To celebrate Maggie Gyllenhaal’s THE BRIDE! hitting theaters today, we’re going down the aisle to revisit horror’s best and most beautiful bridal gowns.

I love our team! In the broadcast for this sale, we discuss our different play strategies, so much fun! (And we also share behind the scenes tidbits and compare all the characters to Winnie the Pooh characters for some reason) store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/... #gamedev #indiegame

LOGGING ON

📣 Streamer friendssssss Y’all know you can yap so why not put that towards presenting on a topic as a speaker for GDoCExpo 2026? I enjoyed doing my talk for GDoCExpo 2024. You never know if you’ll be selected unless you apply! Apps for speaker close April 18. 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

As I prep to re-enter the world of streaming, it's amazing to me that I used to do this weekly for so many years in a row (maybe four?!) I'm gathering the same mindset I had the first time: do one improvement each time and don't get overwhelmed! See you all soon

Finally diving into the NO ICE in Minnesota bundle set up by @jesthehuman.itch.io! We've already raised over $500k?! Check out the bundle here and see how many unique games you can get for your $10+ donation! itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

I'm back from our first post-launch vacation! Felt good to see nature and meet strangers in an unfamiliar town!

Our game is out! It was a joy and incredible experience to work with this amazing team.

An incredible article about one of my favorite movies of last year!

Please enjoy our research paper on how Bluesky is the preferred home of academics of all stripes, including professors of rare moths. (Yes, we actually have lots of entomologists here). academic.oup.com/icb/article-... 🧪

Origin story of this clip: put Shania on to motivate myself and instead got wrecked by my own creations #gamedev

Our upcoming breakdown of the 35 tools we built to make our roguelike deckbuilder THE SPIRIT LIFT? Yeah... turns out there were more like 50-60! Stay tuned for the video, I'll probably post on our studio YouTube: www.youtube.com/@PrettySmart... #gamedev #indiegame

Let's go! New goal is $500k, and each person who donates gets over 1000 games, books and more! itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

Feels like a good day to remind everyone that there's tons of human-made public domain art available for free. Perfect for TTRPGs and board games! Where can you find it? Right here! Part 1: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/public-dom... Part 2: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/more-publi... #ttrpg

there are logos. and then there are logos

It is heartbreaking, because Yakuza as a series introduced me to so many dear friends and gave me hundreds of hours of joy and comfort. Those people I plan to hang onto no matter what happens in the game series.

Also huge thanks to @walaber.com who let me hop in to his stream yesterday to discuss THE SPIRIT LIFT! He's one of my favorite game dev streamers, check out his channel for good vibes and learning! www.twitch.tv/walaber #gamedev

Our visual novel Code Romantic appears to be a learn-to-code game, but it's really about building empathy during times of war. Donating Code Romantic to the No ICE in Minnesota bundle just makes sense! For only $10+ you get over 1k games! Take a little action, and make a big difference!

This was SOOO MUCH FUN! Thank you Chris!

I made this little game to celebrate Superb Owl day. gx.games/games/dhvbcw... #SuperbOwl

This has been my most pleasant game launch ever. The response to THE SPIRIT LIFT has been sooo great, people in our discord are sooo lovely, and we're finding and fixing bugs fairly easily! Of course, the game ideas that have been waiting patiently are now getting attention too 🔥 #gamedev

Happy @bandcamp.com Friday! Support THE SPIRIT LIFT’s composer and sound designer @ryakomusic.bsky.social as well as listen to the full soundtrack of the game! 🎧 ryako.bandcamp.com/album/the-sp... #originalmusic #indiegames

We just released the 2025 Impact Report for Game Devs of Color. It's 39 pages of what we accomplished in 2025, since founding, and priorities for 2026 and beyond. Grateful to work with such a brilliant team. The 2026 GDoCExpo is Sep 22 - 25, with speaker & game applications opening late Feb!

If you are one of the 100+ people who has messaged us about localizing THE SPIRIT LIFT, we have your info! We have several urgent tasks before sifting through potential translation partners, but we will get to it! Thank you! Players, tell us what languages you want here: forms.gle/5PwwiRp79oNq...

