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We've been updating our classic games this year, so it's a great time to wishlist 'em! 🟢 Steam: go.bancy.co/SteamGames 🔴 Switch: go.bancy.co/SwitchGames 🔵 PlayStation: go.bancy.co/NHRS-PS5 #WishlistWednesday #indiegame #gaming

Banner reads "Wishlist Wednesday" with a grid of four game images for indie games Neo Harbor Rescue Squad, Worse Than Death, Alone With You, and Home.

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 29/09/2026

Fourteen years later, still working on updates to our first #indiegame, Home. We'll have news about our never-ending eldest child soon. #gamedev #gaming

Pixel art screenshot of horror game Home, showing the main character standing near a door in a fence.

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 28/09/2026

New #indiegame dev: "I'm gonna be spending all of my time making amazing graphics and levels!" 🤩 Actual #gamedev: "This entire week is for debugging controls and glyphs for five separate inputs." 🫩 #gaming

An Adobe Illustrator artboard showing artwork for controller and keyboard button icons.

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 26/09/2026

"And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you." #cats #caturday

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 24/09/2026

"I'm sorry, we have another deadline WHEN!?" The #indiegame machine never stops! #ganwdev #cats

A black and white cat sits on a black-and-white carpet, and looks intensely at the camera.

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 17/09/2026

A big thanks to everyone who gave Alone With You a shot for free on the Epic Games Store these past two weeks! 🙏 We got some really nice comments from new players who just powered through it and loved it. 💝 #indiegame #gamedev #gaming

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 15/09/2026

Fun fact about our #indiegame Alone With You: it's VERY Canadian if you're paying attention. 🍁 Characters named after Prime Ministers 🍁 Space-faring company is "Hudson-Cartier" 🍁 Cast reflects the diversity of Canada 🍁 We never shy away from injecting Canada into our games. #gamedev #gaming

Pixel-art screenshot of adventure game Alone With You. Depicts the space-suit-wearing player character in their quarters, shown as an isometric view of the teal room filled with retro tech and books.

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 14/09/2026

Well, we hate to tell you, but... 🙌

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 14/09/2026

Meet a #GameDev: 😽 Husband-and-wife team ⌛ Been doin' this for 14+ years 🔨 3/4th of our games are made in @gamemaker.io 🎮 We dev, publish and do all our ports ourselves #indiegame #gaming

Key art for indie sci-fi adventure game Alone With You.

Key art for indie horror game Worse Than Death.

Key art for indie paramedic action game Neo Harbor Rescue Squad.

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 11/09/2026

For the Friday crew: our lonely sci-fi adventure game Alone With You launched on mobile this week – and it's FREE on the Epic Games Store. Easy to play, hard to stop thinking about. 🥳 Epic: go.bancy.co/AWY-Epic 📱 iOS: go.bancy.co/AWY-iOS 📳 Android: go.bancy.co/AWY-Android #indiegame #gaming

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 10/09/2026

Today, our sci-fi adventure game Alone With You launches on mobile! 🙌 🥳 Get it FREE until Sep. 17 on the Epic Games Store mobile app! go.bancy.co/AWY-Epic 📱 App Store: go.bancy.co/AWY-iOS 📳 Google Play Store: go.bancy.co/AWY-Android #indiegame #gamedev #gaming

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 05/09/2026

In our big 10th Anniversary update for Alone With You, we revamped the entire control system on PC so you can play the whole game as a point-and-click adventure. (Did we mention the game is free right now on the Epic Games Store?) #ScreenshotSaturday #indiegame

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 03/09/2026

As part of Alone With You's 10th anniversary celebrations, we've brought the newly updated game to the Epic Games Store — and it's FREE on PC until September 10! 👉 store.epicgames.com/p/alone-with... #indiegame #gamedev #gaming

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 30/08/2026

Oh look, it's Lake Ontario for no reason

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 29/08/2026

It's hard to get your #indiegame done when your QA team is so lazy. #caturday #cats #gamedev #gaming

A black cat is curled up lazily next to a Steam Deck gaming handheld.

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 25/08/2026

Let's celebrate 10 years of Alone With You - now coming to the Epic Game Store, iPhone, iPad, and Android this September! 🚀 Our award-nominated sci-fi adventure game gets a big update with new controls, 60 FPS gameplay, and full mobile support. #gamescom #indiegame #gamedev

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 21/08/2026

Love making trailers for our #indiegames. Probably the most fun part of the entire project. #gamedev #gaming

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 19/08/2026

Some big #indiegame updates from us: 🚀 ALONE WITH YOU gets an update on PC and a new release this September! 😱 HOME also gets a PC update and a new release this October! 🚑 NEO HARBOR RESCUE SQUAD on Nintendo Switch moves to 2027 🤔 And new stuff from us next year! More news very soon. #gaming

An image showing the key art for the indie game Alone With You.

An image showing the key art for the indie game Home.

An image showing the key art for the indie game Neo Harbor Rescue Squad.

