Wake up! Synaptic's new build is now available on itch.io! You can find it from the linktree in our bio. Please let us know what you think if you give it a shot :3 Updated trailer coming soon 👀 #bonnybandits #synapticgame #DareAcademy #DARE25 #gamedev #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment

As we close the first day of the last week of DARE, we bring you a video of our chatter teeth in our devbuild! Not long to go now ':D We hope you are excited to use these chompers yourself in our upcoming build! #gamedev #indiegamedev #DAREAcademy #DARE25 #gamedevelopment #BonnyBandits #AbertayUni

We're deep in the throes of production right now - busy busy busy! We're raising our heads to share some recent set dressing crrated by our 3d artist for the new levels 🌸 #gamedev #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #Bonnybandits #synapticgame #DareAcademy #DARE25 #AbertayUniversity

He even lovingly welcomes you to the galaxy's most successful postal company*! What's not to love? ❤️ #IndieDev #GameDev #DARE2025 #DAREAcademy * - May not be factually true

Halfway through DARE already? Here's a peek at some of the incredible work our audio designer has put into Synaptic to celebrate! 🔊 #IndieGameDev #gamedev #gamedevelopment #DareAcademy #DARE25 #AbertayUniversity #gamemusic

We had the pleasure of welcoming Scottish Minister for Business Richard Lochhead this week! He took time to play our game, learn about DARE, our work at Abertay, and discuss the future of Scotland’s games industry. Thanks to Abertay for the incredible opportunity 🙏 #DAREAcademy #GameDev #Abertay

We had some fun in the recording studio today! Our Audio Deisnger has her work cut out for her in chopping all this down, and we can't wait to show you what we've been working on 🔊 #gamedev #IndieGameDev #gamedevelopment #Bonnybandits #synapticgame #DareAcademy #DARE25 #AbertayUniversity

Nothing gets you on your feet and running quite like being chased by a huge scary laser! Run, jump, slide and dash your way to safety in our next build of #ECZT coming later today. #DARE2025 #Abertay #Gamedev #Indie #prototype #playtest

The one and only 24 karat gold cultie #gamedev #indiegames #dare2025 #labubu

Our levels are getting a much-needed update. Here's a sneak peek 👀 #gamedev #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #DareAcademy #DARE25 #indiegame

Is that a Gleeble...? On a TV screen? Wearing a suit??? ...🛸📺 Introducing your new manager - Boss Gleeble! What could he possibly get up to around the Post Office 👀📦✨ #DAREAcademy #DARE2025 #IndieDev #GameDev #AbertayUniversity #Gleeble #GalacticPostalServitude

It's time you finally got rewarded for all your hard work! One of the new features being worked on at #DAREAcademy is unique ending sequences based on how well you perform. 📦 Can you guess which ending this is from...? 👽✨️ #GalacticPostalServitude #indiedev

update: we made it better

The Fishbowl team graduated from #Abertay on Friday! Congratulations to everyone who graduated. We are looking forwards to putting all the skills earned in our degrees towards ADORATE! #graduation #dareacademy #dare2025 #gamedev #indiegame

We just hit 200 followers on Bluesky! 🥳Just in time for our audio/narrative designer Josie’s 21st birthday! 🎉 🍰

[FLASH WARNING] Another day, another test passed with flying colours! (This is not, in fact, intentional) #DareAcademy #DARE25 #gamedev #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #BonnyBandits

The teeth are moving now! Some progress on our chatter teeth projectile 🪥 they can't wait to start eating targets 👁👁 #indiegamedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment #DareAcademy #DARE25 #gameanimation

Our business cards have arrived!! 😎 #DAREAcademy #AbertayUniversity #gamedev #businesscards

We finally got a whiteboard and have been making very good use of it 🫡 Bonus points if anyone remembers Roky! #DareAcademy #GameDev #IndieGameDev

Take a look at the competition! We can't wait to see what everyone comes up with 👀 #DareAcademy #Abertay #Gamedev

Our artists are too busy right now to help with social media... enjoy this masterpiece from our whiteboard. #dare #dareacademy #dare2025 #indiegames #indiedev

We are proud to announce that we are taking our game-Still forgotten to DARE Academy! Post to come about new features #dare2025 #dareacademy #indiegame #gamedev

#WIPWednesday at #DARE2025. Our programmers are working very hard implementing the power up attacks for our game gobblin' to some... varying levels of success 😂 What's the funniest bug you've encountered while developing? #IndieDev #GameDev

We've gone from a Knuckle Sandwich to some big ol' chompers! Take a peek at the new consuming weapon bullet and hand animation 🪥 #DareAcademy #DARE25 #gamedev #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #Bonnybandits #synapticgame

Introducing the P'orcs! Our culinary antagonists for our game Gobblin'! Our concept artist has done a fantastic job bringing them to life (I want to squish their cheeks) 🐷💖 #IndieDev #GameArt #ConceptArt #DARE2025

We've got a new target in the works! Keep an eye out for these sanity-hungry lesions in our upcoming release 👁👁 (Still a work in progress, dev build, nothing final) #Bonnybandits #synapticgame #indiegamedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment #DareAcademy

It's official, Hyperfix has made it to DARE Academy 2025 as Finalists!~ 🎉 We're so thrilled to be participating! Keep your eyes out for more updates here, we're so excited to see everyone's games come to life! 👀 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #DARE2025 #AbertayUni #IndieDev

Hello! We are Fishbowl Studio, a team of eight graduates from Abertay University. Over the next few months, we'll be developing our game, 'ADORATE', as part of DARE Academy 2025. ADORATE is a town-builder RTS where you play as an evil god amassing a cult. Keep your eyes on this account for more!

