Drink some water. Go for a walk. Put your phone down. No amount of doom scrolling is going to make things better. If you want to do something, make a plan to protest and call your representatives. Dont run your nervous system ragged on socials rn

Orebody Inc. 2026 plans: Ship Mega Kaiju Boom Ball (MKBB) to backers. Release MKBB and Crater Song on Steam. Release Oratorio and Crater Song on Switch digital. Continue to develop Hammermill. #indiegamedev #gamedev #nesdev

A new year begins with the NES Homebrew Calendar 2026! 🎉 Kicking things off with Cyber Rogue by Raster Wizards!😍 (with a few familiar faces on the team 😉) #NES #homebrew #nesdev #NESmaker #indiegames #gamedev #ファミコン #同人ゲーム @scrobins.bsky.social

Make a game using materials that just entered the public domain!

Happy Public Domain Day! Lots of rich material is now free to use in your own artistic expressions (including games!). Highlights include The Little Engine That Could, 1930 Mickey Mouse, Pluto and Tintin’s debut—the list is long #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegames en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in...

Orebody Inc. had a great 2025. 🥳 Oratorio launched on Steam! Mega Kaiju Boom Ball (MKBB) had a successful Kickstarter! We finished MKBB! Crater Song and MKBB are on deck for Steam launches in 2026! Oratorio is prepped for a 2026 Switch release! #gamedev #indiegames #indiegamedev #neshomebrew

Orebody Inc. has had a great 2025. 🥳 🎉 Oratorio launched on Steam! Mega Kaiju Boom Ball had a successful Kickstarter! We finished Mega Kaiju Boom Ball! Crater Song and Mega Kaiju Boom Ball are on deck for Steam launches in 2026! Oratorio is prepped for a Switch release in 2026! Cheers!🍻 #newyears

Avengers: Doomsday Teaser www.youtube.com/watch?v=1clW...

Orebody Inc. has had a great 2025. 🥳 🎉 Oratorio launched on Steam! Mega Kaiju Boom Ball had a successful Kickstarter! We finished Mega Kaiju Boom Ball! Crater Song and Mega Kaiju Boom Ball are on deck for Steam launches in 2026! Oratorio is prepped for a Switch release in 2026! Cheers!🍻 #newyears

Merry Christmas! If you'd like to spend 45 minutes celebrating video game history with me, we're about to debut The Untold Story of the Nintendo Entertainment System. I worked on his ALL YEAR, and I genuinely think it will reshape how we all think about the system. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJvp...

Happy holidays!

Calling all 6502/NES programmers! We recently preserved and shared a source code snapshot of the lost Police Academy game! Which is great, except it's in a pretty bad state. I'm hoping there's enough to "revert" back to its trade show demo. Any interest in helping? www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pgm4m...

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is free on Epic Games Store for the next 24 hours. Another mystery freebie tomorrow buff.ly/aadJJDg

Avengers: Doomsday Teaser www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiMg...

All Orebody Inc. games are on sale on Steam as part of the Steam Winter Sale. Grab them now! #indiegames #gamedev #indiegamedev #nesdev #neshebrew #steamwintersale store.steampowered.com/search/?deve...

All Orebody Inc. games are on sale on Steam as part of the Steam Winter Sale. Grab them now! #indiegames #gamedev #indiegamedev #nesdev #neshebrew #steamwintersale store.steampowered.com/search/?deve...

Celebrate the holidays by preordering Mega Kaiju Boom Ball for the NES over at Dalyen Retro Games or wishlisting the game on Steam! #nes #nintendoentertainmentsystem #retrogames #nesdev #neshomebrew #indiegames #indiegamedev #gamedev

Celebrate the holidays by preordering Mega Kaiju Boom Ball for the NES over at Dalyen Retro Games or wishlisting the game on Steam! #nes #nintendoentertainmentsystem #retrogames #nesdev #neshomebrew #indiegames #indiegamedev #gamedev

NES players are eating really well these days. And this isn’t even a fraction of the awesome games that recently came out. #nesdev #neshomebrew #indiegames #indiegamedev #gamedev #retrogames

Development has been slow lately, but here are some environmental tests for Hammermill which is basically still at the beginning of its production. 1 of 2 #nesdev #indiegamedev #gamedev #neshomebrew

All Orebody Inc. NES games are currently 40% off as part of @itch.io's Winter Sale! #nesdev #neshomebrew #8bit #retrogames itch.io/c/2080354/or...

Nothing grates me more than when AI game dudes are like "Don't you wish you could ask an NPC aNyThInG?" Absolutely fucking not. If you don't understand that every piece of writing is made with intention, character, and meaningful choice... you probaby shouldn't be directing a fucking video game.

All Orebody Inc. NES games are currently 40% off as part of @itch.io's Winter Sale! #nesdev #neshomebrew #8bit #retrogames itch.io/c/2080354/or...

