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Fostering a creative digital industry underpinned by video game development and training pathways in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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NZ CODE @nz-code.nz · 29/09/2026
21 studios awarded over $2M in CODE funding🎮🥝 A total of $885,654 was awarded to 15 studios within the KickStart category for the creation of prototypes. A further $1.5 million was allocated to six studios in the StartUp funding category to support production. www.nz-code.nz/post/21-stud...
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21 studios awarded over $2M in CODE funding
21 studios from across Aotearoa New Zealand received prototype and production funding in the 2026 NZ CODE national funding round.A total of $885,654 was awarded to 15 studios within the KickStart gran...
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NZ CODE @nz-code.nz · 29/09/2026
We have a small stand going on at PAX Aus. Just so you know. 😁
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WISHLIST GO PHISH ON STEAM | Cosmic Soup Games @cosmicsoupgames.com · 28/09/2026
IT'S HAPPENING: GO PHISH is going to be at PAX Australia! Come and find us at the @nz-code.nz booth! Stop by and hack an AI chatbot / get spooked out by your slumlord landlord! #indiegames #indiedev #PAXAus #deckbuilder #fishing #phishing
An advertisement for PAX Australia showing that our game GO PHISH is going to be playable at the event across the 9th-11th October 2026.
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Burger Bois | Mischief Makers Studio @mischiefmakers.studio · 28/09/2026
Fresh news, hot off the grill: Burger Bois will be at @paxaus.bsky.social! Come visit us at the @nz-code.nz booth to design delicious and/or horrifying burgers and nab a free #FoodPic polaroid #paxaus #indiegame #steamgame #cookinggame #cozygame
A promotional graphic for PAX Australia that says "I'll see you at PAX Aus, 9-11 October 2026, Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre" with the website URL: paxaustralia.com.au
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Frosty Games 🍦 @frostygamesfest.com · 28/09/2026
Here are your friendly reminders about where to find Frosty this Melbourne International Games Week 🎮 🔷 Oct 3&4: Free IRL Frosty Games Showcase at ACMI 🔷 Oct 9: PAX Aus panel with our @continuemag.bsky.social and @BackPocket.gg pals 🔷 Oct 10: Hey Chat Twitch After Party
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Denari @astrodiaries.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The secret to creating a horrifying bird monstrosity is tons and tons of pasta #indiedev #gamedev #pastaday
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EAT PANT | Shared Custody @eatpantgames.com · 28/09/2026
moments in this game may or may not be inspired by putting our child to bed 🤷 #indiegame #gamedev
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Abiotic Factor @abioticfactor.com · 28/09/2026
[The] Force is always one move ahead of us.
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Abiotic Factor @abioticfactor.com · 26/09/2026
Everyone here is tuckered out from farming all day. Screenshot from Dolina on Steam.
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Abiotic Factor @abioticfactor.com · 27/09/2026
The art in JKSilencee's base really makes this area feel really sophisticated. #ShareYourBaseSunday
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Balancing Monkey Games 🌠 wishlist Beyond These Stars! 🐋 @balancingmonkeygames.com · 24/09/2026
We're going to be at NZGDC and PAX Aus! 🎉 If you're attending, be sure to stop by and say hello! 🔗: buff.ly/4euWeoD
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Frosty Games 🍦 @frostygamesfest.com · 25/09/2026
Ever wondered why ANZ-made games are so weird (affectionate)??? Team Frosty are joined by @backpocket.gg and @continuemag.bsky.social to discuss and debate some of the wildest and weirdest games made in our region, and maybe help you find a new weird fave of your own!
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Frosty Games 🍦 @frostygamesfest.com · 23/09/2026
Come play some of the coolest games from ANZ at ACMI in Melbourne on October 3 & 4 🎮 We're showcasing 20 games across the weekend as part of a free Game Showcase! Big thank you to our 2026 sponsors @nz-code.nz and strangescaffold.bsky.social, without their support, Frosty's showcases don't happen 💙
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Abiotic Factor @abioticfactor.com · 23/09/2026
This new GATE scientist has such a friendly smile, don't they 7Guardian?
