iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin

@indietsushin.net

521 followers 2 following 508 posts

Highlighting indie games and developers from Japan! If you are in Japan and make games, we wanna know! 日本の面白いインディーゲームと開発者を英語で紹介するサイト！もし日本で活動している開発者の方はあなたのゲームを教えてください！ぜひ紹介させていただきます！ indietsushin.net Run by @renkotsuban.com and @nicegear.games

Posts Replies Media

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 13/09/2026

Today's games: 🏙️ Urbanitas by @plushie.bsky.social 👾 Sprite Shelf by washburnello 🔑 puzzlebox ruin by @ahmwma.bsky.social 👻 Little Troubles in Spooky Town by @kenney.nl 🧙‍♂️ Melhkhoir's Mansion by BitGlint Games Please check out these cool and awesome #IndieGames! www.youtube.com/live/GziKb6W...

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 13/09/2026

HI HELLO WE'RE NOT DEAD! Daikon and I will be #streaming #HappyHour tonight from 9PM UTC+9! The show is a #Japanese and English bilingual stream introducing some cool #IndieGames we found. Come hang out and find new stuff to play! www.youtube.com/live/GziKb6W...

YouTube video by Nice Gear Games

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 12/07/2026

Today's games: 🐸 Tadpole Tales by Pinnical Studio 🚗 HELP! NO BRAKE by Edgar Mendoza 📦 Combo Postage by @hacksawunit.bsky.social 🔴 PicoDoku by @voidgazerbon.bsky.social Please check out these cool #IndieGames!! www.youtube.com/live/5BDGhcp...

Happy Hour! Tadpole Tales, HELP! NO BRAKE, Combo Postage, and PicoDoku!

YouTube video by Nice Gear Games

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 12/07/2026

Daikon and I will be #streaming #HappyHour tonight from 9PM UTC+9! The show is a #Japanese and English bilingual stream introducing some cool #IndieGames we found. Come hang out and find new stuff to play! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BDG...

YouTube video by Nice Gear Games

Reposted by インディー通信 Indie Tsushin

Nick V // Daikon Games @nickvv.me · 11/01/2026

Really fun playthrough by @renkotsuban.com and Daikon (no relation)! Thanks for checking it out!

Reposted by インディー通信 Indie Tsushin

Andes Chucky @wendeego.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

oh wow, looks like the final release for dramatic road: the origin of wind (aka fire emblem with motorcycles) is coming at the end of july!

store.steampowered.com

Dramatic Road : the origin of wind - [IMPORTANT] Full Release Window & Roadmap - Steam News

To all our supporters, After three years in Early Access, we are thrilled to announce that Dramatic Road: the origin of Wind will officially launch (Ver 1.0) in Late July 2026! Here is our roadmap lea...

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 21/06/2026

Today's games: 🐶 Finding Polka by @lidlocks.bsky.social 🚀 Wind Runners by @ludicstudios.bsky.social ⚔️ Enigma Heart by @hadrosaurus.net Please check out these cool #IndieGames in #SteamNextFest!! www.youtube.com/live/B1Jzle_...

Happy Hour! Finding Polka, Wind Runners, and Enigma Heart!

YouTube video by Nice Gear Games

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 21/06/2026

Hey remember when we used to stream #HappyHour on Sundays from 9PM UTC+9? What if we started doing that again?! And what if we played some #SteamNextFest demos that we found?! Come hang out and find new stuff to play! www.youtube.com/live/B1Jzle_...

YouTube video by Nice Gear Games

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 02/06/2026

(EEK sorry I didn't see this til just now!!) I am so glad you're also enjoying Pokopia!! I also got really into Tomodachi Life for a while too ahaha, this has been a good year for chill games to play on the Switch 😆

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 02/06/2026

New #blog post! TOWNSQUEER Vol 1 (!!) and all its finery. Also some general housekeeping, most importantly that the e-mail newsletter is going away, so if you were subscribed to that, please make the switch over to RSS! 🙇 indietsushin.net/posts/2026-0...

indietsushin.net

🌃 TOWNSQUEER and housekeeping

Announcing TOWNSQUEER, a games bundle and zine from the members of Gamedev.lgbt! Plus some general housekeeping for Indie Tsushin!

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 30/05/2026

AAAAA oh my gosh, thank you so much for the writeup on Indie Tsushin!! Now the heat is REALLY on to stage a comeback and start updating more regularly again 🙇🙇🙇 Thank you so much @setsideb.com !!

