This is true, and I also would advise anyone and everyone to make these enquiries, loads of people have been in your the same situation and almost everyone wants to help. Im always happy to do so. I had a DM from a dev one day that simply said "Are the Outersloth folks for real?" :)

it's very easy to succeed as an indie gamedev all you gotta do is get tens of thousands of followers, significant numbers of true fans, and then ship at least one game a year (preferably more)

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Dosa Divas: One Last Meal, the narrative turn-based RPG from Outerloop Games, launches on April 14 for PC, PS5, Xbox, Switch, and Switch 2. A demo is now available on Steam: https://www.rpgsite.net/news/19513-dosa-divas-one-last-meal-launches-on-april-14-for-switch-2-ps5-xbox-series-switch-steam

A lovely article in good company. Thanks @adashtra.bsky.social!

maintenance mode

💵 MONEY for GAME? In 2026??? 💵 There have been more and more successful-game-devs-turned-game-funders popping up, so here's a lil' thread of some of the more recent ones I've seen. Hopefully this helps you get some $$$! 🔽

Here's my thread of 2025 games made with Black leadership you should check out. I'm not an advocate of supporting things just because X group made them - I share genuinely unique games that have something special about them that I think are worth checking out. I just focus on #blackgamedev

It'll be a fun talk. *blinks twice*

Sending strength to every Larian employee who hates AI and has to sit through the discourse of another dipshit slop-pilled CEO's comments

I'm going to throw some cold water on the anger about this. It is now considered ROUTINE for AAA games to spend as much on marketing as they do on Dev. Dev costs $200M? That's the starting point of conversation on how much to spend on marketing, PR and ads. 1/short thread

It's got a big list of good games in it, maybe you should read it.

The Game Awards is nice, but I chose a different kind of multihour trial this evening. Credit and thanks to @youzai.bsky.social for the design!

Nothing can prepare you for what you're about to see after the words "pre-seed deck"

Hatsune Miku should present an award at this year’s Game Awards

⭐️ New Outersloth release ⭐️ Berserk B.I.T.S by @berserkboygames.bsky.social is OUT NOW. Funded by all 3 partners! 🤖 Idle auto-battler that sits at the bottom of your screen 🤖 Campaigns, decor & more 🤖 Import a custom sprite sheet to create your own B.I.T BUY: store.steampowered.com/app/2348540/...

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Pokemon logic says that if waist-height boulders got you blocked, jumping off a two-story building is a reasonable detour.

Can't believe they added The Purge to Pokemon

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📣 GAME ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 Join Sendy in bouncing, pulling, floating, and teleporting shapes from A to B in⭐️Shape Sender Deluxe⭐️ Sendy's looking forward to meeting you💛 just keep an eye on him, he's acting a little...strange. ⭐️Wishlist below and tell your friends⭐️

Always the grungler never the grungled

*Laughs in impostor*

welcome to 💥CRASHOUT CREW💢 form a crew of up to 4 overworked friends and drift into a frantic co-op forklift experience where teamwork is key, disaster is inevitable and managing stress is all on you. DEMO drops Oct 13th as part of Steam Next Fest‼️ it's time to clock tf in.

we’re hiring at sunset visitor!! YIPPEEEEE i will be sitting in the interviews — excited to meet our applicants!! if you have any questions, feel free to DM :)

how hard should firmware be, asking for a friend

TAILS. TAILS. TAILS. TAILS. TAILS. HEADS. TAILS. Unfair Flips is OUT NOW! Flip the world's worst coin over and over as you try to get ten heads in a row!! store.steampowered.com/app/3925760/...

🦥 HIRING 🦥 We're looking for a Senior 2D Animator for something new! 🖌️ Temporary, full-time role (12-18 months) 🖌️ Remote 🖌️ 3+ years exp of 2D Flash-style animation 🖌️ Proficienct with Adobe Animate Apps close Oct 10. Apply now! innersloth.bamboohr.com/careers/33

parallax vous francais is this anything?

Our first signee, before we even really had a plan for @outersloth.com, is gonna 1.0 soon!

We are so excited to announce that HO! Games is partnering with Outersloth for the funding of Am I Nima! Huge thank you to @outersloth.com for giving us the chance to make Am I Nima the best game it can be!

Here is some non-satire for you: Trans rights forever.

🗣️ BATTLE SUIT ACES RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCEMENT 🗣 🤖cool robots 🏳️‍🌈queer, found family narratives woven throughout the game 👨‍🍳made by beloved indie Battle Chef Brigade team 🃏📺part-card battler, part visual novel 🎨iconic anime art style Coming to Switch, PS5, and PC on October 7th! don't miss this! 🫵

Can I get a "hooo yeah!", for hoyas?

Introducing Lelu! An adventure game where you play as a clockwork toy escaping a toy factory. Find items, solve puzzles, battle enemies and bosses, and find the exit. The steam page is live now! #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart

using law of cosines for something. what a rush

Turn your nightmares into games

Heartworm - the retro, fixed camera survival horror inspired game I have been working on for five years is out NOW on Steam. Please check it out if you're into that sort of thing! And if you enjoy it, leave a review as it really helps! Thank you store.steampowered.com/app/1257030/...

Come work with meeee

Wishlist? Nah, it's now BUY. My solo-dev game, Advent NEON, 🚨IS FINALLY OUT!🚨 Get your hyperactive action platforming fix in NOW! #indiegame #AdventNEON #indiedev

GAME REVEAL 🔥 We're funding LONG GONE by @hillfortgames.bsky.social! 🦥 A solo dev's love letter to retro adventure games 🦥 Explore lives through forgotten belongings 🦥 An expansive system of interactable objects 🦥 Oh, and watch out for the zombies Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/1977610/...

Indie jank (positive)

hey idiot my next game is FINALLY out on steam!! 🤖 SHOOTY SHOOTY ROBOT INVASION 🤖 an absurdist narrative game first, shooter game second 💥murder stupid robots 💬chat with idiot people 🎨explore a painstakingly hand-drawn world! #indiegame #indiegame BUY IT NOW bit.ly/ShootyShootyRobotInvasion

if you're tired of friendslop, that's not very hopecore of you, truly in your hate era, so not teeheepilled, should be smilemaxxing, have you ever heard of yay theory, don't be a genrecel, i love to play companionlikes, it's so sugoipunk

All my good desktop bgs are on my dead hd

A friendly (and unfortunately experienced) reminder that SSDs spontaneously dying so hard your bios won't post can happen to you too. Maybe back that up or something.

Imagine a world where the big game companies' ambitions went only as far as making enough money to pay people well and then make another game, and then do it again.

what a waste of everything.

Victoria has a higher performance review score than my Uber passenger score, so she's like really good and you should read her words.