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🌈 queer indie game studio 💜 game dev 💜 queer-feminism 💜 workers' rights 💜 🎮 Dive into the world of indie games and politics with Purple Sloth! purplesloth.studio ⛵TRAILS is out now!⛵ store.steampowered.com/app/3605120/…

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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 11/07/2026
Don't forget to check out all the great Pride month interviews we did, including this one with two members of @purplesloth.studio! 🏳️‍🌈
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"Find or build communities that empower you!": Teaming up to create meaningful games at Purple Sloth Studio · Thinky Games
For this week's Pride Month feature, we're joined by two members of Purple Sloth Studio, the Berlin-based cooperative behind What's Your Gender?, Chronescher, and Trails.
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Mom Games Badly @momgamesbadly.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I took a break from Our Life to explore the #lgbtq options on #itchio and found this little #walkingsimulator by @purplesloth.studio for exploring different gender identities and expressions. I enjoyed it so much, I inadvertently dressed to match one of the rooms. youtu.be/XpWkGAufgTc?...
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Exploring a gallery, exploring ourselves | What's your gender?
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 15/06/2026
We interviewed two developers from Purple Sloth Studio who worked on Trails for this week's Pride Month feature!
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"Find or build communities that empower you!": Teaming up to create meaningful games at Purple Sloth Studio · Thinky Games
For this week's Pride Month feature, we're joined by two members of Purple Sloth Studio, the Berlin-based cooperative behind What's Your Gender?, Chronescher, and Trails.
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Jess 🌺ΘΔ& @cyansorcery.com · 08/06/2026
🦊Ashe did an interview with @thinkygames.com about Blobun and how we realized our strengths as a plural system while working on it (unfortunately "remember that this interview was live already" isn't one of those strengths LOL) check it out!! thinkygames.com/features/wha...
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"Whatever you do, you gotta be your most authentic self": How Blobun's game development became an act of self-discovery · Thinky Games
In our first interview for Thinky's Pride Month series, we chat with Blobun game director Ashe.
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 08/06/2026
For the second article in our Pride Month series, we talked with Idolon about Clover's Quadrants!
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"Making a game as a queer person automatically makes your game queer": Anya Spadin on finding delight in the difficulty of Clover's Quadrants · Thinky Games
As part of our Pride Month celebration, we had a chat with Anya Spadin (Two-Headed Deer), the developer behind Clover's Quadrants.
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kc 💀 play TRUE LOVE'S CURSE! @npckc.net · 03/05/2026
📢 CALLING ALL NONBINARY GAME DEVS! 📢 i'm helping run a steam sale event to showcase games made by nonbinary devs during the week of international nonbinary day! if you fit this description, fill out the form by may 18 👉 forms.gle/cx9AqFfPqzF9... please share & send to all your nb dev friends!!
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Nonbinary Coded Games Submission Form
This is a submission form for the Steam sale event, Nonbinary Coded Games, which will be happening from July 13 10:00 AM Pacific Time to July 20 10:00 AM Pacific Time. (July 14 is International Non-Bi...
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Tad Cordle @rbdjellyfish.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
✨ A Little Perspective is out now! ✨ I put my all into this strange, experimental game, and I'm so excited to finally let you all experience it for yourselves. Head over to the Steam store to buy it now (10% off for the first week). store.steampowered.com/app/3485300/... #indiegame #puzzle
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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 02/12/2025
📱⛵ TRAILS is now available to go! ⛵📱 Get it on iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/trail... google play: play.google.com/store/apps/d... * no ads! * first 20 levels free! * full game as one-time purchase! * portrait and landscape * dark mode #indiegame #indiedev #mobilegame #puzzlegame
Mixed media picture. A photo inside of a Berlin Tram with a black and white (and grey) drawing of a person sitting on one of the chairs and holding a small sailing ship with turbines between their arms on their lap. The photo shows a ticket machine and the doors of the tram on either side of the one person seat.
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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 02/12/2025
📱⛵ TRAILS is now available to go! ⛵📱 Get it on iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/trail... google play: play.google.com/store/apps/d... * no ads! * first 20 levels free! * full game as one-time purchase! * portrait and landscape * dark mode #indiegame #indiedev #mobilegame #puzzlegame
Mixed media picture. A photo inside of a Berlin Tram with a black and white (and grey) drawing of a person sitting on one of the chairs and holding a small sailing ship with turbines between their arms on their lap. The photo shows a ticket machine and the doors of the tram on either side of the one person seat.
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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 25/11/2025
Take your beloved sandships with you in train, bus or ferry: Our challenging pathfinding puzzle game TRAILS is coming to mobile on December 1st! Follow us for more information. #indiegamedev #mobilegames #puzzlegames
A mixed media picture. A photo from the M13 Tram in Berlin in sunny weather. On top of the photo is a black and white chalk-like drawing of a person entering the tram. The person pulls a sandship behind them on a leash.
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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 25/11/2025
Take your beloved sandships with you in train, bus or ferry: Our challenging pathfinding puzzle game TRAILS is coming to mobile on December 1st! Follow us for more information. #indiegamedev #mobilegames #puzzlegames
A mixed media picture. A photo from the M13 Tram in Berlin in sunny weather. On top of the photo is a black and white chalk-like drawing of a person entering the tram. The person pulls a sandship behind them on a leash.
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Deep Sky Games @deepskygamescoop.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
ALL HANDS is a couch coop sailing game that combines elements of games like Journey and Death Stranding.   Work together to master everchanging winds in a post-revolutionary solarpunk world. We are looking for publishing! Hit us up! #PitchYaGame #Solarpunk #CouchCoop #WorkerOwned
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Achtung Autobahn @achtungautobahn.com · 31/10/2025
We're cooking something #indiegame #horrorgames
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Rostefed Rabittt (Biding Power apologies) @rostefedrabittt.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Page 21: Fan-AD for Isaac Kasdorf's Robo Ride & Glide Page 22: Fan-AD for @gobadev.bsky.social Goba's Carter's Quest Act 2 Page 23: Fan-AD for @purplesloth.studio PurpleSloth's Trails Page 24: 'The Testing Grounds' Title Page
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FemDevsMeetup @femdevsmeetup.com · 24/10/2025
As is tradition, we have gifts for our participants at the end of the jam 🎁 Our game jams are not competitive, instead, we raffle the prizes for all participants 🎫🎟️ Special thanks to Rho Labyrinths, @purplesloth.studio and Embracer Group for being our raffle sponsors! 💚
Raffle sponsors: Rho Labyrinths, Purple Sloth Studio and Embracer Group
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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 18/09/2025
So what do you think about level editors in puzzle games? Is that something you want or would use? Is there a game that you enjoyed more because of the level editor or community levels? #indieGameDev #puzzleGames #levelEditor
a screenshot of the level editor of the game Skwish https://pawprints.itch.io/skwisha screenshot of the level editor in the game Gem Settera screenshot of the level editor for the game What the Golfa screenshot of the level editor for the game Bots are Stupid
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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 15/09/2025
Yeah, we are very much in the Kei range with our games 😅 Interesting to see in the article: even though the number of kei games increases rapidly, their total market share stays at about 25% of games sold. No wonder it's getting more and more difficult to sell small games... #indieGameDev
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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 14/09/2025
We are currently finishing up the mobile release of TRAILS! 🎉 Not entirely sure all of it was worth it though - I mean does anyone even care about achievements on mobile? Just adding the translations in the terrible online interfaces was a good 5-6 hours... #indieGameDev #puzzleGames #mobileGame
a screenshot of the mobile version of TRAILS showing a level and the UI on a screen in 9 by 16 portrait orientation
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Polynormal Games | Wishlist Frame of Mind - A game of thoughts! @polynormalgames.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
We had the chance to introduce our game on stage today #gamescom with a few of our colleagues from the games accelerator program. That was super exciting to tell an audience in person about Frame of Mind - A game of thoughts. #indiedev #gamedev #pitching #indiegame
A stage is shown. The background of the stage is blue. 4 people are sitting on bean bags on the left. 1 person is sitting in  a chair on the right side holding a microphone. In front of the stage a few people are listening.
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Pixel Pushers Union 512 @ppu512.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
PPU512 Releases its 2nd game today!!! Huge congrats to our team, and I'm so proud of what we've made. @m0zrat.bsky.social @bonsaitreehouse.bsky.social Y'all are awesome!!
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A MAZE. @amazefest.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
A MAZE. Digital PlayGround talk program overview for the next days. #Amaze2025 #gamescom.
