we've been seeing Hexical around at demo nights since back in 2018(!!!) and now it has a Steam page and release date! Go give it a wishlist! store.steampowered.com/app/2283110/...

Last night was the BGD takeover of the @officialgdc.bsky.social Instagram!! Check out interviews with @normalhorsegames.bsky.social & @frogmageudon.bsky.social & @grooveboxgames.bsky.social here ➡️ www.instagram.com/official_gdc/ Props to @quantumconnor.bsky.social, who put this together! #gdc2026

Hello! Western Massachusetts developers are gathering for Boston Gamedev Week and PAXEast, playing some games, making plans, and finishing demos. Come join us for cheeseburgers and software bugs; same bit-time, same bit-channel! #pioneervalley, #gamedev, #indiegames, #videogames, #interactive-media

Our CEO Ryan, will be hosting a roundtable at Game Developers Conference this year, focused on balancing work for hire with building original titles as a studio. Link to the session: https://f.mtr.cool/hijvnjccpq

Boston Game Dev is excited to be partnering with PAX East to bring some Massachusetts indie games to the PAX show floor!! We're looking for FOUR great teams to join us in our booth and represent the local scene; more info on the form below Apply here by midnight on 2/14 ➡️ forms.gle/qJNjrD1MKX3u...

AND WE'RE LIVE. Phew, what a sprint. 😮‍💨 Messy Hearts Volume 1, our #indiegame #visualnovel, is now live, and can be played for free: - Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3892820/... - Itch: black-heart-games-studio.itch.io/messy-hearts Send wishlists, likes, and follows if you'd like to see more! 🖤

⚡Lightning Talks are TONIGHT!⚡ at the Cambridge Public Library outside Harvard. Great slate of speakers (listed on the Meetup post), come learn somethin' and hang out!

A week late here but THANK YOU to everyone who came out to our Global Game Jam site last-last week! We had a fun mix of pros, amateurs, and new folks, and ended up with a set of mostly-playable games, so that's a win in our book :) And another huge thank you to @unity.com for making it possible!!

This weekend I worked on my first game jam solo! I wasn't able to finish but I'm happy with the progress 🐦‍⬛ #gamedev #indiedev #popochiu #godot

The demo for Tamzin Twins is now LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3082430/... #gamedev #indiedev #demo #TamzinTwins

💀🪄 LAST CHANCE TO APPLY! We're looking for speakers to participate in a Lighting Talk ⚡ at PAX East 2026 for Boston GameDev Week! If selected you'll receive a FREE 4 day Speaker Badge! ‼️ If interested, please read & fill out the form below: forms.gle/TfxCw7hxcYQc...

BGD will be at #GDC2026, and we'll be joined by a bunch of speakers from the local games community! Here's a handy thread of the speakers from MA so you can be sure to go check out their talks 🧵 Also reminder to use coupon code BGD10 for 10% off a pass -> gdc.informafestivals.com/2026/registr...

Coming to PAX East from out of town? Please hit me up so I can pester you with offers of networking, coffee/drinks, and give you a platform to speak.

Lightning Talks has been rescheduled! www.meetup.com/bostongamede...

Factory Town 2 Newsletter time!! November, December, and January all rolled into one, for your convenience. steamcommunity.com/games/331213...

Update to the idle game: Redid the UI, added resident menu, residential upkeep, quests, tooltips, sound effects, juice, and most importantly... A dog. Yes, you will be able to pet the dog. #IdleGame #gamedev #unity3d #sologamedev #indiegamedev

No Rizz? No Chance! 💢 Mess up a Rizz? You might cause a Monster Girl's heart to shrivel up, sending her into an ENRAGED state... AKA, she will never, ever, EVER love you. Oops! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #godot 👇 Wishlist TODAY! 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/4029090?...

One more round of GDC Festival passes! To participate: - be registered on the Boston Game Dev Slack channel - be an active user as of January 20th - enter using the same email you are registered with on Slack. #Boston #Indies #gamedev Link in comments:

Next month, BPM will be hosting a discussion and Q&A with Anna Megill, a multi-award winning AAA game writer who has worked on games such as Fable and CONTROL, to discuss her career, writing for games, and working within the AAA space. #gamedev #writing www.meetup.com/bostongamede...

Working on a reroll mechanic for Loki's Revenge. One of those things I put off thinking it'd be really annoying, but turns out it's incredibly simple. #godot #indiedev #gamedev

shout out to the programmers for making it interactive and not just a cutscene!! 🥰 #indiegames #gamedev #indiegamedev #videogames #cozygames

Tonight at 7, on the BGD Discord! www.meetup.com/bostongamede...

Thank you @kotaku.com for highlighting Murder Is Game Over: Murder Otaku as part of Steam's Detective Fest sale going on this week! kotaku.com/steam-detect...

