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Falling Up Stairs Games @fusgames.bsky.social · 9h

Our first game Creatures of Darkness is now available for purchase !!! www.fallingupstairsgames.com/store

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Store — Falling Up Stairs Games LLC

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Falling Up Stairs Games @fusgames.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Here’s Creatures of Darkness.

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Scott Jenson @jenson.org · 21/09/2026

My "Future of Desktop UX (part 2)" talk at #KDE Akademy is now up and it's racking up lots of views. I'm excited people want to discuss this more. Now I just need someone with Wayland experience to help me prototype this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7Af...

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Scott Jenson: Are we really going to use the same Desktop UX forever?

YouTube video by The KDE Community

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SpacePrez @spaceprez.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Glad there's at least a few people out there who remember that the desktop exists and feel we can improve on the shitty state of UI/UX on desktop www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7Af...

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Scott Jenson: Are we really going to use the same Desktop UX forever?

YouTube video by The KDE Community

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SpacePrez @spaceprez.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

ChatGPT is just plagiarism

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KENT WARD @greatkentward.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We're going to need to have official documentation up on @ongakuoverdrive.com, but the short of it is if you are using GenAI in the creation, production, or promotion of your music or brand, we definitely cannot book or work with you. Video games and their music is a creative, HUMAN effort.

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KENT WARD @greatkentward.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I'm glad we film all our shows lately. Moments like this need to exist forever. 🎤 @laceyjohnsonmusic.bsky.social The Colors Flying High watch party is coming! Probably going to announce tomorrow. Might be an important date to #Persona fans.

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Ongaku Overdrive 🎃 October 24th @ongakuoverdrive.com · 04/09/2026

It's time to announce the lineup of our fifth annual OngakuVania Halloween Party, taking place on Saturday, October 24th at Conduit in Winter Park, FL. 🎸 FamilyJules 💫 GWIZ 👾 The Arkadian (FL DEBUT) 🐊 Swell Rell 🎃 Plus the costume contest with $250 cash prize! Artwork by Brotha Kyo

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Tickets for OngakuVania V Halloween Party

Find tickets for Ongaku Overdrive showing at the Conduit - Winter Park, US Saturday Oct 24, 7:00PM Tickets starting at $26.91

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ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Procreate confirms it has NO plans to add generative AI features to its apps. The company continues to stand firmly against integrating generative AI into its creative tools.

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Ruby (ft. Jimin) @lapsedbard.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

CANADIANS, this petition to regulate data centers in Canada is open until September 24, please sign! www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

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Petition e-7550 - Petitions

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Jack who wrote Aether Torrent @jackscarab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

If purchase isn't ownership, then piracy isn't theft.

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VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 01/09/2026

Sony says "reasonable consumers" know they don’t own the digital PlayStation games they buy. It argues that it's "not plausible" to suggest that when they buy a digital game they actually believe they're "obtaining ownership" of it. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-sa...

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Sony says ‘reasonable consumers’ know they don’t own the digital games they buy | VGC

It’s “not plausible” to suggest people believe they’re “obtaining ownership”…

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SpacePrez @spaceprez.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Love that we've normalized programs updating on startup with no splash screen so my dumb ass keeps clicking on the program over and over It would be so easy to just acknowledge the user's input before you update...

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KENT WARD @greatkentward.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It blows my mind that these fandom conventions that charge over a $100 just to get in and have an *artist alley* are using GenAI for their marketing materials. They all have the same-ish design and look like shit too.

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SpacePrez @spaceprez.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It has to be stated plainly: They could do AI data centers and produce less pollution; but it would cost more. We were just starting to slightly curb pollution and now these companies are going to skyrocket it overnight so they can save a couple million dollars.

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Alexandre @kooparse.com · 12/08/2026

I open sourced my GUI library which currently powers my game editor. There is an auto layout system, themes, and a nice feeling while using widgets like smooth transition effects and such. #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

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X ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net · 08/08/2026

new blog post: self-hosting in the era of LLMs and cheap compute in general, about the kind of crap traffic i see day to day, as well as a more modern nuisance: claude code blog.xkeeper.net/the-cutting-...

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Self-hosting in the era of LLMs and cheap compute – Xkeeper's blog

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Endometriosis takes nine years to diagnose. That’s about to change. NICE has approved two tests: a saliva test reading microRNA markers, and a gut-sensor test returning results in 45 minutes, sparing women the keyhole surgery currently needed. buff.ly/QX3jHk8 #ShareGoodNewsToo

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Rapid endometriosis tests to be made available on NHS in England and Wales

Saliva and gut sensor-based tests hailed as ‘gamechanger’ for millions of women who can wait years for diagnosis

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Tom Humberstone @tomhumberstone.com · 16/07/2026

The Luddites loved technology. They owned looms at home and would ‘mod’ them to count threads. Their battle was against worker exploitation. The degradation of their rights, safety and wages. They were against a handful of rich businessmen owning the means of production. Sound familiar?

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Anderbell Studios @anderbell.studio · 27/07/2026

I’ve just found a really cool open-source tool for exporting Miro boards as SVG and JSON files. We use Miro for designing levels for the video game we’re developing. Most of Miro’s official export options require a paid plan, which we can’t afford since we’re an open-source project. #GameDev

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GitHub - jolle/miro-export: Export Miro boards or frames as SVGs

Export Miro boards or frames as SVGs. Contribute to jolle/miro-export development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Anderbell Studios @anderbell.studio · 23/07/2026

Everyone who thinks the Canadian government shouldn't be funding the use of AI in the cultural sector should consider filling out this survey.

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KENT WARD @greatkentward.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I've been going in harder on 6502 Assembly and hex math these past seversl days. And I have started making my own sprite animations and tilemaps. I'm hoping to have something cool to show you all that's my work before the summer ends.

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Anderbell Studios @anderbell.studio · 13/07/2026

Can anyone recommend any other good #pixelart apps that support sprite animation? An open-source app would be preferable, although a free or one-time purchase app is also fine. Ideally, it would be usable on both Windows and macOS. No AI features, naturally.

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Anderbell Studios @anderbell.studio · 13/07/2026

Some of our team uses pixilart.com to produce sprites for our open-source game Pop Pixie. Pixilart is pretty good, but it doesn't seem to let you import existing images and edit them, only their custom .pixil format. #gamedev #pixilart #pixelart

Screenshot from pixilart.com showing a frame-based animation of the main character from Pop Pixie walking.

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mcc @dryad.technology · 09/07/2026

What if money were spent in such a way as to make people happier instead of it being spent to make people miserable

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Simon Carless did a pretty big AI survey of Steam users. Interesting results: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/what-do-st... In summary: People DO care and you will lose sales if you declare it. People are less bothered about AI for code. To be clear: We do not use it for anything.

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Sandor Szigeti (SandorHQ) @sandorhq.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I'm perplexed why people aren't bothered by AI code. The devs have literally no idea what security vulnerabilities they might be installing on client computers. And even if one were found, how would they even fix it?

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Gim @bestyoutuber69.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Every time there's a union or a layoff, there's a bunch of bootlickers acting like the people affected aren't the reason the games exist at all You can make a game without a boss but boss cannot make a game without a team and I desperately want that truth to be hammered into the head of every gamer

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Gim @bestyoutuber69.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Truth I really need all the gamers to know is that games are made by people, not companies Corpos are working day and night to make them believe that their corporate entity is what makes the game, and they are succeeding! No other industry has such rabid defenders of The Capital like gamedev

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Folks really in my replies defending theft from poor, struggling authors who can’t pay bills because *checks notes* they feel entitled to free books. And apparently I’m lacking nuance when I say AUTHORS ARE POOR, TOO. The lack of compassion for authors is actually astounding.

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Anderbell Studios @anderbell.studio · 07/07/2026

This is a really important message that more people should hear.

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Jameson Thatcher @sireel.itch.io · 07/07/2026

"The game engine is why the game is bad" is a myth that won't seem to go away. I'll have you know I can make a bad game in any engine.

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Cara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

game devs: what are the myths that a lot of players of games think are true about making games that are completely untrue? If you could snap your fingers and they suddenly all knew the truth about it what would it be?

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Falling Up Stairs Games @fusgames.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Our group’s artist working on game art for his game Creatures of Darkness #BoardGames #IndieDev

A close-up, top-down view of a hand wearing a dark ring, using a fine-tip pen to carefully ink a stylized creature design in a spiral-bound sketchbook.

A top-down view of a sketchbook page containing two rough pencil concept sketches of a ghostly, long-haired entity with sharp claws. A Derwent Graphic pencil and a small piece of black kneaded eraser rest on the page alongside the drawings.

A top-down view of the finalized illustrations in the sketchbook, now completely filled in with colored pencils. The top figure is a floating wraith-like character with long dark hair, green eyes, and a flowing blue tattered robe. The bottom figure is the same creature in a crouching position and wearing purple-and-black garments. Both illustrations are signed at the bottom.

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

WSJ: AI Data Centers Use Far More Water Than Most Tech Giants Report For example, “Meta’s indirect water use was 19 billion gallons in 2024—more than 20x as high as its direct water use” www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-d...

"Cheap land and cheap power put data centers in the high water-stress areas," says Matthew Pine, chief executive of U.S. water-technology giant Xylem, which supplies utilities across the country.
What's more, water-hungry, fossil-fueled relics such as coal-fired power plants are now being kept running long past their intended retirement date to address AI demand, he adds.

