My book *Shareware Heroes: The renegades who redefined gaming at the dawn of the internet* is available to buy again. Read about the rise of indie game publishing and digital distribution alongside stories of indie devs big and small making their way years before Steam existed. payhip.com/b/hbTL5

My latest co-authored article with Megan Condis was just published in Games: Research and Practice. And it's open access! Check out "Rad Dudes, Rude ‘Tude, and the Family, Too: How Nintendo and Sega Advertisements Shaped the Image of Gaming in the 1990s."

This weekend, @defeatinggames.bsky.social is raising money for VGHF. So for the next two hours, they're letting me loose to play MYST twitch.tv/obscuritory

Remember to stock up on lemons today for your New Year Lemon Pig-making needs! 🍋

Last-minute gig idea! A knock-off VHS that looks a bit like a classic Disney cartoon:

Besides exploring the frontiers of authentic NES gfx, I develop NEXXT: an essential gfx / layout tool for modern NES dev To help maintain it, i'm issuing a 50% off 1st month holiday voucher on my patreon. Code: 6502 www.patreon.com/frankengraph... Help me raise new supporters by sharing. Thanks!

I love when I can see the work in a piece of art. Practical effects in film, brush strokes on canvas, strange sounds in music, "impossible" visuals in games. It puts me in conversation with the artist. That's why - ethics aside - art created with AI is just so disappointing. There's no work to see.

You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:

www.teepublic.com/socks/845511... available in socks and t-shirts, a good xmas gift, and supports an artist in return. It's a message worth spreading.

Thunder Helix - More CGA conversion work 🥳 Made significant progress now and it's a good task to work as I'm feeling v.sleepy today 💤 #lowpoly #gamedev #solodev 🚁

Access to the alpha-test for the pixelNET IRC chat is open to patreon supporters (details in linked post) and twitch subscribers (details in the subscriber discord channel). Offering an alternative to Discord, for a number of reasons. www.patreon.com/posts/commun...

I’ve also added my playthrough The Zen of Kayaking by @pixelturkey.com and @gamedevjeff.pixelturkey.com: robotspacer.tv/archive/zen-... It’s a fun little text adventure game from 2024. I played it on a Mac in System 6, but you can also play in DOS, on a Commodore 64, or in your browser.

Really nice test of a low poly Ridge Racer running in full 3D on the GBA. From Gustavo Valiente's RR project: gvaliente.itch.io/rr-project

My tiny Over the Garden Wall fan game is now available for FREE! 🎉 juliaminamata.itch.io/otgw Thanks so much @patrickmchale.bsky.social, @forkfrenzy.bsky.social, @blastingcompany.bsky.social, Elijah Wood, @clickpulp.com, @grundislav.games. Thanks @requiemcafe.bsky.social & @mossmouth.bsky.social.

they said it was impossible for a Genesis game to contain this much unrefined DOS Energy what else have they been hiding from us?

Deluxe Poly - I only just added dragging objects around with the mouse (you can also hold <shift> to lock to horizontal / vertical only). Should make a few of my next tasks a bit easier. #lowpoly #pixelart #indiedev #wip

okay here's the official post! my very first short story, INSTRUMENT, is out now on itch. 🥳 it's about a guy named Stanley who buys a rare guitar at an estate sale, and things go downhill. i hope you like it!! jordanmallory.itch.io/instrument

#SteamNextFest Challenge: The player who has the fastest speedrun time on the BioMenace Remastered Demo by next Sunday will win a Steam key for the full release of the game! Go get running 🚀! Get the Demo here: store.steampowered.com/app/3459100/... #BioMenaceRemastered #IndieGame #IndieGameDev

Have you found the Commander Keen arcade machine in the Wizordum user adventure Veridian Wilds yet? 🤪🕹

Every photo I take is done practically with very little digital work, using household items to create special effects like cotton wool for fire & foil for water. Each set is meticulously set up for just the one scene then dismantled so I can set up another scene. Thanks for helping me keep going.

my origami pigeon

Little Shop of King's Field (felt tip pen on paper) #kingsfield #littleshopofhorrors

Who needs a Deus Ex remaster when you can just listen to the UNATCO theme for an hour? youtu.be/OSpsAauvEXU?...

excited to be speaking on "Creating While the World Burns" at #GCAP25! if you want to help, please fill out this form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #gamedev #indiedev #conference

Hey, boss? Where'd this week's shipment of card stock come from? It keeps asking for the red pages, but I tried putting a Queen of Hearts on it and it seemed unhappy about that. (happy birthday, #Myst 🎂👍📖) youtube.com/shorts/zIXs9...

