IGF APPRECIATION POST PT2 My greatest delight in being entrusted with the IGFs was choosing presenters who represent the best of their craft. People I am genuinely fans of, all superstars who immediately signed up for the show, and in doing so elevated it and the winners and nominees.

alright so I know everyone wants to be bitching about con attendance going down, but having manageable coffee & food lines and places to sit? I’ll go to MORE events like this than super crowded ones tbh

flying to PAX East with a suitcase full of the uniqlo airism clothes I bought in Japan during the summer ....it's 40 degrees in Boston right now... i'm going to die

IGF APPRECIATION POST PT 1 The reason the IGFs killed with so much humor and heart, and was so ambitiously creative and reflective of the indie community was in great part thanks to my co-director @teddydief.com and co-writer @robdubbin.bsky.social.

i need to recover from this gdc covid (and survive pax east) so i can make the 100000 games that GDC has inspired me to make

Finally caught up on this ep, what a fun convo and so cool to learn about @caraellison.bsky.social’s really unique journey in the medium! @karriebear.bsky.social you should do more interviews, you’re great at it!

How to begin talking about one of the biggest moments in your life? The IGFs are THE show I looked up to for my entire career. A stage dedicated to indies, juried on true craft, honoring my absolute gamedev idols. Being nominated for one last year was a career milestone for me.

thank you for watchingggg 🥹🙏

*song exploder voice* and now, in its entirety, the 2026 Independent Games Festival Awards. run and hosted by @karriebear.bsky.social, co-directed by @teddydief.com, co-written by me. gotta be one of the strongest fields i've seen, congrats to all the devs and juries! www.youtube.com/live/rLbzERI...

Quick @doublefine.com visit w @karriebear.bsky.social! Had a great time! Ambushed & killed by @timoflegend.bsky.social!

💕✨Gabe Cuzzillo Fan Cam✨💕 @gcuzzillo.bsky.social’s level design talk was my favorite of GDC!!!!! Baby Steps was robbed at the awards and I will never shut up about this

I asked GDC if I could kill someone on stage and they didn’t even blink

THEY SPOTTED MY STAGE DIRECTION 🫣

here's the moment from IGF rehearsals yesterday when @karriebear.bsky.social stabbed Andy Schatz onstage for the first time with the full confetti blood effect, and i knew it was gonna be a special night

the IGF awards mean a lot to me! i've participated in them over the years as a judge, juror, dev, and above all a fan. what an honor to work on the ceremony itself with @teddydief.com and @karriebear.bsky.social, who are both absolute powerhouses, to celebrate these games and the folks who make them

hey gdc: come to the picnic tables in the park in the next ~hour if you want an ass-kicking* *free STARFRIENDS deck with bonus disc

My entire goal was to make it a love letter to the IGFs and ALL indies best community on earth bar none

CRYING thank youuuu 🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️

TONIGHT I HOST THE IGFS DO NOT MISS OUR OPENING VIDEO THAT IS 10X THE INSANITY OF OUR ANNOUNCEMENT VIDEO Witness the brilliance of @teddydief.com & @robdubbin.bsky.social’s show writing!!!!! 6:30 PM, #GDC North Hall, and LIVE on Twitch: twitch.tv/gdcfestivalo...

IGF AWARD REHEARSAL @karriebear.bsky.social @robdubbin.bsky.social

HI #GDC Find me Monday reviewing portfolios, Wednesday ON STAGE AT THE IGFS, eating pastries, or in line for boba. LETS DO THIS

our tire lost the fight against a loose bolt but we made it to GDC!

That’s a wrap on final pickups for IGF Awards! Huge thanks to Strangely Compelling for lending us stellar equipment. It will be an IGF show to remember with @karriebear.bsky.social at the helm. Been an honor co-directing this show, and writing with Karrie & @robdubbin.bsky.social SEE YOU AT GDC

🔥 GDC AWARD SHOW HOSTING DREAM TEAM 🔥 IGFs and GDCAs are gonna be so unhinged, just you wait come through if you’re at #GDC or watch LIVE on Twitch to watch me and @sammaggs.bsky.social throw down on Wednesday and Thursday at 6:30pm!!

this is the moment that gamedevs everywhere crumble under the weight of their own GDC ambitions godspeed everyone 🫡 rest assured that no one is ready lol

The stuff we are doing for the IGF Awards is 100x dumber than this video we made to promote it. Really proud to be directing this chaos with Karrie 😌 See you at GDC!!!

