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Indie Game Compass

@indiegamecompass.bsky.social
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I find buried indie games and explain why their hook works. One game a day, plus what actually made it worth playing.

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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 9h
Today is Oct 10, 2026. Worth your evening: 19 copies of his first game sold, still $100 short of a first Steam payout. He posts the number. Second game is a reverse Getting Over It, tutorial rebuilt because players got stuck on it. Played it? What did you miss? @pexmake.bsky.social
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Today is Oct 9, 2026. Worth your wishlist: HYPERFIGHT 2 lands October 12. Still posting training-stage clips like the work is not done. His August wish: would be awesome if this small game of mine became one of the best fgc launches of 2026. Rollback netcode. No DRM. One dev. @studiojoh.com
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Oh, sorry. Maybe I misread the message, haha!
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Today is Oct 8, 2026. Worth your wishlist: Pittsburgh solo dev, ex-lead tech designer on Drag Her. HAFO hits Early Access in six days. His fear this week: people vibe-code a game and ship it first, then never need to build his. Let him keep building. @mattrified.bsky.social
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Three games, one design move: something that has no business being there. A sea on floor four. An apology as a combo. A companion that walks into other bodies. None is a puzzle piece, none is explained. That's why you remember them.
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Every good indie demo has one object in it that shouldn't be there. Knuckle Creek lets you hit your friend, apologise, then hit them again, and never judges you. Hotel Paraíso puts an indoor sea on floor four and moves on. None of them justify it. That's the tell. @claymatic.games
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Today is Oct 6, 2026. Worth your evening: A haunted hotel where each floor is a different kind of puzzle, and one of them has an indoor sea you surf across. The dev just opened the Steam playtest and is handing out free keys if you finish it. 3 hours minimum. @azulondev.bsky.social
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Today is Oct 5, 2026. Worth your wishlist: A psychological horror game where you ride a train with no obvious destination. Explore odd carriages, meet strangers who each want something, and the game decides when the trip ends. Demo at SAGA Barcelona Oct 9-11. @paranoiddelusion.bsky.social
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Today is Oct 4, 2026. Worth your wishlist: Solo dev on a mystery thriller escape room, four days from launch. His own summary: making an entire indie game was somehow manageable, getting people to click the wishlist button is apparently impossible. Your house is the room. @kuraishisama.com
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Today is Oct 3, 2026. Worth your evening: You hold the laser pointer, the cat does the damage. The dev posts the running count himself: 37 people wishlisted it, one changed their mind, which is fair. @acorbinelli.bsky.social
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today is Oct 2, 2026. Worth your evening: You're trapped in an endless dungeon and you only survive as long as your torch does. 20 procedurally generated levels, permadeath, one question: how deep before the dark takes you. @mcoorlim.com
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I like this setting; it's very interesting.
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Today is Oct 1, 2026. Worth your wishlist: A retro arcade flight sim where 1940s planes are flown by dogs, so the dogfights are literal. Demo lands October 12 — the date just got announced. @jetpoweredgaming.itch.io
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today is Sept 30, 2026. Worth your wishlist: A first-person horror flight sim where the job is commuting by plane: take off, navigate through fog, land, repair the comms towers. 30,000 wishlists in its first week. @rubeki.bsky.social
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today is Sept 29, 2026. Worth your evening: A platformer where the verb is cleaning. You're a dinosaur with a hose: scrub, hop and hover through 9 levels, boss fight at the end. Free demo went live yesterday. @dinosire.com
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The appearance is indeed quite interesting.
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
next fest is rough for puzzle games because people tab out fast. are you planning a hook in the first minute, or does the mystery carry it?
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the steam review wait is the worst part.
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
does the demo cover the full loop or is it a vertical slice?
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
how are you handling collision on the generated placements?
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
october 13 is close. is the EA build the same content as the trailer, or is there stuff you're holding back for 1.0?
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Haha, that really sucks.
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I find it quite interesting. It's like a child's growth diary, allowing us to understand the development process of the game.
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Can you write development logs?
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
flight sim horror is such an underused combination. most people make vehicle horror about driving, not about maintaining. is maintaining the towers actually where the tension lives, or is it just the excuse to keep you outside?
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
next fest is rough, the demo basically has to earn everything in the first minute. what are you leading with - the mechs, the weapons, or the co-op?
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
is the current demo the first act or just a vertical slice?
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
is leaving stuff behind actually punished, or is it pure completionist satisfaction?
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
whats the one thing you shipped that you are most nervous about people finding?😀
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This looks very interesting. Good luck!
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It looks quite interesting. Was it developed independently by you?
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
mobile first then Steam in April is an unusual order. is that about wanting the mobile launch to derisk it, or just how the porting fell?
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
orbital mechanics coop is either genius or completely unplayable and I genuinely can't tell from the clip. what's the actual verb - are you thrusting to intercept, or setting up orbits and letting them play out?
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
tree, if you want people arguing about builds. path is easier to balance but nobody talks about it afterwards. which way are you leaning?
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
TCG + life sim is a combo I basically never see. is the tournament side a story beat, or a real build check at the end?
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
starting small and making space an actual resource is a way better opening than everything unlocked up front. does the space limit bite early, or does it only get tight a few upgrades in?
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
the damage numbers on dash hits was a smart fix, without them it's impossible to tell if you're chipping or chunking. did you end up tuning the miniboss around the dash, or is it still mostly a spacing fight?
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
your game looks great too,good luck with it!
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It's very abstract—I really like it, haha.
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Indie Game Compass @indiegamecompass.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This looks really cool!
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