I love sharing numbers so here's a video of how much we spent to make Mythmatch. I break it down by time, discipline, and funding source. youtu.be/cB5lanPUQ1o

Been working on a proc gen world generator for a couple weeks in isolation - just plugged it in and started playing worlds it’s generated and it works just how I’d hoped! A lucky day 🎈

Are you a #gamedev going to #developbrighton this year? Do you have a game you might want to showcase? We have a free games showcase and our submissions are open: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Happened to be over the road from this rally last night completely by chance. Made me very happy to be a member. Inspiring and bringing much needed hope ❤️

We're hiring a ✨Senior Game Designer✨ for a new project at Monomi Park! 🍃 Applicants should have strong Unreal Engine experience, be able to own significant portions of a game's design, and the ability to work well within a small team. Is that yoooou? job-boards.greenhouse.io/monomipark/j...

A selection of shots animated by Kim Kyeongbae for Scavengers Reign (2023), created by Joe Bennett and Charles Huettner, Titmouse

Leftfield submissions are now open for 2026: airtable.com/appIQDFmYU3o...

Limit Break returns for 2026! Applications to join this year's program as a mentor and/or a mentee open on Monday (30th March). Mark it down on your calendar, that's one week from today! If you want to learn more about Limit Break Mentorship then check out our website 👇 www.limitbreak.co.uk

Just One Piece's Dressrosa Arc - what an incredible work! Edge of my seat for like 100 episodes. The shows ability to bounce from goofiness to childhood trauma to exceptional action really is something else.

Bought this garden cam with a pet detector thing to see when our cat needed to come in. Got a bonus wildlife trap camera!

🏹🏹🏹 Mythmatch is OUT NOW on Steam! 🏹🏹🏹 AND there's a 20% launch discount! 🐐 Merge the items 💪 Unite the people 🏠 Make a home And it's Steam Deck Verified!! store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...

Autistic "flow" or deep immersion can be essential for autistic people's wellbeing. It is not necessarily a sign of 'withdrawal' or escape, but a "rewarding, adaptive way of regulating, coping, and connecting—with others, themselves, and the world." www.bps.org.uk/research-dig... #autism #autistic

What if there were a better way to discover new games? 🌎Explore a universe of games. 🎯Bigger cards = most similar. 📚Card behaviour = genre. 🍿Click = trailers and screenshots. 💰Flip = game details and price. Ludocene subscribers are testing the prototype this month: www.ludocene.com/subscription

Anyone going to #BitSummit that wants to go to the Nintendo Museum - ticket sales for May are now open! museum-tickets.nintendo.com/en/calendar

wait no this is actually incredible youraislopbores.me

First trip we’ve had in a couple years booked! Kyoto for @bitsummit.bsky.social , Shimanami Kaido, Kinosaki Onsen, then Thailand on the way home to do nothing but eat and snooze in the sun. Cannot wait!

I made an app. play.google.com/store/apps/d... Nearby Glasses is here to warn you when smart glasses are nearby. I hope it's useful for someone. Nearby Glasses's open source, free and rather simple github.com/yjeanrenaud/... It's also downloadable outside the Play Store. iOS port is in the making

Mythmatch in Steam Next Fest is Live! It's a narrative-rich, town-building match-3 game! store.steampowered.com/app/2490290/... The demo will be live all week, but the first two days tell Steam how much to show it so please 🎮 Play the Demo! ✅ Wishlist the Game! 📢 Spread the word!!

Any folks using Obsidian and looking for a new theme and wanna get away from minimalism - highly recommend Retroma - github.com/emarpiee/Ret... - fun, nostalgic and super usable

*Love* these soundscapes created to harmonise with animal/nature scenes. Makes my brain go weird

Announcement: STEAM DEMO OUT NOW! The early dungeons of Forbidden Solitaire are now open to those bold - or foolish - enough to explore them. How badly do you wish to live forever? 👁️🩸 👇👇👇 store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/... Please wishlist and share - thank you! #indiedev

HEY HEY it's NEWS 'O CLOCK. 'EARTH MUST DIE' is coming out on the 27th of Jan, which is alarmingly soon! Please pop over here and wishlist it, and do share if you're able. Thank you. store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...

friends! acquaintances! help! i'm looking to hire a game designer (living in the Netherlands) to help build games in The Hidden Folks Universe, starting with a sequel to the indie hit game Hidden Folks. know someone who's a good fit? pls forward this, ty! hiddenfolks.com/job-opening/...

