISM PACK. OPPS JUST PLAYIN BACK MY MOVEMENTS"

FUCK IT!!!!! TIMELINE CLEANSE!!!!! ROLL THE CLIP!!!!!!

Eight more hours until I can chill. We just broke £6000 which puts us even closer to our next stretch goal. www.kickstarter.com/projects/lau...

Bad Keyboards Thread: So I like to make intentionally bad keyboards, in part because of my unfulfilled blood feud with mechanical keyboard enthusiasts, but mainly because I like being a chaos gremlin. Most recently, the Juggling Keyboard: bsky.app/profile/foon...

it's easy when this is your basis of ideals

dear god

we're on the precipice of a universal antiviral medication, mRNA technology is out here curing cancers every other month, HIV is cureable AND preventable, renewables generate more energy now than fossil fuels worldwide and and more cost-effective, coral reefs are growing back all over the world rn

required reading

Australians, spread this petition far and wide. Demands Parliament “open anti-trust investigations and penalize the unregulated monopoly of a key part of everyday infrastructure,” as “payment processors are not there to regulate what legal content people consume.” www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

sword witch

Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!” Cities: