My favorite quote from this wonderful panel full of great quotes and wisdom: “Find a different hole to fall into every time." - Dr. JC Lau

Gamedev friends, this is more proof that we are not to blame for the current state of our industry. These are the same executives that follow every trend blindly and ignorantly. Aggressive MTX, everything is a live service, DRM that only punish paying players, NFTs, and now AI. What a shitshow.

I can't believe that this is real...

I can't believe that this is real...

Vibe Coding, eh? Well I know people who've been Vibe Designing for decades.

Looking forward to reuniting with my fellow GDC panelists @ninfadp.bsky.social @drjclau.bsky.social @osamadorias.bsky.social to talk about unusual paths into and through the games industry during the @gamerella.bsky.social game jam! www.linkedin.com/posts/gamere...

Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...

Animation bug of secret Sailor Moon transformation?

Animation bug of secret Sailor Moon transformation?

Still a few days left for our Alpha playtest!! If you wanna give the game a try and help us out with some feedback so that we can make the game even better, we'd really appreciate it!! Please consider tagging anyone who you think would be interested in a Roguelike Fighting Game :) Thank you!

Still a few days left for our Alpha playtest!! If you wanna give the game a try and help us out with some feedback so that we can make the game even better, we'd really appreciate it!! Please consider tagging anyone who you think would be interested in a Roguelike Fighting Game :) Thank you!

#Florida woman wins Mortal Kombat tournament playing with newborn baby in arms. You know, like you do. www.dexerto.com/mortal-komba...

This works for game design docs too!! [Design a social capital system that's both individual and faction-based.] Then you can finish outlining the design before coming back and fleshing out the stubs.

INTRODUCING OUR NEW GAME TURNBOUND!!! Your sould is trapped in a haunted board game and you gotta play for your freedom! Also I added a cat because you always need a cat being a dick somewhere in your game www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3_r...

@osamadorias.bsky.social taught me the fundamentals of this some time ago and the very next visual I made was so good and useful that we ended up converting it into an in-engine overlay for use with our dev tools Highly recommended reading ⏬

Let's talk System Visualization! As designers, we often lean on visuals to help understand, communicate, or simply use a system. But which visuals??? This report (polarisgamedesign.com/2022/when-sp...) suggests we "PAUSE" and consider: - Purpose - Audience - Usage - Scope - Emphasis (Thread!)

Let's take a quick author break! This report was written by @apepers.bsky.social @ichiro.bsky.social @osamadorias.bsky.social Crystin Cox, Melissa Ramsden, Michael Austin, and Brent Ellison at our 2022 retreat. Follow them for further design insights~ OK back to the paper on System Visualization!

Friends!! The Poly Fighter playtest is live!! Please sign up, play, and give us ALL of your feedback!! RTs are appreciated!! Thank you ❤️❤️❤️

🎉🎉🏁🥇🏁🎉🎉 🕹️Poly Fighter 🏃Keiishi, Tamago, KREL, Sage009 Merci au studio Heartloop pour le playtest de Poly Fighter au NoReset #NoResetMarathon #Speedrunning #Polyfighter #NoReset4FGV #NoReset7 #SpeedrunForCharity #GamingMarathon #VirtualGuardians #CharityStream #GamingForGood

ICYMI: Poly Fighter is a single-player roguelike fighting game heading to PC with a retro aesthetic, and an alpha playtest will go live soon. www.rewinder.co.uk/poly-fighter...

Poly Fighter is a single-player roguelike fighting game heading to PC with a retro aesthetic, and an alpha playtest will go live soon.

actually i changed my mind store.steampowered.com/app/2359120/... #gaming #indiegames #gamedev #indiegamedev #videogames

History in the making! A Polaris co-director's game is up for its first playtest, check it out:

Friends!! The Poly Fighter playtest is live!! Please sign up, play, and give us ALL of your feedback!! RTs are appreciated!! Thank you ❤️❤️❤️

🔥 Our first alpha playtest is LIVE on Steam right now! 🔥 Until October 3rd you can sign up to try the game early and give us valuable feedback! 👉 Request access on Steam now! ❤️ store.steampowered.com/app/3977340/... #Playtest #IndieGame #Roguelike #FightingGame #Steam

Good Start to the weekend!