One of my favorite side projects this year was my story for @technologyreview.com about the history of the Armatron robotic toy. I had one as a kid, and it is a miracle of mechanical engineering. I got to interview its inventor, retired toy designer Hiroyuki Watanabe. ter.li/JKeegan (gift link)

Hello everyone! Just want to remind you that the deadline for BitSummit submissions is December 31st (submission fee: ¥2750). Late entries are open until January 16, 2026 (¥5500). Looking forward to seeing your games! For more information visit bitsummit.org.

Okay this is some strong as hell maths. Can't tell you how much buying the Size Five games helps me out. If you follow me but don't own these yet, please grab them now. It's the *actual best Christmas present* to help keep my weird little company afloat. Thank you.

Ludocene v1.2 is out in time to find your perfect Christmas gift. 🧭 Improved flow 🕹️Game pages 🔤Hot-keys 💌Monthly Recommendations BUT! To survive, we need buzz. Now is the time to try it, share it, and maybe even subscribe. Let's not be the best-kept secret. www.ludocene.com

🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright: - 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is) 🧵 1/2

Mid-90s Sony ES gear was straight-up gorgeous

Remember the response to anyone who went to the Riyahd Comedy Festival? Yeah uh I wouldn't recommend touching this with a 10 foot pole, regardless of what they offer

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbTL... Petting dogs as an indication of autotelic, curiosity-driven behaviour. All her videos are great

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

Ok, Nearly the end of the year, and 6 months since Highrook was released! I wrote a little postmortem, covering some nerdy production info and my thoughts on what it was like to be an indie in the last few years. www.nullpointer.co.uk/game-post-mo...

Hey everyone, I am opening a handful of commission slots to cover my rent this month. really struggling with mental health issues and unexpected expenses this month. Get a cute custom model from me for 100$ USD! DM me if you are interested! (please share!) #b3d #Blender3d #gamedev

making local files easy to adopt is filled with agony, luckily I like pain

C++ is for little worms

🚨 NEW MYTHMATCH DEMO 🚨 🏹 2 hours 🏹 Progress will carry to the full game! 🏹 New Olympian + Minigame store.steampowered.com/app/2490290/... #cozyquest2025

Senior illustrator, with 20 years of experience and a specialty in game art. I haven't been able to find a paying project for months. Can you help? Every share is appreciated.

I just backed @apwot.bsky.social A Profound Waste of Time: Issue 6 and you should too! www.kickstarter.com/projects/caz...

hey im doin a game design talk !! I KNOW ITS BEEN A WHILE ive been collecting my thoughts on the last year of making little games again, what i've learned, what's been fun, how to do a lot with a little and so on thinkygames.com/events/think...

wow look at this modular music sandbox made in #godot www.reddit.com/r/godot/comm...

BitSummit PUNCH is coming! 📅May 22 (Friday) to 24 (Sunday), 2026 📍Miyako Messe, Kyoto The theme is "High Impact"💥 🎮 Exhibitor registration is open now: https://bs-entry-system.com/en/ https://bitsummit.org/en/submission-faq-eng/

I managed to upload the video! The Castle is my first book in eleven years. You can preorder it at linktr.ee/thecastle_jo... you can tell from the video how delighted I am to have got to this moment.

It's that time of year... 🍂 🎃 The Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival is BACK for 2025! 🎃 This year we can support up to 800 players at once in this seasonal pumpkin carving MMO! This year's update comes with new areas and new secrets to find. Hope you don't mind if I re-use the trailer from last year! 😅

As an example of the sort of stuff on there, one of the articles is a short writeup of a prototype I mentioned on bluesky a year or so back. An approach to generating a top down city map. www.nullpointer.co.uk/generating-c...

Now that we've announced EARTH MUST DIE, I should point out I am available for all your interviews/ podcasts/ cosy fireside chats, whatever. If you want to talk about the game/ game dev/ whatever, give me a shout. I'll always try to make room if I can: dan at size five games dot com

EARTH MUST DIE Featuring a load of my favourite comedians - too many even to fit on the trailer! Joel Fry! Martha Howe-Douglas! @alexhorne.bsky.social! Tamsin Grieg! @5teviem.bsky.social @mrholness.bsky.social! @misterabk.bsky.social! @rosieisaholt.bsky.social! MORE Please RETWEET and WISHLIST

OCTOBER 1ST LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO

This is incredible