First up is Synaptic by @bonnybanditsgames.bsky.social ; A first-person, narrative-driven arcade shooter set within the brain of the player. Use your finger guns to blast the rot within the non-euclidean neural pathways. Mentored by @summereternal.com: bonny-bandits.itch.io/synaptic

We can now announce that Bonny Bandits have been accepted into #DareAcademy ! Some very exciting times are ahead for the bonniest of bandits, and we hope you'll follow along on this exciting journey 🎉 Good luck to everyone on the other teams, we're looking forward to working alongside you all ❤️

We can finally announce that Riverboat Games is a DARE Academy 2025 Finalist! 🎉 A huge thanks to everyone who’s supported us so far. We’re so grateful—and just getting started. Keep an eye out for new features, characters & more coming soon! 👀 www.linkedin.com/posts/lucind...

A little group photo of the Bonny Bandits team (minus Alex and Stasi) to commemorate the final play party of the term. We have all had a blast making Synaptic and are happy to share our game is fully released on itch.io! Download and play here: bonny-bandits.itch.io/synaptic

Don't panic!!! Synaptic's Beta build is now live on itch! Play through to experience new voice lines, reworked assets, quality of life changes, and much more! Play it here: bonny-bandits.itch.io/synaptic and tell Roky we say hello :) #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiegamedev #indiegamedevelopment

If you're at #agdx in Abertay dundee today, swing by our little Synaptic computer to meet two of the team and play our game before Beta next week! #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiegamedev #indiegamedevelopment

We've been hard at work here at Bonny Bandits pulling together our Beta! Buuutttt, in the meantime: Our good friend Roky got an upgrade! #indiegamedev #indiegamedevelopment #gamedev #gamedevelopment #gaming

Play the Alpha of Dragon's Harbour on our Itch Page #IndieGame #GameDev #WorkInProgress fafnir-games.itch.io/dragons-harb...

A new build of Sanctum of the Heart is out now! 🖤 With new and improved art, visual novel sections, and a final boss!👑 Play for free in your browser using the link below👇 odd-bottle-games.itch.io/sanctum-of-t...

We're delighted to reveal our Alpha build! Head on over to cosmic-coda.itch.io/elusive-core-zero-trace and see if you can find this guy in game! #gamedev #des315 #des315 #abertay

HARK! Alpha build of "Ultima Thule" be upon ye! Play at your peril... leviagames.itch.io/thule #madewithunreal #gamedev #des315

ATTENTION ALL SNOTLING FANS ‼️ Our Alpha build is now available to download on itch! We would love for you to try it out and provide us with feedback! ❤️ There is a few secrets to find so happy hunting! 🔎 Stay snotty x -Team Snotling snotling-studios.itch.io/chronicles-o...

Huge news for people with good taste ✨ Contrary Motion’s alpha build is out NEOW 🔥 Check it out here: ⬇️ hellcatgames.itch.io/contrary-mot... #indiegames #gamedev #gamealpha #indiedev

JOHN alpha build OUT NOW! Slither into the mind, soul, and body of JOHN! Play JOHN! Feel JOHN! Become JOHN! JOHN now features adaptive endings! Download at: gluetrap-games.itch.io/john #gamedev #JOHN #experiencejohn #indiedev

BREAKING NEWS⚠️ Pen & Sword (Alpha Version) is now available to play using the link below! Transport to the medieval world to protect the King’s castle and fight off enemies🏰🚩 #shootergame #penandsword #graphitegames #2dgame #itch #medievalgame graphite-games.itch.io/pen-and-swor...

Are you ready to dive back into the unsettling atmosphere of Synaptic? Well happy news for you! Our Alpha Build has been released! Play it over on our itch page and let us know what you think 👀 bonny-bandits.itch.io/synaptic #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiegamedev #indiegamedevelopment

It Just started raining Chicken Nuggets but how? Try and figure it out in the Hub, when your wondering around and interacting with stuff. #indiegamedev #indiegamedevelopment #gamedev #gamedevelopment #gaming

Something weird happened, he just appeared but how? Try and figure it out in the Hub, when your wondering around and interacting with stuff. #indiegamedev #indiegamedevelopment #gamedev #gamedevelopment #gaming

How the Player See's Synaptic vs How the Developers do #gamedev #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #indiegamedevelopment

The Bonny Bandits are currently showing Synaptic off at a play party, hoping to get loads of feedback. If your not there its okay you can play it on Itch: bonny-bandits.itch.io/synaptic #gamedev #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #indiegamedevelopment

Gameplay of Synaptic's Pre-Alpha!!! Give it a try for yourself and send us your best clips/screenshots as well as some feedback. Available on itch: bonny-bandits.itch.io/synaptic #gamedev #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #indiegamedevelopment