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Miguel Sternberg / Spooky Squid Games @spookysquid.bsky.social · 2h

Congrats! Happy you can finally announce this!

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Christine Love @christinelove.bsky.social · 6h

On Monday, the original lesbian ladykiller returns at last after 10 years in LADYKILLER UNLEASHED, our massive DLC expansion to Ladykiller in a Bind! store.steampowered.com/app/5127290/...

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Miguel Sternberg / Spooky Squid Games @spookysquid.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Yeah if you look at it from that context it's even worse. You can only stretch that so far here in Toronto, but elsewhere it could do so much good!

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Miguel Sternberg / Spooky Squid Games @spookysquid.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

God this stuff was already so depressing before hearing the actual costs. That's a year or two of income for a lot of independent artists working in creative fields.

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Messhof @messhof.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Nidhogg 1 is a Daily Deal on @steampowered.com right now. Grab it for 65% off and try out the new update with improved (rollback) netcode, controller support, and more! store.steampowered.com/news/app/944...

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Nidhogg - Online Update + Training Mode - Steam News

Rollback netcode is here!

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 15/10/2026

Remember when I asked if "Australia Did It: End-of-the-World Railway Defense Business" would be superior a title to "Australia Did It" & y'all agreed & I said I'd go talk to the publisher about it? Oh, before I forget: launching November 10th! Please do wishlist :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBFl...

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Australia Did It: End-of-the-World Railway Defense Business - Release Date Announcement Trailer

YouTube video by MysticForge

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Alina @shanianickel.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

been having fun playing around with this character base 🖐 #pixelart #aseprite #art

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Miguel Sternberg / Spooky Squid Games @spookysquid.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I've watched a bunch of the anime so I've got some idea! I really need to sort out a library card for these deluxe books since neither my wallet nor book cases can carry the weight of them. 😭

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Visai Games | Venba is Available now!! @visaigames.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

We're Visai Games! 👋 We made Venba, an award winning narrative cooking game. As outsiders to the industry, we found our following in twitter but logging into it now means coming face to face with a lot of South Asian racism. If you like Venba, Follow us here so we don't have to login to twitter!

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Miguel Sternberg / Spooky Squid Games @spookysquid.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Yeah I wish the market was better about that, also that they were released as cheaper smaller books. For all these older titles it's always a big heavy hardcover book that's not very comfy to read (looks sternly at first volume of The Rose of Versailles I still haven't finished).

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Miguel Sternberg / Spooky Squid Games @spookysquid.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Awww looks like there isn't an English translation... yet.

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Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Damn! This dance scene is one of the most perfect pages I've ever seen. The movement, the panelling, the camera work, it's just all *chef's kiss*

Wordless manga page broken up into six panels of a girl dancing. They are extremely dynamic, capturing her from different angles in the middle of different motions.

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Miguel Sternberg / Spooky Squid Games @spookysquid.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Not showing anything but will have laptop with Goblin game on me.

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 14/10/2026

I'm so honored to be in this ICE OUT zine put together by @crucialcomix.bsky.social. All proceeds go to Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Center (MIRAC). www.crucialcomix.com/product/preo...

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PREORDER: Cartoonists Against ICE

These comics by 25 cartoonists across the country are both urgent and reflective as they document the human impact of ICE’s cruel 2026 raids.

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✨bard_pixel🕯️ @bardpixel.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Latest UI iteration. Now Nunya can store extra MP and spend it later to transform or use it on monster skills. now I go to sleep😴 #gbstudio

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Toronto Games Week @torontogamesweek.com · 13/10/2026

The Academy of Fun + Games takes place from October 23rd-25th, and kicks off with Video Game Appreciation Night running at the Art Gallery of Ontario from 6-9pm! Find all the details you need here! gameartsinternational.network/academy-of-f... Here's a peak at the selection of games to play...

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Walaber @walaber.com · 12/10/2026

Would you believe our game is built from basically just 1 texture?

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Miguel Sternberg / Spooky Squid Games @spookysquid.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The stamina system interacts with co-op in a fun way for tougher enemies. You often have one player doing enemy control, keeping them stun locked but doing no damage while the other player lets their gauge fill to step in and deal big damage. Takes some communication to time that trade off.

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Miguel Sternberg / Spooky Squid Games @spookysquid.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Dude in the bad wig is Jim Caviezel, who is uh.. definitely something. Massive right wing conspiracy theorist, famously difficult to work with and dumb as bricks. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Cav...

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Party In The Front - Comms Closed @partyinthefront.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

But you know what I would really try to experiment with? Some mixed diorama/digital illustration live I've been seeing a lot of, such as plastiboo's amazing stuff. plastiboo.tumblr.com/post/8235473... Some of my models:

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Party In The Front - Comms Closed @partyinthefront.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Hey everyone! So, I've had my commissions closed for a long time, and life has been bumpy, but I think I may have some time to open 1-2 cover slots, depending on volume and deadline, starting soon. Wouldn't mind some fantasy/ttrpg work. Some samples:

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Original Chungus @tronknotts.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I love this game, despite (or because of) it's messiness and lack of simple hook. It felt like Sakaguchi's true follow up to the sometimes silly, sometimes heart wrenching Final Fantasy 9. Get in on the fun with a podcast who knows!

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Miguel Sternberg / Spooky Squid Games @spookysquid.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Oh yeah this game was messy in the best sort of way. Full of weird interesting ideas! I remember the fantasy sports arena segment with color commentary being particularly cool.

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Miguel Sternberg / Spooky Squid Games @spookysquid.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Minimalist napping. It's elegant design because the chair is both a seat and a bed!

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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

reported on something that was really difficult for a lot of people for a lot of different reasons in a lot of different ways.

