iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Game Maker's Toolkit @gamemakerstoolkit.com · 27/07/2026

Well, it finally happened! After 9 years of Unity dominance, Godot was the most used game engine for GMTK Game Jam 2026 submissions. 🤖 Godot - 47% 🎮 Unity - 34% 🛠️GameMaker - 5% 🚀 Unreal Engine - 3% ✨ Other - 11%

Pie chart showing game engines used to create 10,511 GMTK Game Jam games in 2026. Godot has the largest slice with 47%. Then Unity with 34%. Other with 11%. Game Maker with 5%. And Unreal Engine with 3%.

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Global Game Jam @globalgamejam.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Calling anyone looking to make games that can contribute to a better future, one we want to see! We invite game creators & anyone who cares about climate from around the world to make games that explore solutions to address a rapidly changing planet. 🌿https://www.indiecade.com/climate-jam-2026

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

We're thinking about how we can improve our map so walking around & exploring looks nice. We want to keep our camera fixed for when you walk so it can get a bit tricky to design the environment. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #devlog #majorupdate

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Changing the character model in #blender. Is the new one better? Shout-out to @kenney.nl for making the open-source mini-characters, we used the armature and animations for this. #indiedev #gamedev #devlog

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Going to GodotFest the next days. It's the first time I join a big Godot conference 👀 I'm excited and looking forward to meeting new people there. godotfest.com #godot #godotfest #indiedev #gamedev

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Welcome to GodotFest!

11 & 12 November 2025

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Milan [heartcase] @milan-heartcase.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

SIRE is out after 8 years. A game about losing my father and dealing with loss. Tell me what you think: store.steampowered.com/app/2779020/... #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame

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Trevin York @trevinyork.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

If you're curious about practical methods and in-depth critical takes on how to work on sustainability in and through games and play, have we got the book for you! Preorder now, with our full release November 17th: www.routledge.com/The-Game-Nee...

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The Game Needs to Change: Towards Sustainable Game Design

This book shows how games can play their part in addressing climate change and how we can sustainably make games for sustainability. Based on both industry practice and research, the chapters within t...

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

We're trying out new art styles for our game. Today: A reduced color palette. #indiedev #gamedev #games #impactgames

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

@b1is.bsky.social and I are so happy and thankful that our game got selected as winner of the Floodlight Game Jam 🎊 We feel really honored being picked among such a strong competition and enjoyed developing a game based on a real-world story a lot. #indiedev #gamedev #gamejam #indiegame

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Floodlight Gaming Connects Investigative Reporting to Game Developers for Adaptation Into Interactive Media Experiences

“Hunting the Hunter” wins top award at inaugural Floodlight Investigative Journalism Gaming Summit

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

The Floodlight Game Jam submission is over. It was really nice to get immersed into the stories of investigative journalists. @b1is.bsky.social and I learned a lot, about game development but also about the world. #indiedev #gamedev #journalism #gamejam #games

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blis @b1is.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

I've reworked yet another system in Where the Ghosts Are Damp! 👻 Wishlist Where the Ghosts Are Damp: store.steampowered.com/app/3270590?... 🪦 Join our ghosty Discord: discord.gg/tf4bFx6NCb #indiedev #unity #unity3d #gamedev #indiegame #WishlistWednesday #games #indiegamedev

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blis @b1is.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I've made a new thing! I think it is pretty cool. Here is a progression video. 👻 Wishlist Where the Ghosts Are Damp: store.steampowered.com/app/3270590/... 🪦 Join our ghosty Discord: discord.gg/tf4bFx6NCb #indiedev #unity #unity3d #gamedev #indiegame #WishlistWednesday #games #indiegamedev

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Our journey to get to our Steam Capsule (main graphic) for the Steam Page from the first drafts to working with a 2D artist. Thanks @dirn.bsky.social for making the capsule, it was a lot of fun to work with you!! ☺️ #indiedev #gamedev #gameart #games #steam #indiegame

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Pablo F. Quarta 🐍🌺 @pfquarta.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

ATUEL is out NOW on Steam & Google Play for free! 🙌✨ 🌄 Explore dreamlike landscapes 🦊 Shapeshift into different animals 📻 Listen to real testimonies Atuel is an award-winning surrealist documentary game about the climate crisis. Help us out with a RT! 🙏 store.steampowered.com/app/2794330/...

