okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form: forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...

ahem

"rare low-repro serious progression-blocking bug is discovered the day before release, preventing console cert" is some sort of gamedev worst nightmare. Y'all better use the intervening time to WISHLIST this great game so its new release date is a HIT! 💥🎉

Congrats to @mike.reuben.games and @leena.reuben.games for the release of their long-awaited "Grand Theft Cthulhu" game: Dead Static Drive 🎉 It's been a delight to watch come together. The early reviews are already great. We can't wait to play it! store.steampowered.com/app/1166940/...

It's cool how we keep proving over and over and over again that there's a significant market for narrative-heavy, character-driven, single-player experiences in video games and publishers just categorically refuse to believe us

Yarn Spinner's 🎃 spooky halloween sale 👻 ends in just over a day! Grab our premium dialogue presenters for cheap (speech bubbles! cool dialogue wheel!) and support awesome narrative tools! itch.io/s/164876/hal... #gamedev #indiedev #unity #unity3d (it's spooky because we get less money from you)

We're on sale as part of @itch.io's Halloween Sale! 25% off each item, or $75 for all three of our products! itch.io/s/164876/hal... #sale #gamedev

In creative fields, compliment your coworkers’ work when you like it. Many have never had a coworker compliment their work before. A compliment is a show of professional trust and if you never show it then you’re a real crap

congrats to the ABSURDLY charming Letters to Arralla by @lil-pink-clouds.bsky.social for winning the @sxswsydney.com Discovery Award! A lovely game, and it uses Yarn Spinner beautifully! Also, you play as a turnip with a big juicy bum. store.steampowered.com/app/2189310/... #SXSW #SXSWSydney

quoted in a nice article about game development in regional australia www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

The demo for this is out now in #SteamNextFest ! ⚔️

This is amazing

We’re at Technically Games, and we’re already impressed with ways they’ve helped to improve the accessibility of the event, including having an Auslan interpreter! #MIGW

Had a wonderful time doing a panel about narrative games and @yarnspinner.dev at #PAXAus at 10PM (!!) last night! Awesome audience and questions. Thanks to @firkraags.bsky.social for joining @desplesda.net, @mcjones.bsky.social, and I!

Meet us at 10pm tonight in the Dropbear Theatre at #PAXAus if you wanna learn @yarnspinner.dev! We’ll be doing Interactive Storytelling 101! Join me, @firkraags.bsky.social, @mcjones.bsky.social, and @desplesda.net!

Currently hanging out at Boatbuilders if peeps find themselves with some free time and wanna chat.

Come hang out with us tomorrow!

Also: if you’re at @paxaus.bsky.social, come see us hooting and hollering about interactive narrative at 10PM Friday at the Dropbear Theatre!! aus.paxsite.com/en-us/schedu...

Did you know that you can sponsor Yarn Spinner on GitHub? github.com/sponsors/Yar...

Hey, #MIGW and #PAXAUS folks! The Yarn Spinner team will be hanging around MCEC on Saturday, and we're keen to chat with folks who use (or want to use) Yarn Spinner! @ or DM us and we'll grab a coffee and/or beer and/or small overpriced bag of chips

Went to see Hint Line 93 at ACMI. Accidentally saw Game Worlds. Tried to impress my 15yo by playing The Hobbit and failed miserably. Then saw Hint Line. @yarnspinner.dev

Come and see @hey.paris’ talk at #GCAP today! It’s more uplifting than it sounds! #MIGW #MIGW25 #GCAP25

Hey, #GCAP! Let's talk about dialogue systems, game narrative, and development tools! @hey.paris is on site this week - book a time with him in the GCAP app! (Search for "Paris Buttfield-Addison"!)

