Boston Indies
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Boston's home for independent games since 2009
https://linktr.ee/bosindies
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Terrible Posture Games
3 days ago
Poor Liam. He just wants us all to get along.
#indiegame
#team
#fighting
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Dan Makes Games | Don’t Die, Collect Loot launching Sept 19
6 days ago
Don't Die, Collect Loot is now in early access! Slay enemies, collect ridiculous Diablo-style loot, and grow various wacky characters! If you enjoy it, please remember to leave a review, it helps me out a ton as a
#solodev
store.steampowered.com/app/2052160/...
#pixelart
#gamedev
#actionrpg
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Save 20% on Don't Die, Collect Loot on Steam
It's time to become ridiculously powerful in an arcade roguelite RPG with no limits on your power! Guide your hero through infinite retro fantasy worlds, get loot, gain upgrades, and keep growing thei...
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2052160/Dont_Die_Collect_Loot/
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We'd love to see your trailer here, submissions due by end of day today!
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Join us NEXT TUESDAY 9/16 for another Marketing Mixer! We'll be reviewing TRAILERS! Bring your released or upcoming trailers, get advice from marketing and video editing experts, or just come learn from the pros! Submit your trailer via the form on the Meetup page.
www.meetup.com/bostongamede...
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Boston Indies: Marketing Mixer - Trailer Revue, Tue, Sep 16, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Time to flex those marketing muscles again. Boston Indies marketing Mixer event is back. This time, let's talk trailers! Whether you have something released or you're worki
https://www.meetup.com/bostongamedev/events/310747445/
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Baja The Frog 🐸🕹️🖼️
19 days ago
Happy Saturday! Step away from that Silksong boss that is kicking your ass and cleanse the palette with some fresh new TMG games! ✨ Tiny Mass Games Season 11 is out now!✨
tinymassgames.itch.io
Check out the thread to see the new releases. 🧵 1/6
#IndieGames
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Tiny Mass Games
https://tinymassgames.itch.io/
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Freezebeam
21 days ago
Towerbound is out tomorrow! Build wizard towers from cards and defend them. Will turn off the password sometime tomorrow morning and post the Itch link. I just pushed the final update with a little difficulty tweak. Can't wait for everyone to try it out
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Dan Makes Games | Don’t Die, Collect Loot launching Sept 19
21 days ago
This guy doesn't seem too happy... Are you strong enough to overcome the very will of the forest itself? Give it a shot on September 19th, when Don't Die, Collect Loot goes into early access!
#indiedev
#solodev
#pixelart
#actionrpg
#loot
#crafting
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Game submissions for the Boston Festival of Indie Games in December are now open!
givebutter.com/BostonFIG2025
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Boston Festival of Indie Games 2025
By BostonFIG
https://givebutter.com/BostonFIG2025?gbtid=03c08e4ca28f4b2dbb59135da946f9c6
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Demo night is TONIGHT! Additionally we have a small location change, due to the weather forecast we will be moving inside. Find us in the MIT Open space lobby/auditorium TONIGHT
www.meetup.com/bostongamede...
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Boston Indies: Demo Night!, Wed, Aug 13, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
UPDATE: We will be inside the MIT Open Space Lobby/Auditorium due to the heat/chances of rain. Come show off the game you're working on, or just come kick it and see what
https://www.meetup.com/bostongamedev/events/308112251/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events
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Unsent games
about 2 months ago
The new
#Unsent
demo is live now on Steam! Go check it out!
store.steampowered.com/app/3621930/...
#unsentgame
#indiegame
#platformer
#3dplatformer
#indiedev
#dev
#gamedev
#developer
#indie
#steam
#demo
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Unsent on Steam
In the Regulatory Realm, superstitions manifest as bizarre bureaucracies. Venture to the human world to deliver Unsent letters in this whimsical platform-adventure game.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3621930/Unsent/
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Erik Asmussen / 82apps
about 2 months ago
The volcano now reacts when you feed it
#FactoryTown2
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Shae Rossi 🧜♀️
about 2 months ago
GameLoop is August 16th in Boston. It's an unconference, where the attendees pitch ideas for talks and then everyone votes on the ones they want to attend, and those present either help present or are audience members. It's super fun, and a great way to meet other devs.
