Busy day yesterday with Day 1 of my pitching workshop for the fine folks at @nz-code.nz and then our monthly Brisbane dev meet up BigDev in the evening. Great first day with a bunch of keen Kiwi developers, looking forward to seeing their pitches in two weeks!

8 Australian & New Zealand Demos To Play During Steam Next Fest Here are our picks of demos to play during Steam's Next Fest

According to the original Schrödinger, we should not apply quantum physics to everyday objects - but what if that everyday object went into a weird spinny tube, and came out theoretical? That’s the premise of SCHRODINGER’S CAT BURGLAR. #VideoGames REVIEW www.sifter.com.au/post/schrodi...

It's Steam Next Fest time!! 😤⚔️ Check out DENARI, our epic action adventure game where you use telekinetic abilities to fight back against the invasion of an empire🔥 Play our demo on Steam now! #indiegame #steamnextfest #indiedev

Janet's new demo is part of Next Fest, and we have absolutely zero GenAI. If we wanted slop we could make it ourselves, thank you very much! store.steampowered.com/app/2168480/...

It’s By-Election Week. And not only am I the only candidate to offer a manifesto for #Makerfield, I’m presenting it via the majesty of Ceefax. Behold! #MakerfieldGreatAgain #VoteBinface

The most magical time of the year for the self-employed. Time to top up your superannuation and start getting your paperwork ready for BAS and Tax Returns.

Classy Friday drinks at the Intercontinental in the city.

Looks like the rat’s out of the bag… Update 1.4 is out now on Steam and Apple Arcade! (Switch will be coming very soon!) - Two new playable characters: Rat and Platypus. - Bug fixes

Back working with SAFC to prepare a delegation of SA devs who are going to MIGW to network, pitch, and exhibit their games. I'll be running an exclusive session "Commercial in Confidence", and working with selected developers 1:1 on their pitch decks. Register now! www.safilm.com.au/games/#migw

Attention GAMERS!!! 📣 The Denari Steam DEMO is live now! Prove you have what it takes to defeat the Denari Empire!🔥⚔️ Wishlist and Play NOW!! 🙏 #indiegame

Look what the Rat dragged in… Meet our new friendly Caravanners, Rat and Platypus. Coming to Cozy Caravan in Update 1.4! (Hint, very soon 😉) #cozycaravan #cozygames #cozygaming

Making silly characters is one of the best things about indie game dev 🩵 oh god our game comes out in about a month what the hell. wishlist teeto pls #indiegame #gamedev

Atlanta TD is our new procedurally generated, action-roguelite tower defense game. Wishlist now on Steam! Demo coming in August. store.steampowered.com/app/4390420/... #gamedev #pixelart #indiedev #gamedeveloper #gamedevelopment #indiedeveloper #pixelartgame

WE'VE JUST HIT OVER 10k WISHLISTS!! The Summer Games Festival season has propelled our numbers at record speed! Thank you so much for supporting our game, Canvas City. We can’t wait for you to be able to play it ❤️‍🔥🛼🎨 #CanvasCity #SteamWishlists #IndieDev

Very excited to announce that we have bundled with a beloved Australian indie darling, known for its silk-spinning protagonist, lovable insect characters, and richly detailed world! store.steampowered.com/bundle/77112...

🤔What sets Mankibo apart as a developer?🤔 Game Director, Boy Dozan, shares the vision of Mankibo & the energy they bring to the indie gaming space! @playmontabi.bsky.social @mankibo.bsky.social

☀️ Industry friends, I'll be in Brisbane on June 26-28 for Queensland Games Festival, Framework and all the accompanying events First time for me visiting the QLD games community, and it all looks very exciting! If you'll be around, let me know, I'd love to catch up with folks

Key Fairy is 40% off for Steams Bullet-Hell Fest! Tell your friends, warn your enemies, and if you've been waiting for a big sale, now be ye chance! store.steampowered.com/app/2878580/...

Going Up 'Burning Rangers' SEGA Saturn

TG Lightning Talks are part of the Framework Industry event on 26 June at Brisbane Powerhouse. If you have a 5-minute talk you'd like to share with the Queensland Games industry - apply to speak here: forms.gle/cSoL2nsk4Jku... Speaker apps close on 15 June.

In the office level of our game Teeto, there's a bunch of screens so we HAD to put our friends games on there... because where would we be without them? #indiegame #gamedev @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social @headpluggames.bsky.social @rotub.bsky.social @fnifegames.bsky.social

This is top drawer stuff for folks my age. Bravo!