Steam page is LIVE! Our online playtest starts this Friday! Sign up for our playtest directly on the page (if you haven't filled out the form already!) Wishlist if you're interested!

Poly Fighter’s Steam page is LIVE! Our Alpha Playtest starts this Friday, September 26 for 1 week only. 👉 Request access on Steam now: store.steampowered.com/app/3977340/... #Playtest #IndieGame #Roguelike #FightingGame #Steam

Steam page is LIVE! Our online playtest starts this Friday! Sign up for our playtest directly on the page (if you haven't filled out the form already!) Wishlist if you're interested!

Some light reading tonight!

Dual Eclipse has hit 10 reviews and earned the Positive Rating on Steam! 🌞🎉 Thank you for the reviews and reaching out to share your adventures!🌜🎉 #dualeclipse #indiegame #indiedev #deckbuilding #RPG #turnbased

🌜Dual Eclipse is out NOW on Steam!! 🌞 After 2 years of dev, I'm excited to share this project that combines my love of tabletop and retro RPGs! 🃏⚔️ Please check it out, spread the word, and leave a review! store.steampowered.com/app/3048300/Dual_Eclipse #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #rpg #steam

Interview with our Creative Director Osama Dorias with The Fandom post. www.fandompost.com/2025/09/11/p...

We recently finished our 4th conference! I'll work through posting about the backlog of finished papers (from 2022-2024) before sharing little previews of this year's papers.

Kind Games: Designing for Prosocial Multiplayer is a game design report exploring "multiplayer games designed from the start with systems that deliberately promote prosocial behaviour". Come for the charts, stay for the design patterns to use in your own games: polarisgamedesign.com/2022/kind-ga...

Hi Bluesky! Polaris Game Design Retreat is an annual event where game designers tackle tough problems together, then write reports on their discoveries. If you're looking for our reports, start here: polarisgamedesign.com/reports/

Poly Fighter (Roguelike Fighting Game) - Reveal Trailer #FGC #PolyFighter #Gaming

Class is in session! New Video Drop and todays Class is Gaming Critique 101 where we will be looking at a new upcoming Roguelike FIGHTING GAME... called Poly Fighter. youtu.be/KItyuc-__7o @polyfightergame.bsky.social

New studio. New game. Step into the ring with Poly Fighter, a single-player roguelike fighting game where every run reshapes your style. 🖊️ Sign up to playtest: bit.ly/polyfighterplaytest www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilkn... #indiegames #videogame #reveal #trailer

Crunch KILLS people, I'm not sure how many times we need to tell companies this. Companies need to be held accountable for these kind of things. www.kiro7.com/news/trendin...

🥊 Poly Fighter is hitting Montréal! This weekend (Sept 5-7) we’ll be at NoReset Game Festival. 🎟️ noreset.tv Play the demo. Chat with the devs. Help shape the game. Not in Montréal? Sign up to our playtesting list here 👉 bit.ly/polyfighterp... #indiegame #videogame #festival #gamedemo #playtest

Montreal folks! In-person Playtest is live!!

We're at @noreset.tv Game Festival in Montréal all weekend. Come play Poly Fighter with us. Tickets & Info: noreset.tv Not in Montréal? Sign up to our playtest group: bit.ly/polyfighterp... #indiegame #videogame #playtest #event

Adrian is SO. COOL. We need more female boxers in fighting games. (And I don't mean kickboxers...)

It's been a while. Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs. store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...

Friends! We're wrapping up our Poly Fighter playtest build! If you're in Montreal, you can playtest this weekend in person at NoReset! Otherwise you can sign to playtest remotely soon after that!!

It's my absolute pleasure to present to you our labor of love: Poly Fighter! We are HeartLoop Games! ♥