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Jay Castello 🌻 @jaymcastello.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

for the best part of this year, I've been speaking to former Maxis developers to put together this: a near-6000 word oral history of Spore 🦠 www.designroom.site/spore-an-ora...

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Spore: An oral history

A wild bet in development for the better part of a decade, Spore reached for the stars — and, at times, got there. We recently spoke to eight team members, including chief designer Will Wright, to loo...

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Dark Deity 2 @darkdeity.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Thrilled to be officially hosting this week's #TurnBasedThursday thread! Devs, share your games below and tag another #gamedev you want to join in! Players, your wishlist is starving and needs to be fed, so take a look at this thread for delicious #turnbased goodness!

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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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tisticgames.bsky.social @tisticgames.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Today is #WishlistWednesDay ! I just improved the visuals of my game a little and added some small fixes too. Please try the Demo, it will get updated later! #indiegame #gamedey #gaming #gamedevelopment #slaythespire #gamedesign #indiegame #solodev store.steampowered.com/app/3460540/...

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Cococucumber @cococucumber.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

We're excited to officially host this week's #TurnBasedThursday! Devs: Reply with your #TurnBased game, screenshots / videos and Steam link Let's all support each other by ❤️ 🔁 and adding to your wishlists. Thanks! #indiegames #gamedev #indiedev

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Folk Emerging 🦣 stone age 4X (OUT NOW) @curiousdynamics.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

i'm so addicted to working on the #TurnBasedThursday Fest spreadsheets that i just had to add more spreadsheets to my stone age 4X as well 🤓 this one should improve the role assignment UX 🎮 cheers for @criticalgamesau.bsky.social for hosting today!

screenshot of Folk Emerging's new role-assignment menu that is being developed

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Kalamona Studios ♜ Feudums @kalamonastudios.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Happy #TurnBasedThursday! I’ve been building my passion project for over 10 years. 💚 player-guided dev priorities ⚖️ fair-to-play multiplayer 🛞 community-first A new update dropped just a few days ago! The game is in open alpha, with ~40 updates and counting! bsky.app/profile/kala...

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Joshua Hallaran | 8-Bit Adventures 2 @criticalgamesau.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

I'm honoured to be officially hosting this week's #TurnBasedThursday! 🥳 🎨If you're a #GameDev / #IndieDev, comment below with your awesome #turnbased game! EVERYONE! 🔁 Repost & ❤️Like this tweet 👉 Tag other games & devs you support ✨ Add the games you love to your wishlist!

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Vagrus by Lost Pilgrims Studios @lostpilgrims.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

We are excited to host this week's official #TurnBasedThursday thread! #gamedevs & #indiedevs— drop your turn-based beauties below and don't forget to use the hashtag! #turnbased game fans —❤️,💬 and 🔁these amazing projects.🙏 Let’s make the algorithm take its turn too. 😎 #indiegamedev

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Matthew - CurlyGoblin Dev @curlygoblin.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

I’m delighted to host the official #TurnBasedThursday this week! 🌞 Don’t venture alone fellow #GameDev / #IndieDev! Reply to this post and add the hashtag to share your turn-based games! ✨ Love turn-based games? Make sure to comment, like and retweet the cool games in this thread. 💬❤️🔁

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Nic | Antisuns @nczempin.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

One of the most well-written game-related articles I've read in quite a while: www.loekalization.com/blog/blog/20... About the Silksong Chinese translation issues.

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Silksong’s Real Final Boss: The Translator Who Broke His NDA and Wrote Like a Dead Poet – Loekalization Blog

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Nine Dots Studio @ninedotsstudio.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

We're very happy to be the official #TurnBasedThursday host this week. This community is amazing and support us a lot. Now it's your time #GameDev #IndieDev to let players discover your #turnbased games. Love #turnbased games? ♥ / 🔁 great games in the replies and @ who should be in this thread!

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Nic | Antisuns @nczempin.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I got great feedback from my fellow game developers that dropped by my booth at devcom Cologne these past two days. Thanks for dropping by! My voice is toast; I'm still having to explain too much, the game should do that on its own!

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Kornel Kisielewicz @epyoncf.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Once again we have the honor of officially hosting this week's #TurnBasedThursday. Board is set, pieces are in motion - #GameDev, it's your turn! Share this thread and post your turn-based projects below with the hashtag. TB fans, ❤️ and wishlist the games you're excited about!

