That moment you find out you've won DARE Academy... Congratulations to our DARE Academy 2025 winners - Riverboat Games! 🏆 Their game Galactic Postal Servitude wowed the judges 💫👽 Read more 👇 abertay.ac.uk/N2Yx #DAREAcademy #DAREAcademy2025 @riverboatgames.bsky.social

My team @riverboatgames.bsky.social is hosting a charity livestream for @specialeffect.org.uk on Thu 25 Sept at 18:00! We would love your feedback + support 🎮✨ 👉 lnkd.in/ecr8kJB8 @abertayuni.bsky.social | #SpecialEffect #CharityStream #Accessibility #GameDevelopment #DAREAcademy2025 #AbertayUni

We're happy to announce that the #DARE2025 release of Galactic Postal Servitude is now available for free on itch! riverboatgames.itch.io/galactic-postal-servitude Take a look at our new release trailer for a sneak-peak on what we’ve worked on at #DareAcademy 👀👽 #IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDev

Care for a cracker? ✨️ We always make sure our employees are provided with an adequate amount of nutrition. Keep up the good work and you might get some water too! #IndieDev #GameDev #DAREAcademy #DARE2025

SOUND ON! 🔊 Sometimes game development is implementing a dialogue system, and sometimes it's creating a 0.1 second audio clip and looping it hundreds of times to test the dialogue sounds. Boss Gleeble is a fun example of work spanning disciplines! #DARE2025 #DAREacademy #IndieDev #SoundDesign

Take a first look at one of our new WIP mechanics, Fragile Tape! We trust our employees to appropriately mark parcels that contain delicate items as fragile before sending. ... or mark their office as fragile too #IndieDev #GameDev #DARE2025 #DAREAcademy

He even lovingly welcomes you to the galaxy's most successful postal company*! What's not to love? ❤️ #IndieDev #GameDev #DARE2025 #DAREAcademy * - May not be factually true

New #DAREAcademy sneak peek... 👀 Your new boss cares a lot about your performance while on the clock, so expect timely and encouraging feedback to boost employee morale. You'll be constantly monitored while working, so make sure to keep up the good work! 📦👍 #IndieDev #GameDev #DARE2025

We had the pleasure of welcoming Scottish Minister for Business Richard Lochhead this week! He took time to play our game, learn about DARE, our work at Abertay, and discuss the future of Scotland’s games industry. Thanks to Abertay for the incredible opportunity 🙏 #DAREAcademy #GameDev #Abertay

Is that a Gleeble...? On a TV screen? Wearing a suit??? ...🛸📺 Introducing your new manager - Boss Gleeble! What could he possibly get up to around the Post Office 👀📦✨ #DAREAcademy #DARE2025 #IndieDev #GameDev #AbertayUniversity #Gleeble #GalacticPostalServitude

We've been hard at work updating all the menus for #DAREAcademy, here's a little before & after to show the glow-up ✨ #DARE2025 #GalacticPostalServitude #indiedev #gamedev

We just hit 200 followers on Bluesky! 🥳Just in time for our audio/narrative designer Josie’s 21st birthday! 🎉 🍰

Time for an update! ✨ Game Design and Production student at Abertay University (class of 2026) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 👩‍🏫 Women in Games Ambassador 👥 Class Representative 📚 Module Assistant Current project: 🚀 Producer & QA for Galactic Postal Servitude by @riverboatgames.bsky.social - DARE Academy 2025 Finalists!

Watch out! A Gleeble found his way into the studio and messed around with our music! 😅 It seems like he wants to brighten up the post office for the next human who comes by though, so maybe we can let him sing a little longer… 🎶 #DAREacademy #DARE2025 #GalacticPostalServitude

Lots of features are being prototyped as part of our #DAREAcademy work, can you spot them all? 👀 (Bonus points if you can find the bug as well! 👾) #GalacticPostalServitude #IndieDev

Our business cards have arrived!! 😎 #DAREAcademy #AbertayUniversity #gamedev #businesscards

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Our art team have been knocking it out of the park with their creativity recently 👏👑

At #DAREAcademy we're working on giving our mechanics more interaction and visual feedback to add to the analogue feel of the post office. Here's a first look at a concept for our new and improved parcel scanning! 📦👀 #GalacticPostalServitude #indiedev

Here's a sneak peek of a brand new feature that's being put together! Maybe you'll be able to lend them a hand (or two)......? 📦✨ #GalacticPostalServitude #indiedev

We can finally announce that Riverboat Games is a DARE Academy 2025 Finalist! 🎉 A huge thanks to everyone who’s supported us so far. We’re so grateful—and just getting started. Keep an eye out for new features, characters & more coming soon! 👀 www.linkedin.com/posts/lucind...