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NZ Game Developers Association @nzgda.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thank you CODE New Zealand for joining NZGDC 2026 in sponsorship! 🌏 CODE, the Centre of Digital Excellence, is a Dunedin-based hub designed to progress and expand New Zealand's growing video game industry. Get your ticket to NZGDC 2026 in the bio!
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NZ CODE @nz-code.nz · 22/09/2026
In collaboration with our partners at New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) and Representing Games, CODE assisted fifteen teams in attending Gamescom, the largest event in the gaming industry in the world. 🥝🎮 www.nz-code.nz/post/15-team...
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15 Teams, 3 Days and a Hugely Successful Gamescom for Aotearoa NZ
n collaboration with our partners at New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) and Representing Games, CODE assisted fifteen teams in attending Gamescom, the largest event in the gaming industry in the ...
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Fnife Games @fnifegames.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
happy 410 days since we introduced you to Josh 🫰 #oc #indiegame #indiegamedev #josh #salami
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NZ CODE @nz-code.nz · 22/09/2026
*Fermenting in local culture.
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PlanetSmith | Wishlist on Steam! @planetsmith.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New Devlog! youtu.be/LzivS_KzffY
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I Built a Custom GPU-Driven Rendering Pipeline (10x Faster)
YouTube video by Incandescent Games
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Tana ⭐ NZGDC & MIGW! @tanamakes.games · 21/09/2026
NZGDC next week! If you wanna see me, I'll be talking on Friday at 12pm AND that evening at Communion so pls come say hi!
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Abiotic Factor @abioticfactor.com · 20/09/2026
u/dengle_ray has the ideal Musical Chairs setup. #ShareYourBaseSunday
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NZ CODE @nz-code.nz · 18/09/2026
Not a dinner club based around Tortilla Tales?
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GamesNight 🔜 PAX AUS @gamesnight.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New Zealand’s video game sector continues to grow! Playful is a NZ based playtesting service that aims to provide indie devs with tools through all stages of development, backed by real player behaviour and feedback. Full story below! gamesnight.nz/playful-a-pl...
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Playful: A Playtesting Service That Aims to Change How We Test Games in New Zealand
New Zealand’s gaming industry is steadily growing, from NZ On Air’s Game Development Sector Rebate to the Centre of Digital Excellence (CODE) helping developers reach the right audience and have a…
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NZ CODE @nz-code.nz · 17/09/2026
Join us in welcoming Seymour to our Dunedin-based team: www.nz-code.nz/post/code-we... New Zealand Centre of Digital Excellence is excited to announce the appointment of Seymour Reeves Boddy (Ōtepoti - Dunedin) as Digital Operations Specialist to the team.
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CODE welcomes Digital Operations Specialist to the team
New Zealand Centre of Digital Excellence is excited to announce the appointment of Seymour Reeves Boddy (Ōtepoti - Dunedin) as Digital Operations Specialist to the team.
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Abiotic Factor @abioticfactor.com · 24/08/2026
Looks like u/0bjective_Release and their fellow scientist are wrapped up warm and ready for Voussoir.
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Davy Jones’ Deckhand 🏴‍☠️ Demo out now! @cassbaygames.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I will not be joining the @nz-code.nz crew at #gamescom this year (I'd miss the birth of my 3rd child). But if you're a publisher and like the sound of Monkey Island meets Slay the Spire, Davy Jones' Deckhand is for you. Pitch deck: www.cassbaygames.com/presskit (Not crying 😭) #Gamescom2026
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Ianipoos @ianipoos.com · 24/08/2026
A Thing I've Been Helping With is now live on Steam. Get into it or we'll be fighting. store.steampowered.com/app/4603460/...