Reposted by インディー通信 Indie Tsushin

Nice Gear Games @nicegear.games · 29/05/2026

Nice Disc and the soundtrack to Hamayumishi is in this!! Also a ton of other really cool games and zines and comics and music and Fellows(!!) and and and 👀 We would love it if you would check it out, it was such a labor of love from all of us!! itch.io/b/3666/ #IndieDev #IndieGames @itch.io #LGBTQ

TOWNSQUEER: A gamedev.lgbt zine and games bundle by TOWNSQUEER: a gamedev.lgbt zine and 28 others

TOWNSQUEER: A gamedev.lgbt zine and games bundle: 39 items for $20.00

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 26/05/2026

In all seriousness though, I do apologize for being sporadic with updates and Happy Hour streams 🙇 One big reason is that I have been pouring all of my energy and attention into TOWNSQUEER. I'll be focusing more on Indie Tsushin once the bundle is out!! Have some ideas cookin' in my noggin...

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 26/05/2026

Dusting off this account to boost TOWNSQUEER Volume 1, a games bundle and zine featuring 28 queer artists and their incredible games, comics, zines, and music. Save the day for this Friday when it launches in time for #Pride month! #IndieDev #GameDev #Queer #LGBTQ #IndieGame #itchio #Games

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 29/03/2026

Feeling a bit fried from the week so gonna take today off from streaming #HappyHour, sorry about that! 🙇 We will be here next Sunday tho, hopefully!! See you then and enjoy your week!! 💜

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 22/03/2026

Today's games: 📸 Click! by Claus caranha.itch.io/click 🌱 Moss Moss by @noelcody.bsky.social noelcody.itch.io/moss-moss 🥔 Cooking Misha by @hubol.bsky.social hubol.itch.io/cooking-misha Please check out these awesome #IndieGames!!

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 22/03/2026

Daikon and I will be #streaming #HappyHour tonight from 9PM UTC+9! The show is a #Japanese and English bilingual stream introducing some cool #IndieGames we found. Come hang out and find new stuff to play! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-INS...

YouTube video by Nice Gear Games

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 08/03/2026

In the meantime, please check out the new-ish Nice Gear Games blog where I'll be stashing archives of Happy Hour streams along with links to the games we played: blog.nicegear.games/tags/happy-h...

blog.nicegear.games

Blog posts tagged “Happy Hour”

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 08/03/2026

Taking a break from streaming #HappyHour this week because we're feeling a bit under the weather from hay fever (and not because we're playing Pokopia... well okay a little bit because we're playing Pokopia... 😭) See you next Sunday!! Hopefully!!

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 01/03/2026

Today's games: 🦈 Ten Battles to Destiny by @mokkograd.net ❎ Walfie's Nonograms by @walfie.bsky.social 🤖 Recycled Blocks by @werxzy.itch.io 🍻 ISLANDERS: New Shores by The Station Apologies for the tech issues 🙇 Still had a blast playing a bunch of cool #IndieGames!! www.youtube.com/live/uMpjjJU...

Happy Hour! Ten Battles to Destiny, Walfie's Nonograms, Recycled Blocks, and ISLANDERS: New Shores!

YouTube video by Nice Gear Games

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 01/03/2026

Hello!! Sorry that it's been A Minute!! But Daikon and I will be #streaming #HappyHour tonight from 9PM UTC+9! The show is a #Japanese and English bilingual stream introducing some cool #IndieGames we found. Come hang out and find new stuff to play! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMpj...

YouTube video by Nice Gear Games

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 11/01/2026

Dungeon of Hank was so fun!! Hank reminds us so much of our own grumpy regent kitty bahaha

Henry the gray cat lying on a blue blanket spread over a white sofa. His eyes are half closed and his chin tucked down to make him look a bit miffed, and paw is stretched out in front of him

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 11/01/2026

Today's games: 🐹 Hammy & Tammy in The Time Wheel by Pkdotts, @odinsillydoodle.bsky.social, @nobonoko.bsky.social, Danionel, and @jumpmanfr.bsky.social 💀 Invasive Spectral Projectiles by @hacksawunit.bsky.social 🐿️ Chico and the Magic Orchards DX by @daikon.games www.youtube.com/live/dF9R9-A...

Happy Hour! Hammy & Tammy, Invasive Spectral Projectiles, and Chico and the Magic Orchards!