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Pigeon's lover @rrrrroseazerty.loyaltyfreakmusic.com · 20/08/2025
can't wait to release that shoegazy grungy queerwave album 🥰💜✨
Screenshot of the tracklist of the album.
It is written, with a "play" symbol before every track number :
1. Lonely Vampires in the Shade (feat Josie Brechner) 04:05
2. Vivre heureuse 02:35
3. Je m'endors contre toi 00:54
4. Onde (feat Exaheva) 03:01
5. Le dos noué (feat Bobo Fragile) 03:04
6. drowner (feat 4ngelf4ngs) 02:44
7. Horny Discale 02:21
8. Myrtille fraiche (feat Barbibitch) 01:51
9. 1, 2 + 3 04:50
10. i ate my fingers again 04:26 Cover art with the title "J'ai encore mangé mes doigts" hand written, a picture of Rose looking at the person holding the camera, hand on her mouth, plastic bag in the other. She is sitting in front of a bunch of pigeons.
A text is written on the left of the picture going like this (it's long)

and you know from time to time i'm 
just afraid of the power of my desire
like when i'm trapped with myself
looking at the ceiling and wanting
wanting wanting and waiting for
the time to pass really fast so
tomorrow will be now and now
will by with you, so i'm trapped with
myself and the many seconds
are sharped bladed fingers that dig
rivers on my skin and my soul split
for as many nails are caressing my
chest, and the water flows and i'm
horny and i'm tired and i'm longing
for hours and hours for something that
i cannot describe because i don't know
what i really want, seriously, what
do i fucking want in the end - therapy
doesn't fucking end, doesn't it ? - so
i'm drown in my desire of nowness
feeling the urge of being able to
perceive the now of all the things 
that surround me and i know i i i i
i i i i can try to focus but it's harder
than i always think to be here with
you and everyone because i need to
be here to begin with and not just
a melted existing being that cannot
endure any form of movement without
bursting in tears of tiredness cause
now this is a thing that i need to accept
that i can't do the things i thought
i could handle when i was young
and not that type of socially exhausted
person so i'm constantly afraid of
myself so i talk a lot, to myself,
for long period of time out loud
to figure what i should do with all
my being and the result is
always that i still should try to
exist because when i'm with
you it's fucking amazing,
that kind of amazing that
makes me want to become the sun
because i want to shine for you
because this is one of your
side effect on me, you are
my sunshine and i'm a mirror
of your smile, and as a happy mirror
i smile back at you
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Cody - games and such @codyswanson.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Come to the @amazefest.bsky.social booth to see these awesome indie games! 🎮 Booth (10.2 E030) Thursday August 21 10:00 - 12:00: Swimpossible! 12:00 - 14:00: Deck of Memories 14:00 - 16:00: TRAILS 16:00 - 18:00: Later #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #gamescom
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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 20/08/2025
At #gamescom ? Come by the @amazefest.bsky.social playground area (Hall 10.2 - E030) and 🕹️ try out TRAILS or 👋catch us in person tomorrow between 2 pm and 4 pm and say hallo :) #indiegamedev
Photograph of the a maze playground area at gamescom showing one of the consoles that hosts TRAILS and other indie titles.
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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 20/08/2025
Go check out Frame of Mind at gamescom everybody! ✨
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A MAZE. @amazefest.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Join us at our A MAZE. Digital PlayGround #2 at gamescom. It’s a relaxing pink oasis filled with international arthouse and altctrol games plus indie games made in Berlin Brandenburg . We also have talks . Check the schedule and get more details here: gamescom.a-maze.net . #AMaze2025 #mbbfunded
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Cody - games and such @codyswanson.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
I want to also spotlight some of the other games that are part of the @amazefest.bsky.social booth at @gamescome2025 Check out Some Goodbyes We Made, by @joeyschutz.bsky.social store.steampowered.com/app/2705820/... #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #madewithunity #gamescom #showcase
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Some Goodbyes We Made on Steam
I have some memories of saying goodbye that I don't want to forget, so I turned them into 11 minigames and backed them up in this collection.
