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Allison J. James / NILDIGO LIST WISH @allis.ink · 21h

I've written a 15,000 word blog essay thing to celebrate me reaching ONE THOUSAND PUBLISHED FONTS. nalgames.com/blog/how-to-... It goes over my history, my work processes, the stories behind many of my biggest fonts and many smaller ones, and also gives two tutorials! #font #indiedev #design #art

The cover image for Allison J. James' blog post "How to make 1,000 fonts". It shows a grid of Allison's most popular font work in the background, the title with the subheader "Tutorials and the story of Allison J. James", and a small photo of Allison in front.

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Electric Airship✨ Isle of Reveries OUT ON CONSOLES!! @electricairship.com · 28/09/2026

Soon interviewing the creator of Isle of Reveries, desertcucco on the podcast! His game is a gameboy color-inspired action puzzler. Feel free to send any questions in the replies :)

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Nathan Fouts, ChainStaff is Out Now @mommysbestgames.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

ChainStaff, the Artbook, the Soundtrack are all 25% this week, for the release of my DLC. 🎸🎨

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B.Stiernberg @billcreates.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

So.. MS just went through and gutted a bunch of their own studios to cut costs etc. But now they're going to pick up the latest very expensive Kojima experience? Good for KojiPro and Physint sure but couldn't like, MS's own studios have used a little of that investment or something

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B.Stiernberg @billcreates.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

When a new game comes out and people say "it's like a PS2 game!" it's gonna take a little more digging on my part to find out if that means it will appeal to me less, or more

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Daniel Deng @ddengart.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Ocarina of Time Link and Saria

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B.Stiernberg @billcreates.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Cadence of Hyrule mentioned well, shown in the picture of the zelda series at least

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Someone in a "Sexy" Jeremy Parish Halloween Costume @jparish.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Last day on the job. Happy to say I did indeed do this, for nearly seven years, and got to be part of a lot of cool stuff.

A tweet from Jan. 2020 reading "First day on the job. Let's do this."

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B.Stiernberg @billcreates.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

You did amazing work there, and I am excited to see where you go and what you do next!

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Nintendo Insider @nintendoinsider.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Onimusha: Way of the Sword Nintendo Switch 2 Review - Capcom Continues Its Truly Unbelievable Run of Quality Releases This Year www.nintendo-insider.com/onimusha-w…

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B.Stiernberg @billcreates.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

When you buy stuff on eBay, and the seller lists the item condition as "Like New," but it's actually shown to be in kind of mediocre condition.. does that bother you? Is that common on ebay? List something as Like New for the condition tag but it's actually a scuffed or scratched up thing?

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B.Stiernberg @billcreates.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

What the. That is quite a surprise! I still have my NES cart. The (original) game has a really neat development story behind it. In any case early access seems like a kinda weird choice for this one but interesting nonetheless.

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B.Stiernberg @billcreates.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

the yassification will continue until morale improves!

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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Ah they switched their "everything is an Xbox" campaign to "everything is preservation."

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B.Stiernberg @billcreates.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Heheh I guess it depends on how old the game is you're talking about. I think most of my 90s PC games would work fine in DOSBox (or similar) and/or a virtual machine.

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B.Stiernberg @billcreates.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

been spot checking my physical game collection to see if anything doesn't work any more. Good news is vast majority work just fine. Bad news is that Persona Q for 3DS is dead! Apparently I got one from one of the "bad batches" that basically dies within a few years.

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B.Stiernberg @billcreates.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Hmmmm it seems my copy of Persona Q for the 3DS was among the "bad batch" of copies that has completely died. Urg.

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B.Stiernberg @billcreates.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Wow, today I learned. I've seriously never seen these before, and AFAIK don't know anyone who had an Xbox back in the day that had one or knew about the issue either.

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B.Stiernberg @billcreates.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Did anyone ever have this? I have never seen one before; honestly never heard of it before yesterday. This is a replacement power cord for an OG Xbox. Apparently it avoids a loose connection issue regarding the power supply/cord. Is this an actual thing?

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Ephiam @ephiam.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

➡️Last Days of Tsufana has a demo on ITCH! ⬅️ ⚔️Witness Tsufana's downfall through eight tragic individuals, each roped into a conflict beyond their understanding. ✨Level up your abilities through use, increasing their offensive and defensive capabilities! ephiam.itch.io/last-days-of...

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Dylan “The Spoopinator” Sanchez @captain-ventris.itch.io · 07/08/2026

Tonight! Session 3 of Breath of Death VII: The Beginning Reanimated! Sessions 1 and 2 weren’t live, so check those out in my uploads before this evening! www.youtube.com/live/vslVYXd...

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Breath of Death VII: The Beginning Reanimated (Part 3) Livestream!

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Dylan “The Spoopinator” Sanchez @captain-ventris.itch.io · 07/08/2026

Reminder that I’m doing an evening stream of a single player RPG tomorrow: www.youtube.com/live/vslVYXd... And then Saturday I stream Dawn of War: Definitive Edition!: www.youtube.com/live/XxjeDJi...

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Breath of Death VII: The Beginning Reanimated (Part 3) Livestream!

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Nathan Fouts, ChainStaff is Out Now @mommysbestgames.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Excited to reveal some big DLC for my game ChainStaff! In the full game you got 10 HUGE levels to explore. Now buckle up for 50 super FAST challenge levels (ala Bionic Commando Rearmed). Master the ChainStaff and climb the online Leaderboards! store.steampowered.com/app/4900800/...

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

"transforming Game Pass into a bustling indie library could work to both rapidly shrink the costs of running the service, as well as retain more subscribers" IMO the primary reason Game Pass failed to hit its subscriber targets is because the mass market simply does not care to play lots of games.

