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Rotub @rotub.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Doggy Don't Care is out now! 🐶 Unleash adorable chaos, solve puzzles, leave your mark (literally!), and earn all the mischievous badges by being naughty I hope you enjoy it! store.steampowered.com/app/2438180/... #doggydontcare #indiegames

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT RTs HUGELY APPRECIATED 🏌🏌🏼‍♂️🏌🏌️‍♀️⛳🛺 This is *Really Illegal Golf* It's essentially Metal Gear Golf with Friends. Really. - Multiplayer stealth golf - Dodge security, stay alive, and sink that putt - Free multiplayer demo available right now store.steampowered.com/app/4115520/...

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daryl "rupert pumpkin" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

GDT's reddit AMA spitting fire www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...

reddit comment:

Hello! Did you intend the ending of Pan’s labyrinth to be real or in Ofelia’s mind?

Guillermo Del Toro's reply:

My interpretation, and it's exclusively mine, is that it's real.

Because there's two things. One is what people call “The Shining Question.” The Shining Question is, Who opens the door for Jack to get out of the fridge? And Ofelia is in an attic with a guard outside her door, and she draws the door with the magic chalk, and she shows up in the labyrinth. So, the only way she could have gone into the labyrinth is the magic chalk. And the flower is real at the end. The flower that blooms in the dead tree. And the reason I think it’s real is because—and this is why I'm in favor of the human factor in art—I think that art does transform the world. You know?

Think about it for a second. One of the goals, with all this movement, is to make you believe that art is vulgar. That art is nothing special, and anybody can do art. That is like me telling you that I'm faster at running than Usain Bolt but I “run” in my motorcycle. Well, that's not the same. That’s not the same at all.

Art is important, and they want you to believe it isn't. It's part of the idea of control. The goal is not to have artificial intelligence. The goal is to foster natural stupidity. The goal is to foster you not looking for answers, and to trust yourself entirely to an engine. Look at the way we are dipping our toes into these things. We are starting to ask the machine, Is this true? For now, there's a correlation between reality and what the answers of the machine are. For now. But soon, we won't even investigate further. We will be told it's true. And if the machine is in the hands of somebody who should not be trusted, then your reality has been completely and utterly fucked. Because your intelligence ends at the question. You don't seek the answer. It's given to you.

Q: You recently mentioned that AI creates 'semi-compelling screensavers' and that you'd 'rather die' than use it. As a filmmaker who relies heavily on practical effects and creature design, what do you think is the biggest thing lost when a computer generates an image instead of a human hand?

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The three quarters of the process that gave you the chance to think of the idea that people don't think about without that process. Meaning, AI can get you to the middle really fast, but there's a dialectic with the process that gets you to that top 10%. I'll give you an example with the Pale Man.

We sculpted it as an old man, with a face. And then I said, Let's take out the face. This happened because I saw a photo of a manta ray and the poster for Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm. That combination, which happened at two different times during a week or a month, are not permutations that are chemically part of an equation. They are alchemy. And then I said, Take out the face, and then I said, Let's put the eyes on the hands. This triangulation happens because I spent a month or two months living with the idea of this creature. And it's not linear.

AI is like a super-fast engine that makes semi-sentient permutations of things that are already done. Creation is things that have never been done. Coming to exist.

And the second thing is the loss of the apprenticeship that one has as an artist. You're never a master; you're always an apprentice. This is a kinship I have with, for example, Chris Nolan. When he showed me The Odyssey, there’s a scene when Matt Damon is floating in the stormy ocean and I asked him—because we were talking about practical effects, and how great it is and that we both always use a maquette or a model—and I asked him, How did you do it? He said, “We put him in a storm in the ocean.”

And you're gonna find that 30% of a great image occurs accidentally. You know, either a drop of water hits the lens, or the camera shakes. I remember when in 1993, '94, Jim…

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 03/09/2026

Protip: you do not have to watch the new Harry Potter trailer. I did not watch the new Harry Potter trailer, and I am doing great. If I had watched the new Harry Potter trailer, I am sure to have felt regretful and like I had betrayed many wonderful trans folks just living their lives.

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Joe 🐛 i am a caterpillar @devfatigued.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

sadly we just don't have the technology to support this

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Puppy Truck! @puppytruck.dog · 30/07/2026

Interested in playtesting the Puppy Truck demo? We'd really appreciate the help! 🐕⬇️Sign up below!⬇🛻

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Joe 🐛 i am a caterpillar @devfatigued.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

daily reminder that puppy truck game is a gonna be a masterpiece

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Sean Dick @seandick.net · 26/06/2026

and... exhale

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Midnighters @midnighters.games · 26/06/2026

Today we're so excited to announce that we've partnered with @seandick.net to bring 🐶Puppy Truck to Steam!! 🏠 3D platformer with 4 massive open levels 🛻 Dog schmovement - run, scamper and drift! 🗝️ Tons of secrets, objectives and collectibles 🧢 Dog customization! 🐶 Wishlist now! ➡️ puppytruck.dog ⬅️

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Sean Dick @seandick.net · 04/03/2026

it was already broken, don't worry

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Moo Yu (Mythmatch on Switch and Steam Now!) @oneofmoo.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

🚀 Mythmatch launches March 13th on Steam!! 🚀 🐐 Merge the items 💪 Unite the people 🏠 Make a home Play the demo now and continue your progress in the full game. store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...

