💰THE OUTERSLOTH CONTRACT 💰 We just released the FULL contract and terms that all our games sign! We hope this challenges the status quo of what you see out there. In a nutshell: 💸 Pre-recoup 50/50 💸 Post-recoup 15/85 💸 Terms after 7 years www.innersloth.com/the-outerslo...

🌳 Planting a woodland from scratch 🌳 This week's #BarnLife video distils weeks of hard graft in the mud and cold, down to 11 minutes of cheery timelapse. Yay YouTube 😅 youtu.be/4vRBt3iXUtM?...

Frogspawn update! You can see they'll be tadpoles any day now 🐸

supporting nice people doing good things in the games industry is neat! @limitbreak.co.uk still needs your support to make our 8th year BIGGER AND BETTER! if you are able to sponsor, do reach out to @heydanthomas.bsky.social or consider volunteering as a mentor when applications open soon™

Hello Bluesky. I'm working on an animated short and just launched a Kickstarter for it. Please take a look and share with anyone you think will like it! 🙏 www.kickstarter.com/projects/alt...

I bought some Hyper X something something wireless headphones last *July*, largely based on the touted long battery life. I have charged them twice since then. So that's impressive.

Sunday #BarnLife video. Cladding the tool barn and we gamify getting a bunch of tasks we've been ignoring done... youtu.be/fSi8CudTjt4

Thank you people of Gorton & Denton 🙏 Well done Greens, incredible effort 🎉

Will you sign up to become a mentor and/or mentee with Limit Break this year? What area do you already/want to specialise in? Have you been part of LB before and are coming back?

Amazon having a totally normal one. Got a public list? Cool, we're going to allow anyone to see your home address, kthxbai 👍

Oh, you make games do you? Well, what are you working on right now? I suppose you'd like to exhibit it at a cool games event in Bristol later in the year? Answer these questions and more (and asked a lot less aggressively) in this great questionnaire, and then maybe I'll play your game at Impact!

I come bearing SENSITIVE INFORMATION including our past #SteamNextFest numbers Share if you appreciate graphs #gamedev #indiedev

TIL Iceland have made the gender pay gap illegal 🎉 Which seems significant but also poses the question, who would argue against it and why isn't it a ubiquitous law internationally? 🤔

Some of you may recall that back in November, we planted a small woodland on our field. Well, I have never been so excited to walk around a field and look at sticks in tubes as I was today... 🌱 First signs of growth!

We are so excited to have been announced as a finalist for the Diversity and Inclusivity award at the @ukieofficial.bsky.social Video Game awards! We love the work that we do. It's such a boost to our morale when we see individuals and organisations celebrating the work that we do. Thank you! ✨

Help me out and pop over to the not-worst-but-still-bad-place and share this plea for support for @limitbreak.co.uk We've had some AMAZING businesses and individuals step up to keep the program alive but I'd love to see a bit more to fulfil our potential🙏💖 www.linkedin.com/posts/heydan...

I don't know who cares, but this morning I found two more frog breeding sites in the ditch alongside the field. So that's nice. Stay tuned for more froggy updates as we slowly claw our way out of winter 🐸

Oh no

I haven't played any NextFest demos yet. But I did find evidence the frogs are out of hibernation (or "torpor" for the nature nerds). Spring is springing and I think we all need some of that, eh? What's your favourite Spring marker? 🐸

🎉SUBMISSIONS OPEN🎉 IMPACT! Indie Games is back for 2026! We're looking to showcase YOUR incredible games. For more information or to submit your game, click the Google form below! Submissions close 5pm April 10th and we’ll reach out to everyone around April 15th. forms.gle/PwrPkkXQ8kpv...

Finishing our tool barn roof. And more significantly, my wife doing a flawless impression of me saying "I love potatoes" 👀 youtu.be/jR_GBplEmec

The ebs and flows of AAA and the wider economy have very little impact on the plight of an indie dev (it's *always* hard). Don't let headlines or global industry analyses impact your vision. As Mike says, these are a distraction and the world loves a good indie game, whatever else is going on

I can't even. What in the ever-loving techbro is going on in the boardrooms of the businesses that decide this kind of behaviour is a good idea.

I'm not at Guildford Games fest today, I'm *checks notes* meeting with groundworkers to discuss moving dirt and digging foundations. It's so interesting switching between such different contexts. Missing hanging out with games nerds today though 😅

One of the first video games I loved. You play as a bin man. We got a bit more ambitious with our gaming fantasies since then eh? It blows my mind how far games have come and what a privilege it's been to see almost the entire evolution of an industry.

