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Laura E. Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social · 15h

My free annual newsletter, 31 Days of Halloween, hits inboxes tomorrow! One spooky-themed email with cool art and links every day of October, and then it goes back in the crypt. (Did I mention it's free?) Sign up here: buttondown.email/31daysofhall...

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31 Days of Halloween

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Alexei Pepers @apepers.bsky.social · 17h

The schedule for @roguelike.club is up! We’ve got yet another stunning lineup with multiple people who are such a good fit I had assumed they’d spoken already 🤣 Time is fake and it’s just over two weeks until the con so check it out, buy a ticket, come hang out! www.roguelike.club/event2026.html

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Roguelike Celebration - Event 2026

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MAGFest - The Music and Gaming Festival @magfest.org · 29/09/2026

Once upon a time, a game was made in a basement, bedroom, garage, or wherever the magic happened. Now it has 2 DAYS LEFT to make its way to #SuperMAGFest 2027! Submit your #Homebrew game to the #IndieRetro Showcase: bit.ly/MCSIR27S Submissions close: September 30th, 11:59 PM EST

MAGFEST x INDIE RETRO
ATTENTION
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BEFORE SUBMISSIONS END

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Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison 🔜 MIGW26 @hey.paris · 28/09/2026

SUPER EXCITED to say that I'll be speaking at @roguelike.club about making HINT LINE '93, the silly game that @yarnspinner.dev, @themartianlife.com, and @firkraags.bsky.social made with talented Tasmanian actors' photos as callers for @acmimuseum.bsky.social! www.roguelike.club/event2026.ht...

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Roguelike Celebration - Event 2026

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Nextlevelbanana @ home @nextlevelbanana.online · 26/09/2026

This one's a thumbs up from me. They do some really cool things with the fake desktop

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Nextlevelbanana @ home @nextlevelbanana.online · 25/09/2026

Nurse complimented my breathing technique. So I just got a good grade in flu shot, a thing both normal to want and possible to achieve

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Nextlevelbanana @ home @nextlevelbanana.online · 23/09/2026

It is important that developing your game occasionally makes you go "hehehe"

Game screenshot of the player standing near a pneumatic tube thingy with an envelope symbol on it. There is one tube in the slot and one tube on the floor.

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 21/09/2026

Send us your experimental game — we wanna help you show it off! Get a chance to share your project onstage at GDC next spring, and help us inspire more people to make strange and experimental projects that change how we think about games. <3

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✨AirAngel✨ @airangel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Vendor Alley Submissions open this week! Artists, makers, indie game devs, community & event orgs please keep any eye out! #AGDQ2027 will be here before we know it 💖

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Frame Fatales @framefatales.com · 20/09/2026

🏁 TIME 🏁 #FlameFatales 2026 has raised a total amount of $132,100 for Malala Fund! Thank you to everyone behind-the-scenes who made this marathon possible, and to all of YOU for your incredible support of girls' education. See you at #FrostFatales 2027 from March 14-20, 2027!! 💜💛 STAY WIGGLY!!

A group photo of the Flame Fatales volunteers and staff sitting in front of the Fatales couch, some sitting on the couch, and some behind the couch! A hue of purple lights the back of the group.

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Nextlevelbanana @ home @nextlevelbanana.online · 20/09/2026

Doing donations was really fun! So happy I got to be a part of that truly unhinged finale. As a woman with a master's degree, the thought of women being denied an education is especially heartbreaking. What a privilege to help raise over $130,000 for the Malala fund.

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Nextlevelbanana @ home @nextlevelbanana.online · 19/09/2026

Q: What's got five switches and is going to be in the MAGFest Indie Arcade? A: This guy! nextlevelbanana.itch.io/nuclear-logi... Flip 5 switches to "type" one letter at a time. Try not to blow up the world.

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Nextlevelbanana @ home @nextlevelbanana.online · 18/09/2026

You can catch mola molas in Mistria lmaooooooo

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Nextlevelbanana @ home @nextlevelbanana.online · 17/09/2026

Y'all, every time Ragon gives me a new asset it makes the game look 100% more like a game. THE TREES

Screenshot of the Spine demo character standing on a flat plane of grass. A few tall 2D hand drawn pine trees are scattered around. There's a 3D wooden cabin to the players right. And the ground is dotted with placeholder weeds and trash.

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Nextlevelbanana @ home @nextlevelbanana.online · 15/09/2026

PSA: today is national voter registration day! If you're not registered to vote yet, there's still time. If you live in Oregon: secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/vr/r...

