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Balor Games @balorgames.com · 01/10/2026
☕ 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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Reb @rebeckeronie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I need everyone who has ever touched generative ai to realize that its very foundation is built upon stolen material. No matter what reasoning you give, using it is harmful. Any money earned from it is tainted, as will be your credibility. Your peers are HURT by this behavior. Apologize.
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🌙 CamronJK 🐰 • Enby Bnuuy Vtuber • 🏳️‍⚧️ @camronjk.com · 15/06/2026
Hey! You know what! CALLING ALL INDIE GAME DEVS! Do you HATE genAI? Do you swear your game does not use genAI INCLUDING using genAI like Claude? SHARE IT HERE! I will share them! I will check them all out! I will definitely play some of them! Many if I can afford! SHARE! YOUR! ART!
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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
thats why you should support my pivot to miniature ceramics by buying this VERY cute mini vase charm i am selling on Etsy (im currently using it as a pokemon binder charm!) claybycarpenter.etsy.com/listing/4580...
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Handmade Mini Vase Key Chain / Bag Charm - Etsy
This Keychains item is sold by ClayByCarpenter. Ships from Stratford, CT. Listed on Sep 21, 2026
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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 propsMoonglow Bay selfies screenshot from the main character. Soft and light art styleA screenshot from On The Nose, interrogating our first suspect Mr. Deerest.
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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 22/08/2026
post by Zeekerss @ZeekerssRBLX on X on 1/10/26

Concept art is the most poisonous place to use Al. That's when your creative vision is the most fragile and undeveloped. When you see what the Al made and say, "That looks cool, I want my game to look like that!" it's like it's secretly swapping out your baby with its own.
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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I'm Christina I've been a professional illustrator since 2005 and a specialist game artist/ art director since 2009. I've worked for Mojang (on Minecraft), Netflix Games, WB Games I've been unemployed for 8+ months. I'm tired of rejection letters. Please help me find a paying project #gamedev
My cover illustration for the game Space Jam (on which I also did all the art and animation)

Bugs Bunny, Lebron James and Lola Bunny are posing in front of an enemy from the game, blending in as a star-filled sky.a portrait of Otto Rehagel for Esquire MagazineMy terraria illustration for Lost In Cult's Deluxe Edition book on Terraria.
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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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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I just want to mention: Even if your AI somehow runs locally and you think it's okay, it's still using trained data from a pre-existing dataset which is still full of stolen work. The sheer amount of data gen AI needs is in the hundreds of thousands, you can only get that by scraping
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Clifton B @cliftonb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
90 minutes left to get all these wonderful games (including mine) and provide some relief for game devs who've been laid off by big stupid corporations who don't understand the value of human workers! itch.io/b/3802/game-...
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Game industry hardship fund by Necrosoft Games and 109 others
Game industry hardship fund: 127 items for $10.00
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🌙 CamronJK 🐰 • Enby Bnuuy Vtuber • 🏳️‍⚧️ @camronjk.com · 13/08/2026
As Spirit Crossing is starting to reboot socials, in particular TikTok, I want to remind people that it is a genAI game and they really don't want you to know that.
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Bobby Schroeder @ponett.dog · 12/08/2026
steam AI disclosures are so funny. they clearly know they're in the wrong, but they still think they can find the magic combination of words so people will make an exception for them. guys you don't understand i HAD to use AI and the game only has a LITTLE slop and i'm just a little birthday boy
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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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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 29/07/2026
All the video game studios that refuse to use generative AI aftermath.site/video-games-no...
someone holding up a sign that AI crossed out
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Brandi K.🇨🇦 @kukubee.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Holy shit this is so vile. 🤢
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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 21/07/2026
The main way in which AI has negatively impacted games industry jobs is not through actual automation of those jobs or even untrue claims about automation. It's by making capital unavailable because it's tied up in AI investments while also destroying the consumer base for video game hardware.
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Mae Tang 董美妍 @maetangwriter.com · 14/07/2026
Filled out a survey for UK authors and illustrators, about AI Licensing and Remuneration. My personal take on this was that there's no combination of money or terms, that would make me want to license my work to train Gen AI. At the end of the survey I wrote this mqedu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Generative AI is based on plagiarism. It is trained by exploiting workers in the Global South. It is environmentally destructive. It replicates stereotypes, bigotry and other oppressive attitudes. It is highly inaccurate. It is psychologically damaging for those who use it, via encouraging dependency, the development of AI psychosis, or by leading to the erosion of existing skills. It is a way of overturning creative labour markets to cynically enrich tech bros. There is not ethical use of it. No amount of financial compensation makes it worth engaging with.
