I'm not gonna have time to make anything with this but I started on a tiny interactive web thing for Vancouver Game Garden using @pietepiet.com's art and LDtk (arrow keys): vangamegarden.com/events/02/ga...

screenshot monday

I'm not sure about this branding but I'm not the billionaire business genius

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I agree - I like the stakes it creates... the threat of losing everything is great. But I don't like that it pushes you into doing the same thing over and over in games about exploration.

Yesterday was the 10 year anniversary of the first Celeste classic run I felt like submitting to src :3

In Super Mario Odyssey, kicking things is Mario's highest priority, overriding all other actions. If a kickable object, such as a football, is thrown at Mario while he is asleep, he will momentarily wake up just to kick it before instantly going back to sleep.

hornet photo study

If you're Canadian, please sign this! You'll have to confirm your signature via email but for good reason--this is a petition sponsored by an actual member of parliament. These petitions can lead to actual meaningful action here. Doesn't take very long, please add your support!!

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here's a pixelated 3d spinning heart I made for a thing today

A C# thing I really like for custom editors is that you can automatically generate xml from your comments, and then load those at runtime and display them using reflection. So now code-comments are also editor docs/information:

Mark your calendars! 📆✍️ CelesteCommunity's annual ARCHIETHON charity marathon is taking place from October 24-26, benefitting @pointofpride.org! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Watch as Celeste community members showcase their (largely) non-Celeste speedruns for a great cause! Check the schedule over at archiethon.com !💙❤️💛🦜

I will be at this! Also we'll be around all week if any Melbourne mutuals wanna say hi!

I will be at this! Also we'll be around all week if any Melbourne mutuals wanna say hi!

@noelfb.bsky.social and I will be at ACMI in Melbourne on October 6 for this :) www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/mig...

I called that hair style Celeste (thanks @noelfb.bsky.social for the hair physics tips btw)

I'M LIVE AGAIN supporting Malala Fund for Flame Fatales 2025! This time, we're doing Celeste All Hearts speedruns! I have donation incentives to play mirrored, upgrade a run to All Chapters, and to add a bonus True Pure All Hearts run! What's that?? Stop by to find out :D twitch.tv/Lmjacks

i only upgrade my phone when my old one explodes but i was already thinking about trying to de-google my next one anyway bsky.app/profile/arst...

The exhibitor list for Vancouver Game Garden 2025 is now live!! 🎮🌱 More than 40 different indie studios will be showcasing their games at this year's event, including games such as 1000xRESIST, Peglin, Beastieball, and many more! ✨ Check out the full list here: vangamegarden.com/exhibitors

my not-so-hot take is that tools like this don't become useful until you have enough people that someone's job basically becomes the manager of all the tasks. <10 people it's more work than it's worth. bsky.app/profile/jaso...

Video games should max out at 10 hours long

Looking for support among mutuals for it's solitaire: - Sound design - Music

playin' some cave story with chevy in a moment!

At 5:00 PST (8:00 EST) today, @noelfb.bsky.social and I will be playing CAVE STORY, a 2004 indie game that was a huge inspiration to us. I'll be playing through it for the first time in years, and we'll be talking about its development & the decompilation project over at www.twitch.tv/noelfb JOIN US

"'If it means folks like me going to jail, so be it,' says CUPE national president" how about we also jail the CEOs responsible until they reach an agreement to pay their employees. seems fair if we're jailing union leaders. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Grats to the liberals for turning what could have been "a strike" into "labour leaders are declaring they'll go to jail as martyrs for the cause" I guess www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

good. if flight attendants for a single company are so important to the functioning of canadian society then they should be paid more - government should not be able to force them back to work bsky.app/profile/luke...

"You can't strike, you're too important" from a judge or government should instantly make you side with the people striking. They're *that* important but they get treated like shit? Nah. Naaaah. Let the government force better conditions.

Had some time to play through Öoo this weekend - extremely good game, awesome work! Definitely recommend.

just to echo what everyone is saying -- I don't think it's useful to yell at itch. if you burn them out, they can't negotiate effectively with stripe etc. let them have time and space to figure it out

We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 🎉 The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans. Deadline: September 28th More info 👇 grants.draknek.org

VISA CAN'T HANG UP ON YOU UNTIL YOU STOP TALKING. YAPPERS, THIS IS YOUR TIME TO SHINE. Talk in circles! Loop back to the same points! Take a minute to "remember" a word! Your goal isn't to change their minds, it's to keep talking for as long as possible to waste their money and clog call centers.

igf (independent games festival), game developers conference, san jose, california (2000) archive.org/details/comp...

I knew at some point I would want to move off github but I really don't want to take the time to learn / set up something else, ugh

never take freedom of the press or access to news for granted. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...

"Öoo" the bomb caterpillar exploration puzzle platformer, is out now! 🎉 Dive into an adventure packed with discovery and clever puzzles, we hope you enjoy it! 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/2721890/...

Hey, it would mean so much to me if y'all kept up the pressure with phone calls to payment processors to show to them how much people care and that they can't just ignore it—my livelihood depends on adult games not being censored! You can find info and phone scripts here: stop-paypros.neocities.org

Thinking about the Sonic OVA background art again and its still my favorite Sonic aesthetic #SonicTheHedgehog #SonicOVA #Sonic #SEGA

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Is it possible to host your own email in 2025 (without stuff like google just ignoring your emails entirely)? If I want to move off google, but also don't want to just be at the whims of another giant tech company, what are the options?

This is a good article but I want to note that the page q_dork.itch.io/consume-me was never indexed since its 2018 publishing because it didn't meet minimum indexing requirements of having an uploaded file. It was not affected by the NSFW audit itch.io/docs/creator...

really good write-up of this whole situation with payment processors enabling right-wing censorship of adult games www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

Most of the internet used to be like this. This is actually the default, it took companies enclosing the internet and adding weird, soul-killing incentives to make people behave the way they do now. In a way, there is truly nothing special about Wikipedia except that it survived longer.

Action item for Canadians affected by NSFW takedowns: CBC looking to write an article and talk with devs affected by the itch takedowns Hit up @jonore.bsky.social if that's you

Am I a speedrunner now? (skipping stuff in the new DK game... but then not following through because I assume I need some kinda power up for this wind stuff)

If you're a Canadian dev directly affected by these changes on Itch or Steam, I want to talk to you.

every person yelling at itch in the replies makes me want to go feral man. you are pushing the small guy around because it's the easier target. get mad at the right person for a fucking change.