Mind Over Magnet came out one year ago! To celebrate, it's 50% off on Steam - store.steampowered.com/app/2685900/...

New on GMTK - let's talk about the power of prototyping - youtu.be/8tHJgtbj6rs

Here's how games do destruction youtu.be/JZ9GRFD-mSc

What's the point of hard games, anyway? youtu.be/Ip5pYl-MuYs

Anyone know if there's a keyboard shortcut for the Jump Ahead (aka "skip past the sponsored segment") button on YouTube?

Discovered KILLOVER in @gamemakerstoolkit.com's Game Jam wrapup and am obsessed. A completely unique 1-level shooter. Runs flawlessly in my browser. Quite proud of my 350 high score. Try it!! quentindelvallet.itch.io/killover

Shout out to one of our very own programmers, @josepacio.bsky.social, whose entry Draftula placed FIRST in the Enjoyment category for GMTK Game Jam 2025!! 🥇✨ Try out this Tetris roguelike for yourself here!! ➡️ joespacio.itch.io/draftula

Chatting about Mind Over Magnet with ID@Xbox on Twitch! www.twitch.tv/idatxbox

Sorry to those in other countries who viewed recent GMTK videos and got a version of the video with a strange robotic voice in French, German, etc Turns out YouTube switched on AI-powered "auto-dubbing", without warning creators.

These are my favourite games from GMTK Game Jam 2025 youtu.be/kG3LWpuiLqg

Mind Over Magnet is now available on Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch! I made a quick video to talk it - youtu.be/lgG_vfbDPeo

Congrats to @theseahorse.bsky.social for the release of Blueprint Bob on Steam! It started life in last year's GMTK Game Jam as a highly-rated game, and one of my personal favourites! store.steampowered.com/app/3215120/...

A GMTK Game Jam entry! Congrats and good luck with Gamescom!

GMTK Game Jam 2025 is now over! You can see the results for the top-ranking games in the following categories: 🧠 Creativity - itch.io/jam/gmtk-202... 🎮 Enjoyment - itch.io/jam/gmtk-202... 📖 Narrative - itch.io/jam/gmtk-202... 🎨 Artwork - itch.io/jam/gmtk-202... 🎵 Audio - itch.io/jam/gmtk-202...

Just seeing what it would actually provide... My wife would think I have been kidnapped and am trying to signal a secret plea for help

As GMTK Game Jam grows in size and popularity, it's making less and less sense for the jam to have a single celebrity(!?) judge at the centre. That's why I won't be picking the "winners" or the "best games" this year. Instead, I'll simply talk about some of my personal "favourites".

I will be streaming GMTK Game Jam games in about 15 minutes, over on GMTK Live! - www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCVg...

These are the engines used to make 9,724 games for the GMTK Game Jam in 2025! 1️⃣ Unity - 41% 2️⃣ Godot - 39% 3️⃣ Other / No Engine - 11% 4️⃣ Game Maker - 5% 5️⃣ Unreal Engine - 4%

These are the engines used to make 9,724 games for the GMTK Game Jam in 2025! 1️⃣ Unity - 41% 2️⃣ Godot - 39% 3️⃣ Other / No Engine - 11% 4️⃣ Game Maker - 5% 5️⃣ Unreal Engine - 4%

Submissions are now CLOSED for GMTK Game Jam 2025. We've had a whopping, mind-blowing, server-busting 9843 games submitted! Play and rate the games here: itch.io/jam/gmtk-202...

⚠️ Time Extend! ⚠️ Due to Itch server issues, we're giving you one extra hour to ensure your game is uploaded and in the jam! Don't waste this time adding more content to your more game. Use it only to ensure that your game is working properly and is correctly entered into the jam.

My hobby is to DDOS one specific website, exactly once per year

There's only 90 minutes left to submit your game to GMTK Game Jam 2025! Get your game up right now to avoid the mad rush on itch's servers! Full walkthrough to uploading your game - itch.io/jam/gmtk-2025 Get tech help from me and other jammers on Discord - discord.gg/BTeTcGA2jc

Mind Over Magnet is coming to consoles on August 15th! Wishlist / Pre-order on... Switch / Switch 2 - www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro... PS4 / PS5 - store.playstation.com/en-us/concep... Xbox One / Series - www.xbox.com/en-us/games/...

The GMTK Game Jam is, as always, so inspiring. Thousands of game devs just making stuff, for the sheer love of the craft. No AI. No worries about the Steam meta or monetisation. Just making stuff and having fun.

Someone on the GMTK Discord shared a great hack: Google doesn’t show AI summaries if your query contains swear words.

I’m open to moving my Substack to another platform - a plus would be if the platform handled tax stuff for you (like Patreon does). Any recommendations on that, especially from UK-based creators?

The year is 2025. I right click on an AI-generated comment on my YouTube video to delete it, only the "Remove" button has been shifted down to make way for a button that generates video ideas based on the AI-generated comment. This is hell.

The theme for GMTK Game Jam 2025 is... Loop! Good luck!

GMTK Game Jam 2025 just surpassed the 2024 jam for participants, making it the biggest GMTK Game Jam ever, and the biggest game jam in itch․io's history! itch.io/jam/gmtk-2025

Congrats to @toboggan.work and team on the release of Birdigo! To celebrate, we've made a bundle with Word Play, Wordatro!, and Birdigo - three awesome games about spelling words to score points - store.steampowered.com/bundle/57187...

since #GMTKJam starts in a few hours now's a good time to remind that UVSU started as an entry for gmtk2023, and won 3rd place! here's mark @gamemakerstoolkit.com explaining the concept better than me. go do gmtk jam!

GMTK Game Jam 2025 kicks off in less than 12 hours! itch.io/jam/gmtk-2025 You can also come join us in the GMTK Discord, which is now open to jam participants! discord.gg/pd4rQKU

It's absurd and dystopian that payment processors get to decide what we can and can't see on the internet. That companies like Visa and Mastercard can use their enormous size to bully companies into taking stuff offline - based on the reactionary politics of a small group.

I would describe this as a life goal completed 😱

Uh.... I just checked the PS5 store to see if Mind Over Magnet was up to wishlist yet. It's not. But Dino Race - Dinosaur Ride Ranch certainly is! And a lot of other AI slop...

I am thrilled to share that Mind Over Magnet is coming soon to Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch, thanks to Alchemy Games! www.alchemy.games

This looks cool!

GMTK Game Jam starts in just under two weeks! Who's joining? itch.io/jam/gmtk-2025

Making a roguelike is fun because you’ll get an email like “BUG: Game said there was an only a 1 in 5 chance of something bad happening and it happened. Please fix”

From the GMTK Discord - people are already starting to find the ridiculously overpowered strategies!

A quick game design thread... In Word Play, how come points don't carry over between rounds? If you overshoot the score requirement, why don't the extra points apply to the next round?

today I fixed 12 bugs, made 2 bugs, and fixed 2 bugs

The wonderful Word Play soundtrack is now on Steam! Check it out and support composer @honeyboy.glassjury.com store.steampowered.com/app/3839800/...

A review's a review

game devs, gimme your stories about fixing bugs in the first few days after launch to help me get through this big ol' trello list

What a delight it's been to see Mark go from strength to strength with his game dev. I can't believe how good this looks. Well done GMTK!!

having an already-popular youtube channel before releasing a video game is like being a nepo baby except my famous dad is also me

Word Play is out now! store.steampowered.com/app/3586660/...

I'm releasing a video game in just under two hours!