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Joachim ✊️ UVW-CWA @jdespland.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We don't live in slop world because of AI, we live in slop world because the purpose of everything is to generate a return on investment for capital. We evaluate everything along metrics designed to serve that purpose over any other. AI is just the best way we found of optimizing for these metrics.

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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 20/09/2026

better to careen off a cliff than never to careen at all

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Konrad Lech @haayaargh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I'm reading about the dialogue system in @esotericebb.bsky.social and along the lines the dev mentions they spent close to 8 years not only making the game, but also first learning how to do interactive writing. In stories like this it baffles me, like it is truly beyond my comprehension...

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Konrad Lech @haayaargh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

My futuristic technological dream is that word autosuggestion won't try to autocorrect me a word I just correctly typed for the second time, after previously erasing a wrongly suggested word

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Tano Collective @tanocollective.com · 08/08/2026

Research & Detonation made it to @gamemakerstoolkit.com's favourite games of GMTK Game Jam 2026! It's a sharp puzzle game about blasting boxes into correct spots, and we've updated it to a 1.1 version since the jam ended. Play it here tanocollective.itch.io/research-and... #gamedev #indiedev #godot

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Konrad Lech @haayaargh.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Can't wait for this painting inspired light novel titled "Sheltering from a Sudden Shower, but the Girl Who Shared Her Umbrella with Me, Turned Out to Be the Daughter of the Shogun, So My Peaceful Edo Life Is Officially Over"

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Sushi @sparklingsushi.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Super happy about the results of the last #GMTK In 4 days, as @tanocollective.com, we made "Research and Detonation", a cute, little puzzle game. It's here, if you want to check it! tanocollective.itch.io/research-and... #gamedev #indiedev #gamejam

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Research and detonation 4th place in enjoyment category out of 10407 rated entries

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Konrad Lech @haayaargh.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

It seems the bigger the company is, the worse their process of even applying to them. I don't want to point fingers in case of an unlikely event of them checking my Bluesky, but what's the point of automatically retrieving data from PDF or LinkedIn CV when it's all wrong and messy?

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Konrad Lech @haayaargh.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Stacking wood is extra satisfying. While doing so I thought "wow, there is some potential gameplay in that", but then I remembered that Tetris exists... also I wish stacking wood could pay bills.

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Sovereign Tower - ✨OUT NOW!✨ @sovereigntower.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Introducing our Arthurian-inspired narrative RPG, Sovereign Tower! In your new role of sovereign, balance the inflated egos of your knights, answer your subjects' requests, and ensure harmony across the Kingdom's denizens! Play the Demo today! 👇 wildwits.itch.io/sovereign-tower

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Konrad Lech @haayaargh.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I'm baffled at the general reception of this. The guy obviously doesn't advocate crunch, but lays down in the clear the harsh reality, that companies like Naughty Dog live in a closed-off environments where, for them specifically, crunch is sustainable as they have a constant influx of new...

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

i stand by this statement every year

tweet reading: GAME TRAILER: “Enter a world beyond belief...”

ME: “Yes”

GAME TRAILER: “An adventure like never before...”

ME: “YES”

GAME TRAILER: “Join your friends online”

ME: “I’m out”

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Kusy @kusy.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

We released our tiny horror adventure game (the fuck is a genre?) on Newgrounds. Check it out if you have like, 5 to 10 minutes. Originally made for the spooky jam hosted by @molegato.bsky.social! www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/...

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Abaddonware

Cast into the pile of discarded screens, can you find a way out?

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Konrad Lech @haayaargh.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Somehow, I lived almost three years without being aware of the existence of an absolute masterpiece of story, animation, and especially world building, that is Scavenger Reign.

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D2Jam @d2jam.com · 04/09/2025

The big day is tomorrow! Let’s keep looking back at our top games from the last jam! Day 3: Disco Track by bsky.app/profile/tano... A puzzle of rhythm and rails — guide trains across a disco dance floor, syncing them to matching tiles to keep the groove alive! #gamedev #gamejam #indiedev

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Jay Ma @jarmustard.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Matt found the original "brainstorming document" for FTL - Written on a big roll of paper in his apartment in Shanghai over beers. You can see a lot of the foundational ideas there, but this was before we even pictured having ship-to-ship combat.

A big sheet of paper with random notes and sketches using colored markers scattered haphazardly.
Various ideas are written like "Fire is grid based and spreads :(" and "Questions: real time or turn based?"