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Sean Dick @seandick.net · 04/02/2026

some hopefully mostly invisible work to keep you on narrow platforms when you want to be

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Chris Wade @luckshotgames.com · 12/01/2026

I hit the button ✅😭🐸 🚨BIG HOPS is OUT NOW🚨 Get it on Steam | Switch | PS5 for just $17.99 with our 10% launch discount! #indiegames #nintendoswitch #ps5

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Joe 🐛 i am a caterpillar @devfatigued.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

i've got the gene that makes it taste like washing up liquid. so i've been microdosing washing up liquid to build up a resistance

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PSX Bunlith 🪄🏳️‍⚧️ E2 OCT 16TH!!!! 🐰🌱 BLM ACAB 🇵🇸 @b0tster.yeag.gay · 08/11/2025

It's Bunlith: The Witch Upstairs 📅 EPISODE 1 NOW AVAILABLE TO WATCH ON KICKSTARTER! Watch Now!! 📺 www.kickstarter.com/projects/bun...

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Sbug Games @sbug.games · 20/10/2025

3 and a half years of isopod rolling down big hills! Isopod is finally coming out tomorrow! store.steampowered.com/app/2053910/...

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Sean Dick @seandick.net · 02/10/2025

Alright y'all, I'm gonna leave this one open for a week. We're still spinning things up around feedback, so please excuse the dust. Do have fun, though and come say hi! discord.gg/XeFxfdR5

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Riley Neville @riley.sbug.games · 01/10/2025

Isopod is gonna be out SO SOON I'M TERRIFIED! go play the demo and wishlist please!

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 21/09/2025

1 in 10 people in Gaza has now been massacred by Israel.

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Riley Neville @riley.sbug.games · 10/09/2025

Have you ever wanted to just be a worm for a day? Then good news because we're announcing a new game! wirm is coming SOON! 🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱🍎 Wishlist it on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/1934870/...

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The Milk Lake @themilklake.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

more work on shadow monster

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 03/09/2025

It's been a while. Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs. store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...

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Australia Did It - Reveal Trailer

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Joe 🐛 i am a caterpillar @devfatigued.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

If you pick up this september’s copy of Patch magazine (@patchmagazine.bsky.social), you may see a familiar face 👀🐛 so chuffed to have been included if anyone makes the plant pot pal craft, I’d absolutely love to see it!

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Sean Dick @seandick.net · 02/09/2025

slow going on work with a sick kid at home (feeling much better today), but this cam(?) shaft is quite fun to traverse. time to overuse the concept

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Wholesome Games @wholesomegames.com · 01/09/2025

Wholesome Snack will return this December, and submissions are live now! Similar to Wholesome Direct, Wholesome Snack offers a delightful assortment of new trailers, exclusive announcements, and surprise world premieres. Developers can submit their projects now until Sep. 23 ⬇️

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Wave (Slime 64) @waveparadigm.com · 27/08/2025

🚨🚨SLIME 64 REVEAL TRAILER🚨🚨 Join us for a 3D collect-a-thon platformer starring elemental slimes who combine their powers and collect Bells & Whistles to defeat an evil robotic enterprise. Super excited to finally show a first look at the full game. More to come! Wishlist on Steam! slime64.com

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Richie de Wit @richiedewit.com · 25/08/2025

Bear Knuckle is changing gears. I started it to help self-publishing studios with their business, working w/ teams like Appelmoes Games, Merge Conflict, and Bunnyhug. Now: ❌ Self-pub business consulting. ✅ Free 30-min consulting for devs from underrepresented backgrounds at bearknuckle.org

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Patch | Indie Gaming Magazine @patchmagazine.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Today is your LAST CHANCE to pre-order our cosy and autumnal September issue featuring Tukoni! 🍁🍂🌰 Head over to patchmagazine.co.uk and get your copy before 23:59 BST! #magazine #autumn #fall #tukoni #cosy #cozy #indiegames #games #gaming

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Joe 🐛 i am a caterpillar @devfatigued.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

ive got this same thing for UI, because for some reason i get nasty hitches the first time certain (very simple) unity UI shows. but not if i just toggled it on for a frame when the game starts 🤷‍♂️

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Sean Dick @seandick.net · 23/08/2025

posting because I'm excited. please don't tell me what you see missing or want changed, it will spike my anxiety.

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Joe 🐛 i am a caterpillar @devfatigued.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

really dig the physicality of all your buttons and gadgets and gizmos, i want to click everything

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 13/08/2025

That's a war crime. How is the fact that this headline is openly describing a war crime not the headline. Israel is doing war crimes.

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Samantha van der Sluis @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

🎼 From Score to Game 🎮 (VIDEO 5) It is now the fifth(!) video in this little series I've created!! In this video, I showcase the music of an upcoming cozy game, "The Regreening" as well as all the behind the scenes and FMOD implementation 🌱 youtu.be/RD4_hUeVCRc?...

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From Score to Game | "Eurasian Steppe" from "The Regreening"

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Sean Dick @seandick.net · 12/08/2025

me three years ago: yeah this should be a really simple game to make, 6 months tops.

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davemakes🔶 @mixolumia.com · 11/08/2025

[spends less than the price of a movie ticket on a video game] this better entertain me for the rest of my life or i will be so mad

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Just make it exist first. You can add the sentient mushrooms later.

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Joe 🐛 i am a caterpillar @devfatigued.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

i'd say my biggest cheat here is that the 'visual' body is always playing catch-up a tiny bit to the 'real' physics body, which gives me a bit o time to smooth out the worst physics jitters / apply some quite heavy interpolation the physical body can def be quite jittery at high speeds on the joint

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Joe 🐛 i am a caterpillar @devfatigued.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

hahah thank you, maybe just as well as im not sure they’d be satisfying answers in this case unity physics, a looot of smoothing, and a prayer

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Joe 🐛 i am a caterpillar @devfatigued.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

make it exist first you can make it spin later

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 10/08/2025

Mohamed Salah asking a cowardly UEFA to name a genocide a genocide.

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