Now that's a nice way to end the year 🥳

It's time to #TeaseYaGame! ✨ We're working on IKUMA - The Frozen Compass, an Arctic adventure with doggo and mysteries! 📖 Search for a lost expedition ❄️ Brave the cold and survive 🔍 Uncover a haunting mystery 🐕 Play solo or in co-op Wishlist on Steam ⬇️ bit.ly/_IKUMA

The FREE Lost Ember: Rekindled Update is OUT NOW! 🥳 Experience the story of the wolf with enhanced graphics, a more vibrant and lively world and richer details! If you already own the original Lost Ember game, you should now find Rekindled in your gaming library ;) youtu.be/rlFztglwCyg?...

Lost Ember: Legendary Souls DLC releases Nov 27! ✨ Explore a vast new open world as different animals, traverse all biomes, uncover memories and go on Soul Quests to help more lost embers! ALSO Lost Ember: Rekindled will release as a FREE update with enhanced graphics for the main game!

This is perhaps the most under viewed Unreal Engine video. If you use UMG in Unreal you should really give it a view, Adrienne killed it with this! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NHI...

"Making theft illegal would prevent me from getting rich by taking other's stuff" ... well then

Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...

Last Day at Gamescom before we have to say goodbye again 🙈 So many cool games and booths to explore, so little time 😭

Look, we got a trailer!

We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 🎉 The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans. Deadline: September 28th More info 👇 grants.draknek.org

NEW: In a newly unsealed lawsuit, the former leadership of Subnautica 2 developer Unknown Worlds say Krafton sought to sabotage the game after realizing it'd be successful enough to trigger most or all of a $250 million earnout. A wild story gets even wilder: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Happy Pride Month, everybody! 🏳️‍🌈✨❤️

The ingredients to our game: - A generous scoop of snow, mystery and storytelling - Dash of co-op companionship (chef's recommendation 👨‍🍳) - Creeping dread simmered slowly under an icy surface - Lightly dusted with pawprints and wholesome doggo energy Best served cold ❄️ #indiegame #indiedev #IKUMA

In "IKUMA: The Frozen Compass" you join Sam and his loyal husky Ellie on an Arctic adventure! Stranded on an uncharted island they must brave the harsh cold and uncover a dark secret buried beneath the ice... 🎮 Coming to PC, PS5 & Xbox Series X/S ❤️ Wishlist IKUMA now #gamedev #indiegames

40,000 wishlists in ONE week! 🎉 (It' so wild and sounds absolutely surreal when saying out loud 🙈) Thank you so much for this amazing support, it really means a lot to us ❤️

5 years in the making (and still a way to go 🙈)

Super nervous! 🙈😅 This has been a long time in the making, so don't miss it! 😊

Ooh, the Triple-i Showcase is coming up! Who else is planning to watch? (I mean you never know what surprises might be waiting 👀) iii-initiative.com @iii-initiative.bsky.social #indiegames #iiiShowcase

PS5 players, your adventure as a border collie in the Scottish Highlands awaits! 👏❤️🐾

Smushi, siblings and friends! This was made for our Discord Advent Calendar Event and was the surprise for the 3rd day~ Check out the mooneye Discord to see what's behind the other doors and if you like you can even contribute something and share some holiday spirit with the community ❤️

OH BOI when I saw we were at 4900 I wanted to get ready for that 5000 followers post but when I checked this morning we were already at 5200+?? Well THANK YOU EVERYBODY AND HELLO ALL NEW FOLLOWERS 👋🏼❤️

📢 PSA to indie devs. Keep shouting about your game. They'll still be plenty of folks who've not crossed paths with it just yet.

Hey, did you know that Lost Ember: Remastered is part of this year's Season of Pride Steam Sale? 🌈✨ Hop over and explore a wide palette of queer games by amazing developers at bit.ly/seasonofpride2024! 💖 @midboss.bsky.social @igda.org @gaymingmag.bsky.social ❤️

🎉 Our debut game Lost Ember turns 5 today! 🐺✨ I wanted to share a few pages from the official art book - featuring early designs of our beloved wolf protagonist! Take a look at how the journey began. ❤️ #indiegames

Absolutely deserved! Definitely check out this hidden gem!

