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Play Sheffield @playsheffield.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Hey #Sheffield, our next meet up: ✨Thursday 1st October✨ Join us for a super casual meet up with other game makers in Sheffield and South Yorkshire, open to everyone involved in video games in any role! 🗓️ Thursday 1st October ⏰ 7pm - 9pm 📌 Sheffield Plate, Orchard Square Info: luma.com/mwfyg9mv

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Play Sheffield - Monthly Gamedev Meetup · Luma

Join us for the monthly informal meetup of Play Sheffield, a welcoming space for anyone involved in making video games in the UK’s greenest city! Whether…

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Brilliant Indie Treasures @brilliantindietreasures.com · 09/09/2026

🏴‍☠️ BITs on a BOAT! 🏴‍☠️ We are running a public event on October 10th, in #London, on The Golden Hinde! We need some #indiegames (& #gamedevs) who are interested in showcasing - if you'd be up to being on a boat, please apply (it's free): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... (rt pls)

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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

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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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Dan / mono @deadair.co.uk · 15/08/2026

very good. much recommend. was drawn in by the combo of visuals and adaptive audio, then ended up spending most of my time laughing. don't read up on anything else before playing.

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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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Eike @eikebentley.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Because We're Here is exhibiting at the Leftfield Collection at MCM Comic Con Birmingham this weekend! Leftfield is very DIY and we've had a lot of fun with the stall. Come by and say hello! Take a fridge magnet.

A congenial independent computer game developer sits beside an expo display for the game Because We're Here. A demo is onscreen, and there are various pieces of vintage and/or WW1 miscellanea scattered around. A doily is used as a mousemat. A crocheted poppy and blue rose are displayed in a glass.

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Dan / mono @deadair.co.uk · 07/08/2026

Went through the dozens of food stands at comic con and none of them sell noodles. wtf.

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Dan / mono @deadair.co.uk · 07/08/2026

Down at MCM Birmingham this weekend supporting @benjamilian.bsky.social & @eikebentley.bsky.social with Trans Theft Horso and Because We’re Here! Pop by the ever-excellent Leftfield Collection to say hi and play many wonderful games 🩵

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Dan / mono @deadair.co.uk · 05/08/2026

oooh, multiple cool things here; Dance Dance Detective, All Will Rise, Wax Heads, Degenerate Star, Remote Control, and more!

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Dan / mono @deadair.co.uk · 30/06/2026

There's a survey out for Sheffield's City of Culture bid. I hope people mention our rich 40+ year heritage in the global games industry, thriving gamedev community, esports scene, @playsheffield.bsky.social, @nvmuk.bsky.social, +dozens of games studios haveyoursay.sheffield.gov.uk/cityofcultur...

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Sheffield City of Culture Survey | Have Your Say Sheffield

Sheffield has been longlisted to become UK City of Culture 2029. This is an exciting opportunity to celebrate everything that makes our city special and to share Sheffield's stories, creativity an...

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Dan / mono @deadair.co.uk · 27/06/2026

I love this idea - a very indie 2 day experimental games conf based around 'inhuman-centred design'; creating new ideas by looking at things from a different perspective. Reminds me very much of the type of thing you used to get at Feral Vector. 18th-19th July in Hillsborough and only £35

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UnderDeveloped 2026 @underdevelopedconf.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

UnderDeveloped is back for 2026! A relaxed unconference to celebrate all things games and play, join us once again on the beautiful lawns of Brighton Square on Wednesday 15 July between 13:00-16:00. You can find out more about the event and register at the link below.

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UnderDeveloped 2026 · Luma

We’re back this July for another round of talks, playtests, doodles, walks, and more. UnderDeveloped is a relaxed unconference to celebrate all things games…

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Calligram Studio @calligramstudio.com · 05/06/2026

📣✨ NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT ✨📣 We're pleased to introduce... I’M YOUR HOST An audio deduction game where you have one task: restore a series of lost podcast episodes.       🙏 Wishlist now   s.team/a/4720280   🎧 Press/ creators  shorturl.at/0Chkp  👀 30-second trailer👇

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sean morley @seanmorl.com · 31/05/2026

The least compromised song contest in Earth history. New songs, new lore, new problems. Morlvision is tonight at 7pm on www.twitch.tv/seanmorl

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Dan / mono @deadair.co.uk · 26/05/2026

Getting trolled by my phone now

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AdventureX @adventurex.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Today is the final day to submit to be an exhibitor or speaker at AdventureX 2026! Applications are available at adventurexpo.org. Remember to submit before 11:59 PM GMT+1 today, 21 May! ⏱️ #AdvX #AdvX26

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AdventureX

Since 2011, AdventureX is the UK's only convention dedicated to narrative-driven gaming and interactive storytelling.

