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PQube @pqube.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

⚠️ Attention survival horror fans! We bring horrifying Tormented Souls 2 news! ⚠️ You can now save 15% off all Nintendo Switch 2 digital pre-orders until the 15th October 2026! 🛒 Why not treat yourself and pre-order now? bit.ly/46FDzaY

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PQube @pqube.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

We are happy to announce that Kusan: City of Wolves will be part of Busan Indie Connect! Check out the demo during their Demo Day event and pickup the full game on Steam with a 20% discount until August 13. See you on the streets of Kusan. 🐺 Learn more: bit.ly/4xrV0Y9

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Ariel Pai @aphy9.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Twas a jolly good time ☀️

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🍕 Dungeon Pizza 🔜 PAX Aus @dungeonpizza.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Dungeon Pizza is proud to be taking part in 💛🤍 Nonbinary Coded Games 💜🖤, a Steam event to celebrate games made by nonbinary developers!! Go peep the event: store.steampowered.com/curator/4610… #NonbinaryCodedGames #gamedev #steamsale

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Pete from Fuzzy Ghost @ MIGW @fuzzyg.host · 13/07/2026

This Steam event is like an all stars of beautiful people. You should check out very single one of them! Support your local enby today!

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PQube @pqube.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🐺 The hunt begins today 🏙️ Digital pre-orders for Kusan: City of Wolves are now live on PlayStation Store 💙& Nintendo eShop❤️ with a 20% pre-order discount! 🔥 💚 Xbox - Pre-order Now with 20% discount being applied ahead of launch. Mark your territory before 30 July 2026

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Ariel Pai @aphy9.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Gosh I’ve completely abandoned here, shows how active I am on social media.. 🪦 DEVELOP : BRIGHTON See you there? 👀

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PQube @pqube.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Can you think of a more wholesome quest than reuniting a family of cute baby boars? 🥹🐗 Help Boris to find Gary, Mimi, Belle, Olivier, Justine, and Rock (omg these names) in Adorable Adventures, available now! ✨ Save 20% on all platforms: pqube.co.uk/games/adorable-adventur…

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PQube @pqube.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Prepare for cuteness overload! Adorable Adventures is out now! 🐗Play as Boris, a curious baby boar! 🐽Follow your nose to identify scents 🏞️Explore gorgeous natural landscapes 🫂Reunite with your lost family PLUS there’s a fabulous 20% launch discount on all platforms: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A3V...

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Adorable Adventures | Launch Trailer

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PQube @pqube.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

🗓️🖊️ Cozy gamers mark your calendars! 'Adorable Adventures' is coming to PC and consoles April 30th 2026! Check out the new trailer where Boris shows off his detective skills by identifying different scents while searching for his missing siblings: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF71...

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Adorable Adventures | Release Date Announcement Trailer

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Discounty 🛒 @discountygame.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Exciting things are coming to Discounty! 💖

Discounty screenshot. The player is standing in a dark dingy basement with cracks in the floor and dripping water pipes. A shadowy figure looms in the staircase, hidden in the shadows.

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Junch @junchgaming.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

We're less than 6 hours away from the launch of our Play for Peace: Games for Palestine charity bundle! We have a little something special made to go live at Sept 2, 9am PST/12am SGT. Here's a teaser screen. Stay tuned to our socials and at itch.io/b/2979/play-...

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PQube @pqube.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

🦜🏴‍☠️ All hands on deck! Republic of Pirates is launching on PlayStation 5 & Xbox Series X|S on 25th September 2025! To prepare new captains for the stormy seas ahead, we've assembled a new 'Gameplay Overview Trailer' that breaks down the fundamentals in under 3 minutes 😎🏝️ bit.ly/45K4d2X

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Republic of Pirates | Console Gameplay Overview Trailer

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Secret Mode - STAR WARS: Galactic Racer™ OUT NOW! @wearesecretmode.com · 02/09/2025

What's that? *Another* new role open at Secret Mode?! We're on the hunt for a Senior Product Marketing Manager to lead the strategic marketing direction for our games, acting as the central force behind their success and impact. Apply at the link 👇 zurl.co/MH0sO #GameJobs

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Wholesome Games @wholesomegames.com · 21/08/2025

I think most agree that algorithms favor negativity, so can we take a moment for these incredible recent releases? 🌊 Sword of the Sea 📦 Discounty 📚 Tiny Bookshop 💺 Is This Seat Taken? 🏡 MakeRoom 💎 Gemporium 📮 Catto's Post Office 🔮 Ritual of Raven ✨ Whimside

Key art for the video game "Sword of the Sea" depicting a character riding a wave with a sword.

