iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Tanya X. Short @tanyaxshort.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

god, you guys, just buy the indie game that looks kinda cool. don't play the demo, don't agonize over the reviews or wishlist, JUST BUY THE INDIE GAME!! if you didn't like it, oh well, whatever, maybe next time, meanwhile you supported an artist, thanks for coming to the gig, want a t-shirt?

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Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Game publishers want the staffing of film and TV without the unions that make gig-to-gig work a viable living and a sustainable business.

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Miguel Sicart @miguelsicart.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Epistemic capture: an essential problem derived from LLM proliferation in digital culture. A thread on a concept, doing theory in public. Epistemic capture is a potential effect of using LLM systems. It is a result of using genAI systems designed to pretend to be knowledgeable. 1/15

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The big news on this fine voting day in Iceland. Let's all hope that people will start behaving themselves as the night wears on.

Screenshot from the Icelandic news, automatically translated into English:

The police in the capital area were called out today regarding a person eating an apple on a bus.

A police statement said that according to the bus driver, passengers are absolutely not allowed to eat apples on the bus. The case was handled by the police.

The police also received a report of a doorbell ringing in District 109. The individual was spoken to and told to stop bothering people.

Police also note that no reports have been received regarding polling stations in the capital area today.

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Freyr Magnússon @freyzor.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Happy Friday everyone! 🐝 Leaving you with some concept art from our art director, Vikar Mar—human artifacts you’ll discover in the cozy game we’re working on, Bee Space. #indiegame #deckbuilder #cozy

A small, cure, grassy hex based island with human artifacts including a piggybank, teddybear, broken glasses and a googlie eyed rock with grass hair.

Shows a small, cute grassy hex based island with humar artifacts including a banana phone, purple sutter shades and a polorid camera.

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

GDC's 2026 IGF winner calls out U.S. cruelty at home and abroad

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Game Makers Iceland @gamemakersiceland.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

At Reykjavík Game Summit 2025, @loa-gunnars.bsky.social, game designer and adjunct instructor at Reykjavik University, shared a refreshing perspective drawn from her experience teaching game design and working with students.

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Sajan @planetsmudge.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

completely forgot to post this Phantom Spark commission I did a while ago, extremely neat game

Three faces look out over a swirling racetrack over a warm atmosphere. An orb like vessel sits at the front

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Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Today’s @puzzmo.com crossword is an example of how puzzles express the identity of the constructor. I was so happy to see it’s the work of @loa-gunnars.bsky.social and Auđur Ákadóttir. Clues like “advanced degree of a game designer” and “surface of many games” show the personal imprint. Congrats!❤️❤️❤️

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Lóa Gunnars @loa-gunnars.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

I made a crossword that’s available for just today! Celebrate Iceland National Day by trying it 😄 Also check out all of Puzzmo if you haven’t already!

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

The heartbreaking statement from Jonathan Joss’s husband about his death.

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Lóa Gunnars @loa-gunnars.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Had an incredible time at @amazefest.bsky.social. It was my first time and I’m encouraging all indie developers to make this their conference of choice next year over GDC.

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Lóa Gunnars @loa-gunnars.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I accidentally wrote an article yesterday about coming to terms with being trans and some of the facts I discovered in my years of research. It was originally on Facebook but I wanted to share it with my connections here.

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Trans day of visibility

I started writing a small post about Trans Day of Visibility on Facebook but ended up accidentally writing a full article! It’s about…

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Sally Beaumont | BAFTA Breakthrough | Voice Actor & Writer @sallybeaumont.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

I’m seeing a lot of negative reviews on games along the lines of “this isn’t exactly what I wanted, even though it was exactly what was promised”. I can’t overstate how much more joy you will have if you allow art to unfurl in front of you, instead of demanding it be what you imagine you want.

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Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美 @halfrobot.com · 22/03/2025

Maybe people think the first trans person in Congress was going to get to operate like the first gay dudes that came out? Having established themselves already and gotten buddy-buddy with some Republicans, they could use their clout to advocate for gay rights

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Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

So proud of this bunch. Congratulations!! 🎉 ❤️❤️❤️

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Lóa Gunnars @loa-gunnars.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Got a notification on my phone that my flight was about to board and suddenly all the bad feelings of cancelling my GDC trip hit me. I had somehow packaged them neatly away as a normal thing, but after all the convos I’ve had this week I finally realized I’m in the right to be pissed/sad about it.

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Lóa Gunnars @loa-gunnars.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I had to cancel GDC plans this year along with many other game devs. It’s surreal that the US just isn’t safe enough anymore.

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 13/03/2025

Hyun Sook and I have officially canceled our 4 month trip to the US. We have planned this trip for years, I was about to announce events across the country, and Hyun Sook resigned from the job she loved and held for a decade so she'd be available. But the US is no longer a safe place to travel.

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Jon Perry @perryjon.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

To me, "tuning" describes the tweaking of numbers and other design dials to create the desired game dynamics. And it feels like fully 50% of my job as a game designer. It just feels so critical. I've had prototypes where the system itself appeared to be a failure but the issue was actually tuning.

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Raigan Burns @raiganburns.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Maybe the title is clickbait but I think Leap Year, Vampire Survivors, etc. are far from "about rectangles". IMO it's far from clear that scaling up leads to better games, if anything just the opposite. SokPop, Punkcake, and the Minit crew are the model for indies to follow; real, *special* games.

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Iron Pineapple @ironpineapple.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

a good game can turn into a great game if it sucks a little bit in an interesting way

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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again." She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.

The cover of the book Parable of the Sower.

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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Musk’s wealth in 2012: $2 Billion Musk’s wealth in 2024: $447 Billion Bezos’s wealth in 2012: $18 Billion Bezos’s wealth in 2024: $249 Billion Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2012: $44 Billion Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2024: $224 Billion Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25 Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25

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Lóa Gunnars @loa-gunnars.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Five years ago @torfi.bsky.social and I published Out of the Loop. The game's popularity has grown year by year (I think probably 10 million people have played it by now) and we have wanted to finally update it with more content. Today we added four new categories to the game!

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Nick Land Acknowledgement 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈 @lonestartallboi.bsky.social · 08/01/2024

20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it. The law only ever serves capital.

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Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Listen to Ann, she’s one of the smartest, most experienced people in writing for games, and she’s seen a lot.

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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 13/12/2024

More to say on burnout and I'm probably going to boost it a few times because folks need to hear it: Burnout is a form of brain damage. It happens when stress conditions persist until they damage our brains. It's an injury that needs to heal, not a weakness that needs to be pushed through.

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Adriaan @adriaan.games · 12/12/2024

I love discussing #gamedev stuff, but the conversation that is meaningful to me has replies that: - ask questions, not just statements. - respect my truth, not just straight up disagree. - suggest a shared interest in finding the truth, not just arguing for sake of it. 🙏🏼

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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

hundreds of people contributed to qud meaningfully over the years and it wouldnt be the same without any of them. our societ worships the auture but the truth is we make it together or not at all

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Lóa Gunnars @loa-gunnars.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I’m on my fifth work trip abroad this year. That’s too many work trips in a year.

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Lóa Gunnars @loa-gunnars.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Contract work is taking me to Dortmund in Germany tomorrow. They are paying for hotel, flight and per diem. But how would you charge for each hour of work in addition to that? Is it just the hours of work on location or does any of the flight hours qualify?

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Kitfox Games 🦊 @kitfoxgames.com · 05/12/2024

After 17 years of development, Caves of 1.0 is Out NOW! Live and Drink.

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Sarah Rieger @sarahcrgr.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Some fun Spotify wrapped stats: 86%: How many tracks artists say Spotify has demonetized on its platform. $0.004: How much the average artist makes per stream. US$114M: Spotify CEO's investment firm spending on AI military tech. $0: How much the intern who says she created Wrapped was paid.

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Spotify officially demonetises all tracks with under 1,000 streams

Customers could soon be paying for more services, according to reports

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Lóa Gunnars @loa-gunnars.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Just spoke at the @gamemakersiceland.bsky.social Holiday Game Jame kickoff and did a theme reveal. Great to see so many new faces this year as well as returns from last year.

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walt @runningjump.games · 02/12/2024

this is a very good videogame and it’s on sale

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Lóa Gunnars @loa-gunnars.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Ugh… we have a parliament elections today in Iceland, and it looks like the three parties I’m rooting for are each going to get 4% of votes. This means that none of them get an MP in, because a party needs 5% of votes to get in. 😭

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Lóa Gunnars @loa-gunnars.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

I was talking about video game patents today. There are some big ones like the Bioware Dialogue Wheel, but have any indie gamesever gone through the cost and trouble of patenting?

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Sarah LuAnn Perkins @sarahluann.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

In case any of my fellow creatives also needed this reminder:

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Torfi @torfi.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

6 years ago @loa-gunnars.bsky.social and I released this little party game that you can play on a single phone. Somehow people are still finding and playing it and it's more popular than ever. We're very grateful for this and are planning to release some updates and content for it soon!

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Lóa Gunnars @loa-gunnars.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I start teaching my 3 week game design course tomorrow! This will be my fifth year teaching a university course, it’s crazy how fast time passes.

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 17/11/2024

Ok but for real, this is how it feels when I go out in public and try to act normal

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Lóa Gunnars @loa-gunnars.bsky.social · 22/04/2024

Do I have any Boston based friends?

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JC Lau @drjclau.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

Gamedev friends! If anyone is going to GDC this year and still needs accommodation, I am trying to offload a very nice and nearby hotel room in Union Square that I reserved but no longer need and am trying to recoup costs so my loss can be your gain 🥲

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