Claire ✦ RPG Estelle Igni @azilyn.bsky.social · 6hHelp, I've been sucked into FFVI T-edition and I don't actually want out. Send dancing moogles. 000
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniImpulse, Ardent Sympathizer @eotimpulse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This game is incredible and I love it. It's a steal. 085
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniShallow @shallowva.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Clicking Google's fun whimsical throwback logo today sends you to an AI chat pre-filled with a goofy prompt and immediately hits you with a warning that it is potentially dangerous to continue. You couldn't make a better commentary on how badly they have fucked up the internet if you tried. 21501571
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniBlackblooms (indiegamedev) @blackblooms.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Hmmm....so apparently I need to write something contentious to drive engagement.... ...hey you! The thing in videogames you like is bad design and that thing you hate is good design. Prove me wrong! 4243
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniAftermath @aftermath.site · 24/09/2026Need something to play this weekend? Here's a selection of indie games we've been into lately: 🧵 133097
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniRei Kitakaze @reikitakaze.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The cat's out of the bag! I'm proud to announce that I'll be the lead composer for @stillsunark.bsky.social! I'm very excited to bring this beautiful and dangerous alien world to life through my music! #indiedev #JRPG #OST 3398
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniWilliam Davis @willdavis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Slop slingers aren't in it for the love of the art. They don't stop and smell the roses. Your potential ceiling will always be higher than theirs because you can do what they can't. Build a community of people that love art. Champion the creatives. Here's one of Rado's games.store.steampowered.comFallen Blades on SteamSpark a rebellion in this top-down slasher where you lead rogue armies against hundreds of imperial soldiers at once. Master split-second combat in the story-driven campaign – playable solo or in co-o... 0236
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniKotaku @kotaku.com · 21/09/2026Bears! Bears! Bears! Bears! *bangs table* BEARS! BEARS! BEARS! BEARS! kotaku.com/happy-fat-bear-week-ever…kotaku.comI Can Bearly Contain My Excitement For Fat Bear Week - KotakuWhat do you MEAN you don't know about Fat Bear Week?! 314753
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniEternal Skies TCG RPG @eternalskies.neocities.org · 21/09/2026Indie game devs should band together and sell their games on CD or DVD at local events. So everyone at an event sells all the games for everyone in the group, and not just their own. Lil indie dev cooperative sales groups. 1415618
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniRami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 21/09/2026The only part of game development I don't care about is the shareholders 9945165
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniWilliam Davis @willdavis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026"The ai slop game made 100k we're doomed!" Good news! That means your game you poured your heart out into can make that too! It starts with showing your game and getting wishlists. Do what they can't. Do it for the love of the art and let people know about it. 🧵store.steampowered.comAge of the Deep on SteamAge of the Deep is a mermaid fashion looter rpg. Explore the beautiful, and terrifying, mysteries of the ocean surrounding the islands, fight off pirates that threaten the inhabitants, dive deep to un... 1112
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniAnna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026We’ve got some art and design roles open at Kinali! Very chill company, very cool game (if I do say so myself) 13019
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniClaire ✦ RPG Estelle Igni @azilyn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026New IRL Profession: Heavy Metal Friend Refer me to your shitty workplace. I'll do whatever it takes to get hired. Then I'll steal a few paychecks doing nothing but supporting you, even picking fights on your behalf. No need to pay me. Your employer will do that for you. 042
Claire ✦ RPG Estelle Igni @azilyn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026New IRL Profession: Heavy Metal Friend Refer me to your shitty workplace. I'll do whatever it takes to get hired. Then I'll steal a few paychecks doing nothing but supporting you, even picking fights on your behalf. No need to pay me. Your employer will do that for you. 042
Claire ✦ RPG Estelle Igni @azilyn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026[Backend dev's ticket got a frontend request. BE dev is east coast, already out of office] Me: "I went ahead and did the frontend work. Here's a pull request you can test in the morning." BE Dev: "It was my ticket and you touched it, so now it's your ticket and you have to do everything." 350
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniDarya Noghani (Small Saga now on the Switch!) @sketchylogic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Artificial Intelligence? Buddy, I'm not even incorporating Artificial Stupidity. If my NPC behaviour code ever exceeds 3 lines I scrap the whole project and start over. 2748
