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Megan Varde 🐴 @mvardeparty.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Hi, i couldn’t help but notice you were building whimsical fantasy simulations with stylized horse characters from across the room

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Megan Varde 🐴 @mvardeparty.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

🚬 TODAY at 4pm 🚬 get your vip tickets ready and I will show you pretty pictures 🐀

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Megan Varde 🐴 @mvardeparty.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

And now we have to eat the sexy filbo cake or else

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Young Horses @younghorses.com · 10/08/2026

Good Morning Horse Nation. Rise and Canter. 😤 Hard at work making Game for YOU 🫵

a photo of a horse sleeping on its side with a sign that says "I am NOT dead. just tired and ugly. Please let me sleep!!!"

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Indie City Games @indiecitygames.org · 08/09/2026

Bugsnax Biomes: The Official Art B̶o̶o̶k̶ by @mvardeparty.bsky.social Get an in-depth look at the biomes that make up Snaktooth Island (and beyond) with concepts, in-progress work, and commentary from Young Horses Lead Environment Artist Megan Varde.

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Indie City Games @indiecitygames.org · 08/09/2026

Guest Speakers reveal for CIGS 2026! If you’ve bought the VIP passes, then check out these amazing talks by C. Spike Trotman, Megan Carnes, Anna Anthropy, Megan Varde, and Bilal Yassine & Robert DiSalle (aka Glass Arcade)! Tickets available: www.tickettailor.com/events/indie... #CIGS2026

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Megan Varde 🐴 @mvardeparty.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I'm a VIP speaker at this year's CIGS! 🐀 Come see me ramble about Bugsnax environments and show off some art 🚬

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Indie City Games @indiecitygames.org · 02/09/2026

Dropping the FULL CIGS LINEUP FOR INDIE GAMES, TTRPGs, VIP SPEAKERS, and more! Stop by for CIGS on 9/13 at Ravenswood Event Center! Tickets are already going about 3x as fast as last year, so make sure to grab yours showfloor or VIP tickets soon!!! 💚 www.tickettailor.com/events/indie...

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Megan Varde 🐴 @mvardeparty.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"Long live summer" the sign reminds me as i purchase a small skeleton

Photo of a Halloween skeleton display at CVS with a bright yellow sign above that says "long live summer".

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Megan Varde 🐴 @mvardeparty.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I only stayed here for a month but its such a lovely community and I need them to stay open so I can visit again <3

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Spelkollektivet @handle.invalid · 14/08/2026

Help Save the Home for Indie Game Developers For 9 years Spelkollektivet has had more than 700 game developers stay at the co-living & co-working hub, but due to new directives in the local area, the future may be at risk. Read more: gofund.me/f4244d6de #gamedev #indiegames #gofundme

GoFundMe post titled "Save the Home for Indie Game Developers" with a Photograph of game developers working hard in the background. Goal is 750,000 SEK
With a Call To Action of "Donate Now"

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Brady Soglin @bradysoglin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

i'm hiring a part-time 3D artist to help define the look of a new game! if this sounds like your jam, please apply! :)

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Indie City Games @indiecitygames.org · 28/07/2026

We're SO back on our 3rd year of Chicago Indie Game Showcase (CIGS)! Join us 9/13 at the Ravenswood Event Center! CIGS is a one-day con showcasing amazing indie games from Chicago & Midwest Area. We'll also have guest speakers, DJ sets, tattoo artists, and so much more! Tickets: bit.ly/450rk88

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Work With Indies @workwithindies.com · 27/07/2026

Curiomatic is hiring a 3D Artist to help craft amazing stylized worlds and contribute on all matters relating to game development. 🛰️ Remote, Part-time 🎨 Create top-tier 3D art 🤝 Weekly team meetings & feedback Work with @curiomatic.bsky.social and apply:

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Curiomatic is hiring a 3D Artist

We’re currently hiring for a 3D Artist to join our team and contribute on all matters relating to game development.

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Work With Indies @workwithindies.com · 21/07/2026

Grumpyface Studios is hiring a 3D Game Artist to assist them in an unannounced project! 🛰️ Remote, Part-time 🎨 2+ years 3D modeling & texturing XP 🖼️ Portfolio with colorful, all-ages work Work with @grumpyface.bsky.social and apply:

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Grumpyface is hiring a 3D Game Artist

We’re currently seeking a 3D Game Artist (modeling and texturing) for a short-term contract with an immediate/asap start date, to assist us with the development of a currently unannounced project.

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Indie City Games @indiecitygames.org · 09/07/2026

WE LOVE OUR RAT ARMY ✨🐀✨🐀✨🐀✨🐀✨🐀✨

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Wurm Fud (DOUR TOWER) @wurmfud.itch.io · 25/06/2026

If you love highly rendered, hand-painted pixels, Backwater Eulogy is less than a dollar and only THREE reviews from the almighty 50 review threshold that Steam craves! Would mean the world to me if you played something deeply personal. store.steampowered.com/app/3134050/... #pixelart #indiedev

Pixel art illustration of a shed, leaning with age into the sunset and overgrown with weeds. An old tractor rests inside , and a treeline can be seen in the distance. A few younger trees lean towards the shed.

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Aerial_Knight @aerialknight.com · 19/06/2026

Happy Juneteenth! If you're looking for something cool to play today to support a black business in the U.S., check out some of my games. - Studio is Black-owned - Black characters - Black Voice Actors And racist trolls hate us ♥️ linktr.ee/aerial_knight

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Alt National BIM Hour @manofsuds.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Chicagoans will see this and say "hell yeah"

The Chicago flag, the Pride flag, and the Field Museum (with Pokemon exhibit banners)

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Megan Varde 🐴 @mvardeparty.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Drinking as much “free” wine as I can at UnrealFest to prep for the Dorian Electra concert 😤

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Acting Out @actingoutgame.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Tired of AI slop? Now you can enjoy 100% human-made slop! Welcome to the game where everyone’s an actor, and probably bad at it too🎬 You too could be the creator of some truly heinous content today! Who else would you do this with? 📷

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Megan Varde 🐴 @mvardeparty.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Because they’re evil next question

Screenshot of a news ad that says “Why Google wants to release 32 million mosquitoes in the US”.