An image showing obfuscated pixelated art for an unknown indie game.

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 15/08/2026

Always charge your cat to a maximum of 80% to preserve its battery health. #cats #caturday

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 12/08/2026

✨ WED ✨ ✨ NES ✨ ✨ DAY ✨ (One of the weirdest words to write.) Uh, anyway, you can wishlist our games here! 🟢 Steam: go.bancy.co/SteamGames 🔴 Switch: go.bancy.co/SwitchGames 🔵 PlayStation: go.bancy.co/NHRS-PS5 #WishlistWednesday #indiegames

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 11/08/2026

A fun side-effect of being an #indiegame studio for 14 years (and in graphic design for 12 years before that!) is that you love documentation and brand standards. 💖 #gamedev #gaming

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 08/08/2026

In Silent Hill 2 Remake, James is clearly on the trail of an #indiegame developer who's trapped in bug-fixing crunch mode. #gamedev #gaming

Screenshot from the Silent Hill 2 remake game. The main character is looking at a dirty sheet of paper that reads: "I won't rest until they are solved. I won't rest. I can't rest. I don't know how to anymore."

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 02/08/2026

Sundays are for videogames. #gaming

A Steam Deck, Nintendo Switch 2, Analogue Pocket, and PlayStation Portal lay on a black and white rug.

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 01/08/2026

"Well, time to refactor this ten year old code..." #gamedev #indiegames

Screenshot from the Silent Hill 2 remake game. Depicts the main character, James, looking disgusted as he about to stick his hand into a filthy toilet.

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 30/07/2026

Been replaying the Silent Hill 2 remake (and loving it all over again). Still find it funny that it has the same X-ray puzzle as our second horror game, Worse Than Death. #gamedev #indiegame #horror

An x-ray puzzle from the indie horror game Worse Than Death (2019).

An x-ray puzzle from the horror game Silent Hill 2 (remake, 2024).

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 29/07/2026

🎉 We're celebrating another anniversary today! 🥳 Somehow we're still married after 24 years despite working together almost every day. The secret? Just remember that Nancy is right 80% of the time. 😙 #gamedev #indiedev

Cute icons of game developers Ben and Nancy are shown on a white background, surrounded by colourful confetti. Text reads: "24 years!?"

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 26/07/2026

Have been spending Sunday refactoring the menus in Alone With You to use @gamemaker.io 's new UI Layers system. It's a big job, but it has to get done. We'll be able to explain why soon enough! 😬 #indiegame #gamedev

Screenshot of indie game Alone With You running with its new Options menu design.

Screenshot of GameMaker game development tool showing menu UI set up with its new UI Layers features.

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 22/07/2026

Cost of wishlisting an indie game: 0 Effect on developers' lives: +1000 You can wishlist our games on all platforms here: 🟢 Steam: go.bancy.co/SteamGames 🔴 Switch: go.bancy.co/SwitchGames 🔵 PlayStation: go.bancy.co/NHRS-PS5 #WishlistWednesday #indiegames

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 15/07/2026

I̷t̴'̷s̴ #WishlistWednesday! E̴v̵er̴y̶t̴hi̶n̵g̴ is̴ g̶oi̵n̶g̸ g̵r̴e̵at̶... M̴a̷y̵b̸e̷ w̶i̴sh̵l̶i̴sti̷n̶g̷ s̵o̴m̵e̷ h̷i̴g̵h̶l̷y re̷g̵ar̶d̵e̷d̴ #indiegames b̶y̷ a̵ m̸o̶m-̵a̶n̷d̴-̵p̴o̶p̷ s̵t̸u̶d̵io w̶i̵ll m̴a̵ke̶ th̴i̶ng̷s e̴ve̵n̶ b̸e̴tte̴r̶…? 🟢 Steam: go.bancy.co/SteamGames 🔴 Switch: go.bancy.co/SwitchGames 🔵 PlayStation: go.bancy.co/NHRS-PS5

Banner reads "It's Wishlist Wednesday!" with a grid of four game images for indie games Neo Harbor Rescue Squad, Worse Than Death, Alone With You, and Home.

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 15/07/2026

Current Ontario weather forecast

A cutscene from the videogame Doom, which depicts a building burning against a red sky. A rabbit head is impaled on a spike in the foreground.

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 14/07/2026

One of the things you don't think about when starting out in #gamedev is: how do you maintain your games? We're releasing another important update to Home this year, 14 (!) years after launch. Same with Alone With You. These kids just won't move out of the house! #indiegames #gaming

GameMaker screenshot showing a room and UI layers for the indie game Alone With You.

GameMaker screenshot showing a room and assets for the indie game Home.

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 12/07/2026

Ben here: in a restaurant, I randomly found the TV model we had in the early 90s. Played countless 8- and 16-bit games on this thing; learned to animate in Mario Paint. Somehow this tiny CRT seemed so big. I still remember the feel of those buttons. #gamedev #retrogaming

An old model of RCA CRT television sits on a shelf. A DVD player sits on top of it.

