🚨 INSANE DEAL WARNING 🚨 When you buy Dark Scrolls next week - and you will - you'll get @doinksoft.bsky.social's Gunbrella and Gato Roboto for free! 💸 June 22 | PC and Nintendo Switch

Panel applications for the Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2026 are now open, please submit your pitches! tinyurl.com/4ckkvcnp #prge #prge2026 #retrogaming

📣🕹️SUBMISSIONS ARE LIVE FOR MAGFEST 2027🕹️📣 Do YOU have an alt ctrl game? Or an art installation? Or somethin else cool? - Go here: super2027.reg.magfest.org/showcase/apply - Tell us bout your thing that you made and you want to show to people (form closes July 31st!) - See you @magfest.org, Jan 7-10

Thanks for joining us at the kickoff! The theme of the Luck Jam is "CALCULATED RISK" Good luck :) itch.io/jam/ssjluck

See you tonight! The Luck Jam kicks off at 8pm PT, and we're hanging out at the NW Lucky Lab starting at 6pm for brainstorming, team forming, and the theme reveal! Make a game with us in a week here: 🍀 itch.io/jam/ssjluck Tonight's kickoff details here: 🍀 pigsquad.com/events-list/...

Seeing everyone upload their manifestos made me realize that I did in fact have something to say #manifestoJam2026 nextlevelbanana.itch.io/making-games...

I wanna learn the pikuniku dance

VGMF is pretty chill so far

My big game officially has an artist! www.patreon.com/nextlevelban...

Oh man I just watched the Fields of Mistria 1.0 trailer, they knew exactly what they were doing

Sarah is really fun to work with, you should get in on this

Did you miss out on PIGCON? Just want another chance to flip some switches? I'm going to bring out NLB's Typing Challenge to the Vancouver Games & Music Festival on June 13! (Look for the PIGSquad tables. We'll have a bunch of cool games to play besides mine)  www.vgmf.live (that's Vancouver, WA)

stepping on rakes at scale

One unexpected benefit from my new job at Beatport - I now finally understand the differences between electronic music genres. Turns out I really like drum and bass!

Am I the only person in the world who plays games on a laptop with a trackpad? Based on the number of games I try to play that require a mouse, I'm starting to think the answer is yes. Indie devs, please. I do not want to sit at a desk after work. I want to sit on the couch.

Remaining PIGCON 2026 risograph prints (that my husband @zachturc.bsky.social and I collaborated on) available for only $5, so you can grab a piece of the action even if you weren’t able to come! Ragonia.com/shop

🐷 We’re celebrating PIGCon for taking off in the past weekend!! We’re excited to bring on the legendary PIGSquad to VGMF! Check out amazing homegrown games, meet local creators, and learn how you can become part of their wonderful game development community #indiedevelopers #videogames #pigsquadpdx

Oh hey, if you're here for linguistic stuff, can I interest you in a card game based around the English Order of Adjectives? (It's funny!) nextlevelbanana.com/oscacomp

Thanks to everyone who came to my talk this weekend! I had a lot of fun nerding out about neuroscience with you. If you missed it, it'll be up on YouTube ... someday... I'll post the link when available!

so flattered and inspired by this: i helped someone make their own arcade cabinet for very first game, 8-Bit Emperor‼️ 8-Bit Emperor is a PICO-8 "de-make" of Black Emperor by Tomás Vicuña and BumbleBear Games. this guy has a Black Emperor cabinet and wanted 8-Bit Emperor too. it looks so good!

Mike and Brian the two @pigsquad.com members who developed PIGCon Plaza in front of their creation! Stay tuned for a full write up on how they built it and deployed the backend using Miren 💻

Playing this while two complete strangers watched and cheered might be the highlight of PIGCon for me

This is one of the wildest gaming experiences you can have, check it out if you're able!

My next computer is going to use this instead of a traditional keyboard

Alt control stage is back today, come on through!