The past few weeks of online events at IMPRESS have been top tier. This evening, Ash is flying solo and sharing his MANY years experience building marketing tools for indie devs and how to get the most out of them for NextFest. DISCORD IN FIVE MINUTES!!! discord.gg/MrGXnY3X?eve...

✨ Helpful reminder! ✨ Use this interactive checklist to make sure your indie game & marketing activities are ready for Steam Next Fest! ✅👇

Panicking out a press release today because the Steam Next Fest press preview going live? Or just want to know best practices on indie pr? You need this Q&A with the legendary @piratepr.com! www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIUI... #gamedev #indiedev

Remember summer? When is was Sunny sometimes and the days are longer than 5 minutes? I built a roof then. Good times youtu.be/LV8uw45OpYw

30 minutes folks! @piratepr.com are one of the absolute best in the biz when it comes to indie game PR. Bobby has supported SO many indies and really knows his stuff. Go level up 👇

If you're based in the UK and just starting to dip your toe in the Games Industry, whether you're an indie dev, working in AAA, a freelancer, a performer or doing something industry adjacent: Here are some communities and organisations I think you should be aware of!

Local Facebook group like: "Town meeting tonight, come contribute to our campaign to be the UK town of culture 2028" "Parking warden in town lads" "Who's front door is this? You got my package" Culture 👊

Every week there are indie games doing pretty great that you probably never heard of: Game | Est revenue | Release date YAPYAP | $2.5m | 3rd Feb Jackal | $98k | 5th Feb Dawncaster | $61k | 6th Feb Rogue Factory | $33k | 3rd Feb Small teams, all self published (Estimated rev from GameDiscoverCo)

Unpopular opinion: 😱 Indie Devs shouldn't be focused on vertical slices or even prototypes. 👀 Instead, focus on the dream Steam page + trailer for your idea. 😅 Do just enough art & dev to make those a reality and get it out there. 🔥 If that lands, move onto demo + marketing. ✨ Insert nuance here✨

Building a pitched roof on our tool barn... with no idea what we're doing! www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoSr...

Since starting to build my own house, I've started following lots of tradies and craftspeople on social. The lack of GenAI talk in that sphere is so refreshing.

BIG things happening with the @apparance.bsky.social crew at this year's Everything Procedural Conference. Come learn runtime procedural generation with us. 7th-10th April, Breda, Netherlands Bitterballen, Stroopwafel and #ProcGen What's not to like?! Let's Gooooo!!! 🙌

Kicking off now!

Today at 6pm. Not to be missed!

For the avoidance of doubt, that aint me... Also, booooo!👎 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...

Quite a few folks feeling the strain of things lately. If that's you too remember, you're knocked back, not out. The lows give us perspective to appreciate the highs. Better days to come 💪

Okay, that's just about enough winter now. Can we take a vote or something to just skip to Spring?

It's Sunday, chill out and watch us build a big shed. More importantly, there's a bunch of baby weasels that moved into our fence post pile and they are ADORABLE (weasels at 13:23) youtu.be/9ExoJWTol8Y?...

"Can you turn the heating off... ... ... And talk less?" - my wife

Indie games marketing friends, in your opinion, where do (or should) the first 1k wishlists come from?

Planning trip to @everythingproc.bsky.social If you're into Procedural Generation, techart and tools, it's a lovely niche, little conference in beautiful Breda in the Netherlands. Well worth checking out for a blast of inspiration and learning www.everythingprocedural.com #ProcGen #GameDev

Are you participating in the upcoming NextFest (or planning on a future one)? You should DEFINITELY check this out 👇

We're kicking off a fresh season of Knowledge Shares in 15 minutes with @ashleygwinnell.bsky.social and the one and only Chris Z of howtomarketagame.com. Come join us in Discord: discord.gg/zph3spYU?eve...

These are the ✨ most subscribed to✨ events of all the Knowledge Share events we've done so far! Looking forward to hosting tomorrow and over the next few weeks! Power to the indies! 🚀 (Available at impress.games/discord) #steamnextfest #marketingtips #indiedev

Dug a trench today lads. Also, the wife just dropped our 12 month #BarnLife summary video on YT: youtu.be/ST2EOwN6Uqo