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Game Pass Was Supposed To Be the Netflix-Style All-You-Can-Play Subscription That Would Save Xbox – Instead, It’s Killing the Company

Game Pass was supposed to be the all-you-can-play subscription service that put Xbox on top after a disastrous generation. Instead, it's a failure that's threatening to ruin the company.

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Stephanie Sybydlo @dicesms.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Finished #Deltarune Chapter 5 and ended up loving them ALL so much I had to draw them. 😭🌸 Enjoy!

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B.Stiernberg @billcreates.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Sci-fi turn-based RPG "Robot Rhapsody" just reached its funding goal! Check the game out on Kickstarter, it looks awesome! Really excited for @rapturousgames.bsky.social . I love just about everything I've seen of this game so far.

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B.Stiernberg @billcreates.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Heck yea! Good luck with the KS! Looks like it's off to a strong start!

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Rapturous Studio @rapturousgames.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Our Kickstarter is officially LIVE!! 🔥⚙️🔥 I'm absolutely floored at the support already! All of you are wonderful. 😁😁 #IndieGame #RPG #PC #PixelArt #GameDev #jrpg #cyberpunk #TurnBasedCombat

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Arvy @arvy.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I’ll allow myself a mini-crashout, since I’m still a bit high from anaesthesia So every AAA game is Duke Nukem Forever now, right? Like, why can’t a multi-bajillion dollar company make “a” Prince of Persia? You guys used to crank out one of these a year 20 years ago

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Rapturous Studio @rapturousgames.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The Kickstarter debuts! TOMORROW! 🔥⚙️💥🔥 ⚙️🎮ROBOT RHAPSODY #RPG #trailertuesday #jrpg #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart

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Pat Holleman @patmakesrpgs.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I’m publishing a sample JRPG project plan. This document contains every step you need to take to create a commercial JRPG, from beginning to end. It's based on my experience working on JRPGs like Quartet, Cris Tales, Threads of Time, Coromon, My Familiar & Forge of the Fae. tinyurl.com/6yxt77fm

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JRPG Project Plan Template

JRPG PROJECT PLAN TEMPLATE By Patrick Holleman submissions@thegamedesignforum.com Hello! This is a template of a project plan for making a JRPG, start to finish. Using this template, you can get a c...

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B.Stiernberg @billcreates.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

PSA on the topic of physical games.. if you have a Gameboy collection, and any games require a AA battery for some neat features like rumble (example: Perfect Dark GBC), you might want to go and check your cart and remove the battery and hope it's not completely inundated with battery acid

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Rapturous Studio @rapturousgames.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Less than a week away from #Kickstarter! 🎉 Feels surreal!🔥 My first game was a 'labor of love' that took over 6 years. This one gained momentum faster, and I believe the artists truly outdid their past work! #indiegame #rpg #pixelart www.kickstarter.com/projects/rapturousstudio/robot-rhapsody

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Coming soon: Robot Rhapsody

Pixel JRPG fairytale of AI cults, rebels, & robotic bards.

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B.Stiernberg @billcreates.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

What was the contingency plan here when they put all this money on the line. Was there one? The thing that really gets to me is how they seem to treat this creative talent as entirely expendable. Miss me with the "that's just business!" counterpoint!

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B.Stiernberg @billcreates.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

It's messed up. A giant company with massive resources, and no real clear idea what it's doing, can buy up a ton of talented studios to gamble them on an uncertain business strategy. And then when the strategy fails, those studios and that talent just gets.. tossed out? That's the play? Jesus.

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The cruelest part of this Xbox bloodbath? More than 1,200 job cuts are still looming, and nobody knows when they will happen or who will be impacted. This week's column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

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Delayed Xbox Layoffs Leave Employees Scared And Nervous

Xbox cut 1,600 jobs this week and plans to cut another 1,600 over the next 12 months, leaving remaining staff on tenterhooks

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Man, killing id Software is akin to Sony shutting down Insomnic or Santa Monica. Nintendo killing off EAD. Disney closing Pixar.

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B.Stiernberg @billcreates.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I found an article quoting a former id employee, they were speculating based on who was let go from id and who was remaining and what the size of the remaining team was, that it would *probably* lead to using unreal

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B.Stiernberg @billcreates.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

MS really wants to gut the studio behind one of the most performant and impressive engines out there? One that they don't have to make external licensing deals or rely on outside partners to work with?? Is MS leadership even considering long term strategy here at all??

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B.Stiernberg @billcreates.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I keep seeing the posts but is there a source for the news that id software will be (forced to) use Unreal Engine going forward? Or is it kind of a speculation because Microsoft gutted that legendarily awesome studio and so it is assumed that such a forced error would be Microsoft-worthy

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B.Stiernberg @billcreates.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Haha well they only come within the case that the game also comes in. I do have some copies of the game though.

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B.Stiernberg @billcreates.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Maybe I should start focusing more on buying DRM-free PC games and storing them on my NAS OH WAIT hdd prices have skyrocketed in price too awesome

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B.Stiernberg @billcreates.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

But what I didn't see comin' back then was how those publishers would end up doing CE's using empty cases, or codes-in-a-box! Erg.

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B.Stiernberg @billcreates.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

There was a while, long ago, I thought AAA publishers would continue to *embrace* physical copies because it meant they could sell $100+ Collector's Editions of stuff and make even better profit margins; and thus encourage the continued production of physical games. As an added revenue source.

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B.Stiernberg @billcreates.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

When I designed the assets for physical copies of Cosmic Star Heroine for PS4 & Vita, I made the manuals as big as allowable per Sony. They hold the record for the most pages of a packed-in manual for both systems at 76! (it's technically a tie with Summon Night 6 iirc). I love doing this stuff!

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