#networking
#gamedev
#bfig
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Boston GameLoop 2025
GameLoop is a user-generated conference on game development, open to professional game devs, hobbyists, students, and more!
https://givebutter.com/BostonGameLoop2025
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Rapturous Studio
about 2 months ago
Map Lighting test for Robot Rhapsody. ☢️ Preferences? 😄 Harsh and radioactive mood - versus a bit more muted.
#gamedev
#indiedev
#rpgツクールMZ
#indiegames
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Andrew | BUY INDIEPOCALYPSE ➡️ QGCon
about 2 months ago
For those looking to be the friend with cool (and unrelatable? (but cool)) taste in games, it's Indiepocalypse #67! -10 curated games for $15! -Zine! -Newly commissioned game by
@chia.bsky.social
-Cover by Ezra (
malenkoste.github.io/carnet/
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pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-67
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Dan Makes Games | Don’t Die, Collect Loot launching Sept 19
about 2 months ago
Had a lot of fun making the zone bosses interfere with you as you get close to their domain. Adds a surprising amount of distinction to the various areas!
#pixelart
#gamedev
#indiedev
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Erik Asmussen / 82apps
about 2 months ago
Added expressions to the volcano!
#FactoryTown2
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Studio Blue Jay
about 2 months ago
Charming little teapot concepts for our afterlife lounge for your eternal cups of tea! ☕ 📚 Art by Martin Wang Wishlist Ghost Jukebox!
store.steampowered.com/app/3204710/...
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#GhostJukebox
#StudioBlueJay
#sketchbook
#illustration
#conceptart
#sketches
#cozygame
#rhythmgame
#indiegames
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CIPHER ZERO
about 2 months ago
Against a wealth of advice to chase fads and virality, we set out to create a highly-polished experience that invisibly led a player through a challenging, solitary experience.
notes.cipherzerogame.com/posts/04-we-...
#GameDev
#IndieDev
#SolveForX
#DevLog
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Gillian Smith
about 2 months ago
Check out this game I worked on! Breath Checkers is designed to provoke both playfulness and relaxation. Developed at Dagstuhl Seminar 25292 with
@curseofremy.bsky.social
. Meeting and working with Rémy was such a wonderful experience. I learned a whole lot more about design in that short time.
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Arden Ripley
2 months ago
Good morning! I'm sitting down to make a bunch of calls before starting work for the day. Please do the same! This has to be sustained pressure, not just one day. This thread and the document within it are great resources if you need a script or numbers to call / places to email, as is
yellat.money
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Game Audio Boston
2 months ago
On July 29th at 6PM EDT we’re thrilled to be hosting the one and only Greg Lester!!! Greg will be sharing sound design workflow tips in REAPER, how to generate source material for new projects, staying organized and much more! Click below to RSVP for the virtual event!
meetu.ps/e/PlLcn/XBbr...
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Thank you everyone for joining us at Lighting Talks last night, next month we'll be back at the MIT Open Space for a 🎮DEMO NIGHT🕹️!
www.meetup.com/bostongamede...
Bring out what you're working on, or just come hang and peep what other folks are up to! 🗺️ Kendall/MIT Open Space 🗓️ 8/13 🕕 6 - 9pm
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Boston Indies: Demo Night!, Wed, Aug 13, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Come show off the game you're working on, or just come kick it and see what folks in the community are up to! Hang out and support your fellow game makers with some feedbac
https://www.meetup.com/bostongamedev/events/308112251
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If ya like comin' out to Indies, consider donating to help us pay for venues and websites and paper plates and whatnot!
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CIPHER ZERO
2 months ago
A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙? ❓ Infer the rules of each glyph without hints 🧠 Over 300 handcrafted across evolving lands 🎶 Chill, reactive soundtrack as you play CIPHER ZERO. Out Now.
zpdt.co/playcz
#PlayCipherZero
#GameDev
#IndieGameDev
#IndieDev
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SEE FOLKS THERE
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Lightning talks coming up on Tuesday! Talk List: Baby’s First Game Delay (Or, Why I Like Tiny Mass Games) - Shane Smith Using Codecks for Project Management - Jay Lam
@kyaneosart.bsky.social
Five Indie Detective Games in Four Years! - Matthew Myers
@hitheryongames.bsky.social
Pt 1 🧵
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Shattered Journal Games
2 months ago
Introducing a new game: Shuffle Sword! 🃏 Shuffle Sword is a dark fantasy deck-builder roguelite. Fight your way through the blade cave, find different sword and magic cards to utilize, and prove yourself to the sword masters. ⚔️ Wishlist on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3631010/...
