Reposted by Mel (she/her)MELLOW Games @gamesmellow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Merci beaucoup for the great Xbox Serie S review 💜 131
Reposted by Mel (she/her)Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison 🔜 MIGW26 @hey.paris · 27/09/2026A reminder! Made a Yarn Spinner game? Tell us! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comShowcase Your Game Featuring Yarn SpinnerHave you used Yarn Spinner in a released game or a game with a public link? Tell us about it! 023
Reposted by Mel (she/her)Edd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I'm pleased to announce that around 200 pages' worth of tutorial resources are coming to the Game UI Database for FREE via a brand new blog. No ads. No paywalls. No email signups. Here's a preview of the first piece dropping next week, all about crafting cross-platform control schemes and layouts! 6705252
Reposted by Mel (she/her)laura @ mica art market @lauraillustrates.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I have 8x8" prints up for sale on my website, including these 4 and some other designs! These have the full bleed, so the actual prints are slightly cut differently. www.lauraillustrates.com 4372120
Mel (she/her) @meltea.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It can feel very difficult to get off US tech and I myself still use a lot of it. But, if nothing else, this article is super interesting just for questioning: how much tech services do you really need? 1528
Reposted by Mel (she/her)Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 02/09/2026If you too would like to stop using increasingly shitty software made by bad people who make the world worse, I wrote a guide for how to lessen/end your small team's dependence on US-based tech services: nelsanderson.zone/a-guide-to-d...nelsanderson.zoneA Guide to Ditching US Tech (for Game Developers)This post is based on a guide from Paris Marx, host of Tech Won't Save Us, author of one excellent book and upcoming (likely also excellent) book last updated September 2nd, 2026 At this point, it's... 16579276
Mel (she/her) @meltea.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I think September is a good time to become a witch again 080
Reposted by Mel (she/her)Peter Molytrois @peter-molytrois.bsky.social · 07/04/2026A video game where the player is an AI chatbot and has to answer the prompts of everyday users. You pay to play the game 0.01$/minute spent answering the prompt and you are supplied a tiny dose of psychedelics to make sure you hallucinate like the real AIs do. 031
Reposted by Mel (she/her)Kenshi @lofigames.com · 11/09/2026Help us build Kenshi 2. Lo-Fi Games is hiring a mid to senior-level Terrain Artist to help us craft the diverse biomes of Kenshi 2. Apply now at: lofigames.com/terrainartist/ 412471
Reposted by Mel (she/her)lincoln carpenter @lincolnhello.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"Thousand Hells boasts some truly best-in-class procedural storytelling, but it's content to subject me to back-to-back miseries without recourse."pcgamer.comThousand Hells is a 'tactical narrative' feast of infernal storytelling, but its defeats can feel brutalFrom the developer of King of Dragon Pass, a gorgeously imagined meat grinder for hapless adventuring parties. 03613
Reposted by Mel (she/her)Mel (she/her) @meltea.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Hello new followers! If you want to play a 100% AI-free game which is short, heartfelt and emotional, why not try my game Blueberry? Bonus points if you leave a review 🙏🫶 store.steampowered.com/app/1536120/... #noAI #indiegames #indiedevstore.steampowered.comBlueberry on SteamBlueberry is a story-driven puzzle platformer that takes you deep into a woman’s mind as she faces her trauma. Ascend her Tower of Life, relive her key memories, and collect pieces of her fragmented s... 0176
Mel (she/her) @meltea.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Hello new followers! If you want to play a 100% AI-free game which is short, heartfelt and emotional, why not try my game Blueberry? Bonus points if you leave a review 🙏🫶 store.steampowered.com/app/1536120/... #noAI #indiegames #indiedevstore.steampowered.comBlueberry on SteamBlueberry is a story-driven puzzle platformer that takes you deep into a woman’s mind as she faces her trauma. Ascend her Tower of Life, relive her key memories, and collect pieces of her fragmented s... 0176
Reposted by Mel (she/her)Daniel J. Menezes @danjohnston.uk · 05/09/2026Creating this no-ai indie games starter pack is one of the best things I ever did on BlueSky. Lots of great developers in here, making things with their own hands, some of whom I might not have found otherwise!! go.bsky.app/78u8M6Y 55740317
Mel (she/her) @meltea.bsky.social · 05/09/2026“An iterative loop where society and this technology evolve together is what will lead to the highest chance of getting this right.” Meaning: You might die, but it's for science. Also, there is a chance of getting this completely wrong and you die for nothing. 030
Reposted by Mel (she/her)MELLOW Games @gamesmellow.bsky.social · 03/09/2026You can now buy Blueberry and Spring Tales together 🤩 032
Mel (she/her) @meltea.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Factually correct. Thank you for your super inspiring talk, Kim Belair @sweetbabyinc.com 💜🙏😭 Our lives are ending one sprint at a time, make cool art, don't die, don't be afraid to tell your story. 15112
Mel (she/her) @meltea.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Quote of the day: "There is no balls' physics of any kind in Control Resonant." - Juha Vainio, Executive Producer at Remedy #GamescomDev #Gamescom 070
Mel (she/her) @meltea.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I am mourning creativity, curiosity, the pleasure of building something from the ground and understanding how it works. It feels more than ever like we are losing so much by utilizing a technology that is slowly destroying all that brings joy, including our last chance to save the Earth from us. 2100
Mel (she/her) @meltea.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Pre-paid cards to pay for your power are way darker horror than monsters with no skin and weird limbs 😢 140
Mel (she/her) @meltea.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Joke's on them - I was testing a bug fix yesterday in my own game and basically live there anyway. 030
