job market so bad I'm actually pursuing my dreams by launching a game studio with my friend to make video games

Curious Odyssey 🌉💭 A celebration of contemplative narrative games 🎮 Steam Sale & Demos: March 11 - 18 📺 Broadcasting Dev Talks: March 13 - 15 Brought to you by Revolution Software and ASH Games store.steampowered.com/curator/4589...

My eyes hurt www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd/

Sharing for #WhatAGameDevLooksLike :) There’s a ton of awesome people in this starter pack!

Happy #PointNClickFriday ! I'm your host Duck and I'm developing Escape from 8-Bit High. A trilling adventure game with a three characters epic story! Help us to get to 2000 Wishlists: store.steampowered.com/app/2761220/... 📢Comment with your P&C 📷Repost this post 🩵Give it some love

Hi #PointNClickFriday! We're working on Nothing's Ever Really Dead, a point-and-click murder mystery where you solve the murder of your best friend ... with the help of your best friend! (It's a comedy.) You can wishlist it on Steam here: store.steampowered.com/app/4218800/...

I have some availability for freelance client work, and bills to pay! If you need: - Narrative / Game Design - Screenwriting or Comic Scripts - News - Reviews - Interviews - Features - Mock Reviews and Consultancy … or any other services offered at hologramghost.com, please get in touch!

Recent illustration for a book cover! #kidlitart #kidlit #middlegrade #illustration

tired: using AI images as placeholder in your game wired: using mspaint doodles as placeholder in your game

Scout Attention Required ‼️ We are thrilled to announce that Luna Abyss will be featured in Steam's Next Fest! If you have recently played and enjoyed our demo, we would love for you to leave a review so that we can reach more players: https://bit.ly/4qAT77M 🖤

"Artists peak at 30", "30 under 30", "by 30 you should" ridiculous. Arts industries capital craves young people to exploit and burn out. It doesn't want older artists thriving and guiding the young. It also doesn't want artists to exist. Stop letting cannibals tell you you only matter on a plate.

if you asked me to diagnose the western game industry's current problem it would start with "landlords have absorbed basically all disposable income"

It’s #PointNClickFriday today! Have you checked out (and wishlisted) our debut adventure game? 🐊✨

I'm honoured to host #PointNClickFriday today! 🗨️Comment with your P&C Adventure using the hashtag. ❤️ RT this, and any games below you think are cool. 🫶 I'll RT them all! 🚀 Shadows of the Afterland is OUT! (reviews appreciated) ⬇️ store.steampowered.com/app/2506100/...

👻Shadows of the Afterland is OUT NOW!!!👻 Carolina arrives in the afterlife, in the wrong year and the wrong soul. A long, bumpy road culminates today, and I couldn’t be prouder of this game. ⚫✨ Would you help me spread the word? Cross over now: https://shadowsoftheafterland.com/steam

Discord is switching to teen-by-default settings next month, with face scanning or ID upload required for full access. Unrelated - this past October, Discord suffered a data breach where 70,000 government IDs and info was stolen. (Discord official press release)

Our point-and-click video game is set in Neo Manchester! Manchester is where our co-founder (and writer) Vince lives, and he assures us it is full of talking crocodiles and birds solving murders. We've taken his word for it.

@hologramghost.bsky.social have a fantastic cyberpunk comedy game! And REX is THE BEST HACKER character. According to me!

We love #PointNClickFriday! We're working on Nothing's Ever Really Dead, a point-and-click murder mystery where you solve the murder of your best friend ... with the help of your best friend! (It's a comedy.) You can wishlist it on Steam here: store.steampowered.com/app/4218800/...

Hologram Ghost co-founders @limeyotoko.bsky.social and @claudiecb.com are going to be at Pocket Gamer Connects on Tuesday! 🐊🐦 If you're a publisher, a potential investor, or one of our friends that wants to have a post-christmas catch-up, be sure to meet up with them for a coffee and a chat! ☕✨

The cover of The Library of Memories has been revealed and @lazyfishy.bsky.social and I can't WAIT to welcome you to the world we created!✨ You can pre-order the book and join the newsletter to get any upcoming news first here: www.thelibraryofmemories.com OUT AUGUST 25TH, 2026!📚

Burnout is genuinely life-destroying and I really can't say, on this website, what I think should happen to managers who not only let it happen to one individual worker but who systemically make it happen on large groups of workers.

Hi #portfolioday ! I'm Claudie, a UK based children's illustrator and indie game dev. I've worked on a range of picture books, middle-grade and YA projects. I love anything involving whimsical elements, magic, animals and nature! claudiecb.com [email protected] #kidlitart #kidlit

Hi hi ^^ Looking for Music Work - here's my latest reel! - Indie video games - Tabletop theme music - Any other small indie projects Get in touch if you think I can bring something to your projects! Signal boosts appreciated <3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRWa...

People don't realize how much you help indie creators when you mention an indie game you like to someone else!

💵 MONEY for GAME? In 2026??? 💵 There have been more and more successful-game-devs-turned-game-funders popping up, so here's a lil' thread of some of the more recent ones I've seen. Hopefully this helps you get some $$$! 🔽

Every year I say it, but still, what a year for indie games. Here are twenty-six of my most anticipated upcoming titles: theindieinformer.com/2026/01/06/2...

I hope 2026 is kind to us all

manifesting: 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 ai bubble 🕯 🕯 to pop disastrously 🕯 🕯 for all involved 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯

As we enter the New Year remember fear of making bad art is holding you back. Fear of people not liking your work is holding you back. Rejection is holding you back You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative

Four games that defined my 2025: Really hard to pick only 4 as this year was incredibly full of amazing games.

Happy Holidays! #kidlitart

Happy Holidays! #kidlitart

I’m planning a column about women and games next year. I want to discuss how stories about women are told/received in games, and how does womens’ criticism exist- where/what is it? If you are a woman game writer/dev/critic and would like to share your thoughts, dm or email [email protected] !

I spoke to a dozen professional concept artists working in games about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs easier, even if it's just used in "very early ideation stages." Zero said "yes." Most said it made their job harder. I learnt a lot about concept artists. You should too!

2026 is gonna be my year

Just moved so I'm opening up some commission slots!

« pushing hard on genAI » for no gain in efficiency lmao maybe stop then ?

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Yessssss www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDFE...

VERY depressing seeing so many board game publishers and kickstarters fall down this hole. if you can't afford an artist you can't afford to make a game, if you don't have time to make art you dont have time to make your game.

we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫

All enemies to be eliminated on sight. Wishlist Luna Abyss now: https://bit.ly/4iUf6nW #LunaAbyss🌑 #indiegame #indiedev

It's #WishlistWednesday! (It's also accuse Rex of being a murderer Wednesday, but that one doesn't have a special hashtag.) You can find our Steam page right here: store.steampowered.com/app/4218800/... Thank you in advance for your support! 🐊✨

So, we have news... Season 3 is in the works. We have been working very hard on it. Wishlist it now! #indigames #gamedev #adventuregames store.steampowered.com/app/3990360/...

"people have gotten so used to getting content for free or for almost nothing that they now feel entitled to everything" Please, Do Feed the Artists, by @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social

At about $60K that's about 128 million graduate team indie games, at $150K about 500,000 small indie games, at $300K about 250,000 mid-size debut indie games, or at around $950K about 110,000 indie games by a team of more experienced devs. There are a total of 110,000 indie games on Steam.