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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Theres too much focus on just getting a budget, not sustainable growth. It's about the up front to contract the project over the line, hoping to break even while praying for a improbable viral hit. It's not design, it's gambling, and only works if you have infinite credits. #indieDev #gameDev

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

australias free health care requires money and being in the right cities, if you are in any way rural or remote you get left to hang. im in daily pain, got told by someone paid to help me other week "mate youre too poor and too rural" then closed my case. not all in this country have rights.

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KO_OP: 🪐 Wishlist Young Suns on Steam! @ko-op.com · 06/08/2026

Politics-free games don’t exist. We’ve always been open about where we stand, and Young Suns is no different. You can help a queer- and trans-run studio make this industry a better place for everyone by wishlisting Young Suns on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/4149610/...

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Classrooms didn't work. Distros did. Need to manage our own data again. Need to unashamedly steal. Not even to rip or remix. They are burning libraries. We need to lock it down, back it up, send it over the wire. Steal it before they raze it. You're right, THIS is OUR world. Hack the planet.

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Nathalie Lawhead @alienmelon.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

“It’s worth understanding that our digital world is fundamentally democratic by design. Anyone has the power to learn, break, hack, and create tools that break predatory technology or tech trends. The only thing stopping anyone is knowledge that it’s possible.”

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Vanessa Smith @normalness.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The First Time: A memoir about job hunting for the first time as an openly disabled person. Is now available at online retailers. books2read.com/u/4E6Vwg Direct purchase is preferred though: payhip.com/b/n78Kc

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Available now at your favorite digital store!

The First Time by Vanessa Smith

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

..why am I receiving a "PRESIDENTIAL ALERT"? I live in Straya. We have a prime minister. We still have a king for stupid reasons that make no sense but.. Shouldn't at the very least this be a PRIME MINISTERS ALERT or KING'S DECREE? #aUSAlert?

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Ofc. Don't worry all the bros who want their games to be 'pure' will overjoice that vast swathes of people won't be able to enjoy media. This has been the campaign right? Hate filled punching down? Games are better when accessible BECAUSE THEY ARE MEDIA MADE TO BE ACCESSED YOU MORONS.

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

samsung pods dying, ANCs spotty/cracked them fidget spinning them during an anxiety attack.. 😢 Just seen Bose QuietComfort Ultra Gen2's on sale and I been sitting on a gift card.. cannot express how excited I am for all the noise cancelling and brown noise I will blast through these.

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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 25/06/2026

It’s so frustrating to see every creative industry in shambles right now because it’s not for lack of shows, movies, games, books, comics, etc making money. People are hungry for human made art! The greed of others is killing our creative careers.

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Been working on our in game cam, focus is on being minimal but cute, and super easy for players to take/edit/share a photo. 📸 Pretty happy with this layout, tho have ideas for cat ears on several UI elements. #IndieDev #GameDev

Mock up for in game camera UI in an afternoon setting.

Mock up for in game camera UI in an midday setting.

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

They had a line of failed games their players hated, then made fortnite which they also failed at, before smashing a battle Royale mode on (which was the style at the time) and essentially winging themselves culturally relevancy by pure arse. Only thing they did was have enough bets to make.

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Brainoid Games - Get Replicat on Steam! @brainoid.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I released my game Replicat on Steam 7 months ago. Tomorrow I'm releasing it for mobile. Wish me luck 😸🎉 #gamedev #indiegame #solodev #mobilegame #turnbasedthursday

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

everyone you need to understand something.. these are basically the coolest people I know... #coolestPeopleIKnow #Icons #AbsoluteStinkers

Two black and white tuxedo cats laying entangled on a blue and white bed spread.

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

So I volunteer at an organisation where I do some referral work and basically none of the people I speak to realise they’re eligible for the Victorian Utilities Relief Scheme. If you have a concession card, please apply services.dffh.vic.gov.au/utility-reli...

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

You know what would be cool? Living somewhere with: - GPs available more than once every two months - Public Transport - Any kind of real opportunity or industry Australia is all fair go as long as you are in the club, the rest just have to enjoy subsidising rich kids.

