iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Alex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK

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Among Us Story: On Guard @amongusstory.bsky.social · 14h

🗓️ AMONG US STORY: ON GUARD RELEASES FEBRUARY 17, 2027! 🔎 live life as Guard in this dangerous narrative adventure 🔎 prove your innocence before the Impostor gets to the rest of the crew... and you. wishlist on Steam to be notified when the simulation begins 🥳

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Among Us Story: On Guard @amongusstory.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🔎 Among Us Story: On Guard is part of #LudoNarraCon 2026! 🔎 📚 A celebration of narrative-focused indie games 🎮 Our demo is coming BACK!!! 🕐 Oct 8 - 15 No Impostors allowed. See you sooooon!

Graphic announcing that Among Us Story: On Guard will be part of LudoNarraCon 2026.

Text on screen says:
"LudoNarraCon Celebrating Narrative Games
October 8-15
New Demos, Game Sale, Panels & Livestreams"

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 06/10/2026

It's finally Bon Iver weather, thank god

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Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · 05/10/2026

one of my favorite game dev mantras: "the player won't notice this, but they'll feel it"

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 04/10/2026

Rad as hell, I’m excited to see it!

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 02/10/2026

Still in the hospital waiting on test results but I think I’m on the upswing, relatively speaking. Hoping I can just go home and rest this weekend.

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 02/10/2026

Wild day to expect to get on a flight for a stressful and sad weekend, but instead go to the ER for a medical emergency, and while there discover that the flight was canceled anyway. Universe did not want me going anywhere this weekend, I guess.

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Emmurder Killwell えま @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

believe women, even when it's really fucking devastating to hear.

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 26/09/2026

Going to the bathroom? Bats. Changing into pajamas? Bats. Having a nice dinner? Bats.

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 26/09/2026

All this perimenopause research happening finally and still only @marymck.bsky.social is the only one brave enough to warn me about the bats? Smdh at the modern medical system

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Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Applications for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant will close THIS SUNDAY! There's still time to get your application in! 📨 You can apply here: grants.draknek.org

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Brian S. Chung @brianschung.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

New York City has a #GDoCExpo Watch Party! - Hosted by @sharpiepls.com - The conference and the Direct on a huge screen - Structured networking / games - Awarding thousands in development grants - Community Arcade (show your game!) Giving away 10 free tickets (normally $10) - ti.to/GDoCExpo/202...

Game Devs of Color Expo 2026 Watch Party in New York City. Group photo of maybe 40 or so people crowded on a stage in front of a huge screen. A few people are holding giant checks for the grant funding they won.

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 24/09/2026

Oh wow a little game I made with @marymck.bsky.social a couple years ago is now live on Google Arts & Culture! Museum Memory was designed to encourage you to notice and remember how pieces of art are displayed (in a very silly and cute way, of course). blog.google/company-news...

blog.google

Turning cultural artifacts into interactive learning companions

Uncover the history of nearly 200 historical objects, or put your visual recall to the test in a freshly hung exhibition.

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 23/09/2026

It went from being 100 degrees outside to being a cozy heated blanket morning alarmingly fast.

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 22/09/2026

As a multidisciplinary game designer, I’m really proud that the curation of the Experimental Games Showcase celebrates all games and playful projects. We’ve shown off videogames, board games, TTRPGs, museum installations, performances, and everything in between. Submit your unique whatever-it-is!

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 22/09/2026

I've thought about semicolons, but tbh I don't wanna have to switch how I'm comfortable writing (and have been for many years). I feel like I'd be changing how I communicate just to avoid overlap with this weird thing that's trying to delegitimize legitimate ways of expressing oneself aaaaaaaaaa 😭

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 22/09/2026

Yeah I find I sort of gravitate toward having a lot of overlap with the now-tropes and it's making me really self-conscious!

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 22/09/2026

I know this isn't a unique thought but I find myself with a sort of constant baseline fear that people will think stuff I write is computer-generated — it's not and will never be. I promise I'm just autistic and really like em dashes.

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 22/09/2026

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jwest @follysoft.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Taking a shot and submitting to this was one of the best things I've ever done, yall should try it too

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Buy Mass Effect The Board Game! @ithayla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

the first 90% of the game will take 90% of the time. unfortunately, the last 10% of the game will also take 90% of the time.

