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Red Thread Games @redthreadgames.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Clocking out after a full day of trying not to cook alive under the sun ☀️ Nothing quite like a quiet battery refill to reset for the next shift. #indiegaming #survivalgame #hellosunshine #scifi #mysterygame

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Del @del.art · 20/09/2026

When a game studio ships a solid game, it creates TWO valuable products: 1. A solid game. 2. The team that spent years learning how to work together make a game. Because Western studios keep disbanding #2 while development cycles get longer; we will inevitably see less of #1.

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Red Thread Games @redthreadgames.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

At the start the game, he doesn’t care about you at all. You’re just a tiny noise in his world. But as you trek across the wasteland side-by-side, the relationship evolves. #indiegaming #survivalgame #hellosunshine #scifi #mysterygame

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Red Thread Games @redthreadgames.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Gaming before bed is dangerous. #gamingmeme #gametoks #indiedev

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Ragnar Tørnquist @ragso.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Did developers who "went woke" go broke? This article (in Norwegian, use translate) answers that question with plenty of supporting data. (Spoiler: no, they did not, for the most part, go broke.) Fun read from Pressfire.no and @erik.pressfire.no

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Hva skjedde med... «Go woke, go broke»? - PressFire.no

Vi har gått gjennom 1700 spill for å se om det stemmer.

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 28/08/2026

Saying it for maybe the 50th time: Do not accuse someone of using AI unless you have ABSOLUTELY AIRTIGHT proof, because if not, you're just adding to the paranoia and causing stress for hard-working artists. And yes, going onto social media and going 'Hrrm, I've no proof, but...' is an accusation.

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 25/08/2026

You can tell there's a big games industry event on because my entire timeline became like 80% more bitter and depressed. This is on top of the 200% increase of bitterness and depression caused by Dolly Parton passing away.

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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 21/08/2026

Confirming: When you buy a DF game now, you support us directly!

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Larre Bildeston @larreau.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Universal basic guaranteed income would have a widespread positive effect on self worth and confidence. This would only lead to more and better things. We can’t yet imagine the extent of the good it would do.

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Red Thread Games @redthreadgames.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Step into the first-person Fjord Noir mystery set in 1920s Norway this Augtober 🍂 #mysterygame #indiegames #storyrich

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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

In surprising computer game news: Sir, You Are Being Hunted finally made it to console, just fourteen years after release on PC. It's out now on Switch, PS5, and Xbox. (And Steam and GoG, of course.)

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Sir, You Are Being Hunted: Out now on Switch, PS5, Xbox (and Steam, of course.)

YouTube video by Jim Rossignol

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Bent Stamnes @gloom303.com · 11/07/2026

What venture capital fails to understand, again and again and again, is that building a development team is like building a sports team. It’s THE TEAM that achieve things; not the uniforms. You can’t just “drop 6 from the headcount” and, at some point, hire 6 other people back.. not how it works.

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It also doesn't matter if you work on a game that's critically panned or only sells okay. I assure you, there's someone for whom that is their *favorite* game. An example: I worked on Iron Man 2, the game. It's okay. It was made under deathmarch crunch conditions and the team was harmed.

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Ragnar Tørnquist @ragso.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Of all the possible outcomes this was probably the best one. I wasn’t exactly counting on Microsoft doing the decent thing here.

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Ragnar Tørnquist @ragso.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Absolutely stellar vibes in downtown Oslo right now, in front of the palace.

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Cullen @hellocullen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

i cant believe global warming didn't go away on its own

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Red Thread Games @redthreadgames.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Extreme heat warnings are active globally, so please prioritize your well-being. Stay indoors, limit your outdoor exposure, and keep those water bottles filled 🚰 🫶

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 25/06/2026

It's STEAM SUMMER SALE time! Which means I've updated my Steam Curator page with everything I've enjoyed recently. I'll also be picking out the best deals in this thread - bookmark this post! If you like what I do, consider tipping! (Ko-Fi/Paypal) - All tips go towards more indie games to research!

