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Anzal @anzal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Followed by "what an honour to be alive the same time as Ted Chiang."

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jay Dragon is unstoppable @jdragsky.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

everyone play weird indie ttrpgs with your friends right now

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Anzal @anzal.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Dipping my toes into social media argh 🙈 I got to attend the Game Developers Conference this year in San Francisco thanks to @igdafoundation.org and this video collects some things I did while I was there including showcasing our upcoming game @pippeppergame.bsky.social

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Anzal @anzal.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The IGDA Foundation has so many fantastic programs and a great community. Please consider applying if these seem interesting. The programs cater to a range of people at various stages of their careers in the games industry.

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Anzal @anzal.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

#WhataGameDevLooksLike I only found out a couple of weeks ago the very cool @drjclau.bsky.social started this hashtag! Go follow and support them if you don't already. Background is @igdafoundation.org who are also fantastic. (Reposting because ofc I used the wrong hashtag the first time)

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Pip Pepper Park Planner | Indie Game @pippeppergame.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Pip Pepper goes to GDC 2026! 🌉🐤 We are excited to share our dearest tiny bird Pip will attend the Game Developers Conference (GDC) through March 9-13, 2026, in San Francisco, CA Thank you to @igdafoundation.org for making it possible 💙💛 🔽 We’ll be Showcasing at the following local events:

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Pip Pepper Park Planner | Indie Game @pippeppergame.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Excited to share that Pip Pepper Park Planner is participating in the Women’s Day Sale on Steam! ✨ Through March 6-15, you can discover many amazing games co-created and led by women (including our demo! ) ♥️🐤 #WomensDay #IndieDev #CozyGames @wingsfund.me 🔗🔽

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Dr. Emily Fairfax @emilyfairfax.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

After about 5 years (!) of keeping secrets, I am so excited that Disney Pixar's Hoppers is finally coming out on March 6th! Back in 2021, Pixar emailed me asking if I could give a talk about my research to their employees. Then another talk. And another. 📸 Disney/Jesse Grant/Getty Images

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Ksandra @ksandrarpg.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

New intro/pinned post! Hi, I'm Ksandra, a Polish ttrpg creator currently living in Scotland. I'm the author of Wise Women - a game about witches inspired by Eastern European plant folklore. I also sometimes make long VtM videos and have a small VtM actual play. ksandra.itch.io/wise-women

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Wise Women by Aleksandra Brokman

A ttrpg about witches using plant magic to protect their community, while having to navigate its prejudices and taboos.

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Who'll be doing the #BigGardenBirdwatch this weekend? And how many of these do you think you'll cross off? 😁👇

A Big Garden Birdwatch bingo card with the following squares: House
Sparrow
Nice cup
of tea
Any
pigeon
Phone
OFF
Door goes
during your
count
Any
gull
Blackbird
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Goldfinch
Magpie
Starling
Robin
ID
debate
Biscuits
A profound
appreciation
of nature
Coal Tit
Bird
song
Any bird
of prey
A oneness
with birds
Slice of
cake
A sense of
enormous
well-being
Crisps
Wren

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Pip Pepper Park Planner | Indie Game @pippeppergame.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Happy holidays from the Pip Pepper Park Planner team! ☃️ We hope you are able to hang your hats and have a restful end of the year 🍃 Thanks for joining us through a year of development progress and great milestones 🌟 See you on the other side! 🌎💫 #indiegame #cozygames #indiedev

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Anzal @anzal.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

The other side of long, dark Scottish nights.

Photo of a sunrise on the Fife coast in Scotland.

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Pip Pepper Park Planner | Indie Game @pippeppergame.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

The Build, Design, Chill Steam Games Festival is on until 27 November, a celebration of games encouraging laid-back creativity. Pip is truly honored to be recognised amongst such distinguished builders, designers, decorators and other masters in their field. #BuildDesignChill

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Anzal @anzal.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Psyched to get into reading The Well-Read Game by Tracy Fullerton and @docfarber.bsky.social for our book club! We got so excited when we found out about the toolkit for book clubs (and an upcoming card game!)

An e-reader displaying the book cover for "The Well-Read Game: On Playing Thoughtfully." The cover shows a stylized animated character floating in the clouds reading a book.

