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Automaton Heart is on Steam today :D

#PitchYaGame I'm making It Consumes, an arena-FPS set in total darkness, where you see by beating your heart. It also has an extensive custom games editor where you can build your own game modes and even create your own unique modifiers. store.steampowered.com/app/2371060/...

AUTOMATON HEART IS HERE You can play it on Steam. Journey through a set of eclectic locales while managing your organs and switching between three characters.

For people who think that AI is inevitable or worry it is, I made starter packs of game devs refusing to use AI, and in less than 24 hours had more than 200 devs ask to be included. Creatives don't want this and won't use it. You just need to support those who won't use it.

Hello everyone, I just made this starter pack for game devs who refuse to use generative AI. In any capacity at all, including for ideas or placeholders or code or inspiration or whatever excuses people have. No AI use, period. Let me know if you want added. go.bsky.app/6DRdowf

the playtest for my fps roguelite Blast Judgment is now open store.steampowered.com/news/app/304... #indiegame #gamedev #lowpoly #psx

What if instead of trying to forcibly invent the next big technical revolution... what if we paid devs and funded projects? The budget for this stuff could create so much THRIVING art. Imagine: more games! more weird games! more games that take risks! games that dont need to monetize aggressively!

Hear me out... Univerally praised games are neat enough, but nothing hits quite like something unpopular that speaks to *you*. So show-and-tell: Link and Explain a game that's UNDERRATED (sub-500 user reviews), UNDERRATED (sub 80% score) or BOTH (ideally!) that is near and dear to your heart.

Leon giving Grace the Requiem in RE9

ENCHAIN has already been out for almost 2 weeks! early access launch has been great. feedback has been super positive and thoughtful, from what I peeked at so far. thank you for the support! been on a break, excited to jump back in. I will start making the first update (QoL+polish) next week.

Holy shit CICADAMATA is bursting at the seams with style. It's like it's from some alternate reality where everyone went all in on making sick as hell Jumping Flash type games.

this game is fun even on levels that are unrefined

Unbelievable what's happening. How broken do people's brains need to be to support this outright nazi shit?

I can't get over how cool this project is. Very inspiring

Indie devs! Time for another #ShowCasey DEMO EDITION! Do you have a demo in the Steam Next Fest? Do you need some eyeballs? Reply below with a link to your steam page and a brief description of your game, and let's see if I can't GRANT YOU EYES! (As usual, no GenAI)

So our new coop-comedy-horror-heist game Good Boy is part of Steam #NextFest. We'd certainly appreciate any RTs! store.steampowered.com/app/3670740/...

It Consumes is in Steam Next Fest! The demo includes a good chunk of the main survival mode, with lots of different abilities and modifiers to mess around with. And save data will carry over into the full release. store.steampowered.com/app/2371060/...

New public Patreon post today! I am not an expert at most things, but at being lazy? I come close. 😉 ➡️ www.patreon.com/posts/135447...

GDC has always been ass, and GDC now trying to further impose control outside moscone to strangle out side events is a sure sign that it's not going to get better. If you're a dev, this sheet is free and will have a higher impact than paying money to go to sf docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Boomstock starts tomorrow! It Consumes will be part of it, along with a bunch of other awesome FPS games.

What an expertly called shot

If you have an interest in making an ambitious rhythm game with me, with a DIY attitude, radical liberation worn on it's sleeve, queer focused subject matter, and colorful characters, I am seeking to build a team ahead of grant applications this coming March. Interested in contributing?

Really smart technique. And gives it such an awesome vibe that I'm not sure would be there if everything were coloured individually.

If you've been looking for a Notion alternative there's some good options in here that I hadn't heard of before

visa and mastercard deciding what games are allowed to be sold is an apocalyptic level threat to the games industry. phone calls are the highest impact way to help. this is an all hands on deck situation. the enemy got results with 1000 phone calls. we can beat them phone numbers and a script:

It's got enough room for me & the whole squad ⚔️

Alrighty #ScreenshotSaturday have ya taken our Starfox x Armoured Core inspired Spaceflight Shooter 'Rogue Eclipse' for a spin yet? Features: 🕹️ - Tight Spaceflight Controls! 🚀 - Unlockable Starfighters! 💥 - Explosive Bullet-Hell Action! Wishlist Here! bit.ly/4bRLumD #scifi #IndieGame #Gaming

Not out yet, but The Last Salvage Squad looks like a really interesting indie FPS experiment.

