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Turning Manor Releases Nov 4th! @sabbaticalgames.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

📢 TURNING MANOR RELEASES NOV 4th! Uncover why eerie things start happening as soon as you sign the job contract in a new type of #anomalygame. 🔥 No Resets 📖 More Lore 🏆 Leaderboards 🗝️ 4 Unique Areas 👍 95% Positive Review Demo 🚫 No Gen AI Wishlist on Steam to be notified when the Manor opens 👻

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Brandon Orden - ⚡ Towerbolt on Steam! ⚡ @bordenary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today is the last day to check out Towerbolt while it's on sale for the Steam Schmoovement Festival! Check out the game while it's still 25% off! And thank you to everyone who have already picked up the game or wishlisted it during the sale! 😄 #schmoovin2026 #steam #gaming

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Brandon Orden - ⚡ Towerbolt on Steam! ⚡ @bordenary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Towerbolt is NOW on sale for the Steam Schmoovement Festival for 25% off! Check it out! ⚡Charge vertical momentum through wall jump combos ⚡Escape a cyberpunk tower prison and outrace deadly rising lasers on your way to the top ⚡100% handcrafted by a solo dev #schmoovin2026 #indiegame #steam

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Brandon Orden - ⚡ Towerbolt on Steam! ⚡ @bordenary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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Brandon Orden - ⚡ Towerbolt on Steam! ⚡ @bordenary.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm happy to announce that Towerbolt will be part of the Schmoovement Festival Steam Sale on Steam starting tomorrow! (9/22 - 9/29) Feel free to check out Towerbolt amongst a lot of other extremely cool games built around movement flow and high skill ceiling control! #schmoovin2026 #steam

A promo banner image for Towerbolt showing that it will be part of the Schmoovement Festival 2026, a Steam Sale focused on expressive and nuanced character movement.

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Sam 🧊🐐 | Xythas @xythas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

At last... Draco and the Seven Scales is now out on Steam and Itch! Sail the seven seas on this pirate adventure!

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Brandon Orden - ⚡ Towerbolt on Steam! ⚡ @bordenary.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Big welcome to all my recently new followers! If you're looking for a hand crafted game made without AI, check out my game Towerbolt! ⚡Fast Paced 2D Cyberpunk Parkour ⚡Inspired by Metroid, Downwell, Celeste, Super Meat Boy ⚡Lovingly made by a solo dev (me!) store.steampowered.com/app/2559220/...

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Sam 🧊🐐 | Xythas @xythas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Draco and the Seven Scales is coming out September 18th, 2026! It's finally time to raise anchor!

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Brandon Orden - ⚡ Towerbolt on Steam! ⚡ @bordenary.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Holy hulking one 😱 So cool to see your work here!!

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Audre Schutte @charamath.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Yessss, the new trailer has dropped for Usual June!! And a few of my contributions make an appearance in it. Including that hulking one at the end 😉. Please check this game out! You won’t be disappointed.

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Audre Schutte @charamath.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Hey, HEY! Y’all need to check out this game! I had the pleasure of contributing to it a bit and I can say hands down that this team cares SO MUCH about this game and it really shows! Not one inch of this game isn’t fine tuned with love.

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Joanna "Ms. Crow" Blackhart [They/Them] @joannablackhart.com · 20/08/2026

I wanna pitch something. If you're an indie dev SPECIFICALLY in Seattle (like myself), and you wanna get some eyes on your project, reach out to me. Lets see if we can organize something.

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Seerlight @seerlight.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Kingdom Hearts When you walk away... 🥲 #Kingdomhearts #kh4

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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

"Indies will save us" No! YOU WILL SAVE INDIES! Go leave a review for that neat indie game you like, share the trailer for an upcoming game you're anticipating, tell your fave developer they did a good job, go tell people about such and such game that's just come out, you can make a difference!

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Daniel J. Menezes @danjohnston.uk · 16/08/2026

Hey! Are you an indie dev who doesn't use gen AI and have a game you're currently promoting? I'm looking to make a starter pack and you could be in it! Reply below with a link to your game 👇 go.bsky.app/78u8M6Y

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Alice Bottino @bottino.games · 18/08/2026

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Dan Johnson, 💀Socialist💀 @coil.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

If you haven't worked in the industry in the last two years because you've been unable to find a job, it'll boot you out of the survey. So say you're self-employed.

"Why do you see yourself leaving the game industry [in the next twelve months]?"

