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SpielFabrique @spielfabrique.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Heyy, We're currently working on a new program about self-publishing, and we really need your help and input! 🙏 Please be so kind as to take a few minutes to answer our survey. It will really help us make the program as relevant as possible! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Thaaaaank you 😁

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SpielFabrique Self-Publishing Survey

We are currently setting up a workshop series about Self-Publishing. Let us know what you are interested in, when talking about self-publishing, so we can adjust it accordingly.

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Ciro Continisio @ciro.continis.io · 24/08/2026

Because I love the people at Codecks and I think it's a great tool (I use it daily), I propose a deal: If you use Codecks+Unity, send me a screenshot of your Codecks decks, and I'll give you a code for Codecks Scene Notes! 🎟️

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Riad Djemili @riad.de · 01/05/2026

This game is criminally underrated. Such a gem!

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André Bernhardt @indieadvisor.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Second workshop day of our PPP workshop series. Having @riad.de talking right now about early validation! Short glimpse here 👀 Thanks to all participants, Erich Pommer Institute and medienboard for making this possible!

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André Bernhardt @indieadvisor.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

🧶 Play / Promote / Publish - three of the key challenges of indie developers these days. Usually the "Play" or game design aspects works out well but when we talk about promotion and publishing it looks like quite different and can be even more challenging. That is why we ... 🧶 1/x #indiegamedev

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Jana Reinhardt🧹⚔️Mops & Mobs @ratqueen.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Good write-up by @riad.de about #Steam Algorithm "A common consensus used to be: "Ideas are nothing, execution is everything." I think we have to reverse that. We are back to the point where ideas are everything." ⚔️ www.linkedin.com/pulse/steam-...

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Steam Has Become TikTok

I’ve been thinking a lot about the Steam ecosystem. When we released our first game, Curious Expedition 1, back in 2014, it was a completely different world.

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Raphael Zecchin @rsrsecchin.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Yesterday, our very own Irina ( @codecks.bsky.social ) interviewed @joostvandongen.bsky.social about how Galaxy Grove organizes their development to ship on time and on budget. Check it out if you want to see real examples from successful studios making great games. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Huu...

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Reach your Milestones and Ship Games on Time with Galaxy Grove

YouTube video by Codecks

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Riad Djemili @riad.de · 24/10/2025

I'll speaking as well here. Happy to support this initiative!

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Erkberg 🌱 The Greenening @erkberg.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Huge thanks to everyone who played, shared & gave feedback on The Greenening demo! 💚 The response has been kind, constructive & way bigger than I expected. Lots to think about now, but it's a great place to be in 😊 Haven’t tried it yet? 🌱 store.steampowered.com/app/3634980/... #indiedev

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Joerg Reisig 👽 The Fermi Paradox Game 🕹️ #AMAZE2026 @jargo.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

There is a lot of space in our coop office for indie game developers in Berlin at the moment!

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thomasruscher.bsky.social @thomasruscher.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Wenn Geoff Keighley "Guten Tag" sagt, sende ich das natürlich bei Deutschlandfunk Nova. Und auch und spannender den Felix Falk vom @gameverband.bsky.social und @riad.de zum Stand der deutschen Gamesbranche.

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Gamescom 2025: Neuigkeiten, Trends und wie es der Branche geht

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Riad Djemili @riad.de · 19/08/2025

Showing @codecks.bsky.social at #devcom! If you're here make sure to stop by our booth.

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Saftladen Indie Games Collective 🍊 @saftladen.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

As we all know the game industry is going through very turbulent times, unfortunately this has also affected several members of our collective. The silver lining is that one of the largest rooms in our coworking space in Berlin will be available from September 1st. More info in thread...

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GamesMarket @gamesmarket.global · 01/08/2025

Maschinen-Mensch is yet another award-winning German studio to close its doors. Although the Berlin-based company hopes to make a comeback, it is initially focusing on supporting its team members in their search for new opportunities. www.gamesmarket.global/business/ger...

