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Here's a quick flythrough of my entry for the Quake Rooftops Jam. Pretty awesome what you can do in Quake with modern tools! Music by @carsonmusic.bsky.social. #ScreenshotSaturday

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 18h

new Quake map: "Mermaids in the Basement" for Quake Rooftops Jam + my level design notes and inspirations www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2026/10/new-...

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new Quake map: Mermaids In The Basement

Design notes for my Mediterranean rooftop village themed single player Quake 1 map.

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 14h

Just want to say that if you like the work that I do, and all the spotlighting of weird games and lesser-known releases, please bookmark and regularly check Steam Hype! Comment, read the articles! The whole 'launching a new less-mainstream PC gaming site' thing is experimental. Help me make it work

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Steam Hype

Steam Hype is your go-to destination for discovering the latest, greatest, and most talked-about games on Steam.

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Brian Bear @beapeabear.bsky.social · 14h

Geometric quake 1

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N a i t e l v e n i @naitelveni.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Quake Rooftops is out now! Download below and go gib some shamblers! www.slipseer.com/index.php?re...

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 30/09/2026

head reattachment trauma was my first experience with them and they were honestly just so nice to work with.

Quake map tech room. Green walls with a key locked behind a grate.

Quake map tech room. A dingy brown maintenance space with pipes dangling from the ceiling.

Quake map tech room. A bundled collection of pipes descends through a shaft, with a ramp spiraling around them.

Quake map tech room. A large loading bay with heavy duty hatches in the floor and a vast diamond-shaped portal at the far end.

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Gavin @fifthelephant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

About a weeks worth of tinkering...

top-down view of a knave-style quake map.

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Waffles @wafflepaints.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Been a while since I'd painted anything, but since my modeling skills have gotten far better as well I wanted to try a previous print again. Modelled and painted a 3D rendition of the Quake nailgun ammo box! It'll be a desk ornament just like the old one, but this one looks heaps better. #miniatures

A hand holding a 3D printed and painted rendition of the Quake (1996) nailgun ammo box.

The same Quake (1996) ammo box (left), next to an older and worse version (right).

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Goh_billy @gohbilly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Attaching Marco from Metal Slug to my fan to bring out some Heavy Machine Gun action.

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esselfortium 🏳️‍⚧️ | Not Yet is out! @esselfortium.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

i'm very proud to present my newest album, Not Yet. here's what early listeners are saying: "this album is like a warm bath of harmony" "nostalgic but unfamiliar, like having new memories implanted in your head" check out Not Yet on @bandcamp.com: esselfortium.bandcamp.com/album/not-yet

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🌳 Muri: Wildwoods - a cozy cleaning adventure @speldosagames.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

LOOK AT MY FURRY FRIENDLY GAME! Please 🥺👉👈 ᶤᵗ'ˢ ʳᵉˡᵉᵃˢᶤᶰᵍ ᵈᵉᶜᵉᵐᵇᵉʳ 7ᵗʰ

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Mazu @hcmazu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just baked a mud cake! I don't bake much so it is always a triumph when I get something edible done.

Mixing done for baking a mud cake! Ready to be put on the mold and in the oven.

Fully baked mud cake with powdered sugar on top of it.

Slice of mud cake with some lingonberries.

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bryonato @bryonato.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

just crazy shit goin on in the sprawl zero speedrun rn lmao

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STUNTBOOST 🛹 Julian @bytinggames.com · 22/09/2026

Our game STUNTBOOST just launched 🥹 Play it on Steam! #speedrun #skating #gaming

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm immensely proud to announce that my texture library that's been in the making for nearly a decade is now available on my itchio store for indie devs to purchase commercial licenses. makkon.itch.io

screenshot of my itchio store, showing several texture packs available for purchse

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Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sin Episodes understands me

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scwiba @scwiba.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

NaNoWADMo 2026 approaches! Join us for our 9th year of Doom speedmapping and community. www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/...

Banner image made up of ten Doom screenshots showing various, colorful scenes. Superimposed is the text "NaNoWADMo 2026."

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Sinnoware 🔶 Immersive Sim @sinnoware.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Core Decay has uploaded some new screenshots to its Steam page, Ivar Hill is still cooking!

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SPRAWL zero @sprawlfps.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Our first major update is OUT NOW! We’ve been listening to your feedback, watching streams, and reading posts. Over the last 2 weeks, we built a massive patch with 183 fixes, features, balance tweaks, and improvements! Update is live on PC, and is coming to consoles ASAP!

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mars944.bsky.social @mars944.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

An entry in the Quake Rooftops Jam.

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N a i t e l v e n i @naitelveni.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The start map for Quake Rooftops is ready soon! Ty for your patience! 💜

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cammy @cammydev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

straight up going places

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lavender.pet @lavender.pet · 21/09/2026

fixed video

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Claudie - Buy Nerezia While I Vacation ;) @clh2oars.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Thinking about the sheer amount of TIME we all waste because of genAI the email scams, the scrutinizing covers and art and videos, the looking through new authors' history/socials, the checking every games' disclosure, the nonsensical conversations with bots, the changing tools bc they went to shit

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 21/09/2026

Also, an extra shout-out to my launch-day op-ed for Steam Hype, taking a realistic (not optimistic, not doom-laden) look at the ongoing industry crash. In short: Shit's fucked, but barring some surprise cataclysmic, internet-ending disaster, video games aren't going anywhere.

