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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 09/01/2026

"No fucking AI assets" - a reminder that many good publishers that will disqualify any prototype with genAI placeholders, and that using it is at your own peril. Hooded Horse happens to be one of the best publishers out there at the moment, so this is a big one. kotaku.com/hooded-horse...

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This Publisher Is Banning AI Because Of Ethics: 'It's Cancerous'

Hooded Horse won't work with developers that use gen AI

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 24/11/2025

We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.

Credits for Brent Porter (3D art lead) and Catherine Menabde (2D art lead) are shown here. There's a lengthy description of what they did, with a pastiche of various Demonschool characters underneath, messing around with a computer.

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Cristian Botea @summoningpixels.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

My Italian game dev friends are cookin' again 🤌🤌🤌 Wishlist, play the demo, gamble and all the things!

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KrisWB 🌱 @kriswbennett.co.uk · 30/01/2025

BIG THREAD of the very best Discord servers for indie games Marketing, PR, CM and support! Whether you're a solo dev, small team, social & community manager, agency or publisher here are some really excellent discords you should join. 👇 Reply below if I missed one & share if this was helpful

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 16/01/2025

For anyone who uses Google Suite/Gmail and wants to turn off their fuckin annoying Gemini AI program that harvests your data and reads your emails ("to better assist you!") just go into your admin console and switch it off.

screenshot of Google admin console Gemini settings

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WINGS @wingsfund.me · 15/01/2025

#TWOPERCENT “Women founders only receive 2% of venture capital funding.” WINGS believes the games of tomorrow will be made by women and marginalized gender developers. We need better funding, awareness, and data. Read our blog & report here👉 bit.ly/3PxGuu2

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The Importance of Funding Games by Diverse Teams

Yesterday, January 14th, the #TWOPERCENT camping went viral. The campaign spotlights the enormous funding gap for women in the games…

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

UK Folks. If you're concerned about the catastrophic impact of generative AI on the creative industries & the theft of artists/writers creations, then you REALLY NEED to complete the below online consultation form. This is your chance to say 'fuck off, this is not okay' www.gov.uk/government/c...

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This consultation seeks views on how the government can ensure the UK’s legal framework for AI and copyright supports the UK creative industries and AI sector together.

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AshravenBlu @ashravenblu.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I had to snip out my favourite moment from #TheGameAwards. @laratlarian.bsky.social's words echo the heart of every developer. The industry needs to listen. We just want to make cool stuff for people. #indiedev #gamedev

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Suing Cynthia’s Garchomp @thebestatty.blacksky.app · 19/11/2024

I’m VERYYYY excited to announce that the Video Game Publishing Agreement Template Kit I wrote in collaboration with Aerial Knight Studio (a WELL-known Detroit based indie game studio) is NOW LIVE and FREE for developers! Check it out below! 🥹 www.aerialknight.com/publishing-a...

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Publishing Agreement Template Kit

This was written by Daphne Benford-Smith , Esq. Counsel at Holon Law Partners In collaboration with Aerial Knights, LLC, we present this video game publishing agreement “how-to” guide...

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Indie Arena Booth @indiearenabooth.de · 19/11/2024

We’re proud to announce the Indie Arena Booth Recap Steam Event this Friday, 22nd Nov at 19:00 CET! Discover the best Indie Games of 2024 and join us in celebrating indie gaming. ✨ Find the link in our bio! The Steam link will go live once the event starts, bookmark it now!

Announcement graphic for the Steam recap event. Text: The best Indie Games of 2024, link in bio.

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itch.io @itch.io · 13/11/2024

👥 Bluesky users, we've got one more update for you today: You can now use your itchio subdomain as your Bluesky username. Learn more about it here: itch.io/t/4291217/us... NOTE: to prevent any funny business, this feature is only available for accounts that have spent at least 10 bucks on itchio

Screenshot of the page to configure Bluesky DID settings on itch.io

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

📢 Indiedevs, you can now add Bluesky social links to your Steam page!

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meredith 🙂‍↕️ @merryh.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

One thing I wish people understood about feedback on pitching and why you don't often get it - there can be genuine risks to providing feedback. It's not that publishers don't WANT to give that feedback, but there are numerous reasons why a publisher or body might not give you that feedback. 🧵

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 22/10/2024

If you are in the EU, it might be a good moment to consider signing onto "Stop Killing Games", an consumer initiative to ensure the continued functionality and playability of games you purchase through digital platforms. eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#...

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European Citizens' Initiative

Give your support !

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Rosa 🍊 @purecelain.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Now on bluesky: the ✨game design wiki✨! It includes: 🌱 The career progression of a game designer 💼 How to hunt for game design jobs 💡 Detailed run through of the game design process 🖼️ Many handy resources And more! rosacarbo.notion.site/Game-design-...

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Cristian Botea @summoningpixels.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

I've used this and it's great ❤️

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Cristian Botea @summoningpixels.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

@ozone.birb.house would kindly appreciate a Game Dev tag when you can 🙏

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Cristian Botea @summoningpixels.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

Time to give this platform a proper go. 😤 Hey folks 👋, I'm Cristian, been doing project management, producing and "fixing" at @thoseawesomeguys.bsky.social for a few years now. 😎 I've pretty much dipped my hands in all of the studio's game development and publishing projects so far! 👀

A screenshot of the Monster Prom video game with characters Zoe front and center, Vera on the left and Polly on the right.

Zoe is saying: "Seriously! I'm pretty sure I subjected the mind of my victims to eternal torments that were shorter than this match!

A screenshot from a round of the Deepest Chamber: Resurrection video game. The player is fighting the boss character Queen Elaa in the middle, with two of her minions, the midwifes, to her left and her right.

A screenshot of the Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom video game, where the main taxi character is narrowly avoiding the level's Morio eye beams which are being fired to the right side.

A screenshot from the Valley Peaks video game, where you, the main frog character, are using a hang glider and admiring the panoramic view of the Valley Peaks area.

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Cristian Botea @summoningpixels.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Getting ready to travel to London for #EGX2023, where Those Awesome Guys has a booth with two exciting games: Panik Arcade's Yelow Taxi Goes Vroom and Tub Club's Valley Peaks! 🤩 If any of you are there, find us in the Rezzed Area at booth RZ20! 🤙

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