Game dev is hard but I wanna give a special shout out to devs that are also full time parents because I know you need the ❤️ and I know you just sleepy af and a burnt at both ends candle.

LAST CALL FOR FREE PROMOTION! I'm finalising games for Family Gaming Zone at PAX West and ComicCon London. If you are an indie and have a game on console (old or new) we'd love to get it on our stand for free! Or maybe devs follow you, so do share!

Please help share the news!

The Print Shop Club is bringing me so much nostalgic #80s joy! I just printed out a birthday card for my dad via PDF! 💚 I can't believe I can do this forty years later thanks to @atari130xe.bsky.social and @undefinedopco.de: theprintshop.club So grateful to original creators Pixellite Software!

I would greatly appreciate your help with spreading the word that @gamedevmap.com is now on Bluesky!

I love images like this. It doesn't matter who you are as a #gamedev, everyone starts in a corner of a bedroom with nothing but passion, a dream and lots of hours at the computer.

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Go go go gogogofog

Happy Twentieth Birthday, #Psychonauts! Birthday bumps from one of your many parents… I’m glad you’ve become such a special game to so many people! Almost old enough to take you to the Li Po Cocktail Lounge downtown for a drink! Love and thanks to the Double Fine team that shipped Psychonauts! 💖

Cute and fun little game by @johnpassfield.bsky.social — my late night high score was 15. Will try again in the morning! Thank you, John!

Are you attending the Game Developers Conference? Would you like feedback on your #gameart and portfolio? 🎮 🎨 Find me and my fellow Portfolio Review Panelists here on Friday at 2:00pm: schedule.gdconf.com/session/game... @officialgdc.bsky.social #GDC2025

Amid deteriorating relations between the US and Canada, many Canadian video game developers are opting not to travel to San Francisco for next week's Game Developers Conference. www.wired.com/story/canadi...

If you're up for sharing with me, I'd love to learn about some of your gamedevmap stories! They're a big part of what keeps me going through the endless data entry work! 🧡 You'll be able to find me at GDC to share in person, as well!

I had a lovely introduction ready to announce gamedevmap on Bluesky and celebrate 20 years, but sometimes things don't go according to plan! Instead, my first post here was about gamedevmap being [temporarily] broken. A lot has been done in the last two weeks to make maintenance more user-friendly.

🚧 gamedevmap Update 🚧 Some URLs in our search results are temporarily broken. Fixing this requires coding work and updating thousands of URLs. We’re on it! 💪 Thanks to everyone who has reached out. We expect things to be back to normal soon. Your patience is appreciated! 🙌

How to succeed in the game industry 1) Play games 2) Note things you dislike 3) Make a better game 4) *Really* make a better game. Go to 3 until true 5) Finish game 6) Ship game to a community you started building in 3 7) Roll a D20. Over 17 = success 8) Repeat until rich/dead #gamedev #indiedev

I'm working on a final data drop for 2024 and wondering if gamedevmap should make the move with me from Twitter/X to Bluesky sometime in 2025? Do I really have to maintain one more social media account?

Some time ago, Charles Boury (charlesboury.fr) shared a noteworthy temple diorama. His art direction on the beautiful #CaravanSandWitch has inspired me once again. These slides on bringing concept art and in-game 3D closer together were a good read with Google Translate. Thanks, @charlesboury.fr!