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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I also want Vertical Slice to evolve beyond the confines of a traditional paper. That's why I'm launching The Repository, a growing (free) collection of pitch decks and design docs donated by generous contributors including @kitfoxgames.com, @outersloth.com, and @outerloopgames.bsky.social.

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Welcome to The Repository: A burgeoning (totally free) treasure trove of dev documents

Sharing is caring.

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KEROSENE @studiokerosene.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

We are thrilled to announce that #FIRESTARTERS will be launching into Early Access on October 28th! Please enjoy the official announcement trailer for Episode One!

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Alexei Pepers @apepers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The schedule for @roguelike.club is up! We’ve got yet another stunning lineup with multiple people who are such a good fit I had assumed they’d spoken already 🤣 Time is fake and it’s just over two weeks until the con so check it out, buy a ticket, come hang out! www.roguelike.club/event2026.html

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Roguelike Celebration - Event 2026

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Pedalboard Games @pedalboard.games · 29/09/2026

We're sending out review keys for The WHEELJAM Collection today. If you're in games press and are interested in covering a game collection that uses no generative AI and largely highlights younger and less tenured developers in the industry, please reach out to hello@pedalboard.games or via DM!

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Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Torment Hexus and @strangescaffold.bsky.social's Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 are now available as a bundle! It's the dream puzzle combat/social commentary teamup! store.steampowered.com/bundle/87704...

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Save 23% on Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 x Torment Hexus on Steam

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VeGOREpunk AuHORROR @vegapunk-aurora.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

*Mr Beast voice* I HELPED THIS WOMAN TURN A ROOM FULL OF STRAW INTO GOLD USING ONLY A SPINNING WHEEL! IF SHE CAN'T GUESS MY NAME IN THREE DAYS, I'M TAKING HER BABY!

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Stav Hinenzon @stavhinenzon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Shoutout to The Great Honker, who laid the cosmic egg and brought forth creation in some versions of Egyptian cosmogony

An excerpt from Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Godesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt, by Geraldine Pinch

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The Yetee 🌈 🕊️ @theyetee.com · 17/08/2026

It's time to... SHORT. THAT. BABY!! 🪐 It's time to diversify your t-shirt portfolio with the latest collection from our ongoing @strangescaffold.bsky.social collab, Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator! Grow your investments today with a new tee, sticker, and keychain: theyetee.com/babytrading

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thisisstar @thisisstar.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I've been working on something cool and it has a kickstarter coming up soon, so you may want to hit the notify button. There is also a free demo if you haven't already checked it out. Cats! Demons! Slime! Texas! www.kickstarter.com/projects/aco...

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Coming soon: Slime in the Ice Machine: It's Your Inheritance, Kid

Kick open the doors to the greatest bars in the cosmos (and the worst) to unravel surreal mysteries in this PC/Mac/Xbox game.

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Our heartfelt anime-themed driving game, Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World, is OUT NOW on PC/Xbox--and we did a singalong to prove it!! 🚶Hit pedestrians with your magic truck ⚔️Pay the soul debt you owe to the buff elf girl living in your head 🚚GO store.steampowered.com/app/3642010/...

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Elsbeth Larkin @funtimesmcgee.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Hi everyone, today me and 22 others at Double Fine were hit by layoffs today. All the people who lost their jobs today care so much about the games they make and the people they work with. If anyone is looking for a tools SE with 7 years of experience and who brings baked goods on Mondays lmk.

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Bruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 20/07/2026

A side project I've been working on—a curated link page of important essays on video game narrative—is now live. You can read about it on my blog: azhdarchid.com/the-game-nar... Or you can go straight to the dedicated website: www.gamenarrativereader.org

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The Game Narrative Reader, Zeroth Edition

Announcing a curated, thematic link page of important essays and articles about video game narrative.

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Axel حسن Taiari @shevek.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I'm one of the folks affected. *Many* on the list are gifted; their work was crucial to the weird little miracle that is ZP. Please, consider hiring them. Dust is still settling on my end, but my inbox is open.

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Skate Ballerhyde 🎃🍂 @katedollarhyde.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Soojin is a brilliant and adaptable artist. Did you love the look of Pentiment? They were responsible for a ton of it. Out of the many, many ways they left their mark on that game, though, my favorites have to be the Landsknecht playing cards and story-time with Brother Sebhat.

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Samperson @samperson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

🚨BREAKING: Tim Sweeney says only hope for new games is to 'connect to BlackBerry AppWorld and get your game onto the new PlayBook OS 2.0 and BlackBerry 10 platforms'

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Zaire @zeestermeester.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

If anyone is looking to hire a Peabody and BAFTA winning senior writer, I am looking for work. I’ve got six years experience in games. Everything from indie to AAA. I am not married to staying in games. I am hoping to relocate to the Bay Area. I am keeping my ears to the ground.

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Strange Scaffold @strangescaffold.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Introducing El Paso, Elsewhere 2. 🦇 More Stakes. More Guns. More Slow-Mo. ⚰️ James Savage returns with Vampiric Abilities 🪦 20+ Action-Packed Levels Coming to Steam and Xbox Series X|S Wishlist Now store.steampowered.com/app/3642020/

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Strange Scaffold @strangescaffold.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

SHOUT (at) THAT BABY! 👽 📣 We are currently testing VOICE CONTROLS in Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator and everyone with a copy of the game can help! It would help us out a TON if you could shout "BUY! BUY! BUY!" while trading babies. Info here ⬇️ store.steampowered.com/news/app/364...

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Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator - Voice Control Beta Available NOW - Steam News

Shout That Baby and help us test a new way to trade babies, with your own human voice!

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Demetri Sofides @thelordofhands.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

INTRODUCING: STRANGE FINDS! Dig up ruins, analyze your finds, and piece together the timeline of an unknown civilization! Your excavation team has made a startling discovery on a tiny island. Could this be the fabled lost city of Mantas? Wishlist now! 🏺🧿 store.steampowered.com/app/4278870/...

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Brianna Lei @briannalei.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The Kickstarter for The Crane Rider's Tale is now live! Fly passengers around a fantasy town inspired by Chinese folktales and unravel a mindbending mystery with multiple endings. Zero Escape meets Disco Elysium 🗡️🎲 LINK: www.kickstarter.com/projects/psy...

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Cole Wehrle 🔜 Essen @colewehrle.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Today's the day: it's time for Buried Giant's first Kickstarter page. I don't know if I've ever been so nervous before a launch in my life! www.kickstarter.com/projects/col...

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Arcs: Beyond the Reach

Return to the world of Arcs with a set of expansions brimming with new strategic options and devious characters.

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator is TWENTY PERCENT OFF, with its first big sale! Please leave a review if you haven't already--the team would love to finally hit 500, and it'd help us a ton!! store.steampowered.com/app/3642000/...

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Stav Hinenzon @stavhinenzon.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

First attempt at malabi/muhallebi, flavored with rose water and cardamom, with honey syrup and almonds on top. My decorating skills are poor, but the result was delicious.

A bowl of muhallebi, a milk and starch pudding, with almonds and honey syrup on top

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Blogged about playing the lucrative alien baby trade game when the economy is exclusively made of scams. aftermath.site/space-warlor...

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Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator Is About As Evil As The Real Stock Market

Trading alien baby futures seems evil, but have you seen Kalshi?

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 04/02/2026

Five years after the Inventory closed its doors, this underground social club will reopen on March 5! Poker Night at the Inventory is a high-stakes battle of cards, bets & trash talk coming to Steam, PlayStation & Nintendo Switch. Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3897800/...

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Strange Scaffold @strangescaffold.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

It's time to SHORT THAT BABY! 📈 Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator is OUT NOW on Steam! PLUS even more campaigns and content coming out over the next weeks and months! 💚👽 store.steampowered.com/app/3642000/...

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Polaris Game Design @polarisgamedesign.com · 21/01/2026

It's the Polaris 2025 reports! They've come! They're here! It's a bumper crop of five, count'em FIVE papers! We got comedy, we got death, we got cringe, we got trust... something for the whole team. Piping hot game design knowledge and insight await: polarisgamedesign.com/reports/

Screenshot of the five 2025 Polaris reports, too small to comfortably read, with image previews of 2 flow charts, a sticky note collection, a game screenshot with text interface, and a geological pattern.

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Stav Hinenzon @stavhinenzon.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Learned there was a Sephardi physician, that Rembrandt knew and drew, called Dr. Ephraim Bueno. A+ name

A portrait of 17th century physician Dr. Ephraim Bueno, drawn by Rembrandt

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The Rat Zone 👺💣 WISHLIST GRAVITY GOBLINS @therat.zone · 14/01/2026

🐀🧀🐀🧀🐀🧀 cheese party 🧀🐀🧀🐀🧀🐀

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Strange Scaffold @strangescaffold.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

SHORT THAT BABY! 📈 Just announced at the @pcgamer.com Show - Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator. Play the demo on Steam RIGHT NOW! store.steampowered.com/app/3642000/...

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Strange Scaffold @strangescaffold.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

TODAY! We have a THING to SHOW YOU. 📈

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Stav Hinenzon @stavhinenzon.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I'm acting in Klingon Christmas Carol this year, so I wandered around Redmond Town Center in costume to promote the show. The raid was a success!

Me, in a Klingon costume, raising my weapons at a statue of a bear

Me, in a Klingon costume, sneaking up behind a statue of Santa Claus.

Me, in a Klingon costume holding up an upside down copy of the novel Star Wars: Reign of the Empire, looking confused.

Me, in Klingon costume, posing by a sign that says 'Redmond Town Center'

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

everyone on a game is a storyteller and the storytellers on Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator fuckin’ despise the incentives of late stage capitalism also that kid beto is pretty cool

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Eka | Dosa Divas @ekanaut.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

They're all very talented and collaborative. @slothysunday.bsky.social Programming @aleashaf.bsky.social Environment Art @emmakoch.bsky.social 3D Character Art @marskye.com Music Sadie Lee www.linkedin.com/in/slimekat/ Game Design Weidi Tang www.linkedin.com/in/weidi-tan... Tech Art / vfx

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Cole Wehrle 🔜 Essen @colewehrle.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

We are now live! If you want to grab a copy of the new printings, now's your best chance. www.kickstarter.com/projects/col... This is also a bit of a strange campaign for us. To be honest, I don't even think I've ever been as nervous about a launch. I suppose that needs some explaining 🧵

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John Company & Molly House Reprint

Two of the most evocative historical board games are back for a new print run.

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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion fans rise up, the first game has officially been remastered! We're back into match-3 games industry satirizing, with a dash of slow burn yaoi? @pedalboard.games picks up where @strangescaffold.bsky.social left off with a game that fans of the original will love.

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REVIEW: Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 1 Re-Raptored skewers the industry once again with match-3 action

If you enjoyed the challenge of late-game CRDM3, you'll thrive from beginning to end.

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Pedalboard Games @pedalboard.games · 16/09/2025

some things: - CRDM1RR is ONE WEEK AWAY! behind the scenes we've been hard at work with, among other things, a total update of the UI! even _this_ isn't its final form! - we have just received (some) funding for our follow-up game. we did it, we get to make another game. please clap we're so scared

A screenshot from Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 1 Re-Raptored showing a Match-3 encounter between Huncan Dockright III, a character from the previous game (Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3), and a Raptor. I'm hitting a sick 12x combo but really the UI is just nice and pretty.

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Stav Hinenzon @stavhinenzon.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I'm on this team! Going to be making some tools and generating some speculative commodity babies.

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Stav Hinenzon @stavhinenzon.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Turns out it's #portfolioday! I'm a game designer and developer looking for work. Here's some stuff I've done: * Built a custom real-time dialogue system (storylets!) * Turned cut levels into a playable showcase (archaeology!) * Designed some out there match 3 puzzles (weird!) www.stavhinenzon.com

A scene from The Last of Us Part II Remastered

A scene from Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3

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World Central Kitchen @wck.org · 21/06/2025

WCK resumed cooking in Gaza after our first aid delivery in 12 weeks. With new ingredients on hand, we’re preparing warm, carb-rich meals like pasta and hearty potato stews. The WCK team cooked nearly 10,000 meals on day one of resumed operations. #ChefsForGaza (1/2)

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Stav Hinenzon @stavhinenzon.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Weapon reveal for the upcoming Wu-Tang game

A two panel comic. In the first panel, Carnage pulls out a sword from his body and asks "You know what the best Wu-Tang Clan album is, daddy?". In the second panel, Venom asks "Don't say -- Liquid Swords!", and Carnage responds "Liquid Swords!"

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