Reposted by Mel (she/her)Jessica Kathmann 🔜 gamescom @jessicakathmann.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Beim Design von Mels Spiel "Blueberry" kamen diese Fragen ebenfalls auf – meine Kollegen von @behindthescreens.bsky.social und ich haben sie dabei unterstützt. Das Spiel verhandelt Themen wie Trauma, Depression und Substanzabhängigkeit. Das Ergebnis: store.steampowered.com/app/1536120/...store.steampowered.comBlueberry on SteamBlueberry is a story-driven puzzle platformer that takes you deep into a woman’s mind as she faces her trauma. Ascend her Tower of Life, relive her key memories, and collect pieces of her fragmented… 152
Mel (she/her) @meltea.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I will be giving a roundtable at Gamescom Dev this year together with the wonderful @jessicakathmann.bsky.social about the games industry's ethical responsibility of mental health representation. Hope to see you there 💬 #Gamescom #gamescomdev 0123
Reposted by Mel (she/her)Behind the Screens @behindthescreens.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Ihr besucht die #gamescom, interessiert euch für Spiele mit #MentalHealth -Bezug und wisst aber nicht, welche Games interessant sein könnten? Wir haben eine Liste für euch! 💪 Im verlinkten Post findet ihr außerdem unser Live-Podcast-Programm auf der Messe: behind-the-screens.de/2026/08/17/l...behind-the-screens.deListe: Mental Health-Games auf der gamescom 2026 - Behind the ScreensListe von Games auf der gamescom 2026, die einen Mental Health-Bezug haben. Plus: Psychologie-Podcasts auf der Messe! 34216
Mel (she/her) @meltea.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I am also giving random life advice on how to combat loneliness 👊💔 181
Reposted by Mel (she/her)MELLOW Games @gamesmellow.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Thank you so much everyone for reviewing Blueberry on metacritic 🤩 We finally have a visible user review score of 8.3!! 😱💜💜💜 More reviews would still be super appreciated of course (only very few so far)! 0102
Mel (she/her) @meltea.bsky.social · 12/08/2026We don't have enough reviews on metacritic yet to get a score 😢 Please help if you can! 013
Mel (she/her) @meltea.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Thank you for the love and your amazing work on Blueberry @diveamydive.bsky.social 💜 030
Reposted by Mel (she/her)Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 10/08/2026 64174486698
Reposted by Mel (she/her)Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 10/08/2026"Indies will save us" No! YOU WILL SAVE INDIES! Go leave a review for that neat indie game you like, share the trailer for an upcoming game you're anticipating, tell your fave developer they did a good job, go tell people about such and such game that's just come out, you can make a difference! 175116075087
Mel (she/her) @meltea.bsky.social · 10/08/2026We are losing everything "I hate the environmental catastrophe that AI brings with it the yearly electrical demand of (...) data centres is predicted by the end of (2030) to exceed that of the whole of Japan. I hate that it may be the factor that tips the Earth’s ecosystems into irreparable chaos." 040
Mel (she/her) @meltea.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I want more short games that I can actually finish thank you!!1 #ShortGamesShowcase2026 070
Reposted by Mel (she/her)Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 27/06/2026The Wachowski sisters didn't use 120 cameras to film one shot just so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable." 204194904
Reposted by Mel (she/her)Amy-Leigh Shaw @diveamydive.bsky.social · 06/08/2026You could go and be sweet to somebody RIGHT NOW, you know. Lot of people having a tough time right now. It’s within your power to create hope, strength and joy in this world with a little bit of will and a few words. 315050
Reposted by Mel (she/her)The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 05/08/2026This is what climate failure looks like. Nature, homes and livelihoods are being destroyed. The Government must act now. 23958387
Reposted by Mel (she/her)MELLOW Games @gamesmellow.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Blueberry is in the Short Games Showcase by @ogrepixel.bsky.social starting NOW! ALSO: There will be a discount as from Saturday 💸 If you played the game already or are just getting it - please give us a review on Steam! 🫶😍 #ShortGamesShowcase2026 Check it out: store.steampowered.com/curator/4619... 033
Reposted by Mel (she/her)Suzanne | Indiebard Trailers @indiebard.co · 05/08/2026It's time for Part 2 of Scripting for Game Trailers: MUSIC Trying to make a trailer without music is like trying to bake a cake without a cake pan. It's going to get very messy. www.indiebard.co/knowledge/sc...indiebard.coScripting for Game Trailers Part 2: Music — IndieBardMusic is the backbone of any trailer script. It sets the pace of the cuts, enhances the tone of the content, and serves as a conduit of emotion. Trying to make a trailer without music is like trying t... 197
Reposted by Mel (she/her)Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...thenerve.newsCory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lyingIt has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t... 361312416
Reposted by Mel (she/her)Ashley Schofield is looking for work! 🐉 @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social · 04/08/2026 0294
Reposted by Mel (she/her)CosmicRami 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 04/08/2026I am a radio astronomer that intercepts radio signals from space in my day job. I would totally follow any instructions received from space, whip up a batch of ET goo, and very likely lick it. For science! 2393
Reposted by Mel (she/her)Bryn Findlay-Dykes @brynfd.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? #bladerunner #art #painting 1103
Reposted by Mel (she/her)MELLOW Games @gamesmellow.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Blueberry is in this year's Games Composed in Germany sale 🎻🎶 My very talented audio team Felix Bachlinger and Paul Stähr did an amazing job with the music btw 💜 store.steampowered.com/app/1536120/Blueberry Event page: store.steampowered.com/sale/Games-C... #GamesGermany #indiedev #gamedev 0177