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Our Steam Page just went live!!😱🎊 Next goal: Get to a working demo for you to test. Wishlist to get notified when our demo is there ☺️🎮 #indiedev #majorupdate #gamedev #steamgames #unity #indiegame #steam #gamedev #solarpunk #greengames #puzzlegame #adventuregame

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

We gathered all your votes from Bluesky, Mastodon, TikTok, Loops and Discord and the name most of you resonated with most was... "Where the Ghosts Are Damp". So that's going to be the name of our game. Thanks to everyone who helped us find it! ☺️💦👻 #indiedev #gamedev #devlog

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

We just shared our #Steam Page for review - we're waiting now to get green light - keeping our fingers crossed that we got all those assets in the right place. I was really surprised to see how many more graphics are needed compared to itch.io #indiedev #devlog #gamedev #gameart

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

We're making screenshots for our Steam Page which we will (hopefully) launch next week 😱 In this level, you save canned beans from a storm at night - or , well, you try your best 🍃 #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev #devlog

Screenshot from our game: Wind blows canned beans around while a character carries a can of beans into safety

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IGN @ign.com · 07/06/2025

"Is it stealing to take back what was stolen?" Check out gameplay from Relooted, coming soon to Xbox Series X/S. #IGNLive #IGNSummerOfGaming

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

@b1is.bsky.social and I have found a name for our studio!! May I present: Green Wave Games. And for everyone who gets the reference: Yes, I love surfing 🏄☀️ #indiegamedev #gamedev #devlog

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blis @b1is.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Just released my first Unity asset: a tool that turns text into mumbling voices like in Animal Crossing or Undertale. If anyone wants a free copy, hit me up. Would love feedback! assetstore.unity.com/packages/too... #gamedev #indiedev #unity #voicetools

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Our game is a surreal puzzle adventure where you volunteer in a disaster-struck valley —only to find that rebuilding is far more complicated than it seems. What name should we choose? 🤔 #indiedev #games #puzzle #adventure #indiegames #gamedev

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Rhys Shurey (she/they) @trinitytales.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Behold! A little reveal! Been having BIG fun learning Unity! I bought the 7-day challenge from Game Dev Unlocked, and while I'm deviating lots and will definitely be taking more than 7 days to complete it, I'm learning tons through making my 1st game. More info below xx #indiegame #gamedev #unity

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

We swapped the Easter eggs for… an Easter pumpkin! It’s convienently egg-shaped and vegan. (Even though in the last playtest, people thought it was a mango, so maybe it’s an Easter Mango.) Anyway, happy #Easter! #screenshotsaturday #indiegamedev #indiedev #gamedev

A person carrying an egg-shaped pumpkin on their head

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blis @b1is.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Added some effects to level signs to make them pop a bit more— trying to give player a little VFX-dopamine. Any suggestions? #indiedev #unity #gamedev #indiegame

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Having fun with our #terrain tile assets today, recoloring them to fit our color palette. Next step: Hand-painting the ground in #unity. #indiegamedev #photoshop #gamedev

Text that reads "Terrains". Pictures of different terrain tiles.

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

We made a game for the #PULSGameJam! It was really exiciting to make a 3D web game in #godot for the first time and model the characters in #blender. You can play it here: tonyloon.itch.io/break-what-b... #IndieGameDev #hope #gamedev #GameJam

There is a graffiti sprayed at the wall that says "no one should live in fear or hunger" with a person standing in front of it and a bot approaching the person

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

How to find meaning in a world of ruin? How do we express our grief for the #environment destroyed without loosing hope for our future? Storytelling in the #Climate Crisis is one of the aspects that will be discussed within the #Green Game Design Project by @igda.org. #indiegamedev #gamedev

Green Game Design Project Website Launch March 11

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

If you see this, quote with a game you've replayed multiple times! I have played a lot of Tomb Rider on my NGage but I guess Zelda - Oracle of Seasons wins for me Tag a friend (or someone you wish you were friends ;) ) @b1is.bsky.social

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THE ROOF | Seaward - Demo out now! @theroofinteractive.com · 12/02/2025

⭐ Big news everyone! ⭐ 👉 store.steampowered.com/app/3430280/... Seaward has a Steam page! 🎉 Be sure to wishlist ☑️ 🗺️ cozy exploration, no timers ⛵ ship building 🤸 fun characters 🌱 renewable energies

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Seaward on Steam

Seaward is a cozy exploration game where you build a ship to discover a flooded world. Find resources and power your ship with renewable energies. Meet unique characters and help them out to build a w...