If you'd like to meet up, Wednesday afternoon is your best bet! I'd be happy to chat @yarnspinner.dev or narrative tools! #MIGW25

gib W e I Rd games🥺 now taking submissions for the newly rebranded ExGS @ GDC 2026!! you get a free all access (or whatever they're gonna call it next year) badge

Awesome shout-out from @balancingmonkeygames.com about how they’re using Yarn Spinner in their upcoming title Beyond These Stars ❤️ #NZGDC

People keep coming up to me and see me wearing my @yarnspinner.dev branded clothes, and saying “hey we use Yarn Spinner and it rules!!” #NZGDC

It’s the last day of #NZGDC! Track me down (or book a meeting via yarnspinner.dev/nzgdc) and learn about how @yarnspinner.dev can help make your game’s narrative sing!

In a few moments... we begin! Come join us! #NZGDC #NZGDC25

#NZGDC, home of “we literally have Taika Waititi at home”

Hey, #NZGDC! This is TODAY! Come see me yell about DREDGE and Yarn Spinner, at 2:25 in Tāwhirimātea E!!

I can honestly say that I don’t know and I don’t even know where to begin

Are YOU at #NZGDC in #Aotearoa this week? COME AND SEE US! or else

Team @yarnspinner.dev (well, this bit of it, anyway) is off to #NZGDC!

please come and see us talk at #NZGDC! it's very confusing for us to go from Hobart to Wellington, as they're basically the same place, and you can help us out by being very nice and seeing our talk thank you

Come see me talk about DREDGE and Yarn Spinner at #NZGDC on Friday! Learn about the wild tricks that @blacksaltgames.com did in the dialogue system we make!

I'm at #NZGDC from tomorrow, where I'm talking about how Yarn Spinner was used in a tiny little indie game called DREDGE! I'm also keen to chat to people about Yarn Spinner - you should book a time with me to talk dialogue systems! Yes, you! fantastical.app/desplesda/ya...

This week was Yarn Spinner’s 10th anniversary of our first public release but we were too busy to post because we were making a game (and props and all sorts) for our museum installation 🎉🎉🎉 Opening @ ACMI tonight!

Hey! I have no idea how to do this, I’ve never made a List or Starter Pack before, but: ⭐️ If you’re a Games Writer/Narrative Designer looking for work, and you’d like to be added to my Starter Pack, lmk! ⭐️ If you’re looking to hire a Games Writer/Narrative Designer, check out this Starter Pack!

This week was Yarn Spinner’s 10th anniversary of our first public release but we were too busy to post because we were making a game (and props and all sorts) for our museum installation 🎉🎉🎉 Opening @ ACMI tonight!

Three of us are off to Melbourne to attend the launch of the @acmimuseum.bsky.social Game Worlds exhibition, for which we built “Hint Line ‘93”, a game about a fictional console’s hint line, exploring a lost bit of game culture…. Check it out! www.acmi.net.au/about/media/...

Relooted's demo is available to play right now! Link in thread ⬇️ Get ready for some action-adventure and reclaim real African artifacts in our indie heist game! #indiegames #steam

The Amphora of Great Intelligence (AGI) #webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

mark ur calendars, next @outersloth.com game drops in October 🥳🔥 Battle Suit Aces by @team.trinketstudios.com goes so hard and I say this as someone who doesn't like mech themes lmfao (I KNOW I'M SORRY)

Letters to Arralla is dropping in exactly ONE week on 16th September, 11am AEST 😱💕🍑💌 Everyone is so excited to meet you, their new island postie! #indiegamedev #cozygames #wholesomegames

Every year, IGEA teams up with a local uni to put out a report on gaming in Australia - who plays games, what games, own what devices, why they play, with whom, etc. It's always super interesting, especially in the last few years to see which lockdown-era behaviours have stuck around!

To put it another way, "development" is by definition just a process of creation and/or growth, and evolution. You can develop anything from a new cooking utensil to an unsightly rash and technically call yourself a developer. Programming is optional, depending on what is being developed.

I am cleaning up old notes/files I have and came across this banger, is there an overly cute word for this genre yet? It’s not metroidbrainia, it’s more specific than that.

Because I keep mum too often: Hey! I'm looking for projects! Does your game have words, stories, or voices in it? We do game editing, narrative consulting, and voiceover production! If any of those sound useful to you or someone you know, let's chat! Boosts appreciated! 💖 thegameeditors.com