Approaching the data tower's core. ⚙️ From: Robot Rhapsody (PC/Steam). 💥 🎮Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3758170/... ❇️Campaign: www.kickstarter.com/projects/rap... #indiegamedev #ドット絵 #pixelart #indiedev #gamedev #ピクセルアート #RPGMakerMZ

The Game Developers Conferencee is comin' up! Boston Game Dev will be there, hop on the Slack (slack.bostongamedev.org) and drop by the #gdc channel if you want some pals in SF! You can use coupon code BGD10 for 10% off your pass here! -> gdc.informafestivals.com/2026/registr...

I made a lil' slice-of-work-life video about making UI for hotkeys (Figma and Unity) in PlinkIdle. Sloppy indie game dev in action if anyone is into that sort of thing. 😅 youtu.be/O1jb1JMwICs

Loki's Revenge is now out on @itch.io for FREE (aka PWYW) This is the full version of the game, same as Steam (just missing Steam features like cloud saves, achievements, etc.) owlmakesgames.itch.io/lokis-revenge Going forward, all of my games will be free on itch #godot #indiedev #gamedev

Last Friday, the newest Indiepocalypse came out, closing out 6 years of Indiepocalypse!

Boston Game Dev will be hosting a Global Game Jam site again this year! We'll be at the Nonprofit Center downtown all weekend, 1/30 - 2/1. Come make a game with us! More info + registration here: www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-gam... Huge thank you to our sponsor @unity.com for making this possible!

Boston Game Dev presents: A year in review! See what our local community has done this year. #gamedev #Steam #itchio www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0fQ...

Hello everyone! We will be hosting Lightning Talks on January 26th, 2026 5:30 – 8:30pm at the Cambridge Public Library Main Branch! www.meetup.com/bostongamede... If you’re interested in giving a 5-10 minute talk on a topic related to #gamedev, fill out the form below! forms.gle/yDLctFXzGGua...

I was inspired/prompted to write a taste manifesto of my own, so here it is: www.activeupgames.com/news-and-art...

We're not hosting this year, but we know someone who is! #ggj, #globalgamejam, #indiedev, #gamedev, #massachusetts,

I made a dvd logo screensaver simulator! It's almost the same, except it can't hit corners, and there's a built-in dead pixel. Because fuck you. markaldrichisme.itch.io/evil-dvd-logo #gamedev #indiedev #nostalgia #memegame #horror #gaming

we were using spritesheets for our little settlers, but for various reasons we wanted to see if using the rigged mesh we used to generate the sheets would be too much of a perf hit. It's not, which means we can do more with them in-game. Yay. #indiedev #indiegame

The Moon wants to go home. 🌕 "The Moon Looks Beautiful Tonight: Definitive Edition", a PC98 inspired yuri VN, will be releasing for free Q1 2026.

Thank you to everyone who came to our holiday party last night and to our awesome sponsors and volunteers for making it happen! Wishing everyone a great holiday season and we'll see you in the new year with a full slate of new events! ❄️

Making something cool. Incremental fantasy jet skiing simulator? Gif compression is doing a number on the dithering but I promise it looks neat. #screenshotsaturday #indiegames

Tonight is the Boston Game Dev Holiday Party!! 💀🪄 Come and join us!

My game Loki's Revenge is 15% off in the Steam Winter Sale! It's less than $2 please buy it so I can keep working on it and make more games store.steampowered.com/app/2936750/...

This Saturday, Indiepocalypse Radio returns at *7pm* ET with guests @bonicle.bsky.social and @justcamh.bsky.social! Tune in it at www.indiepocalypse.com/radio!! Send questions to www.indiepocalypse.com/questions

Need a quick gift for a friend or family member that LOVES puzzles?

Happy Winter! Moonlight Pulse and Vision Soft Reset are on sale for the next 18 days. Moonlight Pulse - 60% off Steam: s.team/a/2243250 Itch: seafloorgames.itch.io/moonlight-pulse Vision Soft Reset - 70% off Steam: s.team/a/1005450 Itch: seafloorgames.itch.io/vision-soft-reset

Startin' shortly! Hop on in to the BGD Discord discord.gg/pTq5qs6a6k

PlinkIdle's first playtest is live on Steam!! We're super excited to get everyone's feedback. It's not too late to enroll if you'd like to check it out. :D #indiegame #playtest www.brokenworm.com/playtest-pli...

Added tool to recolor items in-game.

🎁 The Holiday Spirit has entered the Mythic Realms! For a limited time, Mythic Realms is 75% off in the Meta Horizon Holiday Sale. Pick it up now on the Meta Horizon store ✨ https://www.meta.com/en-gb/experiences/mythic-realms/8364993590228690/

Reminder that the BGD Holiday Party is THIS FRIDAY!

this WEDNESDAY at 7pm @bryantfrancis.me chats with @dinosaursssssss.bsky.social to get his Game Dev Story! www.meetup.com/bostongamede... These are live (and not recorded) on the Boston Game Dev Discord, come hang out!

Join us December 17 at 3 PM EST for our first Holiday content drop in Room Rush! Most of the Petricore team will be playing, so come join and decorate rooms with us 🎁 🔔 Limited-edition Christmas items 🎁 Festive décor from the gachapon machine Join 👉 https://horizon.meta.com/event/718053191362202/