I hate to ask, but rent is due again, I didn't make enough this month and I'd appreciate any support! 🖤 You get: - Steam Key - Portrait In-game(If you donate $50+) - 3d Printable Statuette File(If you donate $50+) - Cat PJ's exclusive outfit - Early Access to the Demo ko-fi.com/2dchaos/goal...

I'm hoping to get my flight sim to take off at some point this week🤞 Added simple engine(s) support to it now that respond to the throttle and provide forward force - there's no drag/air resistance yet though so it just goes faster and faster. Also added a chase-cam! #gamedev #flightsim #physics 🛩️

#BarrenPlanet didn't have a straightforward development journey. Shortly after development in 2023, I posted the story of how the game came to be. You can read the first article at dos.cyningstan.org.uk/post/180/bar.... #gamedev #ibmpc #msdos #cga

Every guy with a tragic backstory (in a movie):

Benefits to buying my game Landlord Quest on Itch over Steam: 1. Keep the files forever! 2. You’ll get a Windows .exe, AND a ScummVM build that can be played on most devices, even your jailbroken Wii U 3. A broke trans woman (me) gets more money per sale

Based OCRemix. It's been so disheartening to see GenAI slop's proliferation in retro gaming circles. I'm now wary about checking out new Amiga demoscene prods after hearing about how rife it was at recent gatherings.

trying out watercolor: a wahrk from Riven: The Sequel to Myst (1997), which I played on-stream recently

Indie Game Roundup (September 6, 2025) virtualmoose.org/2025/09/06/i...

After a year of work I've finally released my adventure game. It's called Maura and Ash, and it's designed for MS-DOS. You can download it or play it in the browser right now! moralrecordings.itch.io/mauraash #msdos #pointandclick #adventuregame

I’m so pleased to share @anniefox.com and my @homecomputermuseum.computermuseum.social.ap.brid.gy talk, for everyone who couldn’t attend. Thanks @annebras.bsky.social for this! Audio is improved 7 min in. #retrogaming #lucasarts #Fractalus #ZakMcKracken #puttputt #LittleThingsThatKill #LeetaSimtar

F*CK AI Great talk by @sosowski.bsky.social, giving you tools to "hate AI efficiently" :) youtu.be/gqP-Jap_kV0

If you missed The Crimson Diamond on Steam Daily Deal yesterday, no worries! It’s STILL 25% off! store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/... Here’s a better look at the red crystals on the 1-year anniversary cake, using my trusty ol’ loupe! I can’t believe it’s been a year since launch. 🥲

anyone out there we could commission to make some fake box art for early-90s era games for another game? we don't have a huge budget, but do have a budget.

A few days ago I released a patch which replaces the unhinged movement system in Tex Murphy: Under A Killing Moon with mouselook + WASD. Turns out the sequel is pretty much the same, so here's a mod for The Pandora Directive. Feast your eyes on this side-by-side comparison github.com/moralrecordi...

SCHEDULE IS LIVE: horaro.org/ndont8/sched... Cool old games. 60 streamers. This weekend.

Big progress on my Playdate game this week: you can now talk to the egret. The egret is not very chatty tho #Playdate #PlaydateDev

I've been approved as an artisan creator on Teepublic, shirts and stickers are available: www.teepublic.com/user/pixel-t... www.teepublic.com/user/pixel-t...

A new review for The Zen of Kayaking (2024), some very nice words from BrownPants! Thank you for playing 😌 - The game is on reverse-sale ($10 instead of $5) for the next 20 days: pixel-turkey.itch.io/the-zen-of-k... but can also be had for less via patreon www.patreon.com/pixel_turkey

I've posted new pixel art (photo of a CRT showing scanlines, connected to a DOS PC) on patreon. I had a burst of inspiration to do something unrelated to the upcoming games I'm working on. It's accessible at the free tier, but I am also grateful for additional support www.patreon.com/pixel_turkey

I don't understand people adding generative-AI greetings to their twitch stream chat. Most creative people are not interested in LLM generated content, find it impersonal if not completely repulsive.

where do you stand on the lorem ipsum issue? nostalgic throwback or the sky is falling?

Here's how the original Prince of Persia (VGA) for the IBM PC draws a level. Sorry it was tough to capture it right at the start - PoP does this very fast! #retrocomputing #retrogaming #ibmpc #emulation

Raiden-ing out onto your feeds: some Japanese PC eye candy. The FM Towns has such an interesting design with its narrow tower and CD drive - reportedly the first computer to come with one as standard.

The most important part of a video game manual is the page where there’s a cartoon of the main character playing their own video game Second most important part is where they are calling the hint line