iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

I didn't plan to notice when the day came around but it's been 10 years since I released my last game. In hindsight it probably was time for a break

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Kate Barrett @thewaether.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

it's no wonder they resort to AI when they have to churn out work at such a fast rate and get punished if they don't. it also teaches them that if they can't do it fast they can't do it at all. it wasn't until I was out of school I learned I was actually really good at working and managing my time.

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Jake Clover @jakeclover.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

man goes bird watching

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Remar Games @remargames.se · 02/10/2026

Tower of Gold is coming November 1st! 🎉 It's a massive puzzle/action game with a first-person overworld full of characters and mysteries. I'll release a trailer alongside the game, but here's a small teaser in the meantime! #indiegames #indiedev

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Abby Denton is a Rabbit for Halloween Every Year @abbydenton.com · 03/10/2026

I think people are resistant to the idea of LLMs imminently becoming essential to life in the future because, about 5 years ago, everyone said the same thing about pictures of monkeys getting high

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kylie b @roguesquirrel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

we literally root for charlie brown every step of the way, he is the main character the show has told us to love. he is who we want to see win. and then when lucy pulls the football away, the show is telling us it does not respect our time as a viewer.

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John @farawaytimes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

one of my favorite things on earth are considered, complete freeware games you can jump into sight unseen and go on a full journey in 5-15 minutes. there is zero institutional or critical support for the form, so when artists persevere and get real good at making 'em anyway it makes me very happy

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natemare before christmas @natescape.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Do you know how much has to have gone wrong for me to not like the internet

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Basically she has a choice: -implement trans segregation -get yelled at by the telegraph And oppressing an entire minority is a lesser, frivolous cost to her

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Swofl @swofl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Going back to my roots a little. I'm moving on from this now but it was fun

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Narwhalnut 🦋 Wishlist Insectile! @narwhalnut.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Silly creatures from my indie game about interestingly-shaped bugs

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Michel Ziegler @dasmirts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Let's meet in the Fleshy reading room

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Swofl @swofl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Hey, thanks for your interest! If you DM me I'll be happy to answer what I can

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jessica harvey @jessiscah23.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Roman Sands RE:Build is out. After so many years, you can finally play our labour of love. It's deranged, it goes SO MANY PLACES, it probably shouldn't exist, and I've no idea if you're going to like it or not but that ain't the point. Roman Sands RE:Build. store.steampowered.com/app/2231460/...

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Save 10% on Roman Sands RE:Build on Steam

A service industry adventure with an apocalyptic flavor. A manic genre mashup told across two broken realities. Step through the cracks: find your Exit.

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Michael @michaelklamerus.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I think my blog where I regularly post about indie games on a variety of platforms like itch.io as well as other odd bits is pretty neat and worth adding to your RSS reader virtualmoose.org

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The Virtual Moose

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Figglewatts @figglewatts.materiality.link · 14/09/2026

Lots of talk on the timeline of the joy of getting lost in games and having to figure it all out for yourself Well, folks, do I have a game for you...

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Harlequin Diver @harlequindiver.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I've never had much luck promoting my game on social media, but it would be deeply appreciated if you could share this post, especially if you enjoy weird little experimental and artsy narrative games, that are the same price as a cup of coffee! store.steampowered.com/app/4693460/... #indiegames

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vaporbabe 🍞🛢️ @vaporbabe.filthandbugs.com · 08/09/2026

didn't realize the mind/artist behind this game was on Bsky so go follow @dasmirts.bsky.social for more beautiful nightmarish insanity like this!

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⚔️ Blanksword ⚔️ @blanksword.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Gen-AI and "AI Gaming" are nothing but the spiritual successor of NFTs and Metaverse Gaming, except 10x worse because it's built on the back of plagiarism machines that fry the oceans to produce loveless slop. I'd rather get Blanksword-Opening-Cutscened in the groin than being associated with this.

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Daniel J. Menezes @danjohnston.uk · 05/09/2026

Creating this no-ai indie games starter pack is one of the best things I ever did on BlueSky. Lots of great developers in here, making things with their own hands, some of whom I might not have found otherwise!! go.bsky.app/78u8M6Y

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loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

this is a really wonderfully matter of fact article which specifically addresses a lot of the popular talking points.

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HAHAHA! A CHICKEN WITH SNEAKERS. @chickenhat.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

because the main character of my game is a mostly naked worm-mutant i have figured out a way to allow people to stream the game without breaking the YouTube and Twitch Content Creation Guidelines™

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Z. Bill @zbill.itch.io · 17/08/2026

Never Gonna Stop this Ape on Mars! My snake-tossing cryptic retro adventure, Encroacher: Snakes, is OUT NOW!

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drew shapiro ✦ MUTAGEN Demo out now! @organzola.games · 22/08/2026

The demo for MUTAGEN is out NOW! 👾 Explore a lush, interconnected alien ecosystem that reshapes itself each time you die. Absorb mutations from your fallen kin to reach new areas and adapt to your surroundings. Find your own solutions, and unearth the planet's many secrets. #gamedev #indiegame

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Jake Clover @jakeclover.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

kayak mode guy adventure

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Eli Wallis @eliwallis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We've run out of wallspace, so here are some original paintings for sale. ewart.mmm.page/available

An acrylic painting on canvas laid on concrete, depicting a green cubist sculpture standing over a barren floor.

