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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 02/10/2026

WooOOoOOOOOooo get 50% off our game assets and our games on itch until the end of October. You can grab 13,000 of our game assets in one pack for just $10 itch.io/s/201749/spo... #GameDev #IndieDev

A purple background with a cartoon spider, ghost and pumpkin. In squiggle scary letters it says SPOOKY SALE, 50% off our 13,000 game assets and our games on itch. WoOoOOOOOooo

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 30/09/2026

You have until the end of today to get our All Fonts Pack 90% Off - that's 1200 fonts for commercial use in game dev, web design, logos, videos, merch - basically whatever - for just $19! ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack

90% Off all fonts pack - 1200 fonts for commercial use - last chance banner.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 02/09/2026

Get all 1200+ of our fonts in one pack for full commercial use in game dev, board games, ttrpgs, art, graphic design, web comics, physical merchandise, websites and so much more! Currently 90% off - just $19 - until the end of September 🥳 ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack

Chequered Ink All Fonts Pack written in a chalkboard style with little hearts, stars and squiggles around it. A huge pinkish-red label in the top left says 90% Off.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 22/08/2026

We finally made a trailer for our 13,000 Game Assets pack! Check out a bunch of the assets 🌟 in motion 🌟 and grab the pack while it's 50% off until the end of August ci.itch.io/all-game-ass... #GameDev #ScreenshotSaturday

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 11/08/2026

Did you know you can easily mix and match our game assets with those from other artists like Kenney? We designed our assets in a similar simple style to make it easier for people to use a wide variety of assets from different places & still make consistent looking games! #GameDev

A screenshot of a platformer level using mostly Chequered Ink's platforming assets. It shows a jungle-like level at night time with some tree platforms, a crab enemy and a wasp. Kenney's assets are highlighted as if selected in a graphics design program. They are an alien character, a waving blue flag and a pink slime enemy.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 03/08/2026

Option 2 every time ci.itch.io/all-game-ass...

The UNO draw 25 cards meme. On the left is an Uno card that says "Use AI or Get 13,000 human-made game assets for $10" - on the right is a guy holding the icon for our 13,000 Game Assets Pack.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 30/07/2026

The post about our All Fonts Pack sale has over 900 saves - if you're one of them and you're hoping to get in on the discount, you have until the end of tomorrow! ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack

All Fonts Pack 1200+ Commercial use fonts in one pack - 90% Off. One Day Left, Ends Tomorrow.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 26/07/2026

I think the closest thing we have is this one: www.dafont.com/withheld-dat...

Withheld data, a font by chequered ink which looks like a really old computer font

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 25/07/2026

We have literally just gone on image flip and made like 7 of these because we A) need money B) want you to have 1200 fonts for commercial use for just $19 ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack

The car veering off the highway meme. The left road is AI GENERATED TEXT, the right road is 1200 COOL-ASS FONTS, the car is veering right and has the caption: YOU, I HOPE.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 24/07/2026

There's only a week left to get our All Fonts Pack at 90% off - that's 1200 fonts for commercial use in all your projects including game dev, websites, books, album covers, streams, ttrpgs, whatever! ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack

The man standing in a corner at a party meme. He's thinking: They don't know about Chequered Ink's All Fonts Pack. The partygoers are saying YES WE DO, Oh my god you never shut up about it

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 16/07/2026

Get all 1200+ of our fonts for full commercial use in perpetuity for just $19. 🎮 Use them in game dev, books & more ✅ One payment, use forever ⬆️ Frequent free updates with new fonts ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack

All fonts pack - 1200+ Font Styles for commercial use for $19. Around the outside are colorful preview images of many of our fonts in different styles including cartoon, techno, horror and more.

Colorful preview images of many of our fonts in different styles including cartoon, techno, horror and more.

1200+ Font Styles, Fully licensed for commercial use. Around the outside are colorful preview images of many of our fonts in different styles including cartoon, techno, horror and more.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 12/07/2026

We stopped doing our Daily Puzzles quite so frequently after testing them for a while - seems every day is a little too much, and that's fair enough! You can find all the ones we've done so far here: chequered.ink/category/dai...

Puzzle: a white background with the word DOUBT in large black letters. Reflected underneath paler, and slightly fuzzier, is the word BEYOND.

Puzzle: The name CHARLES III written in dark red, sandwiched between two dark yellow lozenge shapes at the top and the bottom.