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Pip Pepper Park Planner | Indie Game @pippeppergame.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

We are beyond thrilled that Pip Pepper Park Planner was selected for this year's @gdocexpo.com Direct AND Steam Showcase! 📺🐤 ✨ Game Devs of Color put on a fantastic event every year with games, talks, interviews and more! Be sure to check out other cool games and speakers in this year's event.

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Game Devs of Color Expo @gdocexpo.com · 20/08/2025

It’s live! The Game Devs of Color Support Bundle is here!💚🩵 🎮 100+ items from 70+ creators 💰 Just $10 (worth ~$409) 🫶🏾 Save 97% + support GDoC programs Every purchase helps fund events, grants, scholarships & more that uplift #gamedev of color! 👉 Grab the bundle now: itch.io/b/3171/game-...

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Anzal @anzal.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

It's kinda punk rock when other people put stickers of your indie game on corporate merch.

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IGDA Foundation @igdafoundation.org · 25/08/2025

✨ Huge thanks to #Devcom2025! ✨ Our grantees @anzal.bsky.social, @drjclau.bsky.social, and @archivistowl.bsky.social had an amazing time in Cologne through the Devcom Scholars Program. Opportunities like this help emerging #gamedev talent grow, connect, and thrive. 💡🎮

A photo collage featuring IGDAF Virtual Exchange alumni David Olamide, Anzal Baig, Angelo Diktopoulus, JC Lau, Nathaly Kalantar, Arden Osthof, and Dean Gichukie

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Pip Pepper Park Planner | Indie Game @pippeppergame.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Pip's first Wholesome Celebration! 🐣🎊🎁🕺 We are delighted that Pip Pepper Park Planner is part of the Wholesome Games Celebration this year alongside some incredible upcoming and released indie games! 🕹️🤝🐤 @wholesomegames.com Check it out on Steam from 7-14 August 💫

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Anzal @anzal.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Just came out of @blubberbaleen.bsky.social's show [whalesong] and it was a very cool sound play about voices and noises in the sea. If you're at the Edinburgh Fringe and want to see something weird and different go see their show. Plus it's free!

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Anzal @anzal.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

My copy of @victoriatran.bsky.social's new book is here 🤩 Excited to read it as part of Book Club at @igdafoundation.org. I've read a few chapters already and so far the book is very easy to read and funny!

Copy of the book "Mastering Community Management" by Victoria Tran on a table.

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Pip Pepper Park Planner | Indie Game @pippeppergame.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

We are so excited that Pip Pepper Park Planner will be in the Wholesome Games Celebration this year! 🌳 💚 And how cool is this key art?! ✨

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Pip Pepper Park Planner | Indie Game @pippeppergame.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Need a birb shaped pick me up? Try the Pip Pepper Park Planner demo 🌳👇 #indiedev #indiegame #cozygames #bird

A meme with the first half depicting an angry cartoon mouse with the caption "the world is a cruel unjust place. There is no harmony in the universe. The only constant is suffering."

The second half of the meme shows the same mouse with a blue cap and smile with the caption "OMG a bird". The second half also shows the titular bird character from the game Pip Pepper Park Planner.

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Pip Pepper Park Planner | Indie Game @pippeppergame.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Tweetings #PitchYaGame! 🐣Become a bird AND a park planner in our upcoming #cozy #indiegame and you will: 🏞️ Create urban parks for animals 🙉 🌳 Try many park design combos 🧩 🐤 Meet adorable quirky characters 🦑🐍🦌🐁 💡 Get different endings based on your choices 👀 Play our DEMO & Wishlist on Steam 👇💫

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Anzal @anzal.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

@indiegameorigin.com played our demo last night with us on stream and I loved watching them create their park in our little game! Thank you! ✨

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IGDA Foundation @igdafoundation.org · 25/05/2025

🎮 Play great games. Power game makers. 🕹️ Our Download for Charity Steam sale is live through June 1! 24 games. One mission: support the IGDA Foundation & future devs. Extra day off = extra time to game for good. 👉 buff.ly/VhLesTj #GamingForGood #SteamSale

DLC: Download for Charity. IGDA Foundation.

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Pip Pepper Park Planner | Indie Game @pippeppergame.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Have you ever been on a train 🚆and thought, “Damn, I wish I could design a park for cute anthropomorphic animals right now”? Now you can! 🙉✨ 🚨The Pip Pepper Park Planner demo is play-ready on the Steam Deck! Wishlist and play on the go 🏞️🏜️🌋🌄 Link in our bio💫 #indiedev #cozygames #birds #trains

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Anzal @anzal.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Played my first mega game this weekend called the Future Imperative set in 2040 and centered around global climate action. Needless to say Brazil spent most of the time putting out literal fires while bigtech purchased Hong Kong and turned it into a cyberpunk hellscape.