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Lightning talks coming up on Tuesday! Talk List: Baby’s First Game Delay (Or, Why I Like Tiny Mass Games) - Shane Smith Using Codecks for Project Management - Jay Lam
@kyaneosart.bsky.social
Five Indie Detective Games in Four Years! - Matthew Myers
@hitheryongames.bsky.social
Pt 1 🧵
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Zane
2 months ago
PLOVERDRIVE A 2 player VS web game in the vein of old flash games Share a keyboard with a friend, an enemy, or a (p)lover
xenozane.itch.io/ploverdrive
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of the Devil
2 months ago
of the Devil's first open beta is here! Join us on Steam to try out full controller support for a wide range of setups, brand-new accessibility features, new modifications to gameplay difficulty and see how we've improved UI feedback and visuals across the board!
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Rapturous Studio
3 months ago
My second indie RPG, Robot Rhapsody, will begin crowdfunding on Kickstarter soon! ✅ 🔽 Follow along at the link below if interested! 😁
www.kickstarter.com/projects/105...
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Coming soon: Robot Rhapsody
A pixel art JRPG — a futurist fairytale exploring AI themes, tech, existentialism, and strange transformations in a suffering world.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1054472336/robot-rhapsody
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yukon 😈
3 months ago
@psipuppy.fish
did more UI art!!!!
#transrepjam
#godot
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yukon 😈
3 months ago
almost done!!! more art by the amazing
@psipuppy.fish
!!! 💕
#godot
#indiedev
#pomodoro
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CIPHER ZERO
3 months ago
Welcome to the Suburbs, where wide highways become vacant parking lots.
#SolveForX
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#IndieGameDev
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Andrew Plotkin
3 months ago
I’ve been working on a bot to let people group-play IF games in a Discord channel.
blog.zarfhome.com/2025/07/disc...
It’s currently running on the IFTF Discord (see invite link at
narrascope.org/contact/%E2%...
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Discoggin: an IF bot for Discord
Here's a new toy: a Discord bot that plays IF games. Say you've got a group of people who want to play an IF game together. You'd log into the IFTF Discord and go to the #zarfbot-9000 channel. (That's...
https://blog.zarfhome.com/2025/07/discord-if-bot
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Nick V (Wishlist Chico's Rebound!)
3 months ago
hey if one more person bought this, i'd hit 1000 sales on Steam which would be a pretty happy milestone for me :) its a game boy style puzzle action game about rolling giant walnuts around, check it out!
#gamedev
#indiegames
#gameboy
store.steampowered.com/app/1921550/...
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Chico and the Magic Orchards DX on Steam
Solve puzzles by rolling a giant walnut in this retro-handheld-inspired adventure. Explore a variety of levels each with unique mechanics. Help Chico build his winter stash and find his way home!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1921550/Chico_and_the_Magic_Orchards_DX/
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Yesbox Studios
3 months ago
Stress testing: Rendering (max) 100K units and simulating all of them. There was a bottleneck with the A* setup I was using for indoor pathing that limited the number of units processed without causing FPS stuttering. 🧵
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caesuric
3 months ago
I was playtesting Vortex Siege yesterday and had a moment where I was like "damn, this is starting to look pretty decent." It's exciting just to see so many different card illustrations on screen at the same time.
#indiedev
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Boston Cyberarts, a gallery in JP focused on digital art, is taking submissions around the theme of GAMES/GAMING to display in their front windows. This is a great way to get your game/game art in front of folks, check it out! Submission form is here ->
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Boston CyberArts | CyberFrames, an Open Call
Submissions accepted now through the month of July 2025. Initial round of notifications of acceptance will be made by July 10th, while submissions that come in on and beyond July 10th will be decided ...