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Welcome to ORESTAR September 15, 2026 (Version: v4.4.3.002 )

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Jordan Stillman @alittlejstillz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The deadline to apply to be a GDC 2027 Community Partner is this Friday, September 18! Are you searching for space for a community meetup? Do you have a activation idea? Looking for scholarships for you community? Tell me your ideas! Learn more and apply! >> gdconf.com/call-for-com... #GDC2027

On a navy blue background at the top reads GDC Festival of Gaming | March 1 - 5, 2027 | San Francisco, CA - Become a GDC Community Partner - Apply by September 18, 2026. There is a photo of the Gamescape booth and staff posing at GDC 2026 with brackets around the image.

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Nextlevelbanana @ home @nextlevelbanana.online · 15/09/2026

Clocking in for my donation processing shift for @framefatales.com ! It sure would be a shame if everyone donated a bunch of money in the next few hours and made me work hard

Selfie with my laptop screen showing discord and the tv showing Fatales

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Frame Fatales @framefatales.com · 13/09/2026

Everyone get your hiking gear ready, because #FlameFatales 2026 is officially LIVE, supporting Malala Fund! Join us ALL WEEK at both gdq.gg/live AND youtube.com/gamesdonequick to support an incredible cause, as well as all of the amazing women and femmes in speedrunning!

A badge with rounded edges featuring a mountain range in front of sunflowers. At the bottom, it reads "FLAME FATALES is now LIVE!!!." It is all in front of a pastel yellow background.

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Nextlevelbanana @ home @nextlevelbanana.online · 13/09/2026

Starting to watch the new series of Taskmaster and immediately pausing for 15 solid minutes because the set has what looks like an ancient Greek quote on the wall

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OverClocked ReMix (We ♥ game music!) 🎮🎵 @ocremix.org · 09/09/2026

SIGNAL BOOST! @zirconst.bsky.social is looking for someone who can do good, original PSX/PS2-like sound design. If that’s you, reach out to him! :-)

Facebook post from Andrew Aversa:

I have a well-paying sound design (SFX) project I'm looking for a partner on, but the requirements are very specific. I'm creating sound effects in the style of late-era PSX and early PS2 games such as Final Fantasy X / Final Fantasy Tactics, as well as modern retro-styled games like Minecraft Dungeons. Think *heavy* use of noise manipulation, synthesis, and melodic writing to create all kinds of glitters, chirps, slashes, explosions, etc. without using ANY FOLEY whatsoever. Yes, everything must be created WHOLLY from synthesis!

If you have experience doing this, please reach out to me: aaversa@gmail.com I *don't* need to see or hear an entire portfolio or generalized demo reel. I *only* need to hear exact specific demos of sound effects in this style that you have synthesized from scratch. Huge bonus points if you can briefly tell me about your process / what tools you used (X synth, Y grain shifter, Z reverb) so I can get an understanding of your experience level.

Lastly, I'm *not* talking about 8-bit style SFX which are pretty different aesthetically. If you're not sure what I'm talking about, head over to the site in the comments and you'll hear what I mean.

p.s. This is likely a $10k+ project

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Nextlevelbanana @ home @nextlevelbanana.online · 10/09/2026

This is coming up QUICK so get your submissions in ASAP!

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Chinook salmon have recolonised 88% of their historic range on the Klamath River, with more than 13,000 fish passing the old Iron Gate Dam site in 2025, up from 7,700 the year before. Two years after the dams’ removal, it’s going better than anyone predicted. buff.ly/pToC9gB #ShareGoodNewsToo

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Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · 07/09/2026

Excited to see y'all in our freshly painted MUD space with preview event speakers @martinpi.bsky.social, @matronboy.bsky.social, and Greg L. who made this lovely little ad as part of a coding demo for his talk! September 13, 2026, 2PM PDT | 21:00 UTC www.roguelike.club/event2026.html

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Frame Fatales @framefatales.com · 07/09/2026

ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN ONE WEEK UNTIL #FLAMEFATALES 2026!!!!!! gdq.gg/ff-schedule

wooden cartoon sign showing 7 days left until Flame Fatales 2027 with Faith pointing while upside down in the corner

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Nextlevelbanana @ home @nextlevelbanana.online · 05/09/2026

Found the free Red Bull. Mmm, tastes like grad school

Photo of a hand holding a can of Red Bull

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Nextlevelbanana @ home @nextlevelbanana.online · 05/09/2026

Happy PAX! Here's the annual bad lighting hotel selfie

Full length mirror selfie. I'm wearing a baseball uniform that says Milwaukee 01 on the front

Mirror selfie of the back of the jersey. It says Dugnutt 01

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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 04/09/2026

If you’re at PAX West on Sunday, we’re doing a lil PIGSquad hangout & photo at the Summit Building! Pop by if you are in town and want to meet up :) Details: pigsquad.com/events-list/...