A large room with desks and chairs and around a dozen people. Each table has cards and tokens.

A table with a label stating "Brazil." The table also has tokens, cards and newsprint

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Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Join our Board! 🙌✨ We are excited to be seeking a number of voluntary Board Directors with skills, experience & enthusiasm to assist us in driving the city as a sustainable, thriving base for creative people & organisations. Applications close: noon, Mon 16 June Download the full recruitment pack:

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Open Call: Creative Dundee Board of Directors - Creative Dundee

Creative Dundee is looking for new voluntary Board Directors with skills, experience and enthusiasm to assist the organisation in driving the city as a sustainable, thriving base for creative people a...

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Pip Pepper Park Planner | Indie Game @pippeppergame.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

First day on the job. You are a bird. The city needs a park. The deadline is today. Think you can do better? Wishlist and play Pip Pepper Park Planner to find out 🐤🦌🐁🦑 #gamedev #indiedev #cozygames store.steampowered.com/app/3204530/...

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Anzal @anzal.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Transdimensional travels! Are we doing sci-fi now? 😮

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Pip Pepper Park Planner | Indie Game @pippeppergame.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

It's a cat! 🐈 It's a penguin! 🐧 No, it’s Pip Pepper!🐥 #cozygames #indiegame #indiedev #birds #cute

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Anzal @anzal.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Yarn Spinner know what the people want

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Pip Pepper Park Planner | Indie Game @pippeppergame.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Thank you to @alastairlow.bsky.social for making this perky Pip Pepper Park Planner pop-up birthday card! ✨ We are so inspired by the creativity that has gone into this! #PipPepperCommunityCrafts #cozygame #indiegame #indiedev #cute #popup

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Anzal @anzal.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Look at those adorable duckies

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Anzal @anzal.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Crazy that it's been a year! So much has happened since and even more in the works.

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Anzal @anzal.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Recommend 4 films directed by women

Poster for the film "Speed Racer" showing a white convertible racing on an elevated racetrack in front of a futuristic skyline.

Poster for the film "The Watermelon Woman" showing a black woman holding a photo of a black woman's portrait.

Poster for the film "Polite Society" showing a girl in formal South Asian attire kicking through a wedding invite.

A poster for the film "The Last Showgirl" with Pamela Anderson looking solemnly over a terrace in a showgirl costume.

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Anzal @anzal.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

My copy of Roll for Learning is here! We made an asymmetrical micro ttrpg about demonic possession. Delighted to be part of this collection edited by @czamboni.bsky.social @docfarber.bsky.social and William Merchant. Thanks for having us!

Me holding a physical copy of the book "Roll for Learning: 51 Micro Tabletop Role-Playing Games to Use in the Classroom"

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Anzal @anzal.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Exciting game content! 😱

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Anzal @anzal.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Grand Theft Hamlet has no right being as good as it is.

A shirtless man with blue hair standing in front of Los Santos hills with the subtitle "to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune"

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Anzal @anzal.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Creative Dundee is on Bluesky! Give them a follow if you're interested in staying updated on creative events/opportunities happening in Scotland

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Anzal @anzal.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Play indie games 🎮 Support better working conditions 👷‍♀️

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Camilla Zamboni @czamboni.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

"Roll for Learning" is finally here! I am excited to finally present this edited volume that I curated with Matthew Farber and William Merchant- thanks to Play Story Press for believing in the project, and thanks to all the wonderful authors who contributed! playstorypress.org/books/roll-f...

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Debug Magazine @debugmag.com · 26/11/2024

The Year in Indie 2024 A permanent record of everything the indie gaming scene had to offer this year. Let’s make it happen! Get involved: debu.gg/ks We cannot thank you enough for the support so far 🤩

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Debug Annual 2024

Collating the best and brightest indie games of 2024 (and 2023!)

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Anzal @anzal.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Very exciting to have a micro TTRPG about possession (the demonic kind) published as part of the Roll for Learning Collection. Got to playtest some of these and they are lots of fun. Tiny games, lots to choose from and no long term commitments required. playstorypress.org/books/roll-f...

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