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Rogue Voltage⚡️ 1.0 OUT NOW @roguevoltage.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
I'll be showcasing Rogue Voltage at gamescom on Aug. 20 at 2-4 p.m. at the @amazefest.bsky.social booth (10.2 E030), directly next to @indiearenabooth.de. Come say hi, nerd out with us and learn about the steps forward!⚡
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Cody - games and such @codyswanson.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Excited to be here at #Gamescom2025! Come play my indie game, Time in Place, today at the @amazefest.bsky.social booth, and say hi. I'll be there from 16h to 18h 🎮 Booth (10.2 E030) #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #gamescom #demo #madewithUnity
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Cody - games and such @codyswanson.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
More indie games to see at the @amazefest.bsky.social #Gamescom booth! Check out TRAILS, by @purplesloth.studio Thursday August 21 14:00 - 16:00: TRAILS Booth (10.2 E030) A MAZE Booth store.steampowered.com/app/3605120/... 🕹️ 🎮 #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #madewithunity #demo #boats
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Trails on Steam
TRAILS is a cozy puzzle game in which you plot routes for floating sand ships. Deliver vital cargo to remote outposts - without collisions, dead ends, or backtracking. Every move counts in the…
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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 12/08/2025
We will be at Gamescom as part of the A MAZE Playground. Come and say hi! Are you part of the press and want to talk to us about our latest game, puzzle games in general, cooperatives, queerness in games, the indie scene or anything else? Let us know so we don't miss eachother! #indieDev #gamescom
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Radiant G🌈 @radiantg.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
🏳️‍🌈 ISO OF QUEER INDIE DEVS 🏳️‍⚧️ Welcome to #QueerGameShare! Share to join the QGS starter pack. WHO 🌈 LGBTQ+ #IndieDev 🎮 LGBTQ+ #IndieGame HOW 🗣️ Reply with name, pronouns & info on your game 🌠 Add a link or 1-4 pics ⏰ Priority to new games 🔞 18+ OK if labeled 🤝 Support others’ posts 🔁 RT & Share! 🔁
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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 12/08/2025
We will be at Gamescom as part of the A MAZE Playground. Come and say hi! Are you part of the press and want to talk to us about our latest game, puzzle games in general, cooperatives, queerness in games, the indie scene or anything else? Let us know so we don't miss eachother! #indieDev #gamescom
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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 08/08/2025
We have just released the free #demo for our latest puzzle game TRAILS. You can now check out 20 levels (18 on the main path and 2 optionals) for free! Let us know what you think of them 😊 Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3605120/... itch\.io: purplesloth.itch.io/trails #indieGameDev #freeDemo
A screenshot of the overworld map of the game TRAILS. Twenty levels have been solved, the others are greyed out. There is a rip across the center, everything to the right of it is in greys instead of colored.
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radow @radow.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Trails is hitting mobile soon, and it’ll come with a limited free version to give you a taste. So we thought it was only fair to bring a demo to our desktop platforms too.
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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 08/08/2025
We have just released the free #demo for our latest puzzle game TRAILS. You can now check out 20 levels (18 on the main path and 2 optionals) for free! Let us know what you think of them 😊 Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3605120/... itch\.io: purplesloth.itch.io/trails #indieGameDev #freeDemo
A screenshot of the overworld map of the game TRAILS. Twenty levels have been solved, the others are greyed out. There is a rip across the center, everything to the right of it is in greys instead of colored.
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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 01/08/2025
Just make it exist first - you can make it good later! When developing our game TRAILS, a lot of time was spent on improvements and polish, but the crucial first step was a prototype that was created in less than a week! #indieGameDev #prototyping
the "just make it exist first" meme. In the first row of images a screenshot of a prototype of our game Trails using only unity buildin elements like simple cubes and spheres is placed next to the sentence "Just make it exist first" and a crudely drawn circle. In the second row a screenshot during a later phase of development with very rough outline shaders but somewhat final colors and some 3d models. In the third row next to a perfect circle and the sentence "You can make it good later" is a screenshot of our final game with a well balanced cartoon look, a background texture and refined UI.
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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 01/08/2025
Just make it exist first - you can make it good later! When developing our game TRAILS, a lot of time was spent on improvements and polish, but the crucial first step was a prototype that was created in less than a week! #indieGameDev #prototyping
the "just make it exist first" meme. In the first row of images a screenshot of a prototype of our game Trails using only unity buildin elements like simple cubes and spheres is placed next to the sentence "Just make it exist first" and a crudely drawn circle. In the second row a screenshot during a later phase of development with very rough outline shaders but somewhat final colors and some 3d models. In the third row next to a perfect circle and the sentence "You can make it good later" is a screenshot of our final game with a well balanced cartoon look, a background texture and refined UI.
