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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

LAUNCH DATE ANNOUNCEMENT! Forbidden Solitaire is officially launching NEXT WEEK, on April 30th! We unearthed a new trailer from the archives - an advertisement that originally aired in 1995! Wishlist on Steam and GOG: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/... www.gog.com/en/game/forb...

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CarmahnArt 🩷 @carmahnart.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Afro Index has finally launched! It’s a visual reference library of Black hairstyles, good for artists, animators, writers, and anyone want to learn more about Black hair! Check it out at afroindex.org 💛✨ #digitalart

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Andi, On the rebound @meganedere.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

A Paper Fortune Teller Zine! I'm very nostalgic for paper fortune tellers but I have a complex relationship with fortune telling itself, so I vented it here. #collage #papercrafts #zine

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Austin W.L. @austinwl.itch.io · 20/02/2026

adderall got me looking at my computer like

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Silverstring Media 🌱💀🐝 @silverstringmedia.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Letting the heart of the cards guide my plant naming today, you just have to ✨believe✨.

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Austin W.L. @austinwl.itch.io · 26/01/2026

Card art I've been working on tonight. Not sure if this will be a final or just a draft. I've got some more outlandish ideas about what to do with the snake that may not look good outside of my imagination The name of this card is 'Tilling Hognose'

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Andi, On the rebound @meganedere.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

🏵️600 Followers Art Giveaway!🏵️ Enter for a chance to win a half body character illustration~ To Enter: 🏵️Like, Follow, and RT! 🏵️Comment your OC or their moodboard! (SFW ref only pls) 🏵️Giveaway accounts, and genAI users will be blocked! Ends February 14th, cause I love you guys 💕!

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Austin W.L. @austinwl.itch.io · 20/01/2026

MANCY Update! I ended up postponing the first play test (which I wanted to do by the end of 2025) because my vision for it kept growing. Not a bad thing, I just felt that I'd get more helpful feedback by growing its scope. Now it's slated for 90 cards on test, of those I have about 61 implemented!

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Austin W.L. @austinwl.itch.io · 08/12/2025

Gonna wait to show it (cause they're appearing in my first play test next week!) but I have new visual card designs and they're awesome

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Austin W.L. @austinwl.itch.io · 05/12/2025

Footstep sounds working as intended 👍 (caution, this may be loud)

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Austin W.L. @austinwl.itch.io · 02/12/2025

I was tinkering with enemy speeds today and I think this might be slightly too terrifying

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Santa Ragione @santaragione.com · 02/12/2025

Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf

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Austin W.L. @austinwl.itch.io · 20/11/2025

Working on customizable icons for players to use during duels and I've got this guy as an option. I look for old images that have a whimsical element and I tend to find lots of good stuff

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Austin W.L. @austinwl.itch.io · 19/11/2025

Added a nice little card flip effect whenever you draw cards! This is in 2D so it's actually a "fake" card flip, but it looks real and will even more so when you consider lighting + shaders. Entirely done in code through Godot's Tweens, which makes every part of the animation customizable

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Austin W.L. @austinwl.itch.io · 14/11/2025

Sneak peak of a CPU Personality in MANCY. Every enemy type has their own personality that determines their style when dueling and, for some of them, when building their own decks. They have favorite cards, traits, most hated cards, and many other surprises in store

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Austin W.L. @austinwl.itch.io · 13/11/2025

Placeholder art working as a source of inspiration on this one 😂

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Austin W.L. @austinwl.itch.io · 12/11/2025

One of my more out there designs for a card element, but I'm very fond of it. I do a lot of mixing real world textures with digital elements, so I'm often on the lookout for interesting looks like this. This texture is from a series of 19th century French wallpapers that I found beautiful

Pink UI box with an ornate texture featuring flowers and a feather

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Austin W.L. @austinwl.itch.io · 11/11/2025

Brain is feeling fried but progress on MANCY continues at high speeds! I'm on track for the first play test before the end of this year AND that play test is featuring more content than I originally planned 😁

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jitspoe @jitspoe.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Attention Indie Devs! I just need 15 seconds ... of your game footage! A lot of people jumped on the 15s video trend, so I thought it would be cool to make a compilation to help indies get some visibility. The anti-spam key is "kook". lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas...

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Lone Wulf Studio 2025 Indie Showcase Submission

Submit 15 seconds of game footage from games you worked on in 2025!

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

If you’re in a creative field and you don’t lift up the work of your peers, you can’t expect people to care about your stuff

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Austin W.L. @austinwl.itch.io · 19/10/2025

Got to attend @oakcityindie.bsky.social yesterday and it was wonderful! It was my first time being at a game con of any sort, and it was a joy to meet so many passionate and talented people working in the same medium as me. I can't wait to join in with a booth of my own next year!

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Austin W.L. @austinwl.itch.io · 18/10/2025

@scryfall.com Hey Scryfall quick question! I heard on the TapTapConcede recently that all the cards before a certain date are high res scans. I noticed you don't have a French scan of Tooth & Nail, how can I scan it to submit to the site?

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Things that cost nothing - but is a HUGE help for any and all indie devs: Wishlisting - it gives games data to show publishers there is interest. Leave a Review - ESPECIALLY if you liked the game. Reviews on steam lead to the algo serving you up to others. Reposting - it's an attention economy.

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Austin W.L. @austinwl.itch.io · 13/10/2025

Working on expanding the complexity of opponent's behavior in my game, Mancy, today and it's somewhat difficult but rewarding! In some ways it's easier than creating player options (because it's more predictable) but in other ways much harder because I'm trying to replicate a player's decisions

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Austin W.L. @austinwl.itch.io · 02/10/2025

@blueoceangames.bsky.social If you haven't already, check out my extended reveal trailer for Mancy, which is currently competing against 400 (!!) other trailers in #RisingTide2. Only the top 100 make it to public voting, so go make an account blueoceangames.com?ref=xof0kuxv to support Mancy!