Claire ✦ RPG Estelle Igni @azilyn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I don't understand how mean people even do it. Someone at work got extremely petty with me and I very reasonably stood up for myself. I am still trembling 3 hours later just from standing up for myself. 190
Claire ✦ RPG Estelle Igni @azilyn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This should be such an open and shut case it's ridiculous. 070
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniAlex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 15/02/2025We're stoked to introduce the 'No Gen AI' seal for indie games! Indie devs can use it on their game's store page to assure potential players that their game was made without the use of Generative AI. You can grab it from the Polygon Treehouse website:- www.polygon-treehouse.com/no-gen-ai-seal 172136485369
Claire ✦ RPG Estelle Igni @azilyn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The life of a small account with one post that broke containment: "Oh cool. 10 notifications. One of my comments must have popped off a little." "Nope. 1 person liked all 5 posts in the thread, then individually reposted every single one of them." 160
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniWumpaGem @wumpagem.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Fine, I'll do it myself.backloggd.com'Game Recomps That Aren't Vibe-Coded' a list of games by WumpaGem | BackloggdWith the sheer abundance of game recompilations built with generative AI tools getting unwarranted attention from clickbait news outlets I felt we need some kind of curated database of recompilations ... 3420461123
Claire ✦ RPG Estelle Igni @azilyn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Email: [New reply to your comment on Aftermath.site ] "Ohhh fun" [Open article. Scroll. It's -that guy-] "Oh." 020
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniSae @crownedsaeraphim.bsky.social · 17/09/2026✨COMMISSIONS OPEN!✨ --- Please dm me with a link to your references if you'd like to get a commission done by me <3 2549125
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniHelen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Kid was asking some pointed questions about how babies are born which led to me drawing the best picture I’ve drawn in my life 397130771227
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniClaire ✦ RPG Estelle Igni @azilyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Never would have guessed the country would anoint an idiot whistleblower who self-proclaims that Sam Altman and kin are seers with special brains. Spread this while it's at peak traction. These are the people building this techno-dystopia. Cult exposure is the most visceral tool we've had yet. 0205
Claire ✦ RPG Estelle Igni @azilyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Never would have guessed the country would anoint an idiot whistleblower who self-proclaims that Sam Altman and kin are seers with special brains. Spread this while it's at peak traction. These are the people building this techno-dystopia. Cult exposure is the most visceral tool we've had yet. 0205
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026Fucking bullshit that this guy is not only doing the press rounds but is the guy politicians on the "left" are taking their cues from. 16665129
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniErin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 16/09/2026I wish it were totally irrelevant, but my childhood in variously batshit apocalypse cults seems to have been useful preparation. The thing I would like to convey to more normal people is that apocalypse cults have so much gravity because they produce a tremendously relieving clarity of purpose. 432764
Claire ✦ RPG Estelle Igni @azilyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Oh my god the compliments are the most unspoken joy of MtF transition. 250
Claire ✦ RPG Estelle Igni @azilyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Open letter to Democrats running for office: Hi. You will not win the transphobes. They will still run trans-slander ads. Do the work. Call their shit when they cry "fairness in sports." Shut this trans panic down and drop the fucking mic. You're welcome. 152
Claire ✦ RPG Estelle Igni @azilyn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It's not even some 4D chess conspiracy: - Rich dorks concluded in 2013 that AI would kill us all. - Decided the only fix is to build it themselves before someone else could. - Met regularly, pooled money to hire researchers. - Researchers made something that impressed billionaires. 18930
Claire ✦ RPG Estelle Igni @azilyn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I just learned today that Radiant Sword was cancelled, and this mini-OST fucking nails it. It has some Hitoshi Sakimoto vibes, as expected of an FFT-successor. More Vagrant Story than FFT, but very much still its own thing. Nice little hints of Xenogears strings sprinkled in a few places, too. 041
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniClaire ✦ RPG Estelle Igni @azilyn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Roguelikes & Deckbuilders both rightfully exploded in popularity because the format bridged UX gaps that systems-heavy games have struggled with for years. Same story for incrementals. But we're well past market saturation, and indies who choose those genres will have a rough time standing out. 191