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Snoozy Kazoo 💤 @snoozykazoo.com · 06/06/2026

💖 RIZZ DUNGEON: SKELETON KEY TO MY HEART is launching SEPTEMBER 17TH! 🗝️⚔️ Fighting is hard, right? Let your party do it for you! Romance Monster Girls and traverse the Dungeon! Hopefully they'll all get along... #gamedev #indiedev #godot 👇 Wishlist TODAY on Steam! 👇

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Megan Varde 🐴 @mvardeparty.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

As an artist im so grateful whenever I find a video showing off a very specific object for reference Yes let me see you use that old glass elevator in an abandoned mall! Thank you 20min video of 4 SMC SF-16 oscillating stand fans I love you!

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bigsirgames.bsky.social @bigsirgames.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

We just released the demo (and this awesome trailer) for Escape from Slumberland! Go check it out on Steam - store.steampowered.com/app/3011520/...

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Megan Varde 🐴 @mvardeparty.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Ready to end it all after losing my little buddy on a train 😭😭😭 I can only hope someone finds him and loves him as much as I did

Photo of a small white dog plush keychain with black eyes and nose and red pointy ears peeking out of a shirt pocket.

Zoomed in photo of the same dog plush keychain sitting in a pile of other souvenirs. He has is sitting with a red bandanna around his neck and little blush marks on his cheeks.

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Megan Varde 🐴 @mvardeparty.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Got my ass kicked in Nara 😤🦌 No, its not my first time there and no I will not be answering any follow up questions

Photo of a group of deer lying down in a park. One of them is facing the camera with squinting eyes.

Photo of a bruising deer bite mark on the back of my thigh.

Photo of a smaller but still noticeable deer bite mark on the back of my forearm. There is also a small deeply bruised mark on the back of my upper arm just above the elbow.

Photo of three deer standing on a paved path. The one in the middle is being licked on either side and one is caught with its tongue out.

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Megan Varde 🐴 @mvardeparty.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Playing this new lifesim game called “cleaning my bathroom”

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Megan Varde 🐴 @mvardeparty.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

<— busy clicking extrude all day and living in an edgeflow fantasy fetish

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Megan Varde 🐴 @mvardeparty.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Luffy in Block Kingdom is like accidentally bringing home a hampster that eats your other hampsters

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The Men Who Wear Many Hats @hatsproductions.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

🎉 New Game Official Reveal! 🎉 Max Gentlemen: Escape From Moriarty Mansion will be showing at BitSummit Punch 2026 in Kyoto! May 22-24 Explore a mysterious mansion, solve puzzles and meet the other doomed guests. 🔍 🎩 🧩 🕹️ Wishlist store.steampowered.com/app/3047590/ #indiegame #MaxGentlemen

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Max Gentlemen: Escape From Moriarty Mansion on Steam

Join nine absurd Victorian characters invited to a mysterious and remote mansion. Solve devious puzzles, explore the mansion and try to keep everyone alive. Friends or Foes: it's up to all of you to d...

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Work With Indies @workwithindies.com · 08/04/2026

One of our amazing mods, Joel a.k.a. Dancing Deer is looking for a 3D Artist to build a polished vertical slice for his cozy fishing adventure game centered around...vending machines?! 🛰️ Remote, Part-time 🎨 Strong modeling, texturing & rigging XP 🛠️ Familiarity with Git ⤵️

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Dancing Deer is hiring a 3D Artist

I'm looking for a 3D Art Generalist to help create a prototype for a new indie title a game about quests, exploration, and vending-machine fishing.

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Young Horses @younghorses.com · 01/04/2026

The reviews are in! The people love Isekai Bunger Text Adventure R!!TTIGRAAB

A screenshot of itch comments. The comment says "I just got born and I've already been eaten alive 10/10"

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Martin 🐨 @lydmartin.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Indie gig open — 3D environment artist: giant atmospheric forests, your thing? Send some links! Small team, serious project.

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Megan Varde 🐴 @mvardeparty.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Hard to believe its been almost 10 years since I started working at Young Horses as a 3D artist! #WhatAGameDevLooksLike

Photo of me standing at a train stop waving and holding some closed umbrellas. I’m wearing a large black jacket, a rainbow Cubs hat, and bright pink rain boots.

Bathroom selfie of me with eyeliner and dark red lipstick. I have green highlights at the top of my hair and I’m wearing a maroon shirt and a black collar with a large silver crescent moon hanging from it.

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Formed By Zach @formed-by-zach.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

The #Chicago indie game dev community came out in full force for that #lowpolyrat trend. Group photo of all the contributions from members of @indiecitygames.org @skizznugget.bsky.social @lezl.bsky.social @neee.bsky.social @trueandhonestmoose.bsky.social @slepkin.bsky.social @mvardeparty.bsky.social

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Snoozy Kazoo 💤 @snoozykazoo.com · 06/03/2026

💖 Rizz Dungeon: Skeleton Key to My Heart's demo is now LIVE!!! 🗝️⚔️ Fighting is hard, right? Let your party do it for you! Romance Monster Girls and traverse the Dungeon! Hopefully they'll all get along... #gamedev #indiedev #godot 👇 Check out the demo TODAY! 👇

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