iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

there's a sense in which digital objects are real, and we're seeing them imperfectly. this is important to me and it's part of why i don't like using things like VHS filters or faking glitchiness. because they're not part of the process. there are already real glitches. there's already a viewglass.

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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

It's honestly nice to hear that most of the AI bubble really is people play-acting to keep their jobs: hermit-tech.com/blog/ai-mani... Doctorow has a big essay on this, but I prefer the source (this isn't an outsider, they're a high profile tech consultant actively mixing it up in the biz)

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AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decisionmaking

The reality of how much damage AI mania is doing to our ability to run institutions effectively.

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tally @tallywinkle.itch.io · 10/06/2026

i will be here selling my games in print for the first time ever!! i am so excited! come see all the cool wares 🤩

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jazz mickle @queenjazz.gay · 28/04/2026

i have always been so happy to help ppl learn this stuff, its so magical making things for yourself and seeing ppls eyes light up when they make a thing happen on screen is so fucking cool. yeah holy shit u made a thing, that rules

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Raigan Burns @raiganburns.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I seriously cannot recommend this game enough. Along with Baby Steps, it has completely restored my faith in videogames: it turns out that they don't have to suck! They can be incredibly fun, incredibly interesting, and incredibly different, all simultaneously! Demand more from your entertainment.

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pancelor.bsky.social @pancelor.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I played a pre-release version of this and loved it. precision-platforming, momentum!, good movement puzzles, good vibes. can't wait to get back in to see the final version! and to try to beat some of those crazy hard optional challenges...

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gabegab.bsky.social @gabegab.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Also here is a cool screenshot

Screenshot GAARL - a pixel art dungeon with giant skulls floating around

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gabegab.bsky.social @gabegab.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

I have a demo! GAARL is a single screen arcade-y platformer roguelike about climbing chains. My name ended up in the acronym (Gabe's Action Arcade RogueLike) but Pancelor also put a lot of work into this. It is playable in the browser, check it out! matthewlacker.itch.io/gaarl-demo

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GAARL! by MatthewLacker, pancelor

Gabe's Action Arcade RogueLike! (Demo)

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pancelor.bsky.social @pancelor.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

new high score! 191100 realllly playing with fire at the end here, spooky (game is adamatomic.itch.io/kolydr)

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Ysbryd Games | LOVE ETERNAL OUT NOW! @ysbryd.net · 20/01/2026

RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCEMENT Wander a castle built of bitter memories in LOVE ETERNAL, a psychological horror platformer with devious trials & an unsettling, experimental narrative. Find a way out on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation & Xbox, February 19th 2026. store.steampowered.com/app/3010610/...

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rita hatesville @ritatreats.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

heads up that bluesky doesnt show posts from other languages by default on your timeline, and its cutting you off from a lot of the community go to bsky.app/settings/lan... and deselect any language from this setting, or else you might not see any of the new japanese users at all!

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pondlife @withpondlife.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

sometimes we just wanna climb up things to see if we can do it, maybe to get a nice view, or to learn a new hiding spot. it's frustrating if every nook has "rewards" in discone, most paths are uncharted, and you will climb and parkour them with your friends #gamedev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 30/10/2025

Judge rules George R.R. Martin and other authors can sue OpenAI for copyright infringement • Said ChatGPT generated 'Game of Thrones' content similar enough to infringe copyright • OpenAI’s motion to dismiss was denied

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Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Reminder: applications for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant close tomorrow evening! (23:59 Pacific Daylight Time) grants.draknek.org Good luck to everyone applying :)

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Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant

The Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant is a grant opportunity for game developers from traditionally underrepresented groups and backgrounds who are interested in designing and developing puzzle games.

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pancelor.bsky.social @pancelor.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

I'll be at Vancouver Game Garden tomorrow with @tallywinkle.itch.io, showcasing Make Ten Deluxe and giving a #pico8 talk. come by and grab a sticker!

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Vancouver Game Garden @vangamegarden.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Awesome game demos and art aren't the only things at this weekend's Vancouver Game Garden! 🌼 We also have a great lineup of free, drop-in talks on both days of the event! Saturday will see showcases of specific game engines and Sunday will highlight a variety of indie game dev topics ✨

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pancelor.bsky.social @pancelor.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

I'll be at Vancouver Game Garden tomorrow with @tallywinkle.itch.io, showcasing Make Ten Deluxe and giving a #pico8 talk. come by and grab a sticker!

