Once again, it's #TurnBasedThursday, and we're officially hosting it this week! #GameDev and #IndieDev, please show us your projects! And if you're a turn-based gamer, have a look, you're sure to find something you'll like in this thread! (don't forget to share to show support!)

Announcing... Asymptotes. Asymptotes is a games event in Naarm, Australia, celebrating imperfection. On Saturday July 18th, we're running a showcase of abandoned games, with talks and panels on non-commercial and difficult to commercialise game-making. 👉 asymptotes.au

Join my team @propublica.org! We're hiring an Interactive Story Designer grnh.se/kml52uhq6us

NEXT FEST IS NOW! Play the Folk Emerging demo, newly updated for the occasion! 🔥🏃🦣🎮

I want to throw a rock through a CEO. Luna Abyss was great and was a true passion project in the works for years.

I really enjoyed this @edwinet.bsky.social piece on Subnautica 2 and post-colonialism. I think it does a great job of getting underneath the debate of the time. www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-demand-f...

Every time my students express admiration for a particular dreamy indie-game creator, I make them pull up their webpage and show them the back catalog of obscure and/or barely finished games on which they rest. I point at that game design "remainder" and ask why they aren't designing *those* rn.

It’s the last day of Vancouver Game Garden 2026!! Come check out local indie games, art, dev talks, and get (or win!) some exclusive merch! In case you haven’t heard, the event is totally free and open to all ages, so be sure to stop by the Roundhouse today before 5pm, gamers! 👾🌱

New Post: NO-ONE IS GOING TO READ MY MANIFESTO (an update) A short devlog about people buying my manifesto, about fixing mistakes, responding to comments, and plans to release some games this month. Thanks so much for reading and responding, everyone! 💜 illomens.itch.io/no-one-is-go...

I have curated an exhibition for #manifestojam2026 florencesmithnicholls.itch.io/real-gamers-...

📈🚀📈🚀📈🚀📈🚀 Hey come check out some experimental clicker / idle / incremental games! 👇📈👇📈👇📈👇📈👇 For their final projects in my 'economics for game designers' class at @nyugamecenter.bsky.social, students made some awesome incremental games, so I wanted to do a thread sharing their work! 🧵⤵️ 1/~15

The Kill Games Manifesto whynotgames.itch.io/kill-games-m...

I put up a new political shitpost game yesterday. whynotgames.itch.io/roaches-eat-...

I built a small shitpost. You don't need to be familiar with Indian politics to play but it will add context. My roaches ate 1843 lotuses. whynotgames.itch.io/roaches-eat-...

My day is much better for reading this

Thrilled to be officially hosting this week's #TurnBasedThursday thread! Devs, share your games below and tag another #gamedev you want to join in! Players, your wishlist is starving and needs to be fed, so take a look at this thread for delicious #turnbased goodness!

If you're thinking about cozy games at the moment, my article on what a postcolonial Stardew Valley would look like might interest you. whynotgames.in/2022/12/18/p...

I have been giving talks on my book for over a year now and the one thing that is guaranteed to get an audience reaction is the Berenike Buddha in Egypt. People seem amazed it exists and then what it tells us about the ancient world. So I wrote the whole thing up as a Bad Ancient article:

new blog post: some Manifesto Jam 2026 notes + my submission for this year, "A Game Is A Knife"

My Window by Hockney was surprisingly moving. It's really going to stick to me.

Okay, so this is massive and we're terrified. Partnering with @play.breakthrought1d.org in the fight against diabetes, the ENTIRE inkle catalogue is on Humble Bundle right now for $20 -- including TR-49, all four novels, both Overboard! games, 80 Days, all four parts of Sorcery! ... everything.

This Game Narrative Kaleidoscope episode with @rdemiranda.bsky.social opens very well on economy as narrative and matches a lot of what I have planned for my postcolonial trading game.