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Miguel Sternberg / Spooky Squid Games @spookysquid.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Think of it as elegant design. You're not dropping features, you're making the controls more elegant!

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NCrafters @gobutiko.com · 09/10/2026

Something I've been working lately is scaling back a lot of actions the player can do in various situations. In this case, we see the player is able to rotate objects that are being carried (if the object allows) both when idling and while thrown. I'm removing the former soon. #gamedev #godot

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A Low Poly Robot @lowpolyrobot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Went looking at the manuals and took these from the japanese manual just because it seemed like a higher quality scan but LOOK AT THESE LITTLE CLAY REPRESENTATIONS OF THE CHARACTERS these are so cute...

Little clay figures of the whole party (and a big dragon?)

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Mathew Kumar @mathewkumar.com · 07/10/2026

Unlocked! I excitedly picked up Torneko's Mystery Dungeon -Classic HD- and then later found out it's *probably* been at least partially vibe coded. On the no-win situation of this great game treated badly:

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Dragon Quest Heroes: Torneko’s Mystery Dungeon -Classic HD- (Square Enix, 2026)

Into the monster den of modern game development practices.

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Melos Han-Tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Got to visit the reversible destiny lofts finally! Another work by arakawa and gins (who made site of reversible destiny - an influence on Angeline Era level design, and a Mishal Park level).. miyazaki was here too (also a fan of a&g).

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Osmose @osmose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I wrote about puzzles and ideas that I dropped from the Tower of Zeldaga during development, and also about the hardest puzzles in the game. NOTE: This blog post contains spoilers for certain puzzles in the Tower of Zeldaga. osmose.ceo/blog/zeldaga...

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Zeldaga - Rejected and Hardest Puzzles - osmose.ceo

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Tanya X. Short @tanyaxshort.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

was recently reminded of the @pixellesmtl.bsky.social creator fund and prototype funds. those were good time. look at these incredible games! wow. hey anyone have like $50k we can give away again please? incubator.loudcat.net/2021/03/bipo...

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BIPOC Creator Program Selections

Thanks to the Canada Media Fund, Pixelles announced its new BIPOC Creator Program in fall of 2020. We are giving up to $10k CAD each to selected [...]

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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Scrubbing through this video made me really sad. Imagine missing a storage unit payment and suddenly your entire career is stripped naked and splayed out butt naked for a few YouTube views before being parceled out. I'm not saying they did anything wrong, it's just deeply unsettling to think about.

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Noah 🎶 @getdizzy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

i was just talking about this, just put out the Dreamcast again, people are ready now

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

you already know (after some delay) what's up (steam sale rec thread is what's up) as always, i focus primarily on older, obscure, or just plain weirder games, as big name titles don't tend to need the help. with that said, onwards!

an edited version of the box art for the dreamcast survival horror game Blue Stinger. the face in the background has been replaced with a picture of my fursona (a pink kangaroo), and the title now says Spacetwinks Rec Thread. 'Sega Dreamcast' has been changed to say 'Online Kangaroo', 'Sega' was changed to say 'Dogs Bower', Activision is changed to say 'VideoGames', and 'Rated M for Mature' now says 'The Letter M', above the letter M.

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Miguel Sternberg / Spooky Squid Games @spookysquid.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Thinking of putting a little pinch of Bomberman in my Tower of Druga-like, as a treat. #ScreenshotSaturday #GoblinGirlGame #indiedev #pixelart #ドット絵

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Florence @justflorence.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

what do you MEAN the developers of Cookie's Bustle contacted every person who registered their copy by mail 25 years ago and invited them to a secret Cookie's Bustle party with live music and merch???

A Cookie's Bustle "25th secret event" Cookie Blair bear

A Cookie's Bustle t-shirt, featuring Cookie Blair flying in the air

Musicians playing instruments alongside a mascot of Cookie Blair, a teddy bear girl

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Edd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yet again, the Game UI Database is being scraped to the point that it's getting knocked offline. Even Cloudflare's "I'm under attack" mode isn't working. I just wanted to create a resource for real designers. I'm getting so fucking sick of this.

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

art dump of my map screenshots #screenshotsaturday

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Miguel Sternberg / Spooky Squid Games @spookysquid.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

As always more dev posts on my still untitled, Tower of Druaga-like (with a smidge of Bomberman for spice), starring a terrible goblin girl, can be found in the feed! bsky.app/profile/spoo...

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Miguel Sternberg / Spooky Squid Games @spookysquid.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is just a mockup animation right now. Getting this effect into the game will be an interesting challenge. Indestructible walls/objects being able to block the four points mean there are ~256(!) variations and the shape and size is a bit of a depth sorting nightmare. I have a plan though!

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Joakim "konjak" Sandberg @konjak.org · 02/10/2026

and here's Pepperbee being knocked on the ass #pepperbee

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kezia @keziaa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

aseprite is the best!!! all the revertices sprites were made in aseprite.... I highly recommend for any pixel art and animation

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Toronto Games Week @torontogamesweek.com · 01/10/2026

The Academy of Fun + Games takes place from Oct 23rd-25th. Come down to the Indie Game Dev Summit on the 24th from 10-4pm! Learn from the devs of hit indie games such as Inscryption, Slay the Princess, In Stars and Time, & The Roottrees are Dead. Early bird tickets are only $12 -- snack included!

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Farbs @farbs.org · 03/09/2026

Previously I've rebuilt chunks of the first Zelda game in various forms of 3D, I've made Pong a whole bunch of times, and I recently had a go at pacman. Oh and of course ROM CHECK FAIL was made from chunks of about a dozen games. Building these helps me pay attention and learn what they're doing.

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