Key art for the video game "Discounty", depicting a town full of lively characters surrounding a supermarket.

Key art for the video game "Tiny Bookshop" depicting a group of people in and around a bookstore.

Key art for the video game "Is This Seat Taken?" depicting a scene of shape-based characters waiting for the bus.

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Discounty 🛒 @discountygame.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

OMG SO HYPED 🤩

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Discounty 🛒 @discountygame.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Attention, shoppers: Discounty is Steam Deck Verified! ✅ We've been testing & tweaking the game for months to make sure it works seamlessly on the Deck ✨ Super happy it paid off & we could get Verified status before launch! 🤩 Who else will be playing on Steam Deck? ✋

Discounty is On Deck: Steam Deck Verifiied. The Discounty cover art is shown in Steam Deck branding.

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Discounty 🛒 @discountygame.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

screaming crying throwing up because Discounty is coming out THIS MONTH

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Discounty 🛒 @discountygame.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Surprise! We patched our demo with LOTS of new features and additional language support 🇯🇵 🇨🇳 🇭🇰 🇰🇷 🪴 Dozens of new decor items 🏃 Running! 💬 Japanese, Korean, and Traditional & Simplified Chinese And more! Patch notes: store.steampowered.com/news/app/227…

Demo patch. A number of new decoration items are highlighted on top of a screenshot of Discounty showing Aunt Tellar speaking Japanese.

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Discounty 🛒 @discountygame.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

You call it "friendship"; we call it Customer Relations. ❤️ This week's Employee Training Video, narrated by @paytonscorner.bsky.social 📼

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Discounty 🛒 @discountygame.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Defying Traffic

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Discounty 🛒 @discountygame.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Think you've got what it takes to have the TOP SHOP? Prove it! To celebrate the ✨new decorations✨ we added to the demo, we have a contest to create the very BEST shop!🥇 Winner receives the illustrious "Employee of the Month" role in Discord...oh and a copy of the game. 🧵

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IGN @ign.com · 04/06/2025

Check out 20 minutes of gameplay from Discounty, the upcoming cozy pixel-art small-town supermarket management sim. #IGNSummerofGaming

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Discounty: 20 Minutes of Exclusive Gameplay

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PQube @pqube.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

🔨🕯️Nailer and lighter at the ready, the Tormented Souls 2 demo is OUT NOW on Steam! In the mood for portentous scribbling, creepy nuns, and questionable acupuncture technique? We got you covered in our ‘Sisterhood’ Story Teaser as featured in ‪@lagshowcase.bsky.social‬ bit.ly/45MjdxE

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Junch @junchgaming.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Thanks @wamirul.bsky.social for the fun chat during the Indie Jam weekend sometime back. We got to chat about the SE Asia indies scene and @xbox.com's deep support to date. And we're going to see the manifestation of some of that this SGF weekend 💚 can't wait! nmiagaming.com/how-xbox-is-...

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How Xbox Is Making Sure There's Always Space For Indie Games - 尼未亞 | Nmia Gaming

Jun Shen Chia, Xbox Strategic Markets Lead for SouthEast Asia, Taiwan and Hong Kong caught up with us at Indie Jam 2025 to talk exactly about Xbox's role in

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Discounty 🛒 @discountygame.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

"I am very, very excited to see the full game. Even more excited than I was before. I had very high expectations for this game and it definitely, definitely lived up to it." omg thank you so much for this amazing preview @mriz.bsky.social! 💕🥰

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Discounty 🛒 @discountygame.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

🚨 CREATORS! 🚨 Discounty is a cozy supermarket management game with a satirical twist: 🍎 Organize & plan your layout 🏙️ Get caught up in small town drama 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Make friends—& enemies! Opportunities coming very soon! 👀 Interest form: forms.gle/QcVdsYm73oJTbbK86