We survived launch week, so Tobias earned himself some pizza! Thanks to our concept artist, @liliflamingo.bsky.social, for this cute picture! We're now on the road to 100 reviews, check out what others are saying about 👻🏨 THE SPIRIT LIFT! #characterdesign #videogames #indiegamedev

Small detail here that might help: Your phone has a BIG resolution. But devices like the Steam Deck don't! The text can seem like it will be readable because the size is similar but it won't be rendered the same. If you can afford it, a Steam deck or a monitor at the smaller size helps testing!

We posted a poll! What #gamedev video should we make on our YouTube channel first? Do you want to know about our 30+ previous games? Our 1000 scripts? 27 dev roles? Or 35+ tools? Voting is free for everyone, but I think you have to have a Patreon account: www.patreon.com/posts/149793...

We open public playtest for Burn With Me! 🔥 Demonic deckbuilder about an obsessed Teacher. Animal occult university, cozy dread and eerie mysteries! Also, you need to burn your cards. A lot. store.steampowered.com/app/2954010 I live and breathe this game for a year already — please give it a go!

BTW I was too tired to talk about my Spotify unwrapped but by far my most listened to podcast was @girlthatsscary.blacksky.app and YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO IT! I'm screaming with laughter with these lovely hosts and they are super knowledgeable about horror as well as funny!

One of our favorite streamers! 🤩

In case you need more genre creatives to follow for #BlackHistoryMonth, @girlthatsscary.blacksky.app has you covered! #HorrorSky

Sobbing because we drove by a group of young protesters today. The kids are doing the thing and they deserve the best world possible 💖

🚨 The FINAL DAY is upon us for the LAUNCH SALE on Steam! 🚨 WARNING: Missing out on this may haunt you. Catch 👻🏨THE SPIRIT LIFT while you can at this deal! ▶️ store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/... #newgame #deckbuilder #roguelike

We did it! WE HIT 50 REVIEWS! I'm not crying, you're crying! (we self-funded you have no idea how huge this is for us and what we could do next!) Last day of the launch sale! Get your chill horror roguelike deckbuilder while it's HOT! store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/... #gamedev #indiegame

“You’ve got this, lad, if you’re smart. Use your knack. Let him underestimate you. Go on.” “I could fit my entire body into his thigh!”

This is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm. The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him. Happy Black History Month.

Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly

I'm going live playing my own game which feels so wild! Come hang out, maybe I'll talk about the behind the scenes stuff I dunno! www.twitch.tv/drmikachu #gamedev #indiegame

Y'ALL! We are so close to 50 reviews... This is our launch week, if you could spread the word, or possibly buy and review?! You'd be blessing us! Get your chill low anxiety horror thrills from our lore-filled roguelike deckbuilder! store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/... #gamedev #indiegame

RE that RT.. it’s wild how steam reviews are still so damn important to getting visibility. If you play and like indie games, the most generous and helpful thing you can do is spend an hour popping positive reviews onto anything you like with <500 or so reviews.

An unbelievable thing happened last night. 3,083 people from the @minnmax.com and @giantbomb.bsky.social community stepped up to protect the people in Minneapolis from ICE. You can still donate to VEAP here - bit.ly/iceoutminneapolis Here's the archive - youtube.com/live/SMcO71c...

Excited for this and thankful to the team running the stream!

Today's the day, don't miss our ICE Out Charity Stream stream with @giantbomb.bsky.social from the MinnMax Studio at 5pm Central! www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow You can donate now - bit.ly/iceoutminnea... 100% goes to helping those in need with rent assistance and food delivery here in Minneapolis.

Literally obsessed with this pic I got of one Cedar Waxwing getting very mad at another for drinking in the same spot as him despite there being a whole stream

I love Goose Towne streams! 💖

..I have 4.5 hours on the full game (from today), and +100ish in the playtest because it's good. Hard to tell because sometimes I left it open in the background. Go get the game, it's well worth the ~17 USD launch price, & everyone involved are wonderful store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/...

Do any other game developers or publishers want to send over some game codes we can send to donors during our ICE Out Charity Stream this Friday with @giantbomb.bsky.social? Please reach out - [email protected] bit.ly/iceoutminnea...

Ok RAISE YOUR HAND if you're one of the wild ones who has already played THE SPIRIT LIFT 20+ hours?! 🤯 Also one of our playtesters @polerin.bsky.social is streaming the game right now! www.twitch.tv/polerin #indiegame #horror #deckbuilder