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☕ The weather's cooling down. 🎃 Spooky decorations are going up. 🍂 And Steam's Autumn Sale is NOW LIVE! Save up to 80% through October 8 on select seasonal chills and thrills, cozy indie adventures, and everything in between. 👁️ balor.gg/SteamAutumnSale

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Laura Eek!! Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My free annual newsletter, 31 Days of Halloween, hits inboxes tomorrow! One spooky-themed email with cool art and links every day of October, and then it goes back in the crypt. (Did I mention it's free?) Sign up here: buttondown.email/31daysofhall...

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31 Days of Halloween

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tuna ‼️ @artbytuna.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just a few days left to grab this bundle in the lunch-box.club 👻

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Nicole aka Nimasprout @nimasprout.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've been working on updating my shop, some larger original paintings as well as this opossum friend mini print! 🍂 nimasprout.shop

Hand holding painting of a shrew and lightning bug

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magpie TRICKS @magpie.tips · 19/09/2026

After taking a poll, the r/crafts subreddit has banned Harry Potter crafts from being posted in the sub because of JKR's consistent hateful conduct.

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From the crafts community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the crafts community

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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 props

Moonglow Bay selfies screenshot from the main character. Soft and light art style

A screenshot from On The Nose, interrogating our first suspect Mr. Deerest.

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Cen Galdre @cengaldre.com · 12/09/2026

I also still have lots of these gorgeous shallow madrone bowls. They make great gifts and for home use for keeping rings, earrings, dice, craft needles, beads, dried flowers, potpouri. www.galdrecraft.com

Various Madrone (Pink and coral colored wood) bowls all around 3.5"+ wide and 1" deep. They are all unique with various grain colors and patterns.

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marie @marmushka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

reading

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tuna ‼️ @artbytuna.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

tomorrow at 6pm PT 👻 https//:shop.artbytuna.com

A green white and black ghosthunting apparel collage

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KO_OP: 🪐 Wishlist Young Suns on Steam! @ko-op.com · 10/09/2026

An important update from KO_OP.

With great sadness and respect, over the next few months KO_OP will be saying goodbye to 13 members of our team. This decision was made to ensure the survival of the studio, and we deeply regret its necessity and the negative impact on our colleagues’ lives.

KO_OP has been making games for nearly a decade and a half, and our project funding has primarily come from publishers and platform partners. The games funding landscape has changed radically over the last few years, and unlike previous project cycles, this time we have been unable to secure funding for new projects while developing our current engagements.

As with all our company's operational decisions, this one was made democratically, and was motivated by the survival of the studio rather than maximizing profits. Our members are regularly updated on our cash flow situation, and were made aware of this upcoming shortfall well in advance. Membership then appointed a group to plan for this eventuality, and ratified their recommendations. Team leads and our elected executives will also be impacted by these reductions. We believe this level of transparency and accountability ought to be a minimum requirement for all organizations.

Young Suns will be reaching new platforms, with new content and features. We're all tremendously proud of it, and hope it will find its audience. Our bylaws ensure that any profits from Young Suns will still be shared with impacted team members. Our goal now is to develop new game concepts and prototypes while continuing to support Young Suns. In the event that we secure funding in the coming months, our intent is to rehire as many of our colleagues as possible.

In the coming days we will be sharing a list of impacted workers in the hopes of helping them find new work. We thank you for your support.

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

i’m opening up a little etsy shop ✨ i’ve listed four of my cutie little bag charms/keychains! freelance journalism is rough, and figured this might be a fun way to make a little extra to fund my hobbies. www.etsy.com/shop/ClayByC...

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ClayByCarpenter - Etsy

Shop items by ClayByCarpenter.

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Nicole aka Nimasprout @nimasprout.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Been a while since I had a flash mini painting! 🪻Lavender Teahouse🪻 Acryla gouache, airbrush, ink Size: 3.5x5" $100 (includes US shipping) DM to claim (I take Venmo/PayPal)

Artist holding small painting of a lavender thatch cottage surrounded by lavender plants.

Detail small painting of a lavender thatch cottage surrounded by lavender plants.

