This looks super fun. I love the style of it, and the gameplay concept reminds me of how much I enjoyed the character based level design in Lost Vikings.

Pulling up a terrain/street view look at the school I went to back in Canada growing up and seeing how allllllllll the surrounding area of it that used to just be forest and prairie for miles and miles is now just clearcut unused "farmland" except for one tiny strip of woods 😑

Friendly reminder that making posts or websites and putting on distorted text effects to words look weird and spooky is an accessibility issue if you're doing it a lot! It can be hard or impossible for screen readers to work with, and be a challenge for folks to read through as well.

My new game studio is called nap club and @wingsfund.me are funding and publishing our first title! We are here to make shorter, weirder computer games with worse graphics and get paid more to work less. You will hear more about it soon… @wenapclub.bsky.social 🧌⚔️ 🛎️

Nobody ever rends anything asunder anymore. It use to be one of the top ways to be rent. What happened.

This is WIP footage, and god it already feels so fun to play this game.

I mean. Being completely funded so I could just spend a year experimenting and practicing and writing self-indulgent goofy shit without the specter of a potential audience or buyer looming over it? Coming out after, creatively refreshed and excited to dive back into new projects? Easy choice.

The reviews for Vampire Crawlers are super interesting. They're either thoroughly mediocre or full of high praise. Weird to see that split.

This SUCKS and it is also an important reminder for people to start putting AI protections in their work agreements N O W. Especially if you're freelance, and especially if you work in any sort of creative industry. (Music, game dev, writing, etc.)

Nobody else is really doing it like indies. Hell yeah.

Approaching one year of unemployment is terrifying and bills need to be paid. A year of pitching The Arab League of Misfits yielded zero funding so far, and competing with 45K laid-off devs is bleak. I urgently need freelance or full-time remote roles www.linkedin.com/posts/nazihf...

#IndieGames are trending apparently? So, uh, wishlist my team and I's queer, indie game love letter to Cowboy Bebop, Bitter Silver? ✨ We also have a demo that won't waste your time and has multiple endings. And there's a cute cat you can talk to & pet! 🐈 store.steampowered.com/app/1906930/...

I've veen using Scrivener to do my writing to avoid AI bullshit, but I really bemoan its lack of Android support. Is anyone using any other software they'd recommend for cross PC/Android writing?

Ordered my third cappuccino at this little Italian place and the barista warned me I would be up until Saturday

I work at Kotaku now! :) You can go watch back today's KFGD to hear me talk about it a little if you want. You could also read my alma mater @gibiz.bsky.social to learn more! www.gamesindustry.biz/kotaku-hires...

What an odd line to draw

You have to finish projects. Yes, you (all humans reading this). You can stave off completion with the goal of perfection forever and learn essentially nothing in the process.

behold. two years

The hotel is lovely apart from the two explosions on the neighboring lot earlier and the huge line of emergency vehicles that were combatting the flames to keep them away from the treeline 💖

We're at the most important tent at the craft festival

*checking in at hotel* Front Desk to Rick: And we made sure your room was ready early because you left such a sweet note for us on your reservation and it made us smile thank you :) Rick: Of course, you're so welcome :) *in room* Me: What did you write Rick: I have NO IDEA

Indie authors, I am begging you to put your ebooks up other places than Amazon. I don't spend money there, but I will on so many other storefronts, including itchio, kofi, kobo, etc etc etc If your book is only available on Amazon, I am not buying your book

The Girl With All the Gifts is an excellent movie. I saw it after reading the book years prior, and it was really great to see how they translated certain scenes to film. Definitely worth a watch. (And some movies on here for me to add to my list, too!)

It's a privilege to be able to witness the development of @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social 's new project. Wishlist it on Steam and help get the word out!

A year into our Patreon, and we're spinning up 2 new games and a manga. Give it a share if you like what I'm trying to do :) www.patreon.com/posts/render...

Saw this at the store today and was going to buy a bag for Rick to try until at the last second I thought "Huh... wait... why is there a dog on the package?" In my defense it was nowhere near the pet aisle and was across from the regular jerky endcap 😑

Going to a craft festival tomorrow and my predictions for vendors are: - Fancy dog treats - Dips✨️ - Little knitted creatures - Resin poured tabletops - Massive canvas prints of what is DEFINITELY FOR SURE the seller's own art - $$$ handmade pens - Shirts made of the worst fabric you've ever felt

Hey! Wanna play a choice-driven, indie game love letter to Cowboy Bebop called BITTER SILVER that: 👩 has a queer, adult woman over 35 as the MC 👽 has a hot, nonbinary alien you can date 😸 has a cute, talking robot cat Then wishlist that game on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/1906930/...

Started playing Gloomwood and greatly enjoying being a little freak skulking from shadow to shadow going nyehehehehe nyohohoho while everyone coughs wetly around me

You're not going to top it www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVzY...

I can't stop thinking how much more fun and satisfying a set of those big ol mitts would be to flail at someone with than Socker Boppers ever were

People are dunking on this guy but we really need to support and encourage people who make the decision to step away from AI. Like this is the goal!! For folk to realize and stop using it, even if they were to begin with!! This is a good thing!!

Communication or the lack thereof is the root of so. MANY. challenges in game dev, and one of the biggest causes of things that would be small issues turning into big ones. Never underestimate the value of post-meeting bullet points and directly saying, "So to confirm, we are going to XYZ. Yes?"

Hey this sucks

It really frustrates me that we continue to nominate and give awards for queer content to big AAA assholes doing the bare minimum with their eyes rolling and lips curled when there are so many queer indies out there putting their hearts on platters that get ignored because they don't have the budget

I really need someone to make one of those movie databases like Does the Dog Die but for whether a movie uses AI I suppose the challenge is making sure it's accurate since people have a tendency to misidentify AI, but maybe then you require sources? I dunno. But it's worth figuring out.

Good lord. I covered so many games from this back when I was still reviewing them pre-2016. End of an era. Goddamn.

I've liked all of Strange Scaffold's games, but I think this might be the best. Real juicy stuff. A frantic, boggle-eyed look at the raw insanity of modern economics/gambling. Also Wenbill absolutely did have it coming. Whatever suffering the game inflicts upon him probably isn't enough.

It’s fucking bizarre how people are acting like something from 2022 is something they can’t live without. Like dudes, the emotional dependence on a sycophantic machine regurgitating nonsense to encourage you to stop engaging in critical thought and trust the slop is truly depressing to witness.

This is on sale for $2.99 currently!!! I super recommend it. A group of "devils" is forcibly sent on a mission to safely deliver a long lost princess to a distant nation. Wonderful characters and worldbuilding. Funny, tense, touching, and fabulously weird. www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

hey, unity shader people i'm trying to do a stupid-simple thing, make a shadergraph "sky mesh" custom node that pushes all vertices to the far clip plane so an object renders behind everything else fully ripping off the aras-p blog aras-p.info/blog/2019/02...

I was... five or so when I saw these? They weren't the only ones, but I'd say they're the ones that had the greatest impact (re: nightmares) on me. My mom was fine with me watching horror, it was always the "adult" content she was concerned about restricting.

Me recommending a horror book: Oh, it was great. It left me overcome with a great, ominous malaise and feeling of dread that has overshadowed all my days and nights and made the world feel like a much bleaker, watchful place. I can lend you my copy.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you don't have someone on your team who is Good At Spreadsheets, it is imperative that you take up that mantle yourself

Sometimes I read fantasy and I think, "This is fine, but you know you don't HAVE to have elves/dwarves/halflings/etc right? You can make your own stuff up. It's more fun if you do."

This is your reminder to play weird little indie games and support the devs

if you want to support me in a small but meaningful way please drop $5 on bimbo. it is nice for the aforementioned income reasons but also it makes me feel like my time spent on it is valuable iznaut.itch.io/bimbo

Not sure how I feel about this. Games "for" women, but only if it fits with the traditionally accepted idea of a game "for" women?? Plus NetEase as a sponsor feels......... weird, especially given their AI use lately itch.io/jam/wgf2026

The best time to look for a professional game trailer editor to help you make a trailer for a summer showcase was in January/February. The second best time is RIGHTNOWSTOPWAITING My May deadlines are why June is historically the best time for my vacations 😅