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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
"if you pay me maybe I'll use LESS AI" is a new desperate plea I haven't seen before
This game uses AI in various places. A a solo developer it was nearly impossible to put out this game in a meaningful time frame or act on feedback without leveraging AI as a tool. I'm happy to reduce AI usage if the game is financially stable enough through your support! Thank you in advanced if we ever get that opportunity.
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please stop forgetting how elections work i beg of you @tonygoldmark.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
"Weird Al" Yankovic has always been a real one. Just learned that he very recently turned down "a nice pile of money" to shill for A.I. Damn right he did. @alyankovic.bsky.social www.syracuse.com/entertainmen...
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Brandi K.🇨🇦 @kukubee.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Two days left of our Summerween sale in our stationery shop!☀️🎃 www.etsy.com/ca/shop/kuku...
A 3”x3” vinyl sticker of a cat ghost serving a potion to a frog from a shop shaped like a cauldron. A 3”x3” notepad with an illustration of a cat ghost reading a book and a crow sitting on top of a stack of books. An autumn themed sticker sheet featuring a cat and frog taking part in fall activities. A 3”x3” vinyl sticker of a pumpkin house resembling a pumpkin spice latte. Two tiny cats are trick or treating in costumes.
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j @zerojay.com · 28/06/2026
Canadians, this is a petition about AI datacenters that you should really sign. Be sure to also click on the link you'll receive in your email to confirm to make sure you are actually counted!
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Brandi K.🇨🇦 @kukubee.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Summerween sale in the stationery shop!🎃☀️ 25% off everything until the end of June. www.etsy.com/ca/shop/kuku...
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Bunnyhug @bunnyhug.games · 25/06/2026
Moonglow Bay is ⚠ 80% OFF ⚠ during the Steam Summer Sale! Moonglow has: ✔ Fishing ✔ Bittersweet story ✔ Friendships ✔ Town Rebuilding ✔ An aquarium ✔ 150+ fishes ✔ Open World ✔ Voxels!! 🎣 store.steampowered.com/app/1361400/...
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Save 80% on Moonglow Bay on Steam
Embark on a journey as a rookie angler in Moonglow Bay, fulfilling your partner's final wish. Team up with friends, family, and neighbours to hone your fishing skills, nourish relationships, and resto...
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🌙 CamronJK 🐰 • Enby Bnuuy Vtuber • 🏳️‍⚧️ @camronjk.com · 26/06/2026
Even with numbers being... for lack of a better word, bad for me right now, I'm as determined as ever. I love streaming. I love my community. I will never give up. No matter how much my brain fights, I will continue to go live and brighten the days of those who stop by! 5 days a week, come on by!
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CamronJK - Twitch
They/Them - Looking to be your comfort streamer! A strange and cozy jackrabbit striving to make their stream interactive and interact with you, the viewer, as best they can! Continuously growing a str...
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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 25/06/2026
Freezing temp take: If people are dissuaded from buying your game because of the way you made it, the answer is not to hide how you made it, but to instead not make it that way.
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Kim Sokol (Open for Commissions/Freelance!) @kimsokol.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Right now the world is full of people who want to code and write and paint and film stuff and people who want to play and read and look at and watch stuff and nobody is allowed to do any of that because some unrelated third guy isn't making enough money off the deal
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Moo Yu (Mythmatch on Switch and Steam Now!) @oneofmoo.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Switch Store Pages for Mythmatch are Live! Wishlist now for release in just two weeks! US: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro... UK: www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/...
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Mythmatch
Merge items to build a town and challenge the Greek Gods in Mythmatch.
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 20/06/2026
60% drop in reviews if people even smell AI on your game - full supports the investors, developers, and publishers that took a hard "no gen-AI" stance, despite grifters' proclamations that they were "going to be left behind".
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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I haven't had work in months. I'm a good art director, expert pixel artist, and although I prefer to do art, I can also make entire games from start to finish if necessary, as pictured. Not the greatest coder, but I get the job done (like Chapell Roan I guess). please share
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tante @tante.cc · 18/06/2026
@amnesty.org very based: "Amnesty International finds that standalone generative AI systems, based on unlawful web scraping, depend on mass invasions of privacy by design, and are fundamentally incompatible with IHRL. As such, Amnesty International is calling for a prohibition of such systems."
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Unlawful by design: Exposing the human rights costs of generative AI - Amnesty InternationalUnlawful by design: Exposing the human rights costs of generative AI - Amnesty International
This briefing examines how standalone generative AI systems, based on unlawful web scraping, are in conflict with international human rights law (IHRL) and standards through their design, development and deployment. While these technologies promise sophisticated automation and efficiency, they rely on data collection and model training practices that abuse privacy rights, enable discrimination, and threaten […]
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A Shell in the Pit @ashellinthepit.com · 18/06/2026
👋 Got a game that needs sound? We're an employee-first studio behind the audio on 70+ shipped titles, and we're currently open to new projects. Check out our reel and give us a shout at ohhello@ashellinthepit.com if you want to collaborate! 🐙🎮👂 ashellinthepit.com #GameAudio #GameDev
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Spirit Swap ON SWITCH/2 NOW✨ @softnotweak.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Spirit Swap, our debut puzzle+dating game centered on QTPOC joy has no genAI whatsoever🧠 PC/Mac/Steamdeck: store.steampowered.com/app/1592170/... And now on switch/2: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro... Trailer below! bsky.app/profile/soft...