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Vancouver Game Garden @vangamegarden.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Vancouver Game Garden 2025 is TOMORROW!! 🎮🌱 Join us on September 27 & 28 at the Roundhouse Community Center for this free, all-ages event full of indie game demos, a video-game-artist alley, educational talks from speakers like Daniel Mullins, Davey Wreden, and Maddy Thorson, and cool prizes! ✨

Green-tinted photo of a young attendee playing a game called City of None on a laptop with a controller at Vancouver Game Garden 2024. The bright pink text reads "1 DAY TO GO!" and "Vancouver Game Garden"

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torcado @torcado.com · 12/07/2025

RAT KING! A broughlike about a rat and a rat »» torcado.itch.io/rat-king «« 👑 🐁

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SAG-AFTRA @sagaftra.org · 10/07/2025

SAG-AFTRA Members Approve 2025 Video Game Agreement. www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-me...

On a colorful digital background. At the top, in white font: Members Approve. Below: SAG-AFTRA Interactive Media Video Game Agreement 2025.

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Werxzy @werxzy.itch.io · 29/06/2025

Just released my jam game, "Just a Normal Snake". itchio: werxzy.itch.io/just-a-norma... lexaloffle BBS: www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=149... #pico8 #indiedev #gamedev #thinkypuzzlejam5

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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

all i'm gonna say here is that @pancelor.bsky.social/tallywinkle's The Tower is one of the best games ever made tallywinkle.itch.io/the-tower

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the tower by tallywinkle, pancelor

absurdist bitsy

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itch.io @itch.io · 19/05/2025

Mouse Wants Cheese: squeak your way to the cheese pancelor.itch.io/mouse-wants-...

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インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · 15/05/2025

Today's games: 💽 ArchaeOS by Florence Smith Nicholls and @mtrc.bsky.social 🔟 Make Ten Deluxe by @pancelor.bsky.social 🔫 Abyss Vaulter by @sinclairstrange.bsky.social Please check out these awesome #IndieGames!! www.youtube.com/live/dP-g9Bg...

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Happy Hour! ArchaeOS, Make Ten Deluxe, and Abyss Vaulter!

YouTube video by Nice Gear Games

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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

The original Make Ten is extremely good - like one of the best casual puzzle concepts I’ve seen in a decade. It’s as satisfying as Bejewelled. Excited to pick this expanded version up!

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pancelor.bsky.social @pancelor.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

two-three-five!! it's great, check it out. a tiny little droqen experience, succinct and provoking

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sylvie @sylviefluff.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

i really like "the end of gameplay" (releasing today), with a few caveats. i think if you approach it cynically, you won't like it. also, if you are hoping it will clarify what "kill gameplay" means, you will probably just become more confused. that said, i found it very beautiful and cute

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Krystian Majewski @krystman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/05/2025

It is time! Cattle Crisis has been just released on Itch. Thank you for sticking with me for such a long time. Enjoy! 🕹️ krystman.itch.io/cattle-crisis #pico8 #shmup #stg #arcade #indiedev

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pancelor.bsky.social @pancelor.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

I remember our talk about how most games don't let you "turn to any page" like books do, while trying to decide how to give players all these new modes without it being overwhelming. In the end I put up some easily-vaulted walls just to organize and convey intent. like book pages! kill gameplay

Make Ten Deluxe help screen, saying "there is no ending" and "you don't need to play every mode" in particular

Make Ten Deluxe manual, saying how there are no score requirements, and you can easily unlock all modes with a hidden code

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droqen and 24 others @droqen.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

although there is a sense in which May 11 could be said to be… May 10 Deluxe

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pancelor.bsky.social @pancelor.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

New game: Make Ten Deluxe! Select numbers that add to ten, easy. Then try dozens of wild variants -- 35+ modes These are the most surprising, challenging, or otherwise delightful modes that I've made over the past year. Enjoy! $10 / free demo (-20% sale!) pancelor.itch.io/make-ten-del... #pico8

a menu screen: pixelart lined paper with mode names and cute stickers

an active game of drop10. it seems to involve gravity

"Make Lawn", one of the modes. There are a lot of green threes littered on the board. There's an "undo" button and no timer.