Puzzle: A black background with green, pixel art text. The text is in three lines reading:

Vad er
V ader
Vade r

Puzzle: a white background with black numbers. The numbers are 5, 13, 13, 1

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 11/07/2026

Non-Stop Space Probe: A game where you can't touch the walls (or most other things) and your ship doesn't stop moving once it's started! Free on Itch, but also available on Nintendo Switch ci.itch.io/non-stop-spa... #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

A screenshot of Non-Stop Space Probe: it shows a small spaceship navigating through obstacles like meteors and lightning, while collecting gems and getting to the goal.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 10/07/2026

Decadence is a card game we made last year to celebrate our 10th anniversary - I've been thinking about turning it into a proper card game with the same mechanics but not so heavily Chequered-Inky in terms of brand/lore ci.itch.io/decadence #gamedev

Screenshot: Decadence banner, showing the characters Gamblotron, Mason Zane, Gyro Boss, Beet and Izzy Buspec. Around the word decadence are rings of playing cards from the game.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 09/07/2026

ICYMI - We made a big list of RPG Items and their synonyms for you to use in your games! Made with real human BRAIN POWER (it took hours) chequered.ink/rpg-items-th... #gamedev

Screenshot: Game Ideas, RPG Items & Synonyms with item icons for a potion, a sword and a mushroom.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 08/07/2026

And then we made Rolldyce Kingdoms, where the goal is to capture roads, fields and castles to score more points than your opponents (2-4 players). It was based on a GMC Jam game I made which you can play in your browser! www.thegamecrafter.com/games/rolldy...

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 08/07/2026

Did you know we've made a couple of board games over the years? First we made Coalition, a silly political card game where you try to elect the most MPs before your opponent: www.thegamecrafter.com/games/coalit...

Coalition - the satirical political card game - five cards are shown including five characters from different parties and a media card which has an effect on the game.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 07/07/2026

Get over 1200 commercial use fonts for all your projects for only $19! 🫂 Human-made 🎨 Use in basically anything 💸 One payment, no subscription, use forever ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack #gamedev

A magenta banner reads: 1200+ Font Styles

It's surrounded by a whole bunch of fonts in different styles.

A blue banner says: Commercial use.

It's surrounded by a bunch more fonts in different styles.

A green banner reads: Includes our most popular designs.

Shown are the fonts Vermin Vibes, Distortion Dos Analog, Candy Beans, Chopsic, Gang Wolfik, Sheeping Dogs and Voice in My Head.

An orange banner reads: With A Vast Range Of Vibes. It is surrounded by a wide variety of fonts.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 06/07/2026

Just a few hours left of the #ItchSummerSale! GameDevDan vs Life is a pack of 71 games from @danjohnston.uk, featuring jam games, mini games and other silly little projects. ci.itch.io/gamedevdan-v... #GameDev #IndieGames

A screenshot of the launcher from GameDevDan vs Life, showing a variety of games in different genres.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 06/07/2026

Gyro Boss DX - an endless bullet hell game with wacky weapons, where you can only dodge in a fixed orbit around the boss. There's even a multiplayer party mode! ci.itch.io/gyro-boss-dx #ItchSummerSale #IndieGame

A screenshot of Gyro Boss DX - the boss is firing out bullets in a spiral pattern.

A screenshot of Gyro Boss DX - the boss is using laser cannons in various directions. The player just achieved a goal of surviving a series of locked-on explosions.

A screenshot of Gyro Boss DX - various explosions are appearing on screen.

A screenshot of Gyro Boss DX - the party mode. Four players are dodging an attack where the boss fires squids in all directions. Two of the players are exploding.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 05/07/2026

Ink Cipher - A crossword cipher game with over 200 puzzles, mouse, keyboard and gamepad controls. ci.itch.io/ink-cipher #ItchSummerSale #IndieGame

A screenshot of Ink Cipher showing a crossword puzzle

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 05/07/2026

Innoquous 5, a 2.5D gravity-twisting platformer with razors and lasers. It's the first game we released together as a team 11 years ago this year! ci.itch.io/innoquous-5 #ItchSummerSale #IndieGame

Screenshot of innoquous 5 - the player, an orange beach ball, is in a compact level surrounded by razors.

Screenshot of innoquous 5 - the player has died.

Screenshot of innoquous 5 - the player swimming through "water" while being shot at by laser cannons.

Screenshot of innoquous 5 - the level editor for players to create their own levels. In the Steam version these can be shared on the Workshop.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 04/07/2026

Ne Touchez Pas 5 - An extremely difficult game with one simple rule: do not touch. Dodge deadly fans, evade eviscerating laser beams & throw yourself through the void at the end of each level to progress. ci.itch.io/ne-touchez-p... #ItchSummerSale #ScreenshotSaturday

A screenshot of Ne Touchez Pas 5 - the player is a rocket which flies straight in the direction pressed on the keyboard. They're dodging through a maze of fans.