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The Industry Is Crashing, but Video Games Aren't Going Anywhere

The new world struggles to be born

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Visuwyg @visuwyg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

ICYMI: you can play #DERELIKT TODAY! Sign up to the playtest and give me some feedback! 🪐 Feels surreal to actually have it out there after all this time... store.steampowered.com/app/3810510/...

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 19/09/2026

One of the best Quake mappers and texture-artists out there, soon to release a pack of ~1600 textures for commercial use. Fingers crossed that we see some of these popping up across the retro shooter sphere over the next couple years.

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Mazu @hcmazu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I'm so burned out at making anything because a lot of things are just not going well. Almost every day something bothers me. Today wasn't particularly fun either when I accidentally deleted 15gb of Makkon textures and compiling tools thanks to bad folder structures.

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kali @kalibration.website · 10/09/2026

I wanted to just chip away at it for a couple hours but I ended up staying up all night working on my Quake Rooftop Jam entry.

A helipad and a water tower upon a city roof

A rooftop bar flanked by a bunch of angry robos

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Ongoing Chrisis @ongoingchrisis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I'm very close to finishing my first custom Quake map, qrt_grumpuswumpus. Look for it in the upcoming Rooftops Jam. Having spent many hours making Quake-engine maps back in high school, the tools we have access to now in 2026 are spectacular compared to what we used back then.

A screenshot of a custom map from the game Quake. We see a cave with a large raised catwalk, and a green bunker overlooking it on the left.

A screenshot of a custom map for the game Quake. We see a putrid reservoir with a bridge overtop, and broken storage containers in the background.

A screenshot of a custom map for the game Quake. We see a rooftop industrial area with a warehouse, and a pool of lava in the background.

A screenshot of a custom map for the game Quake. We see the moon shining through a jagged fissure in the roof of a cave.

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

not available yet, but it's all coming together!!!!!

screenshot of a storefront selling concrete textures. it includes screenshots, and a description that reads:
"Makkon Textures Concrete
A large and comprehensive pack of diffuse-only retro textures made from scratch in a cohesive art style, extensively battle tested by the Quake mapping community.

The concrete pack comes with 26 color variations, from bare concrete to painted colors to covered in moss.

Includes patterns for: building window facades, bare/cracked/broken surfaces and decals, floor tiles, a multitude of wall patterns, trimsheets and panel sheets, dedicated stairs, waffle slabs and fences, and huge 1k megastructure wall facades.

Built for and work best in 32 pixels/m texel density.

Screenshots may contain supplemental textures from other packs."

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N a i t e l v e n i @naitelveni.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I made this in blender today. Tomorrow I'm doing retopo and baking.

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Starry Strudel | HEXWALKER @hexwalker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

tonights quake doodle. something simple. #quake #quakemapping

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Starlight @onedumbmouse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"dead game" "game is dead" "dev greedy" "abandonware" *squints* *looks inside* : fully complete game that is just not receiving content updates anymore ah.... the everything has to be a live service crowd has arrived

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onyxthezebra @onyxthezebra.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I've just finished my entry for the Quake 1 Rooftop Jam! 'Moonlit Leap' I only had 3 weeks out of 6 to work on it due to various circumstances but I still wanted to make something short and sweet! This is the first jam I participated in and I am glad to have done so.

A tall building stands high as it is vibrantly lit by spotlights under the night sky, the windows lit from inside. Underneath are rows of horse shaped hedges.

A statue stands in a small garden on the terrace surrounded by standing lamp posts. A building is across a large gap, a window cleaning platform precariously swaying by a set of windows.

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Clenow @clenowa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I had to cut it down to a very short combatless map in the end for lots of reasons, but I'm reasonably happy with it and 'Concrete Heart' for Quake Rooftop Ram should be out soon(ish)! #quake

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Null @defective-null.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Been playing with the cool Scythe plugin for ue5. It's just a dev texture doodle but already the tools are extremely enjoyable. kind of an accidental mirror's edge vibe going on but i dig it.

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 14/09/2026

It's TIME! TO! GET! HYPE! Today, I get to proudly unveil Steam Hype, the project I've been working on with the help of @hookshot.media for the past two and a half months. A new PC gaming site which aims to demystify PC gaming, cut through the 100+ daily releases and spotlight indies as much as AAA

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Steam Hype

Steam Hype is your go-to destination for discovering the latest, greatest, and most talked-about games on Steam.

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Mazu @hcmazu.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Twitch as a service is pretty much dead to me.

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Antonio Freyre - Merlino Games @merlinogames.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“I am not making art to give fun to people — I am not a clown, I am not a businessman making money. I am a human being. I am making art to heal myself; that is what i am doing and when I will heal myself, then I will start to heal others.”

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N a i t e l v e n i @naitelveni.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Behold, evil green slime! >:O

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the Carrie / ADC_AX @adc-ax.itch.io · 12/09/2026

PIPELINE custom map for VHOLUME featuring new music by @1e0y0e0s.bsky.social available now on Steam Workshop: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...

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Taffer King @tafferking451.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The gardens encircle the front and sides of the bank, connecting to the old monastery cloister, refectory and chapel. The constables have converted some areas - some say you can hear their prisoners from the kitchen. #gloomwood #screenshotsaturday

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A Spiced Pumpkin Sergal 🎃🍂 @adorablesergal.neocities.org · 13/09/2026

If you're gonna take forever to do something, you might as well spend forever adding detail. #nextbroom #quake1 #leveldesign #gamedev

Nextbroom screenshot of a Quake map work in progress, a long hallway with a raised ceiling in this techbase themed map has several nice accents and indents in the walls, including an open panel that gives us a glimpse to the circuitry behind it.

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