The post-game summary screen for the Daily mode. "Next sticker: 300 points (they're just pretty)". Three options of modes to unlock next: Drop10(long), MakeTen(wild), and MakeHeaven(classic)

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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

tired of games adding unecessary stealth missions for no reason? Well im not! STEALTH CROSSWORD is out now✨ ComputerJames.itch.io/stealth-cw 🧩6 mins of Stealth Crossword Action! 👑Two endings ('caught' and 'not caught') 💻Play in browser

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lincoln carpenter @lincolnhello.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

a major issue with video games is that they produce a bunch of people who consider themselves brain geniuses for solving problems that were designed to be solvable. as a remedy, we should be making more games that are actively and irreconcilably hostile to the player. thank you

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pancelor.bsky.social @pancelor.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

tiny new game: "poke!", an unwieldy match-3. the controls are admittedly overwhelming but what can I say, I like games that make your brain hurt. enjoy!(?) pancelor.itch.io/poke #pico8 #nokiajam

a tetris-like game with some fingers on the sides pushing abstract blocks around the play field

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Yngvarr, the game developer @hoodie-cat.dev · 04/03/2025

Yesterday we finished making our first game for Nokia 3310 Jam, a game jam where you're bound by the limitations of a very particular old phone. I loved the constraints, we could feel them empowering us! Go check it out: yngvarr.itch.io/coffee-to-go

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Daniel Linssen @managore.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

LEAP YEAR: MARCH is now available, for players who have beaten Leap Year and want an even greater challenge Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3458170/... Itch: managore.itch.io/leap-year-ma...

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adamatomic @adamatomic.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

alright y'all let's let's just do this SKELETON GELATIN, out now on adamatomic.itch.io/skeleton-gel... !! 🍮 World's FIRST "blobtroidvania" (maybe) (I haven't checked) 📉 No upgrades 💀 No HP 🏃 No jumping 🏆 No items I do not recommend attempting an all-skulls run until you have finished a regular!

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Andrew | BUY INDIEPOCALYPSE ➡️ BostonFIG @pizzapranks.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Celebrate 5 years of Indiepocalypse and supporting and celebrating indie games with Indiepocalypse #61! -10 curated games for $15! -Zine! -Newly commissioned game by @tallywinkle.itch.io -Cover by @ladyvictoriart.bsky.social pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-61

cover for indiepocalypse showing rabbit in a forest with a large crowned beast

screenshot for the table top RPG showing dice rolls to determine a monkey's characteristics

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Holly Gramazio @hollygramazio.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

continuing to enjoy @pancelor.bsky.social's pancelor.itch.io/make-ten although I suspect the fact that my top score is now 434 might mean I've been playing it a little too much

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Andrew | BUY INDIEPOCALYPSE ➡️ BostonFIG @pizzapranks.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

A rule discovery game about exploring a hostile machine ecosystem. Metal Antlers by EugeneRadaev pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-60 #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev

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jonny hopkins @jwhop.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

probably spent more time playing board games than video games this year, but my goty might have to be @pancelor.bsky.social ‘s make ten. spend enough time with it to understand the scoring, it’s so good !! pancelor.itch.io/make-ten

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JohnLee Cooper @johnleeerg.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

new issue of Paradise Zine is out! feat. some really cool articles including me starting a series that will be continued in each issue about "Cursors of Attention", basically about extending the idea of "what you are playing as" into some weird broad ideas. paradise-collab.itch.io/paradise-dig...

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Paradise Digest: Winter 2024 by Paradise

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pancelor.bsky.social @pancelor.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

we made another zine! about games, art, play, etc. I made a page about bread. (ok it is also about games) paradise-collab.itch.io/paradise-dig...

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Paradise Digest: Winter 2024 by Paradise

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v buckenham @v21.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

@tallywinkle.itch.io (who made the above game) did 15 games over the course of October - you can see them collected together here: downpour.games/~tallywinkle...

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"GAMESTOBER 2024" by tally

A Downpour game by tally

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