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Nic | Antisuns @nczempin.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Antisuns is a featured game in the Steam event "Debut Festival 2025"! From August 7 to 11, 2025, check out the amazing variety of these games by developers working on their first games: store.steampowered.com/news/app/296...

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Antisuns - Check out these amazing first games, including Antisuns, in Steam Debut Fest! - Steam News

Antisuns is a featured game in the Steam event "Debut Fest 2025"!

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Seb Downie-Blackwell @downieseb.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Games in pre-alpha

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Folk Emerging 🦣 stone age 4X (OUT NOW) @curiousdynamics.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

📣 PUBLIC BETA ANNOUNCEMENT ‼️ Super excited to announce the FIRST EVER beta test for Folk Emerging, happening August 7-18! SIGN UP & get more info here 👇 subscribepage.io/vAwvvR I can't wait to have you play it and hear your feedback! Please share this post far and wide 🍻 #gamedev #indiegame 🎮

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Sam Redfern @psychicsoftware.com · 24/07/2025

Happy to be the official host of this week's #TurnBasedThursday! 🥳 #gamedevs / #IndieGameDev, drop your epic #turnbased game below, and use the hashtag! Community, you can all help by 🔁 and ❤ your favourites!

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#TurnBasedThursday - Turn-Based Game Showcases @turnbasedthursday.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

This week's #TurnBasedThursday host is a game dev in Ireland who just released a gothic cRPG with ~400,000 words of narrative and over 180 unique NPCs! We're casting a summoning spell for turn-based video games; will yours appear? Follow @psychicsoftware.com for tomorrow's thread!

Screenshots from The Necromancer's Tale, by @psychicsoftware.com

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Only By Midnight @onlybymidnight.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

We're excited to host this week's official #TurnBasedThursday ! 🤖Devs, link your awesome turn-based games below! 🎮 Players, comment and like/RT to show your support! You might find your new favorite game! Remember the hashtag & tag your fellow devs!

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Zein ➜ Soulblaze Out Now @zein.games · 17/07/2025

A list of devs and games that showcased at the #IndieGameFest 2025 in Cologne (that I could find on here). Follow these awesome folks and let me know if I missed anybody! go.bsky.app/AVdNUac #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

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Blender Studio @studio.blender.org · 13/07/2025

DOGWALK, Blender Studio’s open project made with @blender.org and @godotengine.org, has been released! Play the game for free on Steam and Itch.io and access production assets, documentation and the source of the game by signing up on studio.blender.org #b3d.

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The Arcade Crew @thearcadecrew.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

We’re honored to officially host this week’s #TurnBasedThursday! 🛠 Devs, drop your awesome turn-based games below! 🎮 Players, comment, like & RT to show your support! Make your turn count. Don’t forget the hashtag & tag fellow devs!

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Trese Brothers Games | Strategy RPGs @tresebrothers.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Thrilled to pay it forward as this week's official #TurnBasedThursday host! 🛠 #GameDev / #IndieDev, add your turn-based RPGs, strategy, roguelikes, city builders, etc. in replies. 🎮 #TurnBased fans, click in to see great games; 🔁RT to help them grow! Help spread the word? ❤️🔁

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Raw Fury | RIVAGE OUT NOW @rawfury.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

We're happy to share that we're this week's official #TurnBasedThursday host!☺️ We welcome all #IndieDev and #GameDev creators to share their #TurnBased games in the replies (don’t forget to use #TurnBasedThursday!)🙏 Turn-based players… feast your eyes on the games below!👇

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 20/03/2025

Thank you so much to everyone cheering for us, and every judge and juror who fought for it. Can't tell you how it feels, cos I'm still finding out. 🧡

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Steve Lee @stevelee.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Holy shit indeed

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

The official Steamworks bsky account is now live. Game devs, give us a follow over at @partner.steamgames.com to learn about new tools, features, updates, data, and more. You can also follow us directly within Steam at steamcommunity.com/groups/steam...