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ren alex-rose🌙 @archosaur.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

UK RESIDENTS AND BRITISH CITIZENS… Please consider signing this petition supporting us living and working in the UK on visas. This includes many game devs and other expats/immigrants whose ability to remain in the UK is at risk. Details in thread — petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

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Petition: Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders

Do not apply the proposed 10-year ILR rule to existing Skilled Worker visa holders. Keep the 5-year ILR route for those already in the UK on this visa. Apply any changes only to new applicants from th...

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Discounty 🛒 @discountygame.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

What a month! We just shared a bunch of updates in our May Newsletter: 💌 📚 Devlogs ❤️ Games we love 🏆 The A MAZE. Festival 🗳️ Suggestion box 🤫 Secret community update Open this 🧵 for details, & subscribe here: crinklecutgames.com/newsletter

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Matt Papa @megamatttv.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Incredibly happy to announce that I had the pleasure of directing the English localization for Iwakura Aria, a stunning visual novel coming to Switch and Steam August 14th! This was my first localization project since I went freelance a few months back ❤️ Hope you love it! youtu.be/RSiPbhGA-AY?...

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Discounty 🛒 @discountygame.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

We worked really hard to make the walls going up and down feel ~satisfying~ 😌 How did we do?

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Ariel Pai @aphy9.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Spend a wholesome day at Coton Manor garden 🪏🌷

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Discounty 🛒 @discountygame.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

When you create a game character, do you try make them look like yourself, or do you go for a certain aesthetic?

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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Love and support for the trans community in the UK today, the supreme court decision is a pitiful regressive step for the country, which will ultimately embolden bigots - transphobia is a curse on our society and the UK's weird obsession with it is driving us all into the dirt.

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Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.

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WINGS @wingsfund.me · 31/03/2025

The WINGS Award will be at @amazefest.bsky.social 2025! 🔥🏆 This award highlights OUTSTANDING games led by women & other gender marginalised devs 🎮 Here are the 5 incredible finalists! 🤩

a graphic showing bits of the key art and logos for the Wings Award Finalists - Amaze 2025 (see post for more info!)

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Discounty 🛒 @discountygame.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Somebody call Aunt Tellar!! Discounty is nominated for an A MAZE. WINGS Award 🤯 Thank you @amazefest.bsky.social and @wingsfund.me for this incredible honor, and for highlighting unique games from women and gender marginalized developers 💖 See you in Berlin!

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Ariel Pai @aphy9.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Still quite sad to miss out London Games Finance this year, it’s always been one of my fav events in Spring.. Hit it me up if you’re going to First Playable 🇮🇹 and Develop Brighton ☀️ Let’s have some gelato and ice cream!

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Johan Toresson @jtoresson.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Can't fit the text in, so enjoy the print screen

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Ariel Pai @aphy9.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Had so much fun at NQ64 Bristol last night, it was epic. 👾🎮

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Tanya Kan 🌸🏳️‍🌈🍁 @vividfoundry.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

It was a very hard decision for both Gary and I to cancel all our GDC bookings. The opportunity costs are immeasurable – for Gary, new trailer clients; For me, the possibility of my studio surviving for another year. But the cost to our peace of mind is even higher.

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Trash Goblin @spiltmilkstudios.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Our cozy game Trash Goblin has even MORE updates coming soon! We've revised our plans up to our 1.0 launch, so check out our NEW Roadmap to see what's coming next. 🗺️ ✨ #promosky #indiegames

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PQube @pqube.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Happy International Women's Day 💗 Remember, the Women's Day Sale is still running on Steam! We had the pleasure of interviewing Anne, writer at Crinkle Cut Games, about her journey working on @DiscountyGame ✍🏻🍎 Watch our stream and wishlist here ▶️ buff.ly/33i8C02

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Joshua Garrity @combinehunterjg.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Hey folks, reminder that I am on the @indiegamebusiness.bsky.social podcast at 11am Central time this Friday. Tune in using the links below: Twitch: www.twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vzR... Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/events/73013...

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