I love Death Must Die, even if they did add in Jason Mamoa as the Water God. #IndieGames

Old gaming laptop still works well.

Waiting for the landlord, so figure I'd catch up on the important things I missed this year.

Next store update will be on Friday, Jan 23, 2026! New prints, charms, stickers, and restocks of popular pieces will be available!

Oops, for clarity, is a space for Indie Game Devs in South Africa 🙌

Discovered the Makers Massive space in Cape Town today, and I'm very keen on being massive maker this year! Good timing! 🙌

So that's a win.

Last day in the city, then off to live in Abu Dhabi before we jump over to Cape Town end of the month.🚚 I feel like the news that my YouTube account is 5 years old today is significant. Started it as a way to be creative, make friends and enjoy games with more people. ♥️🙌

Such a pity. There was so much potential. My cousin and I still wanted to give it a try a year ago, see what's going on. The mobility was my big want from it..iron man with Titanfall movement

I've started building out my other personal/business account: @brettmagill.bsky.social Yes, I'll talk games a bit there too, but also design, art, digital marketing, writing and photography. Topics I generally keep off this account. Catch you there! 🍻 Take care

breaking: quick animation idea turns into two-day project feels like I haven't drawn a Mancubus in gosh dang years

Just finished the second chapter of Old Skies by @wadjeteyegames.bsky.social. store.steampowered.com/app/1346360/... I can absolutely see why @thewillarowe.bsky.social and Robin made it their Girl Mode GOTY podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g.... Sharing it with my game dev club tomorrow 🤩

Creating the Yellow Mountain biome. The palette was key to distinguish it from other regions. ⛰️🚶 #Indiedev #GameEnvironments

Dude, they shouldn't need to try this hard to convince us that AI technology is a good thing.

Finished this survey trying to add my voice. NO @discord.com I DO NOT want AI features in my server. It hinders not benefits, specifically for Discord, it would just get in the way. Ethical concerns aside. This is specifically to the Executives of Discord. Don't do it.

EVERYONE DO THIS SURVEY MAKE DISCORD PANIC AND REGRET AND REVERSE COURSE DROWN THEM IN YOUR HATRED FOR GENAI

SHE FITS!! whew... Thank goodness. GPU is secured in a separate padded box. 😤🫠 My abs just released haha tired now. It's stressful this moving shit...

Once again, a demonstration of the gulf wide disconnect between executive "leadership" and the creatives that do the work and have the passion. It'll be at ALL game publishers and developers. It's time we started replacing them with people that actually do the work.

More cool (literally) Doom just dropped. www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/... 32 wintery maps with an aggressive Supercharge-adjacent gameplay tuning (the chainsaw WRECKS monsters) and the computer map powerup gives hints to secrets.

I had fun putting together a little homage to Doom, as if I were kitbashing a game mod from scraps of 90s FPS classics like Doom, Duke Nukem 3D, Heretic, and Blood.

Alright folks this is the big one, tackling the biggest map in Quake Brutalist Jam 3. It apparently clocks in at THREE HOURS LONG. twitch.tv/mr_icarus

This is the space @hyacsho.bsky.social’s gorgeous wooden desk will go in my writing space. I’m proper hashtag blessed that he gifted me this desk as he and Demon get ready to move to Cape Town.

End of an era.🫠 Baby Darlean is nearly packed and the table is now gone. The setup/space I worked to have is gone now. I can only look ahead to the next space, the studio, the station control centre. I can also say, moving sucks. 😅

One more shout-out for QBJ3. If you like retro FPS games at all, you NEED play this. Available as both a Quake mod and a FULLY STANDALONE FREE GAME. qbj3.slipseer.com 77 one-shot Quake adventures with almost all-new weapons and reworked enemies. Maps range from 5 minute blitzes to multi-hour epics

Epic publisher. Awesome games!

Our January Publisher Sale is officially underway! 🎉 Your next favorite strategy game is somewhere on this list. Go check out everything that's on offer! https://store.steampowered.com/sale/HoodedHorsePublisherSale2026

Say potato.

I've only put about 30 hours into this, and it's worth the price: store.steampowered.com/app/2379910/... $6.99 and they just dropped a DLC pack.

As the developers of this game move on to ever greater things, Dystopika remains one of my favourite games from this past year. A dark chilled city builder sandbox. These screenshots are just from me playing around, but would love to make something more engaging for a video. #IndieGames

Today will be the last time I get to play on my PC for a month. Kinda sad. But hey, moving pains and all :p Hope to share fun photos of the new setup in Feb

It's been coming up recently in the feeds, I feel compelled to share my thoughts about X. I left X, because my friends left X, the platform started charging for stuff that should be free, the UX became bloated and spammy, and even when I blocked accounts, I'd get their content. X is broken.

Bring the Johns to Bluesky!

Oh wow! Neat idea! Anime battleship with all the battles, I can do that: store.steampowered.com/app/4175180/... #IndieGames

Vibes

I started a blog! 😜 Started it same time as my dear friend @bloggsymalone.bsky.social I will be speaking about gaming, publishing, art, design, marketing-ish It's my small way of rebelling against corpo internet. Bloggsy here: bloggsymalone.bearblog.dev Mine here: brettmagill.bearblog.dev

I AM WRITING AGAIN! Last year @brettmagill.bsky.social / @hyacsho.bsky.social challenged me to start writing again after canning my blog in 2020. We both launched today and we’d love your eyes on our words. Read mine here: bloggsymalone.bearblog.dev Read Brett’s here: brettmagill.bearblog.dev

Just noticed that Super Buff HD is in the Awful Games Block for GDQ on Wednesday. The game is, in fact, not awful at all. It's kinda sicknasty with it. It just looks silly. It's also very cheap for the next five hours.

Another set of screenies from the Jenesis remake. Really been loving the momentum I've been able to keep on this project! 🌴 MAP03: Oasis Facility 🌴 Doomworld link ⬇ www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/...

If anyone is curious, we made a megathread on the subreddit; nice easy reference for Doom64 stuff: www.reddit.com/r/Doom64/com... Enjoy!! #Doom

My end-of-year Hidden Gems list is up on PC Gamer! They asked me for 15. I did 30. Somehow, Weird Little Guys and The Apocalypse were a theme. 2025 was terrible in every other regard, but the games? Good. I also just updated my Steam Curator Page with all the stuff in the feature and a few others.

Hi @bsky.app can your next update include an easier way to switch accounts please. 🙏

LOOK AT THIS! 😱🌟

Finally finished the first four original episodes of Blood Refreshed Supply.🤘 The cut scene redo is pretty good for me, I couldn't make out the old ones 😅 Dead Reckoning is easily the hardest episode: more hitscanners and traps👍 loved it. Boss fight was piss.

If being hard on yourself worked. It would have worked by now. *Snaps

Alright, there's four days left on the Steam Winter Sale! My big PC Gamer roundup should be live on the last couple days, but in the meantime, here's a thread of stuff that fell JUST short of it. If this work has helped you, any tips via Paypal or Ko-Fi automatically go on more games to research.

Sitting a stewing in frustration isn't nearly as cathartic as just designing a poster. Let's see how often I remember that in 2026.

Happy New Year indeed!

Was just about to crawl into bed, but figured I should spread the word that a new Gloomwood update just dropped. Looks great. For those who haven't played it, imagine a fusion of Thief and Resident Evil 4, with a dash of Bloodborne for flavor. It's cool as heck, even in early access.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎊🙏🌟🥂🍾🎊 Wishing you all, an amazing year ahead. Filled with passionate love, fulfilling life and exciting stories!!❤️ See you all on the other side!! 🌟