newsletters are rarely talked about in games marketing. here’s why i value them so much: - i ‘own’ my audience, instead of serving the audience of another platform (steam, discord, app stores, etc). - can be extremely effective. my last email to 5k subs had a 83% open / 35% click rate. (1/3)

princess mononoke (1997) dir. miyazaki hayao

Fun fact! Steam has done this Showcase of Showcases page at least 3 years running, and annual events are usually (with some exceptions) made as unique pages Meaning: grab that URL, change the year to 2024 or 2025 to find your way to older show catalogues too - whose featured games may be out now!

Since I am FINALLY allowed to talk about it, here's a bunch of stuff I learned writing at a AAA studio for four years (and some insight into what AAA writers actually do/how the job works!) youtu.be/yUZyIL86FYY?...

Back to the roots. Goth #Shadowheart P.S. Commissions are open!

i GIVE and i GIVE

Designer Notes #95: Seth Sivak, Co-Founder and CEO of Proletariat, developer of World Zombination and Spellbreak! www.designer-notes.com/designer-not...

The Story-Rich Showcase kicks off in one hour! ⏱️ 👋 We'll catch you on our YouTube, Twitch, or Discord channel below once the show begins at 10 AM Pacific 👇 🔴 youtu.be/dRVeYxwjuiI?... 🟣 twitch.tv/fellowtravel... ⚫ bit.ly/FellowTravel...

My indie game: - A fast-paced anime action roguelike ⚔️ - Choose animal challengers with unique combat styles 🦊 - Build broken combos and fight mythological bosses 🔥 - Team up with friends in co-op chaos 🎮 - Limited Time Demo is now on Steam till June 25th! 👀

The Summer Game Fest edition of Day of the Devs has included world premieres for games like Mixtape, Cairn, UFO 50, and Big Walk. This year we have 20 games + 10 premieres - tune in on June 5th to see what's coming!

Steam Machine and Steam Frame will ship this Summer. steamcommunity.com/groups/steam...

Women-Led Games: Summer Game Fest Edition airs in ONE HOUR (4 PM PT/7 PM ET)! See you at youtube.com/@Women-LedGames soon~

More important than ever to make sure your indie game runs well on lower end hardware.

👀 Got a cool game? We wanna see it. Reminder to apply now to be part of the Game Devs of Color Expo 2026 Direct or Steam Sale! 🎥 Showcase your game 🛒 Boost wishlists + sales 💵 Get considered for up to $25K in grants 👉🏾 www.gamedevsofcolor.org/apply #gamedev #indiedev #GDoCExpo

Today's #SummerGameFest / #E32026 schedule 🌞 Best Indie Games Summer Showcase Black Voices in Gaming PlayStation State of Play (Full summer showcase schedule, links, and recaps)

Let's turn this scope into a creep.

It's State of Play day! Watch today at 2:00pm PT / 5:00pm ET / 11:00pm CEST. The show features an extended look at Marvel's Wolverine gameplay. play.st/4dG7PHi

🔴 LIVE NOW! GO GO GO youtu.be/X05GKCUGR90 ☀️ #BIGSummerShowcase

24 Summer Gaming Showcases June 1 - The Mix Summer Game Showcase June 1 - Midsummer Nights Scream June 2 - Black Voices in Gaming June 2 - PlayStation's State of Play June 3 - Shacknews E4 Indie Showcase June 3 - V3 Expo June 4 - LATAM Games Showcase June 4 - Women Led Games Showcase

5 days left until Digital Circus: The Last Act comes to theatres

To celebrate being featured in the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase, Escape Academy is 75% OFF from NOW until June 4th! Pick up a copy (or two!) for just $4.99 each.

Sometimes you just have to run. === A Highland Song - and its soundtrack - on a massive discount, right now.