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Lisa 🏳️‍⚧️ Lunistice OUT NOW! @deke.studio · 01/08/2025

So I've tried out Codecks when it was pretty new and while I thought it was neat, it lacked a lot of features. I came back to it now, migrated a bunch of documentation over from Milanote and I'm incredibly happy with all the new features they added over the years, so I'm finally switching over :D

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Riad Djemili @riad.de · 29/07/2025

We just released the biggest Codecks feature so far. A unique way to bridge visual ideation and actual task data in one. mmensch.codecks.io/changelog

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Riad Djemili @riad.de · 29/07/2025

Steam market reality check: When we released CE1 in Sept 2016, 462 games launched that month. This March it was 1,817 games. That's 4x more releases while Steam users only doubled. Doesn't sound that bad right? It's about catalog size though.... 1/

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Riad Djemili @riad.de · 07/07/2025

As game dev I often wonder if my intuition about the Steam market matches reality. So I did a small game to test it: Guess how many reviews a random game has. You can now play it too on steamle.com

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Riad Djemili @riad.de · 16/07/2025

Some recent days on steamle.com featured the same game across multiple days. That should be fixed now. From now on always fresh games.. until I run out of games on Steam, which should take a while!

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Steamle - Daily Steam Game Review Guessing Game

Can you guess how many Steam reviews indie games have? Play the daily guessing game featuring hidden gems from the Steam store.

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Riad Djemili @riad.de · 10/07/2025

I released a smol Steam review guessing game! You asked for the ability to play previous days, so I added it! Enjoy beeating those scores and discovering some new Steam gems. steamle.com

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Stephan Hövelbrinks @talecrafter.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Last chance to get Death Trash in the Steam summer sale: store.steampowered.com/app/941460/D... We released a major content update: store.steampowered.com/news/app/941... Roadmap is on the store page. Daily devlog: steamcommunity.com/app/941460/d... Plus I can honestly say that I love this game.

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Yves Le Yaouanq @ubikh.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

A really cool, fun AND useful tool by @riad.de at @codecks.bsky.social Can you guess how many reviews a game has, based on title, screenshots, release, etc. ? steamle.com

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Riad Djemili @riad.de · 07/07/2025

As game dev I often wonder if my intuition about the Steam market matches reality. So I did a small game to test it: Guess how many reviews a random game has. You can now play it too on steamle.com

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Codecks @codecks.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

@riad.de, our co-founder and MD, joined the latest Indie Game Movement podcast to talk about why traditional tools fall short for game dev workflows, practices to best manage your #gamedev team, his love for Street Fighter II, and more. Have a listen: www.rengenmarketing.com/podcast/game...

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Building Games and Community with Purpose with Riad Djemili - Ep 406 Shownotes - RenGen Marketing

Listen or Download the whole episode here! Click here to listen on your preferred channel! Episode Name: Building Games and Community with Purpose Episode Description: Indie devs often wear too many h...

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Codecks @codecks.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

@riad.de, our co-founder and MD, sat with @pocketgamerbiz.bsky.social to talk about the challenges of #gamedev in 2025, the vision behind Codecks (including our plan for this year and beyond), and share some advice for new studios. Have a read: www.pocketgamer.biz/how-codecks-... #gaming #gamemaker

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How Codecks is building a games-focused project management tool teams actually want to use

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Maschinen-Mensch 🤖 Mother Machine 🤖 out now! @maschimensch.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

📢 Mother Machine finally has a launch date!! 💥 Get ready to cause chaos and explore everything the game has to offer on 🎉 March 26th! 🎉 Curious? Watch our brand new announcement trailer now! ✨ youtu.be/oQT6vGuqRrs

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Mother Machine Release Date Announcement

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Riad Djemili @riad.de · 16/03/2025

"I never made the conscious decision to embrace gaming, because as far as I can tell gaming already is the default, straightforward path." (Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Memoir!)

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Riad Djemili @riad.de · 10/03/2025

Remote and hybrid really forces teams to step up their production process imho.

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Riad Djemili @riad.de · 10/03/2025

Calling it now.. 2025 will be big for us. 😅

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Riad Djemili @riad.de · 14/01/2025

This game is shaping up well!