Honored to be part of the jury for the very first #PressStart game startup funding of the German government! Over 1000 applications... it's gonna be a busy few weeks 😅 Now let's get some games funded! 💪

A number of artists and creators have made their home on Bluesky, and we hear their concerns with other platforms training on their data. We do not use any of your content to train generative AI, and have no intention of doing so.

Ohh really looking forward to this! 😊

Listen, I am just as shocked as you are about the news... but let me tell you this: Life is throwing some serious curveballs at us all the time, and sometimes it just feels like it’s all piling up. But please remember Things might be tough. BUT YOU‘RE TOUGHER. And you are not alone in this.

The new game startup fund of the German government just opened its gates! If you're just starting out or recently founded a studio, you can apply until Nov 17 and get up to 50k€! games-stipendium.de/en/ #gamedev #indiedev

📢 ALT TEXT PSA Game Devs. Quick nudge to say that adding alt-text to images and videos is very much the norm on Bluesky. Outside of the obvious accessibility/inclusion win, some folks have their feeds set up so your posts won't even show up on their feed unless it has alt-text Spread the word 👍🏻

Welcome to v4 of the Blue Sky Game Dev orientation 🧵! Let's get you started with the basics of Bluesky, finding other devs, and posting about your games! Btw, this is based on the artist orientation thread from @purlane.ink; make sure to check it out if you’re also on the art side of game dev!

Love these starter packs! Makes it so much easier to find folks when coming fresh from the old place! Here's a few I found, please share more #GameDev related packs! ❤️ General Game Dev - bsky.app/starter-pack... Queer Game Dev - bsky.app/starter-pack... German Game Dev - bsky.app/starter-pack...

When a team delivers something exceptional, you let them try again, instead of dispersing them over other teams. I don't understand how this is not an obvious given. www.gamespot.com/articles/mos...

This is my indie game at sunset 🌄

Alright, now that this thing is actually taking off, it's probably time to spend some more time here! I'll start with a short intro: I'm Tobias, founded @mooneyestudios.bsky.social 10 years ago and am mainly responsible for programming, story, some tech art, and general game direction 👋 #GameDev

Oh we have pinned posts now! Alright well I'm Kyle, a Canadian gamedev in Scotland. I just released my first title, Farewell North, a wee indie game where you play as a border collie restoring colour to your human's world. I'm usually writing shaders and stories that make you feel things ✨

Thank you so much to everyone who joined the #ColorsOfIndie 2023 award ceremony yesterday! 🥰 For those who couldn‘t come or missed the livestream: Worry not! We recorded the whole ceremony and you can now watch it over on YouTube: youtu.be/jPtiNHHM0Ro?...

Embracer has laid off more than half of Fishlabs, the studio behind Galaxy on Fire and Chorus: www.eurogamer.net/layoffs-hit-...

Indie is a broad term, yes. But it does not mean "just any game, who cares". It's not a visual style, it's not a genre in itself. Indie is at the very least self-owned and developed without a huge budget and marketing campaign across the globe. Can we agree on that?

Former Kotaku staffers launch independent game and culture website Aftermath The worker-owned publication was co-founded by Nathan Grayson, Gita Jackson, Riley MacLeod, and Luke Plunkett www.gamedeveloper.com/business/for...

Good news, everyone!🎉 We have extended our submission phase for the #ColorsofIndie awards until Nov 12!🏆 You can now submit your #indiegame directly on our website and won't need a TikTok account: www.mooneyestudios.com/colorsofindie There’s fun to be had and cash to be won! 💰 #indiedev

What about launching an #indiedev train ? 🚂🎮 We'd love to discover more game dev people here If you're a solo dev, a studio or a publisher report yourself by saying hi and/or presenting your current project 👋👋

ITS #WishlistWednesday IF YOU ARE AN #indiedev SHOW ME WHAT YOU ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW!!! 👀

Mooneye’s Colors of Indie is back! We’re celebrating the diversity and creativity of the indie gaming scene and want to give especially small teams the spotlight! Click the link for more info and pitch your game on tiktok with a chance to win a fancy 🏆 and up to $1000! vm.tiktok.com/ZGJ3kGVrr/

Wohoo, first Bluesky post~ Heyo there! 👋 We are Mooneye Studios, the creators of the game Lost Ember and the publisher of Haven Park, Smushi Come Home and Farewell North! As a small but passionate team we love bringing you games with unique stories and cozy vibes ❤️

Alright, let's see how this goes 😊