Support the affected workers by joining a letter writing campaign to hold Ubisoft accountable! This effort is open to ALL regardless of your country of residence, and takes only a minute of your time. ubisoftworkerscanada.com/help/

Are you making a story-focused indie game? 📖 Applications are open for the Story-Rich Showcase, our event that will run during the Summer Game Fest period and is built to champion narrative games that deserve the spotlight ❤️‍🔥 You can apply here 👇 📋 storyrich.games

'A chair left empty': that's mine! <3

A month shy of our 6 month anniversary (!), we're opening up freelance at Rogue. We're a small business, but we want to help build a place where new writers can flourish. [email protected] Instructions below! www.rogue.site/news/were-op...

Are you a freelancer hoping to level up your bookkeeping before tax season? UVW-CWA has joined forces with freelancer-specialist tax firm Brass Taxes for a webinar. Open to non-members! February 11th, 10AM Pacific on Zoom Art by Cleveland Mosher Sign up: actionnetwork.org/events/brass...

Do I know any South Asian game writers/narrative designers looking for a full-time contract?

We’re hiring a QA Analyst! $90,069 CAD/year, remote 6-month contract, 4-day work weeks with flexible hours! 🫶 Apply now: www.workwithindies.com/careers/ko-o... ✨

Overall: 28% laid off in the last 2 years US: 33% Design/narrative: 20% in the last 12mo (most impacted discipline) 48% said they haven't found a new job, and the survey admits these numbers are likely an undercount. Fun fact: the survey would boot you out if you'd been out of work >2 years.

Sometimes I think it'd be a good idea for CEOs to be scored, Metacritic-style, based on how others evaluate how they run a company. I like to imagine it would encourage more restraint. Their incompetence does real damage. You shouldn't have to suffer executives just because you want to be a gamedev.

🇬🇧✊🌀 Ubisoft : enough is enough! Faced with the arbitrary decision of the CEO who doesn’t even dare talking to employees anymore, unions are calling for a strike on February 10th, 11th and 12th.

Are you a dev making a "Fake OS", Interface based game a la Her Story, The Operator, Desktop Explorer... or Imprinted? : D We are organizing a dedicated steam sale and would love to include your game as well!! forms.gle/5G4uSLroqq7r...

For those who can, here are links to donate directly to local efforts on the ground resisting ICE's terrorizing of Minneapolis. Let me know what you donated to where, and I'll match it until I get a panicked call from my bank! linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid

For all fans of IF, there's an event coming in April (18-19) to coincide with the London Games Festival. For excited possible attendees - mark your calendars. For those who might want to run a workshop, or exhibit, here's the form - forms.gle/j3AEMs24iKvU... Deadline:Sunday 8 Feb Shares welcome

If you are a game developer working on a modern military shooter and want to speak to me about Call of Duty being mentioned during this most recent ICE shooting, please reach out at gita at aftermath dot site. I am happy to keep you anonymous.

Can't Stop, Won't Stop! ✨ Gravity Well is looking for an experienced, creative, and technically capable designer to help develop large systems that bring players together and make them excited for more! Check out the Systems Designer role here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/gravitywell/...

I've had this image in my head for several months now and have to get it out

Check out the marvellous Game Poems magazine! Yes, I have a little something in there, and, yes, it lives up to the dream of publications that manage to include (and be about) interactive/games stuff! www.gamepoems.com/issue01/

Any volunteers interested in helping @farfama.bsky.social input the data for all IGF Nuovo Award nominations, winners, and honorable mentions? There are over 200 games that are recognized for advancing the medium and the way we think about games. DM if you are interested in helping.

The go-to number for a mid tier composer for games is $1000/min of finished music. Im sure you've heard that for a...while, As far back as 2016!! www.gamedeveloper.com/audio/budget... It's been 10 years, with inflation that number is $1367/min I repeat: $1367 per minute of finished music.

kinda liking this lil soup buddy

come work with me... even more directly!?

💵 MONEY for GAME? In 2026??? 💵 There have been more and more successful-game-devs-turned-game-funders popping up, so here's a lil' thread of some of the more recent ones I've seen. Hopefully this helps you get some $$$! 🔽

friends! acquaintances! help! i'm looking to hire a game designer (living in the Netherlands) to help build games in The Hidden Folks Universe, starting with a sequel to the indie hit game Hidden Folks. know someone who's a good fit? pls forward this, ty! hiddenfolks.com/job-opening/...

Welcome to 2026 - New Year, New Voices! We'll be announcing the winners of our amazing New Voices puzzle grant next week: $15k each for 5 under-represented teams in puzzle development. If you'd like to participate in next year's grant, drop us a line! grants.draknek.org

Applications close tonight!!

Curious about our GDC Pass program? One recipient said: "[...] It was a complete support system, allowing me to have the community, safety, & guidance I needed to take the next steps on my journey in games" #GDCScholarshipImpact ➡️ More info: pixelles.ca#gdcensemble

4,000 words on the stage I haven't been able to stop playing for the last six years. Early dev screenshots, talk of tech challenges, five demo tracks embedded so you can hear the song's evolution. All the good stuff.

