iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Kate Barrett @thewaether.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'm doing a little experiment with pre-rendered backgrounds. I wanted the backgrounds to look lousy as hell, btw

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Kala Paint @kalapaint.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Kala Paint is out! I'm @olawson.bsky.social , professional artist for 15 years, then game dev, now wrote the painting software I wish I'd been using all this time. GPU-run creamy brushes, no subscription, no gen AI crap, hand-coded with ideas from artists in our Discord, and more added weekly!

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Fabrizio Espindola @fabrizioespindola.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Wondering how to create the fake 3D sticker effect using sprites in Godot? Here's the answer. This effect will be included in 'The Complete Godot VFX Handbook,' but we need at least 1K people subscribed to move forward. Wishlist it here! 🔥 jettelly.com/store/comple... #indiedev #gamedev

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Three More Years @threemoreyears.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

What if Single Player Marathon - but it's an Indie Cyberpunk Thriller about political upheaval and ecological collapse instead? Playtest available through August: s.team/a/3727200/ #screenshotsaturday #indiegames #gamedev

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

workboy, game boy peripheral, cancelled, displayed at the consumer electronics show (1992) 'a pda-style, keyboard addon for the game boy with calendar, phone book & convert measurement functions.' archive.org/details/mico... gamehistory.org/ep-16-the-el...

a game boy with a little keyboard peripheral plugged into its side. most of the keys on the keyboard are white but a few are black and a few are red.

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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I wrote a manifesto for making games, and (not) selling them, for #manifestojam illomens.itch.io/no-one-is-go...

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NO-ONE IS GOING TO BUY YOUR GAME by ill omens

A Manifesto For Making Games

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Joe Fabisevich @mergesort.me · 10/06/2026

I'm sorry but fuck off with this. There's only one way to distribute apps on iOS and if you don't get enough attention then you can't use it? If you think my toy app is a waste of your resources then I'll happily take another way to distribute my app.

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Apple says it may remove some apps from the App Store if they don’t attract users | TechCrunch

Apple may begin removing existing apps that it considers stale, low-value, or unable to attract users.

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Konstantinos Dimopoulos @konstantinosd.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

As promised, I will be running (my beloved) 'Create An Interactive City In Text using ink' course once more this year. The next cohort will begin on the 24th of November, 2026. Here's all you need to know: www.d6learning.com/course/nov26...

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Warp Door @warpdoor.com · 23/05/2026

bugs are friends (@gurtdx.bsky.social) "In this short educational experience you will learn about some charming and respectable bugs that are often underappreciated." Free - Browser: warpdoor.com/2026/05/23/b...

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Josh W @mariobones.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Nostalgia used to be so much better

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Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (IGEA) @igea.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Do you have a great idea for a microgame? Are you keen to revisit and remix side-scrolling games and classic iconography from arcade and console games of the 1980s and 1990s? ACMI is looking for applications for their new microgames series - Learn more here: ow.ly/lC4R50YT4wW

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Microgames Commission

Got a great idea for a microgame?

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loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

i got mouselook working

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Patrick Traynor @cwpat.me · 16/05/2026

I had many delightful moments of discovery in Carrot Kingdom! Loved it!! :) Definitely recommend!

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Delaney King (In Yellow) @delaneyking.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I would cast Matt Berry as James Bond, and set it in the 1960s with ludicrous 60s spy gadgets, film stock and music but play it absolutely straight.

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Squidly Games @squidlygames.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Without apparently having done anything, I am mysteriously suspended from Twitter. I guess I am now a fulltime blueskynite.

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Nate Shearer @faultrunner.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

A game where you’re a interplanetary stenographer. You have to study a different alien language each night, and during the day you must stenograph(?) a court proceeding with exceedingly more complex gibberish

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David Mattingly @davidmattingly.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I just wrote a long piece on how I did The Animorphs covers. Please check it out, and subscribe to my Substack, “My Adventures as an Illustrator.” myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/how-i-did-...

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How I Did the Animorphs Covers

Photoshop and Elastic Reality

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adamatomic @adamatomic.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

FOLKS YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO

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Microplastics Sommelier @eephus.biz · 04/04/2026

guys, bluesky is dying. if we don't start getting more likes, a greedy developer will bulldoze the site to put up a parking garage. the only thing that can save it is for a ragtag crew of misfits to put on one last big concert at the community center.

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Chef Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 12/03/2026

Some Tech CEO every day: "You don't get to own things now. I own your refrigerator. If you say mean things about me I will turn off your fridge and spoil all your dairy and eggs and meat. If you don't like it you go to jail." People in my mentions: "Lmao are you REALLY a luddite? smh"

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loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

in case anyone needs art for #7drl, my ongoing fantasy art pack, phosphor, is free to use. please let me know if you would like anything added! i can patch it in in the coming days. lorenschmidt.itch.io/phosphor

lorenschmidt.itch.io

phosphor by loren schmidt

fantasy scenery and characters for making roguelikes and other turn based games

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 25/02/2026

I will say that the number of games in Next Fest that have AI disclosures that are admissions of using it for embarrassingly simple stuff is entirely too high Like I expect games chock full of AI to be like "Yeah it's AI; deal with it." But like... promo art? Icons? Come on, people.

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Rebane @rebane2001.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

i made a version of wikipedia you can doomscroll xikipedia.org

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Bruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 31/01/2026

🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️pop 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️

Bloomberg headline: "Nvidia Halts Plan to Invest $100 Billion in OpenAI, WSJ says"

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 13/01/2026

This feels significant. Games Workshop will do ANYTHING for a quick buck. Them making a company-wise declaration that there's not a single use-case or penny to be made from AI feels like it's going to make waves.