A screenshot of Ne Touchez Pas 5 - The player is a little space man which floats around as the level rotates. This mode will make you feel very sick, but this level looks cool.

A screenshot of Ne Touchez Pas 5 - this level is shaped like a heart (aawwww) - the player is a wee little bird that flaps every time you press space.

A screenshot of Ne Touchez Pas 5 - This level is black and red and looks cool as heck.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 04/07/2026

Help Spellworm to eat his way through over 100 word search puzzles. Each puzzle has its own theme. You can chomp through shapes, colors, countries, planets and much more in your quest to feed the hungry Spellworm. ci.itch.io/spellworm #ItchSummerSale #ScreenshotSaturday

A screenshot of Spellworm showing the puzzle "Countries of the Americas I", the words Canada and Brazil have already been found and the player is solving the rest of the wordsearch.

A screenshot of spellworm showing the first level where the player just has to spell simple colours.

A screenshot of spellworm showing a level where you can crawl down holes to teleport to another part of the wordsearch. The worm looks sad because the player has backed it into a corner.

A screenshot of spellworm showing a level where you find elements from the periodic table.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 03/07/2026

Pippu - Bauble Quest is a simple, family-friendly platformer inspired by classics like Super Mario World and Kirby's Adventure. Travel through vibrant worlds to defeat the Obkins and save Beandrop Town! ci.itch.io/pippu-bauble... #ItchSummerSale #IndieGame

A screenshot of Pippu Bauble Quest - The player is jumping through a dark forest level with bouncy mushrooms and ruined castle walls around.

A screenshot of Pippu Bauble Quest - The player is in a desert level with cactuses and lots of brown and orange flooring.

A screenshot of Pippu Bauble Quest - The main bad guys, the Obkins, are shown hovering in their spaceship after destroying part of Beandrop Town at the start of the game.

A screenshot of Pippu Bauble Quest - The Milkshake Land level. The floor is made of chocolate cake with pink icing, while the background shows mountains made of chocolate ice cream on a starry night sky. A beandrop in the foreground is saying "Brrr... I should've stayed at home"

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 03/07/2026

Revolver and Co is a single player trivia game where the goal is to travel the world destroying robots by answering questions. The further you are from the answer, the more ammo you lose! ci.itch.io/revolver-and... #ItchSummerSale #IndieGame

A screenshot of revolver and co - the player is guessing the percentage of photocopier faults caused by people trying to photocopy their own body parts.

A screenshot of revolver and co - the menu showing various levels split into biomes which also contain different kinds of questions.

A screenshot of revolver and co - the player is trying to guess where the capital of Vietnam is on a map.

A screenshot of revolver and co - the player is trying to guess the average weight of a medium-sized banana. For some reason they have input a value of 450 tons.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 02/07/2026

Plunder Dungeons is a dungeon-crawling card game where every card you pick up can be used as EITHER an attack or semi-permanent armour. ci.itch.io/plunder-dung... #ItchSummerSale #IndieGame

The player exploring a dungeon in Plunder Dungeons. This screenshot shows a cave level being played on a 5 x 10 grid, the player has various elemental cards in their hand and is dressed in a galaxy suit.

The player battling a Bulb Fish enemy in a water dungeon.

The player battling a Fun Guy enemy in a forest dungeon. They've just been poisoned.

The player exploring a dungeon in Plunder Dungeons. This screenshot shows a volcano level being played on a 5 x 10 grid, the player has various elemental cards in their hand and is dressed in a water suit.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 02/07/2026

Enter the crypt and defeat as many monsters as you can before they overwhelm you! - Cryptrio is what would happen if Tetris met Match 3 with cute monsters ci.itch.io/cryptrio #ItchSummerSale #IndieGame

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 01/07/2026

Prisnhax is a relaxing yet challenging puzzle game with 50 levels. Learn the intricacies of mirrors, splitters and prisms, which sometimes also act as filters for primary colours to pass through or reflect off of. ci.itch.io/prisnhax #ItchSummerSale #IndieGame

Screenshot of prisnhax - level 48, a complex level with lots of mirrors, splitters and goals.