Le programme Pixelles GDC Ensemble est ouvert aux candidatures ! En partenariat avec GDC, nous emmenons 25 dévs au #GDC2026. 💖 Nous encourageons particulièrement les candidatures des fondat.rices.eurs et des organisat.rices.eurs communautaires. Date limite : 31 déc à 23h59 pixelles.ca#gdcensemble

while industry figures, dressed to the nines, filtered into LA's peacock theater last week, protesters chanted "the industry is dead" outside of it. despite how often geoff keighley says the game awards exist to "celebrate" games and the people who make them, many feel ignored

Pixelles GDC Ensemble is now open for applications! In partnership with GDC, we’re bringing 25 mid-career game developers to #GDC2026. 💖 We’re especially considering submissions from studio founders and grassroots community organizers. Apply by Dec. 31st for your chance to win a Festival Pass:

“I am not in denial, I am in open rebellion.” incredible

people are blogging about the game awards so it's time to link to my blog post from 2023 where I said what is still my firm opinion to this day auratriolo.com/blog/2023/12...

Interested in game-writing? In early 2026 we'll be publishing a kaleidoscope: short articles by 100+ game writers - experts, freelancers, and juniors - about the craft. ~1/3 of them are in: multiple bangers, from some very famous names and games. Sign up to be notified when it's ready here:

🚨 The UK Video Games Industry Census closes 19 Dec. Run by Ukie & Dr Mark Taylor, it’s the most comprehensive survey of the UK games workforce, exploring: 🔹 Industry mood & outlook 🔹 Layoffs, visas & training 🔹 Careers of women in games Open to all UK games workers. Take part: zurl.co/yfMwu

Support the workers of Rockstar Toronto laid off in retaliation for organizing! Use this form to send a letter to the Minister of Labour, David Piccini, and to their MPP, Steven Crawford: actionnetwork.org/letters/rein...

'A Normal Lost Phone', 'Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story' & 'Alt-Frequencies' are getting delisted on January 30th 2026. They are currently on sale for less than a $1. store.steampowered.com/news/app/523...

I've written a thing for this, and it's gonna get printed on paper with a nice cover and all! I like tangible things I can put on my crammed bookshelf. I am humbled and I cannot wait to read what others wrote.

More coverage of our 10,000 Game Assets Pack, this time on Dexerto. We really do appreciate all the support everyone is giving this - basically it makes the last year of working on it full time worthwhile & spurs us on to create more assets!! www.dexerto.com/gaming/indie... #gamedev #indiedev

OPPORTUNITY Arc Raiders - Narrative Designer Not affiliated. Shares welcome! careers.embark-studios.com/jobs/6883281...

Montreal friends, check out Dawson's indie game playtest this Friday! It's always a good time :)

This has been a great year for the engine, but there are still a lot of things we would love to do. If each person visiting our website donated €5, we could hire 5 more developers to work on Godot full-time. 👉 fund.godotengine.org

Vous avez sorti un jeu cool en 2025 et n'avez pas forcément de quoi le soumettre aux #Pégases2026 ? Cette industrie a besoin de plus de diversité, de personnes comme de contenus ! Je prends en charge vos frais d’inscription : pegases26 -at- monkeymoon -dot- net. (Exception : pas de contenu IA.)

Are you an indie developer with a game that you’d like to promote during the Hard Drive Game Awards?(Dec 12, 7PM ET) We’d love to talk to you! The only requirement is a willingness to be silly. 🤪 Send us a DM if you’re interested. Fundraising for www.pcrf.net tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0

GDC 2026 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS OPEN 📣 Our alumni say it best! 🗣️"This opportunity allowed me to connect with other marginalized game designers, who helped me navigate challenging experiences in AAA & continue to act as mentors for me." ✏️ www.gamedevsofcolor.org/scholarship #GDC2026 #gamedev

Simogo Legacy Collection launches tomorrow with full Steam Deck compatibility. We couldn’t get a Deck Verified review and we don't know what exactly qualifies to get tested by Valve, but we are guessing more interest might help. Please wishlist if you can/want! store.steampowered.com/app/3817040/...

Wanderstop is such a beautiful and thoughtful game. I’ll be thinking about it for a long time. (and mention it in my PhD thesis about micro-interactions in narrative games) Super inspiring, thank you <3 @ivyroadgames.bsky.social

Hi GameDevs please share to help your friends get hired. We are opening more roles: www.absurdventures.com/careers

We're so excited to showcase the games & makers from our Pixelles Make Games program! Everyone is invited to hang out, play, and enjoy refreshments 🎉 🌿 RSVP required (free): events.humanitix.com/pixelles-mak... 📅 Dec 4th @ 6pm 🗺️ @unity.com's Montreal office 🍩Non-alcoholic social with vegan options

I'm really really struggling to find potential Sponsors for @limitbreak.co.uk at the moment We're not looking for huge amounts of money. We're a very lean programme thanks to our amazing volunteers! Can you help? Look at out Sponsorship Deck or share this post 💖 limitbreak.co.uk/sponsorform