One of my all-time favorite NES homebrew games just got a physical release! 🔥 What Remains by Iodine Dynamics is an absolute stunner! 😍👍☕️ For the record, the digital version is available here: iodinedynamics.itch.io/whatremains #NES #homebrew #nesdev #indieNES #indiegames #gamedev

Development has been slow lately, but here are some environmental tests for Hammermill which is basically still at the beginning of its production. 1 of 2 #nesdev #indiegamedev #gamedev #neshomebrew

NES players are eating really well these days. And this isn’t even a fraction of the awesome games that recently came out. #nesdev #neshomebrew #indiegames #indiegamedev #gamedev #retrogames

The Steam page for Mega Kaiju Boom Ball is now LIVE! Can you save the world from a kaiju invasion using just a ball and paddle? Wishlist the game today! #nesdev #neshomebrew #indiegame #indiegamedev #gamedev #indiegames #8bit store.steampowered.com/app/4253370/...

The Steam page for Mega Kaiju Boom Ball is now LIVE! Can you save the world from a kaiju invasion using just a ball and paddle? Wishlist the game today! #nesdev #neshomebrew #indiegame #indiegamedev #gamedev #indiegames #8bit store.steampowered.com/app/4253370/...

Coming soon! The Steam page for Mega Kaiju Boom Ball will be up next week, so people can begin wishlisting the game! Can you save the world from a kaiju invasion using just a ball and paddle? Wishlist the game soon to find out! #indiegames #indiegamedev #retrogames #gamedev #gameawards

For this special episode of A Homebrew Draws Near, Sean interviewed some of the pillars of the NES homebrew scene! 😍 Definitely a must-read! #NES #homebrew #nesdev #indieNES #indiegames #gamedev #ファミコン #同人ゲーム

Hell yeah. #gameawards

Yes, please. #gameawards

We're partnering with @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social + @megacatstudios.bsky.social to release Xcavator 2025, a never before seen NES game from the legendary Chris Oberth. 100% of profits go to @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social! Pre-order now to play the newest old game on the market: bit.ly/xcavator-2025

Introduce yourself with 4 ships

At about $60K that's about 128 million graduate team indie games, at $150K about 500,000 small indie games, at $300K about 250,000 mid-size debut indie games, or at around $950K about 110,000 indie games by a team of more experienced devs. There are a total of 110,000 indie games on Steam.

Straight up, as a game dev, I will only create games I want to play myself until dawn the next morning like a 12 year old on weekend long sugar high - full stop. #GameDev #IndieGameDev

Rraaawwrrr! The final content update is live for Mega Kaiju Boom Ball, and includes one final Kaiju battle available as a bonus level! Grab it NOW on @itch.io! #screenshotsaturday #neshomebrew #nesdev #indiegamedev #gamedev #indiegames

2026 is coming! Get your copy of the NES Homebrew Calendar! ⬇️ #NES #homebrew #nesdev #NESmaker #indiegames #gamedev #ファミコン #同人ゲーム

Submissions for our 2026 Indie Game Awards are now open! Once again made possible thanks to the generous support of @gamemaker.io Submissions are open until February 1st, 2026 - teamdebug.com/awards

Who else is enjoying Metroid Prime 4? Amazing art design.

Kaijus? Arkanoid? Sign me up!

Rraaawwrrr! The final content update is live for Mega Kaiju Boom Ball, and includes one final Kaiju battle available as a bonus level! Grab it NOW on @itch.io! #screenshotsaturday #neshomebrew #nesdev #indiegamedev #gamedev #indiegames

We are recruiting game makers affected by the 'NSFW' policy changes on Steam and itch.io for a survey. This survey is part of a broader project on the factors that shape the production, distribution, and consumption of porn games. More info about the project and survey at www.pppproject.com

This Sunday I'll be at BostonFIG with a big table full of indie games. Stop by to pick up some games and check out all the other games being exhibited! www.bostonfig.com/fest2025-hom...

NEW: Horses hasn’t been banned from the Humble Store after all. It was taken down briefly today for a reevaluation but is now available for purchase on the marketplace. Full statement on the situation from @santaragione.com below:

A thing I wish critics would interrogate more: does a game really fail to meet modern *standards*, or does it just not conform to contemporary *trends*? Sometimes design ideas are left behind for good reason, but not always. Is it automatically bad if a game feels like it belongs in a different era?

Look what just arrived! Do you have YOUR 2026 NES Homebrew calendar from @scrobins.bsky.social yet? #neshomebrew #nesdev #8bit #indiegames #nesmaker

🎉We made it halfway in less than 8 hours! Thank you so so much for joining us in keeping video game history alive. We've still got a ways to go but getting this far on day one is a huge relief. Still plenty of time to help! gamehistory.org/donate

Just a couple away from bringing Mawthorne 1 Reborn to cartridge! #nes #indiegame #retro #homebrew usa.homebrew-factory.com/nes/176-mawt...

Seeing "The Font Situation is Crazy" was not in my 2025 bingo card, but it tickles a part of my brain that hasn't felt this kind of intrigue in a while. But yeah, fuck private equity, and please support commercially free available fonts.