My Time at Sandrock is a good example of how you need good dialogue writing and great VO direction to make the most of VO Cause wowee when you don't have that stuff the VO is Well it's not It's not solving any problems, put it that way

Job listings for producers where the role is barely minimum wage, short term, no benefits, and the project that is "launching soon" is in critical danger of collapsing in on itself after years of mismanagement and burnout

If you want to start making games, instead of trying to make your magnum opus on your first go, please do some game jams. Ludum Dare. Something short with a fixed time limit and specs you need to follow. Learn about developing under restrictions, how to get creative in them, how to scope smartly.

Why isn’t Hannibal Lecter in Eat Pray Love

I love the look of this. (And the "made by humans not robots" badge on the Steam page!)

steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back

Reading a scary book home alone at night Hearing something in the distance that sounds for all the world like the Silent Hill siren

I think a lot about this piece by Alison Zai and how much more peaceful life would be if more people abided by it Artist site: www.alisonzai.com

Best advice I can give indie studios posting job listings is to use a Google Form or something for applying so you can easily track responses. Second best advice is to include non-negotiables as mandatory questions for people to confirm even if you have them clearly bolded in multiple places.

Real life looking more and more like a Grand Theft Auto parody every day

lol

Bugsnax is so wonderfully weird and joyful and deeply strange. If for some reason you haven't played it yet, there's no time like the present to fix that.

I've tried to explain this to people who haven't played this so many times. There is SO MUCH strength in the narrative and atmosphere of Super Metroid and all of it is communicated without a word. It was a very formative experience for me when I played it at 10. It blew my imagination wide open.

So many of these studios are also in places with a high cost of living that is getting even higher due to the current landscape in the US. Salaries are not rising to meet inflation. Why would you risk it? So many horror stories of people who uproot their lives for jobs that vanish inside four months

Everything from this game always looks so good it's unfair

new lowest score achieved! with the facing away from camera penalty + low visibility because of obstacles i got my score down to 1 point for a second there

This is one of my favorite puzzle games!! Wonderful style and atmosphere, effortlessly enjoyable.

T This Isn't parody? I What? In Metroid? What????

Same energy as romanticizing freelancers having to scramble for a ton of short term contracts to make ends meet as "hustling"

Thursdays are important here. For the whole first week after we adopted her, Ziva hid. Behind the freezer. Under chairs. She wouldn't react to any attempts to talk to her. Wouldn't take treats. Frozen with huge unblinking eyes. We worried she wasn't eating or drinking. (We found evidence thankfully)

(trying and failing not to make this about me) I'm not really a journalist but I am on a gaming podcast called VGBees. I cover indies from my perspective with no particular timeline or timeliness, we discuss gaming news across the board, and we have a damn good time making fun of executives

Award nominated btw 😎

holy shit thank you?!!! @indiegameawards.gg we’re nominated for the Black Voices in Gaming award! this one goes out to our Black team members in particular🫶🏼❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

The best way journalists can support indie games is to cover more than whatever the current indie hits/darlings of the moment are. Games like Hades, Blue Prince, and Silksong do not need help with visibility, but discoverability is the biggest challenge facing many indie devs today.

World cold and unfair. Lil gingerbread man drinky cup cute and $5

Yo! Sunken Stones is up for the Black Voices in Gaming Award for the Indie Game Awards! The show is happening December 18th! 🏴‍☠️ store.steampowered.com/app/2601810/...

These came out SO good

the Indie Game Awards are happening December 18th, and "this game will end in 205 clicks" is up for for best Bite-Sized Game!!! if you wanna see why, perhaps a little “overwhelmingly positive” and “free” might convince you… ? 👑 store.steampowered.com/app/3585630/...

Really want to try this highly rated West African restaurant I found out about today, but unnerved that their website includes the line "We strongly advise that you have a medium to high tolerance for spicy heat" for the dish I'm most interested in I mean I'm still gonna do it

"You can't un-invent AI!" We can't un-invent asbestos either. That doesn't mean we have to use it.

Been a minute since I've boosted it, but thankfully it's cause we been busy! bsky.app/profile/alan...

me and whomst

Fangamer is hiring a 🚨 Product Designer 🚨 very rare posting for a very cool job, RT's appreciated~ www.fangamer.com/pages/job-li...

When the weather is nice, you must experience Animals

HEY YOU! Do YOU like visual novels? Mysteries? Romance? Toxic lesbians?💖 Do YOU have the social media sauce? We're looking for a part-time contract remote social media assistant to work on Truth Scrapper. Must be based in Ontario, CA! Visit the link to apply. www.workwithindies.com/careers/inse...

HEY YOU! Do YOU like visual novels? Mysteries? Romance? Toxic lesbians?💖 Do YOU have the social media sauce? We're looking for a part-time contract remote social media assistant to work on Truth Scrapper. Must be based in Ontario, CA! Visit the link to apply. www.workwithindies.com/careers/inse...

Freshly picked and everything!

Tumblr with the hot horror game dev tips 😌

I'm going to start putting together some free info and resources for indie game devs looking to self-publish. I see a lot of people making simple mistakes, and hear a lot about being overwhelmed by what they need to do. Do folk have specific self-publishing questions they'd want answered?

I'm going to start putting together some free info and resources for indie game devs looking to self-publish. I see a lot of people making simple mistakes, and hear a lot about being overwhelmed by what they need to do. Do folk have specific self-publishing questions they'd want answered?

Grant yourself the confidence of someone willing to e-mail a dev and ask for "50-100" copies of a game for free for "their followers"

- Footstep sound toggle - Subtitle/UI scaling - Cutscenes you can pause - The cursed amulet

Year Walk remains a classic

cute bonus picture everyone will love

“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...

HI I GOT LAID OFF TODAY HOW ARE YOU so uh, I need a new job, during one of the nastiest times in the games industry. SICK I'm Nate! I've been in the industry for 6 years now. Experience in Unity, Unreal. Been a 3D Artist mostly, have worn the hats of Outsourcing artist, VFX Artist, Art Lead help

Watched Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein last night. I didn't remember much of the De Niro version, but it was interesting to have as reference for contrast. I thought this was gross and gorgeous and visceral and dreamy, though the latter third felt very rushed. Love that set design.

Been deep in the UI mines upgrading the Witch Words interface. 💬 I realised that a long list was going to be too clunky for constructing Phrases. So now we have this radial business, any Word is always 1 to 3 clicks away. Much snappier, for the working Witch. 🧹 #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev

i added actually putting picked up items in your inventory but got sick and never posted it i'm back at work now and have implemented dropping items from your inventory! which i think finishes up all the inventory management stuff #EniBlockGame #GameDev 🎮

POV: you're called into your employer's office to talk about the missing secret recipe and they start giving boss battle vibes 😅 Try our #indiegame demo 👉 bit.ly/spill-the-be... #MondayMood