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Canvas City Demo on Steam
Canvas City is a turn-based tactics RPG of rebellion on roller skates. Lead a crew of skaters and street artists rising up against an oppressive regime. Each map is a battleground and a canvas, where ...
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Disc 2 Games ~ Canvas City🛼 @disc2games.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
We’re thrilled to be part of The Mix Cologne Showcase, in Germany! Catch Jack at our booth on August 24 🤙 He loves a good chat, so come say hi! #CanvasCity #TheMixCologne #SteamShowcase
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Disc 2 Games ~ Canvas City🛼 @disc2games.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Turn Based Lovers wrote an article about our upcoming indie title! 💗 Check it out here✌️:
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Skates, Street Art, and Tactical Battles Collide in Canvas City - Overview - Turn Based Lovers
There are plenty of tactical RPGs where movement matters, but Canvas City takes that idea somewhere a little different. Here, getting from one side of the
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Balancing Monkey Games 🌠 wishlist Beyond These Stars! 🐋 @balancingmonkeygames.com · 20/08/2026
It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for… Beyond These Stars launches… October 15th, 2026. Check out our fancy release date trailer: buff.ly/5gs08Qs
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https://youtu.be/NlTh1YGSVbU
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Hooded Horse @hoodedhorse.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Beyond These Stars officially has a release date: October 15, 2026! Build a sprawling city on the back of a Space Whale and learn to coexist with a sentient ecosystem as you journey through the stars. 🌌🐋 store.steampowered.com/app/2295060/…
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Davy Jones’ Deckhand 🏴‍☠️ Demo out now! @cassbaygames.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Follow-up to the map work: picking a destination now actually leads somewhere. Select a route and it opens the Voyage Manifest, an overview of where you're headed, the boss waiting there, and a place to declare your weapon and cargo for the trip. #indiegames #gamedev🧵
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Davy Jones’ Deckhand 🏴‍☠️ Demo out now! @cassbaygames.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
LIVE 📹 Working on the Voyage Manifest. ➡️ twitch.tv/RespawnPressUp #GameDev #MadeWithUnity #IndieGames #IndieDev #GameDevelopment #TwitchAffiliate #Unity2d #SupportSmallStreamers @unity.com #roguelike #pirates #deckbuilder
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Disc 2 Games ~ Canvas City🛼 @disc2games.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Counting down the days until we can hit the DEMO release button 🫨 5 Days to go! #CanvasCity #SteamDemo #Tactics #IndieDev #DemoCountdown
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Killing Things With Your Friends @ktwyfgame.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Guardians of the Galaxy meme where Rocket plans to steal a prisoners prosthetic leg. Instead, Rocket has been replaced with a Test Subject from Killing Things With Your Friends, and the prosthetic leg has been replaced with a Crab claw from the same game.

Meme reads:
"That dude there. I need his prosthetic leg."
"His leg?"
"Yeah. God knows I don't need the rest of him. Look at him. He's useless."
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Abiotic Factor @abioticfactor.com · 19/08/2026
That is one fortunate machine, being looted by itsameebee on Twitch. Unfortunate for the spacemen inside it.
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Davy Jones’ Deckhand 🏴‍☠️ Demo out now! @cassbaygames.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
You can now read and sign-up for the Cass Bay Games newsletter directly from our website 🫡🏴‍☠️ www.cassbaygames.com/newsletter #indiegames #devlog
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Below Deck, the Cass Bay Games newsletter
Take a peek behind-the-scenes with news and development updates from the team making Davy Jones’ Deckhand.
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Abiotic Factor @abioticfactor.com · 20/08/2026
Seems like Grayson is feeling shy. He's retreated to the corner away from Steam user Girlboss.
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NZ CODE @nz-code.nz · 20/08/2026
Thar she blows! Beyond These Stars, by Dunedin NZ's own @balancingmonkeygames.com launches on October 15th. This is a hugely anticipated title, published by @hoodedhorse.bsky.social store.steampowered.com/news/app/229...