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 21/09/2026

Send us your experimental game — we wanna help you show it off! Get a chance to share your project onstage at GDC next spring, and help us inspire more people to make strange and experimental projects that change how we think about games. <3

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Brian S. Chung @brianschung.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

GDoCExpo is this week. World-class one-track online conference. Sliding-scale tickets, nothing gated by price. Open captions, immediate VODs. $21K in no-strings dev grants. Front-page Steam Sale + Direct, no fees. Watch Parties around the world. No unpaid speakers, mods, labor. Come see it.

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vibe-free lifestyle and smiling apple purveyor @ellaguro.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

applications for this coming year's Experimental Games Showcase at the Game Developer's Conference are officially OPEN!! send us your weird games and game-like experiments! www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com

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Experimental Games Showcase

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Experimental Games Showcase @exgs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

📣 Applications are now OPEN for the 2027 Experimental Games Showcase at GDC! 📣 You have until October 23rd to send us all the weird, innovative and unique things you are working on. More info and apply here: www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com

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Experimental Games Showcase

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Qweerty Gamers @qweertygamers.org · 19/09/2026

🏳️‍🌈Have a queer or queer-made game releasing in 2027? Our Qweerty Game Dev Microgrant is accepting applications! Recipients will receive up to $2,500 to finish funding their game. 🗓️ Apply by October 11th Thanks to zPride for helping make this possible <3

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 18/09/2026

She died as she lived: asking chat if we’re cooked

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Marie Enger @ LBX26 Table 409 @soengery.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

OCD is such a dumb shit disorder. I could be an unstoppable force if my brain reallocated the 90% it uses to freak out about nothing and talk compulsively to literally any other task.

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Among Us Story: On Guard @amongusstory.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

‼️ ATTENTION OPERATORS ‼️ Among Us Story: On Guard will be at the @iii-initiative.bsky.social showcase on Oct. 8th 🥳 Tune in for 45min of back-to-back trailers featuring games from other indie studios like us! Cook may be dead, but come see what WE'VE been cooking up 😎 #iiishowcase

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 05/09/2026

Ah hell, @marymck.bsky.social and I bestied so hard she knew when my therapist was going to be on vacation.

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 05/09/2026

Anyway, wild Friday night over here

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 05/09/2026

Do you ever start a new book and dissociate through the entire first chapter because you’re too busy thinking about a better book then you have to restart the chapter and it’s still, unfortunately, not the other book

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megan farokhmanesh @megannicolett.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I've argued with people who say they separate the art from the artist (not possible while she's using actively her money to hurt the trans community). or that they don't like "not being allowed" to watch something. but I think this really comes down to what you want to stand for

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izzy curse-trel @iznaut.com · 30/08/2026

hey girl are u AI bc you’re drinking a lot of water and also no one likes you very much

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Sleeby 🐀💤 @sleebyrat.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Reminder that if you like something someone made, PLEASE tell them.

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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"Find out who you are and do it on purpose." - Dolly Parton

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Young Pete Toms @petetoms.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Big Walk feels like a game that’s just about walking around and solving puzzles, but it’s actually a spiritual journey towards discovering that you’re the stupidest person in your friend group.

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 24/08/2026

Not pictured: jumping into multiple buttholes

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 19/08/2026

Is it too soon to start watching Over The Garden Wall on repeat until Halloween or

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 18/08/2026

I’m not saying I want sad art boys to keep breaking poets’ hearts but I am saying it makes for great music that makes me want to lay on the floor in a puddle of my own tears

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 18/08/2026

Just fuck my shit up, Phoebe Bridgers.

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Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

WINGS really, really wants to fund your neat indie video game The indie investor, which is committed to empowering women and gender-marginalized devs, is introducing new funding pathways for PC projects of all shapes and sizes

gamedeveloper.com

WINGS really, really wants to fund your neat indie video game

The investor, which is committed to empowering women and gender-marginalized devs, is introducing new funding pathways for PC projects of all sizes.

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 17/08/2026

I finished Big Walk last night and I am still so enamored with how thoughtful the multiplayer experience design is. Haven’t completed it yet, so there’s still more to look forward to. I feel like I could play in that world forever.

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Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2026 🎉 The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans. Deadline: September 27th More info 👇

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