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Alvera Studios @alverastudios.com · 04/10/2026

Great advices! We're doing - or trying to- everything mentioned there 🙂

Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

OMG 🤩🤩🤩 I wasn't ready for this. This is by far the best video game news of the year for me 🥳 With almost 500 hours on it, Satisfactory is definitely in my top 5 best video games ever 😍

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 28/09/2026

These AI companies should be responsible for everything they do, and they fact nobody is holding them accountable is driving me insane: aftermath.site/ai-agents-resp...

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Alvera Studios @alverastudios.com · 26/09/2026

Excelent news! As huge fans of Against the Storm and cooperative board games (Spirit Island being our #1), we can't wait to back this project 🤩

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Alvera Studios @alverastudios.com · 25/09/2026

Is the game industry labeler (@ozone.birb.house) still working for you? We've been waiting for more than 6 months to get our "Game Studio" label, and tried to contact @trezy.codes without success 😔

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Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Last train of the day! After enjoying a smooth ride on the Eurostar, it's time to go from Marylebone to Leamington on a freshly renationalised train 😁 🚈

Photo of London Marylebone platform from a train.

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Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Encore du gros n'importe quoi 😑 Plus que de couper les commentaires, ce serait cool que @doublefine.com arrête de poster sur Twitter tout court maintenant. Oui, je sais, la perte de visibilité c'est pas cool. Mais ça en vaut la peine je pense.

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Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ah super ça! Dommage que je ne reste jamais assez longtemps, j'aurais tenté d'aller dire bonjour.

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Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

J'ai cru voir que tu intervenais aussi à l'Heaj d'ailleurs?

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Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Oui, elle a bien changé ces dernières années 🙂

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Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Had a great week in Belgium, teaching game design at Uni and seeing my friends (great sessions of board games and TTRPGs) and family. Back to the UK now, first train out of 3 🚄

A photo of a train platform. A screen shows the next train at 9:44 for Bruxelles Midi

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Jaime Cross @speedyjx.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I really REALLY need game devs, and especially those who are in higher up positions, indie or otherwise, to clue into the fact that crunching away for weeks or months of a time is neither normal nor something you should wear as a badge of honour.

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Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

All I'm waiting for to go back to an MMO: - Respect my time - Give me experiences that I cannot get from playing a solo / 4p coop RPG

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Alvera Studios @alverastudios.com · 04/09/2026

Any recommendation for a good moderation bot for Discord? We've seen quite a few people talking about Sapphire 🤔 sapph.xyz/about

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Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'm so ready for this. Please be good! 🤞 Our first campaign in Ravenloft with my D&D group happened more than 20 years ago. And since then, we have often gone back to this setting we all love. Curse of Strahd was so good for an official campaign that I played it AND DM it 😁 #D&D #TTRPG

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Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Honor Among Thieves is so much better though 😢

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Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Probablement 100% la faute de l'IA (ou pas loin) qui fait que c'est bien plus rentable d'utiliser l'infrastructure pour autre chose que du gaming.

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Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Not yet, but it is probably the next game I'll play! (So many games in the backlog 😅)

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Alvera Studios @alverastudios.com · 01/09/2026

Great news! We need more publishers with a deep understanding of what indie developpers need 👍

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Tanya X. Short @tanyaxshort.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

god, you guys, just buy the indie game that looks kinda cool. don't play the demo, don't agonize over the reviews or wishlist, JUST BUY THE INDIE GAME!! if you didn't like it, oh well, whatever, maybe next time, meanwhile you supported an artist, thanks for coming to the gig, want a t-shirt?

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Kenney @kenney.nl · 29/08/2026

This sale ends in 1 day so if you still want to pick up my bundle for super cheap (and support me!) you can still do so. It includes free updates for life!

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Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Quite excited to play Star Wars Zero Company! With Star Wars: Galactic Racer releasing soon, we may have 2 great Star Wars games this year 🙂

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Alvera Studios @alverastudios.com · 26/08/2026

As big fans of city builder games and LEGO, this is our favourite #gamescom2026 announcement! What's yours? 🙂

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Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Maps are definitely super cool. One of the best documents showing systems at work for years/centuries/aeons 🙂

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 20/08/2026

Every dollar billionaire JK Rowling makes is a dollar she will spend on destroying the lives of trans people - a scapegoating driven by Epstein-class billionaires to distract us from the ultra-rich draining our wealth, killing our planet, sabotaging social cohesion, and destroying dissent.

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Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

No surprises here (an open-source project being... open), but it is SO COOL that we can see the results and even get the .csv Thanks @godotengine.org 🤩

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Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Et tout le monde oubliera le changement climatique en novembre 👍

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Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I loved them but I feel they stopped evolving -at least in a way that interest me and respect my time- years ago 😔

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Nicholas Kole @nicholaskole.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

c o l l e c t i o n

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Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Nice! We moved to Godot for last year GMTK game jam and I don't see us go back 😎 If you want to check our submission this year: itch.io/jam/gmtk-jam... #Godot #GMTK2026

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Rate Solaris Explorer by Alvera Studios for GMTK Game Jam 2026

You are a test pilot in charge of a prototype sailplane!

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Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I'm SUPER proud of the game we made this year in 96 hours about the theme "Count Down"! Interestingly, one of the inspirations I had was Luftrausers, by @ramiismail.com. I'm sure my brain thought about it because we met recently at Develop:Brighton 😅 #GMTK2026 #GameJam #IndieGame

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Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It's a yearly tradition: we're taking part in the GMTK Game Jam 😎 But, for the first time, we get to host a team through our indie studio! 🐝 I love doing game jams because it drives me to design for genres and mechanics I rarely find opportunities to explore and learn new skills 🤩

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Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Without saying your age, what's your favorite movie that came out when you were 18 ?

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Lotr Lord Of The Rings

ALT: Lotr Lord Of The Rings

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Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

"In a pleasant shock for people who've been keeping up with Unity's doings these past couple of years, it doesn't appear to ruin anything" Ha ha, the bar is low regarding what devs expect from Unity that "not ruining anything" is a shock. It's fun because it's true 😅

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Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Just answered it, it's quite fast. If you're using Godot, consider doing it to help the team 🙂

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Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Taking my first break on the first day of #DevelopBrighton 🙂 It's been a blast so far, we've met great people and had super interesting conversations. Also got a cute @godotengine.org pin at the Godot meet-up ❤️

My develop:Brighton lanyard and badge, a business card for Alvera Studios and a Godot pin.

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PC Gamer @pcgamer.com · 08/07/2026

"Last year, Microsoft made $101 billion in profits, got a $12.5 billion tax break from Trump and paid its CEO $96 million," Sanders said. "This year, it's raising the price of an Xbox by $150 and eliminating 3,200 jobs. Please don't tell me corporate tax breaks create jobs. It never trickles down."

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Bernie Sanders is mad about the Xbox layoffs

The senator from Vermont is pretty chapped about the price hikes, too.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Great reporting, as always. If the goal is to sell subscriptions, you do exactly what Xbox did with Game Pass. Problem is, outside of the enthusiast core, few cared. The mass market didn't want to play lots of different games. It wanted to play Fortnite, Minecraft and Roblox.

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Hervé Gengler @hervegengler.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

We'll be at Develop:Brighton next week! 🐝 #indiedev

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