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 08/07/2026

Medical minigame mayhem from Neo Harbor Rescue Squad: www.bancy.co/games/rescue...

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 08/07/2026

#WishlistWednesday = an easy way to help an indie dev get seen by the algorithms. 💖 If you have 2 minutes and like good games, please wishlist! Steam: go.bancy.co/SteamGames Switch: go.bancy.co/SwitchGames PlayStation: go.bancy.co/NHRS-PS5 #indiegames #gaming

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 07/07/2026

This is how you rage-bait a programmer. #indiegames #gamedev

A ridiculous set of nest "if" statements to check for achievements.

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 07/07/2026

Both the #SteamSummerSale and the #NintendoSwitch sale are coming to a close soon. ☀️ If you like short games with big narrative payoffs and tight mechanics, dip in these waters: Steam: go.bancy.co/SteamGames Switch: go.bancy.co/SwitchGames #indigames

A sunny beach scene with the title Nintendo Switch Summer Sale! It shows three indie games (Home, Alone With You, Worse Than Death) as being 70% off in a callout box. Illustrated heads of the BancyCo founders smile and point towards the artwork.

A Steam Summer Sale image showing four indie games (Home, Alone With You, Worse Than Death, and Neo Harbor Rescue Squad) as being on sale. The artwork is on a colourful tropical island background.

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 04/07/2026

Fun fact: a friend of ours worked on this Xbox 360 game! Did you know it was made in Toronto? Ben did consulting about in-game typography and design for it; we may have to buy it to see if he's in the credits. #retrogaming #xbox

A physical copy of the Xbox 360 racing game Fatal Inertia sits in a display case.

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 04/07/2026

Game room companion for those late-night sessions. #Cats #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky

A black and white cat curls up on an orange sofa, next to two large Animal Crossing cushions.

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 03/07/2026

The summer sales continue! All of our #NintendoSwitch games are 70% off, which means you can play three indie classics AND stay cool at the same time. 😎🏝️   Stay inside. Play #indiegames. go.bancy.co/SwitchGames   #gaming

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 03/07/2026

We contributed thoughts to the PlayStation physical games conversation on the CBC this week. 😔 Thanks to @jonore.bsky.social for including us. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta... #gaming #PS5 #indiegames

Screenshot of CBC article with the headline: Sony to end releasing
PlayStation games on disc, earning ire from gamers despite market shift to digital.

Screenshot of CBC article featuring the paragraph:

Rivers, who has a room in his home dedicated entirely to retro games, looks back fondly on a time when physical copies of games were often much more substantial products. They could include lengthy instruction manuals with additional story material, slipcovers with exclusive artwork or maps of the game world.

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 01/07/2026

Physical games are important and give #indiegames studios new ways to make a living and reach new audiences. Source:

A variety of indie games by the studio BancyCo for the PS4 and PlayStation Vita console sit on a black and white rug.

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 30/06/2026

In retrospect, it's genuinely a little creepy how relevant the plot of Alone With You became since it was released in 2016... #indiegames #gamedev

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 26/06/2026

Today is our 14th birthday! 🎉 We've been developing and publishing #indiegames as a husband-and-wife studio for so long, we need braces. 🎮 4 original games released 📦 6+ platforms supported 🕹️ 7 physical releases ... and big plans for the next 2 years. 🤗 #gaming

The BancyCo icon sits above text that says "14 years!" on a white background, surrounded by colourful confetti.

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 25/06/2026

👎 Games can be EXPENSIVE. 👍 But not when they're discounted for the #SteamSummerSale! All four of our #indiegames are at heavy discounts for the sweaty season. 🏝️ Treat yo'self! go.bancy.co/SteamGames

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 24/06/2026

You COULD pay for a code in a box, or you could wishlist one our original indie games for #WishlistWednesday! Wishlisting our games on Steam / Switch / PlayStation helps indies a LOT! Steam: go.bancy.co/SteamGames Switch: go.bancy.co/SwitchGames PlayStation: go.bancy.co/NHRS-PS5 #indiegames

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 23/06/2026

Shout-outs to @camouflaj.bsky.social founder Ryan Payton, who appears as a corpse in one of the missions in our second game, Alone With You. Ryan was a champion for the game and encouraged us to hustle to get the special Sega CD longbox style release! #gaming #indiegames

Screenshot of indie sci-fi game Alone With You, showing the player character in a server room. They've scanned a body sitting slumped at a table.

Physical editions of the indie game Alone With You for PS4 by Limited Run Games.

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 22/06/2026

Happy 30th birthday to one of the all-time greats, Quake. 🖤 (Please don't @#$%ing close down id today, Microsoft) #gaming

Screenshot and box art for the 1996 FPS Quake.

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BancyCo @bancy.co · 20/06/2026

Games take too long to make because our team is friggin' lazy #Caturday #cats

A black cat is plopped on a yellow crinkly chip bag toy.

A black and white cat is curled up against a couch and a cushion.

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