YouTube video by Nice Gear Games

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 11/01/2026

Daikon and I will be #streaming #HappyHour tonight from 9PM UTC+9! The show is a #Japanese and English bilingual stream introducing some cool #IndieGames we found. Come hang out and find new stuff to play! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF9R...

YouTube video by Nice Gear Games

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 04/01/2026

(eek sorry didn't see this til now) That's great to hear! VIDEOVERSE is a ton of fun and has some great art and writing ahaha, please enjoy!

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 04/01/2026

Today's games: 😼 Dungeon of Hank by @marlowedobbe.com 〰️ Wave Leads You... by powder 💣 THE GOOD OLD DAYS by ヨコゴシステムズ 📚 Tiny Bookshop by neoludic games Please check out these cool and awesome #IndieGames!! www.youtube.com/live/7LkITQf...

Happy Hour! Dungeon of Hank, Wave Leads You..., THE GOOD OLD DAYS, and Tiny Bookshop!

YouTube video by Nice Gear Games

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 04/01/2026

Daikon and I will be #streaming #HappyHour tonight from 9PM UTC+9! The show is a #Japanese and English bilingual stream introducing some cool #IndieGames we found. Come hang out and find new stuff to play! www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LkI...

YouTube video by Nice Gear Games

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 31/12/2025

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! 🎆🎉🥳🥂🎊 Today's games: 🍄 MOMIBOSU by @pengxpeng.bsky.social 🃏 My Card Is Better Than Your Card! by @utustudios.com 🦆 Windswept by @weatherfell.bsky.social Here's to another great year of awesome #IndieGames!! www.youtube.com/live/OuSdZBw...

Happy Hour! 2026 New Year's Special!

YouTube video by Nice Gear Games

Reposted by インディー通信 Indie Tsushin

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 30/12/2025

It's almost time to ring in the new year, which means another New Year's Eve #HappyHour #streaming marathon extravaganza!! Join us tomorrow night (December 31 21:00 UTC+9) as we play through some cool #IndieGames and welcome in 2026!! www.youtube.com/live/OuSdZBw...

Happy Hour! 2026 New Year's Special!

YouTube video by Nice Gear Games

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 30/12/2025

It's almost time to ring in the new year, which means another New Year's Eve #HappyHour #streaming marathon extravaganza!! Join us tomorrow night (December 31 21:00 UTC+9) as we play through some cool #IndieGames and welcome in 2026!! www.youtube.com/live/OuSdZBw...

Happy Hour! 2026 New Year's Special!

YouTube video by Nice Gear Games

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 03/12/2025

Accidentally uploaded a version of this list with some text missing, whoops! Please hit shift+ctrl+R to hard refresh the page and get the latest and freshest version!

000

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 03/12/2025

New #blog post! A (way overdue) look at a bunch of cool games we enjoyed at last month's #TokyoGameDungeon! Come check it out and let us know what #Japanese #IndieGames are on your radar! indietsushin.net/posts/2025-1... #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev #VideoGames #Games #Steam

indietsushin.net

👑 Pickup! Tokyo Game Dungeon 10

A whole mess of games we thought were pretty cool at Tokyo Game Dungeon 10 on November 9th!

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 03/12/2025

Thank you for watching! It was a lot of fun ahaha

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 03/12/2025

AWESOME, thank you for letting us know!! Adding this to the list of stuff to play/stream soon hahaha

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 01/12/2025

Also the site has been updated with a new Search page 🔍🧐 We even have new Adele art by Daikon to celebrate! Have a look through our archives and find some great gamedev interviews, game profiles, and more! indietsushin.net/search.html

Adele the nonbinary purple penguin holding a magnifying glass up to their eye, making it look huge

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 01/12/2025

New #blog post! We had the pleasure of speaking with @kinmoku.bsky.social about their incredibly nostalgic visual novel #VIDEOVERSE, which got a Japanese translation! Interview available in English and Japanese 👀 Please check it out!! indietsushin.net/posts/2025-1... #IndieGames #IndieDev #GameDev

indietsushin.net

🎤 Interview with Kinmoku

We had the pleasure of speaking with Kinmoku about their incredibly nostalgic visual novel VIDEOVERSE, which recently got a Japanese translation! We spoke about the nostalgia of 90s and early 2000s In...

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 30/11/2025

Today's games: 🦆 Windswept by @weatherfell.bsky.social 📜 Pepper Odyssey by @waveygames.bsky.social Please check out these cool and awesome #IndieGames!! www.youtube.com/live/5lDOrVl...