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Want to try out some #indiedev #games this weekend? In this collection: * story of a sentient AI (Ariadne) * AI-themed version of "Papers Please" (Systemkontrolle) * interactive poem (Matsutake) * hike with an #AI bot (Hike*O) * hitchhikers guide like #rpg (sustAIn) itch.io/jam/bpbgame-...

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Had a great time at the @bpb.de #gamejam last weekend. In our #vr game, you wake up in your room in a world shaped by AI. A system error makes it possible for you to travel back in time to change policies. What would you change? #godot #godotengine #indiedev #gamedev itch.io/jam/bpbgame-...

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ButterflAIeffect by Cy Lowen, lisa eloine, Tony Loon, Crabman, Janine, JBrzzz, larsoom for bpb:game jam 2025

Fenster zu einer Zukunft mit künstlicher Intelligenz

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

We are developing a meditative narrative #VR experience for the #globalgamejam. Three more hours to go! globalgamejam.org/games/2025/b... #globalgamejam2025 #ggj25 #ggj2025 #indiedev

bubbles against a dark but beautiful cloud sky

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Just found these games from the #regenerate game jam which put organic, regenerative and indigenous farming knowledge center stage. I loved the "Garden of Ora" game for the artstyle: regenerate-game-jam.itch.io #gamejam #indiedev

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Rokojori @rokojori.com · 20/01/2025

Started examples for the lib. More flashy so I thought it could be interesting. With the library none of those effects requires coding to setup and can easily be combined. Especially with other effects ^^ #godot #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamdev #vfx #effects #flash

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Working on a style for our game. I learned a lot about textures and materials, lighting in #unity and shaders this week :) I made the tent, the pumkins and the fireplace (without the fire) myself in #blender. #indiedev #gamedevelopment

Trees, a fireplace and a tent. The trees are detailed.

Trees, a fireplace and a tent. The trees are low poly.

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blis @b1is.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

The only way to stop the cats from their shenanigans is to activate the lantern! Should it be a bell instead? #indiegame #gamedev #indiedevv #unity

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

I made a starter pack on #sustainability in #games. Let me know if I missed someone :) #indiedev #environment #ecology #gamedev

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Beginning of this year I was taking part in my very first game jam. In May, we had finished our 2D RPG-like narrative game and now I’m working on a 3D game with @b1is.bsky.social . What a year, I’m excited about the next! What was your #gamedev journey like this year? #indiedev #newyear

On the top it reads "from february" with a picture of a quiz game. In the bottom, there is a picture of a 3D game.

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

At an amazing online event about #sustainability in games a game dev student showed his game about an activist camp near Berlin. I think it’s interesting how that way, the lines between #gamedev and #journalism begin to blur. Play the game for free: yxee.itch.io/wasserwald #solarpunk #indiedev

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Im Wasserwald by yxee

Prototyp, Stand 04.07.2024

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Our question of the week: How do we make our #hopepunk themed story go together with our over-the-top #cute artwork? How can we convey serious topics in a way that is wholesome? #indiedev #wholesomegames #indiegames

A super cute pumpkin is asking "Am I cool?"

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

We are working on a new input system! @b1is.bsky.social and I discussed if we should go for ragdoll or reliable controller. I immediately felt sick when playing a ragdoll game (Fall Guys on Switch). We decided to implement the reliable controller ^^' #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame

Spongebob looks like he's dizzy / not himself on the picture. A line reads: Me after trying out a ragdoll controller for the first time

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Your indie game should be on that list? Just add it :)

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blis @b1is.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Testing wind interaction: * Pushes fruit. * Pushes the character if they are stationary. * Makes it difficult to walk against the wind. * Increases speed when walking with the wind. Am I missing anything? #gamedev #indiegame #indiegamedev #unity

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Looking for a free #solarpunk game to get some inspiration? I really liked playing this game which is an ecological #art project from Slovenia. It's not only about tech but about society as well. Check it out here: solandium.com #indiedev #gamedev #sustainability #playingfortheplanet #impactgames

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Solandium 2063

Experimental solarpunk AI computer game. Can you build a sustainable society?

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Cy Lowen @cylowen.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

As long as we have empathy with sad bananas, there is still #hope I guess. What does it say about us when we label imperfect produce as "sad" though? And hopefully, the lessons we learn about #empathy aren’t confined to marketing alone. Full article: www.bath.ac.uk/announcement... #indiedev #blender

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blis @b1is.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Using GOAP for this was overkill, but it was a lot of fun to implement! #indiegame #indiedev #gaming #gamedev #unity

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