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Julian @spunior.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Horribly behind with my photo backlog. Go figure! Today I tip my hat to my friends at @maschimensch.bsky.social. A few weeks ago the studio celebrated its 10th birthday, which is quite an #indiedev milestone. Congrats! Other than being one of the pillars of the @saftladen.bsky.social, they ... 1/3

Ther founders of Maschinen-Mensch hugging on stage.

People listening to the founders of Maschinen-Mensch delivering a speech.

People playing the new game of Maschinen-Mensch at their 10-year-anniversary party.

The founders of Maschinen-Mensch giving a speech.

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Maschinen-Mensch 🤖 Mother Machine 🤖 out now! @maschimensch.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Mother told us it's #WishlistWednesday today!! 👀👀 We're continuing work on our action platformer Mother Machine - have you wishlisted it yet? ✨ store.steampowered.com/app/1555980?...

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Maschinen-Mensch 🤖 Mother Machine 🤖 out now! @maschimensch.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Surpriseee! We're sneaking in another Mother Machine playtest for all the gremlins who missed it last time ✨ Mother is good #feelingblessed 😌🙏 📅 When? Literally RIGHT NOW until Monday 11AM CET 🎯 Where? On Steam ▶ store.steampowered.com/app/1555980?...

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Happy Broccoli Games @happybroccoligames.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Our Youtooz Duck Detetctive plushie is live! 🎉🎉 Pre-orders are only open for 3 weeks and once it sells out, it's gone for good! Grab them before Freddy buys them all! 🔗 Get your plush on youtooz.com/products/duck-detective-plush-9-inch ! #youtooz #duckdetective #indiegame

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Riad Djemili @riad.de · 29/11/2024

One of the highlights of my career has been collaborating with the Goethe Institute in organizing a series of 8 games jams around the world. This journey took us across the world and we finally released a documentary about this experience: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQnR...

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Art, Games, Politics (Documentary)

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Garen Ewing @garenewing.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I want to wish @maschimensch.bsky.social a very happy 10-year birthday. I've been an illustrator for nearly 24 years and working for Johannes and Riad and the MM team (on Curious Expedition 2) was one of my favourite experiences. Go wish-list their new game, Mother Machine, on Steam!

Birthday card for Berlin games studio Maschinen-Mensch, showing Malin from the game Curious Expedition 2 (a woman with red hair and a top-hat) covered in gremlins form the game Mother Machine, one eating the rose from her hat, another stealing her pipe, while another farts a green cloud!

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GamesWirtschaft @gameswirtschaft.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Mit @codecks.bsky.social lässt sich die Games-Entwicklung anhand von Decks organisieren - wie in einem Trading Card Game. Renommierte Indie-Studios nutzen die Software. Jetzt haben sich die Berliner eine substanzielle EU-Förderung gesichert.

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Codecks: EU fördert Projektmanagement-Software für Games - GamesWirtschaft.de

Die Berliner Codecks GmbH sichert sich eine substanzielle EU-Förderung für die Weiterentwicklung der Projektmanagement-Software.

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Riad Djemili @riad.de · 27/11/2024

Huge milestone for us! It's a big pleasure to make life for game studios a bit more playful and easier. We're just getting started!

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GamesMarket @gamesmarket.global · 27/11/2024

One million Euros in funding will ensure that Codecks can continue to grow in 2025. The project management tool specifically for game developers is being developed in Berlin. @codecks.bsky.social @riad.de www.gamesmarkt.de/business/gam...

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Riad Djemili @riad.de · 24/11/2024

Having a lazy sunday? Perfect time to play Mother Machine on Steam for free right now! We're super excited to do this open playtest. ☺️ Let us know what you think! store.steampowered.com/app/1555980/...

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Andreas - Match Tree, Wishlist on Steam 🐑 @andidev.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

The game I'm helping with has an open playtest this weekend. Mother Machine just opened it doors. Coop crazyness with chaos gremlins. We will stream tonight on the MaschinenMenschLive twitch and play with gamers and answer questions. store.steampowered.com/app/1555980/...

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