Excellent thread.

I miss fall.

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

If my memory of you disappears without my knowledge, sorry.

Nice day to be healthy enough to go for a walk.

remember remember this month is november halloween's already been i see no reason why halloween season couldn't just happen again

Any system that makes things happen some of the time by RNG is inherently inferior to a system that approximates the same behavior by doing literally anything else. Fight me.

This tree finally turned.

Can't sleep. I'm... hopescrolling?

We were going to turn off The Killing Stone demo today now that Next Fest is over. But the feedback has been so positive and helpful, it'll stick around for a little while longer! Check it out if you haven't yet, and please leave a review if you finish it. store.steampowered.com/app/3987180/...

FFS. Heads up if you have a Ring.

It's Halloween and Wordy Rain got a Halloween-themed update this month! If you missed it, check it out! store.steampowered.com/app/3767020/...

We've got some games on sale for Halloween in Steam's Scream Fest! Eldritch is 90% off: store.steampowered.com/app/252630/E...

okay, update: i have had this question answered, and I am now looking to speak to game QA testers ON the record about the weirdest, silliest-sounding things they've had to do to make sure games work. the wackier the better. happy to keep folks anon if they prefer. DMs open, email/Signal in bio

ANNOUNCEMENT: ☠Forbidden Solitaire is coming to @gog.com ☠ 📀 1995: A game launches, then vanishes. Pulled from shelves. 🕰 2019: You find a copy in a thrift store. 👁 You install it, despite the sinister warning: 'Do not play this game.' Wishlist : www.gog.com/en/game/forb...

me in unreal engine

My friend sent me this and now I can't unsee it.

Remember as a kid, if you got sick on the weekend you felt kinda cheated because you had to be sick, but you didn't even get to skip school? Well, I'm an adult now and being sick on the weekend is what it is. But I swear if I'm sick on Halloween, I'm not sure I'll hold onto my maturity.

This is that game I will not shut up about. The coolest thing anyone has ever made. And yeah, I now work at the studio that made it, but YOU get to play for half price, so who's really winning?

Some kind words for The Killing Stone in this. Also some cool-sounding demos that escaped my notice during Next Fest.

At work, in a list of UI screens and stuff I said I wished I could impatiently click past, I included "the implosion of the game industry." I'm super fun at parties.

Hey, I know one of those games!

Hey all! I'm speaking at M+Dev 2025! Hope to see ya all there. @wigamesalliance.bsky.social

Muto has strong feelings about One-Eye, but then Muto is a smart kitty. Maybe it's because One-Eye smiles all the time, and it's hard to trust anyone who smiles that much. Luckily, we have our familiars to sound the alarm when things seem not quite right.

This miiiight have been my doing.

I've been torturing my homemade tagelharpa to conjure up the score for The Killing Stone. Play the demo NOW

I'm at work watching a streamer and you should too. Will is cool and he's playing our game!

Really good thread about how David made the demon opponents feel like diabolical, intelligent entities.

Things that cost nothing - but is a HUGE help for any and all indie devs: Wishlisting - it gives games data to show publishers there is interest. Leave a Review - ESPECIALLY if you liked the game. Reviews on steam lead to the algo serving you up to others. Reposting - it's an attention economy.

You don't have to make a deal with the devil to try The Killing Stone early because... 🩸 The demo is available NOW as part of Steam Next Fest! Check it out and leave us a review if you like it! store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...

Holy hell, y'all - nextfest is *huge*. Seems wise to speak up elsewhere, too. Want to play our demo - which includes a pretty meaty chunk of our historical / occult horror story + deckbuilder gameplay w/ a twist? It's here. If you're into it, please review!🫀 store.steampowered.com/app/3987180/...

Psst. You can play a demo of The Killing Stone RIGHT NOW. How do you feel about wagering your soul in a battle of wits against the devil? store.steampowered.com/app/3987180/...

"I played <unrelated game> yesterday..." iykyk, sorry for reviving your trauma.

Beautiful seasonal cat.

Ok, I realize that's supposed to say "breathe" but WOW did this cozy background sound focus noise video turn ominous real fast.

I had to read the phrase "The Jira Meat Slurry Hot Tub" and now you do too.

Stretching buddy.

Spooky Season Activity: You have to face one of these creatures in this Japanese board game from 1858. Which one do you pick? glam.uoregon.edu/yokaisenjafu...

Once per project I stress dream that I had to support an absolutely bonkers request at the 11th hour. This time it was adding multiplayer to our decidedly single player game. Previous installments include making the game install malware as a joke and onboarding my cat to help with implementation.

Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

Just in time for the Steam Fall Sale, my game Wordy Rain is 20% off today AAAAND has a new Halloween update! New background scene, new VFX, new music in each mode with the new scene, and ten new spooky secret words to find! MacOS and Windows! store.steampowered.com/news/app/376...

I may have, on occasion, given @dphrygian.com a hard time for just giggling when I complain that his AI is a jerk. But today someone told me my AI was a jerk and I just giggled, and OH OK I GET IT NOW! (AI meaning game enemy code, not the generative kind.)

Summer came back for some reason, may as well make the most of it.

On the last game, I worked on "the bullshit system" and that sure made meetings more fun. One day I got to announce to the entire company, "I'm working on bullshit today" and they were legit excited to hear that.

IT IS OCTOBER.

Hey, Question has its own Discord, now - and we're pretty active in it! Discord was the central nervous system of our live story feature in TBC. But we don't own that IP, so it's time to build a new home for @thekillingstone.com & beyond. If you like our stuff, come warm it up.❤️‍🔥 discord.gg/5pB8ZX7J

This was a fascinating watch. I want Jukka's verses and Aric's choruses. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gL_...

Post a concert photo you took.

I.................... you know what? sure.