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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 28/07/2025
It's supposedly about porn and abuse at the moment, but "adult content" will include any form of queerness soon enough! We need to create alternatives - but in the meantime we also need to stand together and fight what is happening! #sexWorkIsWork
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Diese Kampagne braucht deine Unterstützung
Save games from censorship
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Polynormal Games | Wishlist Frame of Mind - A game of thoughts! @polynormalgames.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
🎤🎧 Thanks @trueavatars.bsky.social for having @betalars.bsky.social on their Queer Video Game Podcast. If you are interested what developing games as a neurodivergent person is like go check it out. #indiegame #gamedev #podcast #indiedev #lgbtq+ #gay #queer
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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 22/07/2025
Choose your own colors! 💜🦥 With update 1.3 of TRAILS you are able to customize the ships' colors to make them stand out best for your individual needs. Even though we are only a small studio, as neurodivergent devs we care about making our games as accessible as possible. #gamedev #accessibility
A screenshot of the color change menu from TRAILS. It has three ships with 10 color options for each ship and a possibiliy to choose the ship's background from all 5 backgrounds in the game.A screenshot from level 20 of TRAILS with a turquoise, a red and a purple ship.
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 22/07/2025
A bit of contemplative beatboxing helps Joe think!
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Purple Sloth Studio @purplesloth.studio · 22/07/2025
Choose your own colors! 💜🦥 With update 1.3 of TRAILS you are able to customize the ships' colors to make them stand out best for your individual needs. Even though we are only a small studio, as neurodivergent devs we care about making our games as accessible as possible. #gamedev #accessibility
A screenshot of the color change menu from TRAILS. It has three ships with 10 color options for each ship and a possibiliy to choose the ship's background from all 5 backgrounds in the game.A screenshot from level 20 of TRAILS with a turquoise, a red and a purple ship.
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 19/07/2025
The universal symbol for collapsing floors in a puzzle game!
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Momo (they/them) @m0m0sch.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Currently exploring the perspective on disability in Solarpunk with a critical perspective on technoableism. In this context, I also want to explore Solarpunk games. I haven't gotten very far yet... So if you have any tips or suggestions for texts, accounts, or similar, please let me know :)
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Pascal Wagner @indieflock.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Ich durfte hierin eine kleine Projektvorstellung zu @keinenpixel.bsky.social schreiben und freue mich schon extrem auf die ganzen klugen Texte! <3 Wie geil ist es, dass das einfach für nen FÜNFER für alle verfügbar ist, vom kostenlosen ebook ganz zu schweigen.
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Exhibit:Play @exhibitplay.com · 11/07/2025
New Exhibit:Play Collection 🏳️‍🌈 Winners from the Melbourne Queer Games Festival. This collection contains 38 games spanning 7 years from the yearly festival. Gold, Silver, Bronze, Jury, Emerging Developer, and Technical Achievement. Check the Dig Deeper for the full shortlist of quality queer games
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Melbourne Queer Games Festival Winners
Explore the winners of the Melbourne Queer Games Festival, a celebration of queer culture and games. The Queer Games Festival (QGF) is a lofi event held yearly by a small team of volunteers who love q...
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 07/07/2025
Check out all the free, experimental puzzle games that came out of the 5th Thinky Puzzle Game Jam! thinkygames.com/news...
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Play over 60 new games created for the Thinky Puzzle Game Jam 5 · Thinky Games
The annual community puzzle-making event has come to a close once again: the 5th Thinky Puzzle Game Jam wrapped up last week, and that means there are dozens of new miniature, experimental puzzle games you can play for free right now.
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Transcenders 💖 Bobbi @transcenders.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
❣️On July 15th Truer than You will be released ❣️ 👀 Examine the surreal state of reality and even have a laugh at it, while also experiencing a heartfelt and bittersweet story. Hope you’ll laugh (and cry) with us! 🥲 Check it out and wishlist now 😍 #indiegame #visualnovel #narrativegame #lgbtqia
Key art from Truer than you with the text "Coming July 15 to Itch.io and Steam"
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