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Beyond These Stars - Beyond These Stars Releases October 15, 2026! - Steam News
Hi all! We are so, so excited to announce that Beyond These Stars will be releasing on October 15th, 2026! If you haven’t already, now is the perfect time to play the Demo and get a feel for what's to...
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Abiotic Factor @abioticfactor.com · 11/08/2026
Just a scientist taking some time to contemplate temporal distortion. Meditative moment from Viral❤ on Steam.
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NZ CODE @nz-code.nz · 10/08/2026
Prepping for this Gamescom thing is a lot of work, eh.
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NZ CODE @nz-code.nz · 04/08/2026
Cool story, bro. I mean literally, it's 2 degrees here.
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Disc 2 Games ~ Canvas City🛼 @disc2games.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Meet Shade, The Fire Starters’ Realist 🧐 #CanvasCity #GameCharacter #IndieDev
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🌈LavaLoaf🍞 @lavaloaf.com · 02/08/2026
BURGER BOIS!! Please... try the demo... show me your burgs... let my eyes FEAST on your creations!! This is a truly fantastic shop management sim that is SO fully loaded with ingredients and combinations that it just has so much to do (and in just the demo!!) with dynamic art and catching music too!
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Burger Bois on Steam
Become Patty, the accidental owner of a failing food business. Craft tasty (or nasty) burgers, discover new ingredients, and work hard(ish) to redeem your reputation on the way to the best parking…
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Stormcloak Games @stormcloak.games · 02/08/2026
Customise your #Adaptory base with cozy comfort buildings in #Update 2! Each explorer has their different design requirements to make your planetoid a (temporary) home. Bean bags, bookshelves, adjustable lighting, and more will really tie your rooms together. #indiegame #earlyaccess #indiedev
A screenshot of a cave and ruin-themed bedroom in Adaptory. Stalactites hang from the roof, an alien ruin column is in the bottom right corner, and an explorer sleeps happily in their bed, above a grey bean bag and a display stand showing a mysterious relic...A screenshot of a study-themed bedroom in Adaptory. The room is split into three floors, with bookshelves lining the top and bottom of the room. In the centre, an explorer is smiling happily as they run past their bed, blue bean bag, and salt lamp.A screenshot of a customised Adaptory bedroom. Many plants are arranged on different levels and an orange bean bag sits between a pair of bookshelves and a radiator that heats the room. A diagonal line of windows shows a full spring running outside the room, and an explorer is chilling, enjoying the view.A screenshot of a circular, plant-themed bedroom in Adaptory. The room is near the surface, showing some nebula in the background. The room has a number of plants and trees, some planters even growing plants on the ceiling. Three green storage boxes are dotted around the room, matching a green bean bag in the centre, and an explorer is sleeping happily under a window out to the open space above the base.
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Abiotic Factor @abioticfactor.com · 02/08/2026
When they're not working on their office farm, Discord user Gunsling Duckling braves through here to work on their fractured farm. #ShareYourBaseSunday
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NZ CODE @nz-code.nz · 31/07/2026
We've seen game studios who have partnered and released themed beers before, but themed burgers are the next level. Seventeen layers of pickles in a bun, here we come!
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Burger Bois | Mischief Makers Studio @mischiefmakers.studio · 31/07/2026
Anyone know a burger joint that might wanna collab? 👀
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Davy Jones’ Deckhand 🏴‍☠️ Demo out now! @cassbaygames.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
LIVE🔴 #gamedev - continuing to work on the Ship Log for Davy Jones' Deckhand ➡️ twitch.tv/RespawnPressUp #MadeWithUnity #IndieGames #IndieDev #GameDevelopment #TwitchAffiliate #Unity2d #SupportSmallStreamers @unity.com #roguelike #pirates #deckbuilder
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PlanetSmith | Wishlist on Steam! @planetsmith.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Process of making a new block. What do you think it is? #planetsmith #pixelart #indiegame
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