An acrylic painting on canvas laid on concrete, depicting a green stone planter in a dim corner of the Vivec Mage's Guild containing Coda Flowers, Draggle Tail, Luminous Russula, Violet Coprinus, and grass.

A 21:9 acrylic painting on canvas laid on concrete, depicting a view of blue mountains on the North Shore from the Port Mann suspension bridge.

An acrylic painting on paper laid on concrete, depicting a ruined and overgrown gate next to a small hut.

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Swofl @swofl.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Maybe I can use my webbing to stop it

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Swofl @swofl.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Hello my new followers and everyone else - I'm Swofl, I made truly experimental games long ago and now I am slowly making more between my unrelated day job. I invite you to peruse the classics while you await my greatest works yet

Screenshot from Lasting (2012): A heavily pixelated, green-tinged room is bare but for a table with a lamp, a door ajar and something unidentifiable on the ground.

Screenshot from Gallergy (2014): Endless rows of perfectly white pillars taper from the floor to the ceiling, each with a different brightly coloured painting of nothing in particular.

Screenshot from Afterglow (2015): You cower behind a table as something occludes a yellowish window peeking through the blackness at the end of a series of brightly coloured but dimly lit rooms.

There are tiny pyramids and plates on the table, and a stairwell leading down to your right.

Screenshot from Coward Town (2016): A Game Boy styled game that heavily dithers colours of blood and sand. A figure walks a path between a hut resembling an insect's nest and a forest of trees with twisted and looped trunks that cast long shadows.

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Swofl @swofl.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The gang are having such a good time out there in the Rusted Root video. Love it for them

Rusted Root having a super time in the South Dakota badlands pretending to sing "Send Me On My Way"

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Swofl @swofl.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

"beeeeeeeeep watch out for the wildfires" aye you've fucking noticed those have you?

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Swofl @swofl.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It's an emergency now. Not 2 weeks ago when Polanski called a press conference because it was already happening, not in 2024 when Labour regained power and we knew this was going to happen, not 40 years ago when we were told this was going to happen

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spookyraptor 🎃 ➤ wishlist Hypnagogia 壊れた夢 @sodaraptor.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Tiny teaser for my new upcoming submersible game 💧

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ʟᴜɪs ʜᴇʀɴᴀɴᴅᴇᴢ ⚡ @beetlenaut.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

the push to separate people from their computers is real streaming has created a vacuum of media ownership. a generation has grown up without tapes, CDs or vinyl, books, physical games many factors have converged to make next-gen consoles and PCs unaffordable we need to target older hardware

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Alpha Chrome Yayo @alphachromeyayo.com · 04/08/2026

the oscilloscope can produce mind-boggling effects 💀

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Z. Bill @zbill.itch.io · 01/08/2026

it's about time I told you.. Encroacher: Snakes, my snake-tossing cryptic retro adventure, releases August 17th!

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Frek @freggaman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Introducing Gormolda's trusted weapon: The Shuriken! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

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Transparency @transparency.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Jez San, founder of Argonaut, donated 2 million pounds to the conservative party in 2025. He was the biggest individual donor in Q1 of that year. Please, be informed before purchasing anything. You can emulate PS1 games on basically any device these days (even your phone) with ease.

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A. Marmot 🌱 @aminus.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Bird for my father.

pixel art of a male Townsend's warbler perched on a small branch and looking up, its legs and feet partially obscured by two oak leaves protruding forward and to the right. The warbler has bright yellow colorings on its face and breast with a black eye-ear patch and smaller yellow band just beneath the eye within that patch, and stripes of black and gray following just underneath the wing, giving way to white, gray and brown colors below. The wing feathers are dark with light edges and two wing bars. A subtle beam of light crosses behind the bird from the upper right to the lower left, against a light reddish-tan background

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 26/07/2026

Just a little reminder to everyone: Algorithms are useless. It's very hard to find cool stuff without being shown it by someone else. So if you find something cool - a band, a game, a video essay or anything else - share it and tell people about it. And thanks to anyone who does! You're cool!

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Jo Wolfe, PhD @jopabinia.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Unfortunately this seems to me like another example of a real animal, slopped by AI 😡🦑 Check these source images from @mbarinews.bsky.social who actually observed it. No frontal "mouth" (just a fold between arms further down at most), no suckers visible when on the bottom, eyes less forward

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Flapjack octopus • MBARI

The adorable flapjack octopus sits on the seafloor like a flat, fluffy pancake.

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landsharkrawr.bsky.social @landsharkrawr.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

still another day of the fest!

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Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Dinosaur game! I'm putting it on hold for now, but I had a lot of fun animating all these guys.

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Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Itch has decided not to index my game for some reason, so the only way anyone can find it right now is through bluesky. Would really appreciate it if you could check it out!

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