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniClaire ✦ RPG Estelle Igni @azilyn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Manifesting a new Ivalice gamestatic.klipy.comPlug Shoebody Bop RitualAlt: Shoebody Bop Ritual gif. A robed person stretches arms out and motions upward, beckoning. 3 other people in robes make ritual motions around a summoning circle with candles. A fifth person in blue is headbanging, and one last person dances in the background, arms stretching up left and then right. 151
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniRobert / Zeboyd @zeboydgames.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It's the Steam Party-Based RPG Fest and Cosmic Star Heroine, Cthulhu Saves Christmas, This Way Madness Lies, and our other RPGs are heavily discounted! It's been a rough few weeks so if you could share this, I'd greatly appreciate it. :) store.steampowered.com/search?term=...store.steampowered.comSave 81% on Cosmic Star Heroine on Steam3 exotic planets to explore. Aliens. Robots. Magic. Forbidden technology. Ruined Worlds. Ghosts. Long-lost secrets. Conspiracies. A galactic threat. And one brave heroine to make things right. Cosmic ... 410786
Claire ✦ RPG Estelle Igni @azilyn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Manifesting a new Ivalice gamestatic.klipy.comPlug Shoebody Bop RitualAlt: Shoebody Bop Ritual gif. A robed person stretches arms out and motions upward, beckoning. 3 other people in robes make ritual motions around a summoning circle with candles. A fifth person in blue is headbanging, and one last person dances in the background, arms stretching up left and then right. 151
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle Igniizzy kestrel @iznaut.com · 15/09/2026been trying out the bedtime playlist on Nintendo Music and i stg every time i’ve been like “hey this kinda fucks, what game is this from” it’s either the Wii Weather Channel or Mario Paint 1704
Claire ✦ RPG Estelle Igni @azilyn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Roguelikes & Deckbuilders both rightfully exploded in popularity because the format bridged UX gaps that systems-heavy games have struggled with for years. Same story for incrementals. But we're well past market saturation, and indies who choose those genres will have a rough time standing out. 191
Claire ✦ RPG Estelle Igni @azilyn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026VR Gaming niche 🤝 ARM Handheld Gaming niche Android handhelds are the only market making fun, experimental gaming hardware under $300 (sometimes under $100!). FEX should hopefully make a future where a steam library of potato-intensity games can be played on any variety of weird, fun hardware. 151
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniRadiant G🌈 @radiantg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I am not offended. I am defending the people you are attacking. I am not sensitive. I am stronger than you who clings to the status quo. I am not a snowflake. I’m hail, and you best fear the storm. I’m not backing down. I’m building up the people you try to tear down, even when that’s me. 0406
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniRadiant G🌈 @radiantg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Spider-Man is Peter Parker Spider-Woman is Petra Parker Spider-Car is Parallel Parker 817144
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniClaire ✦ RPG Estelle Igni @azilyn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026New biome battlefield for Estelle Igni! The Mist Wisp Grottos crawl through a shallow sea bed, linking the game's main continent to the Emerald Isles. Minstrels sing haunting songs of shades that stalk the night and make a home in the grotto's recesses. #RPG #ScreenshotSaturday #TurnBased 2196
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniAnamanaguchi @anamanaguchi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026our love letter to free will yeah I guess 🐁 out now 61156378
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniClaire ✦ RPG Estelle Igni @azilyn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026This is really the whole problem right here. Intelligence is about asking questions. Machines that only produce answers are not intelligent, and anyone who cannot see the difference has missed the point of knowledge. 083
Claire ✦ RPG Estelle Igni @azilyn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026This is really the whole problem right here. Intelligence is about asking questions. Machines that only produce answers are not intelligent, and anyone who cannot see the difference has missed the point of knowledge. 083
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniOri-Warui -KNUCKLE JET out now on Steam! @oleivarrudi.bsky.social · 15/07/2026knuckle jet without the side-on view 1375
Reposted by Claire ✦ RPG Estelle IgniWilliam Davis @willdavis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I've never been solely about me even before Bluesky. Love creative stuff and the people pouring their hearts into it. Wouldn't be making something i love without their inspiration. Love sharing it when I see it. Often see "what do I do when I dont have progress to share?" Help someone else fly. 0111