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Gara @gara30.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

I made like the best Sunday game, that's all #indiegame #gamedev

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The Cozy Gaming Club @cozygamingclub.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

It may be Silksong week, but there are still some new cozy game releases too! 🚲Tiny Whiny Island - TODAY on PC @gara30.bsky.social 🐶Dogs Organized Neatly - 2 Sep on Switch 🚙Camper Van: Make it Home - 4 Sep on Switch @malapatastudio.bsky.social 🍵Kemono Teatime - 4 Sep on PC

Artwork for Tiny Whiny Island showing a postman on a bike flying through the air beneath a lighthouse.

Artwork for Dogs Organized Neatly showing a cute cartoon dog with its tongue sticking out.

Artwork for Camper Van: Make it Home showing a blue and white campervan covered in greenery standing on a grassy outcrop. In front of the campervan is a cat, dog and tortoise playing together.

Artwork for Kemono Teatime showing two siblings cuddling each other with one person clutching a teacup. Behind them are shelves holding more tea cups, tea pots, and tea blends.

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

The more things I've made, the less I've been interested in publicly criticizing the things that other people make, because once you make a few things you start to understand what a miracle it is that anything gets made at all

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Gara @gara30.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Added Respawn effect, I'm too giddy about this #screenshotsaturday #indiegamedev

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Gara @gara30.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

In celebration of completing my game, I decided to create a short video sharing some tips and advice on the topic. That's all, hope y'all find some use out of it! #gamedesign #indiegamedev #indiegame #gamedev youtu.be/fGwzRrOaw5M?...

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How to Make a Small Open World Game

YouTube video by Marshlander Games

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Gara @gara30.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I made this cozy open-world game store.steampowered.com/app/3922310/... #cozygame #openworld #indiegame #videogames #steam

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Gara @gara30.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Hey folks, just wrapped up developing Tiny Whiny Island, a cozy open-world game I produced with five awesome friends. I’d love it if you could take a moment to wishlist it on Steam! It would mean the world to us! store.steampowered.com/app/3922310/... #indiegame #gamedev #videogames #cozygames #cozy

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Tiny Whiny Island on Steam

Tiny Whiny Island is a short, cozy, open-world game where you explore scenic routes as the island’s postman. Deliver letters, resolve local conflicts, and discover the heart of a tiny coastal communit...

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John Brewer @jbrewer-jera.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Next week, I'll be doing the BAD Game Jam. "Instead of trying to make games that are perfect, polished, and fun, let's make games that are broken, unfinished, and interesting. This game jam is about having fun making games NOT making games that are fun." itch.io/jam/the-bad-...

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The Bad Game Jam - Part Deux

A game jam from 2025-06-29 to 2025-07-07 hosted by B.A.D. Collective. Making good games is overrated! Instead of trying to make games that are perfect, polished, and fun, let's make games that are bro...

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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

"Bluesky is dead." Meanwhile, on Bluesky...

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Jordan Harper @jordanharper.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The good part of AI is that the only thing a writer can do to combat it is to become more human. Make your writing weirder, hornier, more violent, absurd, poetic, difficult, political, jagged, dreamlike, ironic, surreal, alive. You don't have any choice but to plumb the depths.

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Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

The whole "I'm an artist! I need to get with X company to make it!" needs to fucking die in a fire. -the older the creative industry, the more hyper-optimized it is to take the lion's share of profit from your work. -Why do you think the penniless creator of the masterwork story is old hat?

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a young boy stands in front of a chalkboard with the words " makes a lot of sense " on it

ALT: a young boy stands in front of a chalkboard with the words " makes a lot of sense " on it

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Lisette Titre-Montgomery @lisettetitre.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Days like today are why people give up on #gamedev and become like… real estate agents… There are easier ways to make money. And industries with way more competent leadership…. www.ign.com/articles/ea-...

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EA Cancels Black Panther Game, Closes Cliffhanger Games - IGN

Electronic Arts is canceling its planned Black Panther game and shutting down developer Cliffhanger Games, IGN has learned.

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Jack Boot @jackboot.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Hungry Hungry Hippos was a tragic game. They weren't actually hungry, it was emotional eating. It was a cry for help but we just laughed and laughed.

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Gara @gara30.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

If my game doesn't get banned from steam, I would be shocked. Ba dum tss #indiegame #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #animation

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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

This didn't happen by random chance of the market or some neutral development of technology. The game industry, like many industries, figured out how to outsource all the risks and costs of production onto the aspirational while capturing their own cut as rent. Game devs are uber drivers now.

Graph of yearly releases on Steam from 2004 to 2024 with the massive growth from 2014 onwards to 18,678 games released in 2024.

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Kate Sánchez @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I need these emails to stop finding me, please.

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Literary Pearls @literarypearls.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin

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Gara @gara30.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Every 3 days, I get a newsletter from Linkden recommending me this scam of a company to work it. I'm tired of getting spammed by them for a year, and linkden doesn't have a block function for job postings. You don't need them, Make your own game dev studio! #Linkden #gamedev #indiegame

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Nazih Fares | Wishlist The Arab League of Misfits @nazihfares.com · 08/12/2024

I've decided to create a humble starter kit for game devs that are of Lebanese origin. I know there's more than these fine folks around, but I have a feeling most haven't joined Bluesky. I'll wait and see, and potentially turn it to a Levantine Arab list instead go.bsky.app/BCfeTT1

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Gara @gara30.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

We won best game design, which means free GDC tickets, see yall there ☺️

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Gara @gara30.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

I grew up on these streets

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Gara @gara30.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

Games industry needs to chill

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Gara @gara30.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

that stupidly satisfying moment once all your tasks are in the done pile and your deliverables are in the green, this literally has a harder dopamine hit then anything else in #gamedev #trello

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sumi @manjunii.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

i love being unemployed i just told my friend im about to watch a 4 hour long video essay on sebastian from stardew valley on a monday afternoon and almost had a stroke saying it

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Angel 🩵 ¡VIVA MÉXICO! @cutestpatoot.itch.io · 26/10/2024

I had a joke about game design but I’m already working on 50 other jokes about game design and wait I just thought of another joke about game des-

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Gara @gara30.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

I've never watched a documentary that has made me weep like this before, ibelin's story is a reminder for us to self reflect and be grateful for all that we have in our lives. #ibelin #wow #worldofwarcraft