I'm delighted to join Game Makers Notebook to chat with @caraellison.bsky.social! Cara is SO prolific, from Rockstar to The Guardian to a novel to Ghost Town. Such a thoughtful career retrospective and I'm still thinking about the lifechanging power of people saying "who don't you just do it??"

okay for the first time this year i'm legit bummed to miss gdc

one of my faaaaaaaavorite lines

Still cannot believe I'm hosting the IGFs at GDC this year. The IGFs are THE show I've looked up to for my entire career! But I'm not doing it alone! I've assembled collaborators and presenters who I deeply admire and are the ones making the indie dev community the best damn community on earth

someday I will stop beating myself up about every single thing I do, and I will get everything done so much faster without nearly as much self-inflicted pain and anxiety and stress and depression .........BUT UNTIL THEN--

🚨 @karriebear.bsky.social is hosting the IGFs! 🏆 ALSO, I'm honored to co-direct the show with Karrie + co-write with her & @robdubbin.bsky.social 🤍 We have fun. We expect you, too, will have fun, even if you lose! #IGF2026

the minute that I got the IGF hosting invite, I thought "please let @robdubbin.bsky.social be available so i can hire him". his jokes about knitting are off the hook!!!

honored beyond belief to host the IGFs this year!!! i'm gonna get real STUPID on stage, join me 💖 #GDC

the mafia awaits 🤌

"The Prestige" by OFK OUT NOW Feelings of love, trust, hiding yourself. So proud our game-band has a life of their own, and I'm proud as hell of this song. 💸 Steam gave us today's DAILY DEAL!!! Our game is just $5 so get it!!! Listen: ofk.cool/prestige Get the Game: ofk.cool/steam

I'm in Vegas next week! Not *at* DICE but haunting around the general area / off-site. Hit me up if you're there? ✨

A very belated work update: I’m writing Warren Spector’s next game! I’ve been contracting with OtherSide Entertainment since July. From creating my first immerse sim with Pacific Drive, to jumping in with the originator of the genre itself. This new adventure is gonna go places!

Gravity Well is looking for a great Systems Designer. Job posting below. Studio website is here: gravitywell.games Hoping you'll consider joining a small independent studio that is making something new!

Writers and Narrative Designers! Portfolio reviews coming your way on Monday at GDC. Join us! We're here to help 💞

absolute dream job opening -- Narrative Designer for Meow Wolf

BABY STEPSSSSS my 2025 goty tbh

This is so cool! It's such a huge compliment that our video game would compel a person to make a bot, I'm so pleased!! Huge props to @karriebear.bsky.social and @paullicino.bsky.social for all of the actual words in the game, of course.

we finally trained ourselves into saying "donut county" but then "crow country" came out and now my household is fighting a "donut country / crow county" war

SUCH a good thread!! I'm positively beaming with pride to see so many international indies on this list: Ball x Pit, Animal Well, SIGNALIS, Threes even!! How damn cool is it to grow up on Japanese games and then grow up to create games that influence them right back 💖

I'm thrilled to join Zurich Film Fund as a jury member in the Digital Culture program! Funding for games has been incredibly bleak, so I'm excited to raise up projects at this challenging time. The grants total CHF 4.5M ($5.7M USD) / CHF 150K ($190K) per project. filmstiftung.ch/digitale-kul...

My team is hiring narrative designers again! * Entry to mid-level! * Casual mobile games with campy fun stories * Big caveat: after a few months remote, you gotta do a year or two in-office in Beijing! * Pay is low by US standards but great for Beijing or Europe www.linkedin.com/posts/alexan...

apologies to anyone who sees this and is still trying to get work done

Hello Gamedevs, There is a new Gamedev Salary Pulse survey. It’s a community project, built to gather anonymous insights about salaries & work conditions across the industry. Results will be published for free, in Q1 2026. Devs can take part here: 8bit-recruitment.typeform.com/to/n2Klg27o

This year for Game Awards fits, we showed up imho (w @karriebear.bsky.social)