Happy Hour! Windswept and Pepper Odyssey!

YouTube video by Nice Gear Games

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 30/11/2025

Daikon and I will be #streaming #HappyHour tonight from 9PM UTC+9! The show is a #Japanese and English bilingual stream introducing some cool #IndieGames we found. Come hang out and find new stuff to play! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lDO...

YouTube video by Nice Gear Games

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 09/11/2025

(cont'd) 🌌 ∀stround by Ryunoa Ryunoa 📦 ARROW WORLD by ATOKESHI Please check out these awesome #IndieGames from #TokyoGameDungeon!! www.youtube.com/live/uIAhx_i...

Happy Hour! Tokyo Game Dungeon 10 Special!

YouTube video by Nice Gear Games

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 09/11/2025

Today's games: 🎰 Slot & Dungeons by @sparkwinggames.bsky.social ☂️ SANAE's Sylphid Breeze by @sorehodoh.bsky.social 🗑️ Re:VER PROJECT TOKYO by Nestopi Inc. and @toei-animation.bsky.social 🚌 El Boletero The Space TICKETER by @sketchyceviche.itch.io 🥋 KARATE ROGUE by terry-do GAMES (cont'd)

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 09/11/2025

It's been a minute since we did a #HappyHour stream!! Daikon and I will be #streaming cool games from #TokyoGameDungeon tonight from 9PM UTC+9! Come hang out and find new #IndieGames to play! www.youtube.com/live/uIAhx_i...

Happy Hour! Tokyo Game Dungeon 10 Special!

Join us Sundays at 9PM JST for some cool indie games! 🏠 Nice Gear Games http://nicegear.games 📰 インディー通信 Indie Tsushin http://indietsushin.net ☕ Support us on Ko-Fi! https://ko-fi.com/indietsushin

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 13/10/2025

Actually think we have to cancel this weekend's #HappyHour due to being pretty wiped out 😭 Sorry for the inconvenience and we hope to be back next weekend refreshed and rarin to go!! 🙇

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 12/10/2025

Good evening folks! We are moving our #HappyHour stream to tomorrow night! Sorry for the inconvenience and sudden notice!! 🙇

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 05/10/2025

Today's games: 🔥 Paranatural Spirit Stackers by @fluttersprite.friendandfairy.space 🧙 STACK by @juicybeast.com 🫧 Jelly Well by @walaber.com 🎲 Professor Gambler's Bone Scrambler by @livvyglizzy.bsky.social and @datagoblin.bsky.social Check out these #IndieGames! www.youtube.com/live/-_Zywfw...

Happy Hour! Paranatural Spirit Stackers, STACK, Jelly Well, and Professor Gambler's Bone Scrambler!

YouTube video by Nice Gear Games

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 05/10/2025

Daikon and I will be #streaming #HappyHour tonight from 9PM UTC+9! The show is a #Japanese and English bilingual stream introducing some cool #IndieGames we found. Come hang out and find new stuff to play! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_Zy...

YouTube video by Nice Gear Games

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 21/09/2025

Today's games: 🕷️ Shallow Dungeon by @i-gi-playland.bsky.social 🦊 Sokofox by easypeazygames 🪕 Bend-jo by @squishyturtlegames.bsky.social Please check out these awesome #IndieGames!! youtube.com/live/OdTp0jn...

YouTube video by Nice Gear Games

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 21/09/2025

Sorry for not streaming in a while but we are BACK!! Daikon and I will be #streaming #HappyHour tonight from 9PM UTC+9! The show is a #Japanese and English bilingual stream introducing some cool #IndieGames we found. Come hang out and find new stuff to play! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdTp...

YouTube video by Nice Gear Games

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 31/08/2025

Unfortunately feeling a bit under the weather and will have to cancel tonight's stream 🙇 Sorry for the sudden cancellation!! We hope to stream sometime during the week, maybe, fingers crossed

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 31/08/2025

Daikon and I will be #streaming #HappyHour tonight from 9PM UTC+9! The show is a #Japanese and English bilingual stream introducing some cool #IndieGames we found. Come hang out and find new stuff to play! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKJJ...

YouTube video by Nice Gear Games

インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 24/08/2025

(The actual animation doesn't look all grainy and artifacty like that, it's just that Bluesky won't allow animated gif uploads 😭 I'm sorry Ahmwma!! 😭😭😭)