I've said before that I have a low (but not zero) tolerance policy on AI trash in games. It sucks, but I won't let it ruin something that's 99% hand-made. THAT SAID, keep doing this and pressuring and embarassing studios that try to slip in that little bit of garbage. They might back down, like so!

Yeah, this especially an issue, I've brought up privately with some gamedev contacts, about some assets being used that were snuck in there without them knowing it was AI, and it causing them more hassle to remove it later. It's just putting extra work on people.

So many of the games you love are worked on by Canadian devs. Honestly, its a HUGE chunk of the industry and you never REALLY hear about it, to the extent it deserves. Here is a great sale, and its only showcasing 300 of those games, which is just a taste. store.steampowered.com/curator/4554...

if you try to play to any sort of content algorithm by insinuating anybody in video games is "lazy" you're going to hell

Extract skulls. Mutate. Survive. Escape. My new game is a small arena FPS that drinks from Devil Daggers, Post Void and Splatoon's Salmon Run. Coming soon! #PitchYaGame #indiegamedev #solodev #gamedev

Liha – A first-person action rogue-lite where you scavenge procedural anomalies for parts to build powerful upgrades and new ships. Every run is a choice: dive deeper for better loot or escape before the Flesh devours your ship. Demo on Steam: bit.ly/3FKZAvg #PitchYaGame #gamedev #indiegames

#PitchYaGame CARIMARA - Beneath the forlorn limbs My short spooky game will release this summer ! - 🏡 A well polished tiny world with a weird retro style - 💀 Low horror and dark tale aesthetic - 🃏 Card based dialogs system and investigation

#PitchYaGame I’m a solo dev making It Consumes - Arena-FPS + survivors-style roguelite - Set in total darkness, see by beating your heart - Break everything with custom games. Make truly cursed game modes you can share with your friends! Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2371060/...

Announcing the Games to Get Excited About Fest 2025! 100+ upcoming indie games. No CGI trailers. No Filler. Just awesome upcoming indie games to get excited about. Game submissions are open! Post your games below or fill out the form! #gamedev #indiegames #indiedev #gaming

Apparently Twitter is down, so how about this? Any indie developers got upcoming games they need signal boosted? Let's try and get some eyeballs for you! Reply to this post with a little bit about your game, a trailer if you have it, and make sure to include a link to any relevant store pages, GO!

The new AI video game generator is fucking disgusting, creatively bankrupt, morally empty, soulless horse shit. Yet, I fear the masses won't care, and the day games invented by robots are accepted is coming. What's the point in a world without human-made art? We have destroyed our humanity.

Once again, a study has found absolutely no one benefits from GenAI.

I don't understand how a company that can attract some of the best artists in the industry resorts to stealing art assets. Just... why?

Well shit this is good news

Everyone should check out the trailer for this on its steam page. Stunning visual style.

yo old dudes if you didn't want your games industry filled with horny bisexuals you shoulda made different games in the 90s and early 2000s just sayin, it's like it was someone's master plan who never showed up to take credit

Happy to share that It Consumes will be a part of the 2025 Lovecraftian Days event on Steam, which runs from April 14 - 21. There'll be an updated version of the It Consumes playtest, plus tons of other games with weird cosmic horror and freaky tentacle monsters.

Hello lovely people. I was wondering if you could support Buried Treasure? It's a site where I cover amazing games that the rest of the press aren't noticing. It's a lot of work, and it's only possible because of the amazing people who support me on Patreon. www.patreon.com/c/buriedtrea...

Indie game devs! Worried you don't have a good publishing deal? May I present my firm's 2025 Publishing Agreement Data Report! Taken from 100+ actual Publishing Agreements ranging from 2017-2025, providing averages for rev share splits, advances, IP ownership and more! indiegamepublishing.com

The current discourse is that “games media doesn’t cover indie” We’d like to use this opportunity to tell the world that we exist 👋 Debug is a print magazine covering thousands of indies Please help spread the word!

Watched this clip like 20 times in a row. Pretty good sign I'll be losing hours and hours to this when it comes out.