AAA layoffs are decimating institutional knowledge and making a stable career impossible. Greed-first financial climate makes AA funding precarious. The job market is impossibly competitive. A lack of functional marketing systems makes indie success a coin flip at best. And cost of living in "industry cities" is too high to bear a long unemployment spell.

"What considerations or values guide your decisions about if, when, or how to use generative AI tools in your work?"

Personally: it short-circuits any learning process and atrophies personal skill.
Discipline: It's unsuitable for the work I do (design).
Professionally: genAI output is not protected by copyright and may expose me to theft/plagiarism liability.
Industry: it's being over-deployed for work it can't do and used as an excuse to lay off, under-hire, and overwork workers.
Societally: the genAI industry is vacuuming up investment money and starving other industries, including games.
Morally: LLMs and image generators are trained on creative work taken without declaration, consent, or compensation.

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Goomboo @maplegecko.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

#Asemulator v1.0.0 releases on August 28th! 🎉 The Top-down and Side-scroller templates will be available on the same date. Get ready to preview, test and share your characters' animated sprites in context, directly in @aseprite.org! Reposts highly appreciated~

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Brandon Orden - ⚡ Towerbolt on Steam! ⚡ @bordenary.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I can relate to this, sadly 😔 Like you mentioned in the replies, you're really good at what you do and you have more than enough experience, so don't let this crummy industry time reflect on you. I wish the industry wasn't going through such a rough time, and I do hope you find a gig soon 🤞

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Brandon Orden - ⚡ Towerbolt on Steam! ⚡ @bordenary.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Today is the LAST day of the Cyperpunk Sale and to get Towerbolt at a 20% discount! ⚡150+ floors of fast, skill based movement ⚡Speedrunner friendly at all skill levels ⚡Lovingly made by a solo dev Steam Store Page: store.steampowered.com/app/2559220/... #indiegames #steam #cyberpunk

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Brandon Orden - ⚡ Towerbolt on Steam! ⚡ @bordenary.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Happy 40th Anniversary to the Metroid series! A green haired Samus from 2021 to celebrate! #metroid #samus #pixelart

A pixel art image of Samus Aran from the Metroid series. She has green hair (notably different than her usual blonde hair) and is wearing her Varia suit with her helmet off.

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Brandon Orden - ⚡ Towerbolt on Steam! ⚡ @bordenary.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Thank you so much! 😄 Feels like an alternate design that could've been her look from the start, right?

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Audre Schutte @charamath.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

My second #Beastiebreakdown is based off the gorgeous game Blasphemous 2. Even though this game vexes me greatly I need to finish it purely so I can see all the fantastic enemy designs and backgrounds. I VERY rarely do pixel art, so this was a fun challenge! #Blasphemous2 #pixelart

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Brandon Orden - ⚡ Towerbolt on Steam! ⚡ @bordenary.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Reminder that my game Towerbolt is on sale for the Cyberpunk Fest! ⚡Enhanced with the latest Speedrunning Update ⚡Combo chain jumps to build momentum ⚡About the price of a fancy boba tea (you know, the ones with extra boba and salted cheese foam 😋) #steam #gaming #cyberpunk

A promo image showing that the game Towerbolt is on sale for 20% off during the Steam Cyberpunk Fest! (8/3 - 8/10)

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Brandon Orden - ⚡ Towerbolt on Steam! ⚡ @bordenary.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Happy 40th Anniversary to the Metroid series! A green haired Samus from 2021 to celebrate! #metroid #samus #pixelart

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Brandon Orden - ⚡ Towerbolt on Steam! ⚡ @bordenary.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Thank you so much for playing and for going the distance with 100%ing the game! It means a lot! 😄

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Manijure @manijure.hijumpboots.com · 02/08/2026

Finally finished Towerbolt and collected every single cyberchip! Shoutouts to @bordenary.bsky.social for making this game and @valefor-m.bsky.social for running the it in SGDQ and encouraging me to try. :)

Results screen from the game Towerbolt. Time is 8:31:30.965, cyberchips is 102/102, speed is B, stealth is A.

