iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This weekend I'll be speaking at High Score in Melbourne! Join us on Sunday 4th for How to Speak Dev and Influence Designers, a panel about developer and audio collaboration.

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Twice Different @twicedifferent.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Winnie is EVOLVING Our biggest update is OUT NOW on Steam! 🧬Play as a virus inside Winnie ⏹️Spread and explore with tetris-like block shapes 💪Evolve and Mutate his cells 🧠Strategise in deckbuilder combat Buy on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2319730/...

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Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

He Who Watches by Danga Games is OUT NOW! 👁️🏹 To celebrate the release, we have a brand new trailer featuring solo developer Bobby Vanden explaining what the game is and why it's special. Watch below! Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1070500/... itch: draknek.itch.io/he-who-watches

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Oh god have I hit the gamedev career cap?

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Beautiful! Ok now what about Neverending Story 👀🤣

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Ring of Pain was in the first ever Next Fest and from memory it was ~300 games.

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Chet Faliszek @chetsucks.com · 17/06/2026

All uses of AI are costing someone… this sucks as the Game UI database is such a valuable resource.

Edd Coates talking about the game ui database being scraped

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Trine SIX!? Wow, I did not expect that to stretch so far.

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Having even just 1 community member actively playing and giving feedback on your game makes such a huge difference. It's so much easier to stay motivated than working in a vacuum. #indiedev

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The first time you implement new art is almost always funny

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Frosty Games 🍦 @frostygamesfest.com · 07/06/2026

That's all folks! Thank you for tuning into Frosty Games Fest 2026 💙 Head to our website for a complete list of all the games we featured today, and a link to our Steam event where you can wishlist your faves and find even more ANZ-made games! www.frostygamesfest.com

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Absolutely massive. Just like its impact on the world (derogatory)

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

It saddens me that the audience does seem bigger for grindy roguelites than roguelikes.

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Pretty sure your memory is accurate! I don’t recall retro games having that kind of attention to detail, if step velocity was different to flat ground it was generally still a uniform speed either direction.

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Meanwhile the boys have engaged in occult rituals and inadvertently fused themselves into a rat king.

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I'll make some good ones to redeem him. A world in equilibrium.

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Making code tasks for Winnie's Hole special events

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Best Indie Games @clemmygames.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

This Japanese indie developer is making a dungeon crawler with some of the best 1-bit art that I have seen! It's called Algolemeth, looks good?

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

One of my favourite games at Gamescom 2024!

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Genre defining works are disruptive, not derivative.

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I wonder what the internet would’ve looked like if it hadn’t incentivised whatever led to videos of people barbecuing icecream.

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Alex ✨ @alexbestie.com.au · 19/04/2026

Signal boosting!! If you make games or like supporting local games now is the time to ADVOCATE for that via the National Cultural Policy! Submit a statement - tell them you make/love games and WHY it’s so important that games be supported. I’ve attached a link! www.arts.gov.au/what-we-do/n...

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Outersloth @outersloth.com · 17/04/2026

Our talk at GDC 2026 is up on the Vault for FREE! ⭐ Game Funding: Lessons from Outersloth ⭐ - What survival means as an indie - The origins of the fund - Our process for evaluating games - The Outersloth contract and explanation Watch now: gdcvault.com/play/1035853...

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Jon Cartwright (GameConsulting.com.au) @gameconsulting.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

WA devs this one's just for you! Presented by @wagic.org.au and sponsored by Screenwest I'm doing an online workshop covering fundamental business and commercial topics around making and successfully launching your game. events.humanitix.com/wagic-presen...

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WAGIC Presents

Online workshop with industry professional for WA game developers on budgets, planning, markets, publishing, and turning game ideas into launch-ready products.

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Making snake characters for our indie game Had to add this guy

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Congrats! The trailer is amazing, really hyped it well. What was your Wishlist conversion rate?

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Géraud Zucchini - SOL CESTO 🌞 @docgeraud.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

🌞 SOL CESTO – 1.0 OUT NOW ON STEAM 🌞 It took us nearly 3 years, but Sol Cesto is finally complete! We hope you’ll enjoy our weird roguelite and all the surprises we’ve added 👀 Please help us spread the word 🙌

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Wonder what % of this is Steam deck

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Sometimes you just need to sleep on it...

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Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

We're so excited by what we're working on with @danga.games - He Who Watches is shaping up to be something truly phenomenal. If you want to get an idea of just why we're so stoked, check out the Steam demo and wishlist today! store.steampowered.com/app/1070500/... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_OE...

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Game idea: 2v2 fighting game The person playing the character can only do fireball attacks The teammate gets to steer the fireballs

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a fighter jet has the word bitcoin on the side

ALT: a fighter jet has the word bitcoin on the side

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

We spent 2 weeks working on an April Fools joke. All dialogue references were changed to Winston, all appearances had a moustache, and the whole Steam page was rebranded. Was it worth it? Financially, not at all. Seeing the wave of 😭 reacts then 😂 come in on Discord: Priceless.

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Twice Different @twicedifferent.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

❗ANNOUNCEMENT❗ After careful consideration, we've made the very hard decision to rebrand our game so it's not about Winnie. Winnie's Hole has a NEW TITLE, and a NEW MAIN CHARACTER! We hope Winnie fans worldwide will now appreciate our fully original indie game.

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

My next public domain inspired work will be called “Looksmaxxing In The 1800s” and it’s just straight up a reskin of Frankenstein.

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Also on that point I just googled to try and remember the name of Omno...

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

OH LOOOOL!! Funnily I was thinking of ABZU, NAIAD and OMNO when I wrote that. I hadn't even considered Armello, WHOOPS! 🤣 Clearly it's deep in my psyche.

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Simon Boxer @sboxle.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

On the topic of naming our indie game