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Pam Wishbow @pamwishbow.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

New painted magnets are in the shop pamwishbow.com

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tuna ‼️ @artbytuna.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Shop update because I finally had time to take pics of my new stuff!!! shop.artbytuna.com

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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 31/08/2026

🚨AMNESIA FORTNIGHT 2026 KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN IS LIVE 🚨 Help us keep making weird and wondrous games; 26 amazing game pitches await your votes, and in the end, one prototype will emerge victorious! The fate of THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE is in your hands! 🌌 www.dfaf2026.com

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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 25/08/2026

Last new item in shop update this week is a new riso print, log off & touch moss! A good reminder for all of us. 🙂‍↕️ shop.breelundberg.com/product/log-...

Hand holding up a square print of an illustrated cute log with a smiling face and moss growing on it. Above it in big bubble letters it says “log off & touch moss!” with a cursor pointing at it. It's in blue and neon lime colors.

Print of an illustrated cute log with a smiling face and moss growing on it with words “log off & touch moss!” in blue and neon lime colors. It's sitting displayed on a small metal wall shelf surrounded by various nature-themed items and a wood clock shaped like a rabbit hanging on wall above it.

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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 27/08/2026

To honor Tim Curry's memory, we are making Brütal Legend FREE on Itch.io, for 666 minutes: itch.io/s/199277/the...

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Brütal Legend | The Tainted Coil shall rule forever! by Double Fine Productions

A sale by Double Fine Productions, 100% off Brütal Legend

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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 24/08/2026

My shop is back online and I've got a few new things, including brand new (and a few returning) washi tape designs! I'm really pleased how these turned out and hope you'll like them! 💖 shop.breelundberg.com

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Lex Sugden 🌈🦇🪡 @alexisdraws.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Omg it’s finally here! It was a career highlight to be able to spend my time making something like this! It came at a point when I was feeling very burnt out and it this was a project that breathed life into me again. I am so grateful to Cartoon Network for this opportunity youtu.be/IarVMeWtFVU?...

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Unravel | Cartoon Cartoons

YouTube video by Warner Bros. TV

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🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

‼️ PAID 🏳️‍🌈 INDIE GAME WRITING GIG ‼️ Looking for a games writer for a queer indie 🌈 dark fantasy VN project! ▶️ Please apply here if you are interested: forms.gle/on7TvDsYem4R... 🏳️‍⚧️RTs very appreciated, thank you so much!! ❤️

GAME DEV GIG SEEKING WRITER FOR A QUEER TRANS DARK FANTASY VISUAL NOVEL VN

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Olivia When @oliviawhen.com · 21/08/2026

Doggust day 20: Some things lost to AI. 📝 #doggust2026

A yellow dog is amazed looking at a poster on a pillar that says "graphic design". Below is a close up of the poster. There's a yellow dog on it at an old computer an the text above says either "graphic design is my passion" or "graphic design my is passion." It's unclear, due to the graphic design. There are several pull tabs below that just say "help."

Text reads: "I like every weird handmade poster."

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Brandi K.🇨🇦 @kukubee.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This is vile. I can’t even say I’m shocked.

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Tim Cullings @timcullings.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Challenge time! If we get more than 25 submissions for Jimothy Jamothy I will get this amazing artwork from @meowza.bsky.social tattooed on my body. Join the jam now and help make this a reality! itch.io/jam/jimothy-... #jimothy @seattleindies.bsky.social

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Ludipe @ludipe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

⚠️If you're a thinky puzzle gamedev, you can apply for a grant of $15,000 to work on your game. You just need to fill out a very straightforward form. There are no strings attached. This isn't a loan or a publishing deal. You could even make a tiny prototype this week and apply with it.

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Shelly 🦑 @inki-drop.com · 06/08/2026

I drew Momo & Momota 🐻‍❄️ #cuteart #polarbear #trafficcone

Photo of an acrylic marker drawings of a polar bear cub wearing an orange traffic cone on their head, poking their mom in the butt and holding a traffic cone on their paws. There is a rainbow of acrylic markers used in the drawing on the left side of the image.

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Natalie (Tali) Vancouver era ✨ @talidev3d.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I know the industry is in a dire state right now for jobs but If any indie studios see this and need an additional programmer, PLEASE let me know ASAP! my partner @barndone.bsky.social is a great generalist programmer and needs a home! Vancouver on 1 salary isn't going to cut it for long 😓

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn landscape from above. It shows a forest on the right, a line of fire and charred ground with smoke on the left. The smoke is felted wool.

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

As of this morning, the itch bundle officially broke 100k. This is a lifeline to our fellow workers and proof that solidarity extends beyond borders, both literal and figurative. Never let anyone tell you that things cannot change.

