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Jan Willem Nijman

@jwaaaap.com
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Game designer: Dustbiters, Disc Room, Minit, Nuclear Throne, Ridiculous Fishing, Luftrausers, Super Crate Box, and many more. 100% of @vlambeer.com. www.jwaaaap.com

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jukio kallio @jukio.bsky.social · 5h
"Recline into the creaking leather chair, take the old tome into your hand, and hear the melodies of vampires surround you. Burn slowly, embers eternal." New pondering vampire album 'Vignettes of Vampires' out now! 🧛🩸🎶 jukiokallio.com/r/vignettes-...
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 7h
i thought about this old tweet tonight and how nothing has ever aged better
@Merman_Melville • Jan 24, 2019
Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it's probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
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TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.social · 7h
Only 18 hours left to back this crazy thing! 18 hours left to bet on which prototype we polish up and ship! 18 hours to get more tahirts!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dou...
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Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot
A Double Fine Productions Game Jam, Documentary, and Kickstarter Campaign
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Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social · 17h
We don't talk enough about the soundtrack of Fuck's Quest II, which was clearly made by someone who understands how to compose music and used that knowledge for evil
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Michael Brough @smestorp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Hell yeah. This game feels like when your favorite experimental musician suddenly puts out a polished, hi-fi art-pop album, and after the initial shock you find that it’s just as good if not better than their low-fi work. This game is still as original, strange, and challenging as much of his previous work, but this level of polish and scope seems novel for him, and he wears it well.
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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 11/09/2026
I'm available for work! - Characters - Rigging and Animations - Environments Art I've worked on Teardown, Vampire Crawlers, Moonglow Bay and many more! Feel free to DM me or email zachary.soares@zsinked.com
Teardown Marketing screenshot showcasing the second level of the Relics of Barkuna DLC. Vampire Crawlers screenshot from within the library. Environment art can be seen with the array of bookshelves and propsMoonglow Bay selfies screenshot from the main character. Soft and light art styleA screenshot from On The Nose, interrogating our first suspect Mr. Deerest.
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huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
bad news babe a rogue openai agent must have hacked our refrigerator last night and drank 15 beers
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
The before and after it's even more haunting.
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scary | comms open @suchscary.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
They can't chase you forever #nuclearthrone
digital drawing of rogue from nuclear throne in dim lighting. she's looking behind her back with a fearful expression with a rifle in her hands. she's illuminated by red and blue police lights.
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jug-hooting yokel @limusrex.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
the rest of my life is gonna be every month or 2 getting a text or pm like "hey i saw your old tweet on ____ and it had a bunch of updoots and imbeciles arguing in the comments"
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Hawkun @hawkun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Shoot the dynamite.
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Kalle MacDonald @kallemacd.com · 24/09/2026
new animation i've been workin on
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Zach Gage @stfj.net · 25/09/2026
📣 We're trying something new over here in Puzzmo land — community games. We still have plenty of our own games coming, but if you've got a game you think would be a fit for Puzzmo, reach out! More info & the submission form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Submissions run through October 2.
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Submit A Game To Puzzmo
We're thinking about having a handful of games from members of our community appear on Puzzmo later this year. We’re always working towards Puzzmo being the place for thoughtful puzzles, so this proje...
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martin pichlmair @martinpi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We're launching Sparrow Warfare on November 16th! Mark the date in your calendar. The birds will need you! The storyteller will hate you. store.steampowered.com/news/app/347...
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Sparrow Warfare - Launch date announcement: November 16th 2026 - Steam News
Our deckbuilder x boss rush game is ready for liftoff featuring 178 wildtiles, 106 birds, and 3 playable characters.
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Jan Willem Nijman @jwaaaap.com · 25/09/2026
everybody is angry at this list because they forgot about Below Deck
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Kalle MacDonald @kallemacd.com · 23/09/2026
our game, butter side down, came out 1 year ago today. time flies! i put it on sale for 20% off for the occasion. check it out! store.steampowered.com/app/3812580/...
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Save 20% on Butter Side Down on Steam
Butter Side Down is a bizarro choose-your-own-choice game. Starring Basil Bonser, Adam Spargo, Grey Michael, Beatrice, Jeep Johnson, and Rotten Ruggerio. Answer questions, take calls, play card games,...
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IRL Loading Screens @irlloadingscreens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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ʟᴜɪs ʜᴇʀɴᴀɴᴅᴇᴢ ⚡ @beetlenaut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
the goal of every decent-hearted person right now is to stay alive long enough so that they can witness actual Justice for the crimes being committed both domestically and globally
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Jan Willem Nijman @jwaaaap.com · 25/09/2026
“a sale is mostly in the mind” hell yeah, why don’t folks put that in their game business newsletters
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zep.p8 @lexaloffle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#pico8 now has the most officially published cartridges of any console in history. Well done everyone.