A 2025 analysis from Ceres, a nonprofit sustainability advocacy organization, found that today, the total direct and indirect water demands of data centers in Phoenix amount to about 3% of the city's annual water use. By 2031, they could be in excess of 20%, a number approaching total water used by residents to maintain all of Phoenix's lawns and landscaping.

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Falling Up Stairs Games @fusgames.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Here is some game art from one of our upcoming games, Expedition to Dinosaur Island: 1900 Let me know what you think, I relay all feedback on artwork to our resident artist #BoardGames 🎲✂️

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Falling Up Stairs Games @fusgames.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Excited to share a major game design milestone: I finalized all 50 character cards for one of my first games, about serving a hot pot dinner, very card heavy. Next focus: balancing end-game scoring. Minor tweaks by comparison, but the devil’s in the details. Let me know what you’re working on!

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Falling Up Stairs Games @fusgames.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

We need your eyes, fellow players and creators Here’s art for the REVENANT card in Creatures of Darkness, we’re between these two compositions Which do you think has a better vibe for “spiritual creature that possesses corpses”? We value your critical design opinions

Side-by-side comparison of two design versions for a tabletop game card from Falling Up Stairs Games. The card is titled "REVENANT" with a large number 4 icon in the top left. The flavor text reads: "A spirit who reanimates a corpse, seeking to kill the living."

The card gameplay text reads:
"Action: Take any Corporeal or Undead Card from the Graveyard AND perform their Action."
"IF Survived: Place in the Survivor Deck, Kill the Taken Card AND Draw 2 from the Draw Deck."

The two versions feature different illustrations of the same green-eyed, dark-haired creature:

Left Version: The creature is in a low, predatory crouch, glaring intensely forward with claws planted on the ground.

Right Version: The creature is more upright, viewed from the waist up, raising one long-clawed hand high in the air while reaching forward with the other.

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Anderbell Studios @anderbell.studio · 30/06/2026

Handling screen sizes is something we've thought a lot about for Pop Pixie. Since it's a top-down game, a wider screen means the player can see more of the level, which might let them see things they're not supposed to. #GameDev

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Anderbell Studios @anderbell.studio · 30/06/2026

Here are of the CI/CD workflows we've found useful for developing our open-source Unity game Pop Pixie. 🧵 You can see the code for everything in this thread on our public GitHub repo: github.com/anderbellstu... #GameDev

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Anderbell Studios @anderbell.studio · 29/06/2026

Guess who's up at 11:45 at night trying to figure out how to do social media marketing for an upcoming indie game we're developing with a budget of zero! (It's me.) The trick seems to be to talk about the development process itself rather than the game, and also to tag #GameDev a lot? 🤷

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Anderbell Studios @anderbell.studio · 29/06/2026

Another thing we've found useful is wireframe sketches of levels, which we're developing in tandem with the story.

Zoomed-out screenshot of a very complex level diagram with rooms and corridors represented as lines and boxes.

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Anderbell Studios @anderbell.studio · 29/06/2026

My advice for any other indie #GameDev s working on games with complex stories: Spreadsheets are you friend! We've just finished tracking every plot point and piece of backstory info in a huge table, tagged by character and topic so we can filter it.

Massively zoomed-out screenshot showing a Miro table with colourful tags in the rightmost columns. None of the text is legible except for the caption at the top, which reads "Exposition".

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Anderbell Studios @anderbell.studio · 29/06/2026

Our upcoming free, open-source game Pop Pixie was NOT written as an allegory for people losing their jobs to #AI. ...But it might as well have been 😅

Fictional poster that looks like it was made in Microsoft Word 95 that reads: "Grems are taking our jobs! Mr Mentoe thinks he can replace us with animals. If we do not act, the rollout will NOT stop at 50%. All of us will lose our jobs! Unionizing is the only way to save our livelihoods. By working together, we can stop the gremlin rollout before it's too late! Join us for daily strategy meetings in the break room during lunch. SIGN YOUR UNION CARD"

The poster also shows a clip art business man whose head has been replaced with the poorly drawn head of a green, angry-looking creature.

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Anderbell Studios @anderbell.studio · 27/11/2024

We're working on an electricity effect for our #Unity game. I think it's looking pretty good so far! ⚡️ Since our game's scripts are MIT licensed, feel free to use it with credit. github.com/anderbellstu... #gamedev

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Anderbell Studios @anderbell.studio · 18/10/2024

Hello Bluesky 👋 We're an indie game dev team currently building Pop Pixie, a retro, anti-capitalist, open source, top-down shooter. Our demo is available to play on Steam or on our website. We'd love if you could give it a try! #gamedev #indiedev store.steampowered.com/app/1394780/...

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Pop Pixie on Steam

Infiltrate the Mentoes Tower, avenge the death of your father, and bring Mr Mentoe’s dark secrets to light in this top-down, story-driven shooter.

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