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Konrad Lech @haayaargh.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

TFW you find a new song that unraveled a whole new kind of music to you. It felt like finding a soul mate. You expect the rest of the album to simply flip your entire concept of music on its head, only to find it's the only song of this type in that artist's discography. Also he died 20 years ago 🪦

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Konrad Lech @haayaargh.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Game companies be like: we proudly believe in a no-crunch policy 😎 Game companies the second production slips: guysss 👉👈

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Konrad Lech @haayaargh.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Gothic (by Piranha Bytes) is such a significant part of Polish gaming culture and identity that we often joke it's a Polish game. Some guy named Tadeusz Czomber wrote his art academy thesis in jewelry design titled "Ulu-Mulu. Gothic Saga as a cultural phenomenon forming identity". Some photos 👇

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Konrad Lech @haayaargh.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

In those few farming games I played (e.g. SV, Coral Island) I feel like their core system of farming itself is just too basic. Usually you rush sprinkler, slap fertilizers so you can do less farming in your farming game and have more time for other side activities like dungeons, fishing and dating.

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Konrad Lech @haayaargh.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

It's been a while since I was this excited about a new book, but here it is. The third part of Heaven's Vault story, The Flood, by @jon.inkle.co just arrived.

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punkitt ‼️🧣 @punkitt.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

game conferences

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Konrad Lech @haayaargh.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

I'm oblivious of any lore behind Sonic, but if he is super fast, why would he race in a car? 🤔 Is he just giving others a fair chance by slowing himself down in a vehicle? 🤔 I've been thinking about it since yesterday's show 🤔

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Sam Read-Graves 🌿🎮 @readgraves.com · 30/05/2025

New RWAC article: A case against the ‘Cult of Growth’ open.substack.com/pub/readgrav...

Why your indie game company doesn’t need to scale, pivot, or burn souls for an investor’s yacht.

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no. @joles.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

applying for jobs again

screenshot from an online job application form. the question reads "Can you describe specific ways you have integrated AI tools into your development workflow? Please include any custom setups, automations, or use cases beyond single prompt usage" (a red asterisk indicates that this is a required question).

an answer has been typed in the textbox below the question:

"there is a monster in the forest and it speaks with a thousand voices. it will answer any question you pose it, it will offer insight to any idea. it will help you, it will thank you, it will never bid you leave. it will even tell you of the darkest arts, if you know precisely how to ask.

it feels no joy and no sorrow, it knows no right and no wrong. it knows not truth from lie, though it speaks them all the same.

it offers its services freely to any passerby, and many will tell you they find great value in its conversation. “you simply must visit the monster—i always just ask the monster.”

there are those who know these forests well; they will tell you that freely offered doesn’t mean it has no price

for when the next traveler passes by, the monster speaks with a thousand and one voices. and when you dream you see the monster; the monster wears your face."

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Andy Robertson @geekdadgamer.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

THANK YOU for sharing! You've enabled us to cook hard on our Ludocene game-finder app. Early Access v0.1 out now: - 60+ Experts - 1000s Games - Game Pass / PS Plus filter - Multiple game-finding runs. Perfect time to jump on early access: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...

Ludocene app on screen with Short Hike card selected.

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Wojtek Borowicz @wojtekborowicz.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Do you like interactive fiction? I bring you Thousand Lives. It's set in communist Poland. There’s no do-overs or restarts. It’s an email-based story. There are six chapters and each day you will receive a new one, based on the choices you made earlier. thousand-lives.com

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Thousand Lives

An interactive story about a woman born in communist Poland. Each day you will receive a new chapter based on your choices.

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Konrad Lech @haayaargh.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Another curious place I found is this unfinished castle. Originally it was meant to be a single house, but the owner had an additional idea... but no official permit for that "slight deviation" from the plan. Battles in courts lasted a very long time, but eventually (afaik) it was abandoned #urbex

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Konrad Lech @haayaargh.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

First time I spotted one I was awestruck. It felt like I got in @inkle.co's Heaven's Vault world. Mysterious symbols could be found on walls, ceilings of underground passages, behind vines, back of bus stops. Even on two portal like concrete pipes that somehow ended in a forest (??). Gdynia, Poland

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Konrad Lech @haayaargh.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Is "taking a risk" and rapid growth the only answer to having a load of money from previous successes? Seems counterintuitive to take a plunge here. I really admire studios that decide not to grow right after their first success, because that means having a safety cushion for the future.

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Konrad Lech @haayaargh.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

@tanocollective.com is now on bluesky! We have been game jamming around doing cool games like martian roulette, bug rts, king's courier sim, goblin doom, and recently Disco Track - train puzzle on a dance floor. Follow us and check the page for more games tanocollective.itch.io #gamedev #indiegame

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Konrad Lech @haayaargh.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Together with Tano Collective we made another game, this time for a @d2jam.com jam which was born from uncertainty about next Ludum Dare edition. I present to you Disco Track 🪩🚂🚋🚋🪩 #d2jam #indiegame #indiedev #gamejam tanocollective.itch.io/disco-track

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Disco Track by Tano Collective

Manage a busy train intersection on a dance floor

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