Galactic Postal Servitude by @riverboatgames.bsky.social‬. Scan and send packages, detect illegal items, and do your part to make your planet proud in this point-and-click game of deduction!‬ riverboatgames.itch.io/galactic-pos...

Galactic Postal Servitude by @riverboatgames.bsky.social is now available and free to play on our Itch page! 🚀 We would love to hear any feedback either via the feedback form (on Itch) or through a DM 🙏 riverboatgames.itch.io/galactic-pos... #gamedev #studentteam #pc #sillyaliens #abertayuniversity

A new game for Windows from Abertay students. I love the dry humour in this environment. #videogames #development #Scotland #Abertay

🎉 200 Downloads and Counting! 🎉 Huge thanks to everyone who’s played the game, shared feedback, and cheered us on so far! 🙌✨ Haven’t tried the game yet? Grab it for free on our Itch page and let us know what you think: 👉 riverboatgames.itch.io/galactic-pos...

I don't know about you but I am treating myself to a not-healthy snack after all that.

the moment I saw this commercial as a kid my mind was blown. I had no idea a Mario game could look THIS GOOD. All I knew is I that had to have a SNES. Period.

Ninja cheerleaders. From space. Battling rogue AI. That's the setup for Ra Ra Boom, a 2D, fast-paced, four-player co-op arcade-style action game. Check out the new release window + console announcement trailer:

The trailer for Galactic Postal Servitude is out now!!!! 📦👽📽️ Check out the release here: riverboatgames.itch.io/galactic-pos... #GalacticPostalServitude

Which would you listen to first? 🎶👽

The Beta is now out and available for download! You can find our final devlog and download at the link below, please enjoy! :) 📦📦📦 📦📦📦 📦📦📦 📦 📦___📦 📦 📦___📦 📦📦📦 📦📦📦 📦___📦 📦 📦 📦📦📦 📦 📦📦📦 riverboatgames.itch.io/galactic-pos...

Thanks to @restbread.bsky.social of @veryevildemons.com for giving a fascinating talk on worker owned co-ops to our professional projects students today. Two weeks till Gold Master for the teams - here is some of their whiteboard art from around campus. Can’t wait to share their games late in May.

0.6.0 and 0.6.1 are now out! Please enjoy a feature complete version of the game as we head into the easter break! #gamedev #indiedev #games #gamesdevelopment riverboatgames.itch.io/galactic-pos...

There were a couple of major bugs in 0.5.0, they've been patch now with 0.5.1! riverboatgames.itch.io/galactic-pos...

0.4.0 is now out! Check out the devlog! riverboatgames.itch.io/galactic-pos...

Sneak peek of the upcoming stamp mechanic currently in development 👀📦

0.2.1 is now out! And it's out biggest update yet 👀 Check out all the info below! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ riverboatgames.itch.io/galactic-pos...

Some snaps from development so far 📸

Game Design and Production student at Abertay University 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 👩‍🏫 Women in Games Ambassador 💛 Abertay Women in Games Society Secretary 👥 Class Rep 💼 Abertay Careers Ambassador 📚 Module Assistant Currently working on: 🚀 A puzzle game set in an alien post office 🎲 Solo developing a serious board game

We’re now approaching the half way point of developing Galactic Postal Servitude 🚀(for now at least 😉). You can play the current build and provide feedback by clicking on the link below ✨Keep an eye out for an exciting new feature coming in the next few weeks 👀 riverboatgames.itch.io/galactic-pos...

Our latest build is now available on our Itch page! Version 0.2.0 contains our first playable build which features a cleaned up environment, bug fixes, a new scoring system, and more! ✨ riverboatgames.itch.io/galactic-pos...

Fuck this, fuck the news, fuck everything, I’m gonna draw sexy art and eat chicken nuggies.

There is a special place in video game hell for games that have waterfalls with no treasure behind them

Let's fucking gooooooo youtu.be/itpcsQQvgAQ?...

one thing i’m stuck on is this idea that “masculine” energy means license to act like a chud in public, as opposed to more traditional notions of public masculinity, such as those that put a premium on the performance of integrity, honesty, honor and generosity.

Guys, it's time to bring Guitar Hero and Rock Band back. It's been painfully long enough

Latest Games Jobs Live report shows there are only 1,324 jobs available in the UK this month - 45% down year-on-year, and a three-year low

No one - absolutely no one on planet earth - is more frustrated by a game’s bugs than the people who made it One of the criticisms I’ve seen lately re: bugs is that devs just shrug and go “them’s the breaks.” no. We are little balls of rage, spite, and swallowed tears

Why do video games cost so much to make these days? A recent NYT article pinned bloated budgets on the graphical arms race, but that's only a small part of the equation. The real problem? Rampant mismanagement. This week's column is a spicy one: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...