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Steam Curator: Dominic Tarason's Opinionation Station

Info-tags aside (for listing stuff) this is 100% personal recommendations on games I've played. Expect a lot of weird, indie, undersold or otherwise mysterious stuff, plus the occasional mainstream fa...

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👁️🍄🪸 @bloomfilters.plus · 20/06/2026

"death of the audience" is genuinely unironically good advice for anyone who wants to make anything

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Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 21/06/2026

Daddy Saddle, 1965 www.kennercollector.com/2013/12/kenn...

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 17/06/2026

"Game dev is one of those jobs you only do when you really want to. It's not going to make your parents proud, you're unlikely to get rich in an industry that lays off people for making superhits, and its a demanding & confrontative job. Why would you let a machine do the thing you're here to do?"

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Raphael van Lierop 🇨🇦 @raphlife.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

If you see stuff about game studios shutting down right now and your first reaction is to go post your thoughts about how they deserved to fail for not making more commercial games, basically just fuck off. That's the only corrective action you can take. Fuck. Right. Off.

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Red Thread Games @redthreadgames.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Meet Kian Alvane from Dreamfall Chapters, a sword-wielding Apostle who happens to be unapologetically gay. Happy Pride 🌈✨

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The vibe shift is upon us. Woke 9 has begun.

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 07/06/2026

Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate. It's so good, I had to make a video.

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Denali @denali.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I really enjoy EB White's take on New York and New Yorkers.

An excerpt from EB White's Here is New York
There are roughly three New Yorks there is first the New York of the man or woman who was born here who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence is natural and inevitable second there is the New York of the commuter the city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night third there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something of these three trembling cities the greatest is the last the city of final destination the city that is a goal it is this third city that accounts for New York's high-strung disposition it's poetical deportment it's a dedication to the arts and it's incomparable achievements commuters give the city its title restlessness natives give it solidity and continuity but the settlers give it passion and whether it is a farmer arriving from Italy to set up a small grocery store in a slum or a young girl arriving from a small town in Mississippi to escape the indignity of being observed by her neighbors or a boy arriving from the corn belt with a manuscript in his suitcase and a pain in his heart it makes no difference each embraces New York with the intense excitement of first love each absorbs New York with fresh eyes of an adventurer each generates heat and light to dwarf the consolidated Edison company

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Red Thread Games @redthreadgames.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

We're talking fool immersion ☀️🕶️ #gamingmeme #gametoks #indiedev #survivalgame #desertchallenge

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Red Thread Games @redthreadgames.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Dustborn is part of the We Will Always Be Here Humble Bundle! 🏳️‍🌈✨ Happy Pride Month! You can grab a massive bundle of incredible, queer-centric, and inclusive games (including Dustborn!) while supporting the vital work of the Trevor Project at the same time💛 bit.ly/wewillalwaysbeherebundle

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Dosa Divas Out Now @outerloopgames.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

We're happy to have Thirsty Suitors as part of We Will Always Be Here Pride Month Bundle along with some other great titles supporting the Trevor Project. www.humblebundle.com/games/we-wil...

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

“I don’t want to play a woman in a video game, I want to go frame-by-frame in a trailer to find the worst looking shots of her and then whine like a dog that can’t find its tennis ball”

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Ragnar Tørnquist @ragso.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Hello Sunshine has breached the top 300 Steam wishlists and we still have a while to go. Thanks to everyone who's supported us so far! Let's see how high we can get before release day. Also, if you haven't yet wishlisted our little mystery survival game…? 😬

Screenshot from SteamDB where it says Hello Sunshine is #299 in top (Steam) wishlists.

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James Moran @jamesmoran.com · 19/05/2026

Once again I am respectfully asking all creatives to have some sort of a simple website easily available with your info on, there are many free and easy ways to do this, please don’t make me have to gather hobbits to go on a massive quest to find your contact or portfolio info

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Eka | Dosa Divas @ekanaut.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

We made a pretty good coming of age story game but most players won’t even give it a chance because it’s got too much color. We’re not all that different in love, relationships, and generational issues. I promise you can relate to these characters. store.steampowered.com/app/1617220/...