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Dan / mono @deadair.co.uk · 20/05/2026

Nice to see The Slayeux Tapestry highlighted! That was *inspired* + holding it as an exhibition at the Royal Armouries, where loads of games source their weapon refs, was just the cherry on the top.

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Dan / mono @deadair.co.uk · 15/05/2026

This is excellent! Huge congratulations to @benjamilian.bsky.social !

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meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

we already have enough indie games that would appeal to all sorts of people who don’t play games — but the people who don’t play games don’t know about them. and they need to know about more than one thing that catches their interest to download steam. Or buy a console. That’s the reality.

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Play Sheffield @playsheffield.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

The Play Sheffield meet up for May is ✨tomorrow ✨ 📅 7th May 🕖 7pm - 9pm 📌 Sheffield Plate, Orchard Square 🔗 luma.com/1b6qjrev Super casual, and open to everyone involved in video games in any role, whether you're studio, indie, hobbyist or part of the wider games industry 🎮

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Play Sheffield - Monthly Gamedev Meetup · Luma

Join us for the monthly informal meetup of Play Sheffield, a welcoming space for anyone involved in making video games in the UK’s greenest city! Whether…

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Dan / mono @deadair.co.uk · 06/05/2026

holy shit it's like they made a game just for me

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nic tringali @nictringali.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

🌖 Amberspire is OUT NOW! 🌇 A dice driven science fantasy city builder. Grow your city atop a mausoleum moon, interact with strange weather and ecology, gain influence to make deals with powerful off-world factions, experience the history of a future city. PC, Mac, Steam Deck s.team/a/3350750

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sean morley @seanmorl.com · 29/04/2026

My latest for @nowthenmag.bsky.social. I went to meet the new delivery robots. "I hate the machines, but not in a negative way. I find a lot of joy in it. If you hate me (a person with a soul) for hating a machine (inanimate) then you might actually be toxic." nowthenmagazine.com/articles/why...

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Why Do I Hate The Delivery Robots?

Full conscription into the machine war has expanded to Sheffield. I went to meet our mechanical overlords in Meersbrook Park.

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Dan / mono @deadair.co.uk · 27/04/2026

i'm not reading the comments i'll just assume everyone's already spoken highly of the atari jaguar in a fondly reminiscent way.

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Dan / mono @deadair.co.uk · 17/04/2026

i'm just having a normal friday night reenacting the 1994 introduction of new labour within minecraft while @seanmorl.com tells me i've been learning chinese wrong.

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martin pichlmair @martinpi.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

We're planning a bird-themed Steam festival and if your game features birds you are welcome to submit it here. There more the merrier! tally.so/r/lbWro6

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Birds of Play

Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.

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Helen Greetham 🐝 @jabbage.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

New game announcement!!! I just find myself so drawn to Arthur Conan Doyle's most beloved literary creation, I can't keep away. That's why I've created a BRAND NEW GAME featuring him. And by 'him', of course I mean Professor Challenger. jabbage.itch.io/sir-arthur-c...

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Dan / mono @deadair.co.uk · 01/04/2026

thoughts and prayers to those who scheduled serious yet unexpected updates and announcements for today.

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sean morley @seanmorl.com · 20/03/2026

gonna stream a game called minecraft with my friend @deadair.co.uk. nothing to stress about honestly. (we've made our own mod) www.twitch.tv/seanmorl

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David H @nachimir.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Leftfield submissions are now open for 2026: airtable.com/appIQDFmYU3o...

Photo of the game Bib Goes Home. A small projector on a Mechano stand is doing interactive projection mapping on the pages of a cardboard pop-up book.

Screenshot of the game Far From Noise. A Citroen 2CV is balanced precariously on the edge of a cliff. Text bubbles: "(honk honk) HELLOOO?"

A screenshot of the game Rhell. A young mage stands in front of some bookshelves and a bed, looking at a spectrral form above.

Close up photo of the installation Wobble Garden. LED rings shine in many colours, at the bases of springy conical silver doorstops.

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Dan / mono @deadair.co.uk · 20/03/2026

playing minecraft with my friend/colleague @seanmorl.com . everything is very normal.

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Jenny Cromwell / Papyrus Stories @jennycromwell.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Interested in poetry in games / games in poetry - including in historical games? Check out the call for papers for our annual conference (Multiplatform) below, which will take place in Manchester in mid-June. manchestergamecentre.org/events/2026/...

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Multiplatform 2026: Poetry in Games/ Games in Poetry — Manchester Game Centre

Multiplatform is the annual Manchester Game Centre symposium dedicated to analogue and digital game studies and practice. In 2026, we turn to the lively, uneasy, and productive overlaps between poetr...

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Dan / mono @deadair.co.uk · 20/03/2026

this morning my faithful Ducky One 2 Mini keyboard died, just a little trill of usb disconnect, reconnect, and a final disconnect to mark its passing. you will be sorely missed. also i thought Duckys lasted forever wtf

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Dan / mono @deadair.co.uk · 19/03/2026

honestly the separation of 3 & 4 as different and distinct stages is a valuable thing to understand.

