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Christian Sparks @hippowombat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hey there friends! Unfortunately, I was among those impacted by layoffs at Heart Machine last week. If you or someone you know is looking for an experienced Unreal Engine Technical Artist, I'm available for full time, part time, or contract opportunities.

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Wholesome Games @wholesomegames.com · 09/05/2025

Doloc Town is a farming sim set in a post-apocalyptic world. "At the heart of the map lies Doloc Town, a sanctuary built from the remnants of trains and collapsed bridges. Connect with villagers and share a drink to uncover the hidden stories of this land."

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BotHacker - Pixel Art Indie Game @bothacker.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Got something in the mail! One of the many games I missed out on in my youth. #megaman #gba #megamanbattlenetwork #RPG #JRPG

A red Game Boy Advanced SP displaying the start screen of Megaman Battle Network.

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BotHacker - Pixel Art Indie Game @bothacker.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I have to say, holding back from animating more, especially frames for the bots, is so hard. I know I could do it, and I know it would look great, but every other aspect of the game would crawl to a stop. Reminder to polish later if there's time. Don't go over scope. #indiedev #gamedev #BotHacker

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BotHacker - Pixel Art Indie Game @bothacker.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Example of an attack that doesn't hit right away. Currently it's setup to take two turns, but it can also be set to deploy and land in a later turn independently. #gamemaker #indiegame #screenshotsaturday #BotHacker #pixelart #robots #postapocalypse #RPG #fakemon #turnbased #gamedev #retrogame

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Playtester ↗ @playtester.io · 29/08/2026

An indie game where you build perk and spell loadouts to clear floating islands. - Pick perks and limited spells - Fight with melee or ranged spells - Loot golems for resources Sign up for the playtest: playtester.io/hyposolus #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

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Casey Explosion @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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snow-kiss @snow-kiss.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I tried a low-resolution aesthetic with this pixel scene. If you have any suggestions or thoughts, I'm all ears! Happy to see any thoughts you post below! #IndieGames #IndieGame #SoloDev #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #PixelArt

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BotHacker - Pixel Art Indie Game @bothacker.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I swear 50% of game dev is turning around and finding you broke your code and you don't know when or how, and there's no point in going back because the change was needed anyway.

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Linsey Raymaekers @linseyray.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

Alright, here it is: I collected ~100 #GameDev starter packs and put them all on one Notion page! ✨ They're categorized by: 🍃 Location 🍃 Discipline 🍃 Game Genre 🍃 & more! It also includes tips / labellers / block lists that I've stumbled on. I hope this helps you settle in & reconnect! 😊 👉 LINK

a sample screenshot of the notion page with vertical rows of links to gamedev related starterpacks and the title "BlueSky GameDev Starter Packs”

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Trezy @trezy.codes · 23/10/2024

⭐ GAMES INDUSTRY LABELER INSTRUCTIONS v2 ⭐ The automated labeler is working! Let's walk through the new process of getting a label! 🧵 #GameDev

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Our heartfelt anime-themed driving game, Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World, is OUT NOW on PC/Xbox--and we did a singalong to prove it!! 🚶Hit pedestrians with your magic truck ⚔️Pay the soul debt you owe to the buff elf girl living in your head 🚚GO store.steampowered.com/app/3642010/...

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BotHacker - Pixel Art Indie Game @bothacker.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Testing status effects. I realized I had so many that in the unlikely chance they all were applied at once they'd overflow off the HP bar. What do you think? #indiegame #gamedev #BotHacker #robot #RPG #creaturecollector #1v1 #fakemon #monstertamer

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pantaloon | ROLLA OUT SEP 30 🚨 @pantaloon.io · 22/07/2026

OFFBEAT is OUT MIAOW! Go make beautiful music. Make money. Make your family proud of your creative talents x We have another giveaway running, but will add another 5 keys into the mix. Follow & share this for a Steam key - will draw winners on Friday. GL! store.steampowered.com/app/4468030/...

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Armand Castro @evilplanets.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

New cyborg enemy, question mark? #Blender3D #IndieGameDev

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BotHacker - Pixel Art Indie Game @bothacker.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Ooooh no. I did not think this through. I think I get why this isn't done now. #gamedev #indiegame #BotHacker

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BotHacker - Pixel Art Indie Game @bothacker.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I finished the battle screen background. This is going to be for the tech campus interiors. I'm not positive how many of these I'll need in the end, but probably one more for the underground and another for concrete floors. #pixelart #BotHacker #indiegame #rpg #battle #turn-based #gamemaker

shows a carpeted hallway strewn with debris. The walls and ceiling panels look battered and worn.

Same as previous image but with bots and UI.

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BotHacker - Pixel Art Indie Game @bothacker.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

So someone on reddit sent me this photo of them playing BotHacker on their steamdeck and I'm blown away it just works. I didn't even consider that as a platform at this stage and yet, it does! #indiegame #BotHacker #itch.io

Shows a picture of the screen of a steamdeck with BotHacker running.