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Thirsty Suitors on Steam

Thirsty Suitors is a surreal story-driven game which throws turn-based RPG battles, skating and over-the-top cooking mechanics together in a spicy fusion! This isn't a dating sim - it's a breakup simu...

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 12/05/2026

Today in things that make me proud to be Mayor: PS 889's Hyper Pigmentation became 2-time Minecraft champs at the City's Annual Video Game Festival. Gaming doesn’t have to be a male-dominated industry. NYC is a top recruiter of gaming jobs & we want the next gen of hires to look more like our city.

A row of girls in gaming chairs typing on computers.

Five gamers pose with a sign the reads “Hyper Pigmentation” in front of a step-and-repeat that reads “Mayor’s Cup”

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Red Thread Games @redthreadgames.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Now is the perfect time to complete your collection as well! All our released titles are on deep discount for a limited time

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Steam Developer: Red Thread Games

Games With Soul. Made in Norway.

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Red Thread Games @redthreadgames.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

We are so excited to be part of the Games of Norway 2026 event! Check out their trailer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SatvCNOAkQA And make sure to join their Steam broadcast:

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Games Of Norway 2026

Join us in celebration of the growing Norwegian game development scene!

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Ragnar Tørnquist @ragso.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The Norwegian game industry may be small, scrappy, a distant third to our Scandinavian neighbours (in revenue, at least) — but there are some wonderful games here from small, scrappy developers like ourselves. And also Funcom 😬 store.steampowered.com/curator/4584...

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Games Of Norway 2026

Join us in celebration of the growing Norwegian game development scene!

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confettie! @spacebeer.net · 09/05/2026

Tip: The key to shutting down AI bros is to just give them very basic animation direction

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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

So you enjoyed the game so much you BEAT IT then SAT THROUGH THE CREDITS and only *then* did you find out she was involved and got mad? Sounds like you don't actually care about games just about if your politics are being catered to.

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Carli Boo-locci 👻 @carlivelocci.com · 06/05/2026

Dustborn (2024). Yes really

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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

"On May Day we dance, On May Day we sing, For this is the day That we welcome the Spring!"

Screenshot from the 1973 film The Wicker Man of Christopher Lee as Lord Summerisle in drag dancing in the May Day procession

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Red Thread Games @redthreadgames.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

There are actually quite a few biomes in Hello Sunshine that you'll encounter on the road to the tower. Take a peek at he very first one: Sunshine Valley.

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Red Thread Games @redthreadgames.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

POV: you cancelled all plans for the evening 🎮 #indiegame #dreamfall #narrativegame #adventuregame

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 27/04/2026

In case you're wondering, my recipe for a Good Bluesky Experience here at the three year mark: 1. Decide not to be a dick 2. "Don't engage, just block" for trolls/bots/chuds 3. Mute stressful nouns 4. Follow super cool people of all sorts 5. Choose to have fun over "engagement" 6. Pictures of cats!

Saja the cat, laying on the bed, looking up at the camera

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Hyper Games | Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth OUT NOW @hypergames.no · 27/04/2026

Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth is out NOW on Steam and Nintendo Switch 💙🎮 We hope you have a wonderful journey with Moomintroll ❄️💐

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Red Thread Games @redthreadgames.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Happy Birthday April Ryan! April was named after a month of her birth. The start of spring and the season of new beginnings. It's spring again and we want to take a moment to celebrate the girl who started it all. The very first protagonist of the series back in 1999.

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Tess Snider @malkyne.com · 08/04/2026

I highly recommend that everyone follow artists. If you do, your feed is filled with art every day. Real, original art. It's bonkers that you can even have this. Amazing. Undeniably cool. And then support those artists, when you can, because that helps the delight continue.

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Red Thread Games @redthreadgames.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

We've just hit an incredible milestone — 150,000 wishlists for Hello Sunshine ☀️ That wouldn't be possible without our amazing community. Thanks for your endless support and for joining us on this journey. The sun is bright, but the future is brighter. We can't wait to show you what's next.

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