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Can you imagine if we actually produced stuff and worked towards stability and economic growth? If instead of failsons and grifters we had people who actually want to build? Instead of constantly weaving invisible robes for bare assed emperors, we built industry and opportunity? #gameDev #indieDev

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

..let's not forget the only thing keeping goods affordable before this was a rigged global system built on exploiting impoverished nations to maintain a constant supply of cheap labor. For most the world, this has always been fucked.

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

What's absolutely wild, is how some abusers will rely entirely on silence. The silence of those around them to hold account, the silence of all those who see it happen and do nothing, the silence of the systems of auditing and regulation that fail. The silence of the victims crushed.

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I have survived a lot this last year, and the one thing I've learnt is silence never helps. Best case, you get no closure. Worst case, the abuser fills the silence with lies. Always be loud. Let them find out.

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Yeah this needs to be locked in the memory banks. 🔒 This is very important.

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Was just thinking about how there used to be a massive race around web browsers. For a time, people paid for browsers. Wild huh? Then they didn't. Because it didn't make any sense, the browser was so simple and obvious and really only as good as the data it gave access to. So about LLMs..

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

yeah but you have to have access to the right 'clubs' and be on the right 'lists'. Clubs run and curated by demons to enable their toxic and abusive cultures that they get to run however they want because they've rigged the system. super fun/productive/we are fuckin doomed lol

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Releasing a patch or update means you are guaranteed people with issues. But its also an opportunity to show you care/earn respect/easy exposure!! Cant just dump a broken game on the store and expect results! Make time to support your game and earn the trust of players! #gamedev #indiedev

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Australia, land of the fair go. Meanwhile I'm in desperate need of specialist care and can't even get a damned gp for five weeks. My case is flagged as serious and priority. It has been for several months. This country is one giant boys club of grifters and cons. We were sold a fucking lie.

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I'm getting a law degree. Im sick of losers corrupting and bullying their way into power, completely running shit into the ground, and causing a whole bunch of hurt and harm along the way. All they really have is fear, silence, and coerced acceptance of a broken system. It's time people got loud.

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NZ Games Festival @nzgamesfest.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Introducing more Play By Play speakers! 👉 Serena Lal “This Isn’t Just a Game” 👉 Moana Moran “The Good With/In Games Aotearoa Research Collection” Join us at the Play By Play Conference from May 8-9! Ticket link in comments & bio! 🔗 #NZGamesFestival #NZGF2026 #NZGameDev #2026PlayByPlay

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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 16/04/2026

How do you make a surreal world feel alive? Nirvana Noir’s latest update breaks down art tricks, animation choices, and a much nicer save system. Read more in the blog post below and wishlist to receive the latest news! 📰 store.steampowered.com/news/app/128...

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Nathalie Lawhead @alienmelon.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

"she danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died" is now available on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/4430780/... You play the very last flower left on Earth, bringing peace to long dead soil. Explore brutalist ruins to collect memories of a dead world. 🥀 #GameDev #IndieGame

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I genuinely question how effective academic systems are when the industry continues to stagnate.. Curriculum guided by industry requirements and should directly result in growth that is in line with the amount of graduates produced right? Right? #gameDev #indieDev #degreeMills #exploitingDreams

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Word of advice from someone who got roped into a games degree. Don't do it. Total waste. Learnt more from YouTube. You would be better off just burning your money. Worst investment I ever made. #gameDev #indieDev

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

No one should under any circumstances ever go to university to make games. I was meant to do comp Sci, and got lured into a games course. Worst decision of my life. Know what's worse than the games industry? Games academia. Just watch tutes on YouTube. #gameDev #degreeMills #studentDebtBlues

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

While I can see the benefit in game jams, they come from a culture of grind. In college the 24 and 48s were gruelling soul shredding events. Why is it normalised? That's not how creative flow should work, and whatever benefits are far outweighed by the culture it creates reliant on burn. #gameDev

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

lizard ran past hour ago and they still just wildin. #lizardStalkin #catsWildin

Two lovely tuxedo cats sitting in a window looking at a tropical back yard

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

That's so cooool. Spend months applying to a government games grant, get no response at all. Full pitch, deck, marketing, demo, the lot, didn't even get a rejection email. Great way to waste time we couldn't afford, to not even get feedback. We deserved at least a 'no thanks'.