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whatdog 🦀 Tenebrarium @whatdog.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Tenebrarium has a Steam page! It started as an experiment to see if I could make a simple colony simulator in a month, but after 2 months of weekly updates, people have been very keen for a full release. You can wishlist it right now! store.steampowered.com/app/4880410/... #gamedev #indiegame

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Tenebrarium on Steam

An idle-like alien colony simulator. Study an alien species and expand the colony to discover all their peculiar behaviours.

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BotHacker - Pixel Art Indie Game @bothacker.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Getting around to doing another background. This is going to be an interior for the abandoned tech campus. I anticipate I may to change how I handle offsets for bots so I can keep them consistently on the ground. #pixelart #BotHacker #indiedev

A wireframe of a hallway. pixel art in different colors. There is also a transparent overlay of two bots facing off and the UI and health bars.

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VEXED (commissions OPEN) @v3x3d.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

My font "Enter Input" has new input prompts! ❤️ v3x3d.itch.io/enter-input New additions such as "Start" and "Select" buttons! Minimal input prompts for devs! 😄 #pixelart #ドット絵 #gamedev #indiedev

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BotHacker - Pixel Art Indie Game @bothacker.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

OOPS ALL ROBOTS! Check out this new 1v1 'monster'-tamer! Free Alpha available now! bothackergame.itch.io/bothacker @itch.io #indiedev #indiegame #BotHacker #rpg #creaturecollector #monstertamer #robots #scifi

two robots face off. one is beefy biped. The other is a sphere of clumped together CRTs with grinning faces.

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Bynine @bynine.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

SUDOWOODO-UNOVA - PSYCHIC As its habitat became urbanized, its body morphed to adapt. The blinking of the bulbs on its head can force opponents to stop or go at Sudowoodo's discretion. #pokemon #fakemon

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BotHacker - Pixel Art Indie Game @bothacker.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Here's the pixel art version of Daemon. I am so pleased it turned out as I had in mind! #robot #gamedev #BotHacker #indiedev #gamemaker #pixelart #haunted #demon #art

The player side view of Daemon. Slightly larger and viewed from the other side (though it isn't obvious based on the mass of shapes.

On the left is Imp, A monitor with a grumpy face sits on a stack electronic boxes, a speaker and wires. On the left hovers a terror. A loose sphere made of monitors speakers, cables and bent antenae like spiked bug legs. Some of the many CRTs show static, while others show laughing faces with sharp teeth.

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BotHacker - Pixel Art Indie Game @bothacker.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Bot sketches. The first is Daemon, upgrade form of Imp (my avatar). The second is Cogsworth, a robo-butler! I've draw both before but I needed more detailed sketches and the player-side angle before I move on to the pixel art. #sketch #conceptart #indiedev #gamedev #robots #BotHacker

front and back of two robots. The first is a spherical conglomeration of CRT screens, speakers, and bent antennae. The second is a dumpy barrel shaped little fellow in a tuxedo with little tails. It holds little hands at rest across it's rounded torso. Colored version.

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whatdog 🦀 Tenebrarium @whatdog.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Nobody can agree on the rain in my game, and I can't fix it #pixelart #indiedev

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Peter Conlin @peterconlin.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

One of the things I really truly love about gamedev is the opportunity to make a really detailed debug overlay. The depth of information about what the code is actually doing is so so valuable. #indiedev #debug #gamemaker #BotHacker

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BotHacker - Pixel Art Indie Game @bothacker.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I've learned an unfortunate/fortunate thing. It turns out I did not have Hardware Acceleration turned on in browser... With that toggled the game runs far far better! ...and I suppose in the interim I did spend a few days cleaning up code and making it all slightly faster... so. 😂

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BotHacker - Pixel Art Indie Game @bothacker.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

So my plan has been to start releasing early access builds on itch at some point soon (donation not paid), and I knew that having it playable in-browser was a big benefit to reaching people there. Well recently I tried to make a build for browser... and it is a mess.

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BotHacker - Pixel Art Indie Game @bothacker.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Prepping a html5 build with the intention of putting it on itch and it... Is really struggling. I'm not sure how deep the issue is yet but it may take a while to fix. I did not anticipate. Hell. #indiedev #BotHacker

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Peter Conlin @peterconlin.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I'm in my spreadsheet era. #gamedev #indiedev #BotHacker #RPG

A googlespreadsheet sowng moves, with descriptions, values an flags.

A spreadsheet showing which bots learn what moves at which level. includes details of the move values.

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VEXED (commissions OPEN) @v3x3d.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Ember 🔥 v3x3d.itch.io/chroma-noir ^ Designed using Chroma Noir (platformer assets) 😄 #pixelart #ドット絵 #gamedev #indiedev

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BotHacker - Pixel Art Indie Game @bothacker.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

VFX shader work for self-destruct. I want to change how I'm doing the overlay on the bots to allow shadow/rim light but current don't have a method for doing alternate versions for foreground/background (just inverting sides) #screenshotsaturday #robots #indiegame #BotHacker #pixelart

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