A group of folks posing and smiling for the PIGSquad @ PAX photo (2023..?)

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Nextlevelbanana @ home @nextlevelbanana.online · 04/09/2026

I may be more excited about the train ride than PAX

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✨AirAngel✨ @airangel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

#AGDQ2027 Vendor Alley Applications open at the end of this month! Please tag some of your favorite artists or indie developers you’d like to see there 👀 🎨 🕹️ Spread the word!! 💖

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Aggro Crab 💥🔪 @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

REBOUNDER. A new game developed by ThirtyThree, published by Aggro Crab. Rebounder is a hand-crafted precision platformer about a roughneck worker recruited for a hazardous job on a distant planet. Nail the run. Deliver your line. Dropping 2027.

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Nextlevelbanana @ home @nextlevelbanana.online · 01/09/2026

I have never felt the need to git blame a book until now

John said, "The bad guys are already at the house. I know they are. They have the skins; they just need to feed them to the egg."
John was one of those people who comforted himself by repeating the main plot points out loud.

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Frame Fatales @framefatales.com · 01/09/2026

It's time to hit the road! #FlameFatales 2026 is in 2 WEEKS!!!!!! Bring a friend and catch 7 days of speedruns supporting Malala Fund!! 💛💜 Schedule: gdq.gg/ff-schedule

Faith in front of a campsite inviting us to watch Flame Fatales 2026, a week-long videogame speedrun event supporting Malala Fund from Sept. 13-19 on gdq.gg/live and gdq.gg/yt

A QR code is included that leads to the schedule at gdq.gg/ff-schedule

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Andrew Digby @digs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

325 #kakapo! The chicks from this year's record breeding season are now juveniles and so have been added to the population. In 1995 there were just 51 kākāpō left. Recovery of critically endangered species _is_ possible with sustained effort. #kakapo2026 #conservation #parrots

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jackson from @jacksonfrom.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

HAPPY HARDCORE MUSIC 🎶🌟 on today's episode of MIDWEEK MASSIVE we're rinsing the sound of UK hardcore... big kicks... supersaws... uplifting melodies ... and a healthy serving of 🧀🧀🧀🧀 this one goes out to all the ravers across the nation 5pm pdt only on @datafruits.bsky.social

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Nextlevelbanana @ home @nextlevelbanana.online · 22/08/2026

The barista and I agree: it's time for fall

Photo of a cappuccino with latte art of a fanged smiling jack-o'-lantern

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mike @safioles.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

tech companies seem to think i want to interface with a computer by speaking to it but i actually want to interface with a computer by shooting it with a gun

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Nextlevelbanana @ home @nextlevelbanana.online · 18/08/2026

I did hear the boom when they blew up the water tower, but because the video feed was behind, I convinced myself it was just a coincidence and I was hearing a different random neighborhood boom

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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 16/08/2026

Note that we have this weekend, next weekend, AND the following weekend left on the Mystery Jam! If you want to hop in, make some progress, and reach out to folks about feedback & teaming up, learn more about the jam here: itch.io/jam/ssjmystery

The Truffle Hunter Cubepig is startled as a crack of lightning lights up a spooky mansion.

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Nextlevelbanana @ home @nextlevelbanana.online · 16/08/2026

Every time I get an email for an order of my card game, I'm like Hey!! Yay!! ... Who are you. Where'd you come from? HOW DID YOU FIND ME

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NYCC x NYGW 2026 Party List @paxpartylist.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

We've updated the ULTIMATE PAX WEST 2026 PARTY LIST! Check out the latest additions, including The MIX, board game night and more! #PAXWest #Seattle #PAX www.sidequesting.com/2026/07/the-...

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The ULTIMATE PAX West 2026 Party List: Your guide to all the parties and events

Get your groove on during Seattle's biggest gaming expo

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · 12/08/2026

Due to an unexpectedly large number of submissions, we will need to close applications to the Roguelike Celebration Steam Event THIS FRIDAY, August 14th! This is your last chance to get your game considered for the event! forms.gle/Nka47iktejxp...

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Call for Steam Event Participants 2026

Roguelike Celebration is an annual festival featuring the development, history, community, and play of roguelike games, procedural generation, and related topics. Our Steam event is an extension of th...

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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 12/08/2026

Check out this schedule and get ready for the Portland Watch Party on September 25th! We just opened free RSVPs today, tickets are required to attend ~ ti.to/pigsquad/gdo...

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