The Queen's Gondola is OUT NOW! Come play this free game where a small team of 4 have tried to create the cozy horror equivalent of anomaly-meets-hide-and-seek game. We made this in less than 3 months as part of a lay off procedure! Uhh, hire us? Check it: store.steampowered.com/app/4789900/...

Jax, look, I know we don't get along, but I found a way to go back in time to the first Thanksgiving to get turkeys off the menu.

I wrote about level design readability: blendogames.com/news/post/20...

ya'll are not ready for the BS I'm planning for tonight. gonna hide so good

🚀 TONIGHT @ 9PM ET ✨ MECCA CHAMELEON COLLAB Tonight we're gonna try the funny prop hunt friend slop with pals -- I'm super excited this game has been all over my TikTok and I really wanna try it!! see ya then!! ✌️👽

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through 6/26, enjoy free standard shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

was a little worried the fantasy book I picked up was gonna be a lil too straight when the demons jumping between human bodies didnt switch their pronouns around to match whatever body they are in. but then the lesbian witches entered the scene and I think we're gonna be all right folks

Two things about this argument. Firstly, AI proponents are desperately trying to wear down your resolve any way they can, and they wouldn't be so keen to tell you it's inevitable if they weren't terrified of the push back. Secondly, all AI slop can be expunged given the time, effort, and drive.

Finished Butch Hijabi Blues by Lamya H and damn, that was an amazing read. Getting someone's perspective who went through a similar yet totally different religious and queer experience made me appreciate parts of my own faith more. Fantastic read, highly reccomend! libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

Hey gang! I’ll be live tonight at 6 PM Pacific playing some Dead Cells! I lowkey forgot that I really enjoy this game haha.

Day 14!?!?!? And we up to 24 reviews! Thankful and grateful that people really rock with the game! If this sounds like your type of deal, check it out and drop a review (maybe 👀?). There's a free demo if you're still undecided.

TOMORROW!

It will never stop being funny to me that the street fighter subreddit has a much better, well reasoned ai policy vis a vis literally all universities.

For @aftermath.site, I reviewed the Steam Machine. It costs $1049 base. It is beautifully designed. It might be one of the most important computers ever made, launched at the worst time imaginable. aftermath.site/steam-machin...

Anyway I'm just going to say it outright: if you're an indie dev using AI for coding, above and beyond any other objections, what you're telling me is that you have no solidarity with anyone else in games. Not artists, not writers, not other coders. You beleive in personal convenience at all costs.

Early on in development I AM YOUR BEAST we were convinced that stealth and evasion were going to be much more important, with groups of patrolling enemies tracking your footprints through the snow etc. Technically AI can still do it, but the game became so fast that you'd probably never notice.

1 week until DELTARUNE Chapter 5! Are you ready!? (jumping around and spinning in place, jumping on your head, jumping on the bed, jumping around)

🏳️‍🌈June Update is out!🐈 For this first monthly update for Dungeon Bodega Simulator, we're celebrating pride with four new pride banners featuring art from @thingsbydiana.bsky.social! I also was able to add cat customization with this update, adding hats and color swaps :)

happy Indigenous peoples day :] marʉawe, i'm Wolf. i am a two spirit (trans man) Nʉmʉ (Comanche) artist. heres some of my fav pieces i've done!

maybe the real digital circus was the friends we made along the way

Now go support Gaslight District and let me die in peace.

Adding an additional data point to the whole 'Games using AI have much lower Steam reviews'. Almost(?) zero of the top-rated 100 demos/games in this Next Fest use AI (or at least, disclose it)

working on a lil update

Based.

When she said "It's HAMMER time!" instead of "It's HOLLOWING time!", I felt that too. #minathehollower

I need to be able to downvote lmao, I dont want to argue with people but sometimes I do wanna express my displeasure lol

wishing all a happy and meaningful juneteenth. here's a thread of Black creators i know of who you can support, and also since a lot of my followers are dmv-based, some local Black artists/makers as well

So for this Juneteenth, I went back and updated my feature on the need to incorporate more Blackness into your gaming perspective, more relevant now than when I wrote it years ago. Check it out on @pcmag.com www.pcmag.com/opinions/cel...

Marsha P. Johnson said it best: NO PRIDE FOR SOME OF US WITHOUT LIBERATION FOR ALL OF US.

happy juneteenth. give your money to black people today.

Its Juneteenth and it would be really cool if people checked out my comms, shop and kofi bc I was only able to work 8 hours this week instead of 40 due to chronic back pain Also i only have about a month and a half left of this contract job Please support a disabled black trans dude ✌️

whoops forgot to announce but stream 2 nite at 6pm PST (30min from now) We're playing some next fest demos with friends including: Deep Dish Dungeon @beholdstudios.bsky.social Cat Mail Company @maracasstudio.bsky.social over the hill by @funselektor.bsky.social see ya'll soon!

Reminders: 1. Juneteenth ain’t got shit to do w/ “unity”; it’s about when the memo arrived to Galveston, TX in 1865 that this slavery shit is over 2. Opal Lee fought for decades to make Juneteenth a national holiday, so don’t insult her w/ some “it should’ve never been a national holiday” bullshit

Another banger of an update!

Gonna share this one more time since I didnt reshare as much as the video, but if you want to see which detective games + UK tv show devs would recommend you check out, do I have the post for you: exalclaw.com/detective-st...

Had a "same hat" moment with the lovely folks at @alienfruit.games so figured why not bundle their game Dungeon Bodega Simulator with ours? store.steampowered.com/bundle/78749...

"Game dev is one of those jobs you only do when you really want to. It's not going to make your parents proud, you're unlikely to get rich in an industry that lays off people for making superhits, and its a demanding & confrontative job. Why would you let a machine do the thing you're here to do?"

All uses of AI are costing someone… this sucks as the Game UI database is such a valuable resource.

Indie devs! Steam Next Fest is here, and I'm looking for demos to feature on stream. Tell me about your game and share your Steam page below. 🩵 I love animal protagonists, RPGs, roguelikes, retro-inspired games, and hidden gems. Looking forward to showcasing something new to my EN/JP audience!

DEMO IS OUT!! 🐶✨ You can now download my game on Steam and/or Itchio if you prefer! I would really appreciate the feedbacks and if you enjoy, sharing it around! 💜 Itchio: jallstudios.itch.io/unusual-tale... Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4516880/...

Nona #marathon

we at xbox are coming to terms with the AI-fueled hardware crunch, which we helped create, failing to meet profit margins, that we made up, declining software sales, because we're self-cannibalizing our games specifically, and also everyone hates us which, believe it or not, also our fault

my heart is so heavy today with all the news. gen ai in games I cared deeply about, more xbox devs laid off just like I was last year, indie studios deeply struggling to keep the lights on keep creating ya'll, and support indies when you can. its so rough right now

South of Midnight was the first time I saw my peers talk about the South as something beautiful and worth seeing. That game did something I didn't think was possible; it was a love letter to a region I believe we should fight for, and for once, my peers got to see the beauty and magic that I see.

A reminder with #SteamNextFest starting: You SHOULD install the extensions that pop up the AI Disclosure in Steam and ignore any game with it.

EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH