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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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Squidly Games @squidlygames.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Without a big draw, it's a directly worse competitor to bundles. I think it's more fiscally doomed than it is damaging. Example, people who buy lots of indie games are more price conscious - the credit system in digiphile bundles is a better novel proposition for both devs and consumers

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Squidly Games @squidlygames.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I think the game pass model provides visibility and opportunities for indies when packed alongside triple-A/live service - ie you get game pass for minecraft and call of duty but also can check out some indie games you might not otherwise. But...

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Squidly Games @squidlygames.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I see where the ick comes from here, but I think it's a little uncharitable. Snow effects everyone, it's a high visibility issue he faces criticism for and he has to do his own PR for stuff like that because the media likes painting him as a radical communist.

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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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Squidly Games @squidlygames.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Many (anecdotally, maybe even most) programmers are wary and sceptical of vibe coding and related practices. It's just the vibe coding ones never seem to shut up because there's billions in revenue to elevate them.

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Squidly Games @squidlygames.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I saw somewhere that Charlize Theron appeared more than other women by a significant margin in one of the foundational datasets - they all seem to have her face and I can't unsee it

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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

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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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Squidly Games @squidlygames.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

IMO most advice on this stuff is fully anecdotal - I think a compelling and concise page is best irrespective of order. Second to that, most gameplay descriptions seem to take lots of words to explain what is basically a short set of verbs.

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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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Squidly Games @squidlygames.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is peak "bring a pad to this game". Great puzzling and the story worked for me. Slick presentation. Ticks across the board.

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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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Squidly Games @squidlygames.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Any stiffness in her character may also come from wearing leather pants so tight they had to have separate sitting and standing pants, and alternate accordingly between shots

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Squidly Games @squidlygames.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Incidentally, playing Wuppo made me realise how few metroidvanias actually use systems like a day night cycle, world events on fixed timers like trains, global states that tick up over time (like city debt)

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Squidly Games @squidlygames.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

I have been mulling over using a compute shader or similar to run live systems across a smaller interconnected world like this - I think the trick is to really let the player engage you need to make digestible repeatable chunks, so they can't mess up 10+ hours of gameplay accidentally.

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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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Squidly Games @squidlygames.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Idea: Demonic possession that evolves like a virus starts melting your face off, but after a few generations is treatable with mild symptoms. Most people have a possession or two but with one hail mary a day they are safe. Some have an occasional relapse and crawl up the walls.

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Squidly Games @squidlygames.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Further, I could easily imagine a metroidvania style game where you use weapons and other tools to progress but only get so many uses between checkpoints

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Squidly Games @squidlygames.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

This strikes me as a great idea for a puzzle style game - much like what neon white does with its gun cards per level

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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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