ahhhh #PaxAus where dopamine blast meets solid community vibe Welcome Home! two weeks and counting

The Adelaide studio enjoyed the development process so much they took the time to make the game to its best self #gamedev #games #Adelaide www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Social media described like 1970s physical places -

Kiryu and Majima on the go is hard to pass up, even with some caveats. checkpointgaming.net/features/202...

The public loos at the small Victorian town of Yarragon, midway between Melbourne and east Gippsland artist Matthew Thompson (Ling) #streetart #urbanart #Gippsland

monster in a courtyard behind a cafe Foz, 2021 #streetart #westernNSW #BrokenHill

So I remember 'way back when a Catholic was running for (USA) president, because it was an electoral liability. He had to promise that he wouldn't let the Pope tell him how to lead America.

It’s D&D Night, we’re all near death and surrounded by enraged emus. Long ago, when I was GMing, I gave the party a custom magic item. ME: Use it! Use it! It doesn’t matter anymore! BARD: But— ME: WE WILL DIE IN A BLAZE OF GLORY

( #indiegames I saw at #PaxAus) I don't know if anything I say could adequately encompass a city built on a spacefaring Sky Whale. Looks gorgeous, release date in 2025. By new Zealand group @balancingmonkeygames.com, reviewed on www.rockpapershotgun.comm

(#indiegames I saw at #PaxAus) #Tavernkeeper So business sims are a thing? I'm done with farming and peasant towns, I'm gonna have a pub. Customisable filth & flammability! Looks like it's got humour, characters, and character. By @greenheartgames.bsky.social, listed for 2025 release on Steam

Australian elections are so chill that it's a nationwide excuse to hold a sausage sizzle or cake stall at your local primary school #democracysausage #Straya #vote

#Adelaide 's Botanic Garden is the absolute goods. We went there for the #Chihuly exhibition, which was exceptional, then went around the gardens afterwards and that was fab too. Adelaide is so great. #art #glassblowing #sculpture

mural in a parking garage, Adelaide Jasmine Crisp 2022 #streetart #adelaidestreetart #Adelaide @jasmin_crisp on Insta

por qué no los dos

I have a dirigible #Outlanders

Love the way the winter bunnies peep out of their burrows and adorably flop their ears. I mean, their whole purpose is to be trapped for meat and skins, but still cute. #Outlanders #PomeloGames

#boxing #Brunswick #Melbournestreetart @paink_artist on insta

So I want to talk a little about my work on Quantum Witch because it’s rather special to me on a personal level. Specifically, my work on this game is heavily influenced by two things: living in the Bible Belt for 12 years, and (content warning) the topic of emotional abuse…

Another one I liked at previous #PaxAus was Hissy Fit. It's a snake game: customise your danger noodle, wreck things, grow. Cute graphics; fun. Parents of little kids: this isn't Bluey. The playable beast chomps people and dies in cartoon-gruesome. @hissyfitgame from Panda Arcade

always good things to see in the Kiwi area #PaxAus Looking forward to trying Adaptory, sweet team crash landed in space, build base, survive and thrive #indiegames @stormcloak.games

This #TransDayofVisibility we’ve collated a definitive list of 90+ trans games throughout history. Almost 100 games by trans developers and/or with trans representation. Featuring games from: @deconstructeam.bsky.social @maddymakesgames.com and many others 🏳️‍⚧️ checkpointgaming.net/features/202...

political engagement

vivid dreams are such a ride. Last night I was in the Australian outback, mapping geology with Batman

I'd like to think I'd relax with a game that challenges my brain or engages my emotions. idk though after a stressy work day I'm all about cheap adrenaline thrills and whimsical humour #crossyroad *nearly gets squished by a parade float of dancing dinosaurs*

(remembering #indiegames I admired at previous #PaxAus) I liked the look of MistForge, a terraforming roguelite with a hostile sentient mist. It felt pleasantly crerpy, like Lt Ripley does Stardew in Dredge. Also with tentacles? No release date on its Steam page. @mistforgegame.com

Another fine #indiegames I saw at previous #PaxAus : Dungeon Heart by @ghostmothhq.bsky.social A post-life match-3 adventure with narrative and (possible) romance. Review checkpointgaming.net/features/202...

I've been watching youtube 2024 #PaxAus omegathon & so encountered #crossyroad for the first time. Adrenalin!

Are you a trans game dev? Does your game that’s upcoming or already released have trans characters? WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! We’re working on building a definitive list of trans games and would love to be made aware of your game to go on such a list this TDOV. Get in touch! #indiegaming #gaming

continuing my pre- #PAXAUS reflection on cool things I've seen in previous years: from Darwin, Salty Games studio's farm sim is a cattle station in Australia's Top End. I love the fine local flavour in the visuals 🐊Playtest recently concluded. On Insta @saltygamesofficial

musk lorikeet mural #streetart #streetartmelbourne #northcote @jimmy_dvate on Insta

"instead of choosing when to fire, you choose when to stop ..." 😆

continuing my pre- #PAXAUS reflection on cool things I've seen in previous years: Project Regolith This two-player looked interesting but life happened to it, hats off to the sweetly frank devblog that laid out the hidden challenges in bringing home an ambitious project. #indiegames #PaxRising

Australia's most independent video news goes to a new non scheduled format @6newsau.bsky.social

as the #PAXAUS2025 hype bus winds up, I'm going to remember some neat things I saw in the last couple of years First up - Primordial Legends: Hollow Hills from Toybox Studios #combatwombat #indiegames checkpointgaming.net/features/202...

There's some very epic music suggestions in this thread

I'm being thrashed by a bunch of fish real creepy ones #dredge #dredgegame #blacksaltgames

I thought #Portal was going to be easier now I'm older and wiser but nope level 15

I don't know who needs to hear this but the PAXAUS dates for 2024 have just dropped 11-13 Oct aus.paxsite.com #PAXAus2024 #gaming 🎮

the closing traditional event in Australian summer holidays, a debate Eloquently summed up in bush poet style : fb.watch/pMIB5K-iZX/? #australiaday #invasionday #straya

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ah Melbourne, great place to be a duck (Merry Christmas & happy holidays to all who celebrate)

It's Christmas Eve and if I stand in my backyard I catch the aromas of the neighbourhood's roast dinners 🦃🎄

Always lovely to see a traditional seasonal movie with friends

Christmas tree is up. Giant spider says Don't Touch #christmas #Straya

Street art in #Warrnambool #streetart #streetartAustralia #urbanart

ABC news report on Melbourne game devs Studio Folly and their game #Gubbins. Capturing imaginations all around the world www.abc.net.au/news/science...

it's time to split my pop culture Bsky off from my science account

I went to #PaxAus. It was great! Highlights: first time as an enforcer, lurid hair colours, performance of The Dark Room, panel on sword fighting, all the people of course, and great indie games -

On a new social media path just in time for PaxAus. Have I got a moment to make my profile glittery? maybe tomorrow