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EndSky @end-sky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The entire foundation unto which the last 15-20 years of the Western game industry has been built - the simulacrum of a "playable movie", and transforming into a "higher" medium like film - has come crumbling down as its become markedly clear no one involved knows what a *game* even is anymore.

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Swiss Game Developers Association @sgdach.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Today, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation SRG presented a new study on their coverage on culture. What does it say about video games?

A new study shows that only 2.27% of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation's (SRG) cultural content is about games

For the first time, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation commissioned a systematic analysis of cultural content within its editorial offerings. The SGDA welcomes the publication of the study, supports culture as an anchor in the SRG's programming and sees the study as an important first step. The SGDA also welcomes that the study explicitly recognizes games as a cultural sector for the first time, acknowledging that video games are an integral part of Switzerland’s contemporary cultural landscape.

At the same time, the study also highlights a significant imbalance in representation. According to the report, only 2.27% of cultural coverage is dedicated to games, while other cultural sectors such as film, music, and folklore receive substantially more attention. This does not reflect the actual importance of games in today’s media consumption and cultural life in Switzerland.

Video games are among the most important forms of entertainment, cultural expression and digital communication – particularly for younger generations. They combine storytelling, art, music, technology, and interactive design, and they represent one of the fastest-growing creative industries worldwide. Switzerland is home to a vibrant and internationally recognized game development scene that deserves greater visibility within the public-service media landscape.

The SGDA therefore sees the study as a valuable anchor point in monitoring the cultural coverage, as well as a clear indication that games should be more strongly represented in the SRG’s cultural coverage and broader cultural strategy. As a public-service broadcaster, the SRG has a responsibility to reflect the full diversity of contemporary Swiss culture – and a medium which is consumed by 57% of the Swiss population deserves more than 2.27% of the cultural discourse.

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Michel Ziegler @dasmirts.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

SURVIVAL HORROR IN THE ALPS FFS! No AI slop in my game... For your consideration: Mundaun - a lovingly hand-pencilled horror tale. It's at 93% positive on Steam. It's on a steep sale right now. All human made. Sound. Voice acting in a language I don't even speak! BUY IT -> SUPPORT HUMAN (me)

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Studio Brainflick - WISHLIST CANNON KEEP @brainflick.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

‪We're happy to announce that the Cannon Keep Demo is **out now**! Cannon Keep combines Backpack Battles with Tower Defense! Build a city block by block with LOTS of guns and defeat hordes of mechs! Check out the demo and leave a review! store.steampowered.com/app/4437800/... #indiegame #gamedev

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Old Cake Factory @oldcakefactory.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

🍣 Goblin Sushi is out now in Early Access! 🔥 The goblin kitchen is officially open with a 10% launch discount to celebrate. From demo to EA, shaped by your feedback. Now available on Steam, Google Play & the App Store. Thank you for the amazing support ❤️ store.steampowered.com/app/3734290/...

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Flawberry Studio @flawberrystudio.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Breed them, grill them, make them POWERFUL! 🐀 After six months of development, the demo of our cursed auto-battler, RatSpiderFrog, is now available on Steam! 💥 Be sure to give it a try 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/4201720/... #IndieGames #IndieGameDev

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Manuel Ineichen @manuelini.itch.io · 01/02/2026

Check out our little god game we made for #ggj26! I had lots of fun drawing little critters, and it was a pleasure to work with @thecell.eu , @theonean.gamedev.blue, and the other fellow jammers!

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Studio Brainflick - WISHLIST CANNON KEEP @brainflick.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

We're back with a new project! A 2D towerdefense game where you mine resources in a polluted wasteland and upgrade your city with different building blocks to survive the night. Check out the demo here: itch.io/wretched-lead #gamedev #indiedev

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Metaroot @metaroot.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

🥳 The Farmer Was Replaced is leaving Early Access! We’re publishing the 1.0 full release on October 10 🌻 Check it out: store.steampowered.com/app/2060160

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Henry Halfhead - OUT NOW! @lululu.games · 07/08/2025

Just an ordinary day, right?

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Chris Shehan_Comic Art @chrisshehanart.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

“It’s just a tool! People used to hate on photoshop too.” Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?

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Alanna Smith @alannamode.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

We’re gonna leave the games industry better than we found it 😤 Introducing DNA CODEX: The GameDev Library 🧬 📚 ongoing, always growing, digital archive for all 💸 COMMUNITY-FUNDED and freely accessible 🫡 curated + maintained by DnA Creative (us!) dnacreative.notion.site/codex

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DNA CODEX: The GameDev Library

DNA CODEX is a free digital GameDev Library built and maintained by DnA Creative - a curated and community supported digital archive for game development resources.

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Cravat クラバット🍷 @datcravat.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

artist who tries to fix the fundamental structural mistakes in their work by moving the colour sliders

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StrayFawnStudio @strayfawnstudio.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

The Wandering Village 1.0 is OUT NOW on Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox! 🦕 Check out our new animated trailer ✨ 🔃 Repost and comment until July 24 to win a game key for your platform of choice!

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Manuel Ineichen @manuelini.itch.io · 18/06/2025

My playdate arrived! The thing's a lot of fun, and I can't wait to program a lil' something for it myself. Its just what I need to wind down after months of stress due to my Bachelor's degree (yes, I know, I am taking a break from making games by making... a game)

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obleak games @obleakgames.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

The day has come to behold the mouth. The In Full Bloom steam page is live! Please check it out & wishlist the game if you're interested or want to support us. It helps us out & you'll get notified about big changes, like a playable demo perhaps? 👀 #indiedev store.steampowered.com/app/3810240/...

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In Full Bloom on Steam

Feed and raise your little baby. Watch it grow and feed on every and anything. In Full Bloom is a Tamagotchi inspired Katamari-like about a creature with never-ending hunger for anything around it. Th...

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Manuel Ineichen @manuelini.itch.io · 04/06/2025

I am a bit late, but 🌈 happy pride month y'all! It's tough times out there, but I hope everyone gets to stay safe and celebrate ^^

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Manuel Ineichen @manuelini.itch.io · 02/06/2025

Man, am I happy that I graduated from secondary school before Sam Altman's plagiarism machine was a thing. Good job tech bros, your fancy new gadget has brought us the future of "people can't read anymore", my favourite flavour of dystopia.

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Manuel Ineichen @manuelini.itch.io · 01/06/2025

For a person like me, whose only experience with classic nintendo games was lending a game boy from our local library for a single week, the switch online collections are a blessing. Its making me feel nostalgia for something I've never had!

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Studio Brainflick - WISHLIST CANNON KEEP @brainflick.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Even without fancy particle effects, collecting crystal shards and enemy loot is already quite satisfying! #screenshotsaturday #screenshotsunday #gamedev #indiedev

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Studio Brainflick - WISHLIST CANNON KEEP @brainflick.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

All over the surface of the planet, strange tornadoes appear. They are surrounded by a massive wall of dust and seem to be powered by a powerful source of energy. What dangers will await you inside of it? #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

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Manuel Ineichen @manuelini.itch.io · 24/04/2025

Did we just forget about click workers? Did we really?? Do these people even understand that the hallucinations of fancy applied statistics they call "AI" are built on top of thousands of HUMANS labelling the stolen training data for abysmal wages? When will these HUMANS get HUMAN rights???

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Studio Brainflick - WISHLIST CANNON KEEP @brainflick.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

While precious resources scatter the lands of our Dual Perspective Strategy & Action game, there are also hives full of angry bugs and critters! Luckily, rockets beat rock! #screenshotsaturday #screenshotsunday #gamedev #indiedev

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Studio Brainflick - WISHLIST CANNON KEEP @brainflick.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Sometimes weird stuff happens when reworking what you already have. This time around our screen got sucked into the vortex by the shader gods, they do not seem to listen to our prayers. #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

The image portrays shaders malfunctioning in a game. A black sphere in the middle of the screen with layered rings switching from blue to cyan and a black outline. The sphere is distorted towards the bottom as if some gravity was pulling at it. 6 rocks of which only their outline can be seen create a u which frame the black hole. On the top middle of the screen is a health bar which is not affected by the shader error.

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Studio Brainflick - WISHLIST CANNON KEEP @brainflick.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Speaking of bouncing rockets... here are some rocket modules we've been cooking up! The possibilities are endless (if you can't count higher than 27)! #gamedev #screenshotsunday #indiedev

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Studio Brainflick - WISHLIST CANNON KEEP @brainflick.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Approaching the storm is a dangerous feat in our drone combat strategy/action game... Although it ain't so hard if you have rockets bouncing all over the place! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

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Manuel Ineichen @manuelini.itch.io · 06/04/2025

This is why I hate it when economics bros use "supply and demand" as an excuse for companies doing evil stuff. Who wants this!? Bring me ONE person who would genuinely enjoy playing that. This is nothing but an insult to human art and creativity.

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Studio Brainflick - WISHLIST CANNON KEEP @brainflick.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

We've prototyped a video showcasing how our planets mega-storm might create different feeling areas. If you don't like sand because it's course, rough and gets everywhere this planet might not be for you... except if you're up for an adventure? #screenshotsaturday

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Mike ¦ Crisper @mike-crisper.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Coder Appreciation Post! One of our coders visualised the data we collected from testings we did and I fricckcking love this! One cube per Restart - can't wait to get back to level design to improve the game based on this data! AAAHHH so EXCITED! #indiegame #gamedev #racinggame

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Studio Brainflick - WISHLIST CANNON KEEP @brainflick.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

The cockpit of the harvester is the center of your journey in our Dune-inspired survival game. From there you will plot a course across the alien desert, and steer a drone to defend your moving home! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

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Studio Brainflick - WISHLIST CANNON KEEP @brainflick.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Sometimes all you need is to see the world from a different perspective... #GameDev #indiegame

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Manuel Ineichen @manuelini.itch.io · 18/03/2025

Just finished @okomotive.bsky.social 's FAR: Lone Sail, and I am in awe of the elegance of it's design. It got me into the flow many times, even though all I was doing was pushing buttons and admiring the landscape. It's proof that simple, polished interactions can do so much! (take notes, Manuel)

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Manuel Ineichen @manuelini.itch.io · 07/03/2025

I know Balatro is one in a million, but somehow the fact that localthunk got scouted by a publisher instead of the other way around gives me comfort. In general, it's nice to read a game industry story with a happy end once in a while...

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Stardust ✨ creating Grimoire Groves @stardustgames.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Grimoire Groves, our magical garden roguelite, is out NOW!! 🌿 Grow enchanted plant creatures 🔮 Craft magical items and learn new spells 🏡 Decorate your home base 🧦 Unravel the mystery of the Rainbow Socks buff.ly/TsPFguF

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Grimoire Groves Launch Trailer

Home to magical creatures and plants, the fabled Grimoire Groves should’ve been a haven for witches looking for a new home. But by the time they arrive, the ...

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Henry Halfhead - OUT NOW! @lululu.games · 25/02/2025

Heya! ✨ We are looking for a Marketing & Community Manager Freelancer to help us promote Henry Halfhead 👁️ 👃 👁️ - Paid opportunity - Plan, produce and post video content on relevant social media More infos here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Thank you for sharing!

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Manuel Ineichen @manuelini.itch.io · 03/03/2025

Saw Mad Max: Fury Road. 10/10, big dust cloud. I loved it when the titular max said: "it's mad maxxing time" and mad maxed all over them (I'm sorry)

A still of the movie Mad Max: Fury Road showing a group of cars approaching a massive dust storm

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Manuel Ineichen @manuelini.itch.io · 26/02/2025

Does anyone have some good references for alien creature designs? I'm currently loving Scavenger's Reign for their "what if" approach that results in some really unique creatures. I'd love to find more media similar to that! #gamedev #worldbuilding

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Manuel Ineichen @manuelini.itch.io · 24/01/2025

Another project released! In Rest in Somnia you play as a douchebag CEO who collects and controls sinful creatures (who might've once been human) using abusive employment contracts! Life imitates art they say... #gamedev #indiegame #creaturecollector gwydi.itch.io/rest-in-somnia

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Rest in Somnia by Gwydi, Manuel Ineichen, Jöni

A nuzlocke-like creature collector.

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Manuel Ineichen @manuelini.itch.io · 18/01/2025

Another style experiment! This time with cel shading and procedural clouds using good ol' #Unity Shadergraph. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

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Manuel Ineichen @manuelini.itch.io · 16/01/2025

In my completely unbiased experience, the prototype is a lot of fun! We spent a lot of time polishing the combat and we'll keep building on that foundation. Give us a follow if you want to see where the journey leads us to ^^ #GameDev #indiegame

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Manuel Ineichen @manuelini.itch.io · 13/01/2025

So do I understand correctly that Bartle's Player types are based solely on his observations in his own game, with no statistical basis whatsoever, and everybody just went with it? I feel like I've seen it presented as fact more than once, and it seems a bit too loosey-goosey for that. #gamedesign

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Manuel Ineichen @manuelini.itch.io · 11/01/2025

Finally figured out that LUTs exist and how to use them! This is just me messing around in Unity with some assets and postprocessing effects, but it gets me really exited thinking about the possibilities for my upcoming project! #screenshotsaturday #unity #gamedev

a top down view of a low poly 3D landscape with a vehicle in the center.

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Manuel Ineichen @manuelini.itch.io · 04/01/2025

It's also a really good excercise to actively reflect on the games you played and why you liked (or disliked) them! Which is great for learning Game Design, so really it's a win-win!

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Manuel Ineichen @manuelini.itch.io · 22/12/2024

I tried really hard to upload a video, but BlueSky said not today, so have some screenshots in the meantime! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

a screenshot of the game Blight Protocol showing a drone and a harvester in a alien landscape and a bunch of explosions

a screenshot of the game Blight Protocol showing a drone fighting a horde of robots

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Manuel Ineichen @manuelini.itch.io · 22/12/2024

My latest project is on itch! It's a game where you play as a drone protecting a harvester by shooting, retracting and detonating rockets! The game is meant as a combat prototype for our first project at @brainflick.bsky.social! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame manuelini.itch.io/blight-proto...

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Blight Protocol by Manuel Ineichen

A top down real time rocket shooter

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Manuel Ineichen @manuelini.itch.io · 21/12/2024

Seeing a lot of #promosky posts atm, so I'll give it a shot! Here's what takes up most of my brain: - game dev - video games - digital art, mostly 3D - french horn - classical music - philosophy - the swiss game dev scene - novels of any kind - anime (ping pong the animation = goat)

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LUNUS Arc Production @lunusarc.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Opening this starter pack back up! Again this list is HIGHLY CURATED so if your page is indicative of you being an indie game dev or independent artist feel free to comment ALSO requirement to join is you have to SHARE THIS POST 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 #indiedev #gameart #digitalart #solodev #oc go.bsky.app/E8hRoHu

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