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 04/01/2026

The third Quake Brutalism Jam - launched last night. Largest community project of its kind. The biggest surprise: It's available both as a mod or as a FULLY STANDALONE FREE GAME. 77 one-shot Quake adventures using a whole new set of weapons, enemies and a whole lot of concrete. qbj3.slipseer.com

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QUAKE BRUTALIST JAM III - Release Trailer

YouTube video by Fairweather

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Dave 💾 Powerhoof @dave.powerhoof.com · 31/12/2025

My kid Tom loves drawing cities, so we made a game where you can draw them like he does! Go play Tom City here -> tomanddad.itch.io/TomCity

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Santa Ragione @santaragione.com · 25/11/2025

Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...

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Kenney @kenney.nl · 27/10/2025

WHO NEEDS FREE CURSORS? FREE CURSORS COME GET YOUR CURSORS PIXEL AND VECTOR ALL FREE COME GET YOUR CURSORS BEFORE THEY RUN OUT kenney.nl/assets/curso... kenney.nl/assets/curso...

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Daniel J. Menezes @danjohnston.uk · 09/10/2025

Today we released our 8-bit Adventure Pack! Over 1400 graphics, made by humans, including tiles, NPCs, enemies, bosses, items and a hero character. Everything you need to make a Game Boy-style adventure game 100% FREE for commercial use ci.itch.io/8-bit-advent... #gamedev #pixelart #indiedev

710 Tiles - overworld, animated and indoor tilesets

346 frames of NPC sprites with all kinds of different characters represented

The main character - Papantzin - with 107 frames of animation

Other enemies, bosses, items, effects and more to make 1489 assets in total!

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 08/10/2025

"This website is free" No. This website comes at a terrible cost

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Jason Imms @jasonimms.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Every single game on this page should be marked either In Library or On Wishlist GO GO GO GO GO store.steampowered.com/sale/Melbour...

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Melbourne International Games Week 2025

The MIGW Steam Festival 2025 showcases Australian developers and their games for 10 days, offering demos and discounts!

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Alec S // Renegade Sector Games @renegadesector.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

I'm starting to suspect that about half of all the classic games which are small but densely packed and intentionally designed are the result of a developer who lacked the resources to make something massive and mediocre.

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Squidly Games @squidlygames.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

I think I know what happened. Every time someone made a joke about how long Silksong was taking, they added another enemy gauntlet to the game.

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Kenney @kenney.nl · 09/09/2025

Just saw these #gameassets by Emerald Eel Entertainment and somehow never thought about drawing stairs this way! Perfect for retro games or when you want to go reaaaaally low poly. The template is CC0! opengameart.org/content/n64-...

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Peter Wartman @peterwartman.com · 19/08/2025

the interesting thing about this era of software is that i'm increasingly turning to free + open source stuff because it's just more reliable than the things you pay for

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Russ Petersen @nitemoogle.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Been thinking about idle games a lot and had this phenomenal progression in the shower

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 13/08/2025

More and more people reporting today that Stripe - the payment processor that Itch said were putting the most pressure on them - now have staff actively confirming that yes, they are censoring LGBT content, adult or otherwise. That this is official company policy. This seems kinda significant.

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

From a story about a new species of pseudoscorpion, this sort of highlighted the management of Australia in a nutshell au.news.yahoo.com/incredible-p...

Incredible facts about Barrow Island
There is no public access to Barrow Island as it is listed as a Class A Nature Reserve.

It is home to 24 species and subspecies found nowhere else on Earth.

Barrow Island is home to Boodie Cave, which is one of Australia's oldest archaeological sites and contains evidence of humans from 46,200 to 51,100 years ago.

US energy giant Chevron was permitted to build its $54 billion Greater Gorgon gas extraction project on the island.

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Squidly Games @squidlygames.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Quite funny that open source is the thing that keeps the tech bubble floating, and yet all these big companies are constantly looking for opportunities to take it out back and shoot it.

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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

"In the new ... internet, girls can’t learn about periods on Reddit and artists can’t sell smutty games on Itch.io, but a military contractor will make you nonconsensual deepfakes of Taylor Swift taking her top off for $30 a month." — @thedextriarchy.bsky.social www.theverge.com/internet-cen...

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Sex is getting scrubbed from the internet, but a billionaire can sell you AI nudes

Grok’s nonconsensual deepfakes show how hollow the online safety push can be.

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ゆうたONE / YutaONEfont™︎ @yutaone.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

If we reach 5,000 followers by August 10, we will give away over 100 fonts for free! Commercial use is permitted, too. If you already own the fonts, please support us by reposting. Have a great summer!

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Sos "Buy Lazy Kickers" Sosowski @sosowski.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Windows 11 feels and works like a giant web app. Right click, and you have to wait like 60 seconds for things to show up. And having 24-core CPU doesn't help apparently.

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 02/08/2025

I'm gonna try three new games and report back on first impressions because let's talk about art more to remind ourselves good exists in the world

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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Havent had a vacation in 252 million years!!!

A trilobite fossil placed on a tiny beach chair next to a succulent.

A trilobite fossil in a beach chair next to a Pacifico beer can.

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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Okay, that's enough arguing about itch on the internet. Time to go look at the content for the unit I teach and get it ready for next week. The content in my unit I've been teaching for years:

Screenshot of text that says "Like OnlyFans, other platforms also shift from being welcoming to adult content creators to then being hostile to them. This has previously happened to both Tumblr and Patreon. Why might a platform be welcoming to adult content creators for a while and then later become hostile to them? What does this tell us about the underlying goals of most platforms?"

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