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Mancy Concept Trailer

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Austin W.L. @austinwl.itch.io · 01/10/2025

I put together an early trailer for Blue Ocean Game's Rising Tide 2 contest! If you want to vote for me and other indie dev's, you can sign up with my referral code blueoceangames.com?ref=xof0kuxv or by going straight to their website I'm having a blast making Mancy, and I can't wait to share more

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Mancy Concept Trailer

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Austin W.L. @austinwl.itch.io · 03/09/2025

Just hearing about this...and I'm going to be putting together an early trailer of my currently unannounced card game to submit!

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Austin W.L. @austinwl.itch.io · 11/06/2025

Been thinking a lot about packs for my upcoming card game and there's so many cool ways to do them! They're becoming a bigger part of the concept than I originally envisioned and I think the game will be stronger for it 😁

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Sam @rhysticstudies.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

without critique, magic is explicitly entrenching itself as a collectible over anything else. commander is collectible: the card game. UB is a collectible with bonus rules text (see: pokémon). sales prices reflect goals (see: pokémon). understand the game's future and decide what you want from it.

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hilkojj @hilkojj.nl · 09/06/2025

🚷 The game: store.steampowered.com/app/3031880/...

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Chevy Ray @chevyray.dev · 27/05/2025

Did you know I made a pack of 175 pixel fonts that can be used for commercial/free games, websites, videos, stream overlays, and more? You can buy the entire pack or buy the font families individually! I also made a trailer for it: youtu.be/45Ylt2FLJxI?... All available on itch: chevyray.itch.io

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The 175 Pixel Font Megapack!

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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 04/05/2025

also I met someone who showed me their altered anti-capitalist theme deck helmed by this Grist and I was in love 😍

Grist the Hunger Tide altered to look like the hungry caterpillar that says EAT THE RICH

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Austin W.L. @austinwl.itch.io · 20/05/2025

If anyone saw my question yesterday and was also curious to know the answer, I ended up asking on /r/Godot and getting some excellent answers!

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From the godot community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the godot community

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Austin W.L. @austinwl.itch.io · 19/05/2025

A question for other Godot devs. How do you handle signals that skip the inheritance hierarchy? I have a scene that handles player data, including HP and MP which have their own Nodes in that scene. Those two also show up on the UI, so I have the UI connected to signals emitted by the HP and MP....

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Alex Driml @busalonium.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Play the demo now on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3662100/... #gamedev #gaming #3dplatformer #platformer #indiegame #madewithunity

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Austin W.L. @austinwl.itch.io · 13/05/2025

After about two months away from it I've been working in Godot again and I've improved a lot! I'm developing better habits in code architecture and I have a much easier time knowing how things should be setup 😁 still planning to announce my first full release this year!

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Andi, On the rebound @meganedere.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

~*[The Satyr's Feast}*~ . . . (cw: dead animals, taxidermy) #illustration #fantasy #gothic #ttrpgoc

Illustration, a large feast in a elaborate hall is set out in front of a single young diner with goats horns and ears in frilly clothes while two servants wait on her. The walls are lined with mirrors and taxidermy deer. Behind the seated girl is a large fire place with candles along the mantle. From the ceiling hangs an ornate chandelier.

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Austin W.L. @austinwl.itch.io · 18/04/2025

If you listen to podcasts to fall asleep, what do you listen to and why? I have an idea but I'm not sure if people would listen

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 17/04/2025

📢 The Internet Archive needs your help. At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine. Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit. 👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the... 🧵⬇️

Defend the Internet Archive.
Protect the Wayback Machine.
Tell the music labels: Drop the 78s lawsuit.
Sign our open letter on change.org

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Elias | PIXCL Studio @pixclstudio.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

The itch.io page is now live!!✨ After working on this game for almost 2 years, I'm super excited to finally release a playable version! 😄 🔁 Repost to spread the word! 🎮 Play here for FREE: pixcl-studio.itch.io/sparks-adven... #indiegames | #indiedev | #psx | #retrogame

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Austin W.L. @austinwl.itch.io · 14/04/2025

Working on a MtG podcast and potentially some videos too 😊 I'm thinking of reviewing some cubes I've built and going over things I've learned for new cube builders

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 10/04/2025

This #NationalLibraryWeek, celebration must come with action. 📚 Libraries are under threat—from book bans to budget cuts. ⚠️ Now, federal funding via IMLS is at risk. Here's how you can help ➡️ imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/ #SaveIMLS

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IMLS Matters

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Foolbox @foolbox.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

After 14 months of development, I am proud to share with you that my game is finally released on Steam! Go solve puzzles, have headache and enjoy the final product! I do not ask often, but please share this! store.steampowered.com/app/2731590/... #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #puzzle

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Nile (like the river) @nilejoan.com · 09/04/2025

hey. a very unfortunate and upsetting thing happened to me this week, and talking about it publicly comes at a great personal cost so if you could take the time to read it, it would mean a lot tldr: wotc pulled the ad i made on all platforms due to the comments said ad received

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Rachel Weeks @wachelreeks.com · 11/03/2025

Since learning about the concept of "Bar Cubes"—cubes that don't require dice, tokens, or counters—I've been thinking about building Bar Commander decks for conventions and travel. It's a heavy deckbuilding restriction, but a very cool challenge.

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Austin W.L. @austinwl.itch.io · 11/03/2025

Still working with card design bases. I'm playing with the colors, border, and outlines, but I'd love some feedback/advice on any element of the card

A card template with art of the Roman god Jupiter.

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