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeKx4w7A9TQ389TE8yRVc_g10N3Q2caOVmT-ewUoybLIPEaOQ/viewform
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CIPHER ZERO
4 months ago
A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙?
zpdt.co/playcz
CIPHER ZERO. July 22, 2025. Wishlist now.
#PlayCipherZero
#GameDev
#IndieGameDev
#IndieDev
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Petricore
3 months ago
Can you pet the dog in Mythic Realms? You can now. Meet Quinn’s wolf 🐺 they're ready for all the head pats. Go say hello and start your adventure today! 👉 Get it now on Meta Quest!
https://www.meta.com/en-gb/experiences/mythic-realms/8364993590228690/
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Petricore
4 months ago
You’ve seen the games. You’ve met the devs. But what about the floofs behind the magic? It’s time for a behind-the-scenes look at our very best boys and girls, the Pets of Petricore!
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OWL
3 months ago
Loki's Revenge is officially RELEASED ON STEAM NOW! If you buy the game, PLEASE leave a review with your honest thoughts! It helps a lot to spread the game on Steam Buy it on Steam here:
store.steampowered.com/app/2936750/...
Launch Trailer:
youtu.be/SQOJPSk13uE
#godot
#indiedev
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Save 10% on Loki's Revenge on Steam
Loki’s Revenge is a survivors-like roguelite where you play as Norse gods fighting Loki’s army of monsters! Level up to gain powerful upgrades and explore hand-crafted maps to find secrets. Build the ...
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2936750/Lokis_Revenge/
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OWL
3 months ago
Looking back at old screenshots of Loki's Revenge, wild how far the game has come over the 1.5 years I've spent on it. I started in November of 2024, finally shipping Early Access in June 2025. The game has changed a ton both visually and mechanically in that time! Biggest game I've ever made solo.
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Game Audio Boston
3 months ago
Join us this upcoming Tuesday for an interview with Sungha Hong! We'll be chatting sound design, side-gigging as a cellist on projects like Celeste: Farewell and Chicory: A Colorful Tale, and more! Link to RSVP and to join our Discord on the meetup page:
www.meetup.com/bostongamede...
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Game Audio Boston with Sungha Hong, Tue, Jun 24, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup
Join us for our June meetup, featuring an interview with Sungha Hong! Sungha is a Senior Sound Designer at ProbablyMonsters and a professional cellist who's been featured i
https://www.meetup.com/bostongamedev/events/308579138/?eventOrigin=group_events_list
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Baja The Frog 🐸🕹️🖼️
3 months ago
@tinymassgames.bsky.social
has completed another season and with it - another round of releases!
tinymassgames.itch.io
Here's a little thread of the games that released as part of our latest season - Season 10! 🧵
#GameDev
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Tiny Mass Games
https://tinymassgames.itch.io/
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Come celebrate the longest day of the year with your favorite Boston game devs at the Boston Game Dev Summer BBQ on Sunday June 22th, 11am-3pm!
#gamedev
#community
#food
LINK:
www.meetup.com/bostongamede...
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Summer Community BBQ, Sun, Jun 22, 2025, 11:00 AM | Meetup
Let's *spring* into summer! Come celebrate the longest day of the year with us at the **Boston Game Dev** *Summer* *BBQ* on Sunday June 22th, 11am-3pm! As springtime polle
https://www.meetup.com/bostongamedev/events/307823689/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events
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Can you talk fast? I hope so cause Boston Indies Lighting Talks is coming up next month!?! If you've never been it's a collection of ~10 minute talks on super cool niche subjects Talk submissions are open! July 22nd Tuesday, 6 - 9pm Cambridge Library Central Branch
www.meetup.com/bostongamede...
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Boston Indies: Lightning Talks! , Tue, Jul 22, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
C'mon out for LIGHTNING TALKS, a series of \~10 minute talks on a variety of game development related topics given by you, the Boston Indies community! Come share a cool so
https://www.meetup.com/bostongamedev/events/307917061/?isFirstPublish=true
3 months ago
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Connor 🤸🏽♂️🌋 Gamedev x VJ
3 months ago
Learning DIY
#indie
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publishing tips today with
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Terrible Posture Games
3 months ago
Today is the day, y’all! Battle Train is now available on Steam and Nintendo Switch and we are simply exploding with joy!
#BattleTrain
#GameRelease
#IndieDev
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