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Just registered our first trademark!™ not as difficult or expensive as expected. ™feel so official and legally protected now!™ ™REMINDER™ fellow game™ devs: trademark™ yo stuff™. feels good™. 5⭐™ #NoneOfThisPostIsActuallyTrademarked™

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

How are small indies meant to publish and meet new EU regs without doxxing themselves? Apple doesnt let you distinguish between business address and legal point of contact for public, demanding both be my personal street address and not a PO Box. wtaf? 🙃 #gameDev #Apple

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Before Apple takes developers money they should provide a platform and service that's actually worth the cost instead of being the literal WORST. Shitty back end, shitty documentation, shitty support and the absolute audacity to demand money for it. #FuckApple #gameDev

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Net Bookings: 'hey bro you totally gonna buy lots of my stuff?'😅 "OH FOR SURE BRO! Not right now tho right?"😜 'no in the future.. maybe.. but for definite.. kinda..'😅 "OH FOR SURE BRO, definite maybe!"🥰 'IM WORTH THAT NOW EVERYONE!'📈🤷🚀💯🙏 EU Regulators: 😬

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Paying for the apple developer program is painful, their back end and systems are broken shit, and their support is non-existent. Just put in a ticket, get told 24hrs and buckle in for weeks. So worth $150, 'think different' my ass. Legit worst platform to dev for, fuck apple.

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I sure wish Cairn had options outside default rage bait mode/turning everything off. Exploration/learning are severely punished by default, and seems super artificial/tacked on. Would love a middle ground instead only being able to disable entirely.

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

so Meta fired the people making the metaverse, I bet the AI techlads will be wishing they could do that next 'very soon'. instead they'll beg for bail outs because they accidentally speculated their way into mountains of useless data centers. meanwhile I just want a ram upgrade this lifetime..😢

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

- Embrace your own weird - Take perspective breaks - Put your phone in another room - Foster an inquisitive mind - Learn from your mistakes

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

was super bored from documentation/on-boarding scripting for last couple weeks, so spent last bit of today blocking in a market stall I've been wanting to do. #gameDev #indieDev #Blender

Block in for a 3d asset being created, shows a grey boxed market stall with a cat standing behind it for scale/reference.

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Crabby Sam @goawayimcrabby.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

#artvsartist for 2025: 💜 Started with a big #pixelart commission project followed by 6 months of #gamedev as I learned #gamemaker programming and rebuilt 60% of demo systems for #Moonshell_Island. A challenging but satisfying year of growth for me. 💪🦀

portrait of Sam surrounded by 4 platformer game mockups made for the 2026 Voight Planner and 4 screenshots from the first 4 development sprints for the rebuild of Moonshell Island

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Trilum Studios @trilumstudios.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Whoa it's that super festive super cheery super loud and emotionally draining season again! 😅..why not throw on some headphones and have a couple of clucks to yourself?🐣 🥚100% free AND free range!!🥚 store.steampowered.com/app/922460/C... #indieGame #gameDev #Christmas #HappyHolidays #chickens

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Ragical @ragical.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

I am not surprised the developer who demanded maps, a known vital point of accessibility for people (like myself), would ruin their immersion. Using scraped stolen data? That's cool. Making your game accessible to large groups of people? Nah. Im surprised anyone is surprised honestly.

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Javifugitivo | The Shadowed Rune | IndieDev @javifugitivo.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

After several weeks of hard work: 🔥 New demo of The Shadowed Rune 📽️ New trailer 🔫 New playable character: Veld, the Arcane Hunter 🎆 Major graphic update & improved lighting 🗓️ Save the date: December 4 #TheShadowedRune #IndieGames #Roguelike #SoloDev

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Nathaniel Jones | Dyadem @nathanieljones.au · 26/11/2025

🌲 - It is tough for horses to maneuver though dense forest! 🏃 - I added a little speed adjustment when for all unit's is running though rough terrain such as includes tiles such as mountains and water. #GodotEngine #IndieDev #IndieGames #GameDev #SRPG

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