Screenshot of prisnhax - level 40, showing the game on the hex-shaped grid

Screenshot of prisnhax - a tutorial level describing how the game works

Screenshot of prisnhax - level 10 - a fairly simple level with all white cells, splitters and reflectors.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 30/06/2026

Love Witch Heroines - The Guardian Witches who protect the elemental spell stones have all been sealed away by the darkness. Rescue them from their paintings, befriend them and unlock cute new outfits for each one! ci.itch.io/love-witch-h... #ItchSummerSale #IndieGame

Love Witch Heroines game screen, showing a match 3 board and a pretty witch character

Love Witch Heroines level select screen showing five witches trapped in paintings

Love Witch Heroines Endless Mode screen showing that you can choose a character and their outfit

Love Witch Heroines - Beet describing how to play the game

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 30/06/2026

Maddening Euphoria - run in endless circles jumping over spikes, pits and puddles of goo, all while trying to outrun the giant laser wall of death ci.itch.io/maddening-eu... #ItchSummerSale #IndieGame

Screenshot of maddening euphoria - the player runs around a psychedelic circular arena dodging spikes

Maddening Euphoria theme select menu showing the different colours you can pick from

Screenshot of maddening euphoria - the player has achieved euphoria, a special effect which makes your score increase very quickly... and shows a llama on screen

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 20/06/2026

Our 12,000 Game Assets Pack has hundreds of sprites and sound effects for use in puzzle games including UI, pipes, animals, gems, balls, bricks and more. Many of these sprites are also available individually for free on our website! ci.itch.io/all-game-ass... #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

UI pack featuring windows, buttons, ribbons and such in 11 different styles.

Various colours of connecting pipes for puzzle games.

Reflector puzzle graphics including paddles, walls, borders and balls in a variety of different colours.

Match 3 animals, balls, bricks, polyominoes and minesweeper sprites.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 31/05/2026

Only 12 hours left to get our All Fonts Pack 90% off! Made by humans for other humans (I mean, maybe if a cat or something learned to use fonts we wouldn't stop them y'know?) ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack

A picture of our All Fonts Pack branding with 90% off written on it. Then around the outside it says "MADE BY HUMANS FOR ONLY OTHER HUMANS TO USE IN THEIR PROJECTS" with a crossed-out AI symbol

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 28/05/2026

Just 3 days left to get our All Fonts Pack for a whopping 90% off. That's 1200+ fonts for commercial use in all of your game dev, ttrpg, web comics, books, videos, streams, merchandise, whatever - for just $19. itch.io/s/177812/may...

All fonts pack - showing colorful previews of various fonts with a banner over the top saying 90% off, 3 days left

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 25/05/2026

Just 6 days left of our May Sale - get our All Fonts Pack 90% off, that's over 1200 fonts for commercial use in all your projects for just $19 ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack #gamedev #fonts

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 20/05/2026

We'll be hanging around at Impact! Indie Games in Bristol tomorrow if you want to come and say hi :) Can't wait to play some of the great games they've got lined up impress.games/impact/2026 See you soon @ashleygwinnell.bsky.social, @lyndyb.bsky.social !!

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 18/05/2026

Tell all your friends they don't have to go looking for expensive, complicated font licenses. You can get all 1200+ of our fonts for commercial use for just $19 until the end of May!! ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack

A vibrant pink background with our All Fonts Pack thumbnail on top with a long black shadow underneath. Text on top reads 1200 fonts, commercial use, human made, no AI.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 12/05/2026

Some posters Allison made for some of our recent fonts! We're trying to post some of them on Instagram and TikTok but we're having a hard time getting noticed. Any help appreciated :) TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@chequeredink IG: www.instagram.com/chequeredink...

Devious Road - a font which is a grungey looking heavy sans serif presented in both solid and outline format. In the background of the poster is a dark, sepia tone road with a car driving down it.

Breathe Fire IV - a medieval looking and slightly cartoonish font. Super imposed over a scary dark dragon door knocker.

Conflict 3040 - a militaristic font with chunky letters interspersed with little crosshairs. The text is colored in yellow, magenta and cyan giving it a sort of cyberpunk look. The background is a photo of a modern city at night including a wide river and a suspension bridge.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 07/05/2026

ICYMI - our All Fonts Pack is back on sale at just $19 for 1200 fonts for full commercial use in your games, books, merchandise, videos, streams, websites, graphic designs and more. Here's an image rundown of the style categories included ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack

A colorful image showing categories of fonts with examples and the number of each type of font in our All Fonts Pack.

Blackletter (13), Brush (25), Cartoon (96), Computer (35), Grunge (41), Handwriting (73), Horror (35), Outline (11), Picture (35), Pixel Art (48), Heavy Sans (126), Light Sans (94), Sci-Fi (153), Serif (35), Square (204), Stencil (57), Vintage (50), Western (14), World (18) plus 83 more uncategorized fonts.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 25/04/2026

Happy #ScreenshotSaturday fellow game devs! This is our upcoming roguelite puzzle game Nildigo, launching this year 🤞 Solve the grids to grab as much cash as you can without touching a deadly "Nil" and exploding the board. store.steampowered.com/app/3769010/...

A screenshot of Nildigo. On the right is a grid reminiscent of the ones used for Nonograms, populated with money and Nils, which look like the mines in minewseeper. On the left is the UI showing how much money and perks you have.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 22/04/2026

Thank you so much everyone for getting us to 2,000 followers! On here this doesn't feel like some arbitrary number like other sites, we actually have so many great conversations with all of you. BLESSED 💙

A scribbly image of the corgi character from our Platformer Kit and Gyro Boss surrounded by little blue butterflies with text that reads 2000 Followers!

It is extremely crude and unskilled.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 10/04/2026

Allison's been working hard on getting Nildigo ready for a 2026 release - here are some new screenshots of the game in its current state! Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3769010/... #gamedev #indiegames

A screenshot of Nildigo, on the right is the main game board. A grid of tiles with numbers and flags similar to minesweeper or picross. On the left the UI shows the player's money and perks.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 08/04/2026

Human Made Assets > AI every day of the week ci.itch.io/all-game-ass...

The Buff Dog vs. Cheems meme. The buff dog is overlaid with itch.io's asset tab, including the icon for our 11,000 game asset pack, kenney's asset pack and Moonana's songs pack, along with a screenshot from steam with overwhelmingly positive reviews.

The smaller, weaker dog is labelled "Gen AI" and is saying "I'll replace it later I promise, oops I forgot" and "It's the future bro" with a screenshot of a "Not Recommended" review on Steam saying "AI Slop".

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 06/04/2026

Did you know our 11,000 Game Assets pack is 100% human made? There's no excuse for using gen AI in games, even as "placeholders", when there are so many great pre-baked assets around (not just ours of course!) ci.itch.io/all-game-ass...

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 19/03/2026

We've started work on Ready Made RPG - a template for making your own RPGs in GameMaker. It'll come bundled with our graphics assets and sounds so you can focus on game dev - or swap them out with your own of course. It'll take a while to get it ready to share but we're excited to be working on it!

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 24/02/2026

We're giving away five copies of our All Fonts Pack! 📝 Over 1200 fonts in one pack 🎨 Commercial use in all your projects 💵 Worth $190 Follow us and repost to win, we'll pick five of you at random on Friday morning 😊

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 21/02/2026

Ready Made Word Guess: how to make a game like Wordle in GameMaker using our free template chequered.ink/ready-made-w... #gamedev

Ready Made Word Guess 100% free for commercial use

A screenshot showing a game that looks like Wordle, made in GameMaker

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 20/02/2026

What we use to make our games, assets and fonts - in case you've ever wondered or are looking for recommendations for tools! chequered.ink/what-we-use-... #gamedev #pixelart

What we use to make our things, with three images of a vector heart in varying stages of completeness: sketch, wireframe, colored.

A screenshot of aseprite containing a sprite of a green and red, three-headed hydra.

A screenshot of affinity designer containing various colored gemstones for use in match three games.

A screenshot of fontstruct containing the word "Font"

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 16/02/2026

Our 10,000 Game Asset pack is 50% off this month and we've just added over 500 more new assets to it! Make games & other projects in a wide variety of genres with thousands of sprites + hundreds of sound effects, all human made! #gamedev #indiedev ci.itch.io/all-game-ass...

10k Asset Pack Contains: Card Game sprites, puzzle, platformer and pool

10k Asset Pack Contains: 8 bit adventure sprites, RPG sprites, darts, board games

10k Asset Pack Contains: pixel icons, HD icons, dice, letter tiles

10k Asset Pack Contains: UI elements, controls, cars, audio and more.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 19/01/2026

Progress on our pixel platformer kit so far! We've made 7 tile sets in total, that number is probably going to end up more like 15 by the time we're done + adding characters and collectibles. Will be 100% free for your game dev projects, even commercial use #gamedev #pixelart

A screenshot of a pixel platformer level showing a grassland scene with trees, vines, mushrooms and a little wooden house.

A screenshot of a pixel platformer level showing a level that looks like a big cake, with chocolate cake walls, pink icing for the floor, and milkshake lava. There are various fruits and candies dotted around.

A screenshot of a pixel platformer level showing a beach or desert scene. The floor and walls are sandy, with palm trees, brown grass and cacti for scenery.

A screenshot of a pixel platformer level showing an icy level. The cliffs are blue and the floor is made of snow. There's an igloo, pine trees, snowdrop flowers, candy canes and a frozen pond.

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