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Steam :: Steamworks Development :: Events

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#TurnBasedThursday - Turn-Based Game Showcases @turnbasedthursday.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

This week's #TurnBasedThursday host is an award-winning narrative designer and jack-of-all-trades solo dev on his latest game filled with creative critters. Ready to tell us your game's story? Follow @swordandquill.itch.io for tomorrow's thread.

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

TMNT: Tactical Takedown comes out tomorrow, so this is a look at how far we’ve come including sexy mikey sexy mikey can and will hurt you ANYWAY WISHLIST THE GAME AHHHHH store.steampowered.com/app/3229100/...

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Sinister Design @sinisterdesign.net · 08/05/2025

Hi all, I'm excited to host this week's official #TurnBasedThursday! 🤩 🖱️Developers: Post your games below and use the TBT hashtag! 🎮 Players: 💖Like, 💬Comment & 🔄️Repost to support developers! Let's surface some awesome turn-based games together! #IndieDev | #TurnBased | #IndieGames

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Temple of the Roguelike @roguetemple.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Temple of the Roguelike is honored to officially host #TurnBasedThursday today! Developers, share your #turnbased game as a reply to this post (all genres are welcome!). Everybody, if you enjoy turn-based games, repost this message to get more people playing these great games!

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Sarah Cawkwell @skullqueen.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

My son works for this company here in the U.K. It was playing the video game ‘Deus Ex’ that set him on the path to becoming a Biomechanical Engineer. Sometimes, it’s nice to highlight the good things that video games can do. And also remind myself just how proud of him I am.

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Nic | Antisuns @nczempin.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I'd like to hear an actual, recent reaction of Miyazaki-san to the recent hype around ChatGPT images being used to make the world more Ghibli like: www.reddit.com/r/ArtistHate...

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Twin_Peaks_Townie's comment on "Hayao Miyazaki's reaction to AI generated art"

Explore this conversation and more from the ArtistHate community

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Mathew Kumar @mathewkumar.com · 05/03/2025

Julian Gollop, a game design genius:

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Terra Randoma / Those Far Stars @terrarandoma.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Hello recent followers on Bsky! I know most of you from the old medium, but there are quite a few new faces, so if anyone is wondering about our game, here is a short clip 👇

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Nic | Antisuns @nczempin.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I love the historically accurate coat of arms in the bottom right. The house of GabeN, most prominent in the late 1900s and early 2000s. I wasn't even aware it was around in medieval times! 😉

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#TurnBasedThursday - Turn-Based Game Showcases @turnbasedthursday.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

This week's #TurnBasedThursday host made the jump from board games to video games with their latest: a low-stress roguelite that lets you build, explore, then see how your defenses fare against the demons. So wake up sheeple! Follow @sextantstudios.bsky.social & come showcase in tomorrow's thread.

Flocking Hell, by @sextantstudios.bsky.social

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Ricardo Juchem @ricardojuchem.com · 27/11/2024

GAME DEV PRO TIP Achievements should be about the important things in the game. Black Mesa folks got it right.

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#TurnBasedThursday - Turn-Based Game Showcases @turnbasedthursday.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Turn-based games are THRIVING on Bluesky; showcased in this month's #TurnBasedThursday thread: 🛏️ Bedroom battle strategy game just launched! 🔥 Tactical Ultima/Roguelike working toward a playtest 🌟 Intergalactic deck builder looking for beta testers 🧛 Dark Dracula tech & tactics RPG & many more! ⤵️

Bedroom Battlegrounds, by @wchc.bsky.social

Chronicles IV: Ebonheim, by @brianna.town

Starless Abyss, by @geeky-do.bsky.social

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Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam! @sextantstudios.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

The Flocking Hell demo is now available on Steam! Flocking Hell is a deeply strategic roguelite where you defend your pastures from demonic invasion. Why are you still reading this?! Go check it out! 🐑😈 store.steampowered.com/app/3236280/... #Roguelite #IndieGames #TurnBased

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Flocking Hell on Steam

Flocking Hell is a turn-based strategy roguelite where you defend your pasture from demon legions. It blends calm exploration with auto-battler combat, offering a mix of easy-to-learn mechanics and de...

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Sos "Buy Lazy Kickers" Sosowski @sosowski.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I wanted to make a starter pack with indie developers who are making their games without using one of the Big Engines with built-in editors. If that's you, reply and I'll add you! And tell your friends about it!

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