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Brandon Orden - ⚡ Towerbolt on Steam! ⚡ @bordenary.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

⚡ Towerbolt is on sale for just less than $10 for the Steam Cyberpunk Fest! ⚡ If you're looking for a fast paced platformer with neon colors, cyberpunky vibes, and a cool hacker owl, check out Towerbolt! Steam page linked in the replies! #steam #indiegames #cyberpunk

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Jon Perry @perryjon.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

🎉Excited to announce I've adapted Party House from UFO 50 into a physical card game! 🎉 Teaser trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHNF... Kickstarter prelaunch page (shared w/ a Baba is You game!): www.kickstarter.com/projects/bit... Brought to you by @bitewinggames.bsky.social More details soon! 🥳

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Party House: The Deckbuilding Game — Teaser Trailer

YouTube video by Bitewing Games

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Brandon Orden - ⚡ Towerbolt on Steam! ⚡ @bordenary.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I love this so much!! My friends and I have wanted something like this since UFO50 came out, I can't wait!

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Brandon Orden - ⚡ Towerbolt on Steam! ⚡ @bordenary.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Feels a little anti-climatic after all the Towerbolt GDQ stuff to go, "here's a brick material!" 😅 But here's another Substance Designer material, some colored bricks! #substancedesigner #3dart #gameart

A side by side breakdown of a 3D brick game material made in Substance Designer. 3D view of the material applied to a sphere on the left, with a split layered breakdown of the textures on the right (Albedo, Normal, Roughness, Height, AO)

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Desktop Explorer 💾 Available on Steam now! @desktopexplorergame.com · 17/07/2026

🖥️ Desktop Explorer is AVAILABLE NOW! 🔍 Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. 💾 Buy Now: tinyurl.com/DesktopExplo...

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Brandon Orden - ⚡ Towerbolt on Steam! ⚡ @bordenary.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Thank you Josh! I hope that you also find your game on the GDQ main stage someday as well!

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Audre Schutte @charamath.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Hello again #portfolioday (now w/ art carousel)! I'm Audre ('charamath')! I'm a vis-dev/concept artist for animation, film & games. I make f*d up horses for fun. *Looking for work* & making indie games & a monster manual in the meanwhile! www.charamath.com

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Desktop Explorer 💾 Available on Steam now! @desktopexplorergame.com · 13/07/2026

4 days to go! Desktop Explorer will be out this FREAKIN FRIDAY 📅

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Brandon Orden - ⚡ Towerbolt on Steam! ⚡ @bordenary.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Back from SGDQ. It's been so amazing to be an active part of the event with Towerbolt being ran at GDQ after watching the marathon for years! I'm hugely grateful to all the runners who submitted and to the GDQ staff for giving space in the schedule for my little game. Thank you all, and cheers!!

Photo of me talking about Towerbolt's SGDQ 2025 demo leaderboard during the Towerbolt SGDQ main stage run this year!

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Brandon Orden - ⚡ Towerbolt on Steam! ⚡ @bordenary.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Sorry I must've missed this in the flurry of the event, but thank you General, it was a great time!

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Brandon Orden - ⚡ Towerbolt on Steam! ⚡ @bordenary.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Towerbolt's SGDQ run was finished this morning, @valefor-m.bsky.social crushed it and claimed a stunning new world record!! Feel free to check out the run VOD below! youtu.be/XRVzt9AqFCg?... #SGDQ2026 #speedrunning

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Towerbolt by Valefor_M in 26:11 - Summer Games Done Quick 2026

YouTube video by Games Done Quick

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Jennifer/Aster Unkle 🏳️‍⚧️ @spookycutewitch.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

We appreciate it whenever GDQ highlights an indie game on Steam that hasn’t received a lot of attention. Towerbolt looks really cool!

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Brandon Orden - ⚡ Towerbolt on Steam! ⚡ @bordenary.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

It was so awesome to bear witness to that incredible run! You're totally welcome, I'm glad I could be there to commentate for you!

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Towerbolt by Valefor_M in 26:11 - Summer Games Done Quick 2026

YouTube video by Games Done Quick

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Brandon Orden - ⚡ Towerbolt on Steam! ⚡ @bordenary.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I am at SGDQ! If you see bordenary walking about that's me. Feel free to say hi!

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Brandon Orden - ⚡ Towerbolt on Steam! ⚡ @bordenary.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

⚡ LAST minute chance to pick up Towerbolt at 20% off for the Steam Summer Sale! ⚡ Check out the new Speedrunning Update and grab yourself a spot on the global leaderboards! #indiegame #steam #gaming

A promo image showing Towerbolt is on sale for 20% off for the Steam Summer Sale for $9.59. The Speedrunning Update is featured on Towerbolt's title art.

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