OUR NEW PODCAST HAS FINALLY RELEASED IT'S FIRST EPISODE! If you want to see fun and interesting discusions about anything indie, along with fun interviews check us out! It's avaliable wherever you get your podcasts! We hope you enjoy it! youtu.be/4QAKUuwnk4A rss.com/podcasts/fro...

My 2025 in #indieDev: Rack and Slay got a few updates, now in 9 languages, still sells ok. Thanks Humble for the bundle! 🙏 Working on 2 new games, one about physics chaos, one about math chaos, more in due time. 👀 My Discord continues to be the best indie dev space ever. ❤️ Happy 2026! 🎉

The world needs more Mosa-Lina-likes! If you agree, check out this game! 👀

In a world where certain shows call themselves "game awards" but at the same time are afraid to show much gameplay at all, here's my highly personal, unapologetic TOP 5 GAMES OF THE YEAR from my highly personal, unapologetically gameplay-focused perspective! Enjoy! 🎉

I'm a fan of game designers leaning into their personal taste. One way to do that is to write a Taste Manifesto. I wrote about mine here, and why you should write yours! open.substack.com/pub/ezraszan...

Cool game, and you may own one of those bundle partners already!

In a world where certain shows call themselves "game awards" but at the same time are afraid to show much gameplay at all, here's my highly personal, unapologetic TOP 5 GAMES OF THE YEAR from my highly personal, unapologetically gameplay-focused perspective! Enjoy! 🎉

I repeat: Just avoid AAA.

Snipe that sale like a hitman! store.steampowered.com/app/2090700/...

Winter (sale) has come! store.steampowered.com/app/2311990/...

Here we are! Hold the Mine have a brand new demo with a lot of new content and improvements! www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmOD...

Just ignore AAA. Worth it on all fronts. :)

Okay y'all gotta play more games! I'll do the real (aka my personal) game awards soon, so you know what to play...

Game are evolving again to be less and less conscious activities. This is what parents were afraid of, and this is something everyone should be pushing back against. And it's especially worrisome when critics are the people being especially receptive to being told what to think and do.

This is the frustration I tried to articulate in my video. Indie games at their best (weird, personal, creative, experimental etc.) are a much-needed challenge to AAA - but often the most successful ones are those that most resemble AAA games (but smaller). youtu.be/67V-GSaceFQ

An actual mobile GOTY btw, in case anyone wondered.

The memes create themselves this morning!

And it's an extra 10% off if you own (or bundle it with) Luck be a Landlord!

Yes, I made a sports game! 🎱 store.steampowered.com/app/2311990/...

This game takes what's fascinating about metroidvania randomizers and makes it its core gameplay, and accessible to anyone. Some serious GOTY potential right here!

Starfish my beloved

Who dis? 👀

Been on a metroidvania deep dive this year, but circling back to roguelikes now via the Aria of Sorrow "Reprise" ROM hack. Great game but a lot of it feels superfluous in a normal playthrough. Not when you gotta make a small random subset work though. Felt the same about SOTN and Bloodstained btw.

Who else wants Kirby Tarkov? Call it INHALE & EXTRACT!

My roguelike celebration talk just went up on YouTube! I love mental models that help me design and analyze games, so here I am presenting one about how I design synergies for Roguelike Deckbuilders. youtu.be/JfNeYtH7xI4?...

Now bundling with one of the coolest deckbuilders of the year from the fabulous @flatlinestudios.bsky.social! 🎉 store.steampowered.com/bundle/63412...

NICE TO YEET YOU by the great @tricko.bsky.social is out! It boils down fighting games for maximum accessibility. Even controls perfectly with a mouse! Add crazy physics, bouncing, momentum and, most importantly, YEETING and you have one heck of a brawler! 💪 store.steampowered.com/app/3108230/...

Heeeey! Help me reach 1000 wishlists! Nice To Yeet You comes out in less than a week, on 6 Nov, in Early Access! #indiedev #gamedev #nicetoyeetyou Wishlist here 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/3108230

Hi! 👀

Celebrating 3 years of WikiArena on Steam this week with a sale! store.steampowered.com/app/2090700/...

Basically balls

HOLD THE MINE demo is available NOW! We have made a lot of improvements since the playtest version. ⛏️Dig, collect resources and construct powefull buildings ⚔️Maximize your heroes, spells and relics 🛒Discover the new shop and pet the mole?! 🌜Defend your mine against monsters at night and go nuts!

The Powerful Fis(c)he(r)s? We're so back!

I gave Rack and Slay a go today and I like it. I was a fan of Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker for Amiga (by the late Archer Maclean) back in the day. store.steampowered.com/app/2311990/...

They say a game needs a hook. I say it needs two. #MosaLina

One beautiful game design mind after another on this podcast!

This was a super fun conversation to have. It may also be fun to listen to! Harry's great and I swear this pod is going places, honored to have been an early bird in the stacked roster of guests 🙌💜 #podcast #gamedev #gamedesign #indie #multiplayer

Big Shoutout to @humanqube.bsky.social for hosting No Time To Loot (and @sidekickpublishing.bsky.social for support)! If you're wondering why there's no time to loot, it's cause you gotta play all these cool games that are part of the event... store.steampowered.com/curator/4506...

Very on point. Also agree strongly with the difficulty levels bit. While yes, you lose the "everyone shares the same experience" part, you can still have that via "hey, who else played on hard mode?" And those who wouldn't make it through with one single difficulty didn't get to share anyways...

Awesome job @gamesforwaves.bsky.social, glad to have been a small part of this! 🎉

It's done. More like "free yourself". 😆

10k+ sold and €14k+ for the World Central Kitchen charity so far! 🥳

Push monster balls into holes or traps in randomly generated levels in Rack and Slay, the billiards-themed roguelike dungeon crawler. The Indie Likes and Lites bundle supports @wck.org.

Okay maybe not quite... 😆

Rack and Slay is now available in Spanish (and is on sale to celebrate)! 🥳 store.steampowered.com/news/app/231...

Now that I have some distance from my GDC talk, I think if I were to boil down my game design advice into a single sentence, it might be something like: Focus less on adding stuff to your game, and more on developing connections between the stuff you already have.

✌️ moving on

I'm honored to be part of a truly stacked lineup of #indiedev #roguelike and #roguelite gems via @humblebundle.com! If you're remotely interested in the genre, this is amazing value for money! 👀 👉 www.humblebundle.com/games/indie-...

Deep into act 2 at this point, and I'm utterly fascinated by the gaping contrast between its most brilliant moments and the wild amount of archaic to outright cruel design choices. All in all this might be the most memorable 6/10 ever in my book. Anyways, have fun! :)

Silksong is indeed more colorful than Hollow Knight!