Momento is ✨ OUT NOW ✨ on Steam! 🧸🦖🦄 Dive into our cozy room decorator where the choices you make play out over the course of a lifetime. 🖼️ Decorate freely 🎨 Customize rooms in Creative Mode 🖌️ Solve puzzles 🧩 Listen to a beautiful original soundtrack 🎶 #WholesomeDirect

We have 2️⃣BIG 📢 ANNOUNCEMENTS ‼️ 1️⃣Shape Sender Deluxe is coming to Switch, Steam, & Epic Games Store, later this year; 2️⃣ We just dropped a MASSIVE demo update with a LEVEL EDITOR & LEVEL SHARING! You can now make and share levels with your friends! 🎉

Surprise!!! Freeline is now available to wishlist! Have a peek at the trailer! parkourcat.com

Teeto Inspired by the 3D platformers of the 90s and early 2000s Absorb objects in the world to gain new forms and abilities A cast of weird (but charming) characters. Rescue Michael(s)?? Collect outfits! Single player or couch co-op #PitchYaGame #summergamefest

SURPRISE! We launched the demo for Burger Bois. 😱 Reposts and reviews much appreciated, please and thank you! 🫶

Ahhhh, I played this at Queensland Games Festival last year. Great news there's a demo, even better news it's coming to PlayStation and Switch!

A look at how we make the creatures for our #indiegame Box Knight! We’ve had to learn so many new skills making our first game. When we started we had never done 2D #animation before. Since then we’ve produced a whole animated feature film #indiegamedev #gamedev #madewithunity

We have lots of exciting news in June, here's part 1 - the Steam Demo is back!

🥹 we actually did it... Freefall '95 is out now. youtu.be/Rv6OoDHFs0g?... #gaming #indiegaming #indiegame

Funeral directors be like "Remember the person you've lost but don't be sad, this is a celebration of their life..." Next minute: "... Now here's Frank Sinatra: 'And now the end is near, and so I face the final curtain' 😭"

Am I on the psychedelic timeline, or did everyone else at the Bronco's see The Wiggles doing a DJ set at half time?

We had an awesome time at #BitSummit PUNCH 2026!! Big thanks to the @nz-code.nz and NZTE teams for making this trip possible!! Our latest dev post: buff.ly/VUhE4V1 🎮 Play our BitSummit Demo on Steam: buff.ly/3lrBMxz

Announcing Wild n Chill 🏔️ • 🪵 Build off-grid cabins • 🐾 Hunt, fish, and gather at your pace • 👥 Solo with 🐶 or 4-player co-op Easy days, quiet nights, deep in the woods. Wishlist now: store.steampowered.com/app/3847920/... #survivalgames #cozygames #cozygaming #indiegames #pcgaming

Happy release day!! 💜🥳

The new LEGO Batman is good btw. It's odd not to be chasing a stud total for True Hero etc in each level, but there's lots to like here. And the script it great, lots of throwaway lines that will be lost on many.

A great lookin' game on that right-hand monitor if we do say so ourselves 👀

✅ Steam Deck verified! Enjoy Schrodinger's Cat Burglar as the perfect puzzler to play any place, any time, any superposition!

There's no better sidekick than a droid buddy 🤖 #gamedev #indiegame #robots

And there we go! We just hit 1000 Wishlists! Thank you so much to everyone who has supported our game so far :) we're cooking up something really special - and it won't be long before you'll get to play it yourself!

Another Dark Knight appropriate beer whilst playing LEGO Batman.

Barnyard by my friends down at Bluetongue in Melbourne was incredibly under rated. It wasn't just a great Nickelodeon game, it was a great game full stop. The tech behind the game was really smart for the time, delivering an open world with a small team was very impressive. Still stands up today.

Our little game about building a paper town now has a demo on Steam ✂️✨ Want to give it a try? store.steampowered.com/app/3907910/... #screenshotsaturday #indiegames #cozygames

We are at BitSummit!! 🤩 come by the CODE NZ booth if you are around to check out Toroa: Skycall and a bunch of other amazing NZ made games!

ALWAYS collect analytics from your demos and playtests! You'll be surprised what the data tells you vs what you think.

HUGE if true! (It is true, it is huge!)

Schrodinger's somehow manages to make quantum mechanics into an approachable puzzle game. How? Magic, maybe? Play the game and find out!