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Lennoxiconic // A Melody of Scales @lennoxiconic.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I made this image as a joke but my friends said that it was (mostly) reasonable enough to be taken seriously. So: Indie devs, what does your game need to do for you to see it as a success? Note: except for the top tiers, most of the games shown do not relate to their tier. #indie #gamedev

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Lost In Cult @lostincult.co.uk · 15/03/2026

You've made a demonic pact with World of Horror: The Board Game, but for those who have yet to partake, there's <50% of our Guro Editions left! Don't let the salve of indecision fester into something... fatal 🔗⤵️

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Jay @ ENIGMA|STUDIO (tolt.horse) @enigmastud.io · 13/03/2026

NEVER FORGET - WHEN THEY FIND YA☘THEY'LL GETCHA The Games From Ireland Steam Event! Check out some COOL IRISH GAMES discounted all week, including the deepest discounts ever on ENIGMA|STUDIO games. (Huge bualadh bos to @imirt.bsky.social for such a monumentally cool achievement! Please follow them!)

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Imirt - The Irish Game Makers Association @imirt.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The Game From Ireland Steam Event is now live!! Go to the Steam Page and join us for the Games From Ireland Showcase which starts at 5.15pm!! store.steampowered.com/sale/Gamesfr... #GamesFromIreland #IrishGames #Imirt #SteamEvent

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Moo Yu (Mythmatch on Switch and Steam Now!) @oneofmoo.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

🏹🏹🏹 Mythmatch is OUT NOW on Steam! 🏹🏹🏹 AND there's a 20% launch discount! 🐐 Merge the items 💪 Unite the people 🏠 Make a home And it's Steam Deck Verified!! store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...

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Jamie D @uk-resistant.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Are you an organizer or head of a games dev community, based in the UK? (Can be design, audio, composers, artists, games course leaders, entire studios, whatever!) If so, DM/reply to this post. I'm organizing a cool event in the warmer months with an emphasis on bringing folks together Plz RT!

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a woman is holding a red megaphone in her hand and talking into it .

ALT: a woman is holding a red megaphone in her hand and talking into it .

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Dan / mono @deadair.co.uk · 13/03/2026

when talking about the wide range of job roles in games i'd pull out examples and one of them was always "there will literally be someone whose job it is to make rocks, and they will be some of the most technically accomplished things in the game" vindication! www.artstation.com/artwork/AZzrJm

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Cairn - Technical Breakdown - Rock Rendering, Anthony Beyer

I was lucky to work on Cairn as Technical Art Director, and now that the game has been released, I thought it might be interesting to share some of its "development secrets". At the beginning, i want...

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Dan / mono @deadair.co.uk · 12/03/2026

Make It 'Til You Make It has quickly become one of my favourite things. just pitch-perfect natural chaos energy. youtu.be/--R0VFygaYM?...

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Honk if you’re crafty! | EP 3 | MAKE IT ‘TIL YOU MAKE IT

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Shaun Inman @shauninman.com · 05/03/2026

Who's ready to release a video game? @panic.com gave me the chance to colorize my little @play.date adventure game Ratcheteer and bring it to a wider audience on Steam and, most exciting to me (and the kids), the Nintendo Switch! It's out today: ratcheteer.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy3e...

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Ratcheteer DX - OUT NOW on Nintendo Switch, PC, & Mac

YouTube video by Panic

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meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

BACK ALL WILL RISE on KICKSTARTER if you're into 💜 citizen sleeper x ace attorney 🔥 revenge against the epstein class 🤑 marxist-animist weirdness 🃏 card-based narrative 🇮🇳 set in alternate india ✨ dreams of dead gods 🍃 branching stories ✊ WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe...

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All Will Rise: a narrative courtroom deck-builder

A game about taking a billionaire to court for the murder of a river.

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Dan / mono @deadair.co.uk · 03/03/2026

how do devs stay sane with Early Access reviews

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Des Gayle @kiddesimo.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Hello Bluesky. I'm working on an animated short and just launched a Kickstarter for it. Please take a look and share with anyone you think will like it! 🙏 www.kickstarter.com/projects/alt...

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Dan / mono @deadair.co.uk · 26/02/2026

Join us next week for our @playsheffield.bsky.social gamedev meetup in Sheffield! It's a friendly, inclusive space where everyone in games is welcome, whether indie, studio, hobbyist, or wider games industry. 🗓 Thurs 5th March ⏰ 7 - 9pm 📌 Sheffield Plate, Orchard Square luma.com/pt7ujnqr?tk=...

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Play Sheffield - Monthly Gamedev Meetup · Luma

Join us for the monthly informal meetup of Play Sheffield, a welcoming space for anyone involved in making video games in the UK’s greenest city! Whether…

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