Addendum from my years in game UX — Because light “bleeds” it’s important to have stronger fonts for dark on light, thinner fonts for light on dark THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF PRINT DESIGN where it’s the ink — not the light — that’s bleeding (also why screen and print fonts are optimized differently)

Appreciate that in a day full of special thanks and shoutouts the biggest crowd reaction so far was for ADHD

Fifteen teams just made a game in one hour. #pigcon2026

If you're heading to @pigsquad.com PIGCON (Portland Indie Game Con) this weekend, come check out the first look at our upcoming thinky puzzle game Dittori with developer @blookerstein.bsky.social games! pigcon.pigsquad.com

All set up for PIGCON see ya sooon Portland gamers 💖 xx @pigsquad.com

A slightly upgraded version of the Indiepocalypse booth is all set up at PIGCon, come check it out I'd you're in the Portland (OR) area! (I hung up a big sign. Look for the big sign)

Hey, if you're in Portland this weekend, come check out the Squishtroller made by @c4ptnem0.bsky.social at #PigCon and maybe come see my audio panel today a 3pm!

Too busy to post but come by the stage and play my game!

bro they linked my game (and included a photo of my arcade cabinet!) www.portlandmercury.com/gaming/pigco...

Yeah I mean sure, why not. Play a Virtual Boy Homebrew at PIGCON this weekend 😍

This weekend I’m organizing my first Artist Alley as a part of the first @pigsquad.com PIGCON! We have 6 extremely rad PNW artists joining me in slinging our handmade art wares beside the dozens of indie game showcasers. May 30th & 31st Norse Hall Portland, OR

The fact that he has to keep one hand on the ground banana at all times is sending me

ALSO ALSO We're doing some Friday night meetups before PIGCON, no pass required! If you're interested in Godot & GameMaker, tabletop games, and/or are a woman, femme, or gamedev of color who is interested in meeting folks to chat about making games with, we'll see you soon 🤩 pigcon.pigsquad.com

PIGCON build complete and I'm SO stoked with how it turned out

Just updated our Saturday Evening schedule, too. Want to make bad games, gamble at the grimdark pit fights, listen to big band, or learn about developers' past projects? Info here :) pigcon.pigsquad.com 🎮👹🎺🌎

PIGCON WORKSHOPS ARE LIVE 📝 Sign up in replies, we have some incredible stuff here ~ 🎮 PICO-8 Workshop, hosted by Dylan and @lexaloffle.bsky.social 🎮 Youth Game Making Workshop in new software Lil' Bitty Things 🎮 1-on-1 Professional Consulting Sessions (paid or showcase/speaker pass required!)

I wrote up how I got Godot to control LEDs in one of my alt control games. Is a hack? Probably! Is it easy? Sort of! nextlevelbanana.com/blog/reactiv...

The tutorials available for alt control

I am proud to present... Return to Subcon 2 - The Nova Project www.smwcentral.net?p=section&a=...

PIGCON is like THE END OF NEXT WEEK and we are just about ready to announce a NEW and VERY DESIRABLE activity for folks who want to be professionals in game-related fields. That's cool, that's cool... 🤩

🟪IT'S OFFICIAL🟪 The first expansion for my game Confusing Lands, Confusing Lands: Icebound Isles, is releasing this summer!! I'll be at PIGCON in Portland on May 30th showing it off. I'll even have some copies available for sale before the official release! Come check it out! @pigsquad.com

I will be at PIGCON showing off the incredible platformer Eye To Eye, coming soon to a Playdate near you! I wrote the music for this challenging, moody platformer by @clap-clapp.bsky.social, and I can't wait to watch people give it a go!

Honestly I'm just relieved people recognize references to a movie from 1983

Mainframe online (Notice it's not a cardboard box anymore. Also don't notice the computer, because it's ✨ inside the enclosure ✨)

And if that last post wasn't exciting enough- SATURDAY MAY 30TH 6:00PM we will be doing a LIVE Game Jamboree at PigCon. Craig and I used to be comedians so you *know* the live experience will be one to not miss. Please don't diagram my sentences.