We're organizing a Storygames PJ+KL Meetup on Saturday, 27 June 2026, 2-6 pm (on Free RPG Day!) at Gambit Coffee SS25 (opposite the Kelana Jaya LRT station). If you're interested in playing storygames and meeting other storygames and RPG enthusiasts, come join us! RSVP: forms.gle/KC7N8RUj3W3N...

some people think marketing gurus are harmless, or necessary for survival. it's a slippery slope though. once you're bought into the notion that you have to shape yourself around the algorithm, you've accepted that the algorithm should be allowed to determine what gets visibility, or is celebrated

when you have a creative project that fails to attract larger visibility, you usually never really know why - it's diffuse, and arbitrary. there are people who get lots of capital by trying to sell answers and make sense of the senseless. but the worst thing you could do is believe in the algorithm

“the ultimate cozy empire building game” is pissing me off someone needs to get pantsed for this

Announcing: Hidden Folks 2 - New themes and areas. - Improved graphical quality. - Second (not text!) clue. - Lots of new mouth sounds. - Various quality-of-life improvements. - Made in #godot. Get an email when it releases: hiddenfolks.com Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4480060

The reality of the game industry is that companies are getting rid of their current employees and keep hiring cheaper replacements without any repercussion or pushback.

It's time for #PitchYaGame. Hoop Dungeon is a basketball turn-based-tactics roguelike game. store.steampowered.com/app/4250030/...

The Steam monopoly conversation seems to show that gamers think that the conveniences of a monopoly are well worth the cost of let's say 30% fewer games being made. They may even view that as a benefit.

Some news from me! I quit GameSpot to launch something new. Introducing @lookingfor.game, an independent weekly newsletter where I highlight upcoming PC games and deliver demo codes straight to your inbox. Sign up at lookingfor.game 🥳

This is a great breakdown by @emilyprice.bsky.social unwinnable.com/2026/05/28/w...

I may now owe Kohli an apology for over a decade of slander.

Submission form is now open for Game Poems Magazine Issue 2! Learn more and submit your game at www.gamepoems.com/submit Submission deadline is July 1, but early submissions are welcome. Thinking of submitting something, but haven't started yet? No worries, you've still got a whole month. :-)

Only 20 bucks for this amazing bundle!

Do you make art and weird things with computers? Would you like to meet other people who do and talk to them about it? This June we're hosting a creativity unconference at King's - CUAK for short. Sat June 27th - Bush House - 9.30am-5.30pm Info and free tickets: www.possibilityspace.org/cuak/ 🦆

I'm helping host a panel for the DFI's Festival of Storytelling next week - we'll be talking about games and nonlinear storytelling - @playthroughline.com @heidi-colthup.bsky.social and John Wills will all be there sharing amazing insights! Free tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/dfist...

It's finally time, we're hosting #TurnBasedThursday this week❗ DEVS 👉 Share your turn-based game here! PLAYERS 👉 See all the coolest turn-based games below! 🔁 + ❤️ to reach more players, and don't forget to use the hashtag! 🐸

It's publication day for Writing Game Histories!! 🥳🎉 Please do recommend it for your library, but it's also out in paperback so not as hideously expensive as academic books can be: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g... @doktornick.bsky.social @doni.bsky.social @historygamesnet.bsky.social

I picked up RDR2 on a deep sale and I think I would like it a lot more were it not for Sid Meier's Pirates, BotW and Yakuza 0 demonstrating that you can do a lot of the things that RDR2 chooses not to let you do.

*inhales* Did you know our game is available on @humblebundle.com, in an amazing 4X Bundle, with 5 other fantastic indies, FOR ONLY 20$!? #indiegame #strategygame #humblebundle

My team and I are facing a UI design issue and gameuidatabase.com is incredibly helpful in showing a full spectrum of ways to approach & address it. Why reinvent the wheel when you can look at 1000 other designs at a glance?! What an amazing (and free!) resource.

This from the Krafton director doesn't hold up. I agree that roguelikes can be anything, but you can't then say that roguelike deckbuilders are a narrow genre. Both of these statements cannot simultaneously be true and it's trivial to see which of them is wrong.

Registration is now live for our @mangamecentre.bsky.social annual Multiplatform conference, 11-12 June. This year it’s on Poetry in Games and Games in Poetry. To learn more and to register, see the Eventbrite page: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/multiplatf...

first day is tomorrow!

Did I mention how much I love: a.) the library b.) indie games c.) talking about memoir games and why I make them and who inspired me + what continues to inspire me!

I love both indie games and the Enoch Pratt Library

This is a short GDD for a snakes and ladders like called swains and lovers. whynotgames.in/2026/05/22/s...

Day 11 of the Grand Sumo Tournament is spectacular.

Honored to host #TurnBasedThursday! 🛠 #GameDev folks, show your #turnbased games below, and use the hashtag above 🎮 #Gamer folks have a look, as there are a lot of TBS gems in here, out or in the making Spam our favorite buttons 🔁/❤️ to show your support, and comments are very much appreciated!