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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 14/06/2026
I don’t want “a little” AI use in any game or art or writing, even if it makes it “easier” for you. It sours the whole thing. Just like I don’t want a little shit in my cake mix even if I don’t taste it in the final cake, or for the baker to not wash their hands because it’s faster.
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Chet Faliszek @chetsucks.com · 17/06/2026
All uses of AI are costing someone… this sucks as the Game UI database is such a valuable resource.
Edd Coates talking about the game ui database being scraped
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🎃 unskippable cutscene after dying/retrying the yunalesca fight @curiousquail.com · 16/06/2026
A game that was well on its way to my 2026 goty list turns out is using AI. There was no steam disclosure, and the explanation has big "we didn't use it for the things we care about" energy that we gotta stop doing, man Generative AI is truly a radioactive thing that poisons everything it touches
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Spirit Crossing's AI Problem
AI "assisted" Code is still generative AI and it's weird how people try to justify that it's not
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PSX Bunlith 🪄🏳️‍⚧️ E2 OCT 16TH!!!! 🐰🌱 BLM ACAB 🇵🇸 @b0tster.yeag.gay · 12/09/2024
vibe check
bunlith (bunny fursona) lounging on the ground saying 'i want shorter games with worse graphics by people who are paid more to work less and im not kidding'
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Dex @comicsbydex.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Made a little poster/flyer for the no ai protest coming up June 27th. Had a lot of fun drawing all the little guys in the crowd ☺️ #noai
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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Look. Indie dev to Indie dev: doubling down with "you don't UNDERSTAAND we're just a little GUY we NEEEED to use claude" is the reason people are mad. People aren't mad at You. They are mad at Your Actions! You have the power to change this, right here and right now. Take it!!
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meowza @meowza.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
i wish for the death of ai more than i wish for the life of your studio. or mine. if you can’t run a studio without ai you can’t run a studio.
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 15/06/2026
I really hate the "people won't buy it if they tell them we used AI" argument, because, yeah! That's why the disclosure is there! To disclose your use of something, so someone can make an informed purchasing decision that aligns with their values! And you are deliberately not letting me do that!
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🌙 CamronJK 🐰 • Enby Bnuuy Vtuber • 🏳️‍⚧️ @camronjk.com · 15/06/2026
I think it's fair to say all complaints are going to be ignored, given this message. That's it for me regarding anything @spryfox.bsky.social creates. My heart goes out to those on the team who want nothing to do with genAI.
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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 14/06/2026
If your game (or whatever other project or art you work on) gets caught using genAI the only response I want to see is an apology and commitment to not use in the future. There’s no justification at this point using technology that pollutes communities and steals labor.
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meowza @meowza.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
ashamed to have worked with spry fox for five years
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Cen Galdre @cengaldre.com · 10/02/2026
please buy things from my shop i need money for living 👻 www.galdrecraft.com
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Ash & Adam's Games (Play Existential Treads!) @ashandadamsgames.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Placing traps, hauling trailers, expanding... settlement stuff. Play the demo! store.steampowered.com/app/3580340/Ash__Adams_Existential_Treads/ #screenshotsaturday #indiegame
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♢ Fen ♢ @fensartden.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
After 9+ years at ustwo games I have unfortunately been made redundant. If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨ fensartden.com fensartden@gmail.com
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Fen Beatty
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Spirit Swap ON SWITCH/2 NOW✨ @softnotweak.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Happy 1 year anniversary to our debut game, Spirit Swap! To celebrate we’ve teamed up with the incredible @noroadhome.itch.io to make a tarot based solo TTRPG where you too can be a spirit swapping witch! We’re launching it very soon on Kickstarter for #ZineQuest💕
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Coming soon: Spirit Swap: A Slice of Life TTRPG
A solo tabletop adventure using Tarot cards.
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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
AI generated content of any kind undermines the credibility of whatever is being communicated
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Spirit Swap ON SWITCH/2 NOW✨ @softnotweak.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
holy shit thank you?!!! @indiegameawards.gg we’re nominated for the Black Voices in Gaming award! this one goes out to our Black team members in particular🫶🏼❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
A banner showing that Spirit Swap is a nominee at the indie game awards 2025!!
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