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Jan Willem Nijman @jwaaaap.com · 24/09/2026
wait we can ask AI where the tech CEO’s live and what their phone numbers are? that changes everything
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Jan Willem Nijman @jwaaaap.com · 24/09/2026
such a good game!!!
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Jan Willem Nijman @jwaaaap.com · 27/07/2026
I’ve been hosting a lil discord for indie devs and adjacent creatives since 2022, here’s a periodic reminder: discord.gg/nzFwRFRZWZ
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Join the jwaaaap Discord Server!
server for creative folks of all skill levels who hang in/around indie game development | 1563 members
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Lorraine🍬 @lorandbehold.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
long long lonnnnnnnnng spagggghetti #fallingblockjam
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Jan Willem Nijman @jwaaaap.com · 23/09/2026
I was thinking "why does this looks so much like TENET" and then a shot of Nathan Fielder running backwards on the beach popped up 💀
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Jan Willem Nijman @jwaaaap.com · 23/09/2026
if you’re a games company that wants to survive it has been proven over and over again you need to do whatever it takes to stay away from being publicly traded. you’ll be turned into wood chips the moment it’s convenient.
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CJ Melendez @cjmelendez.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Godzilla is going to say fuck
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Messhof @messhof.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New Blood Dungeon update! Ana from the @mossmouth.bsky.social modern classic Spelunky 2 joins the dungeon! #boneup More details here: steamcommunity.com/games/243108...
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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Everyone at Xbox - and everyone no longer at Xbox - all deserve better than whatever this is.
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 22/09/2026
microsoft have essentially bought up and bulldozed almost an entire american arts industry as a half-hearted distraction from their main project of trying to monopolise and rent-seek global digital infrastructure and military contracts
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Vlambeer @vlambeer.com · 21/09/2026
The team who helped make Ridiculous Fishing EX so good are releasing their new game on Steam November 3rd!!!
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5uki5en5or @5uki5en5or.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Jan Willem Nijman @jwaaaap.com · 21/09/2026
see it’s not hard to have an incredible theme for your game jam
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droqen and 24 others @droqen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
game where you can do anything you want, as long as it's this 1 thing
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Deconstructeam @deconstructeam.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
OCTOBER 27 🔴 TAKE A HAMMER TO YOUR PAST 🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨 VIRTUE AND A SLEDGEHAMMER store.steampowered.com/app/3743260/...
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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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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 19/09/2026
also. the thing people hate is not ‘the technology’ it is the tech industry. they hate move fast and break things. they hate having everything they say tracked and processed while companies do whatever they want. they hate every single ideological value that animates silicon valley
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Thew @amazingthew.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
god i love videogames. have you heard about "places"? they are called locations
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Joakim "konjak" Sandberg @konjak.org · 17/09/2026
Some of my best animation work! #pepperbee
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FLEB @flebpuzzles.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Okay, it's out! store.steampowered.com/app/4428890/...
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20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes on Steam
A puzzle game with twenty small mazes.
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jazz mickle @queenjazz.gay · 18/09/2026
if you want your software to last forever making an exe wont work. making a linux executable definitely wont work. who the fuck knows if web shit will work. your best options are releasing source code (in a language like C), or a GBA rom
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silverm00nl1ght @silverm00nl1ght.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The cat is out of the bag! So thrilled to share that I will be doing a hitless run of Nuclear Throne on day 2 of Games Done Hitless in October!!! My excitement (and my nerves) are through the roof! Let’s get hyyyyped 😄🔥🔥
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Devolver Digital @devolverdigital.com · 15/09/2026
Reminder that Luftrausers, everyone's favorite PlayStation Vita game, is currently free for the personal computer through the Epic Games Store. store.epicgames.com/p/luftrauser...
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huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
rip annie dillard
One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal to spend it now. Something more will arise for later, something better. These things fill from behind, from beneath, like well water. Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Capitalism is the greatest system ever devised because it lets the best price win, unless someone offers a better price, in which case I’m suing you because you’re mean.
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Paco Juan @pacojq.xyz · 15/09/2026
I'm thrilled to reveal my new game, Dungeon's Gambit! A *real-turn* chess dungeon crawler that mixes real-time environments with turn-based combat. ♟️💫 Developed with @bibikigarcia.com and @davidgvaquero.bsky.social . Coming to Steam next year. WISHLIST NOW! store.steampowered.com/app/5010810/...
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Jeremy Couillard @jeremycouillard.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
SOUL INJECTOR COMMANDO IS OUT! A chill FPS where you redistribute over 12 TRILLION dollars! Save thousands of lost souls and give them normal jobs! Hang out with FREAKS! 3 years of hard labor for 14.99. 20% for first 7 days! Steam and Itch releases so far. Links👇THX!👽
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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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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 10/05/2026
“We, the creators of the Torment Nexus, are now suing the writers of the classic science fiction novel ‘Don’t Create the Torment Nexus.’”
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•13• @starlordzendo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Useless Wizard crashes the party!
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