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Fáyer🔥 @fayer.dev · 27/07/2026

Dig! Dig! Dino! DEMO is now available on Steam as part of Monochropoly by @cataxis.bsky.social Give it a try and let us know what you think!

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 30/07/2026

In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...

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Chris Wade @luckshotgames.com · 30/07/2026

News time! 🚨 On August 9th our Steam version will transform to become BIG HOPS TOGETHER. - Play the full adventure ONLINE with 8 players - Pick up and throw your friends - Tongue swing from other players - Steal items from each other's backpacks - Story and collection progress is shared

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Saleem @seemo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The reason companies like Google are risking their entire brand to do things like AI generated imagery in Google Earth is because these companies are so thoroughly brain poisoned to capitalism and infinite growth that they have instituted mandates to insert AI *everywhere* regardless of merit.

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Nine hours after going live, the itch bundle benefiting our Game Worker Hardship Fund has already raised over $13k! Thank you so much to those who have already purchased. And for those who might be waiting for payday, you’ve still got about two weeks left! Thank you so much 🙏

A screenshot from the itch page for the game industry hardship bundle, showing that more than thirteen thousand dollars has already been raised out of the total 100k goal

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KO_OP: 🪐 Wishlist Young Suns on Steam! @ko-op.com · 30/07/2026

The Fang 2.0 plushie has been out for one week, and we’re quickly closing in on 400 orders! 🤯 Thank you all so much for your support! The Makeship campaign ends August 14th! www.makeship.com/products/fan...

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Octavi Navarro @octavinavarro.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Because the world needs some good news sometimes... Thimbleweed Park is back in 2028! With the original team! 🥳🥸🤡 www.grumpygamer.com/twp2_announce/ Wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/4932120/...

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Thimbleweed Park 2

Ron Gilbert's often incoherent and bitter ramblings about the Game Industry

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 29/07/2026

I've got room for Commissions! - A bust = £30 - Full body (posed) = £50 Dm (open) or email me @ zachary.soares@zsinked.com

Bunnyhug Bunny wearing bright yellow rollerblades with red wheels.

A kid fishing using a sci-fi fishing rod, pulling a fish out of water. Dynamic pose with curved elements

Model of Pixel the dog, a britanny wearing a leaf crown, smiling.

My model of KenneyNL. Little alien character wearing a space helmet floating in space next to stars. Moon seen at the distance.
Rendered by KenneyNL

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Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Digitisation is great, but whenever I see people being like “yeah digitise everything, then you don’t need the originals!!” I despair. Even if you’re not interested in material culture, how *wildly* arrogant to think outcomes of digitisation are not as (if not more) vulnerable to decay and loss.

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 29/07/2026

All the video game studios that refuse to use generative AI aftermath.site/video-games-no...

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Lisy Kane @lisykane.com · 29/07/2026

Any cool international devs (preferably with a game released in the last year or so) interested in visiting Melbourne this year (for the small price of doing a short talk??)

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Wholesome Games @wholesomegames.com · 27/07/2026

Our annual Steam event, the Wholesome Games Celebration, starts August 6 at 10am PT! We've curated 150+ discounts, demos, new releases, and world premieres. This year's event includes titles like Paralives, Fields of Mistria, Planet Zoo, and more!

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

hey, I know everyone is Going Through It right now but I wanted to signal boost - my old coworker (and Wanderstop cinematics lead) Liz Caingcoy needs a bit of financial support to help bridge the gap before her new job starts. It's been a ROUGH time to be out of work in games. ko-fi.com/lizcaingcoy

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Buy LizC a Coffee

Become a supporter of LizC today!

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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Oh hey, yep, basically same conclusions we came to. Like even if you're willing to write off the ethical stuff, there's a bunch of super boring business reasons to not go anywhere near it. Including "it appears to erode your abilities even if you're aware of that risk going in." That's uh. Um. No.

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Mathew Kumar @mathewkumar.com · 21/07/2026

This survey is absolutely slanted dogshit. Work your way through the initial questions and give them hell in the part where you can actually give comment. Canada should be spending money to support human workers and human-made work.

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Aura @aurahack.ca · 19/07/2026

a lotta folks following me today, i assume through twitter migration stuff, so hello! if you're seeing my stuff again for the first time in a while, i launched a sticker club! you should join! bsky.app/profile/aura...

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