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Map Map - A Game About Maps is out now! 🤗 Join a small group of adventurers 🏝️ Embark on a cozy treasure hunt 🧭 Use proper navigation tools 🗺️ Become the world’s greatest cartographer Head over to Steam, and start mapping! s.team/a/2702260/ youtu.be/0Q2uy0oaExU #indiegame #gamedevs #cozygame

Wyrm 💙🐍 #art #dragons

Playing through Star Wars Outlaws and I'm having an unexpected amount of fun deciphering signs with the Star Wars alphabet.

Yeahh it's a strange term all right. Me 6 years ago: "GDDs are a tidy fantasy: they imply that you can sit down and design a whole game at the beginning, that a game’s design is an artifact that exists separately from implementation, and that once the document is finished the design is finished."

in low gear the default "swirl steering" looks like this when you play (you can opt for less immersive "normal" steering if you want ofc)

The Cerebral Puzzle Showcase is now live! 🧩🥳 Featuring discounts and demos for 500+ excellent puzzle games! The event is kicked off by @thinkygames.com 's Thinky Direct starting right now. Tune in to see not one but two exciting reveals from us. store.steampowered.com/sale/Cerebra...

3 hours early and people are already hanging out in the Thinky Direct YouTube chat! Come wait impatiently with all of us!

Doing my best to make one. Mermaid rpg got my brain doing happy things. "I should work on it." *20 minutes of swimming in the reef later* "oh look at the time."

Good start to the day - getting some nice compliments about the game from testers =)

Hello! Are you a game developer who has been impacted by restrictive or confusing contract clauses that essentially prevent you from working on side projects in your own time? If so, I'd love to chat with you (anonymously or otherwise) for a report I'm working on for @gamedeveloper.bsky.social!

I know, I know, I have some kind of severe ascii fluid sim addiction but I'm trying to build the once-and-for-all version and god damn this shit lookin good.

Close-up with exaggerated floppiness to illustrate how the bristle math works. 🐧🧹📐 #GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev

saw a cool door today

Aye whatup! The Black Voices in Gaming #SummerGameFest Showcase returns on June 2nd, 2026! Come thru on Twitch at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET for hot new trailers, game updates and interviews from our amazing community. We can't wait for you to check it out!

Had a sit down with the one and only Carter Pembridge. We were going to talk Star Wars, but ended up with Fallout, The Boys, dialogue combat, and what can suck about forming your own studio if you love making games. We eventually get to Star Wars and KOTOR2, though. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSy8...

Y’all ready to see some games? The Six One Indie Showcase 2026 begins… RIGHT NOW ⤵️

📢 SPREAD THE WORD! Tomorrow my best bud @abandonedsheep.com is launching his debut indie game... Schrödinger's Cat Burglar

Google unveils an even worse Search aftermath.site/google-search-...

🎉 Aw yeaaah, Thinky Direct is back for 2026! Over 40 exclusive trailers for upcoming puzzle and problem-solving games! It's gonna be freakin amazing! 📺 Watch live on Thursday May 28 🕕 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 6pm BST thinkygames.com/direct2026/

The children yearn for simulacra of manual labor

My Dark Lord who has lost his memories and thinks he is an engineer can't possibly be this charismatic.

A special thank-you message from GAMEOVERSE showrunner, RubberRoss!

One of my biggest pet peeves in games - forcing a gamepad control scheme on M+K. At least controllers got a few more buttons these days. So (e.g.) Avowed had six on a hotbar!

The pilot was sick. Very interesting premise. GLITCH is on a roll.

New on GMTK! How Rockstar fit an entire city into PlayStation 2 memory youtu.be/cIbCxbrBCys

I just remembered the amazing montage sequence in Cyberpunk 2077. So I had to find out how it works. youtu.be/NlAFWaa9UQo

Hey everyone! I wanted to update my pinned post. ✨I have 5 years experience as an animator in the games industry. 🎨Looking for Animation, Concept Art, QA, Administrative, and other similar roles. 💼 Open to Remote or anywhere on the West Coast of the US. Thank you! #animator #animation