I had someone share the Diesel Knights Kickstarter with me recently as an example of a highly successful indie Kickstarter. I think there are some key lessons that can be learned from their success that many people struggle to understand when they are looking to do their own crowdfunding campaigns.

2026 seems like it could be another big year for indies. So, make a resolution to try more indies games throughout the year. If you are looking for somewhere to find some of the most innovative, upcoming indies, check out our library at Ludare! www.ludaregames.com/Library

Wishing a happy holidays to all the indies out there. Take some time off of your project and relax before starting back up again in 2026.

The fact that Larian is choosing to continue to do early access really highlights the importance of building in the real world with your community. It gives you a lot of information that you can't get otherwise in the most direct way.

Wishlists are an interesting quantity that studios and publishers have decided to build their decision making around. It is certainly the closest approximation to sales that is fairly universal in PC but it converts at such a low rate (1-5%) that it easily becomes more noise than signal.

Happy to announce my next game, A Baby CEO?! You play as a nepo baby with good intentions who tries to bring childlike whimsy to a struggling book company! store.steampowered.com/app/3965540/...

Congrats to Sandfall, Team Cherry, and all the other TGA winners. However, remember that what we saw at the awards doesn't represent even 1/1000 of the total games industry. The ones that will come to define the industry going forward are more likely found in someone's living room than at TGA.

Interesting data further highlighting that EA is your launch. Really highlighting the need for places where games can get support early without burning the all important initial release. newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/the-state-...

When we talk about analytics, there are a lot of good insights that can be pulled from comprehensive analysis and collection of data on who is playing, how often they play, and how long they play.

My Narrative Design Lessons bundle is now live! You can get at least a book worth of ND foundations, dialogue design, and experimental tools. All come with a free lesson. Been doing this 16 years. So happy to share. itch.io/s/172588/nar... #narrativedesign #gamedev #indiedev #gamewriting

Kickstarter at one point was a very strong platform for indie studios. You could pitch off of some early art and a team to get all your development needs met and a early audience. But the last decade of operations has shown a trend away from the platform because you shift all the risk to players.

We're excited to welcome @allworms.bsky.social' entire game catalog of AHANAR, Baby Labor, and Duck Date to the Ludare platform! Sign up at ludaregames.com and you too can support developers like All Worms!

With the game awards around the corner and the year close to ending, what has been the most experimental game you tried this year? Blue Prince is one of our favorite attempts to twist the deck building genre and it executed it well!

There has now been 3 major instances in the last month made public of indie developers impacted negatively by the near monopoly on PC game distribution. Maybe it's time we look at different platforms and solutions so that the choices of one group doesn't determine if a studio survives.

On Sep 12th we’re launching a new narrative design course. 13 weeks long. Full online with live calls and exciting assignments! If you want to make something that includes audience/player collaboration, this is the class for you. #indiedev #narrativedesign #gamedev allworms.notion.site

Two months after Valnet purchased Polygon, the gaming site is running advertisements designed to look like articles

I was reviewing Matthew Ball's outright massive and very insightful slide deck where I was realizing that I think there is something in that deck that is actually very understated. So, let's dive into some of the realities of selling a game. #indiegames #gamebizdev #gamepricing

Continuing to roll out our library announcements, next we have Solar Purge from Hitscan Games. Solar Purge is a top down, twin stick shooter where you and up to 3 of your friends can explore a sci fi world as you fight off hoards of aliens. Sign up: www.devpowered.com #gamedev #indiegames #ludare

Continuing in release lineup announcements, we have Sweetcore Brews. Sweetcore Brews is a visual novel based on the classic witchy sitcoms. Made by the wonderful developers at @nochistudios.bsky.social. Join now to support Nochi and others. www.devpowered.com

We've been hard at work getting our initial lineup together and we're excited to start announcing the games we're working with! First is Lake Minnewaska, a narrative fishing experience where you explore the secrets of the titular lake. Join now to support Bait Shack and others. www.devpowered.com

Bluesky looks to be taking on a lot of the gaming communities that used to be on Twitter. So, we'll be refocusing our efforts here now. Looking forward to sharing updates to our library in a little bit!

We're excited to announce Ludare is available for everyone and anyone to access! www.youtube.com/watch?v=il5n...

Someone accidently picked up our Ocarina and played the song of time. So our announcement is pushed back 1 day to ensure we can hit our quality bars.

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We're a week out from a major announcement. Keep your eyes on our account to be the first to know!

KeokeN is just another example that there is a need for new ways to support, fund, and release games.

Keoken Interactive unveils prototypes in 'last resort' to gain funding

We're excited to announce Ludare to the world. A new indie game support platform that allows you to support the games you love and automatically adjusts to your changes in taste. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpvZ...