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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hey folks, time for another indie #ShowCasey Are you an indie developer? Do you have an upcoming game? Reply here with a link to your game and a quick elevator pitch, and let's get some eyeballs for you! There's only one rule: strictly no generative AI. Dexter awaits your games.

Dexter, a very good dog who's got white fur with black patches and brown eyebrows

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Chief Goblin Officer 🇨🇦 @mcdichael.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Long time listener first time caller! Astral Throne 2 is a GBA Fire Emblem-inspired roguelite-type game that focuses on both the run-based crazy-build stuff from modern rogues AND a full on story with a big cast of characters (including romances!) Out soon store.steampowered.com/app/4084400/...

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Astral Throne II: Age of the Phoenix on Steam

How many times are you willing to die for revenge? Rise from the ashes to uncover a divine conspiracy in this Roguelite Strategy RPG inspired by the classics. Lead an ever-growing team on a continent-...

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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 20/09/2026

no game dev skill is more important than making up your fuckin mind

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Starlight @onedumbmouse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"dead game" "game is dead" "dev greedy" "abandonware" *squints* *looks inside* : fully complete game that is just not receiving content updates anymore ah.... the everything has to be a live service crowd has arrived

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Heather Flowers (500FF DEMO OUT NOW) @hthrflwrs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

> gets shapeshifting power > uses it to give myself a peanut allergy > never uses it again

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Chief Goblin Officer 🇨🇦 @mcdichael.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is especially crazy considering nintendo rejects legitimate indie game devs left and right. It's so esoteric I have no idea what is even going on

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Iron Pineapple @ironpineapple.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

topic was GTA 6, but this applies to basically all games and the type of discourse/criticism you might see

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Giada Zavarise ➡️ AdvX @cheerfulgoth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Speaking of old style RPGs, I am still surprised Moonring didn't explode the way it deserved to. FREE Ultima 4-like from one of the creators of Fable? Why are you not playing this?? store.steampowered.com/app/2373630/...

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Moonring on Steam

A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

not that anything matters anymore but the province is named after the lake

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Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I wish git had submodules but like, instead of not working, they would work

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Chief Goblin Officer 🇨🇦 @mcdichael.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

You make a game for the AI to play on a loop so your boss thinks you're spending tokens

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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

its actually font selection making it fun is the second hardest

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Veerender Singh Jubbal @veerenderjubbal.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Evergreen.

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@JoshMLabelle
We've assembled 100 people with
ADHD and 5 people with no soft skills to manage them, and given them a simple goal: make an impossible amount of money. We call it the games industry, and we think it's going to work great.

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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

imagine if they fired every band member every time an album came out

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Chief Goblin Officer 🇨🇦 @mcdichael.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

This is a fun test but unfortunately it reeks of being AI-generated itself ironically

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Alec S // Renegade Sector Games @renegadesector.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I'm a big fan of media analysis but sometimes the best form of media analysis is letting a piece of art sit with you, making you feel weird in a way you can't understand or explain, until one day you have a life experience and you remember the piece of art and you realize that you understand it now

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 21/06/2026

Commercial game development is wild in that you have to find that balance between "making something because you want to and fuck what the audience wants" and then also "you have to make it so that the audience will play and understand no matter what the fuck what you want"

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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Ok, let me state one step more formally my problem with AI code. You cannot trust it to be more expert than you because you cannot check and verify what it created. It's beyond you. You cannot be responsible for it, nor can the AI. It can ONLY be used as a toy or subset of your abilities.

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Firesquid @firesquid.games · 04/06/2026

We're delighted to officially host this week's #TurnBasedThursday! Dear #IndieDev & #GameDev, share your turn-based games with the hashtag! Turn-based fans, here's your chance to grow your wishlist! 🔁 Repost 💬 Comment and ❤️ Like all turn-based gems in this thread!

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jitspoe @jitspoe.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Game development is so funny because we have these grand visions of what we want to do but then get stuck spending hours on trivial things like making ESC close the correct UI element.

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Chief Goblin Officer 🇨🇦 @mcdichael.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I can build more with code if you give me arts grants (for video games)

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Chief Goblin Officer 🇨🇦 @mcdichael.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Canada would have more of what the world wants if you give me arts grants

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT Forbidden Solitaire is out now! We are immensely proud to release this awesome game made by two veteran indie studios and we hope you really like it. Steam: tinyurl.com/ywj43ptj GOG: tinyurl.com/2s3sv45j Itch: tinyurl.com/3k4bjt8m Please share, many thanks! #indiedev #FakeOS

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other thommy @coldman.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

the Vampire Crawlers work-from-home experience

Panel 1: A stick figure sits in a room surrounded by darkness, they say "oh god I have so much work to do oh fuck"

Panel 2: the vampire from Vampire Crawlers enters through the open door, the same stickman still surrounded by darkness says "please no"

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Chief Goblin Officer 🇨🇦 @mcdichael.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Reddit loves art but only if it's posted by someone who didn't make it

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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

making video games imagined: make fun little guys actual: invoicing, doing contracts, writing taxes, having planning meetings, doing UI

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Vampire Survivors 🧄 @vampire.poncle.games · 14/04/2026

legendary composer, Yoko Shimomura, made the MAIN THEME for our new upcoming game - Vampire Crawlers!! 😭🎉 we're still stunned and have had this track on repeat for DAYS 🤩 full version is on our YouTube, go give it a listen!! 🫵🤯

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

This is also marriage.

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Ysbryd Games | LOVE ETERNAL OUT NOW! @ysbryd.net · 06/04/2026

Word of mouth is huge for indie devs, plus you get to force your niche obsession onto your friends!

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Chief Goblin Officer 🇨🇦 @mcdichael.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Oh yeah that's a lot! Yeah that feels like way too much

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Chief Goblin Officer 🇨🇦 @mcdichael.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

People do not buy stuff at full price, almost ever! If I had to guess, only 5-10% of our total sales are during non-discount times. Steam also encourages you to do this and probably for good reason

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Tyler Glaiel @tylerglaiel.com · 13/03/2026

if you wanna know the types of bugs I gotta deal with the one I'm currently investigating is "non binary cats with dwarfism crash the game if playing in brazilian portugese"

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Chief Goblin Officer 🇨🇦 @mcdichael.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Given wishlist number implications I'm pretty certain it will. I have a game that seems way less popular/interesting than yours that broke $100k, so I would be surprised if yours doesn't

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Mega Crit - Slay the Spire 2 Out Now! ⚔️ @megacrit.com · 06/03/2026

Slay the Spire 2's concurrent Steam players just hit 179,456, the highest ever for any roguelike. When StS1 first launched back in 2017, it had 193 concurrent players. That's a 92,982% increase, meaning StS3 is on track to hit 166,861,777 concurrent players by 2035. 💪

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Chief Goblin Officer 🇨🇦 @mcdichael.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I like the phrase "go whole hog" because it implies we are going pig mode, just greasy

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Chief Goblin Officer 🇨🇦 @mcdichael.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

As an indie roguelike dev it's a bit of: a) yeah, kinda b) it's a format that allows the dev to play the game and not have things be not predictable c) players DEMAND infinite content. I know not everyone does, but a lot of people do the "$/hour" valuation of video games and we need them to buy lol

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

New article time!!! Ever wonder why a bunch of weirdoes keep telling us that Grand Theft Auto 6 is the most important event in history and video game prices have to go up? Well, here's why these weirdoes are completely out of touch with reality! docseuss.medium.com/a-hundred-do...

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a hundred dollar video game? yeah, right

So, a while back, I saw someone had the bright idea to say that a $100 video game was where games were headed. As someone who has done a…

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Tirk @frogkaro.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

The video game industry decided to discontinue their product, the video game, in exchange for trying to make Fortnites. They have in recent years found out this doesn't work, so they have pivoted from making Fortnites to making ????????????????? nothing I guess

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Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I talked recently to an indie developer who was given the consultation that they should carve out a part of their UI for Northerlion to put his face cam.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 12/02/2026

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

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Jaws Slayer 🎃 @jesawyer.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Smart Guy: I gave 44 rocks of OpenCrack to my Claudeswarm to regulate my breathing but Gurpsqrl pinged every 1.5s asking “is it time to inhale yet” and smoked all 44 rocks in 12 minutes, after which I started suffocating. Me: I just breathe naturally. Guy: lol enjoy using 2% of your brain Luddite

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